Jiraiya's first reaction when he saw his beloved disciple was not to worry, but to feel that a disaster was imminent.
Ever since being tricked by the old man, he'd learned to be smarter.
From then on, Jiraiya began to collect information about Naruto's growth over the years.
Finally, he learned that this child had been trained using inhumane methods since he was a child, resulting in a freakishly resilient body. In addition, he had now learned Mount Myoboku's Senjutsu...
So Naruto's physical strength can be said to have caught up with the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama.
It can even be said that he had surpassed him.
And yet...
This monster had been beaten to near-death at this time!!
'Uzumaki Naruto, what kind of apocalyptic disaster did you unleash this time?!'
Faced with everyone's stares, Naruto didn't say a word.
The pain was too much.
Even with his current self-healing ability, he couldn't recover from his injuries immediately.
Moreover, he felt that the wounds inflicted by the monster Hidan summoned were persistent, continuing to eat away at him.
Naruto shook off Sasuke's hand and slumped to the ground.
Then, he started pulling out bottles and jars from his system's inventory like a madman.
He kept pouring these items that could restore his blood volume, restore his stamina, or restore his magic power (Chakra), as well as debuff removers, into his mouth.
To be on the safe side, Naruto even took out a Totem of Undying and tied it to his body.
Jiraiya and Sasuke are extremely familiar with these things about Naruto.
One had watched him drink this stuff since childhood, and the other was beaten by Tsunade and drank potions all day long. Naturally, they knew exactly how potent these things were.
But even if they drank these things, they would only drink one or two bottles. They had never seen Naruto guzzling them like water.
Orochimaru licked his lips, as he also had some idea of what Naruto had on him.
'What kind of enemy could possibly injure him this badly?!'
Everyone present was horrified.
"Burp…"
After drinking countless bottles of potion, Naruto patted his bloated stomach and burped loudly.
The injuries on his body finally improved.
Seeing everyone staring at him, Naruto scratched his head awkwardly, then gave them a gesture… mimicking the 'Fingertip Universe' meme.
"Uh..."
"This time... it's kind of... a tiny bit serious..."
"Let's go."
Sasuke lowered his head and pulled his hood to cover his face, his tone revealing unprecedented determination.
Even if there is a strong enemy in front of him, he is willing to die together with Naruto.
That was the bond between brothers. Sometimes, they don't need too many words, and just a few words can let them understand what the other person means.
"Okay."
Naruto nodded, ignored the young, middle-aged and old people around him, raised his hand and tossed out a portal to the outskirts of Amegakure.
In this situation, he did not dare to rush into the battlefield recklessly, as it was better to be more cautious.
"You damn brat! What do you think you're doing??"
Jiraiya stepped forward and punched Naruto in the head, causing him to look at the white-haired old man with a confused look on his face. Just as Naruto was about to snap back, the old man roared angrily, "Are you planning to leave your master and go on your own?"
"Let's go together."
Orochimaru took a step forward. Unlike Jiraiya's anger, his face showed more curiosity.
He wanted to see what could possibly make this perverted yellow-haired guy so disheveled.
"I want to go too!"
Mitsuk's face turned serious, with his hands on his hips, and his face was almost filled with the look of death.
However, before the little kid could even fantasize for a second, Sasuke raised his foot and kicked him against the wall.
"Kabuto, lock him up."
Sasuke slowly lowered his raised right foot and coldly ordered Kabuto. Orochimaru nodded, obviously agreeing with Sasuke's decision.
"No! Father Orochimaru! Father Sasuke! You can't do this!"
Bang…
Naruto swung his arm and hurled a brick, knocking the child unconscious instantly.
Right now, he was allergic to words like 'father' and 'dad'.
Sasuke silently gave Naruto a thumbs-up in his heart.
'Finally, this guy did something useful.'
"Alright, let's go together."
Naruto opened a portal and stepped through first, followed closely by Sasuke, then Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
Boom… Boom…
As soon as the four arrived at the scene, they heard loud noises coming from all around them.
Explosions, roars, and the sounds of battle were endless.
Naruto took out his Akatsuki's robe and transformed into Ichigo again, leaving Jiraiya utterly stunned.
"Wait!!"
"Don't tell me..."
"You actually came to join that world-saving organization??"
Seeing Naruto change his appearance and recognizing the resemblance to the legendary 'Organization of Salvation', Akatsuki, circulating in the Shinobi World, Jiraiya's expression immediately shifted.
With the lessons learned from Sunagakure and Konoha, it wasn't hard to imagine what kind of corruption Naruto could bring to such a noble organization.
If he turns this world-saving organization into some world-ending cult in the future, Jiraiya wouldn't even be surprised.
'Damn it!!!'
'What a good organization we have... Why did you have to ruin them too?!'
Jiraiya was extremely distressed at this moment.
At this point, it was clear that whatever trouble Naruto had stirred up was definitely related to this organization.
"Uh... well..."
Naruto opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to argue with the old man.
His previous jokes about the Akatsuki 'saving the world' had always carried a sarcastic undertone, but deep down, he still expected his Senior Brother to eventually attack Konoha.
If anyone else called the Akatsuki righteous, Naruto might not have found it strange. But if the white-haired old man said this...
Naruto felt it was way too weird.
After all, in the original work, this old man had died in Amegakure.
"Old man! That's not important right now!"
"Let me brief you on the situation first..."
"Just to clarify, this really isn't my fault."
Naruto first issued a disclaimer and then continued to explain, "Because a cultist made a ritual to summon the Jashin..."
"A very terrifying monster was summoned accidentally."
Naruto omitted some details, conveniently pinning the blame on Hidan, and then moved on to describing the monster.
As for that monster, Naruto was sure that this thing was definitely not the Boruto he had seen before.
Based on the face of Momoshiki on the monster, he guessed that the body of the monster was most likely the polluted Momoshiki.
His strength should be at the level of the Six Paths.
After hearing the information, Jiraiya and Orochimaru's expressions turned grave. The last time they'd faced something like this was during their battle against Hanzo the Salamander.
Once he finished explaining, Naruto quietly pulled Sasuke aside and whispered, "Sasuke..."
"You've awakened your Mangekyo, right?"
Sasuke: "???"
'How the hell does Naruto know that?!'
'I was sure I'd avoided using my Dojutsu in front of this guy last time...'
Sasuke stayed silent for a moment before finally nodding.
"Alright..."
"Later, try to..."
Just as the two were discussing, Deva Path Pain descended from the sky and landed heavily beside them.
"Ichigo..."
"Get out of here."
As soon as Chao Ge finished speaking, another figure shot out from the center of Amegakure.
Naruto couldn't move his eyes away from that figure when he saw it for the first time.
"DAMN IT!"
"RUNTU! F*** YOU!!" (T/N: I don't understand what this mean, but Runtu is someone from Lu Xun's story 'My Old Home.)