Naruto nodded with satisfaction, then made hand signs and slammed his hands on the ground!
With a 'poof' sound, a toad with golden skin, red markings, and sunglasses, only about as tall as a person, appeared in front of everyone!
"Boss! You need me?"
Toad Little Gold looked up, acting cool even when talking to Naruto.
Luckily, Naruto knew this was its personality, so he didn't get upset.
"Yeah, need you to do something!"
Naruto replied to Toad Little Gold, then looked at Orochimaru in front of him, "Orochimaru, since you've surrendered to me, do you mind if I put some insurance on you?"
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes.
He guessed the so-called insurance was something that could control him, or some ninjutsu!
Either threatening his life, or limiting his power!
With his current physical condition, his strength was less than 10%, so the possibility of Naruto wanting to limit his power was very low.
Thinking like this, he probably wanted to limit his life.
But for life, he both cared and didn't care!
He cared because he didn't want to die, he wanted to achieve eternal life!
He didn't care because of his breakthroughs in curse marks!
Even if he died, he could be revived in this way!
Moreover, he was confident that no matter what Naruto used to limit him, he had a way to solve it!
Thinking like this, Orochimaru agreed readily.
But when he saw Toad Little Gold take off its sunglasses to reveal its right eye, he knew he was being too naive!
"Sharingan?!"
The three were shocked, seemingly not understanding why a toad would have a Sharingan!
But the next moment, its right eye rotated.
Kotoamatsukami – Activated!
Before Orochimaru could react, he was completely controlled by Toad Little Gold!
"Boss, done!" Toad Little Gold tried to get praise from Naruto.
Naruto casually took out a gold coin and threw it to him, "Thanks for your hard work, go back."
Toad Little Gold loved the gold coin, but said insincerely, "Boss, you're too kind. If it weren't for you finding me, how would Toad Little Gold have gotten to where I am today? Helping you is my duty, why give me gold coins?"
"Then give it back?"
"How could that be? What the boss gives me is a great reward, I have to treasure it!"
Toad Little Gold swallowed the gold coin into its mouth, "Boss, if there's anything good like this next time, find me! You can find me for fights too! The old guy at home is no match for me anymore! If my stomach wasn't big enough, I would have robbed all his gold! See ya!"
With that, Toad Little Gold used Reverse Summoning Jutsu and left.
Naruto looked at the spot where Toad Little Gold left and was speechless.
Toad Little Gold was the child of the Gold Coin Toad, but lost an eye due to some things.
So Naruto stored Shisui's Kotoamatsukami in its right eye.
But he didn't expect that it would use this right eye to beat up its father.
Poor Gold Coin Toad... couldn't beat it, couldn't argue with it, so miserable!
"Why does that toad have a Sharingan in its eye?" Sasuke suddenly asked Naruto.
Naruto looked at Sasuke and explained plainly, "I stole this eye from Danzo Shimura."
"Danzo Shimura?" Sasuke frowned, recalled it carefully, but found that the name was very unfamiliar.
"Who is he?"
"A Konoha high-up."
"How could he have a Sharingan?" Sasuke asked, confused.
"How would I know, maybe he killed someone from the Uchiha Clan and stole it."
Seeing that Sasuke was thinking about something, he added, "He has already been killed by me, consider it revenge for that person in your Uchiha Clan."
Sasuke was silent for a while, then said, "Thank you."
Naruto nodded.
He didn't intend to tell Sasuke the truth. If Sasuke knew the truth now, who would go try to get Uchiha Itachi?
Looking at Orochimaru again,
At this time, Orochimaru still didn't quite understand what Naruto had done to him.
He said it was to put restrictions on him, but he didn't feel anything.
The illusion was not like an illusion... he just didn't know why, but his heart was full of respect and admiration for Naruto. This made him unable to resist Naruto or betray Naruto at all!
"Naruto-sama!"
Seeing Naruto looking at him, Orochimaru subconsciously knelt on one knee.
This surprised Kabuto Yakushi.
He knew Orochimaru's pride, and even if he surrendered, he would never do it to this extent.
So was it the Sharingan just now?
But why did it feel like Orochimaru-sama didn't realize he was under some kind of illusion?
With his ability, even if he couldn't resist the illusion, he should be able to detect the problem while conscious!
Could it be!
Kabuto Yakushi felt horrified inside.
Could it be that this illusion could be silent and undetectable to the person affected?
But how could someone under an illusion not realize they were under an illusion?
Kabuto Yakushi couldn't understand the secret...
Naruto was very satisfied with Orochimaru's attitude.
With Kotoamatsukami's restriction, he didn't worry that Orochimaru would betray him. He could safely let Orochimaru develop on his own!
"Leave these two Gelel Stones with you. Let me know if you make a breakthrough in your research."
He didn't plan to take Orochimaru back to the Land of Snow.
The Land of Snow was too poor after all, and the environment was harsh.
Rather than letting Orochimaru go with him to the Land of Snow, it was better to let him develop on his own!
This could solve the research funding problem and allow him to reap the benefits!
It was much more hopeful than expecting those people in the Land of Snow who only knew how to research Chakra armor!
"Yes, Naruto-sama! This subordinate will definitely not let down your expectations!" Orochimaru's cold face looked much gentler with his enthusiastic tone!
Naruto nodded and turned to leave, but suddenly thought of something. He asked Orochimaru, "Have you seen a girl named Sakura?"
"She's dead!" Before Orochimaru could answer, Sasuke spoke first.
"Dead?" Naruto looked at Sasuke in confusion.
"I killed her!"
"She wanted to take me back, or stay by my side to help me. Heh, she didn't even think about what use she was, no strength, only a hindrance! Her greatest value is to die in my hands to prove my capacity!"
Sasuke's calm tone carried a hint of mockery, and at the same time, he activated his Sharingan!
It was a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
The corners of Naruto's mouth twitched.
What a way to prove one's capacity!
"Do you want me to avenge her?"
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Sasuke said again, "If you want to avenge her, I can give you my life, but I need some time. After I kill Uchiha Itachi, I can give you my life!"
"There's no need, I was just asking casually, just to give Konoha an explanation."
Naruto shook his head and turned to leave.
This was the result of Sakura's own choice, so he had no reason to avenge Sakura.
What's more, the person who killed her was useful to him!
Seeing that Naruto didn't attack him, Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief, and quietly loosened his clenched hand.
If Naruto hadn't planned to let him go just now, he would have fought to the death.
Fortunately, everything didn't develop in such a bad direction.
Turning his head to look at Orochimaru, seeing that he was still respectfully looking at Naruto's back, he felt a little disdain for him.
At the same time, he was wondering if his decision to come here was a mistake!
Orochimaru, the guy who could destroy Konoha and kill the Third Hokage, didn't seem as strong as he imagined!
It was a pity that he couldn't learn Naruto Uzumaki's skills, otherwise he wouldn't have come here.
Orochimaru was a result of him having no choice!
...
After Naruto left Otogakure Village, he didn't directly return to the Land of Snow. Instead, he turned back to Konoha.
He personally reported Sasuke and Sakura's situation, which shocked Tsunade who was the Fifth Hokage.
She never expected that there would be such a problem with the team Naruto led.
One defected, one died...
In the face of accidents, even the strongest captain couldn't stop the life and death of team members.
"I will inform Sakura's parents about her death. As for Sasuke..."
Tsunade looked at Naruto, as if making up her mind, and said, "I will designate him as a Konoha S-rank missing-nin. I hope you can understand."
In Tsunade's view, since Naruto knew so much about Sakura and Sasuke's situation, he must have found Sasuke.
But why didn't he kill Sasuke, or bring Sasuke back?
Tsunade was inclined to believe that Naruto still had feelings for Sasuke and held back!
That's why she hesitated when making this decision. She needed to consider Naruto's thoughts, as well as the thoughts of Sakura's family and Konoha's rules!
She couldn't let Sasuke off just because he was Naruto's subordinate!
As the Hokage, she needed to ensure a certain level of fairness for the ninja!
Naruto didn't know Tsunade's thoughts. If he knew, he would definitely say she was overthinking it!
"I have no opinion, just do what you think is right," Naruto said plainly.
"Okay."
Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief when Naruto didn't object.
It seemed that Naruto wasn't someone who acted purely on emotions. "There's one more thing, your team is missing two people now, so I've decided to add two more to your team. Here's the list, take a look and see if there's anyone you need."
Naruto took the list, scanned it once, and shook his head, "Forget it, let my team stay with two people for now."
"You're not satisfied?" Tsunade raised her eyebrows and said, "When did you get so picky?"
Naruto shrugged, "I'm not interested in leading newbies."
Most of the names on Tsunade's list were this year's graduates. He didn't have that much time to take care of newbies.
He just got rid of Sakura, and now two more are coming?
He wasn't a babysitter!
Tsunade was a little helpless. She did have this idea, but mainly because Konoha no longer had enough excellent ninja to assign to Naruto.
The current elite squads were all out on missions. She couldn't just call them back and break them up to give them to Naruto, right?
"Then that's how it has to be for now."
Fortunately, with Naruto's skills, leading a team of two was enough for Tsunade to trust him.
After leaving the Hokage building, Naruto rested in Konoha for a day with Karin, and the next day, they embarked on the road back to the Land of Snow.
He originally came back with the intention of adding two capable assistants, after all, Sasuke was gone, and now he couldn't do anything in the Land of Snow without him.
But unfortunately, Tsunade could only find some new people for him. Instead of finding new people, he might as well train Karin, or wait for some good seedlings to appear in the Land of Snow.
A few days later,
Naruto returned to the Land of Snow and arrived at the Daimyo's residence.
As soon as he came back, he saw Jiraiya sitting on the roof of the Daimyo's residence, looking at something with a telescope, with a perverted smile on his face.
"You go back first."
After throwing the luggage to Karin, Naruto flashed to Jiraiya's side.
"What are you looking at?"
!!!
Because he was too focused, Jiraiya didn't react at all. He was so startled that he almost rolled off the roof.
"Naruto?"
Jiraiya looked resentful, "You come back and interrupt my collection of materials, what are you doing?"
"Who peeps at bathing in the Daimyo's residence?" Naruto said speechlessly.
Jiraiya's face turned red, "Don't say it so badly, what peeping at bathing, I sacrificed my morals for art, understand?"
"You can say whatever you want, as long as you're not collecting material for a new book using me as the main character!"
After Naruto said that, he saw Jiraiya look a little guilty. He immediately knew that this old guy really had no good intentions.
"Did you write it?"
"Wrote a little."
"Let me see!"
Jiraiya didn't hide it either, and gave Naruto the draft of the new book.
"Chapter 1, talented young man accidentally enters bathhouse and meets lonely widow... Are you sure you're writing something serious?" Naruto said with a twitching mouth.
"How is this not something serious? Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand writing. This is the writing experience of me, a genius writer, for dozens of years! Readers love to read this stuff!" Jiraiya glanced at Naruto dismissively, looking like a literary master.
Although Naruto was speechless, he was unable to refute it.
This may be true...
"How are things on your end? I see that only you and that girl came back, could it be..."
"One died, one escaped, the one who died was killed by the one who escaped."
Jiraiya was silent for a while, then said, "What are you going to do?"
He thought of Orochimaru who killed Hiruzen Sarutobi!
"What else can I do? I respect other people's destiny, I just need to do what I should do well," Naruto shrugged.
Jiraiya turned his head and stared at Naruto. Seeing that his eyes didn't waver at all, he didn't seem to care about Sasuke and Sakura's situation.
Although Naruto had never been a particularly emotional person, a companion died, a companion escaped, and Naruto was still so indifferent in the face of this situation, which made him somewhat concerned.
"Naruto, companions are very important people. If a ninja doesn't even cherish his companions, then he doesn't deserve to be a ninja at all!"
"Oh... then I'll resign? After all, didn't you resign because you didn't bring Orochimaru back in the past?"
"..."
"Cough cough, never mind."
Although Jiraiya didn't think the two things had anything in common, he had indeed already given up on Orochimaru.
In a sense, he was also someone who abandoned his companions.
Even if Orochimaru abandoned them first.