Chapter 456 - 141

Chapter 141: CrisisJiraiya had left without saying goodbye just like that. During this time, he had only taught Narutohow to use the Rasengan, and hadn't even had the chance to sign a contract with the toads of Mount Myōboku.When Naruto returned to his room, Robinimmediately saw that he was troubled and hurriedly stepped forward to ask him the reason.Naruto naturally would not hide anything from her, so he explained the situation to her in detail.After listening to Naruto's explanation, Robinfrowned slightly. After a while, she said, "This is indeed a tricky matter.""The only way now is for you to contact Orochimaru immediately and have him come up with some way to distract Jiraiya, so that he can return later.""Furthermore, you must choose a very reasonable strategy; otherwise, it will be easily seen through, and it would be bad if it aroused his suspicion.""That is the only way." Naruto nodded after hearing this, affirming the idea Robin had given him, and then prepared to use the Flying Thunder God to find Orochimaru.At this moment, Robin grabbed him again and asked with a very serious expression, "Naruto, there is one more thing I wonder if you have considered. If things turn out as I fear, the consequences will be very serious."Her words piqued Naruto's curiosity, and he asked curiously, "Oh? Is there something I missed? Tell me."Robin said, "If I remember correctly, you once told me that the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōbokuhas the ability to predict the future, right!""If, when you go to learn Sage Mode, he sees through our plans for the future, and if he supports us, then everything will naturally be fine.""But once he does not approve of this method of unifying the Ninja World, he will definitely tell everything to Jiraiya, and it is not impossible that he might even attack you directly.""Even if you were lucky enough to escape, from then on, the entire Ninja World would become our enemy, and our plans would be forced to terminate.""At that time, our situation would be very dangerous; the outbreak of war would be certain, and the other countries would definitely join forces to deal with us.""The timing is not yet fully mature. Once we fall into such a situation, we will be very passive. After all, the purpose of unifying the Ninja World is to resist external enemies.""But now the real enemy has not yet appeared, and we are caught in a civil war. Not to mention whether we can defeat the allied forces of these countries with our current strength.""Even if we win, the price we pay will likely be heavy. By then, not to mention external enemies, I am afraid that even Obito will become an unsolvable problem."After hearing Robin's words, Naruto realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately felt a headache. He had originally thought his plan was flawless.And now that everything was on the right track, he only needed to focus on steadily improving his own strength, without having to worry about other things.But he never expected that beneath this peaceful appearance, there were such turbulent undercurrents. It could be said that if this matter was not handled well, all his previous arrangements would be in vain.However, things had reached this point, and there was no better way. He could only take it one step at a time. Naruto still decided to go find Orochimaru first.At this time, Orochimaru had disguised himself as the Kazekage and arrived at Konoha Village, so in order not to attract attention, Naruto specially dressed up as a Ninja from Sunagakure.When he suddenly appeared beside Orochimaru, it indeed startled the others. Orochimaru also knew that Naruto had taken such a big risk to find him, so it must be something important.Therefore, he said to the people below, "Do not panic. He is also a Ninja from our Village, but due to some special reasons, his identity has always been kept confidential.""Alright, we have some matters to discuss now, so you may withdraw first!"Orochimaru issued the order in the identity of the Kazekage. Upon hearing this, the Ninjas below acknowledged and left the room.After carefully checking that there was indeed no one around, Orochimaru said to Naruto, "Naruto-kun, is there something important?""It is not often that you, who are always cautious, take such a big risk to find me. This really makes me quite curious!"Naruto explained the situation to him again, "That is the situation, Uncle Snake. I cannot leave the Village for a long time, so I have to leave this matter to you."Upon hearing this, Orochimaru actually appeared somewhat excited. He stuck out his tongue and flicked it repeatedly, which made Naruto feel a chill of disgust again.Just as he wanted to stop the other party's behavior, Orochimaru suddenly spoke, as if talking to himself and yet also to Naruto, "Hehe, has this guy finally appeared?""It has been so many years since we last met, I had almost forgotten what he looked like. Time flies! Recalling the good old days, I really do miss them!""His strength must be even stronger now! How interesting. Who would have thought that the dead last from back then would be mentioned alongside me as one of the Sannin.""And now, no matter what we do, we have to consider his existence; otherwise, it would really be easy to fall short of success!""Naruto-kun, rest assured! Leave this matter to me! Thinking about reuniting with an old friend soon, I am really quite excited!""I heard he also learned the Sage Mode of Mount Myōboku and now calls himself the Toad Sage. I am really looking forward to fighting him! I hope he does not disappoint me too much."Looking at him like this, Naruto sighed and said, "Uncle Snake, do not forget, this time it is just to stall him and prevent him from disrupting our plans.""Do not get carried away and forget our main task. You must know that our targets are also very powerful, with at least two enemies of Kage-level strength.""If you are careless, it might cause us significant damage, and that would not be worth the loss. Therefore, you are a very important part of our combat power, and you must not be absent."Orochimaru smiled and replied, "I know this much. Rest assured, I have my own sense of proportion. I just want to have some fun with him; I will not go too far."After receiving Orochimaru's affirmation, Narutofinally felt relieved. It was not that he was being too cautious; for this opportunity, Naruto had been planning for too long, and its importance was self-evident. He definitely did not want any accidents to occur.Originally, he only intended to send Orochimaru, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Kakuzu to handle this matter. These three were actually enough to deal with those old guys, but now he changed his mind.Naruto decided to bring out all his forces and resolve the battle quickly with absolute crushing strength.