[NARUTO] Night of the Full Moon

A minimalist necklace.

It's not like the style that Naruto, who always likes bright colors, would choose, but it does suit Sasuke very well, and it happens to be made of the same material as Sasuke's sword.

Even if Naruto said that he just happened to see it when he was taking out the knife, it can be seen that he put a lot of thought into the selection.He was even so excited that Sasuke said he wanted to wear a pair of necklaces with him that he couldn't sleep.

But he didn't expect that the time for him to take out the necklace was when he was saying goodbye to Sasuke.

"I will." Sasuke responded softly.

The metal pendant was not cold to the touch. It had been kept in his pocket and had caught some of Naruto's body temperature.

Sasuke took the necklace handed over by Naruto, put it on carefully and put it away in his inner clothes.It's like a thread has hidden those complicated friendships deep in my heart, making them undetectable from the outside.

"Speaking of which, a crow snatched the necklace and flew away, so I chased it all the way to the Hokage Tower and heard about your departure."

Sasuke paused: "Crow?"

The timing was so coincidental that it was hard not to suspect that it was the psychic beast spying on him.After it found out that it had defected, it didn't notify the village directly, but went to find Naruto?

"Is the fur particularly shiny and the eyes red?" Sasuke asked again.

"Huh? It looks like he's well nourished, but I didn't see the eyes..." Naruto, who had just been pointed out by Sasuke to reveal the hidden secrets in the village, immediately became nervous, "What's wrong, is there something wrong with that crow?"

Crow...crow...

A crow who would do such a thing...

Sasuke suddenly thought of the crows in Itachi's illusion space. If many of the crows in the village were his spies, it would not be surprising why he knew the situation in the village so well.

"I suspect..." Sasuke told Naruto his suspicion, "That crow is Itachi's psychic beast."

Ordinary crows only like shiny things. The necklace Naruto chose for himself did not have these characteristics, so how could it be attracted by the crow, and it happened to lead Naruto to chase him to the Hokage Tower.

"I'm afraid he doesn't want me to go find Orochimaru. I hope you can persuade me to come back." Sasuke's expression turned colder, "Do you think I will be at his mercy?"

Naruto opened his mouth, and before he could say anything, a loud noise suddenly came from where they came from. The dull roar spread far away and could be heard clearly here, as if even the earth was shaking.

"What's going on?" Naruto exclaimed, flying up to the treetops with Sasuke.

Looking far into the distance, I could see that the flying birds were all coming from the same direction. The pasture where Naruto and Kimimaro had been facing each other had turned into a forest of bones.The bone spurs that sprouted from the ground were slightly higher than these native trees, and the white bones exuded the aura of death and decay.

Looking like this, it was obviously done by Kimimaro who could use bones as weapons.

"What should I do, Li..." Naruto was worried and immediately prepared to turn around and rush for help.Li Cai had just recovered from surgery, how to deal with such a terrifying opponent!

"It's okay." Sasuke pressed Naruto down and pointed to the tip of the highest cluster of bone spurs for him to look at. .seven

The impacted sand was relieved of its strength and fell, but it also blocked Kimimaro's final blow.On the cloud layer made of sand were the figures of Gaara and Rock Lee.

"Gaara has rescued Lee."

As for why Gaara suddenly appeared here, I'm afraid it was the village's arrangement.As expected, the Fifth Hokage would not let the new forces in the village die blindly. Konoha's reinforcements had arrived.

It also means...

"I have to go." Sasuke finally looked at Naruto.

Naruto pursed his lips, knowing that he had no reason to keep Sasuke, so he could only look into Sasuke's eyes quietly and convey his firmness: "You must come back alive, or wait for me to find you."

"Okay." Sasuke promised.

Before turning around, Sasuke said again: "By the way, I promised you before that I would let you see the Sharingan once."

Sasuke looked deeper into Naruto's eyes.Magatama-shaped black spots vaguely appeared in his brown pupils, one, two, and then a third one squeezed in.The three magatama pieces rotated clearly and were connected by a thin circle, and the background color of the pupils gradually turned into a strange red.

Naruto observed the magnificent changes in Sasuke's eyes at close range. He gradually felt dizzy as the Magatama rotated, and finally fell forward into Sasuke's arms the next second the Sharingan took shape.

The illusion world that Sasuke built for him did not include the large pot of green leafy vegetables that once scared him. Instead, there were Kakashi, Jiraiya, Sakura, Tenten and other companions sitting together with Naruto on the long table of Ichiraku Ramen. In front of the table, Naruto's favorite miso barbecued pork ramen was steaming.

Kakashi said: "Eat as much as you like, Jiraiya-sama and I will pay for it today."

Sasuke looked at the sleeping person in his arms, and the meaning in his eyes might not even be clear to him.He brushed away Naruto's broken hair, pressed a kiss on Naruto's forehead, and murmured, "Have a sweet dream."

Sasuke found a safe place to hide Naruto, and carved Konoha's secret code on the outside for later rescuers, and finally left without looking back.

The road ahead may be difficult, but he has no regrets.

He didn't know how long he had been walking, but Sasuke, who only knew the general direction, was thinking about how he would find Orochimaru without anyone to guide him, when he finally met someone greeting him at the border.The team that went straight into the Land of Fire to bring back Sasuke didn't even manage to turn around.

In this regard, Sasuke felt a little relieved, which meant that the other companions of Konoha were also waiting for rescue.

But Sasuke's mood only relaxed for a moment and then became tense again. He was about to face Orochimaru. His previous belief that Orochimaru would leave him to cultivate and recuperate was just his own guess. The other party's true attitude will all depend on this meeting. result.

Those people led Sasuke into an underground palace, and the torches on both sides could not completely illuminate the dim corridor.In the quiet space, you could only hear the staggered echo of the footsteps beneath you. Except for Sasuke, everyone else's steps seemed to be at the same frequency.

This will undoubtedly further aggravate people's tension.

It's as if everyone else is a puppet at the mercy of the program's movements.

"Sasuke-kun." They finally stopped in front of a heavy wooden door. The person standing in front of the door raised his head slightly, and the reflective lenses made the originally ordinary face look more serious. "Lord Orochimaru has been waiting for a long time. "

"Kabuto Yakushi." Sasuke calmly pointed out the other person's name.

"Sasuke-kun, you still remember me? I'm really flattered." He said with a smile, "I hope we can get along well in the future."

"Now, please come in." Kabuto pushed open the door connected to the unknown fear.

Sasuke stepped forward without hesitation, and even though the door slammed shut behind him, he still moved forward calmly.

These are just some methods of exerting psychological pressure. This is a common method used by Uchiha to shake the character and make the enemy reveal flaws in the confrontation.Uchiha people who can withstand the Sharingan must also have far superior mental control than ordinary people.

Sasuke looked around, it seemed to be a large laboratory.Going deeper, you can see that both sides of the remaining corridor are lined with fluorescent petri dishes of different sizes. The two largest ones seem to have some deformed experimental bodies floating in the green water, even if they are not clearly visible in the turbid liquid. It's also disgusting enough.

Sasuke frowned and went all the way in.Orochimaru was sitting on a stone seat, staring at the monitor in front of him that was pointed at an unknown location.

"Sasuke-kun, you chose me after all." Orochimaru hissed.

Orochimaru was covered in bandages, and his snake qualities were stronger than before.It can be seen from the slightly spread out bandages that he has replaced the original female body.

Sasuke's heart tightened. Since Orochimaru had changed his body, it meant that his guess that Orochimaru had lost the ability to reincarnate in a short period of time was not true.His situation was a bit more critical.

Orochimaru seemed to see what Sasuke was thinking, and chuckled: "Don't worry, since I have used a new body, I won't touch you in the past few years."

"Before I become your vessel, I will personally kill that man to avenge the Uchiha clan." Sasuke tried with anger, "In exchange, you have to help me gain more power."

"Of course." Orochimaru readily agreed, but the cold tone unique to cold-blooded animals only made people feel sick as if they were being targeted by a poisonous snake. "You have endless potential, and I also want to see what you can grow into."

Orochimaru seemed to have no suspicion of Sasuke, but Sasuke did not dare to relax at all.When Orochimaru said that he had just awakened to the second state of the Curse Seal and must be exhausted and asked him to go to the prepared room to rest first, Sasuke refused directly.

"I'm not risking my life just to come to your territory to rest." Sasuke's eyes were heavy, "Apart from the curse seal, don't you have any other way for people to practice and improve?"

Orochimaru didn't care about Sasuke's rudeness, but his eyes showed some interest: "Then... let Kabuto take you to the training ground first."

Sasuke was wary, and he didn't know what Orochimaru's bad intentions were until the training ground.

This is where the surveillance is located.However, the dark color that cannot be shown on the black and white monitor is covered with blood and dirt.

Before he even got close, Sasuke could already smell the pungent blood, and the filthy air indicated that there had been a massacre not long ago.Stepping onto the training ground, the blood and remaining scraps of flesh stuck to your feet were like a swamp, making it difficult to walk.The empty cages all around looked like the gaping mouth of a monster in the abyss. The stone walls and iron fences were covered with marks of weapons slashing and blood spattering.

Obviously, there were people in those cages.But now they are all a pile of rotten meat on the ground.

The broken arms and body parts that have not yet been cleaned are piled together, not much different from the livestock in the slaughterhouse.

This scene was actually more terrifying than the battlefields Sasuke had seen before in the Warring States Period. After all, Madara and the others only took him to participate in a few small battles, and the deaths caused by normal fighting were far less fragmented than the tragedy that happened in this dark underground.

"What happened before?" Sasuke almost gritted his teeth before he asked this question calmly.

"In order to select a body that can be used by Lord Orochimaru, a Gu King was cultivated." Kabuto explained, even with a brisk smile on his lips.