Chapter 104 The Reason Why Jiraiya Returns to Konoha (2)
Jiraiya is a bohemian person by nature and doesn't like being restricted.
Even though he was given the title of "Three Ninjas of Konoha" by "Demi-God of Ninja World" Hanzo of Salamander, along with Orochimaru and Tsunade,
After becoming a famous ninja in the ninja world and a hero of Konoha Village...
Jiraiya's personality has never changed.
Among the three ninjas, he is the laziest and the one who most yearns for the world outside Konoha.
So Jiraiya always went out of Konoha and traveled around the world under the pretext of completing missions.
If the Fourth Hokage was chosen from among Sarutobi Hiruzen's three disciples, then...
The one with the most legitimate reason is undoubtedly Tsunade;
The one with the most supporters is probably Orochimaru;
No matter which aspect, Jiraiya is far inferior to these two, so generally no one will support him.
But think about it from another angle, if no one supports it, doesn't that mean Jiraiya is much easier to control than the other two?
Naruto guessed that this was what Sarutobi Hiruzen thought at the beginning...
……
"Jiraiya, did you listen to my analysis?... Um~ Let me think about where to start...
By the way, let’s start from the death of Senju Ropetree.
That should be the source of your fear of Konoha..."
In an instant, Jiraiya's face became terribly stiff, obviously Naruto had guessed it right.
Naruto smiled slightly and continued.
"The last remaining member of the Senju clan (Tsunade did not inherit the Senju family name), with a powerful Sannin as her master, actually fell into a trap and was killed by an explosive talisman during a battle...
Please, is it reasonable for such a low-level mistake to happen to someone of Senju Nawaki's status?
Who would believe that there is no trick in this? !
Not to mention that Senju Nawaki's internal organs were actually hollowed out after his death.
Just ask, in such a chaotic battlefield, with so many people dead... why was it that only Senju Nawaki's internal organs were hollowed out? !
How did the enemy accurately find the location of the Thousand Hands Rope Tree among so many corpses?
Why didn't Orochimaru notice in time when Senju Rope Tree was attacked?
……
Jiraiya, you should be aware of these problems, right?
Because of the death of his disciple, coupled with the shadow of his parents' death when he was young...
This led Orochimaru to gradually pursue the path of 'eternal life' and began his sinful human experiments step by step..."
Naruto paused and glanced at Jiraiya's face which had turned slightly pale.
"Not long after Tsunade learned that her brother Senju Nawaki had died in battle, she also received news of the death of her lover Kato Dan...
Tsunade, who was the strongest in Konoha's medical ninjutsu, suffered from hemophobia from then on, and attributed the deaths of the two men to the necklace she had given to Hashirama Senju.
Finally, Tsunade left Konoha, and one of the three ninjas left...
This is the second time you’ve been scared.”
"After Tsunade left, the increasingly aging Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to retreat behind the scenes and continue to rule Konoha in secret.
So he proposed electing the Fourth Hokage.
But at that time, Orochimaru seemed to be increasingly difficult to control in Sarutobi Hiruzen's opinion, so I guess the old guy originally targeted you.
But you were not interested in becoming Hokage, so you politely declined Sarutobi Hiruzen's kindness.
Even if you didn't want to, Sarutobi Hiruzen could still force you to the position of Hokage and make you his puppet.
But at the critical moment, the old man found a better candidate——
You have trained him a good disciple who is fully capable of meeting his requirements and who shouts every day that he wants to become Hokage.
That’s right, it’s my father, Minato Namikaze.
Jiraiya~
You have to admit that you escaped a disaster because of my father's existence..."
Jiraiya's face was terribly pale, and a large area of his back was soaked.
"Later, my father died in the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and Sarutobi Hiruzen could not wait to lead his men to destroy Orochimaru's experimental base and labeled him a traitor.
Jiraiya, do you think Sarutobi Hiruzen really only knew about Orochimaru's human experiments at that time?
...Or was it that his purpose was to drive out this person who was most likely to become the new Hokage but whom he had no confidence in controlling, so that he could legitimately hold on to the position of Hokage...
From now on, two of the three ninjas will be gone, and you will be the only one left."
Naruto glanced at Jiraiya again.
Jiraiya could no longer laugh now, his whole body was shaking like a sieve.
Jiraiya followed Naruto's gaze and looked at him, his tone surprisingly having a hint of pleading.
"Naruto-chan, stop talking."
Naruto ignored Jiraiya and continued to talk to himself.
"At that time, Sarutobi Hiruzen should have approached you again and asked you to take over the position of Hokage.
But you still didn't agree, and Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't find a suitable candidate... so he had to stay in the position of Hokage as the Third Hokage."
"You're just lazy, but you're not stupid.
What happened to Tsunade, what happened to Orochimaru, what happened to his apprentice Minato Namikaze...
Even after Minato Namikaze died, Sarutobi Hiruzen made a series of arrangements for his son, me...
Everything I'm thinking is telling you that Sarutobi Hiruzen, the teacher you respect, is not as great and glorious as you imagine.
Two of the three Konoha ninjas left, leaving you alone in Konoha, because in Sarutobi Hiruzen's opinion you are the easiest one to control.
At that time, you had already realized that Sarutobi Hiruzen was targeting you.
Even though you have already refused, there is no guarantee that Sarutobi Hiruzen will not come up with other tricks to force you to submit.
So you, unwilling to be reduced to a puppet, fled Konoha under the pretext of hunting down Orochimaru, and you hardly ever returned...
Is my analysis correct? Jiraiya..."
Naruto: → w →……
Everyone in Akatsuki: (ー_ー)!!
Jiraiya: (???) …
"Alas... there is one thing you analyzed wrong."
The strange thing is that Jiraiya, who had begged Naruto not to continue, stopped trembling after listening to Naruto's analysis, and even his complexion gradually returned to normal.
He let out a long sigh, as if a huge burden in his heart had finally been put down, and he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
"When selecting the Fourth Hokage, the old man didn't even ask me, but went straight to your father.
By the time I learned that the old man was going to make your father the Hokage...it was already too late.
If I knew in advance that the old man was going to let Minato run for Hokage... I, as a master, would risk my life to stop the old man's plan!"
Jiraiya looked at Naruto deeply, then turned to look at Kushina who had been stunned.
"Kushina, the son you and Minato gave birth to is much smarter than him...
I also didn’t expect that… my foolish disciple would actually foolishly fall into the old man’s calculations…”
