"Are you lost?"
Looking at Jiraiya, who had disappeared for two months and suddenly appeared, Naruto's face was full of confusion.
"Ahahaha, the girls in the Land of Snow were too enthusiastic, and I accidentally stayed a few days longer!" Jiraiya scratched his head and laughed.
Naruto rolled his eyes. He didn't believe any girl would be enthusiastic about Jiraiya for two months!
Even if Jiraiya used his money, it would be difficult for the girls to accept the fact that he was a perverted old creep!
"I'll have someone arrange accommodation for you..."
As Naruto spoke, he was about to call someone to take Jiraiya away, but Jiraiya waved his hand and refused.
"No need to bother, I'm leaving the Land of Snow tomorrow!"
Jiraiya suddenly sat on the ground, crossed his legs, took out a bottle of wine and took a sip, "I've been watching what you've been doing during this time. I don't know what your plans are, but no matter what, I don't want you to leave the Konoha!"
Naruto looked at Jiraiya with a blank face and didn't answer.
Jiraiya continued, "The Land of Snow is well-organized and developing rapidly under your rule. It can be seen that you have the potential to be Hokage, but as your teacher, I must advise you, you are still young and shouldn't be in such a hurry for power!"
"I'm not interested in being Hokage," Naruto retorted calmly.
"You don't want to be Hokage, so what are you doing in the Land of Snow for? Killing servants can be said to be to complete the mission, killing noble families can be said to be to eliminate future troubles, but you helped the Land of Snow build a ninja school, improve its military strength, send people to build roads, develop the economy... You really don't want to be Hokage, you want to be the Yukikage~"
"..."
Although Naruto didn't reveal these things openly, or even to Sakura and Sasuke!
But he also knew these things couldn't be hidden from Jiraiya!
That old guy definitely spent the two months he disappeared in the Land of Snow gathering information. He might have even secretly entered the Hidden Yukigakure several times.
"Okay, let's stop talking about this! Although I'm your teacher, I can't force you to do things you don't like! After all, I didn't stay in the Konoha either..."
Jiraiya stood up, swaying a little, "Oh right, you have to be careful of the Akatsuki organization. If you stay in the Land of Snow for too long, they might come looking for you!"
"Originally, I planned to take you traveling around, so that you could avoid the Akatsuki's pursuit and protect your safety, but with your current strength, even without me by your side, you can protect yourself, right? Haha!"
"Speaking of which, you're the least worrying of all my students. Even the Fourth Hokage's talent is far inferior to you!"
"But when I think about it, I really have a good eye for picking students, hahaha!"
The Rinnegan user Nagato, the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze, the Golden Flash Naruto Uzumaki... isn't that a great eye?
Naruto looked at Jiraiya, who was looking smug, and said helplessly, "Where are you planning to go next?"
"Where can I go? Home is where I roam, and I'll continue to collect material for my new book!" Jiraiya grinned.
"Besides that, you're also planning to gather information about the Akatsuki, right?" Naruto exposed Jiraiya's thoughts.
The reason why the original Jiraiya only taught Naruto for three years wasn't because Naruto learned all his skills in three years,
But because Naruto already had a certain ability to protect himself at that time!
In addition, the Konoha had already recovered, and Tsunade's strength had also increased, so Jiraiya was willing to leave Naruto in the Konoha!
Now, Naruto has developed self-protection abilities early on, even without the protection of the Konoha, he is strong enough to fight against the Akatsuki!
Because of this, Jiraiya had the idea of going to gather information about the Akatsuki ahead of time.
Jiraiya looked at Naruto in surprise, "I didn't expect you to be able to guess that, you're pretty good! But don't worry, I'm a professional when it comes to intelligence! This kind of thing is very easy for me!"
"I'm very relieved!"
Naruto's eyes were firm, but his tone changed, "If I'm relieved to let you go, I'll receive news of your death before long!"
Jiraiya: "..."
"I know more about the Akatsuki than you do, and I'll definitely gather more information than you will. If you want to know information about the Akatsuki, you can pay me to buy it!" Naruto added.
Seeing that Jiraiya cared about him, Naruto didn't want Jiraiya to die for nothing.
Anyway, as long as he doesn't have any ideas about destroying the Konoha, Jiraiya won't be on his side of the fight. Even if he lets him live, there won't be any conflict of interests!
"You know about the Akatsuki?" Jiraiya was even more surprised, "Weren't you always in the Konoha? How would you know about the Akatsuki?"
"Uchiha Itachi told me," Naruto said without changing his expression.
In the current situation, only Uchiha Itachi could help him cover up this lie.
"Uchiha Itachi? Why?" Jiraiya asked in confusion, "Why would he tell you these things?"
"Because Uchiha Itachi has always been on the side of the Konoha. He is outwardly a Konoha S-rank missing-nin, but in reality, he is a spy that the Konoha sent into the Akatsuki!" Naruto explained.
"A spy entered the Akatsuki? How is that possible... In order to infiltrate the Akatsuki, Uchiha Itachi destroyed the Uchiha Clan?" Jiraiya said in confusion.
"It was a deal."
Naruto said calmly, "A morally corrupt, dark and vile deal between the Konoha superiors and Uchiha Itachi!"
When the Uchiha clan was wiped out, Jiraiya had already left the Konoha.
So, he knew nothing about the deal between the Konoha superiors and Uchiha Itachi.
But when he heard Naruto evaluate this matter in this way, his heart was a little complicated.
"What exactly happened?" Jiraiya frowned.
"You probably know something about the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and the Konoha superiors, right?" Naruto asked.
Jiraiya nodded, "I understand it roughly, but the Third Hokage has always been working hard to ease these conflicts. Did he fail?"
"The Third Hokage?"
Naruto hesitated for a moment, but still didn't speak ill of the Third Hokage in front of Jiraiya, "Let's say he failed. In short, the Uchiha Clan and the Konoha superiors were like fire and water, so they prepared to rebel!"
"Uchiha Itachi couldn't stop the Uchiha Clan, so he made a deal with the Konoha superiors. He destroyed the Uchiha Clan alone, fled from the village to complete secret missions for the Konoha, and infiltrated the Akatsuki. The condition was that the Konoha superiors could not harm Uchiha Sasuke!"
"How could there be such a thing?!"
Jiraiya opened his mouth wide, his face full of disbelief.
He never imagined that such a thing would happen in the Konoha while he was away!
In order to prevent a rebellion from happening, Uchiha Itachi slaughtered his own clan?
He didn't know whether to sympathize with Uchiha Itachi's determination and pain, praise him for his contribution to the Konoha, or scold him for his stupidity and 'filial piety'!
This was simply outrageous!
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