Naruto: Naruto Hosted by the System

Naruto and Sasuke stopped and landed in a dilapidated ruin.

Sasuke looked around and reminded Naruto, "If what you're looking for is here, then you'd better be prepared that it's already lost."

After all, judging from the dilapidated buildings in front of us, even if there were any good things, they had probably been looted.

"I'm just trying my luck."

Naruto opened his senses and paced forward, searching for his target.

Since it was Naruto's idea, Sasuke stopped trying to dissuade him and silently followed by him, keeping watch for any potential dangers.

After a long while, Naruto suddenly said, "Found it."

The two arrived at a collapsed temple.

Naruto carefully cleared away the fallen beams and bricks, and after searching for a while, he finally found something in a room full of cobwebs.

"Are these the books you're looking for?"

"Pretty much. I want to collect information related to the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan."

As he spoke, Naruto created dozens of shadow clones and assigned them to collect information about Uzugakure.

With Naruto's sensory abilities, he quickly collected all the information and stored it in a storage scroll.

"Next, we need to go to the vicinity of Konoha."

Naruto and Sasuke arrived at a shrine near Konoha without stopping.

"This was also left behind by the Uzumaki clan in the past," Naruto explained as he opened his senses.

"Huh?" Naruto suddenly stopped, his eyes showing some surprise.

"What's wrong? Is there something important?"

Naruto nodded, not in a hurry to explain, and continued to delve deeper.

Inside the shrine, there was a wall filled with masks, and Naruto took one of them down.

"Found it, the Grim Reaper mask."

"The Grim Reaper?" Sasuke was somewhat surprised.

Naruto nodded and explained, "Yes, I've always hoped to see my deceased parents again, so I've collected a lot of information about souls."

"The technique that the Third Hokage used to kill Orochimaru is called the Reaper Death Seal. It is a sealing technique that uses one's own soul as a price to take away the enemy's soul."

“My father’s soul is also inside Death’s belly. One day I will definitely free him. Although not now, I may need the Death mask in the future.”

Sasuke was somewhat tempted by what he heard.

"Is it really possible to meet the soul of the dead?"

"Of course, Orochimaru also summoned the deceased First and Second Hokage before."

Sasuke took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Naruto, I have a request."

"You also have someone you want to meet, right?"

Sasuke nodded.

Naruto laughed and said, "Then we'll all be on the same pirate ship."

Sasuke looked at the Grim Reaper mask, his expression grave, and asked, "This can't be easy, right? Will we have to fight that Grim Reaper?"

"We shouldn't use Death; it might not even be a sentient being."

"However, it may be necessary to fight the Sage of Six Paths."

"What?!" Sasuke exclaimed in surprise.

“In legends, the Sage of Six Paths always appears in a positive light. Perhaps he would think that our interference in the world of the dead is extremely rebellious and might want to stop us,” Naruto continued to explain.

Sasuke frowned: "Why didn't Orochimaru appear when he was using the souls of the First and Second Hokage?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's because it's not serious yet? In any case, we should prepare for the worst."

Sasuke pondered for a moment, then focused on the most practical issue: "In that case, perhaps we need even greater power."

"Well, I can come up with a solution based on my own constitution. Sasuke, do you have any ideas?"

"Speaking of this, the Uchiha clan has a stone tablet. Most of the contents on it are unreadable, but the Sharingan can make out some of them. Now that I have the Mangekyou Sharingan, I might be able to see all of its contents."

"Let's go take a look."

The two continued their journey and arrived at the Uchiha clan's territory.

Sasuke looked somewhat sad, but he quickly composed himself and took Naruto to the Naka Shrine.

Inside the shrine, Sasuke easily found the underground passage, which used to be the gathering place of the Uchiha clan, and where the stone tablet was also kept.

After the night of the massacre, Sasuke awakened the single-tomoe Sharingan. At that time, he could only see the most basic content, namely the Mangekyou Sharingan above the Sharingan.

but now……

"The Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?" Sasuke asked in surprise.

He originally thought that the Mangekyou Sharingan was the strongest Sharingan, but he didn't expect that there was an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan above it. Moreover, there were still some contents on the stone tablet that he couldn't see clearly, which meant that the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan could evolve further.

Sasuke couldn't help but feel excited, because he saw the path to becoming stronger.

"What is the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?" Naruto asked curiously when he heard Sasuke utter this new term.

“With a more powerful Mangekyou Sharingan, I won’t go blind, and it will also reduce the consumption of my eye power,” Sasuke explained.

At this point, his expression became somewhat hesitant.

"However, to awaken the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, one needs to fuse with the Mangekyou Sharingan of a blood relative."

Sasuke couldn't help but think of Itachi Uchiha, and he even knew that Itachi would willingly give up his Mangekyou Sharingan to his younger brother.

But precisely because of this, Sasuke's heart became confused again.

"Uchiha Sasuke." Naruto suddenly called Sasuke's name, pulling him back from his thoughts.

Zuo Shuai rested his forehead on his hand, shook his head, and indicated that he was fine.

"Actually, there are other ways to avoid blindness from the Mangekyou Sharingan."

"What?!" Sasuke suddenly looked up.

"That guy Danzo Shimura transplanted more than a dozen Sharingan eyes into his body."

"That bastard..." Sasuke gritted his teeth, secretly vowing that once Naruto's research on souls made progress, he would definitely dig out Shimura Danzo's soul and let him taste the bitterness of the calamity.

"But he was able to suppress the Sharingan's Yin Release chakra because he also transplanted the First Hokage's cells as a balance."

Sasuke seemed to understand something upon hearing this: "You mean I should also get a transplant of the First Hokage's cells?"

"I can try it when I return from Sunagakure. In the meantime, you should use the Mangekyou Sharingan sparingly."

"Sunagakure? What does that have to do with them?"

Naruto smiled slightly: "If I don't make them pay a price for destroying Konoha, I wouldn't be a very good Hokage."

Chapter 61 Mission to Sunagakure

Kankuro and Gaara were working in the fields as usual; today was harvest day.

"Earth Release: Harvest Technique".

Gaara performed his ninjutsu with a calm expression, causing Kankuro's lips to twitch.

I didn't feel embarrassed at all saying the name of this ninjutsu...

Beside Gaara, a little girl watched all of this with shining eyes.

"Wow! Gaara is amazing!"

She's the little girl Gaara saved a while ago. This field belongs to her family. Her name is Nohara Momoko. She's lived with her grandfather since she was little, and their lives have clearly improved since Gaara and the others came.

Gaara did not reply, focusing intently on performing his ninjutsu.

Under his control, the land began to turn over, and before long, a series of sweet potatoes sprouted from the soil, creating a spectacular scene.

"So many sweet potatoes! So many more than before, we can eat our fill this year!" Nohara Momoko jumped up and down with joy.

"Thank you, Gaara and Kankuro! Stay today, and I'll make you a sweet potato feast!"

Kankuro was about to refuse when Gaara, who was standing to the side, nodded and said, "Okay."

Kankuro immediately panicked: "Gaara, have you forgotten? We're going back to Sunagakure today."

It turns out that today is the day Naruto, as the Fifth Hokage, is sent as an envoy to Sunagakure, and he will also bring these prisoners as bargaining chips to Sunagakure.

Gaara fell silent upon hearing this.

Momoko Nohara looked a little disappointed when she heard Kankuro's words: "Ah, Kankuro-nii and Gaara-nii can't stay for dinner?"

Then she forced a smile and said, "It's okay, going home is more important. Remember me when you get back."

Kankuro felt a little soft-hearted after hearing this and was about to comfort Momoko Nohara when Gaara suddenly said, "No, we'll stay tonight."

"Really? That's great!"

Kankuro quickly pulled Gaara aside.

"How could Konoha possibly postpone the event just because of your words? Don't forget, we're on their turf now!"

"I'll go ask Naruto Uzumaki for help."

"you……"

Kankuro was so angry he laughed. Who do you think you are? That you can make the Hokage listen to you?

"No problem, the departure can be postponed by one day."

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Kankuro turned around abruptly, and Naruto was waving at them.

"Lord Hokage," Kankuro quickly bowed his head.

Naruto stepped forward and casually said, "Let's postpone the mission until tomorrow. We can't let the little one down."

"Thank you. Please let me know if there's anything I can help you with," Gaara said earnestly.

"There really is, but we'll talk about that when we get to Sunagakure. For now, let me show off my cooking skills."