The Naruto Medical Logistics Center was as fast and practical as ever. In less than ten seconds, Sasuke's injuries were healed.
"I lost the spar," Sasuke said, standing up. Kimimaro was indeed strong. In the original story, he pressured Rock Lee and withstood Gaara's Sand Burial and Sand Tsunami several times, almost killing Gaara. It was understandable that Sasuke lost.
Picking up Kimimaro's broken bone-like tail, Naruto could roughly guess the scene of the battle. Judging by the surroundings, Sasuke must have used Lightning Release to call down lightning from the sky and strike Kimimaro. However, from the electrocuted injuries on Sasuke's body, it seemed he still couldn't use Lightning Release: Kirin well, so while using his body to guide the lightning, he used Chidori to cut off Kimimaro's tail.
"Where is he?" Naruto asked.
"Gone."
"Why did he leave? I wanted to test how strong he was."
"He's almost done for," Sasuke said.
"Dying?"
"Mm." During the battle, Sasuke realized that the opponent was fighting by burning his life, very strong, but also like a dwindling flame.
Sasuke pointed at the Cursed Seal on his shoulder and said, "He used it."
"And the result?"
"Very strong."
"I'm telling you, using this thing might have bad consequences."
"I know." Sasuke stood up. Covering the Cursed Seal on his shoulder with his right hand, he said, "It's eroding me."
"So?"
"I want to get rid of it."
Activating the Cursed Seal did indeed provide a temporary boost in power, but it came at the cost of overdrawing one's body. Take Anko, for example; anyone chosen by Orochimaru certainly wouldn't have bad talent, yet because of the Cursed Seal, her strength remained weak even in the later stages.
Actually, Sasuke didn't mention one thing: that every time he absorbed Naruto's chakra, the mixed chakra from both of them could resist some of the erosion. But it was too troublesome to explain, so he gave up. Even if he did explain, it wouldn't help; he couldn't just hang on Naruto and absorb chakra twenty-four hours a day.
"How do you solve it? The entire Konoha can't do anything about it?"
"Orochimaru can."
"So you're just going to go find Orochimaru because of this?"
"You, Jiraiya."
"Hm?"
"Sakura, Tsunade."
"What about me?" Sasuke asked, leaning against the bone pillar. Although there was no shortage of self-taught ninja in the shinobi world, there were more stories of famous teachers producing brilliant students. Both his teammates followed legendary Sannin; what about him? Sasuke wanted to find Orochimaru partly to resolve the hidden danger of the Cursed Seal, and partly because Orochimaru had said to find him if he wanted power. Sasuke wanted power; he wanted to kill Itachi, and he didn't want to be left too far behind by Naruto.
"Then have you considered the consequences of going to Orochimaru?"
"Defection," Sasuke said heavily.
"Defection my ass, can't you think about it from a different angle?"
Naruto pulled out paper and pen and began to write.
"Village Study Abroad Application"
"I, the undersigned, have recently felt uneasy due to shadowy figures lurking near my home and a sense of being watched..."
"How do you know?" Sasuke asked. He indeed had that feeling recently; otherwise, he wouldn't have asked Naruto earlier, "Is Konoha unsafe?"
"Guessing."
"Oh."
Ignoring him, he continued to write.
"...Furthermore, the erosion of the Cursed Seal has led to slow progress in my strength... Therefore, I have decided to stay in the Sound Village for a period to learn how to eliminate the Cursed Seal... All expenses during my study period will be self-funded."
"...I will irregularly report intelligence to the village... Finally, when the time is ripe, I will cooperate with Uzumaki Naruto and Senior Jiraiya to apprehend Orochimaru..."
He wrote over seven hundred characters in total. Finding that it wasn't enough for 800, Naruto padded it out with half a page of filler. This was for Tsunade. Naruto wrote in great detail, starting by telling Tsunade that someone in Konoha wanted to harm Sasuke, then explaining the purpose of the oil lantern in the middle, and finally outlining the combat plan.
Naruto planned for Sasuke to be an undercover agent, and a unique Naruto-style agent at that: I, Uchiha Sasuke, have arrived. I might even come to deal with you. Do you want me, Orochimaru, or not? Given Orochimaru's covetousness for Sasuke, he would definitely want him. Not only would he want him, but to obtain a perfect body, he would also meticulously cultivate him.
As long as Orochimaru took Sasuke in, Naruto could locate him at any time. Even if Orochimaru took the oil lantern away from Sasuke, Naruto could still pinpoint Sasuke's location. Because he had the Daze Localization Method.
The release of magic has a commonality—it ignores distance. His own chakra, influenced by magic, as well as the mutual attraction of Ashura and Indra's chakra, plus the chakra Sasuke had absorbed and mixed over the years. These three reasons combined created a perception method similar to quantum entanglement. As long as he was still in this universe, no matter how far away, as long as he zoned out, he could determine Sasuke's direction. Then, using triangulation, he could precisely pinpoint Sasuke's location at any time.
If Orochimaru got frustrated and wanted to kill Sasuke, Naruto also had a countermeasure. It was well known that Orochimaru's genjutsu resistance was negative. And Naruto carried a female ghost from the Naruto series, ranked among the top few in genjutsu—Idu. And she was an enhanced version of Idu. Naruto had been feeding her chakra ever since he got her, and the result was that Idu had grown several sizes... and was expected to get even fatter. Konoha residents all had strange attributes; Naruto had already discovered his own attribute—whatever he raised got fat. The only one who could counter him was Hinata's "eats a lot but doesn't get fat" attribute.
So, as long as Orochimaru tried to harm Sasuke, Naruto could pull out a crystal sealing the female ghost and say, "Orochimaru, Big Idu!" This thing had the power of a nuclear weapon against Orochimaru. He had already planned countless ways to deal with Orochimaru; he was just waiting for Orochimaru to accept the "order." After being stabbed by Orochimaru back then, if he didn't retaliate, would he still be worthy of his previous life's name, Xu Xian?
"You copy one for Tsunade. Make sure no one is around, and she remembers to destroy it after reading it," Naruto instructed, then pulled out a new oil lantern. "Also, give this oil lantern to Tsunade." Giving the oil lantern to Tsunade would give her a chance to contact Jiraiya at any time. This way, it would be two Sannin plus himself and Sasuke working together to take down Orochimaru.
Naruto wasn't afraid of anything else now; he was only afraid that Orochimaru would suddenly decide he didn't want to play anymore and run away with all his assets, abandoning Sasuke. He wasn't even afraid if Orochimaru told Sasuke the truth about the Uchiha clan massacre and brainwashed him. As long as Orochimaru spoke, Sasuke would go to Itachi to question him, and then Itachi, realizing the secret was out, would use Kotoamatsukami to make Sasuke a good person again.
After giving Sasuke a few more instructions, Naruto first sent Sasuke away, then returned to Jiraiya with Kimimaro's tailbone. This bone was exceptionally strong, perfect for the husky to chew on. While teleporting, Naruto was still planning how to trick Orochimaru. All to get revenge for that previous caesarean section.
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