After taking care of Sakon, Ukon, and Jirobo, Naruto slowly walked up to Tayuya, crouched down, and said softly, "Are you interested in following me? Although I can't give you more power, I can give you a life of hard work."
Tayuya: "..."
At this moment, she was very torn. She didn't want to betray Orochimaru, but if she didn't betray Orochimaru, she would be killed by the man in front of her!
After hesitating for a few seconds, Tayuya made up her mind and gripped her flute!
But the next moment, a beam of light shot from Naruto's eyes and blew her brains out.
"It seems that digging into Orochimaru's people is really not easy."
Naruto shook his head, feeling worried about his lack of charm.
However, these people were all adopted by Orochimaru from a young age. They probably each have their own regrets. Orochimaru adopted them when they were at their lowest point, provided them with food and clothing, and gave them power... It's really not easy for such people to betray Orochimaru!
After dealing with the Sound Four, Naruto looked at the wooden barrel.
Sasuke was currently merging with the power of the curse mark inside the barrel. After he came out, he would perfectly adapt to the power of the curse mark and become a more suitable vessel for Orochimaru!
He didn't interrupt Sasuke, but leaned to the side and waited quietly for Sasuke to come out of the barrel.
He didn't know how long had passed,
Sasuke pushed open the lid of the barrel and took the initiative to walk out of it.
He stared at Naruto warily, his expression cold, and said, "Are you going to stop me?"
Naruto shook his head and asked a strange question, "Do you remember the wallet I gave you?"
"Wallet?"
Sasuke was stunned and took out the wallet that looked like a snake, "It seems like you forced me to buy this."
"..."
"That's not the point. The point is what I said to you before, do you remember? I said you would need it sooner or later." Naruto said with a speechless expression.
Sasuke clutched the wallet and frowned, "Did you guess that I would go to Orochimaru?"
"You can't get power by following me. It's not surprising that you leave me to follow Orochimaru."
Naruto said with an all-knowing look, "So don't worry, I won't stop you from going to find Orochimaru, but you're just going to leave without saying goodbye? No matter what, you're still my subordinate, right?"
Sasuke lowered his head, was silent for a moment, and said, "Sorry, but I have to leave now."
"No need to rush!"
Naruto said calmly, "You can slowly go to the Otogakure Village, or simply take a ship to leave the Land of Snow. Orochimaru should already be at the point where he has to find a new body to use as a vessel. As long as you arrive a little later, he will have to use other vessels!"
"Once Orochimaru uses a new vessel, then this ninjutsu of his will need three years to cool down before it can be used again, and you will have three years to develop!"
"I hope you're still you after three years. When you fight Itachi, remember to send me a message. I really want to know who will win!"
After saying that, Naruto turned into a golden flash and disappeared, leaving Sasuke deep in thought.
He didn't understand why Naruto wanted to help him.
According to what he understood from following Naruto for more than half a year, Naruto was definitely not the kind of person who valued emotions very much, let alone that he and Naruto didn't have a deep relationship.
Except when doing tasks, Naruto would protect them as subordinates, most of the time they didn't have much contact!
So why would he do this?
Did I misunderstand him?
Unable to figure it out, Sasuke simply stopped thinking about it.
However, he also listened to Naruto's advice and postponed his plan to go to the Otogakure Village!
...
On the other side,
After Naruto returned to the Daimyo's mansion, he wrote a letter and then asked Sakura to send it back to Konoha Village.
It had been two months, and they needed to submit a mission report that had already been written.
Sakura took the envelope in her hand and said with a worried expression, "Naruto, Sasuke..."
"Sasuke has already left, he went to find Orochimaru." Naruto said calmly.
"Went to find Orochimaru?!"
Sakura was shocked. When she thought of Orochimaru's terrible face, she couldn't help but worry about Sasuke even more. "Naruto, didn't you bring Sasuke back? You can't let him go to Orochimaru's place, Sasuke will be in danger!"
"Respect other people's destinies, this is Sasuke's own choice!" Naruto said with a calm expression.
"But... but..."
Sakura wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Naruto, "There's no 'but'. He personally witnessed his family die and carries a deep hatred. It's normal to want revenge!"
"As for you, while your parents are still healthy, it's better to go back and see them more often. It's been a long time since you went back to Konoha to visit your parents, right?"
Sakura hadn't been back to Konoha for many months. It was impossible to say that she didn't miss her parents.
But compared to her parents who she could see at any time, she was more worried about Sasuke, who she might never see again!
Sakura left with a lost expression.
After thinking about it all night, she left without saying goodbye, just like Sasuke.
However, she didn't follow Naruto's instructions to go back to Konoha, but took a ship all the way to the Land of Fire, and then turned towards the Otogakure Village!
Naruto didn't know that Sakura would make such a decision after thinking about it all night, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care about Sakura!
If Sakura encountered danger on a mission because she followed his orders, he would care a little!
But Sakura was disobeying his orders and looking for death herself!
Even if he was the leader, he wouldn't save a teammate who was seeking death, let alone that Sakura didn't have any value to him!
Relatively speaking, the reason why he went to chase Sasuke was because Sasuke still had some value to him!
Before, because he hadn't mastered Observation Haki, he was afraid of Uchiha Itachi's Kotoamatsukami, so he didn't fight Uchiha Itachi to the end!
But now it's different!
With the ability to predict the future, it was impossible for him to fall for any of Uchiha Itachi's illusions!
So Naruto hoped to use Sasuke's hand to find Uchiha Itachi and get the Kotoamatsukami in his hand!
Anyway, Uchiha Itachi was ready to die generously. Rather than wasting this eye, it was better to take it for himself in case of need!
A few days later,
Jiraiya came to the Land of Snow Daimyo's mansion with a pile of money on his back. His arrogant steps were like a newly rich guy who didn't recognize anyone!
"Naruto! I'm here to exchange information!!"
Jiraiya came to the meeting hall, slammed the money on the ground, sat on it, and a trace of heartache flashed across his face.
After today, he would have to say goodbye to these tens of millions of riches!
Although a mere tens of millions was just a drop in the bucket of his savings, he still couldn't help but feel the pain!
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