Ever since learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, Naruto's speed of movement had truly advanced by leaps and bounds!
With no other incidents to interrupt him along the way, Naruto soon drew closer and closer to the Land of Fields.
At last, Naruto arrived in the Land of Fields!
The Land of Fields was a small country bordering Konoha. It was nowhere near as powerful as the Land of Fire, so entering it was quite easy.
Naruto disguised himself as a wandering samurai in training and entered the Land of Fields under the envious gazes of the gatekeepers.
In this era, ninja held the highest status, with samurai ranking just below them.
Not everyone had the talent to become a ninja. For ordinary people without that talent, becoming a samurai was already impressive enough!
After entering the Land of Fields, Naruto began secretly gathering information about Orochimaru.
He used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave marks all across the Land of Fields and move rapidly between them, while also creating several Shadow Clones to investigate every corner.
The Multi Shadow Clone was especially useful at times like this. When it came to gathering intelligence, Naruto alone was worth an entire intelligence-gathering squad!
After investigating for a while, he discovered that Otogakure had already been established in the Land of Fields, and it had been around for some time.
The village's scale and strength were still developing, but it was already fairly decent.
After all, Orochimaru had built it up little by little on his own. Achieving this much was already impressive.
Once Naruto confirmed the information, he decided to infiltrate Otogakure.
After first determining Otogakure's location, he immediately headed there.
Before long, he arrived near Otogakure.
He first observed the village from the outside and found that its defenses