My Villainous Life Starting with Naruto

Chapter 154 Jiraiya and the One-Eyed Masked Man

five days ago.

On the night of the Fire Festival in the Land of Wind, at the same moment that Hinata Yuto failed to feed her candy.

The Land of Rain, Konoha Camp.

Jiraiya frowned and crumpled the letter.

"Hey, Jiraiya, didn't you ask me to deliver a message to Tsunade?" A little toad looked at the man suspiciously.

"Why did you tear it up while writing?"

"For a writer, their mood can be reflected in their writing. That letter just now, every word of it reeked of a lousy man... Let's just forget about it."

Jiraiya sent the little toad back to Mount Myōboku and sat alone at the table, lost in thought.

Even though his body had fully recovered, Jiraiya could still feel a dull ache.

Nagato Uzumaki, that obedient and quiet disciple, can now crush his own bones without expression. When those mysterious Rinnegan gaze at him, the light emanating from them sends chills down his spine—pain, hatred, and anger, like withered flowers.

Jiraiya, your disciple will bring about unprecedented and profound changes to the world, bringing either stability or destruction. You are the one who will guide this change, and one day you will be forced to make a crucial choice.

The prophecy made by the Toad Sage twenty years ago still resonates in my ears.

When Jiraiya first saw those Rinnegan eyes, he was almost certain that Nagato Uzumaki was the legendary child of prophecy.

The red-haired boy was intelligent, powerful, and possessed eyes comparable to those of immortals. More importantly, having experienced war since childhood, he understood what suffering was and longed for peace from the bottom of his heart.

However, everything has changed. The savior who was once highly anticipated has now become a tormented avenger.

"Nagato, why did you...?"

blow--

Suddenly, a cold wind carrying a damp scent swept by.

Jiraiya's pupils contracted sharply, and his chakra surged within his body. With the slightest thought, he could unleash the Ninja Art: Needle Jizo to protect his entire body.

"As expected of one of the Legendary Sannin... his reaction time is really fast."

Jiraiya turned his head and stared at the mysterious man who was leisurely closing the window.

He wore a peculiar one-eyed mask and a black robe, his clothes completely dry.

Without asking pointless questions like "How did you get in?", Jiraiya stood up and slowly approached the one-eyed masked man with his tall frame.

No matter what your purpose is, trespassing into Konoha's camp means death!

Even if we need to ask questions, we can catch them and ask them later.

"Truly loyal to Konoha," the one-eyed masked man murmured.

"Jiraiya, my goal is to become the leader of Akatsuki."

The tall, white-haired man suddenly stopped.

"...Nagato Uzumaki?"

"I imagine Konoha must desperately want to eliminate the Rinnegan, which is their enemy, right?"

"If this is the issue, you should go to Minato; he's the commander on the front lines."

"No, Jiraiya. Minato Namikaze is the commander-in-chief. He would consider casualties and the consequences. Besides, declaring war on another ninja village requires the Hokage's personal approval. But you're different; you won't have so many concerns." The one-eyed masked man paused, then continued:

"Because you'll stop at nothing to kill Nagato Uzumaki whenever you see an opportunity...right?"

"I heard you two were master and disciple, but more than half a year ago, when he broke through the Four Red Sun Formation, you fought each other. Ha, you were both aiming to kill each other, without holding back at all. You really are worthy of being master and disciple, aren't you?"

"I don't care why they turned against each other, or why they had such murderous intent towards their former disciple."

"However, this murderous intent is the foundation of our cooperation!"

The one-eyed masked man took out a scroll, placed it on the ground, and gently pushed it. The scroll rolled to Jiraiya's feet.

"Jiraiya, the details of our cooperation are all here. Whether you follow them or not is your choice."

His body merged with the ground like a candle and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Jiraiya neither stopped it nor moved, like a broken pointer.

One day, you will be forced to make a major choice.

……

Five days later.

"Master, I'm leaving." Namikaze Suiyou, with a Flying Thunder God kunai strapped to his back, sighed to Jiraiya.

"If the Hidden Stone Village launches a major offensive against the Hidden Grass Village and is indeed defeated by the Tsuchikage and his forces, the northern part of the Land of Fire will be indefensible. We must stop them!"

"Teacher, I'm leading a third of my followers to support Kusagakure. You just need to guard the homeland in the Land of Rain... Haha, you're an old hand, so I won't say any more."

Shuimen waved his hand and left the house.

Jiraiya looked in the direction Minato had left, and faintly heard his apprentice's voice:

"Call Kakashi and the others over. I have a mission for them..."

Jiraiya didn't hear what was said after that, nor did he care to listen.

He remembered clearly that the first sentence on the scroll the one-eyed masked man had given him was, "Five days from now, lead more than three thousand Konoha ninja to attack Amegakure."

When Jiraiya first saw this sentence, he scoffed at the one-eyed masked man's plan.

—Minato is the commander. Although I can command the front-line troops, it is simply impossible to deceive Minato. The first step of the plan is impossible!

But now, the water gate has been diverted.

The one-eyed masked man... does he have a way to influence Iwagakure's decision?

Jiraiya thought to himself as he watched Minato lead his army away.

The mysterious man's power was more terrifying than imagined, but the attack from Iwagakure and Minato's departure also proved that this cooperation was definitely not a conspiracy orchestrated by Nagato Uzumaki.

Amegakure doesn't have that much power yet.

A few hours later, as darkness fell, Jiraiya silently donned his armor, mustered three thousand Konoha ninja, and launched an attack on Amegakure.

He made his choice.

Compared to the "Rinnegan that could potentially destroy the world," the risks I bear are nothing.

Jiraiya was even mentally prepared that if anything unexpected happened, he would have all the Konoha troops withdraw, while he would cover the rear alone!

boom!

boom!

Two small wisps of smoke rose, and Fukasaku and Shima appeared on Jiraiya's shoulders.

"Please help me enter Sage Mode, thank you so much, you two immortals..."

"Jiraiya, you don't look well. What's wrong? Still having a headache over finding the Child of Prophecy?"

"The Child of Prophecy has probably been found." Jiraiya forced a smile, feigning nonchalance.

"But now, I'm going to kill him, hahaha..."

Fukasaku and Shima exchanged a glance, asked no further questions, and simply began to slowly absorb the natural energy.

Before long, Jiraiya's appearance began to change. Small bumps appeared on his skin, and a unique facial pattern appeared on his face. His chakra increased rapidly at a geometric speed, transforming into powerful Sage Chakra.

—Sage Mode, activated!

Jiraiya opened his eyes, revealing rectangular pupils.

boom!

He burst through the rain and ran at the forefront of the Konoha troops, no longer confused.

You have to deal with the trouble you planted yourself.

(End of this chapter)