Chapter 75 A rare companion
"Want to know who I am? Hahaha, good question!"
Jiraiya took a deep breath, waved his hands like a joke, and introduced himself loudly:
"I am the Toad Spirit Xiansu Daoren of Myoboku Mountain, commonly known as the Toad Sage, come up! Hehehehe..."
Naruto was stunned: "Sage... Sage? You?"
This guy must be a big fool...
This is the first time Naruto has seen someone more pretentious than himself.
"That's right! I'm the immortal! Kid, stop eating this kind of stuff. I'll take you to eat something delicious!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! Ichiraku Ramen! Eat as much as you want, the kind that's guaranteed to keep you full!"
Hearing the words Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto's eyes suddenly turned into hearts: "You said it! Don't go back on your word!"
"Hehe, if I go back on my words to a kid, then I'm not worthy of being an immortal. Turn off the kettle and let's go!"
Jiraiya was very confident. It was obvious that he didn't know how much Naruto ate, nor did he know how much of a weight loss blow Naruto would cause to his wallet in the near future...
...
Half an hour later, Ichiraku Ramen.
Naruto sat on a chair and ate noodles crazily,
"Huh! Uncle, another bowl!"
This was already the tenth bowl...
Looking at this posture, Naruto had no intention of stopping at all, and was going to eat all day.
Jiraiya turned sideways, looked at the wallet in his pocket, and then looked at the time, with a worried look on his face. He didn't intend to spend all his energy and money here.
"Eh? Why don't you eat?"
"Ahem..." Jiraiya coughed awkwardly: "I'm not as greedy as you are. Hey, kid, let's go after eating this bowl of noodles, okay? I'll take you to the hot springs~ As men, we should be honest with each other, both in attitude and in the body!"
"Slurp~" Little Naruto quickly sucked a big mouthful of noodles, chewing and responding: "Okay, okay, I haven't been to the hot springs yet!"
"Well! Then you eat quickly..."
"Oh! But... I want another bowl, hehe~"
"Uh..." Jiraiya sighed helplessly: "Boss, give me another bowl."
......
After eating, Jiraiya led the little Naruto, whose stomach was full, to the nearest hot spring shop.
"Wow~ It's so warm!" Naruto popped his head out of the pool, his face flushed, enjoying the bath.
Jiraiya was beside Naruto, and after drinking a small cup of sake, he sighed: "Sure enough, it's really comfortable to drink a cup of hot spring after a busy day~"
At this time, tempting laughter suddenly came from next door.
It was the voices of girls.
"Hey, sister, don't make trouble~"
"Hahaha, sister, you've developed well~ Don't block it, let your sister see it..."
Jiraiya couldn't sit still.
The wine in his hand felt tasteless.
"......Plans really can't keep up with changes, kid, I'm afraid I can't accompany you to bathe for the time being. As a novelist, I won't miss any opportunity to collect materials."
"Huh?"
Before Naruto could react, Jiraiya had already rushed out, lying on the bamboo wall and carefully observing through the gap.
"Hehe, hehe~ Young girls are awesome~"
"......." Looking at Jiraiya who was so dirty, Naruto's eyes were full of contempt, as if he understood something, pointing at Jiraiya and shouting angrily:
"What do you mean a man should take a hot spring bath? And what do you mean to collect materials! You are obviously here to peek at women bathing, Toad Sage? Humph, I think you are just a perverted Sage!"
Naruto's voice was so loud that it was heard next door.
"Ahhh, there is a pervert! Sister, hurry up!"
"Wait for me, sister!"
In a few seconds, all the girls next door ran away.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid! Your yelling exposed everything about me! Damn little brat!"
"Hmph, you big pervert!"
"I'm not being perverted! I just get inspiration through peeping to create better works, all for art! What do you know, little brat!"
"You lied! Don't make excuses!"
"But, damn it!" Jiraiya was so angry that his teeth were itching, but getting angry now was not a solution. The girls had all run away, and there was no point in soaking any more.
"Little brat, it's getting late, put on your clothes, I'll take you home!"
"Ah? Leaving now?"
"Nonsense, can't you see it's getting dark? Hurry up and follow me..."
The two put on their clothes, left the hot spring, and walked along the street to Naruto's house.
"Go up, little brat, I'm leaving."
After saying that, Jiraiya turned around and prepared to leave.
Before he took a step, Naruto suddenly called him: "Hey, Lecherous Immortal!"
"I'm not Lecherous Immortal! You rude kid!" Jiraiya turned around and glared at him.
At this moment, he suddenly found that Naruto was looking at him with reluctance:
"Lecherous Immortal, when can you come to accompany me again? I'm really happy to be with you today. This is the first time I have such a feeling and the first time I have been accompanied by someone."
Seeing Naruto's expression, Jiraiya's anger instantly dissipated, and turned into uneasy sadness.
He walked slowly to Naruto and patted his little head gently.
"Don't worry, I will come to see you again soon."
"Really?"
"Yeah, really!"
After getting Jiraiya's affirmative answer, little Naruto smiled happily and ran upstairs excitedly.
"Ah..."
Jiraiya stood alone on the street and took a look at Naruto's house. He didn't leave until the lights in Naruto's house were on.
Before he took a few steps, a woman's voice suddenly called him.
"I thought you were doing something? It turns out you were accompanying a child. What? Do you know him?"
"Oh, it's Tsunade." Jiraiya walked to Tsunade and said, "This child is the legacy left by the Fourth Hokage."
Tsunade was shocked when she heard this: "Is he... the Nine-Tails helper of the village?"
Jiraiya nodded: "Yeah."
Since the end of World War II, due to the death of her younger brother Nawase and her lover Kato Dan, Tsunade was disheartened and left Konoha Village with Dan's niece Shizune. She didn't know Naruto.
"Tsunade, what are you doing here?"
"Of course I came to see you. The old man told me that Uchiha Xia Yu has taken the Root Organization to the Land of Fields. Let's go, we should leave too..."
"...Okay."
"By the way, the old man just added another task."
"Hmm? What task?"
"After dealing with Orochimaru and Uchiha Xia Yu, no one from the Root Organization will be left alive..."
"Ah? Didn't the old man say that the Root Organization is now his people? Why kill them?"
Tsunade shook her head: "I don't know either. He didn't say the reason, but I guess it's because the people in the Root Organization know too much... ”
“…”
Jiraiya frowned: “Tsunade, what happened to our master? After coming back this time, I suddenly felt like I didn’t recognize him.”
“Shh, keep your voice down!” Tsunade interrupted Jiraiya and looked around: “Jiraiya, didn’t you notice? There are people from the Anbu around here…”
Jiraiya: “I know, they are responsible for protecting Naruto, after all, he is the precious Jinchūriki of the village, and they have been following Naruto and me for a long time today. Oh… Forget it, let’s go first, and we can talk on the way if we have anything to say.”
“Well…”
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