Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 197 You know it's impossible, right?

Aokiji smiled sheepishly: "How about I introduce you to some girls around the same age as us Uchiha?"

The idea of ​​introducing a potential partner to Orochimaru was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather something that had been brewing for a long time.

To truly win over Orochimaru, Aokiji felt that appealing to emotions wasn't enough; they needed to take their relationship to the next level.

As the saying goes, "Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders." A tech talent like Orochimaru should naturally be brought into the Uchiha clan as a son-in-law.

Orochimaru paused for a moment, then said calmly, "I'm not interested in these things. You should talk to Jiraiya about this; he might be interested."

"Jiraiya is out of the question."

Aokiji raised an eyebrow and grinned mischievously, "How about it? Want to give it a try?"

"I know this without even trying."

"Huh? Really? I don't believe it."

Aokiji hooked his arm around Orochimaru's shoulder, a smile playing on his lips, and said, "How about we make a bet?"

Orochimaru: ...

"Maybe, just once, you'll fall in love with this feeling. If we have children in the future, how about naming a boy Mitsuki and a girl Snake Princess?"

Orochimaru was speechless; what on earth was all this nonsense?

My friend's thinking is a bit too far-fetched. He doesn't even have a partner, yet he jumps straight to the topic of having a baby.

Orochimaru glanced at Aokiji. In the past, these two had disliked each other, but now the tables had turned completely.

This reminded him of the common saying that love can change a person.

If he were to follow Aokiji's example and start dating a girl, would he also change?

Just as Orochimaru had this thought, a sudden commotion ahead interrupted his train of thought.

Before my eyes, I saw a white-haired boy being chased by a group of young girls. That white-haired boy was none other than Jiraiya.

Jiraiya, who was running, tripped and fell to the ground. When he got up, the women had already surrounded him.

"Smack."

The girls punched their palms, cracking their knuckles, their eyes gleaming with murderous intent: "You want to die, don't you? How dare you peep into the women's bathhouse!"

Faced with this situation, Jiraiya naturally refused to admit it and cried out that he was wronged.

The young girl laughed in exasperation: "If you weren't spying on the women's bathhouse, then why did you run away when you saw us?"

"Uh, well..." Jiraiya said guiltily, "Of course it's because you all looked like you wanted to kill me the moment you saw me, so I was scared and instinctively ran away."

At this moment, another furious girl jumped out and strongly condemned, "Don't listen to his sophistry! This isn't the first time this guy has done this. Kill him, gouge out his eyes, and see if he dares to spy again!"

Just as Jiraiya was about to frantically beg for mercy, he suddenly saw his two companions passing by and cried out as if grasping at a straw: "Ah, Orochimaru, Aokiji, you two are just in time! Explain yourselves to me!"

Aokiji asked, "Explain what? Did you get caught peeping into your bathhouse by a girl?"

Jiraiya instinctively blurted out, somewhat tongue-tied, "How did you know?"

The moment he finished speaking, he suddenly felt the temperature around him plummet. Seeing the girls' murderous gazes, his face turned ashen, and he was so frightened that snot was running down his face: "I-I can talk this out..."

"Beat him to death!" The girls were furious and rushed forward, punching and kicking him relentlessly. Jiraiya screamed like a pig being slaughtered, and the screams echoed all around him.

After giving Jiraiya a good beating, the girls, having vented their anger, left, leaving Jiraiya, covered in injuries, grumbling, "Damn it, neither of you helped me."

Aokiji felt helpless at Jiraiya's complete lack of remorse.

"Jiraiya, it's about time you matured a bit. Stop doing things like spying on girls. I won't even talk about how these girls feel when they're being spied on. Just imagine if you were one of these girls' boyfriends, and you found out your girlfriend was being spied on, how would you feel?"

Jiraiya replied without hesitation, "Of course we should kill this bastard."

"That's what I meant." Aokiji shrugged.

"..."

"You say you like Tsunade, but then you're peeping at girls taking a bath. I don't think any normal person would be interested in someone like you," Aokiji continued. "There's a reason you're still single."

Jiraiya blushed and retorted, "Stop lecturing me like a teacher. It's not like you have a girlfriend."

Orochimaru: ...

Jiraiya noticed Orochimaru's strange gaze and wondered, "Why are you looking at me like I'm a pitiful creature?"

Orochimaru said calmly, "It's nothing. I just think Aokiji makes a lot of sense. There's a reason why you're still single."

Jiraiya, looking unconvinced, spat out: "You two bachelors aren't the same as me. We're all the same, and no one is superior to anyone else."

Orochimaru fell silent.

He may not be the same as Jiraiya, but Aokiji is definitely different from Jiraiya.

Seeing Jiraiya's sullen behavior, Aokiji couldn't help but laugh and said, "You can't say that. Orochimaru is different from you. He's very popular. If he wants to, he can just say a few words and countless cute girls will throw themselves at him."

This is not an exaggeration by Aokiji. Whether in the past when they were studying or now, the aloof and taciturn Orochimaru has always been the brightest star in the village.

Even though Jiraiya was unwilling, he couldn't refute it and turned to the other person: "And what about you?"

Aokiji smiled faintly: "I'm not very interested in finding a girlfriend right now."

Jiraiya laughed, finally finding a point to refute: "If you don't have one, you don't have one. Why make up an excuse? I'm not going to make fun of you."

"..."

Aokiji's lack of argument made Jiraiya feel the joy of victory from his words: "Besides, you two always make fun of me for not having a girlfriend. Please, take a look at who I'm pursuing."

"That's Tsunade, after all."

"What if it were you, Aokiji?"

"Can you do it?"

Aokiji grunted, wondering what to say.

Jiraiya interrupted, his face full of certainty: "I can't do it. Do you know that you don't have the ability?"

"Well……"

Jiraiya continued, "Don't you even look at how many people have liked Tsunade since she was a child? One after another, they've confessed to her, so many people, and she's even touched their hands."

"Tsunade has her reasons. Don't you know who I am? The granddaughter of the First Hokage. And look at your own level? Trying to pursue me?"

"Look at Tsunade, she's getting better and better, and more and more beautiful. You have no idea how many people in the village like her now that she's growing up. I heard some people are even planning to hire servants to pretend to be kidnappers and attack her so they can be the heroes who save her. It's outrageous, they have no shame at all. I haven't even done anything like that yet."

Aokiji: ...

Jiraiya scratched his head, looking troubled: "If this continues, I feel like my chances of winning him over are getting slimmer and slimmer."

Aokiji blushed and said, "Then why don't you choose to give up? As the saying goes, 'There are plenty of beautiful flowers everywhere, why be hung up on just one?'"

Jiraiya stroked his chin: "To be honest, I have indeed considered this issue..."

Aokiji opened his mouth: "If that's the case, then what are you going to do?"

"But since you've made the choice, shouldn't you stick to it to the end?"

Jiraiya adjusted his headband, striking what he thought was a very cool pose.

"How pitiful..."

Orochimaru's voice was deep.

Jiraiya was very unhappy with Orochimaru's sabotage, so he waved his fist and shouted, "Orochimaru, you want to fight, don't you?"

Orochimaru turned his head away, feeling restless and wanting to fight.

Jiraiya looked around: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Tsunade all day. Have you guys seen her? She didn't seem to have any missions today."

Orochimaru turned his head and glanced at Jiraiya, thinking to himself that Jiraiya was currently in the Forest of Death, waiting for her lover to come for a date, and even asking him, Orochimaru, to keep watch...

Aokiji casually replied, "I didn't see her. She's probably playing with her younger brother."

Jiraiya nodded without giving it much thought, then suddenly seemed to remember something and said in a deep voice, "Um, are you alright...?"

As soon as those words were spoken, the air suddenly became oppressive.

Orochimaru remained silent, glancing sideways at Aokiji's expression.

Aokiji was silent for a moment, then gave a faint smile: "I'm fine..."

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief.

Orochimaru wasn't as naive as Jiraiya. With droopy eyelids, he saw it as nothing more than a forced, stiff smile.

Others might not be able to tell, but Orochimaru, who lost both his parents at a young age and is very emotionally sensitive, could see it...

(End of this chapter)