A foreigner's journey

"Naruto is so slow..."

Sakura was sitting under a big tree, playing with dry food and water bottles, while Sasuke was setting up traps.

Because Naruto, a big idiot, drank all the water just half a day after setting out, the three of them had just guessed at who would get the water. The ending was very satisfying, as Naruto was driven away to fetch water from a nearby stream. Sakura and Sasuke stayed where they were to set up a temporary habitat.

The Forest of Death is no way to successfully withstand the environment at your destination by rushing all the way. Not only is the natural environment here dangerous, but there are also 23 other groups of competitors who are eyeing you. Even if they are both genin of Konoha Village, they will not show mercy to each other at this time. After all, everyone signed a life and death certificate before participating.

Sasuke attached a detonating talisman to a nearby tree trunk and took concealment measures, and then used a steel wire to make a trigger mechanism near it. He looked at Sakura below and said: "The crane driver is probably lost and can't find the water source... Forget it, I don't expect him to be able to handle this matter. I'll go there myself after he comes back dejected. Bar."

"So handsome and considerate, Sasuke!" Sakura blushed. It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In Sakura's opinion, any shining point in Sasuke will be infinitely magnified. Although Naruto has become much more handsome recently, she still prefers Sasuke.

"Oh! I'm back! I was so lucky. I met a genin who was alone. After killing her, I got a lot of supplies."

At this time, Naruto emerged from the grass with a smile on his face, swinging his arms and holding two water bottles in his other hand.

well? Sakura's face changed slightly but she didn't speak.

On the other side, Sasuke jumped down from the tree lightly and said calmly: "Where is the scroll? Everyone has been killed, so we should get the most important thing, right?"

"Oh, it's the same as our scroll, so I just threw it away." Naruto smiled and walked closer and closer with the kettle in hand.

Bang!

The kettle hit the ground and water splashed. Naruto barely avoided the kunai's thrust with a backflip, and shouted angrily: "W-what are you doing, Sasuke!?"

Sasuke held a kunai with a cold face: "Although there are thousands of annoying things about that crane tail, there is one thing I trust in him - he will never take the initiative to kill others. You are too bad at acting, idiot .”

"...Hiss, it turns out that the secret was revealed. I thought the jinchūriki of the nine-tailed demon fox would be affected by it and become cruel and bloodthirsty."

Naruto slowly stood up, and the surface of his body began to dissolve and reorganize into a new appearance, turning into a slender grass ninja village genin wearing a hat. He stretched out his long, slippery tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, showing a sinister smile:

"Uchiha Sasuke, I've wanted to meet you for a long time."

"...Who are you?" Sasuke lowered his body slightly and took out a few shurikens from the ninja tool bag on his waist.

"Hiss, when you beat me, I will tell you naturally."

The eyes of this ninja from the Grass Ninja Village narrowed slightly, and then suddenly opened wide.

For a moment, countless images of her tragic death floated before Sakura's eyes. She could even feel the pain of the sword chopping on her skin, and the feeling of blood spurting out from her body.

"Sakura! Wake up!" Sasuke's voice woke up Sakura, and she realized that she had collapsed on the ground, her whole body limp and unable to move. She swallowed hard and finally managed to squeeze out the words from her throat: "S-Sasuke, what is that?"

Sasuke's face was also a little pale, but it was much better than Sakura's. He took an attacking stance towards the enemy in Kusanagi Village not far in front of him:

"It's [Magic: Naraku no Jutsu]. I don't know who you are, but this illusion of yours is far worse than Quick Slash."

"Hiss, Uchiha Quick Slash... I miss that name so much. I heard that he returned to the village, but I didn't expect that he, who has always been cruel and ruthless, didn't kill you, the biological brother of your enemy, and instead started cultivating you."

The ninja from Kusanagi Village could no longer hold back and tore off the skin on his face, revealing his true colors inside. This is a tall man with a pale face and sunken cheeks. His narrow golden pupils are wrapped in purple eyeshadow that extends to the wings of his nose. He wears blue magatama earrings and has a strange temperament.

He licked the corners of his mouth and showed a snake-like smile: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Orochimaru. Sasuke, are you interested in coming with me? I will give you the power to defeat Itachi."

"A shameless guy."

Uh-huh! The kunai's shuriken was accurately thrown at Orochimaru, and at the same time Sasuke jumped high and quickly formed seals with his hands.

【Art fire escape ho fireball】!

A huge fireball fell from above, and kunai and shuriken also blocked Orochimaru's path.

"Oh, he raised you well. But compared to Itachi, you are still far behind."

The fireball was violently blasted away, and the kunai and shuriken clanked against the hard scales before falling to the ground feebly. A huge snake covered with hard blue scales surrounded Orochimaru, with his upper body raised high, and his ruthless snake eyes were staring at Sasuke.

Without any fear, Sasuke immediately formed the seals in the order of 'You-Si-Shen-Wei' as soon as he landed on the high branch of the tree. As the crackling thunder exploded, six fist-sized thunder balls emerged from beside Sasuke and slowly floated around him.

"It's the [Six Ming Thunder Jade] of Quick Slash. I didn't expect him to even teach you this technique."

Orochimaru laughed pitifully: "If Quick Slash had used this technique, maybe I would still be wary of the three points. How powerful can this technique performed by you be?"

"It's up to you to taste it yourself."

Sasuke's eyes instantly turned into scarlet Sharingan eyes, with two magatama slowly rotating in each eye.

Sharingan? And it’s already a double magatama? Orochimaru finally showed a slightly surprised expression this time, and then he smiled even more excitedly: "You have already opened the double magatama sharingan at this age... Very good, very good! I want you more and more."

Suddenly, a loud voice came from the branches of the towering tree behind Orochimaru:

"Hey! You old pervert, what are you saying to my little brother?"

Orochimaru raised his head slightly, then his eyes widened in surprise.

The Fourth Hokage?

"It's too late, Cranetail." Sasuke didn't even raise his head, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

"Sorry, sorry, it took a little time because the stream was hard to find. But it doesn't matter, the hero will always appear at the most critical moment!"

Naruto, who was wearing a white coat, stood on the branch of a tree with one hand on his hip, his blond hair fluttering slightly in the wind. Xianglin lay on the thick branch of the tree and looked at him with admiration.

Naruto suddenly noticed the thunder ball floating next to Sasuke: "Have you used all six jade weapons? Didn't uncle Kuazhan set very strict restrictions on you?"

"This guy is Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas. We must fight hard. Let's go together, Naruto, and use that technique!" Sasuke stood up and drew a kunai as a short sword with his backhand.

"Hehe, now that you say so... the shadow clone technique!"

Naruto formed a seal to summon a shadow clone, and then spread his right hand upward toward the shadow clone.

As the shadow clone continued to disturb Naruto's hand through the air, a shining chakra sphere appeared in Naruto's hand.

【Rasengan】!

Seeing this technique, Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly. Who taught the Fourth Hokage his own A-level ninjutsu? Jiraiya?

"It's about to happen, Naruto!"

"Don't hold yourself back, Sasuke!"

Sasuke and Naruto jumped up at the same time, aiming directly at Orochimaru!