Chapter 107 Summer Sunshine

This was the first time Luo Yi saw Jiraiya alive.

He was taller than I had imagined. He was at least 1.9 meters tall, and quite sturdy, with long white hair that fell to his waist like a hedgehog. On his unique forehead protector was written the word "Oil" of unknown meaning. On his face, which was quite common among uncles, there were two red marks that went down smoothly from his lower eyelids.

"Grandpa, I'm so glad you're okay." The first thing he said was his recognizable uncle voice, with a hint of mischief in his calmness, and a bit of nonchalance in his sense of security.

"If it weren't for this brat, I wouldn't have made it this time." Hiruzen slumped down on the ground, leaning against a tree trunk, and looked at Luo Yi beside him with a forced smile. The fatigue in his eyes was visible at a glance.

When he walked into the Four Purple Flame Formation as if nothing had happened, the third generation roughly guessed that this magical young man was here to change his destiny.

“By the way, Lord Jiraiya, you may not know him yet. He is…” Xuanjian was about to introduce.

"Don't underestimate my intelligence network. He is Luo Yi, right?" Jiraiya said calmly, "He is the rising star of Konoha Village and the fiancé of the second lady of the Hyuga clan."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Jiraiya...." Luo Yi almost blurted out "Teacher".

Since he calls Hiruzen "sensei", Jiraiya should be his senior brother; by this calculation, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura, who are all disciples of the Three Ninjas, should call him "uncle-master" to be in accordance with the rules.

Naruto is both brother-in-law and nephew...the seniority is so confusing.

"Hehe... I really have to thank you very much this time!" Jiraiya patted his shoulder casually and generously, but his slightly trembling hands revealed his inner thoughts.

Real men all hope to die in battle, but real men also hope that their respected teachers can die of old age.

Contradictory, yet not contradictory at all.

"It's my duty." Luo Yi finally felt a little more satisfied, and then thought of the coffin on the other side. "By the way, there is a candidate who was thrown away by Orochimaru. Can you guys go and take a look?"

Upon hearing that there were still enemies left, Ibiki prepared to take over and walked straight over; upon hearing that the ones left behind were candidates, Iruka followed.

The coffin was only twenty meters away, just a few steps away.

"There are only three Otogakure members who signed up for the Chunin Exam. I have some impression of this girl." Ibiki looked at the girl in the coffin. "Is she trapped in Orochimaru's illusion... She's not even a soldier of Otogakure, she's just a bait."

"Do you want to untie her?" Iruka felt a little reluctant when he saw that the other person was just a little girl of the same age as Naruto.

"To be on the safe side, um... forget it, let's untie him. Orochimaru neither took him away nor killed him, which means there's no value in torturing him." Ibiki made a judgment.

Instead of taking him back to prison, it might be more effective to take this opportunity to express goodwill.

...

Before Jean Hammer lost consciousness, she saw Toss standing in front of her and trying to argue with Orochimaru.

It was clearly a temporary team formed just to sneak into Konoha. There was no team spirit among them at all. Everyone was a homeless orphan without parents, and no one owed anyone anything.

It just so happened that the two exams hosted by Konoha required testing of teamwork and partnership, forcing them to cooperate and face them together.

Just because you’ve been teammates for a few days, do you think you can be teammates for life?

Isn't it just a matter of a few words to be abandoned by Lord Orochimaru, whom I have always relied on, admired and trusted?

The last scene before she fell into coma was the python's huge mouth, followed by endless cold and darkness.

——Maybe, I won’t wake up again?

As Qin thought of this, her whole body began to warm up. The strong sunlight penetrated her eyelids and activated her long-dormant optic nerves.

Is this the last dream before heading to "that world"?

"Eh? Hmm..." The girl opened her eyes and then closed them again because she was not used to the strong light. Then she felt her back being supported and she was sitting up.

"Oh? You're awake. Are you feeling unwell?" A gentle male voice that sounded a little mature and a little clumsy came into my ears.

There is vision, touch, hearing... and so on. Isn't this a dream?

Qin squinted her eyes and opened them slightly. The first thing she saw was a huge figure of Konoha, and underneath the huge figure was a nondescript but very symmetrical face.

Even the scar across the bridge of his nose is symmetrical.

"You, you are..." He controlled his throat and made the sound with some difficulty.

"Oh? Looks like you've regained consciousness. I'm Iruka, a teacher at Konoha Ninja School and the examiner of the Chunin Exam."

The young man had a concerned expression on his face, and his wheat-colored skin looked like the summer sun, enthusiastic and powerful.

Can bring the dead back to life.

...

At dinner time, at the request of the Third Hokage, Luo Yi once again performed "Summoning Technique: That Cat".

Although Konoha Village suffered considerable damage, fortunately no serious casualties occurred. The village leaders decided to give a small reward to those who had made contributions in the war, including Katabi who defeated the first and second generations.

"It's incredible! The beef from this continent is different. It's much better than the smelly pork that comes out occasionally." Pian Yi's face was covered with minced meat.

"Can't you eat in a better manner?" Luo Yi complained harshly, "You are a cat, you should just eat fish, why do you want to eat meat?"

"How uneducated! Cats' staple food has never been fish. It's incredible that you've been deceived by fairy tales for half your life." Pian Yi responded bluntly and continued to eat meat without even raising his head.

"In fairy tales, rabbits seem to like eating carrots, but that's not the case in reality." Hanabi thought of the snow rabbit that followed Zabuza and Haku, and was fed with vegetable leaves and watermelon rinds.

"That's right, Huahuo is really smart." Pianyi raised his head and gave a thumbs up with his cat paw.

Luo Yi: “…”

Double standard cat.

"I'm really surprised, Luo Yi." It was rare for Hiashi not to have a stern face in front of outsiders, "I didn't expect that the First and Second Hokage couldn't hurt you."

"That's because the previous Hokage only had a tiny bit of the power they had when they were alive, and it was Pianyi who defeated them. I didn't do anything." Luo Yi looked at the unrestrained foodie cat and had no intention of stealing the credit.

He was also able to defeat Hashirama Tobirama's reincarnation relatively easily, but the tactic of directly taking chakra from the enemy's barrier to attack the enemy and using the enemy's force to counter their own was something he had not expected.

"Hehe~" The black cat raised its chin proudly, squinted its eyes, and looked like "praise me more", while still chewing something in its mouth.

Then, because he was eating with his head tilted back, he choked and started coughing.

Should.

The Third Hokage also coughed. This was his tenth cough during dinner.

After only fighting Orochimaru for more than ten minutes, his body still endured an unimaginable strain?

"Ahem... hehe... I had originally planned to work until I was 70 before retiring, but I didn't expect Orochimaru to make such a fuss and bring the date forward by half a year." Hiruzen's voice was much hoarser than during the day.

"Since the most suitable successor is here, why not discuss it in advance?" Utane Koharu, a senior advisor to Konoha who was a contemporary of the Third Hokage, suggested.

Another senior advisor, Mitomon En, cast his gaze towards Jiraiya who was not far away. "The fifth Hokage needs to be arranged. This will be an important topic at the Fire Country Daimyo meeting in two days."

The implication is obvious.

Luo Yi was a little surprised. Was the result of the Third Hokage's survival to be his retirement? The Fifth Hokage's appearance time didn't change?

"Don't look at me, just eat your meal properly." Jiraiya felt a little scared by the looks from his leaders.

"I'll be frank, Jiraiya." The old-fashioned Koharu ignored his jokes, "When the time comes, we will elect you as the Fifth Hokage."

"No! I'm sorry, but I'm not suitable for this position." Jiraiya raised his hand and solemnly refused.

"If you are not even worthy of being called one of the Three Ninjas, who else is suitable?" Men Yan asked with a stern face.

"You mentioned the Three Ninjas, there should be one more person, right?" Jiraiya asked bluntly, "That's Tsunade."

When he heard the name, Hiruzen's eyes changed. After seeing the two disciples, he inexplicably missed the remaining one.

"I'll go find her. Compared to the unmotivated me, the clever Princess Tsunade is more suitable for the position of Hokage." Jiraiya saw the nostalgia in his teacher's eyes, "By the way, I want to take someone with me."

That person is Naruto.

While Luo Yi was fighting Orochimaru, Naruto and his friends also had a big fight with Gaara who had transformed into a tailed beast, and their mouth-to-mouth skills were epically enhanced.

"Everyone, please allow me to leave and go to the hospital." Iruka ate quickly.

"Oh, are you going to see that kid Naruto?" Hiruzen asked casually.

"Yes...actually there is a little girl from Otogakure." Iruka scratched the back of his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Huh?"*2 Luo Yi and Pian Yi turned back at the same time.