They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 11 Jiraiya's Great Adventure

The morning sunlight filtered through the leaves, dappling the streets of Konoha Village.

After that C-rank mission, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya returned to their daily routine of doing D-rank missions.

They are currently helping villages near Konoha with farming and driving away wild animals.

This task was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut for the three of them; it was so boring it made them want to doze off.

"Hey Tsunade, your dark circles are almost like a panda's. Were you out thieving last night?"

Jiraiya walked with his hands behind his head, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, looking nonchalant, but his eyes darted furtively towards Tsunade.

Tsunade paused, glaring at Jiraiya's grinning face with annoyance.

She subconsciously rubbed her eyes to hide her fatigue.

Her gaze unconsciously drifted towards Orochimaru, who was walking ahead with a calm and composed gait.

"nothing."

Tsunade gave a vague reply, her voice carrying a hint of barely perceptible sorrow.

nothing?
snort!
It's all thanks to someone!
What special learning method? It's nothing but hellish training!
Just thinking about those piles of exam papers for "Molecular and Cellular Theory" and "Fundamentals of Immunology" gave Tsunade a headache.

Although Orochimaru's summary of knowledge points is very good and this method of learning is very efficient, it is somewhat mentally taxing.

Jiraiya had only meant it as a casual joke, but seeing Tsunade's reaction, especially when she glanced at Orochimaru with a resentful look, he was instantly stunned.

Immediately afterwards, countless R-rated images flashed through his mind, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

Orochimaru... Tsunade... dark circles under her eyes... secret teaching?!

What the hell!

Jiraiya felt he had discovered a shocking secret!
Orochimaru! You're really something!

"Wow, you're something else! You usually seem so cold, but I didn't expect you to be so quick! Hey bro, can you teach me a thing or two?"

He lunged forward, grabbed Orochimaru's shoulder, winked and made exaggerated gestures, his eyes filled with a lewd glint that seemed to say, "Brother, I understand you."

"?"

Orochimaru was taken aback by Jiraiya's sudden action and inexplicable words.

He frowned slightly, looking at Jiraiya's lewd smile and Tsunade's dark expression...

In a flash, Orochimaru understood.

What kind of unhealthy, lewd nonsense is Jiraiya thinking about now!
"You're overthinking it. No matter what, I wouldn't lay a hand on a girl who's not fully developed."

Orochimaru calmly brushed Jiraiya's hand away and casually offered an explanation.

The air fell silent the moment those words were spoken.

"Sigh~"

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya's smile froze, and he couldn't help but gasp.

To dare say such things in front of Tsunade, that violent woman, is truly remarkable. Orochimaru has easily accomplished what he himself could not.

Turning to look at Tsunade, Jiraiya noticed her face darken and wisely stepped aside.

Little girl?
hypoplasia?!
boom!
A surge of anger rushed straight to the top of Tsunade's head!

"You bastard Jiraiya! Die!"

Tsunade roared, her pent-up resentment and the embarrassment of being hit where it hurt instantly erupting. She swung her fist and smashed it towards Jiraiya.

Huh?! No, why did you hit me?
Jiraiya was stunned, before he could even react.

The fist, imbued with monstrous strength, slammed mercilessly into Jiraiya's face, who was still in a daze!
"boom!"

With a muffled thud, accompanied by Jiraiya's scream, he flew out like a kite with a broken string in a perfect parabola, crashing heavily into a pile of trash cans in the distance.

Having dealt with the culprit, Tsunade was still furious. She turned her head sharply and snorted heavily at Orochimaru, who had a calm and even somewhat innocent expression on his face!
"Humph!"

Then she turned her head away angrily and refused to look at him again.

"..."

Orochimaru was somewhat confused.

It's one thing to beat up Jiraiya, after all, that guy really deserved it.

But what are you humming to yourself?
He wasn't wrong, was he?

Forget it... Orochimaru quickly gave up on wasting brain cells on this kind of thing. His past experience told him that women's minds were much harder to understand than academic papers and lab reports.

On the other side, Jiraiya crawled out of the pile of trash cans, grinning, with a clear fist mark on his face and some unknown liquid hanging from the corner of his mouth.

"Cough cough... Tsunade, you went way too far..."

Jiraiya rubbed his face as he spoke, giving Orochimaru a resentful look.

Upon hearing this, Tsunade cracked her knuckles.

"Stop, stop, stop! I was wrong, I was wrong, okay?! Stop hitting me! Let's talk seriously!"
"Consider yourselves lucky! Today I'll show you the new ninjutsu I learned from the old man!"

Seeing that Tsunade was showing signs of another outburst, Jiraiya's expression changed, and he forcibly changed the subject.

As he spoke, he bit his finger until it bled, and then quickly formed hand seals!
Hai – Xu – You – Shen – Wei!
"what?"

Seeing the familiar hand seal sequence and the blood on his fingertips, Orochimaru's eyes flickered slightly.

The art of spiritualism?

So Jiraiya learned the art of summoning spirits from the Third Hokage?
If I remember correctly, Jiraiya's summoning beasts should have been the group of toads from Mount Myōboku.

This is a good opportunity to see for myself.

Tsunade temporarily forgot her earlier displeasure and watched Jiraiya perform hand seals with curiosity.

However, the next moment.

Just when Orochimaru thought Jiraiya would also summon a toad.

"puff!"

A soft sound, accompanied by white smoke from the activation of a ninjutsu.

Jiraiya... just vanished on the spot.

What about people?

Did they summon nothing at all?

Or...did it summon itself away?

Watching Jiraiya disappear, Orochimaru and Tsunade fell into deep thought.

……

at the same time.

A strange environment never seen before, filled with enormous plants and misty humidity.

Jiraiya stood there, completely bewildered.

He looked around at the mushroom-shaped plants that were bigger than houses, and at the giant toad that was squatting not far away, its size comparable to a small mountain, curiously examining him with its huge eyes with horizontal striped pupils.

Jiraiya fell into a long silence.

who am I?
where am I?
What the hell is this?
……

Konoha Village, Hokage's office.

"what?!"

After listening to Orochimaru and Tsunade's report, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly stood up from his chair, his expression instantly becoming extremely solemn.

"Nonsense! Utter nonsense!"

"Spiritual communication techniques are not something to be used carelessly!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression changed drastically, and he paced back and forth in his office.

Jiraiya's foundation was very weak, and the only way he could think of to become strong in a short time was to find a powerful summoning beast!
However, powerful spirit beast clans often test those who sign contracts!

For example, Enma, who signed a contract with his Sarutobi clan, is a case in point...

So he has been selecting suitable summoning beasts for Jiraiya for a while, and hasn't had time to formally sign a contract with him yet!
I can't believe this idiot actually used it...

"Hiss~ If you forcibly use a summoning jutsu without signing a contract, you will be randomly teleported to the habitat of a summoning beast whose chakra nature is similar to that of the caster..."

Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but gasp, feeling a slight headache.

The scope of "similar" is too broad; who knows where Jiraiya might be teleported to...

(End of this chapter)