After obtaining the scroll required for the mission, it became much easier to hurry, at least in addition to the necessary vigilance, there was no need to look around for a target, and the direction was determined by the faint stars to go straight to the central tower.

With their footsteps, even if you count the half-circle around the driving range for the sake of caution, 20 minutes should be enough for them to reach their destination.

"What's wrong?" At this time, he suddenly found that Naruto, who had been leading the way, suddenly stopped, and Sasuke stopped and asked.

At the same time, they glanced back at Sakura, and both of them took out their weapons and entered the battle mode, thinking that they had encountered an enemy.

However, Naruto waved his hand, signaling that they didn't need to be nervous, and turned around with an inexplicable smile and said, "The doppelganger has been killed, it really deserves to be the legendary three ninjas, and there is almost no chance to resist." ”

That's right, just now, Naruto received the memories passed back from the doppelganger, and learned the details of the battle between the shadow clone and Orochimaru in great detail.

I have to say that even if he was prepared, Naruto didn't expect that the clone would be killed by the other party in such a simple way, and the shadow clone with half of his strength was not even a "trouble" for Orochimaru, and he couldn't help but raise Orochimaru's danger level in his heart by two levels.

"Three shinobi?" Sasuke looked at Naruto with doubt, apparently it was the first time he had heard the title.

"I don't know this, I must have fished in history class." Naruto spread his hands helplessly, ready to give him a science popularization.

However, before he could open his mouth to explain his origins, Sakura let out an exclamation, holding her head and staring back and forth between Naruto and Sasuke in disbelief, obviously unable to accept it.

"Impossible! How could such a character appear in the middle ninja exam and still follow us, how is this possible?! Sakura retorted fiercely to Naruto, unwilling to believe it.

As a well-known good student, she naturally knew what a terrifying existence Orochimaru was, and she couldn't imagine that such a character would target them.

"Calm down Sakura, no matter what Naruto said is true or not, you can first tell me who the three shinobi are." Seeing Sakura-chan hysterical at the sight of a name, Sasuke interrupted her with a frown.

Although he didn't know who Naruto was talking about, he could understand from the reactions of the two that things were not simple, and he couldn't help but be eager to find out what was going on.

Moreover, Sasuke faintly chose to believe Naruto in his heart, and after a long period of contact, he knew that Naruto was not a purposeless person.

"How is that possible...... Ah I'm sorry Sasuke-kun, that's ......" Sasuke spoke, and the instinctively returned to his place, and Sakura immediately restrained her emotions almost instinctively, and began to give him the origin of Orochimaru.

“…… Although I don't know the specific reason, Orochimaru is undoubtedly a defector who betrayed the village, and he is an S-class traitor wanted by the village, so it is impossible for such a character to appear in Konoha, especially in the middle ninja exam. Sakura recounted the information about Orochimaru from the textbook, and continued to refute Naruto's previous words as if she were self-hypnotizing at the end.

It can also be heard from her narrative that Konoha did not announce the reason for Orochimaru's real defection, but only focused on his exploits in the previous ninja war, and was vague about the specific reason for his defection.

After listening to Sakura's introduction, Sasuke lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked at Naruto and asked, "Two questions, first, why did this person named Orochimaru follow us." Second, how did you know and detect it in advance? ”

"Yes, Erzhuzi." Naruto was a little surprised at Sasuke's point-on-the-point, and even more relieved that Sasuke was able to ask such a question, which proved that he was obviously inclined to believe him compared to Sakura.

It seems that after all, he is one of the natural protagonists, and Sasuke's keen intuition and clear logic are not only reflected in the battle, but the questions raised are straight to the essence, so that he does not know how to answer them for a while.

"I'll answer your second question first." Naruto smiled slightly, "The reason is very simple, that is, the three grass ninjas you saw before had actually died in the forest near the first examination room, and I also saw them by chance, so the three grass ninjas who appeared in the second examination room could not be themselves." ”

At the same time, he smiled bitterly in his heart, he couldn't say that he knew what would happen in the future, so now he could only make up the reason, he had indeed seen the corpses of the three people, but it was in the comics and not in reality.

"Dead? But even if that's the case, it can't prove that the person who pretended to be a grass ninja before was Orochimaru, right? Without waiting for Naruto to continue, Sakura, who had been skeptical at first, immediately asked.

Obviously, she still doesn't want to accept the reality of being targeted by Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas.

"Don't worry, I'm not done yet." Naruto waved his hand and said to Sasuke, "It's not surprising that you didn't see a corpse at the time, so it's hard to understand, but I want to tell you that the three Kushinobi died in a very special way, their faces were erased as if they had been erased, like shelled eggs." ”

"This ......" Sasuke and Sakura both imagined the scene in Naruto's mind when they heard this, and their faces turned a little blue.

"As far as I know, there is only one technique that can cause such a cruel scene......" Naruto, who noticed the expressions of the two, smiled slightly evilly in his heart, and continued, "That's Orochimaru's signature ninjutsu - the art of eliminating faces, now do you understand?" ”

"......" After listening to Naruto's story, the two looked at each other, not knowing whether to believe or doubt, after all, although it was only Naruto's words, he said it so conclusively that the two, especially Sakura, couldn't think of how to refute it for a while.

"It seems that you still have questions, so let's go back to the first question, and after listening to you, you will have a general understanding of what is going on." Seeing the appearance of the two, Naruto couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart, thinking to himself that it was really troublesome not to reveal his spoilers, it was like using one lie to cover up another lie, and he wouldn't do it next time.

Originally, it didn't matter if it was according to the plot this time, at most it was just Sasuke being cursed, but who made his brain twitch, he had to change the plot, and wanted to understand what kind of existence the person at the peak of the ninja world would have so many meaningless variables.

Naruto felt tired for a while, and while complaining in his heart that there would be absolutely no next time, he continued to make up reasons and said, "As for why Orochimaru is targeting us, in fact, Orochimaru's target is not me or Sakura, to be precise, he is targeting you, Sasuke." ”

He began to decide to just let out the violent theory, so as not to explain endlessly.

"Impossible! Sasuke-kun doesn't know Orochimaru at all, why was he ......"

"Sakura! Listen to Naruto. ”

Here, Sakura heard that it was actually her sweetheart who was really targeted, and she couldn't help but retort loudly at the first time, but in the middle of the conversation, she was interrupted by Sasuke seriously, and she could only keep her mouth shut unwillingly.

"Don't worry, the next thing is the main topic, judging from what Sakura just said to Orochimaru, you only know about Orochimaru's defection now, but you don't know the specific reason, I'll tell you the reason." He then told the two of them how Orochimaru killed many of his Konoha companions to conduct human experiments, and also spoiled Orochimaru's ultimate goal - eternal life.

“…… It is precisely the study of such a cruel forbidden technique as the reincarnation of the corpse that Orochimaru is wanted by the village, and when it comes to the reincarnation of the corpse, I think you can guess the purpose of the Orochimaru by now, Sasuke. Naruto said this, looking at Sasuke with a solemn expression, and finally announced the answer almost word for word: "Because you are the genius of the Uchiha and the last successor of the Sharingan, Orochimaru has long regarded you as the perfect vessel for his reincarnation!" ”

As soon as these words came out, they crossed their minds like lightning, and the ensuing thunderous noise made them lose their ability to think for a moment.

This answer was too shocking for Sasuke and Sakura at this time, and it wasn't until after a pause of nearly a few minutes that Sakura broke the dull atmosphere.

"Nope! It can't be like this, Naruto, you're kidding you, right, there's no Orochimaru at all, there's no such forbidden technique, I don't believe it, I don't believe it! Sakura, who had already regarded Sasuke as her own, couldn't accept this reality, and as she spoke, tears filled her eyes and she looked at Naruto with an almost pleading look, expecting Naruto to suddenly laugh and admit that it was his prank.

The thought of the beloved Sasuke being targeted by someone like Orochimaru and becoming a vessel for his reincarnation, Sakura fell into an ice cave, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

But the reality is cruel after all, although the previous reasons are full of loopholes, and it is almost entirely the impact of information that makes Sasuke and the two understand this series of actions after he enters the forest, but in terms of results, Naruto is indeed telling the truth.

And not only that, but at this moment, there was something that the three people, including Naruto, did not expect anyway, that is, Orochimaru actually stood up for Naruto himself.

"Hehehehe, it's getting more and more interesting, Naruto-kun seems to know a lot of my secrets, it's annoying, it's really creepy." With this hoarse voice that sent chills down the spine, a snake-like figure spiraled out, and on the tree in front of the three of them, the fishy yellow erected pupils were staring at them.

At the same time, a cold murderous aura enveloped him, as if a big hand was pinching the throats of the three of them.

"Impossible?!" Naruto's pupils contracted violently, obviously terrified to the extreme, and Orochimaru's sudden appearance made his brain blank at the moment.

He had obviously just received the memory of the shadow clone, and it was separated by more than half a forest from the direction of Entrance 12, and he couldn't understand how Orochimaru had crossed such a distance in such a short time, and at this moment he experienced for the first time what it meant to fall into the abyss.

Compared to the joking self-deprecation in Orochimaru's mouth, this is really creepy.

"That's a good point, but it's a pity that you missed a little, it's not a simple container, but to merge with me and gain stronger power, Sasuke-kun, what do you think?" Orochimaru said as he corrected Naruto's statement while looking at Sasuke, who was trembling in his murderous aura, and said with a look of extreme greed that looked exactly like a snake looking at its prey.

"Come on, Sasuke-kun, don't you want to get the real power, the power to complete the revenge."