Chapter 181: Encountering Jiraiya by chance

On the morning of the third day, the sun shone through the dense treetops on the hills behind Konoha, casting dappled light and shadows across the mansion's courtyard.

Yuxi was lying on the tatami with her arms and legs spread out, with saliva hanging from the corners of her mouth, and she was having a sweet dream.

"Cake...Strawberry cream cake..." She mumbled incoherently, and in her dream she saw a small mountain made of various desserts.

The cream cake on top, dotted with bright red strawberries, exuded an enticing aroma that made her open her mouth.

"Aww!"

"Ah!" A cry of surprise broke the tranquility of the early morning.

Yuxi opened her eyes dazedly and found that what she was biting in her mouth was not the soft cake she had imagined, but a hard and smooth white object.

She blinked and moved her gaze upwards along the object, meeting Kaguya Otsutsuki's eyes, which were wide open in surprise.

"Sister Yuxi...what are you doing..." Kaguya's cheeks flushed slightly, and the horn on her head was still tightly bitten by Yuxi.

“Mmmmm!” Yuxi quickly let go of her mouth and wiped the corners of her mouth, “Sister Kaguya, I didn’t mean it, I did it on purpose!”

As soon as she said it, she realized that she had said it the wrong way, and quickly waved her hand to correct it: "No, no! I meant it, not intentionally! Ugh! I meant..."

Kaguya sighed helplessly and reached out to rub the corner that had been bitten with teeth marks.

Over the past thousands of years, Yuxi's sleeping posture has not improved at all, and she often uses her horns as teething sticks while sleeping.

"Forget it, the food is almost gone. Go buy some later." Kaguya stood up and tidied up the bedding that was kicked up by Yuxi.

"Remember to buy more fish and vegetables, and don't buy all sweets."

Yuxi jumped up and saluted with a non-standard smile: "Yes, Lord Kaguya!"

"Stop talking nonsense." Kaguya tapped her forehead gently, her eyes full of doting, "Go wash up, breakfast is ready."

At the same time, in the Hokage building of Konoha Village, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was standing in front of the window, with wisps of green smoke rising from his pipe.

He turned and looked at the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze who was reviewing documents.

"Minato, Naruto is going to participate in the second preliminaries of the Chunin Exams today, aren't you going to watch?"

Namikaze Minato paused for a moment, raised his head and smiled gently, "I believe in Naruto. And Kushina also said that it's better to let the child go through these tests by himself."

“Really…” Sandai blew out a puff of smoke, “Then I’ll go check it out for you.”

When the Sandai's figure disappeared outside the door, Minato put down his pen, walked to the window and looked into the distance.

Although he said he believed it, as a father, he was more worried about Naruto's performance than anyone else.

But he understood that excessive protection would hinder the child's growth.

Inside the examination hall, Moonlight Gale coughed a few times.

He announced the rules of the preliminary round: "To defeat the opponent or force the opponent to surrender is to win. Of course, if anyone wants to withdraw now, it is not too late."

Pharmacist Dou pushed up his glasses and raised his hand without hesitation: "I quit."

The three generations in the stands narrowed their eyes.

This Genin named Kabuto Yakushi always withdraws before the official selection, which is really suspicious.

He turned around and asked Mitarashi Anko beside him: "Is there any special information about this Yakushi Kabuto?"

"Nothing remarkable," Anko answered vaguely while chewing a meatball, "My grades have always been average, but my medical ninjutsu is pretty good."

In the end, only nine candidates entered the next round: Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Temari, Nara Shikamaru, Gaara, Hyuga Neji, Kankuro, Aburame Shino and Toss.

In the mansion in the back mountains of Konoha, Yu Xi was standing in the middle of the courtyard, stretching lazily, carrying a backpack with a dried fish pattern on it.

"I'm off!" she shouted into the house.

"Remember to buy real ingredients!" Kaguya's voice came from the kitchen.

Yu Xi used instant teleportation and appeared in the center of the bustling vegetable market the next second.

"Hey, little girl, you're here to buy vegetables again!" the fishmonger greeted her warmly, holding a lively sea bream in his hand.

"Today's fresh goods! Saved especially for you!"

Yuxi's eyes lit up, and she ran to the stall in two steps: "Sister Huiye said that I should eat more fish..."

She pulled out her wallet: "Two snappers, and those vegetables over there..."

An hour later, Yuxi's shopping basket was finally filled with real food - although there were still a few boxes of dumplings secretly stuffed in the corner.

She weighed it with satisfaction and was about to teleport back home when a familiar obscene laugh came from the corner of the street.

"Hehehe... this angle is really great..."

Yuxi's ears moved and he looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw a middle-aged man with white hair and red clothes lying on the wall outside the women's bath in the hot spring shop in an extremely indecent posture, with his nosebleed almost flowing to his chin.

Who else besides Jiraiya would do this?

"This little brat Jiraiya..." Yu Xi held his forehead with his hand, a dangerous light flashed in his eyes.

She appeared silently behind the man and raised her foot——

"Go away!"

"Waaaaaah—" Accompanied by a scream, Jiraiya flew into the women's bath in a parabola, causing a huge splash of water.

“What a pervert!!”

"kill him!"

"Die pervert!"

Suddenly, screams and sounds of punching and kicking were heard in the bathhouse.

A moment later, Jiraiya, with a bruised face and nose, was chased out by a group of women wrapped in bath towels with brooms and fell in the street in a mess.

“Which bastard is that—” He got up angrily, but froze instantly when he saw the person in front of him clearly. The anger on his face turned into horror, “Master Yu…Master Yuxi?!”

Yu Xi crossed her arms and looked down at him, raising her eyebrows: "Jiraiya, little brat, I didn't expect you to return to the village. You did something like this right after returning to the village?"

Jiraiya's back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

The girl in front of him was actually a person whom even his teacher, the Third Hokage, had to treat with respect.

He stammered to explain: "Master Yu...Master Yuxi, why are you here?? I, I'm just collecting materials for the novel... Yes! This is for art!"

"Heh." Yu Xi sneered. "After decades, your excuses have not improved at all."

Jiraiya scratched his head awkwardly, and suddenly seemed to remember something and said seriously: "Actually, I came back to the village for an important matter! I got news that Orochimaru is going to assassinate the Third Hokage!"

Yuxi yawned in boredom: "I already knew it, Orochimaru told me himself." She waved her hand, "It has nothing to do with me anyway."

"But..." Jiraiya wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Yuxi.

"Okay, I still have to go back and cook for Sister Kaguya." She picked up the shopping bag and suddenly narrowed her eyes. "But since we've met, how about doing me a favor?"

Jiraiya suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart. He stared at Yuxi with wide eyes and stammered, "W-what help?"

Yu Xi's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a sly smile, like a cunning fox, she said slowly: "I heard that you wrote a new book "Intimate Paradise"..."

"Absolutely not!" Jiraiya jumped up suddenly as if he had been electrocuted.

He held his chest tightly with both hands, as if some rare treasure was hidden there.

His voice trembled a little due to nervousness. "This is a collector's edition that hasn't been released yet!"

However, Yu Xi seemed to be prepared. She just moved her fingers slightly and a booklet appeared in her hand like magic.

She waved the booklet and looked at Jiraiya with a half-smile, "So what is this?"

Jiraiya's face turned pale instantly, and he touched his chest in disbelief - sure enough, the manuscript that was supposed to be hidden there was gone!

His heart was filled with despair and regret, and he pleaded with Yuxi with a sad face: "Master Yuxi, you can't do this..."

Yu Xi looked at Zilai's pitiful appearance and couldn't help laughing, but there was not much sympathy in her laughter.

She played with the booklet in her hand and said nonchalantly, "Okay, don't be so nervous. I'm only confiscating it for seven days. I'll return it to you when the time is up."