From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 501 Wheel of Fortune
Let's go back half an hour.

In the underground secret base of the Sound Village, Naruto, dressed in a loose kimono, is sitting cross-legged in the quiet room.

There were many training posts around the meditation room, which seemed to be used for training.

Suddenly, Naruto, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes. Deep within his azure eyes, it seemed as if layers of halos were emerging.

The next moment, his figure vanished.

Swish swish.
Naruto's figure leaped and flickered in space, as if many afterimages appeared at the same time.

The dozens of human-shaped stakes in the meditation room were suddenly cut in half at the waist!

From an outsider's perspective, it looked as if all the stakes were cut off simultaneously in an instant.

Bang bang bang.
Just then, applause came from the doorway.

“Not bad, you have already mastered the abilities of a 'Sequence 5' traveler quite well.”

He spoke in a slightly hoarse voice, with a tone that clearly conveyed satisfaction.

Hearing the praise, Naruto didn't seem to care much. He turned around and looked at the door with an indifferent expression: "Orochimaru, what brings you here?"

"I have good news for you."

Orochimaru leaned against the door frame, arms crossed, and said with a half-smile, "The opportunity you've been waiting for has arrived."

Upon hearing this, a glimmer of light appeared deep within Naruto's cold eyes: "Where?"

"Oh, perfect, you came with your friends."

Orochimaru licked his lips and smiled meaningfully, "They seem to have run into some trouble. They were followed all the way to the border of the Sound Village by that thing. It's a 'Sequence 4' Black Knight."

"The Black Knight? Someone from the Aurora Society?"

The Black Knight is a sequence from the 'Hanged Man' pathway, and Naruto naturally guessed its origin.

"That's it."

Orochimaru nodded slightly, seemingly looking down on them, and sneered, "The Aurora Society has created a large number of White Zetsu, like raising poisonous insects, constantly encouraging them to kill each other. The one sent this time should be considered a relatively rare one, after all, it has grown to Sequence 4."

"I understand."

Naruto nodded slightly, then his eyes flashed with layers of light: "I'll be right back."

"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news."

Orochimaru grinned slightly.

Naruto opened the 'Traveler's Gate', stepped inside, and vanished instantly.

"What a convenient ability!"

No matter how many times he saw it, Orochimaru was extremely envious of the extraordinary abilities of the 'Gate' pathway.

The reason is simple: it's just too convenient!
Time returns to the present.

Surrounded by starlight, the 'White Zetsu' glared menacingly at Naruto: "You think a mere seal can trap me?!"

As they spoke, thick black mist surged forth, gushing out like flowing water.

White Zetsu tore off a piece of flesh from its body and splashed it out. The flesh then transformed into a storm, which, with its extremely strong corrosive power, almost broke through the confinement of the starlight.

"Of course I don't expect such a simple seal to trap you."

Naruto chuckled coldly, but remained unmoved, calmly raising his hand: "The seal I truly prepared... is this!"

The next moment, countless blazing golden chains suddenly surged out from all directions.

Those chains penetrated deep into the starlight barrier, binding the White Zetsu that was trying to resist. The suppressive power within them completely suppressed the White Zetsu's regenerative abilities.

"That's... the Adamantine Sealing Chains, a secret technique of the Uzumaki clan?!" Jiraiya's eyes widened in disbelief.

It should be noted that the secret techniques of the Uzumaki clan can only be performed by red-haired members of the clan with pure blood.

Although Naruto possesses the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan, he is not Shanks and should not be able to use the 'Diamond Sealing Technique'!

But something even more shocking happened to Jiraiya. After Naruto used the Adamantine Sealing Chains, he held a book in his left hand and slowly turned to the next page: "I have been preparing for half a year and have collected hundreds of methods to deal with 'Sequence 4'."

"Law decrees: The mysterious power here has weakened!"

"Spiritual lashing!"

"weaken!"

"confusion!"

"curse!"

As Naruto's voice faded, the pages of the book vanished rapidly.

At the same time, White Zetsu's fear grew infinitely. This guy had actually 'recorded' several extraordinary abilities in order to deal with it!
The mysterious power weakened, and it could no longer maintain the form of the mythical creature.

The mental torture inflicts excruciating pain on its spirit, causing it to lose consciousness and utter meaningless, angry roars.

Weakening, confusion, and curse—the triple negative effects exerted pressure, directly extinguishing the last glimmer of hope for White Zetsu to resist!

Looking into White Zetsu's venomous eyes, Naruto calmly closed the book and said lightly, "Don't look at me like that. The sect isn't good at direct combat, so I had to resort to this method."

As one of the "Three Clans of the Dead," anyone who can "record" a large number of extraordinary abilities through their methods is definitely a seasoned swindler.

"No need to struggle anymore."

Naruto stretched out his hand, and layers of light seemed to emanate from his eyes: "White Zetsu, I need you to help me become a god!"

“Ahhhh——!!!”

The next moment, the shrill-screaming White Zetsu was completely sealed away by the gradually shrinking starlight barrier.

"This should work, right?"

Naruto muttered to himself, experiencing a profound transformation in his own spirituality.

It was as if an ordinary person had directly crossed an insurmountable barrier.

"Next, all I need to do is go back and drink the potion to complete the advancement ceremony."

After collecting the starlight that sealed the 'White Zetsu' into the book, Naruto turned to look at Jiraiya, Sakura, and the unconscious Sasuke.

Naruto

The moment Sakura saw Naruto save them, she couldn't hold back her tears.

"What a disgrace, we actually needed you to save us." Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Naruto: "Did Orochimaru send you?"

"This is not the place to talk."

Naruto turned around and raised his hand, and a light gate resembling a water curtain appeared in front of him: "Come with me, we'll talk when we get to Otogakure."

"Perfect timing, I'd also like to meet Orochimaru."

Jiraiya exhaled a breath of stale air, told the two sages to return to Mount Myōboku for the time being, and then nodded to Sakura.

The group followed Naruto and stepped into the gate of light.

In the blink of an eye, it felt as if they had crossed the starry sky. When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves in a secret underground base.

"It's been a long time, Jiraiya."

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out, causing Jiraiya to pause slightly. He looked over with a complicated expression: "Yes, it's been a long time, Orochimaru." In the candlelight, Orochimaru, dressed in a kimono, still had a pale face, with a smile playing on his lips.

That's Orochimaru, the S-rank rogue ninja?
Sakura swallowed hard; it was her first time meeting Orochimaru, and she was a little nervous.

When she was a child, she often heard the adults in the village say that the other party was an unforgivable sinner who had committed unforgivable crimes.

"Is that Sasuke?"

Orochimaru glanced at Sasuke, who was unconscious behind Sakura, and seemed to realize something. He chuckled and said, "He's under a genjutsu, his spirit has been sealed."

"Can you...can you save her?"

Sakura asked nervously.

Orochimaru glanced at Naruto beside him and said calmly, "I'll leave this to you. I've put the potion in your training room."

"it is good."

Naruto nodded slightly, then turned to Sakura: "Come with me."

Sakura was a little unsure of what to do and looked timidly at Jiraiya.

"Go with him."

Jiraiya nodded and said softly, "I believe Naruto won't harm her. Orochimaru and I have something to discuss."

"Yes, Jiraiya-sama."

Sakura immediately carried the unconscious Sasuke on her back and followed in Naruto's footsteps.

"So, what do you intend to talk to me about, Jiraiya?"

Orochimaru sat down in the chair, one hand supporting his cheek, and looked at him with interest: "After all, I am the most vicious rogue ninja in Konoha's history."

"Orochimaru, I'm not here to blame you."

Jiraiya, somewhat exasperated, simply sat cross-legged on the ground: "You should know what happened in the ninja world, right?"

Orochimaru snorted in response, and said calmly, "So, what brings you here?"

"We need your help, Orochimaru."

Jiraiya lowered his voice and stared intently at Orochimaru: "Since you know this, you should know that the Aurora Society and Iwagakure are collecting the nine tailed beasts. They will come after you sooner or later."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Orochimaru couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said meaningfully, "I understand, you mean you want me to go back?"

"Uh, actually, even if we don't go back, we can still cooperate." Jiraiya scratched his head awkwardly. He knew he wasn't good at persuading others, and his words were easily seen through.

"Why should I cooperate with you?" Orochimaru lowered his hand, rhythmically tapping the table with his index finger, and said calmly, "To put it bluntly, with Konoha's current strength, what qualifications do you have to talk about cooperating with me? Would an elephant cooperate with an ant?"

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya's expression immediately turned ugly: "You mean, Konoha is not worthy of cooperating with you?"

"Jiraiya, you are still so foolish."

Orochimaru glanced at him, shook his head, and said with disappointment, "You've traveled the ninja world for so long, knowing that things have changed, but you dare not make contact with them, still adhering to the principles of a ninja, just like Konoha. No wonder you've fallen to this state."

"You mean those strange things?"

Jiraiya's expression faltered slightly, but his brows furrowed as he said in a deep voice, "Orochimaru, although I don't know what that is, I'm certain that power is very dangerous!"

"Danger?"

Orochimaru shook his head: "You're wrong, Jiraiya. There is no power in the world that is without risk, including chakra."

"What danger is there in chakra?" This question left Jiraiya completely baffled.

"Ah, the danger is that until now, no one has paid the price for it."

Orochimaru sneered and said, "All gifts from fate have already been marked with a price in secret. The reason you don't know what the price of chakra is is simply because it hasn't come to pay the price yet."

Over the past few years, he has consulted numerous documents and finally found the origin of the chakra system. He also learned about the origin of chakra from the Sage of Six Paths.

The Divine Tree, the Otsutsuki—everything originated from that fruit!

In other words, the chakra system that is currently circulating all comes from that fruit, but what will happen once the progenitor of chakra is resurrected?
This is Orochimaru's true meaning: chakra does come at a price, it's just that the time hasn't come yet to pay that price.

"What are you talking about?"

Jiraiya clearly couldn't understand Orochimaru's hidden meaning and asked in bewilderment.

"Fine, for your sake and Tsunade's sake, I can grant you one request."

Orochimaru seemed somewhat disappointed. He slowly stood up and said, "I will hand over the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to you, but what that child does is his own business. As for me... hehe, you don't need to worry about me. What follows is the trend of the times, and no one can stop it."

"What do you mean? Do you know something?"

Upon hearing "the trend of the times" again, Jiraiya was immediately astonished, staring at him with wide eyes: "Tell me, Orochimaru, what exactly do you know?"

However, Orochimaru gave him a cold glance: "You'll find out soon, but not now."

"Wait, Orochimaru!"

Jiraiya, unable to contain his emotions, stood up and grabbed Orochimaru's hand: "What exactly happened? You have to explain this to me clearly!"

"open."

Orochimaru stared at him coldly.

A faint brass-colored light wandered in his pupils, outlining mysterious symbols that contained madness, destruction, misfortune, and disaster.

One glance was enough to send chills down Jiraiya's spine, leaving him frozen in place.

"The conversation is over."

Orochimaru's expression: "Once Sasuke is healed, I will let that child go back with you."

Looking at Orochimaru's indifferent expression, Jiraiya suddenly felt that his former teammate seemed to be getting further and further away from them.

The look in his eyes just now filled him with a fear and a sense of alienation he had never felt before!

What exactly is the trend of the times?

Jiraiya repeatedly pondered Orochimaru's words, and a crazy idea popped into his mind.

This time, the appearance of White Zetsu made him realize that perhaps the power of the chakra system was no longer enough in this crazy era!
Even in Sage Mode, it still couldn't stop those terrible things.

So, could he try that kind of bizarre system?

If he possessed the same power as Orochimaru and Naruto, would he be able to stop the tide of the era he speaks of?
At that moment, a crazy idea sprouted in Jiraiya's mind!
He carefully took out the scroll he had sealed from his robes, gazing at the central area with its intricate, silvery-white symbols and the illusory serpent pattern with its head and tail connected. He murmured, "Perhaps, this power is truly necessary to stop that terrible future?"

This scroll contains a 'mysterious item' that he once found by chance.

The thing's shape resembled a molting ouroboros, its body covered with complex, mercury-like symbols!

Although he didn't know what it was, Jiraiya instinctively sealed it away.

"Do you know what this is?"

Jiraiya took the contents of the scroll out and looked at Orochimaru, hoping he could give him an answer.

"I didn't expect you to actually run into something like this. Looks like you're in luck."

Orochimaru's eyes flickered slightly as he gazed at the wondrous object. As if struck by a thought, he chuckled softly, "It is an extraordinary characteristic of the 'Wheel of Fate'."

(End of this chapter)