"Isn't there a better way?"
Jiraiya mumbled.
He tried to put himself in Itachi Uchiha's place and realized he didn't have a very good solution either.
Either fight against the leaders of the Konoha with the clan, or fight against the Uchiha Clan with the leaders of the Konoha!
It was a difficult choice.
"Maybe there is, but it's all too late," Naruto said.
Everyone is dead, so isn't it too late?
Although Jiraiya felt sorry for the deaths of so many people, these dead people were not people he cared about much anyway, and he had seen too many deaths already, so he quickly adjusted his mood.
"What did Itachi Uchiha tell you?" Jiraiya asked Naruto.
"Want to know information about the Akatsuki organization?"
Naruto narrowed his eyes, looking at Jiraiya and chuckled, "Pay me for it. One million ryo for one piece of information!"
"..."
Jiraiya pretended to be angry and said, "I'm your teacher, and you're charging me?"
"What? Don't want to pay? Then go find the Akatsuki organization yourself. I guess you won't even be able to find their main base in a few months!" Naruto teased with a faint smile.
Time may not be valuable to Jiraiya, but it is very important to the Konoha!
The sooner they know the Akatsuki's plan, the sooner they can stop them and protect the Konoha's safety!
But looking at Naruto's indifferent appearance, it seems that this Akatsuki organization is not as dangerous as he imagined?
Itachi Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, Orochimaru...
Okay, it seems I was overthinking it after all!
This kid Naruto doesn't care, either because he doesn't have a concept of who the Akatsuki people are, or he's too confident in his own strength and is starting to get carried away.
"Naruto, I hope you don't care so much about money when it comes to important matters!"
Jiraiya said seriously, "The Akatsuki's affairs are not only related to your personal safety, but also to the safety of the Konoha! As a ninja of the Konoha, shouldn't you selflessly contribute the information you've obtained for the sake of the Konoha?"
"Yeah, what you said makes sense."
Seeing that Naruto agreed with him, Jiraiya's face lit up, thinking that he had succeeded with his talk-no-jutsu, but Naruto's next words made him feel like he had lost his parents!
"Since you know so much about contributing to the Konoha, then give me all your money, so I can give you the information with peace of mind!"
"After all, if you can't prove that you don't care about money, how would I know if you would sell out the Konoha for money?"
???
Dude, are you playing reverse psychology?
Jiraiya looked at Naruto with a dumbfounded expression. He had something he wanted to say, but he couldn't say it!
"What? Reluctant?" Naruto said, looking at Jiraiya, who was hesitant to speak, with a playful smile.
After a moment of silence, Jiraiya said with a sad face, "Naruto, I admit I was talking a little too loud just now. How about the same price as before? One million ryo for one piece of information? I definitely won't bargain!"
"Wouldn't it have been better to say that earlier? It was a waste of both our time, wasn't it?"
Naruto chuckled and threw Gamabunta's wallet to Jiraiya, "One million for one piece of information! Throw it in there!"
Looking at the little Gamabunta in his hand, Jiraiya's face flashed with a hint of doubt, but he quickly stopped caring, "I don't have that much money with me. My money is all in the bank."
"Then come back when you get the money."
Naruto said and was about to leave.
Jiraiya hurriedly said, "Can't I have credit?"
"Small business, no credit! Besides...I don't trust your credit!"
"..."
Watching Naruto walk away completely, Jiraiya was helpless and had no choice but to go to the bank to withdraw money first.
Fortunately, there were many trading groups passing through the Land of Snow, and banks had been set up early to facilitate these trading groups!
If it weren't for these banks, he would have to go to other countries to exchange the money!
It would be impossible to do that in less than a month!
...
"Naruto! Something bad happened!"
Naruto had just separated from Jiraiya when he encountered Sakura running over in a hurry.
"What's wrong, Sakura?"
"Sasuke...Sasuke is gone!"
"Sasuke?"
Naruto opened his Observation Haki, but he didn't find Sasuke in the Daimyo's residence, nor did he find Sasuke in Shirokawa Castle!
Did he run away on his own?
Why?
Naruto frowned and expanded his Observation Haki again, covering the entire Land of Snow!
This time, he finally discovered Sasuke's whereabouts!
At this time, Sasuke was being held in a barrel by four people, heading outside the Land of Snow, and was about to reach the port for leaving by sea!
'Interesting, is Orochimaru here to kidnap someone?'
Although he originally didn't intend to stop Sasuke from going to Orochimaru, leaving without saying goodbye was a bit disrespectful to him!
Without explaining to Sakura, Naruto directly turned into golden light and disappeared from the spot!
This made the already flustered Sakura even more nervous!
In less than a few seconds, Naruto caught up with the Sound Ninja Four who were running away!
"Kidnapping people in my territory without even saying hello?"
Naruto descended from the sky, stopping Kidomaru and the others.
"Tch, so we were discovered after all!" Sakon looked surprised
The four of them had seen Naruto's strength during the Chunin Exams, and before they came, Orochimaru had seriously warned them not to clash with Naruto!
If they had to fight, they should try their best to bring Sasuke back, even at the cost of their lives!
So after seeing Naruto, the four of them directly activated their Cursed Seals Level 2!
Under the influence of the Cursed Seals, the four people's chakra, strength, and speed had been greatly increased!
But in Naruto's eyes, it was just so-so!
"Want to fight?"
Naruto held out his finger and beckoned, "Come and try!"
"Don't look down on people, brat!"
"Earth Release Barrier: Earth Prison Dome!"
Jirobo, who had an egghead, slammed his hands on the ground, directly using a semicircular mound of earth to trap Naruto.
Although the Earth Prison Dome only had the hardness of rock, it had a strong ability to recover. Any attacks and damage could be restored in an instant!
In addition, Jirobo could also absorb other people's chakra through the Earth Prison Dome!
It sounded very powerful, but before Jirobo could absorb the chakra, a burst of golden light exploded from inside, destroying all of his earth mound!
No matter how fast it recovers, it's impossible to recover if it's destroyed all at once.
Naruto walked out of the smoke unharmed, and then casually shot a beam of laser light, cutting off Kidomaru's special move, the Spider Bow: Terrifying Split, and also piercing through his brain!
"Kidomaru!"
No one expected that Jirobo, who attacked first didn't die, but Kidomaru, who launched a sneak attack, died!
"Damn it!"
Tayuya summoned three Angry Demons and then blew the flute in her hand to control the three Angry Demons to attack Naruto.
But faced with the three Angry Demons, Naruto killed them all with a laser beam for each demon!
Seeing this, Tayuya was scared silly, and she didn't know what to do. At that moment, she found Sakon and Jirobo sneak attacking Naruto from behind!
"Don't!"
Her voice had just fallen when she saw Naruto's fist turn black and punch the void behind him violently.
Bang!!!
The terrifying shock wave directly turned Sakon and Jirobo into ashes and pierced through a snow mountain!
Seeing this scene, Tayuya sat down numbly on the floor, staring blankly at the snow mountain hole that Naruto had punched out.
Is this the power of humans?
Even Orochimaru-sama can't use such power so easily, right?
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