Konoha's Infinite Clone

Faced with Orochimaru's question, Norton chuckled and said mysteriously

"Let me tell you some information for now. Vampires contain a lot of secrets. There is a stone ghost mask in Konoha. If you can study it thoroughly, you will know more about this world and understand it.

A lot of things you weren’t sure about or couldn’t understand before.”

"Stone Ghost Mask?!" Orochimaru was confused. You must know that he is now the current Hokage of Konoha, and he is well aware of all ninjutsu, props or confidential documents in the village.

(Was it the time with the old man and Jiraiya? Did they suppress the matter?)

He quickly thought about the incident when Jiraiya returned to Konoha after suddenly becoming young. At that time, he, Koharu who had transferred to his dormitory, Mito Monen and Danzo Shimura and other senior officials had a deep understanding of this matter.

Although he was interested, no matter how much pressure he put on him, Sandai did not tell anyone about it.

After he became Hokage, he consulted the documents at that time, and from there he only learned that Jiraiya had obtained the power of ripples, and there were not many other details.

Now think about it, if the above record is correct, Dio's head occupied Jonathan's body at the last moment, and how could Jonathan, with only one head left, pass the ripples to Jiraiya?

Orochimaru didn't show anything on the surface. Nor did he ask Norton where the stone ghost mask was, because since the other party didn't tell him clearly from the beginning, either he didn't know, or he wouldn't tell himself about it.

"I understand, I will let people trace the origin of K. In fact, I am also very interested in him."

Orochimaru licked his lips with his tongue, and his eyes showed a little excitement. He couldn't wait to return to Konoha to find the whereabouts of the stone ghost mask.

He had been coveting that magical item that seemed to make people immortal for a long time.

Suppressing his greed, he raised his head and looked at the sky. He seemed to be checking the time, made an estimate and said, "If there is nothing else, I will go back to the village."

He believes that the value of the other party's information is already comparable to what he will pay in the future. If he asks for or covets anything more...

If the other party's request is easy to say, it can be regarded as an exchange of equal value;

But if Norton gave it to him or told him without caring, Orochimaru would feel like he had received a gift.

And Orochimaru believed that there was absolutely no free gift in this world, especially since he and Norton were not serious friends from the beginning. They only temporarily stood on the same front because they had a common enemy.

As for whether they will be enemies or friends in the future, no one can be sure.

There are even two opinions on whether we can pass that common hurdle...

Therefore, he proposed to return to Konoha.

Norton replied absentmindedly, then raised his head and looked at the rare sight of nine stars in a row. He didn't know what he was thinking.

Orochimaru left quietly, first returned to the experimental base in the capital of the Land of Fire, and found Beiruhu.

Now that the structure of this masked force has been built before, we must start to improve it. With the existence of Onigaura's technique, this force will be put to use soon.

It's just that troops like this are destined to be hidden in the shadows, because if the wealthy families in the ninja world know that Orochimaru has a ninjutsu that can swallow up their blood succession limit, then they will not even take care of themselves as Hokage.

identity of.

At that time, he might really become the target of public criticism.

After arranging everything, he returned to Konoha at night. He did not bother to rest for the first time, but chose to think about where the stone ghost mask was hidden by the old man.

Based on his knowledge of the Third Hokage and Jiraiya, he could be sure that the mask must still be in Konoha, and it must have been sealed by the Third Hokage.

Walking casually on the streets of Konoha, while thinking about possible locations, he directly separated into several wooden clones.

With his current strength, even if he is a wooden clone, not many people in Konoha can detect it.

Since the old man did not make the mask public, it means that he does not want others to use this power, so he will probably store it in a relatively safe place.

And he clearly remembered that there was no such mask in Konoha's reserve room. In addition, every place that could be called safe in Konoha could be tested one by one using the elimination method.

The Sarutobi family, the Hokage building, Jiraiya's house...

Orochimaru searched five or six places, and even used Earth Release to go underground but didn't find anything weird.

(No, Norton said the mask is in Konoha. That means he didn't let the monkey demon or the toads from Mt. Myouki take it away, and it still exists, which means it hasn't been destroyed either...)

(Does the stone ghost mask have some kind of property that cannot be destroyed? Or does the old man also want to use that power when necessary?)

Orochimaru's body unknowingly arrived in front of a house.

He raised his head and found that this was Namikaze Minato's residence, but now there were only two people inside, Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Naruto.

(Will it be here?)

Orochimaru put his hands in his trouser pockets, and the coldness of the moon reflected in his snake eyes. He made a seal, causing flowers to appear around the house. These flowers bloomed and budded, spitting out hallucinogenic gas.

Entered the room.

The Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki has a strong detective ability. Although Kushina no longer has Nine-Tails in her body, she may have inherited some of the Nine-Tails' characteristics during this long-term blending.

Orochimaru didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble due to his own negligence, which would only make him feel incompetent.

After using the Wood Release to put everyone in the house into a deep sleep, Orochimaru canceled the ninjutsu, then quietly opened the door and walked quietly inside.

The darkness could not hide his vision, Orochimaru quickly scanned it, but it was normal, he did not find any problems.

He randomly checked several rooms and found that there was nothing unusual inside. In the end, only the room where Kushina and Naruto lived was left.

After thinking about it, he decided to open the door and take a closer look.

But as soon as he walked to the door and was about to open the door and enter, he suddenly felt a deadly killing intent. The killing intent was cold and violent, like a tyrannosaurus roaring in front of him, and it seemed like

A monster in the Netherworld whispered in his ear.

Orochimaru did not dare to make any other moves for a moment, and his whole body froze in place. His instinct told him that if he went further and entered it, he would die, and there would be no doubt that he would die miserably!

I can't imagine that I have grown to this point, but in the face of real danger, am I still so worthless?

What kind of monster is hidden inside? It makes me feel so terrifying just by its momentum...

Orochimaru laughed to himself in his heart, and then began to try to relax

breathe……

Take a deep breath...

He tried his best to adjust his mentality, empty his mind, and recover from that state.

Of course he would not know about Naruto. Firstly, even Hashirama himself did not know that the baby would be an internal figure in Konoha Village, and the Sage of Six Paths did not tell him. Secondly, he told Orochimaru what happened at that time.

The story was actually quite crude.

And just when Orochimaru was hesitating whether to retreat, he suddenly heard a baby-like clear voice coming from behind.

"You're looking for this, aren't you?"

Orochimaru turned around suddenly and found that a baby had unexpectedly appeared behind him.

That's...Naruto?!

Orochimaru could hardly believe his eyes

Although he had known for a long time that there was a demon named Holy Lord in Naruto, he did not expect that the seal arranged by the 'First Hokage' would lose its effect so quickly!

However, it shouldn’t be...

With that demon king's style, if he recovered, he would have destroyed Konoha long ago...

Many thoughts flashed through Orochimaru's mind, but at this time and place it was definitely not the time to think about them, so he forced himself to suppress his doubts and looked at the items in Naruto's hands.

It was a stone mask, and there was nothing unusual about it in terms of appearance. But when he thought of its legend, Orochimaru felt a restless and fiery feeling in his heart. He suppressed this feeling and replied softly, "

Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking for."

He is honest because there is no need to lie now.

"It's underground in Namikaze Minato's room. If you want it, I'll leave it to you."

'Naruto' casually threw the stone ghost mask towards Orochimaru, who caught it steadily and then continued to look at 'Naruto'.

He could feel that the other party seemed to have something to say.

"In exchange, you can make me despair as much as you want." the baby said.

Orochimaru frowned, he didn't quite understand what the other party said...

'Naruto' chuckled, and then said, "That's the literal meaning, if you still don't understand..."

He snapped his fingers, and the next moment, images were recalled in Orochimaru's mind.

Almost instantly, he saw scenes where Naruto was accused of being a nine-tailed demon fox, ostracized by the village, and even resentful.

He keenly discovered that the third generation of Hokage appeared in that picture, and on the Hokage Rock were the statues of the first, second, third and fourth generations of Namikaze Minato, which looked different from the Konoha he was in.

That is of course the Naruto world in the original work, and 'Naruto' used an illusion to put it into Orochimaru's mind.

However, he only teleported to before the plot started and let Orochimaru understand Naruto's situation.

"The world is a very complex emotion, and for this whole thing, it has a timeline."

'Naruto' smiled and explained, "Every choice you make will lead to a completely different world line. For example, if you accept my proposal at this moment, then the timeline will split off and continue to develop according to your wishes, and

Correspondingly, a line was also split that you rejected my proposal."

"You can call them possible worlds, or you can call them parallel spaces, but it doesn't matter, because most people in this world have no access to this knowledge and field."

Orochimaru didn't reply, seeming to still be digesting and absorbing this knowledge.

"There are many parallel spaces, but very few can truly develop into parallel worlds. After all, possibilities are possibilities after all, and what I just transmitted to your mind is the possibility of a true parallel world."

"I see... The old man had already confirmed that the Fourth Hokage was Namikaze Minato..."

He didn't respond 'Naruto' at first, but instead sneered.

He saw that the statue of the Fourth Hokage in parallel time and space was Namikaze Minato, and combined with the fact that the old man hid the stone ghost mask underground at Namikaze Minato's house...

He simply deduced that the old man wanted to pass the position of the Fourth Hokage to Minato Namikaze from the very beginning, instead of temporarily entrusting it to Minato before his death as he said before.

His pursuit of the position of the Fourth Hokage is not great, just like he even hoped that the First Hokage could return to Konoha to replace himself, but this does not mean that he has no objection to the choice of the Third Hokage.

He can take Orochimaru, but they have to give him!

This is what Orochimaru thinks!

But now, it doesn't make much sense to talk about it anymore. He is not the kind of person to care about everything. After shaking his head, he didn't ask 'Naruto' why he did this. He just nodded lightly and said

"I will do this, but the situation for you and Uzumaki Kushina may not be good next."

This was very easy to do, because Uchiha Obito had hypnotized the five major nations and asked them to spread the idea that Naruto was the son of the devil. At that time, many people in Konoha knew about it.

As long as he gave a few words, this kind of remarks would start a wave again, and such words could easily isolate Naruto.

"If not, how can my brother be truly desperate?"

'Naruto' smiled and finally said, "The stone ghost mask is actually quite fragile, but if you destroy it, it can be resurrected elsewhere. This is why the Joestar family did not destroy it in the first place."

s reason."

"I can sense that it contains many secrets. If your research reaches a bottleneck, you can come to me again."

After saying that, Orochimaru felt a trance, and the next moment, he found that the baby 'Naruto' in front of him had disappeared.

He looked at the stone ghost mask in his hand, was silent for a moment, and then quietly exited the Namikaze house.

Orochimaru put away the mask, and he was going to the laboratory in the capital of Fire Nation again.

Of course, he couldn't do this by himself, as this would cause senior officials such as Jiraiya, Tsunade and Uzumaki Kushina to have objections to him.

Therefore, not only can he not take the initiative to spread it openly, but he must do his best to stop it.

Therefore, he needs others to cooperate with him.