Chapter 1009 Seal

"Lewd Sage, what's the situation inside now?" Naruto asked anxiously.

Jiraiya's face became serious. "The situation is not optimistic. The enemy has set up many traps inside, and there are also many powerful ninjutsu restrictions. We encountered attacks as soon as we came in, but fortunately we dealt with a batch of them. But I feel that more powerful ones are still to come."

Tianzang clenched his weapon: "Then we have to go in and provide support quickly."

"Don't be impatient. If you rush in rashly, you will only suffer heavy casualties." Jiraiya stopped everyone. "I just observed that the layout here seems to be some kind of ancient formation. If you force your way through and touch the center of the formation, it will be bad."

Naruto scratched his head: "What should we do? We can't just wait here."

At this time, the team member who had been silent said, "I have seen similar records of formations in ancient books. It seems that you need to find a specific entrance sequence to pass safely."

Jiraiya's eyes lit up: "Then see if you can find the sequence." So everyone gathered around, nervously waiting for the solution. The team member carefully looked at the surrounding environment, frowning. After a moment, he took out a kunai and started to sketch on the ground. Everyone watched intently, afraid of missing any details.

"I have an idea." The team member raised his head and pointed to several passages ahead. "According to my guess, we should enter from the second passage on the left first, and then turn right at the third fork."

Everyone took a deep breath and followed the instructions carefully. Every step was full of caution, but just as they reached the end of the first passage, the alarm suddenly sounded.

"Oh no, is there a mistake?" Tenzou became nervous. At this time, countless hidden weapons shot out from the surrounding walls. Jiraiya shouted, "Everyone be careful!" and quickly formed a seal to block some of them. Naruto was not to be outdone and summoned a shadow clone to resist.

At the critical moment, the team member suddenly shouted: "No, I just looked in the wrong direction. It should be the second passage on the right." Everyone had no choice but to rush over there. Fortunately, this time the mechanism was not triggered and they moved forward smoothly. However, unknown dangers were still waiting for them. After going deeper, a thick fog filled the surroundings and visibility was extremely low. "There is something strange about this fog. Don't get separated." Jiraiya reminded. Suddenly, a melodious flute sound came from the fog. "This sound seems to be an illusion." Hinata became alert. Everyone covered their ears, but a few people gradually became confused. Naruto shouted: "Wake up!" and tried to wake up his companions with his own power.

At this moment, a huge snake-like monster rushed out from the fog, opened its bloody mouth and pounced on everyone. Kiba ordered Akamaru to bite it, while Tenzo used Wood Release to trap part of the snake monster's body. Jiraiya quickly formed seals with both hands, preparing to launch a powerful ninjutsu to deliver a fatal blow.

However, the snake monster suddenly turned into smoke and disappeared. Then, they found themselves in a space full of mirrors, each of which reflected a different version of themselves. "Another illusion?" Shino analyzed calmly. Everyone began to look for a way to break the illusion. Naruto tried to attack the mirror with a Rasengan, but the mirror shattered and then immediately recovered. Just when everyone was at a loss, Hinata discovered that there was a slight difference in chakra flow between the mirrors. Perhaps following this clue, they could find an exit to get rid of the illusion. Everyone walked slowly along the direction of the chakra flow difference discovered by Hinata. Every time they passed a mirror, they would feel a weak suction. As they walked, the scene in the mirror began to distort and change, as if something was about to break out. Suddenly, a figure jumped out of the mirror, and it was Sasuke. Naruto's eyes widened: "Sasuke, why are you here?" Sasuke sneered: "Do you think you can find me so easily? All this is a trap set by me." After that, Sasuke made seals with his hands, and the mirrors around him released a strong light, covering everyone.

Naruto shouted angrily: "Sasuke, why did you do this?" Sasuke said with disdain: "You Konoha Village always claims to be righteous, but do you really understand the truth of the ninja world?"

Sakura stepped forward and said, "Sasuke, no matter what, it's wrong to hurt your friends in this way." Sasuke snorted, "Friends? I don't need friends anymore."

Just when the atmosphere was tense, Jiraiya suddenly laughed: "Sasuke, do you really think you have everything under control?" As he spoke, Jiraiya put his hands together, and a sealing force emanated from him. It turned out that Jiraiya had already realized that Sasuke might be controlled by the dark power, and secretly set up a reverse seal.

As the seal took effect, Sasuke showed a look of pain on his face, and the evil in his eyes gradually dissipated. "What's wrong with me?" Sasuke looked at everyone in confusion.

Naruto walked towards Sasuke with a smile: "Welcome back, partner." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the illusion space also collapsed. Everyone successfully escaped from the predicament and continued to move towards the real goal. The hand seals were made, and the surrounding mirrors released strong light to pierce everyone. Everyone hurriedly dodged, and Ya said angrily: "Sasuke, what on earth do you want to do?" Sasuke did not respond and continued to attack. Naruto realized that he had to stop Sasuke's crazy behavior. He gathered chakra and rushed to Sasuke: "Sasuke, we are partners!" Sasuke's face flashed a trace of hesitation, but it instantly returned to coldness: "Partner? Humph, I don't need a partner anymore." Just as Naruto was about to approach Sasuke, the mirror space began to collapse, and Sasuke disappeared in the chaos. After escaping from the mirror space, everyone became more determined to find Sasuke and bring him back to Konoha, so they chased deeper, where danger and the truth were waiting for them. Everyone chased all the way and came to a door covered with runes. The door was closed, exuding a depressing atmosphere. Naruto walked forward and pushed hard, but it didn't move at all.

"It seems that we have to unlock these runes." Tianzang said as he carefully examined the runes on the door. Just as everyone was studying the runes, the ground suddenly shook violently, and a group of puppets rushed in from all directions.

"It's the puppetry of the Sand Village!" Hinata screamed. Everyone immediately took up their fighting stances and started a fierce battle with the puppets. Naruto's shadow clones shuttled around, destroying the puppets.

Suddenly, Sasuke's voice sounded again: "Do you think you can get through this?"

Sasuke was seen standing on a high place, controlling more puppets to join the battle. Naruto shouted at Sasuke: "Sasuke, don't make any more mistakes!" Sasuke snorted coldly and increased the intensity of his attack.

Just as everyone was gradually finding it difficult to resist, the team member who was familiar with the ancient formation discovered that the puppets' movements were in line with a five-element law. He hurriedly told everyone to deal with the puppets according to this law. Sure enough, the puppets began to collide with each other and get damaged.

Seeing this, Sasuke's face changed, and he turned and ran towards the darkness behind the door. Naruto chased after him without hesitation, shouting as he ran: "Sasuke, I must take you back today!"