"So you killed him?"
"I didn't kill him."
December 62, Konoha.
Jiraiya, who doesn't care about trifles, never remembers to tear a calendar. He doesn't have that kind of thing at all.
Rain Country, Amegakure.
The free Jiraiya can eat and sleep well no matter where he is, as if it's his own home.
Jiraiya won't sneak into Orochimaru's laboratory. Since everyone thinks he's a hindrance, he can guard outside the door. Orochimaru is right.
Guarding isn't just monitoring.
It's more important to protect. Although he still doesn't understand what Orochimaru is mysterious about.
He must protect Orochimaru's experiment from being disturbed. This was because his only remaining disciple had said, "That's right.
If Orochimaru succeeds,
The peace brought by his sensei will not be temporary.
If Orochimaru fails, such as Kato, Nariki, and many others won't die.
So Jiraiya carefully entered the laboratory after being invited. Disinfecting and changing clothes and shoes, Orochimaru needs an assistant. A long time ago,
Orochimaru often called him to help when he was still concentrating on ninjutsu. It's just that Jiraiya didn't know that he was no longer a moving target to experience someone's intelligence.
Instead, he was dealing with the corpse.
That's right.
After the cafeteria chef finishes cooking, there will be leftovers to feed the animals.
No matter if it's practice or experiment, there will always be poor rabbits, seafood, turtles … and,
Nagato. "Didn't we agree that for my sake, Xiaonan and Nagato will be spared?"
"Again, I didn't kill him."
"But Nagato is dead.
”
"He's not dead." The day before yesterday, Orochimaru gave Nagato a tube of venom and watched the soul of the experimental subject being taken away by a beam of light. Before being taken away, he gestured that he would be back soon. As a result, three days later, Nagato's soul still hasn't appeared. But it's not a big deal to stay in the Pure Land for a few more days. Orochimaru himself only realized that something was wrong when he took Naruto's hat from Sarutobi. "If Nagato is as determined as he thinks, he still has a chance to live. The experiment has just begun."
"His arms and legs are full of livor mortis, his flesh is rotten. Do you have to wait until he has worms? You even asked me to collect his body. " Elder Jiraiya's face is worthless, and Orochimaru's experiments often fail. Moreover, Konoha's condition for letting Nagato and Xiaonan live is to sign a voluntary human experiment agreement. Nagato signed it, Xiaonan also signed it … But Jiraiya was still sad. "When Xiaonan is discharged from the hospital, I told her that she and Nagato have a chance to become ordinary Amegakure residents …"
"There's a chance." Orochimaru threw the body bag at Jiraiya's feet. "I remember you said that if Tsunade dares to betray Konoha, you will kill her yourself. I betrayed Konoha, and you did want to kill me yourself, but unfortunately, you can't beat me. So, why do you think Konoha's enemies can be forgiven? "
"…"
"If it weren't for Konoha not letting you go, Yaoshi Dou, Yamato, and even the little idiot Anko would be better than you."
"…"
"Why don't you start working? Your other disciple, Bo Fung Watergate, didn't give me a lot of budget. It's a waste of resources to preserve a body that is no longer useful. " Orochimaru returned to his seat and continued to observe Hashirama's cells under the microscope. It takes a lot of time to divide and cultivate enough living cells in a small piece of flesh.
"…" Jiraiya finally opened the body bag to collect Nagato's body. He didn't know what made Orochimaru treat a person like a salted fish or a pig's foot in the refrigerator. But he knew that Orochimaru was doing evil, and Watergate, Kakashi, and Konoha were all supporting Orochimaru's evil deeds. But Jiraiya couldn't just smash the laboratory to pieces. If it was a few years ago, he would have smashed Orochimaru's body. "Your experiment seems to be very profitable, but Orochimaru, signing the scroll doesn't prove that you didn't kill anyone. This is a human life …"
Orochimaru never regretted his actions, but now he felt that saving Jiraiya's life when he was young was worth discussing. "Konoha Hospital has a room full of scrolls. Bo Fung Watergate took the lead to sign, and Sarutobi signed it a long time ago."
"…"
"They were willing to let the medical ninjas experiment with new drugs and new techniques when they were sick or injured. After death, their bodies, including their internal organs, eyeballs, bones, and muscles, could be used and studied by the medical ninjas, all for the sake of the advancement of Konoha's medical technology." Orochimaru raised his head. "The success of every drug means less pain for the future generations, and the maturity of every new medical ninjutsu may save the lives of the future generations."
"…"
"A new thing can't be used on a large scale without enough human clinical trials, because who knows what kind of irreversible side effects it will have."
"…"
"Without dissecting a large number of corpses, without enough experience on living people … Not everyone's summon beast is a slug. Even if Tsunade allows more medical ninjas to sign the scroll, not many have enough Chakra and control to summon a life-saving slug." Orochimaru smiled. "Human experiments only sound evil."
"Orochimaru, can you not talk like that?" Jiraiya listened to Orochimaru's hoarse voice, and goosebumps rose all over his body. "So you're doing a good deed?"
Orochimaru thought that Jiraiya's brain was better as he was getting older. "Hey, what do you think Senju Hashirama's cells are?"
Jiraiya was speechless. He couldn't win against Orochimaru, and he couldn't win against him since he was a child. Later, he thought that he was a big shot, but it turned out that he was still the one whose words didn't carry much weight. "Are you going to Kakashi's inauguration ceremony? I don't think Konoha will forbid you from attending. I just said that you're one of us, but you're not at such an important event, and it'll be troublesome to explain. After all, you still have a few admirers in Konoha. "
"Of course I'm going." Orochimaru was calculating the time. If Nagato still hadn't returned after the first cell culture was completed, he would have to go to Konoha to get the spare parts … However, Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya. "When did you become interested in politics?"
"Let's spend the New Year at Sarutobi -sensei's place this year." Jiraiya carried the heavy Nagato on his back. "We haven't spent the New Year together for 20 years. I've also contacted Tsunade. Look, she also has Thor's communicator. I used to criticize Watergate for wasting money on building a new Naruto, but now I realize that it's actually a signal tower. "
"Tsunade won't come back." Orochimaru pressed the button on the electric steel door. He remembered the corridor and the dim light of the candlelight in Otogakure's base. He looked at the hair-like needle in his hand … It took several craftsmen from the Country of Craftsmen to make one needle, but Konoha brought him hundreds of them in a week. This is the difference between the power of one person, the power of one village, and the power of one country. "Jiraiya, don't hold on to the elevator door."
Jiraiya stood in the elevator and held on to the door.
"What else do you want?"
"That scroll, do you have it? The one that donated the body, no, the body. "
"…"
"I haven't signed it yet." Jiraiya really wanted to do something for Konoha. "Since Watergate and Sarutobi -sensei have signed it, it must be something good for Konoha. Don't you need experimental bodies? You just said that you need someone with a strong will. What do you think of me? I can be your experimental body. "
"The scroll has nothing to do with my experiment." Orochimaru pushed Jiraiya's fingers away and continued to close the door. "You can ask Kakashi for the scroll."
Jiraiya dragged the big black bag with Nagato's body and took the newly installed elevator from several floors underground to the ground. But then what? If he was in Konoha, he would dig a hole on the hill behind the monument and bury it. If he was in the Rain, where would he bury it? Or burn it?
Orochimaru's order was to dispose of the body. In fact, Jiraiya only needed to carry Nagato out of the secret laboratory and give him to the Anbu. But this was his disciple … Perhaps Nagato didn't treat him as a teacher. He already hated Konoha, and Danzō used such a despicable method to force Yahiko to commit suicide … Danzō was a bad person, and no one in Konoha dared to say that he was a good person. But Danzō was still Danzō of Konoha, just like Jiraiya was always Jiraiya of Konoha. Nagato didn't take revenge on the wrong place. "Xiaonan too. That day when I went to the hospital to see her, she was awake but didn't even look at me. She also hates Konoha, Nagato my friend."
"You guys, when I wanted to take you back to Konoha, you said in unison that you would become a Ninja in the future, and also a Ninja of the Rain Village." I don't know if you still think of yourselves as Rain Ninjas. "With Jiraiya's physical strength, he shouldn't be tired after carrying someone on his back, but he was gradually panting. But the sea was in front of him.
Yes, the Country of Rain was a landlocked country. It was surrounded by a vast desert, towering mountains, and a small basin that stretched out continuously. But who said that a landlocked country couldn't have a sea? On the edge of the Rain Village, the clear water was as calm as a mirror, and there were lotus leaves and roots near the shore. Yes, it was just a slightly larger lake, smaller than the one in the forest outside Konoha, but the people of the small Rain Village called it the sea. "What do you think of this place, Nagato?"
Jiraiya didn't wait for Nagato's answer, and he began to think about whether to lose face or lose the bag. "It's really troublesome, our Konoha has this bad habit. Whether it's toothbrushes, tooth vats, light bulbs, body bags, or even military food pills, they can't wait to put the Konoha logo on it."
"You're Konoha's captive, so it's okay to put the Konoha logo on it, right?" Jiraiya still didn't open his zipper. As a Ninja, it was difficult to talk about it, and he was actually very afraid of corpses. When he was young, he didn't know anything, so he didn't feel anything when he killed people. It was only when he grew up that he realized what he had done. "Nagato, really, a Ninja is lucky to die without losing an arm or a leg."
Jiraiya said as he threw the black bag far into the water. "When you were young, you argued with me. I showed you photos. The sea with strong winds and waves can't see the end of it. You said that this lake can't see the end. I don't know if you've seen the real sea later on. "
"Nagato and Xiaonan must have seen it, but it's hard to say about Yahiko. When he died, he wasn't even a Jonin. I don't know if he ever went out to the sea." Jiraiya squatted on the ground and said to himself. He looked at the black bag sinking quickly and couldn't see it anymore. He rubbed his sore eyes and couldn't cry. "In fact, there's something that many people in Konoha know, but I didn't tell you. When I was young, I received a prophecy from the Toad Sage. He said that there would be a miracle child among my disciples, who could either save the world or destroy it. It all depended on how I taught him. So I looked for him, and when I found him, the three of you insisted on worshipping me as your teacher. "
"At first, I thought that Yahiko was the child of destiny. He said that he would bring peace to the world." Jiraiya opened the jug and poured the wine into the water. "I hoped that his means of bringing peace wasn't war. Yahiko didn't choose war, but he called everyone to sit down and negotiate. In fact, he almost succeeded. Because even many young Ninjas in Konoha thought that Yahiko was right. That included the Golden Flash later. After that, I thought it was you, Nagato. After Yahiko's death, I heard that you and his remaining followers wanted to take revenge on the world. I looked for you, but I couldn't find you. I thought you were killed by Salamander, but it turned out that you killed him. "
Jiraiya put away the empty wine gourd and took two lunches from the cafeteria and squatted in front of Orochimaru's door. It was a boring job, but Jiraiya didn't dare to leave his post again. He didn't agree, but he didn't have any opinions. Sarutobi -sensei was right. The last thing he should have done in his life was to leave Konoha when everyone was working hard. Fortunately, there was still compensation, and Jiraiya was still far from retirement.
Konoha, the Land of Fire.
Naruto's Mansion.
Naruto's Office.
Naruto couldn't wait to let Jiraiya retire. "I told him that I was monitoring him, but he was tricked by Orochimaru into becoming Orochimaru's bodyguard."
"It can't be helped. Jiraiya -sama is just like that. If he can't do it, I'll just replace him." Genma thanked Four Generations. Naruto's office still had only Naruto's seat, but it also had a balcony. When he wanted to slack off, he and Kakashi would close the door. Heh, everyone would think that they were discussing something confidential. "What a pity."
"What's there to pity? It's better to let Jiraiya retire so he can write his novel. It's better than him messing around all day." Kakashi held a glass of water and sipped it with a straw. His schedule wasn't as full as Sensei's, and it wasn't as easy.
"I'm just sorry that Four Generations didn't get to use his dream office." Genma drank the water as well. Four Generations had taught him that if he didn't have a strong body, it was useless no matter how strong he was. "You don't say. This water is really useful. It makes me feel better than drinking coffee."
"That's because there's an all-purpose supplement in it." Kakashi poured Genma some more. "What do you think? It's healthier than coffee, and it's more effective than coffee. Do you think it'll be easy to sell this as a beverage?"
"It'll be easy to sell." Genma calculated in his mind. "But the cost of producing the supplement isn't low."
"But a glass of tap water with one or two drops of the supplement can have the same effect as coffee." Kakashi felt that he had the potential to be a profiteer. "If I want to completely fix the hole that Payne left behind, I'm still short on money. It's okay to sell the explosive charms occasionally, but if I sell them too much, the price will drop drastically."
"Sigh, I'm short on money when I'm poor, and even more so when I'm rich." Huo Xuanmen spat out the Senben in his mouth and lay on the sofa. "Kakashi."
"Yeah."
"Can't you wait two years before becoming Five Generations?"
"I can't."
"I always feel unhappy that the Four Generations didn't work for the full 20 years." Genma wiped his eyes. "There wasn't even a retirement ceremony. I already said that there would be a grand celebration for my 40th birthday, but in the end, there wasn't much of a celebration."
"…" Kakashi lay on the sofa on the other side. "After the New Year, Sensei will move to a new house. Take some time to help me tidy up the wardrobe. He has a lot of clothes and shoes now. Yamato is neat, but I feel that it's not as convenient as you to arrange things."
"Of course, Yamato's current position should be mine." Genma smiled, but then he was disappointed. "I'm always busy. I haven't eaten with the Four Generations in a long time."
"Shisui is the same." Kakashi sighed. "Let's call everyone over for a good meal after we move." Khai is coming back too. "
"Yeah."
"Huh? Am I not handsome today? Why am I so distracted? "
Hatake Mansion, Bo Fung Watergate's bedroom.
"No, you're very handsome." Kina Maelstrom came back from Mikoto Uchiha's place again. The shadow was still the same, but Mikoto seemed to be getting more and more unhappy. "It's winter. Wear thicker clothes when you go out. Be careful not to catch a cold."
Watergate looked at his corduroy pants, fur shoes, shirt, cashmere vest, and cashmere coat. Then he took out a pair of lambskin gloves. "I'm wearing thick enough. Look at everyone on the street wearing thicker clothes than me."
Well, it's almost the New Year. Except for the garrison, all the ninjas who should be back have finished their missions. Kina thought as she took out a scarf. "It's quite windy today. Stuff your collar."
Watergate saw that Kina had emptied her scarf and quickly wrapped it around his neck.
While other people were laughing and chatting, Mikoto was alone in the empty house.
Watergate saw that Kina had emptied her mask and hesitated whether to wear it or not. Last winter, when he caught a cold, he casually asked a medic for a mask. This was the only color that a girl who could carry a clean mask with her. But this year, he found out that it was Mute Kato! She actually asked the logistics department to change all the Konoha medic masks to pink! It was changed last year!
"I'm worried about you wearing the mask outside." Kina finally put Mikoto at the back of her mind. She wanted to protect Watergate, Naruto, her home. Konoha was Kakashi's business. "Hurry up. Put on the mask and let's go see the new house. You just need to decide on the floor of our bedroom."
The floor said that people should be down-to-earth.
…
Half of December 62 in Konoha.
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