"Lord Jiraiya … truly, thank you!"
Watergate's trembling voice carried a hint of sobbing. Jiraiya could only see joy in his azure eyes.
At this moment, Namikaze Minato looked like a seven-year-old child.
"Yes, no matter how strong his heart is … he is still a child in the end."
Jiraiya sighed in his heart. From the third generation, he understood that Watergate's parents were killed by bandits during a business trip.
Such a young child had to face his own life alone.
To reach his level, not only did one need talent, intelligence, and a wise mind, one also needed a strong heart.
This kind of strength was often built on the foundation of primitive frailty. Only those who had experienced it would be able to understand.
Soon after, Jiraiya smiled at Watergate, who was crying tears of joy, and said: "No need to thank me. Hurry up and eat. Roasted meat is best when it is freshly roasted."
The chopsticks in his hand pointed at the roasted meat on Watergate's plate.
Watergate quickly restrained his emotions. The sudden outburst just now was truly something he could not endure.
He vaguely remembered this feeling. It was the warmth of being cared for by a family member.
"Jiraiya … why are you so good to me?" Watergate obeyed Jiraiya's words and quickly finished the roasted meat on the plate in front of him before asking.
"Really … I already said that you have too many questions." Jiraiya waved the chopsticks in his hand and explained: "Didn't you say to your teacher that everyone in the village is like family? Since that is the case, you and I are both part of this family … do I need a reason to be good to my family?"
Watergate's eyes flickered. Clearly, he was somewhat stunned by Jiraiya's reply.
"Alright, hurry up and eat. It's so troublesome for me to treat you. I don't know how much effort you're going to make me put in in the future."
Jiraiya put another piece of freshly grilled meat on Watergate's plate and shook his head with a smile.
"In the future?" Watergate caught the details in these words, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"I know you have a lot of questions, so hurry up and eat. I'll explain everything to you later. It's time to eat now," Jiraiya said. Then, he ignored Watergate and started eating.
Since Jiraiya had already said that he would explain it to him later, Watergate didn't ask any more questions. Besides, deep in his heart, he really liked this kind of atmosphere.
A smile involuntarily surfaced on her delicate and gentle little face.
Jiraiya glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
About an hour later, after dinner, under the leadership of Jiraiya, the two came to the seventh training ground in Wood Leaf village.
The seventh training ground was specially designed for ninjas in the village, and it was only open to ninjas, so Watergate, a new student of the ninja school, was not eligible to enter.
However, with Jiraiya's leadership, Watergate got permission to enter, and it was not a problem.
Under the night, there was a breeze blowing, and it was slightly cold. For ninjas, cold resistance is also a necessary skill, because you can't choose the environment when performing a task.
The two stood in the field, Jiraiya's arms were folded, leaning on a wooden stake, and Watergate was standing not far in front of him.
"Now, I can tell you why I followed you and what I meant by what I said at the dinner table just now."
Jiraiya looked down at Watergate, and said: "Because, I want to accept you as my apprentice, so you should know why I did this."
Watergate heard this, and his expression became extremely shocked, and he muttered to himself in disbelief: "Accept … accept me as your apprentice!!?"
"What, you don't want to?" Jiraiya added.
"Absolutely not."
Watergate quickly denied, aside from Jiraiya's identity as a third generation disciple, he himself is definitely the top ninja in the village, and being his apprentice is definitely something that many ninjas dream of.
The so-called famous teacher produces brilliant students, and becoming Jiraiya's apprentice is the most direct guarantee to become strong, and this is the reason.
It's just that Watergate knows that people like Jiraiya will never accept someone as an apprentice easily, let alone take the initiative like now.
For this reason, he even followed him, should be to observe him in advance.
But, there must be some reason.
"Oh, you probably don't understand why I suddenly proposed to accept you as my apprentice … In fact, it was Sandaime Naruto who asked me to let you be my apprentice."
Jiraiya laughed, and he believed that with Watergate's mind, he could probably guess some of the clues.
Watergate suddenly remembered that not long ago, on the first day of Shinna Kushina's enrollment, he had gotten rid of several Anbu directly under Naruto.
And everything that happened during the Anbu's mission was reported to Naruto.
Watergate shouldn't know so much about the Anbu's intelligence, but he didn't know why, but he always felt that this kind of thing was very familiar.
It's like … he used to be Naruto.
For this, Watergate didn't notice.
"From the moment you defeated Chi Ban Yu, to what you said to Cheng Tian Ben, and how you got rid of the Anbu directly under Sandaime, all of this is enough to make him interested in you, and even … he thinks that you have inherited the will of fire of the first Naruto, so he wants to cultivate you, and I am the one who will cultivate you."
Watergate never thought that something that he didn't think was a big deal would attract the attention of Sandaime Naruto.
"So, Jiraiya cares about me so much only because of Sandaime Naruto's order?"
Watergate's face flashed with a trace of sadness, but he didn't feel that it was difficult.
He even felt lucky that he had such an opportunity. After all, to realize that dream, he had to do it alone.
It was too difficult!
Jiraiya heard his words and said, "At first, it was like that. After all, I had to accept a boy that I had never heard of as my disciple. But after observing you for a while, I found that your talent and style are quite in line with my style."
Watergate didn't know what Jiraiya was referring to. In his mind, it was just some trivial things.
However, for an excellent ninja, talent was important, but if a person's heart was not right, no matter how powerful he was, he would only be a disaster.
Watergate was young, but he knew how to take care of the feelings of the people around him. This was more precious than anything else.
Jiraiya looked at the short and thin figure in front of him and slowly asked.
"So, are you willing to take me as your teacher?"
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There should be one more update, but today I have a little cold, so I took medicine and slept for a while. The next update may be in the early morning, sorry.
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