Naruto slowly fell from mid-air, and then released Golden Body Mode.
The golden Chakra Cloak slowly faded away, her hair fell back to her forehead, and her vertical animal eyes returned to blue round ones.
He knelt down and felt Gaara's pulse.
Smooth and normal.
Just fell asleep.
Gaara, who had never slept peacefully since childhood, fell asleep peacefully for the first time without any interference from Tailed Beast.
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Seeing this, Naruto is divided into five Shadow Clone Technique.
Then he took out five Kunai engraved with Flying Raijin Mark and handed them to five Shadow Clone Technique.
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone, please stay hidden when you leave!"
"OK, wait for our good news, body!"
The five Shadow Clone Technique nodded, and then quickly jumped towards the direction outside Konoha with Kunai depicting Flying Raijin Mark.
After doing all this, Naruto began to clean up the battlefield.
He did not touch the traces of the forest that were destroyed by Shukaku.
The trajectory of Air Bullet, the crushed trees and the ground covered with sand can be used as evidence that Shukaku went berserk and led to the entire battle. The more obvious the better.
Naruto cleans up his own traces.
Chakra took back the remnants left by the battle, and smoothed the special texture Rasenshuriken had cut on the ground.
As for the ballistics of the three Tailed Beast Bomb, Naruto was deliberately retained.
The traces point directly to Shukaku.
After doing all this, Naruto gathered Kankuro, Temari and Gaara on a relatively flat open space and let them lie side by side.
Then he carried the unconscious Sasuke over and placed it next to him.
Four people lay in a row, sleeping neatly. The scene looked very absurd.
After doing all this, Naruto patted the sand and soil on his hands and looked up in the direction of Konoha.
He guessed that the battle between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru was almost over.
Konoha
Just as Naruto guessed, at this time the battle in Konoha also came to an end.
After all the villagers and students safely evacuated into the refuge cave, the ninjas of the major families finally had no worries and began to fight back with all their strength.
Hyuga Clan's ninjas divided into several teams to intercept Sunagakure Ninja's assault troops on the street. Eight Trigrams Palm's starting moves came one after another in Kakkō.
The ninjas of the Inuzuka Clan jumped down from the roof with their respective Ninja Dog, and dragged out the Otogakure Ninja who tried to infiltrate from the alley one by one.
Aburame Clan's Kikaichū permeates every corner of the battlefield like black mist, swallowing up the enemy's Chakra bit by bit.
Even the older generation of ninjas who were not seen on weekdays put on their armor and walked out of the house.
The three-headed giant snake that was rampaging in Konoha finally met its nemesis.
Jiraiya is back in a hurry.
When the tall figure of Jiraiya appeared, Konoha Ninja on the entire battlefield breathed a sigh of relief almost simultaneously.
Jiraiya Hand Seals bit his thumb with both hands and slapped it on the ground.
Summoning Technique's spell spread from under his palm.
Gamabunta and Gamahiro appeared on the battlefield at the same time. Gamabunta cut off one of the snake heads with one knife, and Gamahiro cut off the second snake head in the middle with his double knife.
Seeing that the situation was bad, the last snakehead wanted to control his body and flee outside the village, but was burned by Jiraiya with Fire Release·Great Flame Bullet from the tail to the head of the snake. The whole snake was turned into a charred skeleton in the flames.
Above the battlefield, the battle in Four Violet Flames Formation has also entered its final stage.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's arms tightly clasped Orochimaru's shoulders, and Reaper Death Seal's shadow of Reaper slowly emerged behind him.
Reaper's right arm penetrated Hiruzen Sarutobi's abdomen and firmly grasped Orochimaru's soul, pulling it out bit by bit.
His body was on the verge of reaching its limit.
Chakra was almost exhausted, his chest was penetrated by Kusanagi, and his consciousness became blurred under the alternating erosion of severe pain and exhaustion.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru were in a stalemate for a long time. As time went by, Hiruzen Sarutobi could hear his heartbeat slowing down little by little.
He felt that his soul was being swallowed bit by bit by Reaper, but the hand holding Orochimaru's soul never let go.
Not enough.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's lips moved, and his old eyes stared intently at the once most proud disciple.
His current state cannot bring out Orochimaru's soul. He clearly knows Orochimaru's ambition, his research on forbidden arts, and his hatred for Konoha.
If Orochimaru's soul is completely dragged out, everything will be over.
But now he can't do it.
Then settle for the next best thing.
Hiruzen Sarutobi moved his eyes to Orochimaru's pair of Hand Seals's hands.
If Orochimaru cannot be allowed to die here, then he will never be able to Hand Seals again in this life.
Reaper's dagger changed direction driven by Hiruzen Sarutobi's will.
With a flash of cold light, the dagger slashed through the soul of Orochimaru with both hands.
The pain of a soul being cut apart cannot be compared to any physical injury.
Orochimaru had two dark cuts on his wrists. He felt that his hands had lost all feeling in an instant, as if these hands had never belonged to him.
"My... my hand!!!"
Orochimaru's eyes widened, and his face twitched violently due to severe pain.
He looked down at his hands. His fingers were still fully connected to his wrists. There were no wounds on the surface of his skin, but he couldn't even bend a finger.
The souls of his hands have been cut off and sealed by Reaper Death Seal. From this moment on, his arms are just a pair of dead flesh hanging on his shoulders. He cannot even complete the simplest hand seals, let alone those forbidden techniques that require precise Chakra control.
Get rid of it!
This was Orochimaru's first thought, and then he raised his head, and anger appeared for the first time on his always calm face.
"Give me back my hand, old guy!!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head slightly.
"You've become stupid, Orochimaru."
His voice was extremely weak, but there was no fear or regret in his eyes, only a calmness that was close to relief.
"But unfortunately, I may not be able to take you with me."
Orochimaru opened his eyes wide, and heard a determination from Hiruzen Sarutobi's words that sent shivers down his spine.
"No..."
Orochimaru screamed and turned to look at Sound Four outside Four Violet Flames Formation:
"Unlock Barrier, it's over, let's go!!"
At the last moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi was unable to stop it, and his vision began to blur.
Reaper was devouring his soul bit by bit, and Hiruzen Sarutobi could feel that his consciousness was being dragged into a bottomless abyss.
His life flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern, including the days when he practiced under First Hokage in his youth, the companions he lost in First Shinobi World War, the oath he made when he was appointed Third Hokage on Hokage Rock, and the trust he took over the newly born Little Naruto before Minato died.
Then the twelve heroes of the younger generation appeared in his mind.
Shikamaru was so tired that he collapsed in the qualifiers and smiled and said it was troublesome. Neji accepted his fate with resentment but unwillingly. Rock Lee was broken all over but still stood on the court in an attacking posture. Hinata looked at his clan brother with a determined look and looked at the audience with a smile after he fell.
Finally, his mind was fixed on Naruto's smiling face, with Naruto wearing a white windbreaker saying firmly in front of him, "I want to become Hokage."
Where there are leaves flying, fire will burn.
The shadow of the fire will illuminate the village, and Konoha will take root again.
This was the last scene Hiruzen Sarutobi saw. While smiling, his consciousness began to sink, and then he fell heavily to the ground.
What he didn't know was that Naruto in his mind was not sad because of his death, but...