2 April, 62 Konoha.
The rain turned sunny.
Konoha, the Land of Fire.
Konoha Hospital.
8 AM.
Jiraiya was thinking about the operation of the universe.
The growth of all things and the meaning of life … He was lying on an ordinary bed in the inpatient department. His legs and hands.
His neck and jaw were in plaster.
Although he could still run and move,
He still needed the help of the nurses to eat and go to the bathroom.
It was so tragic that it was comparable to the time he peeked at Tsunade taking a bath. The only thing that comforted him was that the nurses in Konoha Hospital were getting more and more beautiful.
"Sandaime-sama,
You're too cruel. " The doctor who came to check the room heard last night that Jiraiya was beaten up and sent to the hospital, but he didn't expect to see it with his own eyes.
"I'm sorry to trouble the hospital." Sarutobi hurriedly apologized.
"I've never hit a child in my life. This is the first time.
I didn't control the severity of the punishment. It'll be fine after a few more hits. "
"Ha, give me a few more." Jiraiya wanted to say, 'How many more times? I'll die the next time, but the pain in his jaw stopped him from begging for mercy.
Sarutobi rolled his eyes at Jiraiya and continued to explain to the doctor. "Jiraiya the Toad Sage is a best-selling author. He's very rich.
Don't give him the medical fees.
Just treat it as if he's from another village.
Every cent of Konoha's budget should be spent in meaningful ways. Don't give him too much medical ninjutsu, just make sure that his bones and muscles don't have any sequelae.
He'll slowly recover with a splint.
The doctor's budget is also tight. Also, he's fat now.
Don't give him too much. You can also reduce his weight. Also, he likes to touch little girls. Tell the nurses to stay away from him. Hire a few uncles and aunties to help him. He'll pay three times the salary. "
"Yes, Sandaime-sama." The doctor was very sympathetic. They couldn't figure out how Jiraiya had offended their sensei.
"…" Jiraiya could only watch the nurse leave him. "Ow! Swallow. "
Sarutobi withdrew his fist from Jiraiya's body and watched the doctor leave. He closed the door and turned around. He used to enjoy Jiraiya's antics in front of him. As Naruto, even someone as tenacious as him needed to release pressure often. However, when he looked at Jiraiya again, he could not help but feel hatred for him. Even though he was already so old, he still had that indifferent expression on his face! She hated herself for being so naive when she was young. She always thought that as a teacher, she had the obligation to teach the children to be good people. Sunny, kind, brave, selfless, fair, just, and righteous. Jiraiya had done all of that, and he had always been proud of him. But look at what that unlucky bastard had done behind his back!
There's nothing wrong with saving the enemy's children, but what's wrong with saving innocent children? There are so many enemy children in the Konoha orphanage. Even the head of the Four Generations, Naruto, can't say for sure where they came from. It wasn't a big deal to save and teach them but not bring them back. Not all children had the talent to become ninjas, and Konoha didn't accept just anyone. But you didn't even say anything and just acted on your own?
There are many ninjas in a ninja village. How do you manage all of them? Discipline, discipline, discipline! Discipline hates people who act on their own! Was it wrong for White Fang to give up the mission to save his teammates as a candidate for Naruto? That's right, people who don't even cherish their teammates are worse than animals. But if you admit that White Fang is right, and everyone follows suit, then there's no need to continue the mission, no need to fight the war, and everyone might as well surrender.
That was Jiraiya's mistake. If you think that the enemy's children are innocent and not the enemy, then aren't the enemy's Genin who are only a few years old also innocent? Aren't Chunins innocent? Even Jonins are innocent, right? So if you think that the children are innocent, you should bring them back to Konoha. If they're Konoha's people, then they're naturally not the enemy. If you don't bring them back and save them, then so be it. Who cares if you're kind? But you taught them ninjutsu and trained them into qualified ninjas, but you left them outside the village and didn't say anything. What's the meaning of this? Are you helping the enemy? Are you waiting for your children to grow up to kill Konoha's people?
Yesterday, Sarutobi questioned Jiraiya with the Ape Demon. He thought that Jiraiya would apologize and say that he was kind at that time and didn't think too much about it. But look, how did his unlucky disciple explain it to him?
Not bringing Konoha back was because the children thought that Konoha was the Rain Shinobi, and they had some misunderstanding about Konoha who destroyed their home! He didn't intend to teach ninjutsu at first, but the three of them were very talented. Yahiko had the temperament and courage of a leader, and his water talent was unparalleled. Xiaonan was gentle, cute, and smart. She could create her own ninjutsu as soon as she started learning. There was also Nagato, a descendant of the Uzumaki family. He had a pair of powerful eyes, even more powerful than the Sharingan. He felt that the prophecy of the toad sage was right. He always felt that one of these three people would be the savior who would bring peace to the world.
Sarutobi knew that Jiraiya was hostile to Konoha, but he still taught them. He could think of it as Jiraiya wanting to compensate Konoha, and he wouldn't go to the extent of not being able to stop. But the prophecy … Jiraiya had already told him about the prophecy of the toad ancestor of Mount Myoboku. "One of your disciples will either bring peace to the world or destroy it in the future." Jiraiya often went out in the name of sensing the child of the prophecy. Sarutobi always thought that his disciple couldn't stay at home and found an excuse to travel and enjoy new things. But now, did Jiraiya really believe it?
Well, wasn't that always the case? Jiraiya believed whatever the toad of Mount Myoboku told him. Jiraiya would do whatever he was told without a doubt. It was even more effective than the words of Naruto and his teacher. By the way, Jiraiya rarely called himself Konoha Jiraiya when he was outside. Instead, he often introduced himself as Toad Sennin from Mount Myoboku. Sarutobi used to feel awkward, but he didn't pay much attention to this problem. Compared to other people, Jiraiya's relationship with summoned beasts was a bit abnormal.
Toad Hirotoad, Toad Jian, Toad Sandaime, Watergate, Snake Dowager and Orochimaru, Katsuyu and Tsunade. At first glance, it was obvious that the relationship between a human and a contract ninja beast. The human called the ninja beast to help him fight side by side. If the relationship was even better, for example, his Ape Demon or Kakashi's Ninja Dog would simply wear Konoha's headband and receive his salary. But why was it that when it came to Jiraiya, it was Jiraiya who took off Konoha's symbol and replaced it with the headband representing Mount Myoboku?
Tsunade's summoning scroll was found by Sensei Shodai for her. Orochimaru's summoning of Snake Dowager knew that it was a family contract just by hearing the name. As for Jiraiya's summoning beast, Toad, when he was teaching Jiraiya the summoning technique, Jiraiya didn't sign any scrolls and was sucked over to the other side. He had never heard of anyone who didn't sign a summoning scroll being sucked over to the other side.
So, was Jiraiya's summoning beast the Toads of Mount Myoboku? Or was Mount Myoboku's summoning beast the human Jiraiya?
The more he thought about it, the more mysterious it became.
It wasn't that Sarutobi and Naruto liked to rely on schemes and plots for everything, but when he looked back, why was it that Jiraiya was involved in everything? And many of Jiraiya's life choices were also related to the prophecy of Mount Myoboku. It was as if a thread had woven a net and trapped Jiraiya in it, and then everything related to Jiraiya was trapped in it.
"Ah, it hurts! Sensei, don't pinch my leg, it's still broken." When the pain in his leg was stronger than the pain in his mouth, Jiraiya spoke clearly. "Sensei, what were you thinking about? Why do you look so serious?"
"No, it's nothing." Sarutobi took out an apple from the fruit basket and began to peel it. "I'm just laughing at your Toad Sage. Prophecies are inexplicable, they're not always accurate."
"How can Toad Sage's prophecies be wrong?" Jiraiya was touched when his sensei helped him peel the apple, but he loved his sensei more than he loved the truth. "And among my disciples, there is indeed a guy who can bring peace to the world with a single thought, and at the same time has the ability to destroy the world."
Sarutobi didn't understand. Was Jiraiya really brainwashed by Toad Sage? "Anyway, if Little Watergate wants to destroy the world one day, I won't be able to stop him. I was hoping that you would be close to him. After all, he even dared to ask you to take care of his most important son. But now? "
"I actually planned to apologize to Watergate this morning." Jiraiya sighed. "If you didn't beat me up and leave me in the hospital, I might have made up with my disciple by now."
Sarutobi threw the long apple peel into the trash can. "Let me tell you something. Watergate used to be surrounded by a lot of young people, a lot more than now. Whenever he had the chance, he would call them together. Everyone would cook, eat barbecue, and drink beer. At that time, Watergate was still quite energetic. Eating together and chatting with the children didn't delay his work at night. Then, eight years ago, Bo Fung Watergate did two wrong things on impulse. Many of the kind and lovely children he taught couldn't understand, and couldn't accept that their most respected Naruto had suddenly become a big villain. Watergate still organized regular dinners, but gradually, people found all kinds of excuses to not come. Watergate changed the dinners to Naruto's birthday or Chinese New Year, but still, there were very few people who came. After that, those young people grew a few years older and began to understand Watergate's reasons and feelings at that time. They wanted to sit with him for dinner and chat, but Watergate never invited anyone to his house for dinner again. "
"…"
"Your teacher is 70 years old, and I've seen many, many children grow up little by little. Some children are just like that. It seems like a small matter, but he suddenly throws a tantrum at you. You think he's being unreasonable, but you don't know how much unhappiness and resentment he's been suppressing in his heart for the past thirty years and never spoke out. "
"…"
"I don't want Watergate to be Naruto for too long. In addition to his physical condition, I'm not optimistic about his sensitive nerves. He's much more fragile than I am." Sarutobi touched his pipe, looked at the no-smoking sign on the wall, and gnawed on an apple. "He cried when he received the acceptance notice, he cried when he confessed to Kina, he cried when he succeeded in his proposal, and he cried when he took the wedding vows. Naruto only cried when he got off the stage … Naruto doesn't run a bar, nor does he draw comics or write novels. He's a real person."
"…"
"To be honest, I've been worried for years that Little Watergate won't be able to hold himself back and will take revenge on society."
Jiraiya looked at the third-generation teacher's skinny arm full of age spots and the apple in his hand, and said firmly, "My Watergate won't take revenge on the world. You think too much."
"Then you don't have a disciple who can save the world or destroy it. The toad of Mount Myoboku is still talking nonsense. "
"…" Jiraiya didn't dare to refute. His teacher obviously had a problem with Mount Myoboku.
Sarutobi continued to gnaw on the apple, "Jiraiya, you're not allowed to take off the Konoha headband in the future. You have to always remind yourself who you are. If you remember that you're the Konoha Jonin Jiraiya from the beginning to the end, I believe that you won't make any mistakes."
"…"
Sarutobi spat out the apple core, pushed the door open, and went home, "Take care of yourself."
Jiraiya looked at the apple core on the table and listened to the sound of the door slamming. After a long time, he dared to shout, "Medico-ninja, Medico-ninja! Hey, give me a few medical scrolls. Sandaime-sama said that ninjutsu is not allowed, but he didn't say that scrolls are not allowed."
The door creaked open and the medical scrolls were thrown in. Jiraiya counted them and silently remembered that it would be better if he could move his legs first, or if he could restore one leg and one hand first. Although he was very confident in his disciple's relationship with him, Sarutobi sensei's story was a bit scary … After all, he didn't know if the Anbu didn't allow him to enter Naruto's building yesterday. What if it was Watergate's order? "Well, anyway, let's take Naruto to eat a few good meals first."
In the new Naruto's building, Naruto's office.
Naruto Uzumaki didn't know that he was going to have a good meal. He was like a puppy who had a dream. He woke up in confusion and looked up. It was already 10: 30 in the morning. He quickly jumped up and found that he was in the new Naruto's father's lounge. The tables, chairs, benches, and sofas that he had moved around yesterday had all been rearranged. There was a big red arrow on the coffee table, pointing to the bar counter. The new lounge had an additional place where one could directly boil water and heat food compared to the old one. But Naruto didn't care about the arrow. He first opened the door that had been fixed with a lock. He didn't see his father, so he ran through the watery gate. Looking at the huge Nine Tails, he gritted his teeth impatiently. "Ah, Nine Tails, Nine Tails, you're still here. Did you see my father? "
"Hey, ouch!" Nine Tails just wanted to spit out.
Naruto quickly ran out of the watery corridor in his heart. This time, he followed the arrow and found the microwave hidden in the cupboard. There was a note written by his father, "This is Naruto's breakfast."
What a familiar routine, as always. Naruto touched it and found that it was still warm. He took it out and ate it. There was a pair of seaweed rice balls filled with fish floss, a poached egg with a sugar center sprinkled with pepper and salt, green broccoli boiled in water and mixed with sliced tomatoes and dried mangoes, and then sprinkled with grated cheese and crushed hazelnuts. There was also a cup of warm chocolate milk.
Naruto could tell that it was his father's cooking. He really hadn't eaten his father's breakfast for a long time … Really, yesterday, he wanted to give his father a strong chest to lean on. In the end, he hugged his father and didn't want to let go. "I don't know if my father is okay now."
"He's better than you. He woke up early in the morning and hummed a little song to make you breakfast. He ate and cooked everything with a smile on his face. He even fed you lion balls and cleaned your poop."
"Ah, Kakashi, you heartless bastard!" Naruto opened his mouth and was about to bite him.
Kakashi raised his arm and pressed Naruto's head. He took out a file. "I'm busy. Everyone's busy. You can go through the paperwork yourself. You know people in all the departments anyway. Also, find some time to apologize to Dingzhuo and To Micro senpai. "
"No." Naruto bit Kakashi's wrist. "Where's my father?"
"Negotiation." Kakashi had no choice but to withdraw his hand. "You're not four years old, Naruto."
"Why aren't you going to the meeting with your father?"
"This is a shadow clone. Don't bite my cigarette." Kakashi stuffed the bag into Naruto's arms. "Go find Yamato and apply for a captain's replacement. Then report to Genma. Go get your equipment from the logistics department."
"What?" Naruto's heart suddenly jumped.
He didn't care whether he could open it or not. He opened the bag. There was only a thin piece of paper with his photo and his mission record. This was his file.
Kakashi couldn't bear to see Naruto's inexperienced face. "Get your equipment from the logistics department. Change into your new uniform and tactical vest. Then go to basement two and find the captain of the Anbu unit. Get your uniform and mask. "
"Wait! I even got my share of the Anbu mask. " Naruto knew that his mission record was enough for him to be promoted. Plus, yesterday's information was enough. But the Anbu unit! My father's Anbu unit! How could my father suddenly be so open-minded!
"In short, the information you brought back is very useful." Kakashi's shadow clone felt even more useless. "Moreover, you know what you did to your father yesterday. You said you would take care of him, but in the end, you didn't do anything in the middle of the night. He just coaxed you. You're already a teenager and you're still crying like when you were a child. You were so loud that the entire Anbu unit came to watch you. "
"What do you mean by the entire Anbu unit?" Naruto originally felt that he was full of positive energy after crying. He wanted to run around the world to shine …
"You're embarrassing yourself."
"I'm not." Naruto decided to learn from his father. At noon, he quarreled with Uncle Dingzhuo. When they met at night, he acted as if nothing happened. Well, it wasn't awkward. Anyway, it was useful to be thick-skinned.
Useful is valuable.
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