142. Yahiko, Nagato, And Konan

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"Is this Konoha? It's not that great!"

The streets of Konoha were bustling, with dense pedestrians, hawking sounds everywhere, and a strong commercial atmosphere.

The person he transformed into was a young boy, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with blond hair, handsome looks, and a cheerful personality. He was looking around, taking in everything in front of him.

"Yahiko, this place is much more prosperous than the Rain Country. You need to tell the truth. Lies will not satisfy you."

The speaker was a girl with light blue semi-long hair and a lavender cuckoo tail flower on her head.

She looked beautiful.

The boy next to the two had red hair and covered one of his eyes. He looked around curiously with the exposed eye.

He ignored the two's words and asked the tall man next to him, "Teacher Jiraiya, has it always been like this?"

Jiraiya, who was dressed in a robe, already had the atmosphere of the original plot.

He was looking around with wide eyes, trying to find a familiar scene.

He scratched his head and laughed, "This is not bad. Konoha has changed a lot recently."

The streets on both sides of the street were lined with shops and pubs, but none of them were familiar to Jiraiya. He felt as if he had been here for decades instead of a few years. Konoha had changed so much.

"What? Teacher Jiraiya doesn't know what Konoha is like?" the yellow-haired boy muttered.

"Don't worry, don't worry, let me think about which way to go."

Jiraiya found himself a little lost, which was a bit unexpected for him. He hadn't been back for a few years, and Konoha had changed so much that he was a little surprised.

It wasn't that he hadn't received intelligence from the village over the years, and he knew a little about the situation. He was mentally prepared, but after seeing all this, Jiraiya found that he had thought too simply.

"Hara, that kid, has done a good job in the past few years."

While speaking, he pointed in a direction and said, "It's over there, it should be right. Let's go, I'll take you home first."

As they were talking, they walked forward, and the three boys hurriedly followed, curious about everything around them, looking around.

"Wow, so many ninja tools!"

"Hey, look at that, is it a place that adults like to go?"

"Ah, what is that? Why are girls wearing so little clothes?"

As they were talking, the four of them passed by a large storefront, and through the door, they saw women in cool clothes walking around. The three boys were very curious, but Jiraiya was already a little unable to walk.

"Wow, when did Konoha open a brothel like this, hehehe, let's go in and take a look," Jiraiya said, and turned to walk in.

Bang!

The girl among the three jumped up and kicked Jiraiya in the waist, angrily saying, "A**hole Jiraiya-sensei, don't always go to places like this! We are here for a mission!"

Puff!

Jiraiya was kicked and fell to the ground, but quickly turned over and stood up, scratching his head and said, "Ahaha, I forgot, sorry, sorry."

As he spoke, someone gently pressed his shoulder.

"When?"

Jiraiya was shocked. He had never expected that someone would approach him silently.

Swish!

He instantly distanced himself from the figure and turned around to see the face of the person who had appeared.

With long blond hair tied behind her head, she was wearing a wide green robe, and her expression was inexplicably contemptuous, looking at him quietly.

"Ah?"

Jiraiya was startled, then opened his eyes wide, and said in disbelief: "Tsunade? You are actually in the village? Wow, I haven't seen you for a few years, you have changed a lot, hiss... so feminine!"

Tsunade's eyelids twitched, and she silently clenched her fists.

A figure suddenly appeared on the side, silently, and then silently stepped back.

"Orochimaru?"

Seeing the sudden appearance of the figure, Jiraiya widened his eyes again.

"Why are you here, and come to find me on purpose? Hahaha, my friends, I really trouble you."

Jiraiya said and stepped forward, ready to have a good talk with the two people he had not seen in a long time.

But the next moment, there was a fist in front of him that was rapidly enlarged, and the familiar air pressure instantly hit him, making Jiraiya come back to his senses. He couldn't help but want to avoid it.

Then there was a sharp pain on his face. That familiar feeling made Jiraiya scream, and he flew back more than ten meters and fell heavily into a garbage dump.

"Humph, garbage should be put in a place where it belongs."

As she spoke, Tsunade blew on her fist and focused her eyes on the three boys. Feeling the tension on them, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"Hey, three little brats, are you the disciples that Jiraiya took in the Rain Country?" Tsunade asked.

"You...you...you beat Teacher Jiraiya to death?" The boy with short orange hair widened his eyes, dazed.

"Tsk."

Tsunade sneered: "That guy's vitality is much stronger than you think, he can't die."

"Puhaha!"

In the garbage dump, Jiraiya turned over, wiped his nosebleed, and appeared in front of them. He patted the dust off his body, then said: "Tsunade, you're still as enthusiastic as ever. How about finding a pub to have a drink?"

Jiraiya didn't seem to realize he had just been beaten and instead looked quite excited.

Tsunade sneered, looked at Jiraiya with contempt again, and said coldly: "I don't have time to waste with you. Let's go, I still have things to do after taking you back."

Orochimaru also stepped forward at this time, came to Jiraiya, and looked at him before shaking his head slightly: "Your personality doesn't seem to have changed."

Jiraiya casually threw his arm around Orochimaru's shoulders and leaned close to him: "You seem to have changed a lot. What have you been doing recently?"

Orochimaru didn't hide it and said, "I'm doing some experiments. There are many things that Hara-kun has asked me to do, and I'm also very busy."

"Really? After Hara became Hokage, I thought the old man would be very reluctant, but I didn't expect Hara to do so well," Jiraiya said.

Orochimaru added, "You underestimate Hara-kun. He is the best in the ninja world in all aspects. He has accomplished a lot in the past few years..."

Jiraiya listened to Orochimaru's words, slapped his head, and said: "I forgot a little. These three little guys are my disciples from the Rain Country: Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan."

Orochimaru just glanced at the three of them, nodded slightly, and asked: "You've taught them for so long. You won't teach them all your skills, will you? Don't forget, they're ninjas from another village. You'll be in trouble if you do this."

Jiraiya didn't seem to care, scratching his head with a smile: "It's not a big problem. I'll explain it to Hara."

At this time, Tsunade said, "Do the three little brats want to get a good ranking in this Chūnin exam? That's probably difficult."

Yahiko couldn't help it and shouted loudly: "Oba-san, don't underestimate people!"

After the words fell, the scene went quiet! (T/N: So.. you chose death)