Rōran.
As the mysterious white light faded, a ninja dressed in orange, with short golden hair and distinct whisker marks on his cheeks, opened his eyes.
"Where am I?"
Uzumaki Naruto rubbed his eyes in confusion and looked at the towering spire-shaped buildings nearby. "I was clearly in the ruins of Rōran just now, chasing the rogue ninja Mukade..."
He turned his head and realized there were no familiar figures anywhere around him. His heart jolted. "...And where did Sakura and Captain Yamato go?"
Just as he stood there in bewilderment, voices suddenly came from overhead.
"Is this the guy? The one with an amount of chakra inside him no less than the Dragon Vein?"
Sasori of the Red Sands looked down in some surprise at Uzumaki Naruto, who still had not quite grasped the situation. "He's clearly just a stupid-looking Konoha ninja."
"Don't be careless. The chakra inside him... is the Nine-Tails'!"
Kana opened her eyes and finally identified the source of that immense chakra inside Naruto.
"The Nine-Tails? Does that mean that woman Uzumaki Kushina is dead?"
Sasori frowned.
With their status, they naturally knew very well that Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had always been members of the Uzumaki clan. Aside from the Uzumaki Sealing Technique, no other power was sufficient to resist or restrain the Nine-Tails.
However, looking at Uzumaki Naruto's glaringly bright blond hair, Sasori of the Red Sands immediately ruled out the possibility that he was a member of the Uzumaki clan.
As everyone knew, the most distinctive feature of the Uzumaki clan was their red hair. From that perspective, even he, Sasori of the Red Sands, looked more like an Uzumaki than Uzumaki Naruto did.
If he could not figure it out, he would just ask directly.
"Hey, Konoha brat! How did the Nine-Tails inside