Three months later...
"Lord Naruto, Lady Tsunade is calling for you at the Hokage building again."
"I'm not going. Just say I'm not home, that I went on a trip!"
Other Konoha ninja can't leave Konoha Village whenever they want, but Naruto doesn't have that limit.
Having power means you can do whatever you want!
"But... Lady Tsunade came herself this time."
"???"
A question mark appeared over Naruto's head, and he saw Tsunade swaggering in, then sitting down in front of him without any grace.
"You've used the 'traveling' excuse eighteen times already. If you're going to refuse me, you should at least come up with something new, right?"
Tsunade pouted unhappily, then put a sake bottle that came from who knows where to her mouth and took a drink.
"Is something on your mind? It can't be because I'm not doing missions, right?" Naruto asked, looking at Tsunade's flushed face, puzzled.
Tsunade was silent for a moment, then said, "Jiraiya is planning to go to Amegakure Village."
Naruto frowned, "What's the reason?"
"He's going to try to get one of his former students to change his ways." Tsunade pouted, "Even teachers shouldn't be so stubborn!"
"Saying his student went down the wrong path, and as a teacher, he has a responsibility to help him back on the right track, honestly, acting like he's so responsible."
"Aren't you the same?"
Naruto glanced at Tsunade and said quietly, "You clearly hated being Hokage before, but now that you're Hokage, aren't you working very hard?"
Tsunade drank some sake without agreeing or disagreeing, "Enough about me, regarding Jiraiya... I hope you can go with him."
Naruto chuckled softly, "Aren't you afraid I'll be a lamb thrown into a tiger's den?"
"Would you be a lamb?" Tsunade retorted.
Would he be a lamb?
Of course not!
With his current power, destroying any force in the ninja world as it is now would be easy.
He only asked that to tease her.
"Although I'm not a lamb, I still don't plan to go."
Tsunade frowned, and just as she was about to say something, she saw Naruto continue, "Tell Jiraiya that as long as I'm in Konoha, Nagato will come himself sooner or later. He doesn't need to rush to Amegakure Village to find him."
"As a ninja, he should have patience!"
Tsunade's eyes lit up, and she nodded, saying, "I understand, I'll go find him now!"
Although Naruto refused her, this was indeed a good idea.
As long as Jiraiya knows that Nagato will come to Konoha Village sooner or later, he definitely won't go...
But will things really develop as she thinks?
No one knows Jiraiya's thoughts.
That evening,
Tsunade called Jiraiya out and told him what Naruto had said.
"Oh? That's a good idea, but doing so might bring disaster to Konoha."
Jiraiya muttered, "Tsunade, as Hokage, do you want Konoha to fall into a crisis of destruction?"
Tsunade was stunned, "Is that why you have to go to Amegakure Village?"
"Not entirely."
Jiraiya silently watched the sunset for a while, then suddenly asked, "Tsunade, do you believe in Naruto?"
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya in confusion, she didn't know why Jiraiya would say something like that.
This kind of question shouldn't come from Jiraiya's mouth at all.
"Why are you asking that? Don't you believe in your own student?"
"I believe in him, but... I still want to confirm it myself!"
Most of the information they got about the Akatsuki Organization came from what Naruto said.
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Jiraiya doesn't suspect that his student would lie to him, but the accuracy of the information isn't determined by whether a person is lying!
To prevent Konoha from encountering trouble in the future due to incorrect information, he needs to personally confirm some things!
He has too many reasons to go to Amegakure Village himself!
Tsunade was speechless for a moment, then said after a while, "You're still worried about Naruto, aren't you?"
Jiraiya looked at the white clouds in the sky and didn't answer Tsunade.
Seeing that Jiraiya wasn't speaking, Tsunade continued, "Naruto's talent and power surpass all the previous Hokage, even my grandfather probably isn't his match! But... Naruto is too young! And too lazy!"
"Compared to the other ninja in Konoha, Naruto's laziness makes him seem like an ordinary person."
"He doesn't have the responsibility and ideal of protecting Konoha and everyone, and he's even less hardworking than the trouble-avoiding Nara clan!"
"Of course, most importantly - Yukigakure Village!"
Naruto's side job as Yukikage in Yukigakure Village can be hidden from others, but not from Jiraiya!
Jiraiya is free and goes to observe Naruto, monitor Naruto!
So he knows exactly what Naruto has been doing during this time!
Of course, this is also because Naruto didn't want to hide it at all.
He never worries about others knowing what he has done.
"Are you planning to use your sacrifice to awaken Naruto's sense of responsibility for Konoha?"
Tsunade pouted, "Tch! You're an old bone, and you're still doing things so naively!"
"I'm not thinking of doing something so foolish!"
Jiraiya retorted, "That heartless Naruto wouldn't even go with me to Amegakure Village, how could my sacrifice possibly change his mind?"
"That's true, useless teacher."
"..."
Jiraiya sighed and said, "Naruto has his own path to walk. If he's willing to stand up and take on this responsibility, he will definitely be the one who can bring change to the entire ninja world!"
"But even if he doesn't stand up... I still believe he can do it!"
"As his teacher, I have nothing left to teach him, and he doesn't need my help! But Nagato still needs me! Konoha still needs me!"
After Jiraiya finished speaking, he pretended to be relaxed again, "For Konoha, and for my responsibility as a teacher, I must confirm this matter, but I will be careful! I cherish my life a lot!"
After saying so much, Tsunade still couldn't keep Jiraiya.
Although Jiraiya is unreliable, he will definitely do what he has decided to do!
He is also a very stubborn person!
"Then be careful, and put your own safety first! Don't overdo it... understand?"
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with worry in her eyes, "If even you die... I..."
"Will you cry for me? Then I'll be very happy!"
Jiraiya said with a smiling face, "But it probably won't be as sad as you were for Dan back then, right?"
"Idiot..." Tsunade said expressionlessly.
"Haha, then let's bet with your favorite gambling game?"
Jiraiya said with a smile, "You bet I'll die, anyway, you always lose. But when I come back..."
The two looked at each other,
Tsunade's face was red, and Jiraiya's face was serious.
But the next moment, Jiraiya laughed out loud.
"Hahaha, just kidding, just kidding! Actually, I'm very grateful to you!"
Jiraiya took out his personal writing and said with a proud face, "Men become stronger after being dumped, which means that if a man doesn't have the grace to laugh it off, he won't be a real man! You have to be able to use these things as inspiration."
"Do men have to be strong?" Tsunade asked in confusion.
"Something like that, and happiness shouldn't be a man's pursuit," Jiraiya smiled.
"Hmph, what are you showing off? You don't even have the right to be dumped if you don't have a woman," Tsunade chuckled.
"Haha, that's true!"
Jiraiya looked at the dim sky, "It's late!"