"That's true." Seeing the destructive power of the Shodai and Madara, Jiraiya finally believed that it was not Orochimaru who used the Impure World Reincarnation to control the two of them. But if that were the case, then the words he heard in the village, his teacher...
"You are really thinking about the teacher, right?"
Orochimaru spoke again.
“Aging is a scary thing. The older people get, the more they fear death and the less they want to take risks.
“I don’t have the energy I had when I was young, and I live in fear, just trying not to make mistakes.
“But being too concerned about your own wings has backfired.
"But they never reflect on themselves, and just think that others don't follow their own rules of the game...
"Konoha is now rotten. This big windmill no longer turns. I want to create a new wind to make the windmill of Konoha turn again.
"Like you, I also look forward to the arrival of true peace. Because peace and war are no different to me. No, peace may be more beneficial to me.
“I just want to survive and live longer than anyone else.
“So I don’t allow anyone to hinder me from living.
"What drives you more directly than your passion is tangible interests.
"Only interests can keep things going as they are."
"Orochimaru, you are a bit too extreme! Wasn't it your dream to be Hokage? If you don't have a dream..." Jiraiya disagreed with Orochimaru's words. Even though he thought there was some truth in what Orochimaru said, he couldn't admit that only interests could make people move forward.
“What if there is no dream?
“Those children who died in the war, those civilians who starved to death, don’t they have dreams?
“Rope Tree, doesn’t he have a dream?
"Admit it, Jiraiya, you won't be able to make ends meet just by living on your dreams.
"You can see this by just looking at our Sarutobi Sensei, our Konohagakure ninjas, and the Konohagakure Village.
“When singing praises to your dreams, don’t forget to keep your feet on the ground and do what you can.
"Death by starvation is no better than death in battle."
Chapter 209: The fallen leaves fall and rot, turning into nutrients for the roots to nourish the tree
"Orochimaru..." Jiraiya's mood was very complicated.
Although he did not leave the village because he was disappointed with the village, one can tell that he was feeling a little emotional just by looking at the fact that he was wearing an oil-lettered forehead protector instead of the Konoha Village forehead protector when traveling outside.
"Obito-kun... could you please explain those theories to my dear classmate?
"The Leaf Village is now a huge pyramid scheme den..."
"Obito... could it be Minato's disciple? Uchiha Obito? The kid who once dreamed of becoming Hokage?"
"If there is no other Obito, it will be me. You don't have to explain why the passionate boy of the past has become like this... Who did you protect in the village you dreamed of protecting?
“But what we are going to say now has nothing to do with that.
"It's about the entire ninja world..."
Obito told the secrets of the entire ninja world.
It took Jiraiya a relatively short time to go from disbelief at first to horror with his pupils dilated.
Because he has been searching for the Child of Prophecy in the Ninja World, he has more experience.
It's just because I have a cheerful personality that I didn't think too deeply about it.
And now everything was torn open and laid out before him.
Then, based on a series of evidence from what had happened before, he had to believe the terrible fact.
"So, this is what you wanted me to do?
"But I'm not good at magic myself."
Although he is called the Toad Sage, in fact Jiraiya's magic is not at the level of mastery.
After entering the Sage Mode, there will be a big change in appearance, and the Sage Mode is less and more complete. At the same time, it is very difficult to enter the Sage Mode by yourself, and you need the fusion of the other two Sage Toads for assistance.
"You have at least achieved a breakthrough from 0 to 1, and you were able to contact the toad from Mount Myōboku.
“If the toads in Myoboku Mountain help, it might be easier for people to learn fairy arts.
"And I will contact the snake in the Ryuchi Cave."
"The snake in the Longdi Cave..."
Learning fairy arts is very dangerous. Among them, the ones learned in Myoboku Mountain are relatively mild. If one absorbs too much natural energy without refining fairy chakra, one will just turn into stone.
“I don’t know if the Toads would agree to this.
"After all, those who studied fairy arts before were all ninjas who had signed a spiritual contract with Myoboku Mountain."
In fact, there are not many ninjas who have signed a summoning contract with Myobokusan.
Apart from those ninjas who turned into stone statues due to absorbing too much natural energy, there are Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, the future protagonist Uzumaki Naruto, and Uzumaki Naruto's younger brother Konohamaru.
"But no matter what, I cannot agree with your idea of starting a war to achieve peace.
"Orochimaru!"
“The rotten part should be dug out to allow the plant to grow better.
"This is the current state of Konoha Village.
"A short period of pain can bring about a long period of peace.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t agree with our approach, and we don’t need your approval.
“But what you need to know is that what you are doing has been done before.
"The first Hokage, Senju Hashirama, believed in human nature, but have the five great nations ever achieved true peace?
“As I recall, Jiraiya, you accepted three children as your disciples.
"Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan. They wanted to bring peace with their ideals, just like you.
"But because Shimura Danzo, the elder of Konoha, was afraid of him, he cooperated with Hanzo of the Salamander to kill Yahiko."
"Yahiko!" Jiraiya exclaimed in surprise.
"This is the village you love, the peace you long for. Do you need me to tell you one by one about the dirty things that Shimura Danzo and the entire Konoha did behind your back?"
Compared to Orochimaru, what Danzo did was unforgivable.
But Danzo was the leader of the Root, while Orochimaru was a rebel ninja.
"As a classmate of mine, I just hope that you, Jiraiya, will not get involved in this war.
"You know, I don't want to do anything to you."
"Orochimaru……"
“I don’t want to do anything to Ji Gang either.
“For the sake of our friendship as classmates.
"Think about it."
When Jiraiya returned to Konoha, the Third and Fourth Hokage were waiting for him.
Seeing the distraught Jiraiya, both Sarutobi Hiruzen and Namikaze Minato were somewhat disappointed.
And Danzo Shimura snorted coldly and left.
It was the Third Hokage's idea to let Jiraiya go and persuade his classmates. After all, unlike his teacher, the three ninjas at that time were friends for life.
If there was really no way out, the ninjas of Konoha really didn't want to confront the two spiritual symbols of Konoha.
Of course, we are talking about Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju here, but there is another Madara who is more difficult to deal with.
Whether in terms of the original intention of establishing the village or in terms of strength, it is not a good thing to confront those legendary ninjas.
But it was obvious that even Jiraiya was unable to convince Orochimaru.
"Danzo... where do you want to go?" Jiraiya was still feeling lost, but suddenly he caught sight of Danzo Shimura and became furious.
There are very few events in the ninja world that can be named after the Third Hokage took office, and they were all caused by that old villain Danzo.
His good and peace-loving disciple Yahiko was also killed by Danzo, turning Nagato into a vengeful monster.
In order to make a boy from an orphanage his puppet, he wanted him to kill the teacher who adopted him.
Is this something a human being can do?
"What's wrong, Jiraiya?" Danzo asked in a bad tone.
"What else? Danzo, don't you know how many dirty things you have done?!" Jiraiya said angrily, "The First and Second Hokage are dissatisfied with the whole village because of the mess you did. If you just did less, this war would not have happened?"
"Hmph. The first and second Hokage are dead. Even if they were resurrected, they don't understand Konoha at all. They are stubborn. Konoha is now the world of new ninjas. Everything I do is for Konoha. The fallen leaves will rot and become nutrients for the roots to nourish the trees, allowing Konoha to grow better.
"How can a mediocre person like you understand my painstaking efforts?"
"You old bastard..." Jiraiya gritted his teeth.
"Jiraiya!" A loud shout rang out, causing Jiraiya to look at his teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen, in disbelief.
"Jiraiya, now is not the time for internal strife. I think we really need to unite the people from other villages.
"The legendary ninja is no joke."
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew better than anyone how powerful his teacher was, and the First Hokage was countless times stronger than the Second Hokage.
Chapter 210: Hand-Playing Fun
In Ichiraku Ramen, Jiraiya was eating a bowl of ramen.
"Teacher, this is not your problem." A pleasant voice with a worried tone sounded.
"It's Minato." Jiraiya turned around and saw that it was Namikaze Minato who lifted the curtain of Ichiraku Ramen Shop and walked in.
“There are indeed problems of varying degrees in the village.
"Even the First Hokage and the Second Hokage...
"Not only you, but I also don't know what to do..."
Minato Namikaze ordered a bowl of ramen just like Jiraiya.
Jiraiya smiled and said, "After all, you are my disciple. How can a disciple think of a solution before his teacher?"
"But, I am the Hokage. As the Hokage, I must take responsibility for the entire village and move forward.
“But looking back on what happened before, the village not only stagnated, but even regressed.”
Namikaze Minato said very seriously.
Even if he, the golden flash of Konoha, is unable to change the current Konoha which is rotten to the roots.
The village has always had many problems, but we just didn’t want to think about them before.
But now this problem is blocking everyone's way, and he has to think about it and figure out what to do.
"Minato, Kushina has given birth to the child, right?" Jiraiya suddenly said.
"Yes, Kushina has given birth to little Naruto. Little Naruto's eyes are azure blue and full of curiosity about the world."
"If the world is just like this, I don't think it's a good thing to be curious about this world." Jiraiya said suddenly.
"Teacher, how can you say such a thing..." Namikaze Minato never expected his teacher to say such a thing. Doesn't that mean that the teacher also agrees with what Master Orochimaru and the others are doing?"
“Two things changed my mind.
“First, I was really disappointed by the teacher’s behavior.
“Before I came back, I also heard that it was the Second Hokage who wanted to remove the teacher and uncle from their positions first, but was bitten back by the teacher.
"When I returned to the village just now, my teacher told me not to fight among my fellow villagers at this time. It chilled my heart completely."
"Maybe even the Sandaime himself doesn't know what he is saying." Minato found it funny when he said this. If even the Sandaime couldn't control what he said... then what was the point of being Hokage?
It all seems like a ridiculous joke.
Whether it was wielding a knife against the two great men who founded the village.
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