Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 164 Arguments and Reconciliations

The news that Konoha had expelled Orochimaru was enough to make the front page of the newspapers.

Therefore, Jiraiya, who was far away outside the village, also learned of this news.

Jiraiya hurried back to the village, finally returning a month after Orochimaru was expelled.

The first thing he did upon returning to the village was to find Youya.

"Big brother!"

Yuya, who was handling official business, looked up and saw Jiraiya rush in.

Then Jiraiya leaned closer to Yua and asked nervously, "You really banished Orochimaru?! Why?! Why?!"

Yuya looked at Jiraiya speechlessly. "You're here too?"

Unfortunately, Jiraiya wasn't Tsunade, and Yua was too lazy to explain to Jiraiya again, so she simply kicked him out of the office.

After Jiraiya found Tsunade, he finally breathed a sigh of relief after learning the whole story from her.

Tsunade, holding Yuru in her arms, scolded Jiraiya, "You still know he's your older brother! You rushed into the Hokage's office without even understanding what was going on."

"That's only because of you; anyone else would have been severely punished."

Jiraiya chuckled and then became excited when he saw Yuru: "Is this my niece? Oh my, so cute~ so adorable~"

Tsunade, looking disgusted, pulled Yuru back: "You're the one who's disgusted. Do you think I don't know what you've been doing these past few days?"

Jiraiya was taken aback, then immediately felt guilty: "W-what is it? What is it that I can't let anyone know?"

Tsunade sneered, "When you went to the Land of Rivers to soak in the hot springs, you were chased by the entire village. Do you think you could hide that from anyone?!"

Jiraiya shrank back, he actually knew... Then, do you know about other, even more outrageous things?

Meeting Jiraiya's probing gaze, Tsunade grew even angrier, grabbing a feather duster and striking him: "You've gone to so many brothels! Did you really think I didn't know?!"

Jiraiya begged for mercy repeatedly, while Yuki watched with great interest, clapping and cheering for his mother.

After a moment of hesitation, Jiraiya suddenly realized, "Wait a minute! How come you know everything about me when I was out there?!"

Tsunade snorted and told Yugi to go back to his room and take his sister away. Then she spoke with Jiraiya about the arrangements for Yua after Jiraiya left.

In short, Jiraiya not only sends Yua letters regularly to greet her, but also provides information about the surrounding area in addition to ordinary greetings. However, these are not the main points. Yua knows Jiraiya's location so that if an emergency occurs there, Yua can directly arrange for someone to give Jiraiya a mission.

After all, telephones are now available, but they come with wires.

Later, with the widespread use of wireless phones, giving orders to Jiraiya and the other ninjas outside became much easier.

Meanwhile, Yuya also arranged for a team of ninjas to follow Jiraiya and report on his situation regularly.

This team of ninjas was composed of elites selected from the Anbu.

Jiraiya now possesses the strength of a Jonin, but without the Sage Mode, he cannot sense the presence of the ninjas following him.

In fact, even if Jiraiya had learned it, he would have had a hard time sensing it without activating Sage Mode.

Jiraiya is a bit numb, so he's...

Are you being monitored?

He was a little angry, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Yua still sent him money every month after he left. He told Yua that he was looking for the Child of Prophecy, but he knew that this reason was nonsense. Yua actually believed it and continued to send money every month. After thinking about it, Jiraiya felt that he really couldn't ask for too much.

As for what Yua herself thought, it was naturally because the original history of Jiraiya's death was rather absurd.

Imagine a top-tier ninja like the Sannin going on an infiltration mission to the Land of Rain, only to be instantly killed.

The bodies are gone.

When the news reached Konoha, Tsunade was heartbroken, but as the Fifth Hokage, she could only focus on the information Jiraiya had sent back.

As for Naruto, he could only grieve alone, because there was no body. Even after Jiraiya's death, Naruto couldn't kneel before Jiraiya's corpse...

Although Jiraiya should be safe now according to the plot, the Second Shinobi World War is about to break out.

Because of the influence of Yua, the world has long since deviated from its original historical trajectory. It would be a joke to think that Jiraiya is safe outside.

He's my underling after all, so it's only right that I take care of him.

Moreover...

Jiraiya isn't as strong as he was when he was one of the Legendary Sannin.

Besides, wouldn't it be dangerous if they had it? When Jiraiya fought Hanzo of the Salamander, it wasn't a three-on-one fight, and he couldn't have won.

He wasn't strong at that time.

What? How did you know?

Is it possible that... if Jiraiya had already learned Sage Mode by this time, then Hanzo the Salamander wouldn't have been a match for Jiraiya alone?

It's not that I look down on Hanzo the Salamander, but if Jiraiya had learned Sage Mode, then with Tsunade and Orochimaru, and even their summoned beasts, they should be able to defeat Hanzo.

Therefore, Jiraiya must have learned Sage Mode after the end of World War II.

Of course, that was the original Naruto history. Now, so many things have changed, it's normal for Jiraiya to have learned it earlier.

However, it won't be too early.

After all, Jiraiya's talent was not as good as Minato Namikaze and the young prince, and his Sage Mode still needed the help of the two toad sages.

Jiraiya finally managed to touch Yuru's little cheek.

Yuru, who is only a little over a year old, is so cute that Jiraiya was completely captivated by her.

As for the travelogue...

Well, although she's cute too, Jiraiya thinks Yuru is cuter than Yuru.

In the end, Tsunade felt that Jiraiya, who was out drinking and having affairs with women, was too dirty. Letting him touch Yuru was already a favor to him. If Yuru were corrupted by this guy, then it would be all over.

So Tsunade kicked Jiraiya out.

What? You're saying Yu Lu is only a year and a half old, how could she have gone astray?

Look at Tsunade herself; she learned to walk, run, and jump at the age of three and followed behind the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. She learned to gamble at the age of four.

Tsunade knows her own situation and of course she wouldn't allow Yuru to be like her.

Yuru's father was such a good person. He was willing to shoulder heavy responsibilities for the village, loved his family, and was well-liked. Tsunade didn't want Yuru to have a personality like hers.

You Lu's personality is best like her father's.

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief after being kicked out by Tsunade, and then wandered around Konoha Village.

When he returned, Jiraiya didn't linger at all because of Orochimaru's matter. He went straight to the Hokage's office and later came to Tsunade to find out the details. He hadn't even had a proper tour of Konoha yet.

It has to be said that after being away from the village for several years, the changes are simply too great.

Especially people like Jiraiya who have returned from outside.

The change was like suddenly arriving in an international metropolis from an African tribe.

Although it can't compare to that level, the mentality is the same.

In particular, there are many things that I've never seen before.

For example, a car that occasionally passes by on the bus.

The cars currently belong to the government and have not yet been put on sale. This is because Konoha Village currently has a population of nearly one million across four districts, and opening up car sales would inevitably lead to traffic congestion.

Sales can only begin after the underground parking garage and other facilities are built.

However, the underground parking lot will definitely be located later in the plan.

Now, Konoha Village needs to start building a transit station and establishing connections.

Although Orochimaru had already mastered the technology of converting wired to wireless telephones before he left, widespread adoption would still require a lot of trial and error, and would take at least a few years.

In the next few years, let's focus on making telephone lines widely available.

The sooner this technology becomes widespread, the more convenient it will be.

Therefore, there is construction going on everywhere in Konoha Village now.

At the same time, we are digging underground cables. Although the network signal and other issues are not yet resolved, it's better to be prepared than to have to dig and re-bury the cables later. It's much more convenient to dig them now and make them into sealed boxes, so we can just open the boxes when needed.

This meant that during the daytime, people were busy outside Konoha Village because the factories were all located outside.

Now, both the outside and inside of Konoha Village are busy.

To be fair, if Yua hadn't moved some polluting and inefficient factories like candy factories, paper mills, and chemical plants to the Land of Whirlpools, the freed-up manpower would have been used to train employees for the power plant.

There might not even be enough workers left in Konoha Village right now.

Okay, maybe not.

This is really interesting; even now, Konoha Village is still in a cycle of manpower shortage.

There is never a day when there is a shortage of people.

As Jiraiya strolled around, his old habit kicked in again.

We strolled straight to the bustling commercial street.

In the Naruto world, the profession of courtesan is an open secret.

Yuya does not intend to ban it, but it is very strict in its management and has also written infidelity into the law.

Of course, the law also requires that there be a plaintiff and a defendant.

The current situation in Konoha Village is that some people don't mind successful men marrying two or more wives.

This brings us to the two wives of the First Hokage.

This is exactly the case, as the saying goes, "Those who start trouble will have no descendants."

However, Yuya also had something to say: a family can only have one legal wife.

So monogamy is indeed guaranteed by law. As for other things, if you think he/she is cheating, then sue him/her! Don't be a coward!

Even so, the dozen or so brothels in the commercial street's brothel area are basically packed every day.

There's really nothing we can do about it, after all, this is Konoha Village.

Do you even realize how valuable Konoha Village is?

Women from outside villages try every means to come and work at the brothel. Although they don't have official ID cards from Konoha, they can get married to someone they like and then obtain residency rights.

Yuya is aware of this bug-exploiting technique, but he doesn't want to get involved for now. If those guys go too far, Yuya will definitely intervene.

For example, if a brothel keeps more than a hundred women from other countries, Youya would definitely have to intervene.

Your brothel is a place where rich people drink and eat, and occasionally dance to liven things up. I can't and don't want to interfere if men and women who like each other go to a hotel. But if you really dare to go in that direction and turn a place that was originally for cultural performances into a pimping place, then I'll kill you.

These brothels cannot be shut down. If they were shut down, some wealthy scumbags who think about sex every day would definitely cause trouble.

Therefore, we can only manage it as best we can, and it all depends on whether these bosses are sensible or not.

Jiraiya came with great excitement.

However, upon entering the brothel, they were greatly disappointed.

He discovered that the beautiful women here all came from other villages.

That's normal. What woman from Konoha's inner city would work at a brothel for no reason?

Women in Konoha's inner city, who each own two houses, need to work in a place like this.

Are you kidding me!

Therefore, Jiraiya inexplicably felt that he had not yet returned to Konoha Village.

Moreover, the women here are just entertainers; at most, they'll feed you a few bites of food and give you a few sips of wine.

Jiraiya found it even more boring.

In other villages, they can do whatever they want with you!

So Jiraiya went out and wandered around for a while, eventually ending up in a familiar place.

Konoha Great Bath.

Upon entering, he was immediately stunned.

The original small bathhouse has been expanded several times in size!

In addition, there are public rest areas, food areas, beverage areas, chess and card areas, sports areas, and so on.

You Ya designed it based on the bathhouses in Northeast China from his previous life. Of course, he was also the boss behind the scenes. He would occasionally bring his wife and children here to bathe, so he would naturally make it more upscale and classy.

Jiraiya had never seen anything like this before. He stayed there for three days, and the various novel things to do and eat made him feel like he was in paradise.

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before her true colors were revealed, and the bathhouse security guards dragged her out of the women's bathhouse and threw her onto the street.

Afterwards, Jiraiya was given a punishment notice that he was not allowed to enter the bathhouse for a year.

Jiraiya was on the verge of tears.

Why can't I control my legs?

But it's alright, Jiraiya himself was actually preparing to leave Konoha again.

Since Orochimaru's expulsion from Konoha wasn't what he thought, and Orochimaru and his older brother were still secretly keeping in touch, what did Jiraiya have to care about?

There's nothing to worry about now, so let's continue our journey to find the Child of Prophecy.

Oh right...

Before leaving, Jiraiya found Yua and handed her a draft of a novel he had written.

Yuya immediately became interested, after all, the original Jiraiya was a "great writer".

Unfortunately, Youya was disappointed.

This book is a very serious novel.

It tells the story of a ninja killing enemies on the battlefield.

Yuya glanced at it casually and handed it to Jiraiya: "You know your writing is terrible, right?"

Jiraiya nodded: "After all, I've never been on a real battlefield, so I can't write any relevant descriptions."

Yuya nodded. In the original history, Jiraiya wrote the book while Kushina was pregnant, long after the Second Shinobi World War had ended.

Although Jiraiya, who had never experienced war, longed to write a ninja autobiography, he couldn't write it because he lacked material.

After thinking for a moment, Yuya pointed out a place to Jiraiya.

Hidden Mist Village.

If you want to gather material, you can go there.

Jiraiya curled his lip. Of course he knew about Kirigakure. How could a major ninja village not be the talk of the town and known throughout the continent?

However, Jiraiya did not intend to go.

No other reason than that it's too far away.

Moreover, he doesn't like traveling by boat.

In the end, Jiraiya decided to settle for second best and go to the Land of Whirlpools.

Yuya saw Jiraiya off, and Tsunade rushed over after receiving the news.

Finally, the couple gave Jiraiya a large bag of Konoha Village specialties and clothes of various styles, and saw him off as he left the village.

Jiraiya embarked on his journey to the Land of Whirlpools, carrying a large bag.

After three months of traveling and enjoying the scenery, Jiraiya arrived in the Land of Whirlpools by boat.

At this time, the Land of Whirlpools had shown signs of becoming prosperous and powerful after several years of development.

At least, the shattered scenes of war caused by the attack from Kirigakure are no longer there.

Only a few scattered relics prove that the war did indeed take place.

Jiraiya went to find Mitokado Homura, and it turned out that Mitokado Homura was indeed the retired emperor in the Land of Whirlpools.

However, since the Mito family is located in the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Fire, no matter how much Mitomon Homura plunders here, it can only benefit himself.

Moreover, Mitokado Homura was not the type to exploit the people, and the Land of Whirlpools gradually became stable under his rule.

Nowadays, no one cares about the Uzumaki elders who went to Konoha Village a few years ago and haven't returned.

Now that my life is getting better and better, why should I still think about those so-called elders from the past?

What if he comes back and our lives go back to normal?!

The villagers are very pragmatic.

What Youya wants is their reality.

In a few years, when the former elders of the Land of Whirlpools are too old to move, Yua will naturally let them return to the Land of Whirlpools.

After all, Yuya isn't some kind of devil; he knows how to return to his roots.

After parting ways with Mitokado Homura, Jiraiya began to travel around the Land of Whirlpools.

Some people who fled from Kirigakure to Uzushiogakure naturally didn't want to leave once they arrived.

Jiraiya wanted to hear from these people about the events of the Kirigakure war.

And it was during this process of gathering materials that...

Jiraiya encountered a child...

"Uh, I'm sorry... Uncle..." The red-haired child bumped into Jiraiya and quickly apologized.

Jiraiya didn't mind the child bumping into him, it was just the way the child addressed him...

Jiraiya's lips twitched. He squatted down and reached out to pull the child's mouth shut. "Uncle? You brat, I'm only 23 years old!"

A woman rushed over and bowed deeply to Jiraiya, apologizing profusely: "I'm so sorry! My child has caused you trouble!"

Jiraiya scratched his head and then waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's nothing. But your kid still needs to teach him how to use proper titles. I'm only 23 years old this year, he's clearly the older brother, how can he call me uncle?"

The woman's lips twitched as she looked at Jiraiya, but she still quickly nodded and apologized.

Jiraiya then left, while the woman knelt down and looked at the red-haired child: "Nagato, are you alright? Um... that older brother didn't bully you, did he?"

At this moment, three-year-old Nagato tilted his head in confusion: "Mommy, that, that person, is an uncle... not my brother..."

This is a... long gate with eyes that sparkle like jewels.

His eyes did not have those terrifying circles covering his pupils.

He doesn't have the Rinnegan.

(End of this chapter)