Vol 6 Chapter 12: Gargoyle Mask
Facing the question of Orochimaru, Norton laughed and said mysteriously.
"Let me tell you a piece of information for the time being, vampires contain a lot of secrets, and there is a stone ghost mask in your Konoha. If you can study him thoroughly, you will know more about this world, and you will be able to understand A lot of things that you weren't sure about or didn't understand before."
"Ghost mask?!" Orochimaru was puzzled, knowing that he is now Konoha's current Hokage, and he knows all the ninjutsu, props or confidential documents in the village.
(Is it the old man and Jiraiya that time? They put it down?)
He quickly thought of the incident when Jiraiya suddenly became young and then returned to Konoha. At that time, he and Koharu, Mito Gate, Shimura Danzo and other high-level executives all had a deep understanding of this matter. Interested, but no matter how much pressure was exerted, the third generation did not inform about it.
After he became Hokage, he consulted the documents at that time, and from there he only learned that Jiraiya also obtained the power of ripples, and there is not much detailed description of the others.
Now think about it, if the above record is correct, Dio's head occupied Jonathan's body at the last minute, and how could Jonathan, who only had one head left, transmit ripples to Jiraiya?
Orochimaru doesn't show anything on the surface. I didn't ask Norton where the stone ghost mask was, because since the other party didn't say it clearly from the beginning, either he didn't know, or he wouldn't tell him about it.
"I understand, I will let people trace the origin of K. In fact, I am also very interested in him."
Orochimaru licked his lips with his tongue, and his eyes revealed a little excitement. He couldn't wait to go back to Konoha to find the whereabouts of the stone ghost mask.
That magical item that seems to be able to make people immortal, he has coveted for a long time.
Suppressing his greed, he looked up at the sky and seemed to be at the corresponding time. He estimated and said, "If there is nothing else, I will go back to the village."
He believes that the value of the other party's information is already comparable to what he will pay later. If he asks for or covets anything more...
If the other party makes any request, it is easy to say, it can be regarded as an equivalent exchange;
But if Norton gave it or told him carelessly, it would make Orochimaru feel like he was given a gift.
And Orochimaru believes that there are absolutely no gifts for nothing in this world, especially since he and Norton have not been serious friends from the beginning, they are only temporarily standing on the same front because they have a common enemy.
As for whether it is an enemy or a friend, no one can be sure.
Even whether it can pass the common level is two words...
Therefore, he proposed to return Konoha.
Norton replied absentmindedly, um, and then raised his head, looking at the rare nine-star spectacle, not knowing what he was thinking.
Orochimaru left quietly, first returned to the experimental base in the capital of the Fire Kingdom, and found Beiliuhu.
Now that the structure of this masked force has been built before, it is necessary to start to improve it. With the existence of Guiya Luo's technique, this force will soon come in handy.
It's just that troops like this are destined to be hidden in the shadows, because if the wealthy people in the ninja world know that Orochimaru has ninjutsu that can devour their bloodline limit, then they won't even care about their own Naruto. identity of.
At that time, he may really become the target of public criticism.
After everything was arranged, he took advantage of the night to return to Konoha. He didn't take a rest for the first time, but chose to think about where the stone ghost mask was hidden by the old man.
Based on his knowledge of the three generations of Hokage and Jiraiya, he can be sure that the mask must still be in Konoha, and it must have been sealed by the three generations.
Walking casually on the streets of Konoha, while thinking about possible locations, he directly separated several wooden clones.
With his current strength, even if it is a wooden clone, few people can detect it in today's Konoha.
Since the old man did not make the mask public, it means that he does not want others to use this power, so it is very likely that he will store it in a relatively safe place.
And he clearly remembered that there was no such a mask in Konoha's reserve room, and other than that, the safe places in Konoha could be tested one by one using the exclusion method.
Sarutobi family, Hokage building, Jiraiya's house...
Orochimaru searched for five or six places, and even used the Tudun to go to the ground, but did not find any strange places.
(No, Norton said that the mask is in Konoha. That is to say, he did not let the ape demon or the group of toads in Miaomushan take away, and it still exists, that is to say, it has not been destroyed...)
(Is it some kind of indestructible property of the rock ghost mask? Or did the old man also think about using that power when necessary?)
The main body of Orochimaru came to the front of a house unknowingly.
He raised his head and found that this was the residence of Minato Namikaze, but now there are only two people, Kushina Uzumaki and Naruto Namikaze.
(Will it be here?)
Orochimaru put his hands in his trouser pockets, and the coldness of the moon was reflected in his pair of snake pupils. He made a seal and made flowers bloom around the house. These flowers bloomed with buds and spit out hallucinogenic gas. into the room.
Kyuubi Renzhuli has a strong ability to detect. Although Kushina has no nine tails in her body, she may have inherited some of the characteristics of the nine tails in this long-term integration.
Orochimaru didn't want to cause some unnecessary trouble because of his own negligence, which would only make him feel incompetent.
After using Wooden Dun to put all the people in the house into a deep sleep, Orochimaru withdrew the ninjutsu, then quietly opened the door and walked into it quietly.
The dark night could not cover his sight, and Orochimaru quickly glanced at it, but it was normal, and he did not find any problems.
He checked a few rooms at random, and found that there was nothing unusual in it, and in the end, only the room where Kushina himself and Naruto lived.
After thinking about it, he decided to open the door and observe it.
It's just that when he just walked to the door and was about to push the door to enter, he suddenly felt a deadly killing intent. The killing intent was cold and tyrannical, like a tyrannosaurus roaring in front of him. A monster in the Nine Nether whispered in his ear.
Orochimaru didn't dare to take any other action for a moment, and the whole person froze in place. His intuition told him that if he went further and entered, he would die, and there was no doubt that he would die miserably!
I can't imagine that I have grown to this point, but in the face of real danger, is it still so worthless?
What kind of monster is hidden in it, and it makes me feel so terrifying just by its aura...
Orochimaru smiled at himself, and then began to try to relax
breathe……
take a deep breath...
He tried his best to adjust his mentality, empty his mind, and let himself recover from that state.
Of course he didn't know about Naruto. First, Hashima himself didn't know that the baby would be a character in Konoha Village, and Six Path Immortals didn't tell him. Second, he told Orochimaru what happened at that time. When it comes to things, it's actually quite rough.
And just when Orochimaru was hesitating whether he should leave, he suddenly heard a baby-like clear voice behind him.
"You're looking for this, aren't you?"
Orochimaru turned back suddenly, and found that behind him, a baby appeared unexpectedly.
Is that... Naruto? !
Orochimaru can hardly believe his eyes
Although he had known for a long time that there was a demon named the Holy Master in Naruto, he did not expect that the seal arranged by the "First Hokage" would lose its effect so quickly!
However, it shouldn't be...
With that Demon King's style, if he recovered, he would have destroyed Konoha long ago...
Orochimaru flashed a lot of thoughts in his heart, but this time and place was definitely not the time to think about them, so he forcibly endured his doubts and looked at the item in Naruto's hand.
It was a stone mask, and there was nothing unusual about its appearance, but if you think of its legend, Orochimaru felt a restless fiery feeling in his heart, he forcibly suppressed this feeling and replied softly, " Yep, that's what I'm looking for."
He is being honest because there is no need to lie now.
"It's on the ground floor of the Namikaze Minato room. If you want it, I'll leave it to you."
‘Naruto’ threw it casually and threw the stone ghost mask to Orochimaru, who caught it steadily, and then continued to cast his eyes on ‘Naruto’.
He could feel that the other party seemed to have nothing to say.
"In exchange, let me despair as much as you want," said the baby.
Orochimaru frowned, he didn't quite understand what the other party said...
Naruto snorted and said, "It's literally, if you still don't understand..."
He snapped his fingers, and the next moment he recalled pictures in Orochimaru's mind.
Almost instantly, he saw scenes of Naruto being accused of being a nine-tailed demon fox, being rejected by the village, and even resentful.
He keenly discovered that there were three generations of Hokage in that picture, and on the Hokage Rock were the statues of the first, second, third and fourth Namikaze Minato, which looked different from the Konoha he was in.
That is of course the Naruto world in the original book, and 'Naruto' used an illusion to put it into Orochimaru's mind.
However, he only transmitted it to before the beginning of the plot to let Orochimaru understand Naruto's situation.
"The world is a very complex concept, and for this whole, it has a timeline."
'Naruto' smiled and explained, "Every choice you make will lead to a completely different world line. For example, if you accept my proposal at this moment, then the timeline will split and continue to develop according to your wishes. Correspondingly, there is a line in which you rejected my proposal with the split."
"You can call them possible worlds or parallel spaces, but it doesn't matter, because most people in this world can't touch this knowledge and field."
Orochimaru didn't answer, and seemed to be still digesting and absorbing this knowledge.
"There are many parallel spaces, but very few can truly develop into parallel worlds. After all, possibilities are possibilities, and what I just transmitted in your mind is the possibility of a true parallel world."
"I see... The old man has already confirmed that the fourth Hokage is Namikaze Minato..."
He didn't respond to 'Naruto' for the first time, but instead sneered.
He saw that the fourth-generation Hokage statue in parallel time and space was Minato Namikaze, combined with the old man who hid the stone ghost mask in the underground of Minato Namikaze's house...
He simply said that the old man wanted to pass the position of the fourth Hokage to Minato Namikaze from the beginning, rather than temporarily entrusting it to Minato before his death as he said before.
His pursuit of the position of the fourth generation of Hokage is not great, just like he even hoped that the first generation of Hokage could return to Konoha to replace himself, but this does not mean that he has no opinion on the choice of the third generation.
He may not want Orochimaru, but they have to give it!
This is the idea of Orochimaru!
But now it doesn't make any sense anymore, he is not the kind of person who cares deeply. After shaking his head, he didn't ask 'Naruto' why he did it himself, just gently nodded and said
"I will do this, but the situation for you and Uzumaki Kushina may not be very good."
This was very easy to do, because Uchiha Obito had hypnotized the five major countries and let them spread the remarks that Naruto was the son of the devil, and many people in Konoha knew at that time.
With just a few words, this kind of remark would make waves again, and Naruto could easily be isolated by doing so.
"If it's not like this, how can my brother be really desperate?"
'Naruto' raised a smile, and finally said, "The stone ghost mask is actually quite fragile, but if you destroy it, it can be resurrected elsewhere, which is why the Joestar family didn't destroy it at the beginning. s reason."
"I can see that it contains a lot of secrets. If your research is stuck, you can come to me again."
After speaking, Orochimaru felt a trance, and the next moment, he found that the baby "Naruto" in front of him had disappeared.
He looked at the stone ghost mask in his hand, was silent for a moment, and then quietly exited the wave house.
Orochimaru put away the mask, and he will go to the laboratory in the capital of the Fire Kingdom again.
Of course, he couldn't do things like spreading rumors, which would make Jiraiya, Tsunade and Uzumaki Kushina all have opinions on him.
Therefore, not only can he not take the initiative to spread it on the bright side, but he must stop it with all his strength.
Therefore, he needs other people to cooperate with him.