bookpub Chapter 37: INAZ - 36
Chapter 37: INAZ - 36
Chapter 37 - INAZ: Chapter 36---
Hiruzen Sarutobi's tea leaves were almost finished. He wondered who could help him get some more later. Thinking of Hiruzen Sarutobi's private stash, Shinji seemed somewhat interested.
"Then... regarding Orochimaru's situation, what else do you know?" Jiraiya frowned and sat down. He didn't sense any chakra from Shinji, and his wariness towards him immediately lessened significantly.
"There's quite a lot. Which aspect does Lord Jiraiya wish to understand?"
"All aspects! Especially the matter of his defection." Jiraiya frowned. Although he knew Orochimaru had defected from the village, he didn't know the details. After receiving the news from Hiruzen Sarutobi, he immediately went to the route Orochimaru took during his defection, intending to ask Orochimaru about it. But he was still shaken off by Orochimaru. They fought fiercely for four days, the battle stretching over a long front. Only after Orochimaru completely shook Jiraiya off did he return to Konoha, full of doubts.
"The reason for Lord Orochimaru's defection... is quite multi-faceted," Shinji looked at the anxious expression on Jiraiya's face. Looks like this could lead to several more transactions.
"Please elaborate." Jiraiya restrained his impatience, though a trace of vigilance and scrutiny remained in his eyes. As one of the Sannin, often undertaking infiltration missions, his alertness was very high.
"Lord Jiraiya, do you think... during the election for the Fourth Hokage... who was more qualified to take the position?" Shinji looked at his reflection in the teacup. Unconsciously, all three Sannin of Konoha had visited the All-Purpose Shop.
"The Fourth Hokage? Naturally, Minato Nami..." Speaking up to this point, Jiraiya suddenly paused. He understood Minato Namikaze, and understood Orochimaru even better. During the Third Shinobi World War, he knew Orochimaru was actually interested in the Hokage position. And in terms of qualifications and experience, Orochimaru was far more suitable than Minato Namikaze to serve as the Fourth Hokage. This could also be seen from their mission counts; Orochimaru completed missions with a standard 996 schedule. However, under the circumstances at that time, Minato Namikaze's reputation in the village was higher than Orochimaru's. Jiraiya was actually somewhat aware of the underlying reasons... But...
"I know Lord Jiraiya has never been interested in the Hokage position, but rather more interested in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy of the Child of Prophecy... Am I correct?" Jiraiya already knew about the Great Toad Sage's prophecy during his youth, but few people knew about the existence of the Child of Prophecy.
"Correct. I have indeed been
"Uh... Deidara?" Jiraiya suddenly spoke to Deidara.
"Hmm? What is it, old man?" Deidara was obediently prepping vegetables when Jiraiya's voice caught his attention.
"Um, can I ask you a question?" Jiraiya asked shamelessly.
"Ask a question? Do you know this is the All-Purpose Shop?" Deidara's mind stirred. Seemed like free labor had just arrived?
"Know, know."
"Then you help me prep the vegetables. After you finish prepping, I'll answer your question," Deidara grinned slyly. So this was how it felt to have free labor?
"Alright!" Jiraiya agreed readily. Wasn't it just prepping vegetables? How hard could it be? Faster than words could describe.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)!" Jiraiya formed hand seals, and two clones instantly appeared beside him.
"You two, prep the vegetables. I'm going to ask questions," Jiraiya assigned the task very naturally.
"Why should we? I want to gather material!"
"Exactly, I was planning to go have a drink." Unexpectedly, Jiraiya's two clones gave him absolutely no face, intending to leave the All-Purpose Shop to do their own things.
"Stay right here!" Jiraiya saw this. Oh ho? Shadow clones trying to have their own ideas? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Thus, under the pressure of the original Jiraiya, the two shadow clones began to miserably prep the small basket of vegetables in front of them.
"Vegetable prepping complete. Can I ask now?" Jiraiya came from a commoner background. He usually cooked for himself when outside. Prepping vegetables was something he was very skilled at.
"Of course. What do you want to ask?" Deidara checked the vegetables Jiraiya prepped and placed them satisfyingly on the stove. Having free labor was indeed very comfortable.
"Your name is Deidara. Then what is your relationship with Ōnoki?" Jiraiya asked cautiously. After all, Deidara's age and physical characteristics were exactly the same as Ōnoki's missing disciple.
"Teacher Ōnoki? He's my teacher," Deidara said nonchalantly.
Indeed! Jiraiya thought internally. He really was that Deidara!
"Then why are you in Konoha?" Jiraiya frowned. The disciple of an enemy village leader being in Konoha? This could be problematic.
"Shinji said... uh... Lord Shinji said he could provide me with a room here that won't be damaged, so I came over. It was too restrictive back in Iwagakure." Deidara spread his hands. This was simply the most tempting condition for Deidara.
"A room that won't be damaged? How could such a thing exist?" Jiraiya was stunned. How could there be a room that couldn't be damaged?
"Don't believe it? Go upstairs and see? If you can damage that room, I'll let you ask another question," Deidara said with a grin. Based on his experiments, that room was impossible to damage!
"Alright! Let's try it!"
"But if you fail, you have to agree to one condition!" Deidara started grinning mischievously.
"No problem! As long as it doesn't harm Konoha's interests, I agree!"
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