Konoha, I have the Herrscher of the End core in my body.

boom.

Sasuke was knocked flying again and hit a rock heavily on the side. Just as Sasuke was struggling to get up, Naruto appeared silently behind him and knocked him out with a knife.

"Hey, this is really interesting. You came back and knocked him out. What do you want to do?"

Naruto's actions were naturally seen by the other party. Even though they were enemies before, they were very surprised by the result.

"What to do? Of course I'm going to kill you."

As soon as Naruto finished speaking, he appeared in front of the other party. The Rasengan in his left hand was imprinted on his chest as he looked surprised, stunned and puzzled.

boom.

As the power of the Rasengan exploded, this ninja, who was not wearing a forehead protector but was skilled in water jutsu, burst into blood on the chest and his body flew backwards quickly. Like Sasuke before, he hit a rock in the cave. Because of the power, his body was directly embedded in the rock.

"Next, we have to destroy the body." After killing the enemy with one blow, Naruto remained calm. He then appeared in front of the rock where the enemy was embedded, ready to put the opponent's body into the Domination Theater.

For ninjas, a lot of information can be obtained from corpses, so Konoha's Anbu has the saying of leaving no corpse after death. Even the ninja cemeteries are basically cenotaphs. Some people have very large cemeteries, such as the first Hokage, Uchiha Madara, etc., are all buried in hidden tombs.

"Rasengan, this is really interesting."

Just as Naruto reached out to open the Theater of Domination, the ninja who was supposed to be dead embedded in the rock suddenly opened his eyes and spoke again.

But this time, the pupils of its eyes and the tone of its voice were completely changed. Looking at the golden pupils in its eyes, Naruto couldn't help but think of a creature, a snake.

"This feeling, these eyes, and this voice, it's Orochimaru. I see. Who would attack Sasuke at this time and be so familiar with Konoha's intelligence?"

Looking at the strange figure in front of him, Naruto immediately thought of someone in his heart, and he also understood why Kakashi was trapped so easily.

"I was wondering who it was. It turns out to be Lord Orochimaru. What a rare guest." After a brief silence, Naruto retracted his outstretched hand and said with a smile.

Although meeting Orochimaru now was completely beyond his expectations, it was also a good thing for him, because Orochimaru had a lot of good things.

As for whether it would disrupt his future plans, it doesn't matter. A plan is just a plan and can be revised at will. Even if Orochimaru does not intend to carry out any Konoha collapse plan, he can still launch it.

"Hahaha, this is really unexpected. How do you know me?" Orochimaru's snake eyes stared at Naruto in front of him. To be honest, Orochimaru did not take Naruto seriously. Although he was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, it was well known that Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was just a mascot.

Whether it is Uzumaki Mito or Uzumaki Kushina, they are just containers for the Nine-Tails. They have never used the Nine-Tails to fight, and strictly speaking, the same is true for Naruto now.

Konoha's attitude towards the Nine-Tails was originally to just treat him as a container for the Nine-Tails. All they had to do was pass on the family line honestly and let the next generation become the container for the Nine-Tails. Strictly speaking, what happened afterwards was not in the plan of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The power of the Nine-Tails is too strong. How could the Third Hokage allow the appearance of a Jinchuriki who could master the power of the Nine-Tails? If the third Hokage had not died in battle and if Akatsuki had not appeared, Naruto would have had no chance to master the power of the Nine-Tails and fight.

"How could I not know Lord Orochimaru, one of the three famous ninjas of Konoha? I just didn't expect to meet him here."

"This is really interesting. I'm afraid my teacher never expected such a thing. It seems that you want to give him a surprise."

"Of course, I will give him a surprise that he will never forget." Although Naruto's voice sounded very calm, Orochimaru could still hear the hidden hatred in it.

"Then what do you want that you are willing to expose your identity?"

Being able to hide in Konoha for so many years without being discovered, and now suddenly exposed in front of him, Orochimaru naturally would not think that Naruto could not help himself.

"Cooperation, if my guess is correct, Lord Orochimaru has set his sights on the Uchiha clan's bloodline limit, and I happen to know some of the secrets of the Uchiha clan's bloodline limit." Naruto paused for a moment, then continued, "This is not the place to talk. My teacher Kakashi is probably about to break through the barrier. Lord Orochimaru, how about we talk somewhere else?"

"it is good."

As Orochimaru spoke, the pupils of the ninja in front of him lost their light, and a small white snake crawled out of his ear. It seemed that Orochimaru was controlling this ninja through this small white snake.

After the little white snake appeared, it nodded at Naruto. Naruto did not follow immediately, but took out a sealing scroll and sealed the body of the ninja and the rock in front of him into the scroll. In front of Orochimaru, Naruto thought it would be better to hide for now.

Then Naruto summoned a shadow clone and prepared to let him leave with the little white snake, while his real body stayed where it was and negotiated with Orochimaru. One shadow clone was enough. Kakashi was about to appear, so there was no need to turn against him now.

The little white snake didn't care when it saw Naruto's shadow clone following it, and immediately swam out of the cave.

"As expected, strength is the basis of arrogance. If it were the old me, I would definitely run as far away from Orochimaru as possible when I saw him."

Watching his shadow clone and the little white snake leave together, Naruto suddenly smiled and shook his head. Orochimaru was one of the few dangerous figures in the ninja world. This was not because of his strength, but because of his character and ability to save his life. When it came to surviving, he was very powerful.

Look at the Akatsuki organization, in the end all of them died, only he is still alive, and he lives a very comfortable life.

As for Orochimaru, Naruto will have to come into contact with him sooner or later. Apart from anything else, he will need Orochimaru's help just to free Minato Namikaze's soul from the god of death, not to mention that he also has the forbidden technique of Impure World Reincarnation.

"There's no need to clean up this area, but I didn't expect that he had been targeted by Orochimaru so early. No, maybe after he was defeated by Itachi, Orochimaru has been keeping an eye on Sasuke in secret."

After looking around the cave, Naruto decided to ignore it after a moment of silence. He then carried the unconscious Sasuke and walked out of the cave.

"What's wrong with him?" Parker asked immediately when Naruto brought the unconscious Sasuke to Parker and Sakura.

"I'm not sure, it seems like she was knocked unconscious." Naruto said as he walked to Sakura, picked up the unconscious Sakura, and prepared to leave.

"Teacher Kakashi." Halfway through, Naruto met Kakashi.

"What happened?" Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief after checking Sasuke and Sakura, and immediately asked Naruto.

“I don’t know the details.”

Naruto then gave a brief account of the situation, including when he rescued Sakura earlier, and when he went in to look for Sasuke later, he only saw Sasuke fainted on the ground, and the enemy had disappeared.

"Oh, I see. You wait here for a moment. Parker will take me over to investigate." After listening to Naruto's words, Kakashi nodded slightly and asked Parker to take him to the cave.

"Kakashi, why did you ask me to keep an eye on Naruto? Isn't he your student?" On the way, Captain Parker Kakashi asked the doubts in his heart.

"This situation is quite complicated. I hope it's just my illusion."

Speaking of Naruto, Kakashi's face suddenly became serious. He knew something about Naruto's situation, but until just now, he realized that Naruto's real problem was that he didn't show any emotion at all about Sakura being captured.