From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 500 Naruto Advances to Demigod
The next day, the morning sun shone down.

Yamato rubbed his sleepy eyes and stretched.

He slept soundly that night; he hadn't had such a relaxing night since he started the mission.

They probably lowered their guard because they knew that Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, was there.

"Are you awake?"

Jiraiya served the prepared breakfast in a wooden bowl and handed it over: "Have something to drink. Once they wake up, let's get ready to leave."

"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Jiraiya!"

Yamato gratefully accepted the wooden bowl, took a sip, and comfortably squinted his eyes.

Just then, a scream shattered the tranquility.

"what--!"

The two people downstairs immediately recognized the voice as Sakura's.

"No, it's not good!"

Sakura rushed downstairs, her face filled with guilt and fear: "Sasuke, Sasuke, she..."

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya and Yamato, who had just been joking around, suddenly changed their expressions in shock.

"What happened? Calm down!" Yamato tried to soothe the frightened Sakura and find out what had happened.

Jiraiya, who was rather impatient, rushed up to the second floor.

Upon entering the room, they were shocked to find Sasuke sitting on the edge of the bed, his face streaked with two lines of bloody tears, and his two blood-red eyes revealing Mangekyou Sharingan eyes that resembled a six-pointed star.

"Sasuke, you... have awakened your Sharingan?" As one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya naturally knew the secrets of the Uchiha clan.

But strangely, Sasuke hadn't even awakened his Sharingan yesterday, so how did he suddenly awaken it after just one night's sleep?

Suddenly, Jiraiya realized that something was wrong.

Sasuke sat on the edge of the bed as if he had lost his soul, his pupils unfocused, as if he were in a daze.

"Sasuke? Sasuke!"

Jiraiya tried to wake Sasuke.

However, no matter how much he pushed and shoved, Sasuke didn't react at all, just like a puppet.

At this moment, Yamato had already carried the sobbing Sakura upstairs. The latter wiped away her tears and whimpered, "I... I had a nightmare last night. You were all gone, so I went downstairs to look for you, but... bloody handprints suddenly appeared all over the walls, and I was so scared that I went back to my room."

"and then?"

Jiraiya's mood sombered slightly, but he continued to press for answers.

"Later, I decided to jump out of the window."

Sakura pointed to the window, her face deathly pale. Recalling the terrifying scene from the previous night, her voice trembled as she said, "The outside was shrouded in a blood-red moon. My eyes were covered by a pair of hands. When I looked back, I saw... a terrifying dead body!"

"Do you know the dead man?" Yamato asked, his brow furrowed slightly.

"No, I don't know him."

Sakura shook her head, biting her lip, and said, "Then I passed out. When I woke up again, I found that Sasuke had become like this. No matter how I called him, he didn't respond."

"Illusion?"

As a member of the Anbu, Yamato immediately suspected that the two were under a genjutsu, and turned to Jiraiya: "Lord Jiraiya, what do you think?"

"Yamato, did you notice anything while you were on watch last night?" Jiraiya frowned, looking at the dazed Sasuke, feeling a pang of heartache.

“There’s nothing unusual, Jiraiya-sama.”

Yamato shook his head. He was in charge of the first half of the night and hadn't noticed anything unusual.

That's strange.

Jiraiya immediately sensed the predicament; he hadn't discovered anything unusual during the latter half of the night, which he was in charge of.

If that's the case, how exactly did the intruders get in?

Moreover, the target was very clear: Uchiha Sasuke.

"Lord Jiraiya, would you like some?"

Yamato hesitated for a moment, looking at Sasuke's condition, and suggested, "Perhaps we can temporarily abandon the mission and go back to the village to treat Sasuke?"

"no!"

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya decisively shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The enemy's target is Sasuke, but it's more likely they want to stop us from going to Otogakure to find Orochimaru!"

Although he couldn't figure out why Sasuke suddenly activated the Mangekyou Sharingan, he was certain that it was related to 'genjutsu'.

Moreover, during this special period, they all had to meet Orochimaru, no matter what.

“But what about Sasuke’s current situation?” Sakura was very worried about Sasuke’s safety, but she didn’t dare to argue.

Orochimaru has done a lot of research on ninjutsu.

Jiraiya glanced at Sasuke, who seemed to have lost his soul, gritted his teeth, and said firmly, "He should have a way to treat Sasuke's current condition, so we need to get to Otogakure as soon as possible."

"Can Orochimaru really cure Sasuke?" Sakura wiped away her tears and mustered her courage: "Jiraiya-sama, I'll carry Sasuke on my back, let's hurry to Otogakure."

"it is good."

Jiraiya glanced at Yamato beside him, but ultimately said nothing.

Soon, the group packed their things. Sakura carried Sasuke on her back, Yamato led the way, and Jiraiya brought up the rear.

The group headed towards the Sound Village at top speed.

But as they were walking through the dense forest, Sakura suddenly saw Yamato's figure ahead, which then vanished completely.

“Yamato?!”

Sakura stopped abruptly, staring wide-eyed ahead.

"What's wrong?" Jiraiya caught up from behind and was puzzled when he saw her suddenly stop. "We're almost at Otogakure. Hang in there a little longer."

"No, no. Jiraiya-sama."

Sakura pointed shakily ahead, swallowing hard, "I... I saw Yamato, and then he suddenly disappeared."

"Disappeared suddenly?"

Jiraiya looked in the direction she was pointing and, sure enough, Yamato was no longer in sight.

But just then, Yamato, who had disappeared, reappeared from the dense forest, seemingly turning back from the front.

"Lord Jiraiya, Sakura, why didn't you catch up?" Yamato stood on a tree branch ahead, looking puzzled, and waved to them: "Hurry up and catch up, we're almost there!"

"Did I see it wrong?"

Sakura was a little confused, but when she saw Yamato coming over, she breathed a sigh of relief and was about to follow him.

"Wait, don't go over there."

Suddenly, Jiraiya called out to Sakura.

"What's wrong, Lord Jiraiya?"

Although Sakura was confused, she subconsciously obeyed Jiraiya and stopped walking in the past.

"Come on over~" Yamato waved to them with a smile on his face.

However, Jiraiya stepped in front of Sakura, his eyes slightly lowered: "I suddenly remembered something, Yamato, come here for a moment, I need to talk to you."

"Lord Jiraiya, Sakura, the Sound Village is just ahead."

Strangely, Yamato seemed not to hear them and continued waving and greeting them.

"Ji... Jiraiya-sama?" Sakura was confused, but Yamato's smile seemed rather strange.

"If you don't want to come over, let me guess."

Jiraiya looked at Yamato warily and said in a deep voice, "There should be a trap you set there, right?"

Upon hearing this, Yamato looked puzzled: "Lord Jiraiya, what are you talking about? What trap? I don't understand?"

"You're not Yamato at all, are you?"

Jiraiya stared at him coldly and said, word by word, "Sasuke becoming like this must be your doing."

"Lord Jiraiya, have you gone mad?"

Yamato looked surprised and said aggrievedly, "I am Yamato. I came out of Konoha with you. I understand that you must be upset that your disciple has become like this, but you can't wrong me, can you?"

"You know what, I didn't doubt you at first, Yamato."

Jiraiya sighed and said slowly, "But it was when you advised us to return to Konoha while we were in the cabin that I took notice."

"What, what's wrong with this?" Yamato exclaimed incredulously, "Sasuke is in this state. I suggest we abandon the mission and return to Konoha for treatment. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"No, but if Sakura said that, I would never doubt it."

Jiraiya stared coldly at him and said, "But you come from the Konoha Anbu. Anbu members would never say such a thing. Besides, you and Sasuke weren't familiar with each other before. Why are you so concerned about her now? But none of that matters. Do you know what matters most?"

"what?"

Yamato looked puzzled, but his gaze suddenly caught sight of Jiraiya maintaining the same posture with his pupils slightly constricted.

"It seems you've already realized it."

Jiraiya, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, maintained this posture and grinned, "Guess why I deliberately stayed at the back and maintained this posture?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiraiya finally released his hands, and his whole demeanor suddenly changed.

Its feet became wide and webbed, its hands also grew larger, and its face even showed toad-like features, with a huge nose, and especially orange eyeshadow appeared.

"Sage Mode!"

Upon seeing Jiraiya's transformation, Yamato's expression froze, revealing a look of exasperation.

"That's right, it's Sage Mode!"

Jiraiya's gaze was extremely oppressive, as if he had become a different person: "I can finally see your weakness. You are not 'Yamato' at all, but a White Zetsu, a product of the First Hokage's cells. There is a large amount of unknown energy gathering around you, which should be a trap, right?"

"Hehehe, as expected, they truly deserve to be called the legendary Sannin."

Yamato sneered, then his expression turned ferocious as he said, "I didn't expect you to see through me so quickly, but unfortunately, it's too late!"

As he spoke, the exposed White Zetsu's pupils rippled with emotion as he attempted to forcefully hypnotize Jiraiya.

"Hmph, another hypnosis tactic?"

Jiraiya snorted, and then two small figures suddenly leaped into the air from behind him: "The two immortals are now in your hands!"

"No problem, Jiraiya!"

"Hurry up and finish it, there's still rice cooking at home!"

Two rather human-like toads leaped into the air, simultaneously forming hand seals and emitting piercing croaks.

"Immortal Technique: Frog Croak!"

The croaking of the two toads carried extremely fast through the forest.

The piercing croaking of frogs echoed, instantly filling Bai Jue's ears.

Taking advantage of the moment when White Zetsu was in disarray, Jiraiya quickly completed the hand seals, pulled Sakura backward, and leaped high into the air, taking a deep breath: "Sage Art: Blazing Breath!"

The Sage Art, infused with natural chakra, instantly boosted the power of the ninjutsu by several levels!

In an instant, a terrifying sea of ​​flames engulfed White Zetsu.

boom! ! !
The towering flames swept in like a giant wave, the raging torrents engulfing an area of ​​hundreds of meters.

The dense forest instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire, thick smoke billowing out, the scorching heat burning the air as if trying to evaporate every drop of moisture.

"Okay, great!"

Although I had heard many times before that the legendary Sannin were all very powerful.

However, Jiraiya usually behaved more like a perverted voyeur, which made Sakura, while respectful, still somewhat underestimate him.

But when Sakura saw Jiraiya looking serious, the slight disdain in her heart vanished.

"Don't let your guard down, that guy isn't going to die so easily!"

Jiraiya had encountered strange creatures during his travels and had a general idea of ​​how troublesome they were.

This is why the two immortals from Mount Myōboku remained hidden, aiming to strike unexpectedly.

As he expected, the White Zetsu possessed the power to hypnotize others, but was interrupted by the two Myoboku Mountain sages. But was it really that simple?

In Sage Mode, Jiraiya's perception is greatly enhanced.

He could clearly sense that the other person was not dead.

"As expected of the legendary Sannin, I didn't expect them to be so troublesome."

But then, Bai Jue emerged from the flames in a disheveled state, his face charred black, layers of skin peeling off. He growled menacingly, "Originally, I didn't plan to use this move, after all, it's only good against mortals like you. But now, I've changed my mind!"

Amidst billowing black smoke, White Zetsu transformed into a three-meter-tall giant, his entire body covered in cold black armor, with only his eyes flashing with two deep red lights. He wielded a straight, dark greatsword, resembling a demon crawling out of hell.

“Did you see that?!”

White Zetsu grinned menacingly and laughed, "This is the power bestowed upon me by the 'Holy Son,' Sequence 4 - Black Knight!"

As it spoke, it swung its sword horizontally, and the deep, corrupt darkness swept across the front, causing the forest to collapse into a dark expanse, as if it had been coated with a layer of sticky black, which was instantly corroded away!

"Hey, Jiraiya."

Fukasaku stared at the terrifying figure, feeling as if countless twisted voices were tearing at his mind. He cried out in anguish, "Retreat, retreat! That guy... is very powerful!"

In fact, Jiraiya was also under immense pressure, biting his lip so hard it bled, using the pain to keep himself clear-headed: "Lord Fukasaku, I'll cover the rear, please take them away!"

He instantly realized that the battle was going badly and that someone had to cover the rear.

"Now, it's your turn!"

However, White Zetsu seemed unwilling to give them that chance, its figure suddenly transforming into a massive shadow that seemed to blot out the sky and engulf them.

At the critical moment, countless runes suddenly flashed all around, swirling around like stars, forming chains that enveloped and bound the enormous shadow!
"What happened?"

Jiraiya was slightly taken aback, but then looked in a certain direction.

Then, a boy with blond hair slowly emerged from the dense forest. Looking at the 'White Zetsu' that was bound in the starlight and struggling desperately, he said calmly, "Thanks to you, I was able to complete the ritual to advance to Sequence 4."

"You are... Naruto Uzumaki?!"

(End of this chapter)