Outside Konoha.
Naruto walked into the newly renovated Nōmen Hall.
Every part of the hall had been refurbished. The lighting was bright, and brand-new Uzumaki Clan crests were carved everywhere, from the entrance to the pillars within.
Various masks hung neatly along the walls. Each bore a different ferocious expression, making the place particularly eerie and chilling.
Naruto calmly examined the masks before finally stopping and reaching out to take down the Reaper Mask he needed.
Holding the Reaper Mask, Naruto stirred his thoughts and instantly used the Flying Thunder God Technique.
The next moment, he appeared inside a prison in the Land of Waves.
The prison was dark and damp. Two death-row inmates were locked behind iron bars. The moment they saw Naruto appear, they lunged toward the bars, gripping the metal rods with both hands, their faces filled with terror as they continuously begged for mercy.
"Please spare us... We really know we were wrong..."
The guard nearby was briefly stunned upon seeing the visitor, then bowed and unlocked the cell door, waiting for instructions.
Naruto ignored the two men's desperate cries. Expressionless, he opened the cell door, used a Genjutsu to silence them, and lifted them up one in each hand.
He then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique once more, vanishing from sight and arriving at Otogakure in the Land of Rice Fields.
The research building in Otogakure was brightly lit inside.
Orochimaru's laboratory contained a large number of cultivation tanks, each holding White Zetsu specimens of various forms.
Some White Zetsu were still attempting to resist, while others lay motionless as though asleep.
Some of these White Zetsu were the results of Orochimaru's own cultivation research, while the rest had been captured and brought back by Naruto's Shadow Clones. With the detailed information Naruto had