Even a strong individual like Orochimaru isn't that man's opponent?"
Sasuke gritted his teeth, clenching his right hand into a fist and slamming it hard onto the ground.
"Do I really have to kill my best friend to gain power!?
No!
I must find another way to obtain power!"
Thinking this, he immediately looked towards Karin.
"I want to meet your Holy Master!
You are an organization, right?
I want to join!"
"Hmm?"
Karin was startled, then she smiled strangely.
Because she remembered what Bai Hao had told her not long ago—that Sasuke would definitely covet her power and want to meet him.
"The Holy Master was indeed right~
I feel that the Holy Master is truly omniscient!"
After sighing in her heart.
Karin silently shook her head.
"If the Holy Master wants to see you, you will naturally see him.
If the Holy Master doesn't want to see you, then you won't see him even if you kneel for a lifetime.
Alright.
My mission is complete.
Orochimaru has already escaped Konoha Village.
Your Village's Ninjas are also rapidly approaching this way.
So, I'll be leaving first.
Until we meet again~"
With that, she flashed and disappeared.
Naruto and the other two were silent for a moment.
Then Naruto began to shout excitedly.
"This Black Organization is too cool!
Is this Hokage-level power?
Haha!
I will have such strength in the future!
I, Naruto Uzumaki, am the man who will become Hokage!"
Sasuke and Sakura looked at Naruto, who was acting crazy as usual, and couldn't help but feel speechless.
"Sigh~
Is this the Hokage's power?"
Sakura sighed, "I feel like being a Chunin is enough for me~
I'll be a teacher at the Ninja Academy in the future.
Bai Hao-kun runs a bookstore, and I'll be a teacher.
Thinking about it, that doesn't seem bad~"
"I…
I must obtain power!"
Sasuke looked at the spot where Karin disappeared, silently making up his mind.
"If that Black Organization doesn't give me power.
Then I'll rely on my own efforts to gain power!
If Rock Lee can do it, why can't I?"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh…"
Just as the three of them were lost in thought.
Suddenly, a group of Anbu appeared before them.
"What happened here just now?"
A leading Anbu member asked, "Are you all alright?"
"That… that…
I know!"
Naruto waved his arms and rushed in front of the Anbu captain.
"Naruto Uzumaki?
You tell us."
"Just now, a red-haired female Ninja suddenly appeared!
And a monster named Orochimaru.
The Orochimaru monster said the red-haired one was from the Vortex Clan!
She's from the same clan as me!
The red-haired Vortex girl said she came to protect us.
She said that Orochimaru wanted to bite Sasuke!
After that, they started fighting.
They were so amazing!
The fight started out normal.
But as they fought, it became abnormal.
That Orochimaru monster released a bunch of snakes to attack!
The red-haired one actually turned into a giant colorful bird, and then spat out a black energy ball from her mouth.
With a whoosh, it blew this place up into this state!"
The Anbu captain looked at the gesticulating Naruto, listening with a face full of questions.
So, he could only turn to look at Sasuke and Sakura.
"The visitor's identity is unknown.
She wore a black dress and a black straw hat.
She wore a black cloak with an X symbol on it.
She had an X-shaped tattoo on her right arm.
It was identical to the one on her cloak.
She claimed to be acting on the Holy Master's orders to protect me.
It can be inferred that she belongs to a mysterious Black Organization.
This organization has strong intelligence gathering capabilities.
They seem to know many secret pieces of information that others do not.
She can transform from a human into a large bird.
She also possesses Wood Release.
She is from the Vortex Clan.
Her opponent was Orochimaru, one of the Sannin.
Orochimaru's goal was to first brand me with the Cursed Seal of Heaven.
Then he would take over my body.
He also seems to have a plan called the Konoha Crush.
We were not injured."
Sasuke finished speaking quickly.
Although he had also heard Orochimaru mention the name "Kabuto," he didn't connect it to the Yakushi Kabuto he knew.
However, the Anbu captain grew more and more alarmed as he listened.
Sasuke spoke very clearly, but the amount of information was simply too vast.
A mysterious Black Organization, Wood Release, the Vortex Clan, Orochimaru, the Konoha Crush plan…
And that woman could even transform!
He didn't know what kind of Ninjutsu it was.
"Please do not tell anyone about what happened today."
The Anbu captain slowly said, "You all should continue the Chunin Exams first.
We need to report this."
With that.
The Anbu members instantly disappeared.
Chapter 12: The Konoha High-Level Executives' Decision, Third Stage of the Competition Begins! [Second Update for Support]
Not long after.
In the Konoha Hokage Building.
The Konoha High-Level Executives were gathered here, holding an emergency meeting.
Even Jiraiya, who had only recently returned to the Village and disliked attending such meetings, came to participate.
"Lord Hokage!
The situation is roughly as follows."
The Anbu captain recounted the intelligence he had gathered in full.
It included more information than what Sasuke had provided, as well as some details they had investigated themselves.
"Hmm~"
Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff from his pipe, then slowly exhaled a smoke ring.
Then he turned to look at the strategist, Shikaku Nara.
"Shikaku, what do you think?"
Shikaku was silent for a moment, then he spoke, "Lord Hokage.
There is too little information at present.
Based on the current intelligence, we can draw a few conclusions.
First, this Black Organization is very powerful.
Second, this Black Organization may have its sights on Sasuke, otherwise it wouldn't have interfered.
Third, this Black Organization knows many secrets that we do not, such as Wood Release.
Fourth, Orochimaru's purpose in coming to Konoha is impure; he might be trying to cause destruction during the Chunin Exams."
"Hmm~"