Guy objected, "Wait a minute, this distance is too short! It should at least be from here to the Village Walls, then turn back and flip to the Bookstore!"
Kakashi waved his hand, "No, that would waste too much time."
Guy tried to ignite Kakashi's fighting spirit, "If you win, I'll pay for the book!"
"Alright! Let's start!" Kakashi agreed readily.
"?" Guy felt like something was off, but he didn't think too much about it. He picked up a small stone and tossed it into the air, "Then we'll start when the stone hits the ground!"
Thud!
The stone landed, and Kakashi and Guy instantly turned into afterimages, dashing out with standard arm-swinging running postures, instead of the ninja run with hands behind their backs.
By the time the two had run far away, the small stone had bounced a few times and come to a stop.
This sunset run was Jiraiya's royalties.
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Hoo hoo~
The half-door curtain at the entrance of the Tavern fluttered. The owner looked up, but didn't see anyone. He counted the number of people in the store to make sure no one had skipped out on the bill, then continued to flip through the ledger, "What's this? Did the wind pick up?"
Jiraiya put down his wine glass, "Was that Kakashi and Guy? What are those two up to?"
"What are you spacing out for, Jiraiya? Pour the wine, pour the wine!" Tsunade, with a drunken flush on her face, slapped the table impatiently.
"Alright, alright, honestly, you've had enough to drink today, haven't you?" Jiraiya reluctantly poured Tsunade a cup.
"Annoying!" Tsunade picked up the wine glass and drained it in one gulp. She hated war, but she also knew that this battle was unavoidable, so she grabbed Jiraiya to drown her sorrows in alcohol, perhaps as a mental suggestion. She felt that when she woke up tomorrow, she would have the courage to face everything.
Jiraiya understood Tsunade, so he let her be willful. Although Tsunade was an alcoholic, a gambler, and violent, Jiraiya knew she was a good girl.
Actually, he didn't like war either, but he was somewhat looking forward to this war:
"The Great Toad Sage said that my disciple will guide the Shinobi World's transformation, perhaps this is the transformation in that prophecy?"
"All you ever do is prophecy, prophecy, pushing everything onto your disciples. Why don't you try harder yourself?" Tsunade glared at him with drunken eyes, "The Great Toad Sage too, always having random dreams. Who knows if the future will turn out that way because it was meant to be, or because fools like you and Minato work hard according to what he says?"
Suddenly saying something so reasonable made Jiraiya unsure whether Tsunade was really drunk or pretending. She even spoke ill of the Great Toad Sage, so she should be really drunk, right?
Jiraiya chuckled, "It's true that I'm a fool. I've spent most of my life running around for a prophecy, and in the end, I'm not sure if I'll see that day. My serious novels don't sell at all, and I keep getting rejected by the person I like. I really am like a fool..."
"Tch, who would like someone who never comes home? Wouldn't that also be a fool?" Tsunade knew herself that there really were fools like that.
"Hahaha..." Jiraiya felt like he had been rejected again, and smiled helplessly, "You're right, maybe someone like me is destined to be on the road forever, with no end."
Tsunade had already collapsed on the table, muttering to herself with her two mounds of conscience, "Who says there won't be an end..."
Jiraiya drank a cup himself, not hearing clearly, and assumed Tsunade was probably saying something drunk, "Boss, check out!"
"Lord Jiraiya, can you please give me an autograph?" The owner trotted over, taking out a copy of Make-Out Tactics and a signing pen.
"Oh? You like this? Of course, no problem!" Meeting his fans was still very happy. Jiraiya took the book and pen, and quickly wrote his Daimyo.
The owner gratefully took the book and said, "Thank you so much, I've read every one of your books. How about I give you a 20% discount on this bill?"
"That would be great." Jiraiya paid the bill, put one of Tsunade's arms on his shoulder, and carried Tsunade away.
This time, they couldn't count on Shizune, because Shizune was frantically dealing with the official duties that Tsunade had dumped on her.
"Master Tsunade is really something, always like this. Next time, I definitely won't care about her!" Shizune quickly browsed through the documents, complaining without looking up.
Tonton, who was obediently lying prone on the table, "Bu-yo~"
"Hehe~" Sakura chuckled softly, "Tonton is right, Shizune-nee said the same thing last time, and isn't she still here cleaning up Master Tsunade's mess?"
"You can still laugh, aren't you also being dragged in to fill in?" Shizune picked up a stack of documents and placed them in front of Sakura, smiling mischievously, "Since Sakura is so happy, I'll leave all of these to you!"
"Shizune-nee! No way~"
With a great war imminent, perhaps everyone has their own special way of relieving stress and building themselves up mentally.
For example, Rock Lee and Gan, Wen, and Cui were doing strange training, Neji and his father Hizashi were sparring with each other, Tenten was repeatedly checking the number of her ninja tools, looking forward to the scene where she would display her divine power with the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Rasengan.
Kiba was 'taking a walk' with Akamaru, weaving through the forest, Shino didn't know what he was doing, Yakumo was checking her painting tools and paints...
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Rain Country border.
Pain asked, "Where is Orochimaru?"
Facing a group of people who looked very strong, Guren was still a little nervous, and answered with a stiff upper lip, "Lord Orochimaru's research is at a critical moment, he said he will appear when necessary, but, I have brought powerful troops."
"A pretentious guy, no wonder Brother Sasori hates him, hmm." Deidara's reattached arm was almost back to normal, and he had prepared a lot of Clay as well, eager to blow up that Little Blondie who had chased him for a long time while he had no Clay.
Kisame smiled cruelly and asked, "Powerful troops, are you referring to yourself?"
"No, they're behind." Guren shook her head, pointed behind her and said, "Those are all Lord Orochimaru's masterpieces, you can see them soon if you want."
"Let me state in advance, if we are not satisfied, then the previous agreement will be voided, and we will settle the score with him properly." Konan warned, she was worried about Orochimaru wanting to study Nagato and Yahiko's bodies.
With a rumbling sound, hundreds of monsters of various sizes walked over, all of which were experimental products created by Orochimaru based on Hiruko's research.
Guren raised her hand, and all the monsters stopped.
"Number 1!"
A monster about the size of a wolf walked to Guren and stood up on its hind legs, which was very inconsistent with the laws of biological movement.
Guren introduced, "This is the weakest of them, it has the strength of a bear, the eyes of an eagle, the speed of a leopard, the ears of a wolf..."
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?Recommendation ticket??Monthly ticket?
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