#115 - Chapter 115 Jiraiya suddenly appears and returns to the Snow Country
"Naruto, that girl seems to like you?" Karin suddenly asked after leaving Konoha for a while.
"Yeah, maybe," Naruto responded nonchalantly.
"Then Naruto, do you... like her?" Karin stared at Naruto's profile, her hands clenched tightly, her heart seemingly in her throat!
But Naruto didn't answer her, instead asking, "Do you want me to like her, or not like her?"
"I......"
Karin didn't know how to answer this question.
To say she hoped so would be against her true feelings!
To say she didn't hope so would make her seem petty.
"To be honest, I quite like her."
Naruto suddenly answered her question, but it made her feel disappointed.
At this moment, Naruto added, "Do you know what I like about her?"
"What?" Karin asked subconsciously.
"Obedient and sensible!"
Naruto stopped, turned around, walked up to Karin, gently placed his hand on Karin's face, and smiled slightly, "Just like you are now!"
Their eyes met, and Karin only felt her mind go blank, her face burning, and her heart racing!
Oh no, this is the feeling of being in love!
"Alright, let's continue forward. The ship is already waiting for us at the port. If we're too late, we'll have to walk on water all the way to the Land of Snow."
"Yes... yes!"
Looking at Karin, who was excited and earnest, as if she had been injected with chicken blood, Naruto smiled faintly, withdrew his hand, and turned to continue towards the port!
He had recently seen Orochimaru's methods of winning people's hearts while watching dramas, and now that Karin could be considered his subordinate, he tried this method!
Needless to say,
it was quite effective!
However, Orochimaru used this method on both men and women, but Naruto felt that this trick seemed to only work on girls for the time being!
The two of them walked forward, and soon arrived at the port.
Just as they were about to board the ship, they heard the clatter of wooden clogs behind them!
"Wait for me! Wait for me!"
A very familiar voice!
Naruto turned his head and saw that the person who came was actually Jiraiya!
Since Tsunade returned to Konoha, Jiraiya had not been bothering him for training or anything, and he didn't know what he was doing.
He didn't expect to suddenly see him here again.
"What are you doing here?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"I heard Tsunade say that you are going to stay in the Land of Snow for two years, and you didn't even bring me, your teacher, along for such a good thing!" Jiraiya said, panting, with his hands on his knees.
Naruto scrutinized Jiraiya with a suspicious look, "What's so good about the Land of Snow? You've traveled the world for so many years, haven't you been there yet?"
"Hey, don't mention it! I really haven't been there!"
Jiraiya seriously began to think, "I wonder what the young ladies in the Land of Snow look like. That place is so cold, they must really need a warm man like me to comfort their cold hearts! Wahahahaha!"
"......"
Naruto didn't believe Jiraiya's nonsense. This guy was either sent by Tsunade to monitor him, or wanted to have a bond evolution with him like Kakashi, or he just wanted to follow him himself!
Two years was enough to change many things. Jiraiya had his own plans, and he would never leave someone like him, who might be the child of destiny, to develop outside at will!
Especially after experiencing the deaths of his two generations of disciples, Nagato and Minato, he paid more attention to the situation of his disciples!
Although he hadn't shown his face in front of Naruto for the past few months, he had been silently paying attention to Naruto's growth and changes through his own methods!
"Hey! Are you guys getting on the ship or not? We're leaving if you don't!" A sailor's urging voice suddenly came from the ship.
"Coming, coming!"
Jiraiya agreed with a smile, and then ran towards the ship with comical steps, "I'll go first, Naruto, remember to pay for my ticket!"
"......"
He clearly had so much savings, but he always liked to spend other people's money.
However, Naruto didn't bother with Jiraiya this time.
After all, his savings had reached millions!
Just a mere ship ticket......
"100,000 for a ship ticket?!!!"
The last time they went to the Land of Snow, they went back and forth on the crew's ship. He didn't expect the ship to the Land of Snow to be so expensive this time!
"It's always been this price. It's difficult for us to set sail once. If we weren't ripping you off, we could transport hundreds of thousands more worth of goods in each room."
"If you can't afford the tickets, you should think more about your own problems. Have you been working hard usually? Have you been working hard?"
"......"
Looking at the mean and sharp man in front of him, Naruto asked curiously, "What's your name?"
"Me? My name is Ieji! Yamamoto Ieji is me! What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just think you look like an old friend of mine."
"Old friend?"
Yamamoto Ieji snorted coldly, "Hmph, even if you try to build a relationship with me, the ticket won't be cheaper by a penny!"
"Why are you talking like that? What do you mean we're trying to build a relationship with you?" Karin couldn't help but interject.
"Am I wrong? If you have money, get on the ship, if you don't, get off! While the ship hasn't sailed too far, you can still swim back!"
"You!"
Karin still wanted to say something, but Naruto raised his hand to stop her.
He took out his wallet and counted out 500,000 taels and threw it to the other party, "Give us the best room!"
When Yamamoto Ieji saw so much money, his eyes lit up, and then his attitude towards Naruto and the others became polite.
"Oh, sir! Please come with me! I'll arrange the best room for you right away!"
With money paving the way, they quickly got the best two rooms on the ship.
But even though they were called the best rooms, they weren't anything special.
It was just a very ordinary room, just looked cleaner and tidier.
"Sir, this is the best room after our captain's room. It's 50 square meters in size, with its own toilet, shower, window, and ventilation......"
"Alright, that's enough, you can go and busy yourself."
Naruto closed the door, directly blocking Yamamoto Ieji's nagging.
Although Yamamoto Ieji got a 'cold shoulder' outside the door, he didn't care too much for the sake of money.
A ticket was 100,000 taels, and three people were 300,000 taels, which meant he could get a kickback of 200,000 taels for free!
Just thinking about it made him happy!
"Naruto-sama, why did you give him so much money? That kind of guy is annoying!" Karin threw a backpack of things onto the bed and asked Naruto in confusion.
Naruto-sama?
After being tricked, even the address changed?
Naruto didn't dwell on Karin's address to him, and said lightly, "My 500,000 is not so easy to take!"
......
Fifteen days later,
the ship arrived in the Land of Snow, Naruto got off the ship with a wallet containing hundreds of thousands of taels, while a certain man in charge of logistics was rummaging through the room!
"Where's my wallet??"
"Where's my wallet!!"
His face was twisted, his whole body twitched, and he rolled around on the ground in the dark......
