In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"No." Toad Yin shook his head. "It's a steep stone wall. The light is very dim. It seems to be an underground river with a large height difference."

"When I appeared, only Jiraiya's palm was left above the water, and it was swallowed up in an instant."

"An underground whirlpool?" Kakashi, as calm as ever, analyzed, "Jiraiya-sama's summoning beast is a toad from Mount Myoboku. If it's just been sucked underwater, it should be able to get out."

"Besides, with Jiraiya-sama's abilities, it's absolutely no problem for him to save his life and find a way out. Is there a possibility that Jiraiya-sama was simply swept into the underground river and taken to a further place?"

"That's possible." Naruto nodded, but then said, "But under normal circumstances, Jiraiya wouldn't be in such a hurry to summon Gamatoa. Maybe he's really in trouble."

"Gamain, do you remember where Lord Jiraiya disappeared?" Kakashi asked.

"We can only try it. I walked a long way before I found the exit. The location...maybe we can find it. If we set off now, maybe we can." Toad Yin said.

Hearing this, Naruto looked at Kakashi.

"Don't go alone. Neji, Tenten and Rock Lee are still in the village. You should form a team and go together." Kakashi gave the order decisively.

"Anyway, you've done missions together before, so you're pretty much on the same page."

"Okay." Naruto agreed immediately.

About half an hour later, Team 3, having received an urgent summons from the Hokage, assembled immediately. Of the Twelve, Team 3 was the only one still on a mission in the village.

Only Chouji was left without a position in Team 10, but he couldn't possibly carry out the mission alone. After getting married, he had already begun to learn how to handle clan affairs.

Most ninja families are involved with some nobles, and the interests involved are quite complicated. It is not easy to handle it well, so you can only calm down and study hard.

Team 7... Team 7 is full of villains, and none of them are easy to deal with. Kakashi is depressed because none of his disciples are easy to deal with.

Of Team 8, only Shino Aburame is still on a mission, while Kiba Inuzuka has been busy helping with clan affairs. As for Hinata, the changes in the Hyuga clan have forced her to stay in the clan and help Neji.

Originally, Neji didn't have much time to take on missions, but after more than a month, the conflict between the Hyuga branch family and the main family had eased a lot.

With the guidance of Hyuga Hiashi and the help of Hinata and Hanabi, Neji quickly became familiar with the affairs of the clan and handled them in an orderly manner.

If that were the case, it wouldn't be enough for him to actually have the time to receive the mission. The most crucial reason was that Neji took the initiative to resolve the conflict between the branch family and the main family.

"You got married?" Naruto was stunned and turned to look at Neji. "When?"

"Seven days ago." Neji nodded calmly and said, "It was just a simple wedding, not a formal one. We just had a rehearsal in advance."

"What?" Tenten reacted even more and rushed to Neji, "Getting married? Neji, you...are you kidding me? We're in the village, and you didn't even inform Rock Lee and me!"

"It's just a rehearsal, considered an engagement," Neji said. "We'll officially get married next month, and I'll invite you to the wedding then."

"With whom?" Tiantian asked with a complicated expression.

"A girl from the main family. I knew her before, but I never thought I would marry her." Hyuga Neji's voice was emotionless, as if marriage was no different to him than eating and sleeping.

Although marriage also includes sleeping, he seems to think that marriage is just a very ordinary thing.

"Getting married so soon?" Xiao Li blinked, his thick eyebrows wagging. "Cool, Neji, I didn't expect you to be the first one to get married among the four of us!"

Although Xiao Li sometimes speaks without thinking, he has one advantage: he is sincere.

He subconsciously accepted Naruto as a member of Team 3, even though Naruto was just a temporary member during that time, but Rock Lee always remembered his kindness.

"I used to think that Naruto would be the first one to get married, but I didn't expect that..." Xiao Li said with a smile.

Tiantian pursed her lips, not knowing what to say for a moment. She felt a sense of loss, but she couldn't say she felt bad. After all, she had already prepared herself mentally.

The Hyuga clan was essentially internalized and rarely intermarried with outsiders. She was well aware of this, and she had long known that Neji would eventually marry a Hyuga girl.

"So, it's to ease the conflict between the main family and the branch family, right?" Naruto packed up his climbing equipment and said without raising his head.

"No wonder you have time to come out and do the mission. Have you sorted out all the issues in the clan?"

"Well, it's almost done." Hyuga Neji said, "Marriage has indeed eased the conflict between the main family and the branch family. Things are moving in a good direction."

"Congratulations, Neji." Tenten walked forward, smiling, "Happy wedding."

"Thank you, Tenten." Neji nodded.

The mission began, and the four of them started traveling at high speed.

This time, Naruto, though anxious, did not slow down, and Neji continued to lead the team. Team 3 was equally experienced in rescue and investigation missions.

Two days later.

Above a deep underground valley, they found the entrance. The scroll toad carefully surveyed the surroundings and pointed to the crack below.

"This is it."

Chapter 420: Coming Again! What the hell is this Anywhere Door?

"From here, we still have to walk a long way forward," said the Scroll Toad. "Once we get down to the underground river, there's no way out. I can swim across, but how are you going to get across?"

"I have a boat," Naruto said bluntly.

"You even have this?" Scroll Toad was also stunned, "Then I also..."

The members of Team 3 were not surprised by this. They had long known that Naruto had a portable ninja tool that was like a space scroll, filled with all kinds of strange things.

Last time when it was too hot to eat roast bird, this guy directly took out a generator and an electric fan. He is so rich and inhumane.

"Let's go." Naruto glanced at everyone and didn't say much.

Jiraiya's life or death was uncertain, so he was in no mood to laugh or joke. His brows were slightly furrowed throughout the journey, recalling the details and pondering all the possibilities.

He also knew that Jiraiya would not die so easily, but when he thought of Jiraiya's fate of returning to the sea in the original work, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. This world of Gouhachi values ​​fatalism the most.

However...the moment he climbed down the ravine, Naruto glanced at Neji who was always calm, and couldn't help but feel relieved, thinking that fatalism was not impossible to change.

The ravine was steep and the group climbed cautiously, like little bugs, moving slowly down the cliff under the sun.

"It's so high!" Xiao Li looked down and couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't look down, it's easy to get dizzy." Tiantian's palms were pressed against the rock wall, a few beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, but he still turned around to remind Xiao Li.

"Got it!" Xiao Li cheered up and continued to move down.

Neji and Naruto were as steady as old dogs, but to match Tenten's stamina, they had to slow down. In team missions, haste often makes waste.

Jiraiya's disappearance was so strange. He was quite powerful, and his methods of survival were so numerous that it was dizzying. How could such a good person just disappear?

As he got closer and closer to the truth, he could only patiently move forward. Even if he was very strong, he couldn't guarantee that he could find the person by himself. This had nothing to do with strength; professionals should do their professional work.

He now needs the cooperation of his teammates, and the chances of success will be greater.

As time passed, the group finally reached the bottom of the deep valley after some effort. The light inside the cave was dim, and the scroll toad struggled to discern its direction.

"Just a little further on, we'll reach the underground river," the Scroll Toad said, his voice hazy. "The path here is a bit complicated, so follow me closely."

After walking for a while, I could hear the sound of rushing water. A few steps further, I saw a huge pool of water, and there was a vague path leading into it.

The air in the cave was a bit damp, so they released the boat and boarded it. They then swirled around in the complex river, sometimes so narrow that only a small boat could pass through.

The entrance was like a large washing machine drum, and the four of them had to lie prone on the boat to get through. Xiao Li, who was stacked at the bottom, couldn't help but ask.

"Are we going back this way?"

"Of course not, there are other exits." Tiantian buried his whole body on the left side of the hull to prevent being scratched by the inner wall of the rock.

"Hold on tight, the hole below is very high!" Scroll Toad shouted, and hid under Naruto, his face filled with fear as he clutched Rock Lee's clothes tightly.

"Ah! Who is tying my pants!" Xiao Li cried out in pain.

My vision was plunged into complete darkness, but I could sense the chill of the surrounding water vapor. The boat was gliding at high speed through a giant circular channel, like a water park's waterway.

Even so, the four of them made almost no sound. The water was silent until there was a dull thud as the boat hit the water.

"It's safe!" Tenten sat up from the cabin, patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, while looking around, "Why would Lord Jiraiya come to such a ghost place?"

"Yeah, how did you get in?" Xiao Li scratched his head, obviously still in shock from what he had just experienced.

"You must have entered from somewhere else. This route was only found by Gamain." Naruto responded, then looked at the surrounding rock walls.

After coming out of the channel, the water becomes wider.

"The rock wall is very thick, and we can't tell where we are right now." Neji said, "We may be deeper underground now. We need to go a little further first."

"This thing is hard to say. Did you hear any strange sounds just now?" Naruto suddenly asked.

"No." Tiantian and Xiao Li shook their heads.

The boat slowly drifted on the water, and the surroundings fell silent. Everyone's eyes were focused on Neji, who frowned slightly, veins popping around his eyes as he opened his Byakugan.

"Maybe it's underwater..." He glanced down and his face suddenly changed.

"What's wrong?" Tenten noticed that Neji looked unusual and asked.

"There are corpses all over the bottom." Neji said, "They are at the very bottom, and it's hard to see clearly. There are animal and human corpses, and there seems to be a door."

"Door?"

"I'm not sure either. It might be an illusion. Anyway, don't look down." Neji's voice was not calm. "Everyone, be careful. It seems that this place is a bit weird."

"Why did you, the lecherous sage, come to this shabby place for no reason?" Naruto hadn't said much along the way, but now he couldn't hold it in any longer and started cursing.

"I've told him a long time ago not to be superstitious about things like the Child of Destiny. Now he's going to those weird places every day. It's only a matter of time before something bad happens."

After cursing, Naruto felt relieved. The ship continued to move forward. Cursing aside, the person still had to be found. He was afraid that Jiraiya would come into contact with the Otsutsuki and accidentally overturn the ship.

Besides this, the God of Death and the God of Evil seemed to exist in this world. The Uzumaki clan also seemed to be keeping a secret, which they never revealed until their death.

The Whirlpool Country worships a plethora of gods, with the abandoned shrine of the Uzumaki clan enshrining twenty-seven gods. Even a casual removal of a mask still retains its power.

Naruto was angry because he had a God's perspective, but Jiraiya didn't. If he accidentally dug up some important information, he would die suddenly and that would be the end of it.

Being an investigator is a dangerous job. If you're looking for the child of destiny, you should just stick to finding him. Why would you go to a place like this? Are you running a cave party?

Floating further along the water's surface, no one spoke any more. Neji's words were too piercing. To be able to see things that the Byakugan couldn't see was either extremely profound or had a hidden meaning.

Curiosity killed the cat, and several people felt physically uncomfortable.

"Anyway, let's leave here quickly. It's important to find Lord Jiraiya." Tenten said, not wanting to cause any more trouble.

"Ah."

The boat drifted quietly down the dark river and entered the narrow waters again. With Neji's Byakugan, the boat turned left and right in the darkness, and it was unknown how long it had been going.

"It's almost there!!" The scroll toad roared, waking up the drowsy people.

"Where? Where?" Xiao Li wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, stood up and asked.

"It's just ahead." Scroll Toad pointed to a wide expanse of water ahead and said, "There's something fishy about the water there. It's best not to get too close."

"Look! There's a whirlpool!" Tiantian noticed the water flow around the ship and quickly shouted a warning. Then the ship began to spin violently without any warning.

"Hold on! Sit tight!" Naruto released a large amount of Nine-Tails Chakra without any hesitation. The blood-red chakra released and disappeared instantly, emitting a large amount of heat.

"No! Stop! Naruto, we will be steamed!" Neji stopped loudly.

Helpless, Naruto could only stop and simply drove the Nine-Tailed Fox Gundam, surrounding everyone on the boat. The bloody Nine-Tailed Fox spun in the whirlpool, unable to reach the bottom of the river.

Rumble, rumble, the originally calm water surface suddenly became agitated like a violent storm. The huge sound of water hitting the rock wall was like a firecracker several meters high exploding.

Buzz, buzz, buzz. The bloody nine-tailed beast blocked out the waves, but it couldn't block out the noise. Like a red Gundam, the bloody nine-tailed beast was swallowed up bit by bit in this whirlpool.

"Naruto, there's a door below, it's open!" Neji grabbed the edge of the boat and turned to shout at Naruto.

"What door!"

"I can't see clearly!" Neji shouted.

boom!

........

The world was silent. Naruto didn't remember when he fainted. When he woke up again, he was fine.

He sat up suddenly and touched his body, but there was not even a scratch.

"Strange thing."

Looking around, Naruto stood up with a strange look on his face. Before him was a desolate forest, with trees and vines growing wildly and unrestrained, blocking out the sun.

The sound of waves came slowly from afar. Looking up, he saw the blue sky and the endless sea horizon. He was completely dumbfounded.

"What the hell is this Anywhere Door!" he yelled. "Tenten! Neji! Rock Lee!"

After shouting a few times but getting no response, Naruto could not help but remain silent for a moment, and quickly formed a hand seal to summon the toad scroll. With a bang, the toad scroll was summoned out.

The scroll-like long body stood on the rock. The Scroll Toad looked a little confused. He looked up at Naruto, covered his face and screamed.

"Where am I? Why is there still the sound of waves?"