Orochimaru, do you know Akatsuki?
Naruto's words made Orochimaru's pupils shrink sharply. Wait, he knew all that?
If his identity might have been revealed to him by others, what about the Akatsuki?
" Naruto-kun, I'm really curious, what exactly is your identity?"
Naruto did not give a direct answer to Orochimaru's question.
He simply said, "Does it matter who I am? We're all people searching for answers, aren't we?"
Orochimaru looked at Naruto's calm eyes and murmured softly:
"Are you both searching for answers? Naruto-kun, I'm becoming more and more interested in you."
Next, Naruto began to explain some things he knew to Orochimaru. He first told Orochimaru the true identity of the leader of the Akatsuki.
"Are they the children Jiraiya adopted back then? If so, that makes sense."
Orochimaru rubbed his chin. No wonder the Akatsuki leader looked so familiar. It was one of those kids.
"Also, is there someone in your organization named Tobi?"
Orochimaru didn't have a strong impression of the person Naruto mentioned, so Naruto had no choice but to drop the matter for now.
He then explained to Orochimaru what the Akatsuki was planning to do next.
" Naruto-kun, are you saying that the Akatsuki will collect the Tailed Beast and then recreate the Ten-Tails?"
Orochimaru now remembered the Ten-Tails Naruto mentioned; the Nine Tailed Beasts were separated from the Ten-Tails.
Why would they do that?
Orochimaru was completely baffled.
Naruto chuckled awkwardly.
"Heh, of course, the entire Akatsuki works for others; they have no idea what the principles behind it are."
"Doing favors for others? What does that mean?"
"Heh, that's the literal meaning, of course. The true leader of Akatsuki isn't the guy you see."
Upon hearing this, Orochimaru's snake-like eyes narrowed sharply. If what Naruto said was true, and the true leader of Akatsuki wasn't Pain, then it could only be...
" Naruto-kun, is the real leader of Akatsuki that guy you just mentioned Tobi?"
Naruto nodded at Orochimaru's words, then shook his head.
Orochimaru was somewhat puzzled by this behavior.
"Yes and no, Tobi is just a pseudonym; his real name is Obito Uchiha."
"What?! Obito Uchiha? He was a student of Team Minato? But how is that possible? Wasn't he already dead?"
Seeing Orochimaru's puzzled expression, Naruto could only explain to Orochimaru again the love and hate that had happened to Obito.
After hearing Naruto's explanation, Orochimaru's expression turned somewhat strange.
This Obito Uchiha, it's hard to say what to make of him.
As for the Tailed Beast, was Obito collecting Tailed Beast to create the Sage of Six Paths?
It's normal for Orochimaru to have such doubts, after all, the Tailed Beast were created by the Sage of Six Paths.
"Then why did Obito Uchiha collect the Tailed Beast like this?"
"Oh, all for a woman."
"What?"
"For love, oh no, for his one-sided love."
"Ha?"
Orochimaru was completely dumbfounded. He thought Obito Uchiha was doing this to become king and conquer, but it turned out it was all for a woman. The key point is that it was unrequited love, and he was a love-struck fool!
Are the Uchiha really that devoted in love?
Naruto completely ignored Orochimaru's strange look; he was thinking about something.
When the Sage of Six Paths distributed Chakra among the Tailed Beast, he was definitely biased.
One-Tail gets one portion, Nine-Tails get one portion, Two-Tails get two portions, Nine-Tails get two portions... Eight-Tails get eight portions, Nine-Tails get eight portions, and the rest are all Nine-Tails.
This blatant favoritism is simply outrageous.
A crimson full moon hung in the night sky, illuminating Naruto and Orochimaru below.
The two walked and talked, discussing literature, geography, science, and biology.
Orochimaru became increasingly alarmed as they talked. Naruto had many ideas that Orochimaru had never considered before. He might have had such thoughts before, but he hadn't pursued them further because he always felt they were impossible to achieve.
His knowledge and experience were far inferior to Naruto's, who had traveled from another world.
Naruto, after all, has lived in a rapidly developing era for many years, and through constant exposure, he has long since developed some deeply ingrained mindsets that are difficult to change.
It's like you, now with over 3,000 points Super Kage, traveling back to when Hokage first came out, and the feeling of you dominating the battlefield.
The two continued walking and talking until they heard a fight ahead.
"Oh? There's a battle going on up ahead, Naruto-kun, shall we go check it out?"
Naruto agreed with Orochimaru's suggestion.
As the two approached, they saw that two people were already fighting.
Naruto watched the two fighting, speechless; he really couldn't understand it.
The two people fighting are Baki and Gekko Hayate.
So, this is the Hayate of "The Shippuden " and "The Wind Rises," right?
Naruto stared strangely at Gekko Hayate, who was teetering on the brink of death. If he were to save him, wouldn't it cause too much of a stir?
"Oh? Naruto-kun seems quite interested in this person. Should I step in to save him?"
"No."
Naruto shook his head, refusing Orochimaru's offer. He didn't want to change the situation; it was normal for a Shippuden Hayate, and he intended to follow that rule.
The battle over there has reached a fever pitch.
Gekko Hayate was no match for Baki and was suppressed.
"Who's there? Show yourself, or I'll kill this guy."
Upon hearing this, Naruto and Orochimaru came out.
When Baki saw that the person who came was Orochimaru, his hand trembled in disbelief, and he almost got finished off by Gekko Hayate.
Naruto glanced at him, then turned and left, showing no intention of helping him at all.
"Damn it, brat, you stop right there, or I'll kill him!"
Naruto ignored Baki's threat completely, showing no intention of paying him any attention, and continued walking on his own.
If you want to kill him, then kill him. I don't even know him. Why are you morally blackmailing me?
"Did I really kill him?"
After watching Naruto leave without looking back, Baki glanced at Orochimaru standing to the side and bowed respectfully.
" Lord Orochimaru, what was that just now?"
Orochimaru waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to worry about it.
As for Gekko Hayate, who had been captured by Baki, Orochimaru didn't want to deal with him and simply left him to Baki to handle.
With this, Gekko Hayate died, and the Shippuden came to a perfect end.
Gekko Hayate couldn't understand until his death why, despite the appearance of two Konoha ninjas, neither of them seemed inclined to save him.
Was Gekko Hayate really that unpopular? Filled with resentment and confusion, Gekko Hayate went to see his elderly father.