Chapter 225 Jiraiya’s Wonderful Drift
After losing the target of Orochimaru, Jiraiya became idle.
While traveling around various countries to find inspiration and prepare for writing a new book, he was waiting for a mission from the Hokage Building to make more contributions to the village.
Time flies, and three months have passed in a blink of an eye.
In three months, Jiraiya traveled to most of the shinobi world and saw all kinds of customs and customs.
While traveling through the Land of Fire, Jiraiya met Tsunade who was traveling around with Shizune and owed a lot of debt.
After hearing Jiraiya asking her to return to the village, Tsunade wielded an iron fist full of strange power.
Although Konoha is currently in a state of drought, Tsunade still has no idea of returning to the village, let alone participating in the election of the Fifth Hokage.
In Tsunade's mind, the Senju clan has shed all their blood for the village.
In order to protect the village founded by her grandfather, she lost her eldest grandfather, second grandfather, parents, younger brother and lover. Even the name of the Senju clan disappeared in the ninja world, leaving only a few clan members.
She believed that she had never owed Konoha, but Konoha owed it to the Senju clan.
Jiraiya had nothing to do with Tsunade who was determined not to return to the village, because he also didn't want to stay in the village, so he left the village under the pretext of chasing Orochimaru.
He couldn't force Tsunade to do something that he couldn't do himself.
What's more, with Tsunade's status, whether she stays in Konoha or not, her deterrence to the other major ninja villages is about the same. The Senju clan has long been inseparable from Konoha.
After helping Tsunade pay off her gambling debt, Jiraiya got Tsunade's promise to go back and visit the village in exchange.
Then, he continued on his journey to various countries.
While traveling to the Land of Wind, Jiraiya met a puppet master and discussed the topic of fate.
The Puppet Master sneered at Jiraiya's search for the Son of Prophecy.
The Puppet Master believes that there is no need to search for destiny. People must accept their fate and believe that they should join in the upcoming war.
If you die in the war, it's just a bad fate. There is nothing to complain about.
While traveling to the secluded Longyin Village, Jiraiya met a Longyin teacher.
Teacher Longyin is teaching children how to survive the war. Only by surviving can there be more hope in life.
This scene reminded Jiraiya of the time when he taught Nagato and the others.
At the beginning, Orochimaru wanted to kill Nagato, Yahiko and Konan to end the painful life of the three orphans in troubled times.
In the end, he saw Nagato's reincarnation eye and stayed in order to cultivate the son of prophecy.
After three years, he didn't have much expectation on whether Nagato could become the child of the prophecy, and he hoped that the children would survive well.
Continuing to travel through the countries, Jiraiya met a ninja from the Fuma clan.
The ninja of the Fuma clan was a wandering ninja who was robbing passing merchants and travelers. After teaching the ninja of the Fuma clan a lesson, Jiraiya spared the other's life and left a sword mark on his forehead.
He didn't know why the Fuma clan ninja, who was a big family in the ninja world, became a wandering ninja.
But I think it must be because of the Ninja World War. The existence of the Ninja World War has caused many ninja clans that have been passed down for hundreds of years to become history and disappear in the ninja world.
After arriving in the Kingdom of Stone, Jiraiya met an unknown religious leader.
The religious leader was surrounded by victims in ragged clothes and sallow faces. He muttered words and taught people to avoid disasters through prayer.
Jiraiya knew that praying would definitely not prevent disaster.
But he did not stop the religious leaders' actions. This group of disaster victims had lost everything. If they were deprived of even their last hope, they would completely reach the point of no return.
And the actions of religious leaders reminded him of himself.
His efforts to find the Son of Prophecy were not also due to the reality of his powerlessness, and he placed his hope entirely on the Son of Prophecy. There was no essential difference between the two.
Jiraiya, who was in a complicated mood, left the Country of Stone and came to the territory of the Country of Grass.
After the rise of Yuyin Village, the living space of the Country of Grass was further squeezed. Originally, it could still rely on the advantage of low prices to win commissions.
But now with the development of industry in Amegakure Village, the life of a ninja in the Land of Grass has become increasingly difficult.
After walking into an izakaya, Jiraiya met a grumbling grass ninja who was drinking strong alcohol while grumbling out the window.
According to this grass ninja, there are reasons why his life is not good.
It was because the customer's requirements were too high that he was unable to receive the commission. It was because the Yuyin Village next door was developing so well that the living standards in Caoyin Village were declining.
After hearing these complaints, Jiraiya also felt a little impatient.
Under the influence of alcohol, he complained a lot, lamenting how unfair the ninja world was, why his apprentice the Fourth Hokage died, and why Orochimaru defected from the village.
Why do three generations of old men continue to indulge Danzo and allow so many injustices in the village?
After sobering up, Jiraiya felt a little pain in his head. After drinking a few cups of sobering tea, he looked in the direction of the Land of Rain.
After traveling around the ninja world for so many days, it was time for me to go to Amegakure Village.
Although the leader of Amegakure Village is Sansho Hanzo, the ninjas who actually manage Amegakure Village now are his disciples. Let's see what Amegakure Village looks like under the governance of Yahiko and the others.
However, Jiraiya actually didn't have much hope in his heart.
After all, except for the Country of Fire, the other small countries are now living in dire straits.
Although the cruel ninja war is over, the overt and covert fighting in the ninja world has never stopped. In order to survive, ninjas are still living a life of licking blood from the tip of a knife.
A few hours later, Jiraiya arrived at the Land of Rain from the Land of Grass.
After entering the Kingdom of Rain, Jiraiya immediately felt the difference between the Kingdom of Grass and the Kingdom of Rain. Although the weather in the Kingdom of Grass was better than that of the Kingdom of Rain.
But on the border between the two countries, there is a huge gap.
The road in the Land of Grass is a muddy road. A ninja of his strength can walk on flat ground, but ordinary people are very uncomfortable and have difficulty moving forward.
The Land of Rain is different. The Land of Rain has clean and smooth cement roads.
The gap between the two was like a chasm, and Jiraiya became more and more interested in the internal situation of Yuyin Village.
Thinking of this, Jiraiya's steps became much brisker.
Not long after, Jiraiya was blocked by a group of ninjas. The leader of the ninja was none other than Nagato, who was leading the engineering team to build a large-scale construction project in Amegakure Village.
After seeing Jiraiya, Nagato raised his head in confusion: "Jiraiya-sensei?"
