Crossing Over Again

Hiruzen Sarutobi carefully explained everything that had happened from the Nine-Tails' Attack up until now to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was bombarded by so much unfamiliar information that it took him quite a while to recover.

"So Konoha in the other world is hundreds of times stronger than this one? Hokage Torikaze came here to help Konoha?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. "That's right. One of Hokage Torikaze's goals is to help us. The other seems to be promoting his mobile game."

"Oh, right. You have a phone already, don't you? They're selling like crazy outside. The villagers all love them, and they're very affordable. Besides games, they can take pictures too. The best of both worlds."

Orochimaru took out the phone he had bought an hour ago.

He had immediately begun investigating after picking up a scent and had not paid much attention to the device.

Now, however, it seemed that this phone was produced in Another World. Since it was so popular, it surely had something special about it.

After fiddling with it for a while, Orochimaru had already figured out most of it. When he saw the Naruto game on the screen, he tapped into it directly.

"Naruto... an interesting name."

Seeing the familiar interface appear, Hiruzen Sarutobi explained some of the game's mechanics to Orochimaru.

"The main appeal of this game is the story. The other is dueling randomly matched opponents in three-versus-three battles. It all comes down to individual skill. Even an old man like me can't put it down now."

As he spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi took out his phone and started a match.

Orochimaru was somewhat surprised by the sight. An old-fashioned man like him was actually learning young people's things?

Playing games was something that would never have appeared in Hiruzen Sarutobi's dictionary before.

Orochimaru could more