Ten days later.
Maple and his party arrived at the destination of their trip, Taigu Town.
This was originally a village located in a valley, and there weren't many residents, but a few years ago, someone dug out a hot spring here, and it happened to be a place where many roads pass by, so the village suddenly developed rapidly, and in just a few years, it became a famous hot spring resort.
As for why there was a hot spring, according to some investigations, it seems that when Maple and Hashirama fought, they caused too much damage to the mountains near Konoha, causing the underground to collapse, causing a chain reaction underground.
In a room of the largest hot spring hostel.
"So …"
"The original reason for the birth of this place is actually because of me?"
Maple listened to Lin's story and couldn't help but say.
Lin smiled and nodded: "You can think of it that way."
Maple patted his forehead and said: "Don't think so much, let's go to the hot spring."
At this moment, he had changed into a white bathrobe. Lin and Kurenai were also wearing white bathrobes with a bath towel on their shoulders.
The bathrobe that Hinata was wearing was a little big, and it looked a little funny. Lin couldn't help but rub her face and lead her in the direction of the hot spring.
In addition to the male and female hot springs, there were some independent hot springs of different sizes. The smaller ones were open to the public, and the larger ones were not open to the public. Only the nobles of the towns could use them.
Because Lin arranged in advance, there were a total of three relatively large independent hot springs.
Maple quickly arrived at one of the hot springs, took off his bathrobe, and comfortably lay down in the water.
Although he had always been cultivating the Eight Inner Hidden Gates, his body didn't have the bulging muscles of a muscular man. Instead, due to the solidification of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Body, he just happened to be in a very suitable position.
His skin was white and clean.
He could faintly see his abdominal muscles.
Maple still remembered a long time ago when he came out of the hot spring with only a bath towel draped over his shoulders. Kurenai and Lin, who were sitting in the living room, just happened to see him. At that time, their passionate gazes made it so that he didn't doubt that they would rush over to him at any moment.
"Don't purposely enter the wrong hot spring again …"
Thinking to this point, Maple muttered to himself and activated his [Immortal Mode] to prevent himself from being spied on. At the same time, he also checked to see if there were any other spies here.
It would have been better if he didn't use [Perception], but when he used [Perception], he really did sense a sneaky person approaching the hot spring.
The chakra he sensed was a little familiar.
"…"
Maple remained expressionless and activated the [Tenseigan]. Sure enough, it was a very familiar figure approaching the hot spring not far away from Kurenai and the others with a wretched expression.
And so.
Almost in the next second.
Kurenai, Lin, Hinata, and the others who were soaking in the hot spring all heard the loud sound of water splashing and a scream that quickly flew away.
Listening to the movement, it seemed that someone flew out.
"Huh?!"
Lin, who hadn't taken off her bathrobe, was stunned for a moment, then her gaze changed slightly, and she left the hot spring and jumped to the wooden partition wall next to the hot spring.
Looking in the direction where the scream went, she could only see a black dot that disappeared into the horizon in the next second.
When she looked down.
She saw Maple standing not far away from the wall with a dark face, looking at the sky, there were still some drops of water dripping from his body.
"Maple, Maple?"
Lin asked in surprise.
Maple turned his head and looked at her, his expression became calm, and said: "There was a wretched old man who was thrown out by me, it's fine now, continue to soak in the hot spring."
Wouch!
As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Ye vanished on the spot.
"Uh …"
Lin was stunned for a few seconds, she roughly realized what happened, and while she was slightly relieved, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
This was the highest grade hot spring in this area, yet someone actually dared to sneak in and peek, and it was an old man at that? How could there be such a shameless person!?
If it was Maple, then so be it.
Come to think of it.
But Maple just now …
The scene of Feng Ye standing there with water droplets dripping down from his body reappeared in Lin's mind. Her eyes gradually lit up and became somewhat hazy.
…
Several dozen kilometers away.
A figure fell from the sky like a meteor, leaving an arc in the air, and just happened to crash into the crown of a tree, breaking the branches before finally falling to the ground.
He came naturally.
Ever since Maple succeeded as the Fifth Generation Eye Hokage, he rarely returned to Konoha. He spent most of his time traveling in the outside world, looking for inspiration to write, and wrote one best-selling novel after another.
Today, just as he was about to look for new inspiration …
Before he could react, he felt himself suddenly flying, as if someone had kicked him.
"Cough …"
Jiraiya spat out a mouthful of blood and revealed a confused expression. The sudden heavy injury caused him to be in a daze.
About seven or eight seconds later, he gradually recovered from his dazed state and allowed his chaotic brain to work again.
'Yep.
More than ten ribs were broken … '
His internal organs were shaken, and he was bleeding internally.
Jiraiya first sensed the injuries within his body, and then he could more or less guess what had happened.
If there was anyone in this world who could strike him without him noticing and send him flying dozens of miles away, seriously injuring him and leaving him on the verge of death, and still unable to figure out how he had been attacked, then it could only be that person.
Konoha's Fifth Hokage.
Hatake Kaede!
"Cough … cough … Why did I have to meet him …"
Jiraiya showed a depressed expression.
What a ruthless attack!
With such injuries, if he doesn't receive effective treatment within three minutes, he will almost die.
He raised his finger with difficulty, wiped off a little blood, and tried to use Psychic Jutsu to summon the toad from Mount Myōki.
But.
What made his face ugly was that the Psychic Jutsu failed!
The injuries were too serious, making it difficult for him to gather a complete chakra, and the chakra meridians in his body were almost broken.
It's over!
One of the legendary Sanin of Konoha, Hero Jiraiya, didn't die in the Second Shinobi World War or the Third Shinobi World War, but died because of peeping in the hot spring …
This time, even his reputation would be ruined.
Thinking of the cause of his death recorded in history, Jiraiya's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
No!
This absolutely can't happen!
He gathered the remaining chakra in his body and tried to forcibly use Psychic Jutsu.
But.
Almost when he was about to successfully use Psychic Jutsu, several white bones suddenly flew from not far away.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
The bones directly penetrated Jiraiya's palms and legs, nailing him to the ground.
This time, the Psychic Jutsu that was about to be successfully used collapsed again.
'My life is over!'
Such a thought emerged in Jiraiya's mind.
Not only had he been severely injured by Feng Ye, but he had also encountered other ninjas after landing. This was probably what it meant when someone was down on their luck, they would get stuck even when drinking cold water!
But.
Just when Jiraiya's face was ashen, and he felt that the injuries in his body were rapidly worsening, and even his consciousness was gradually becoming unclear, a voice that he was very familiar with suddenly sounded.
"Jiraiya?"
The voice was a little hoarse and weak, but Jiraiya was still able to recognize the other party's identity in an instant. His somewhat dim eyes lit up again.
There's no mistake.
This voice is Orochimaru!
