Chapter 167:
Jiraiya picked up his chopsticks, shoved a few mouthfuls of food into his mouth, and prepared to stand up to pay the bill. At the same time, he reminded Naruto: "The daimyō won't compromise on his own."
"I know you're very strong, but for the time being, you'd better stick with me. That way your safety can be guaranteed."
"And… Konoha will definitely support you."
Naruto mentally compared his own combat power to that of the daimyō mansion and immediately lost interest.
"In fact, I don't really need your protection that much."
Naruto was quite speechless right now. It seemed Sarutobi Hiruzen hadn't informed Jiraiya of his true strength—otherwise Jiraiya wouldn't have offered to protect him.
Jiraiya looked at Naruto in surprise and let out a puzzled sound: "Ha???"
Naruto nodded: "That's right. You should go handle your own business. Don't worry about me."
"Seriously, chasing Tsunade for decades with zero progress—you really have the patience."
Along the way, Naruto also mocked Jiraiya's flirting skills.
Even though Jiraiya had been busy all these years, after so long with no progress at all—he really was too weak.
Compared to Naruto—who at a young age had already achieved the same level as Minato—it could only be said: as expected of Minato's descendant…
Jiraiya's eye twitched. Thinking of Tsunade's attitude toward him, he became angry out of embarrassment and said: "What does a kid like you know? Huh???"
Naruto looked at Jiraiya with disdain: "Tch~"
Jiraiya: "…"
Being mocked by Naruto completely shattered Jiraiya's mentality.
Because… Minato had once mocked him too…
Now decades later, Naruto was mocking him???
Shizune trembled as she watched two LSPs (loser perverts) discuss flirting techniques from the side, instantly feeling that Lady Tsunade was in great danger.
Although Tsunade was already in her fifties, she still had the appearance of a young girl—who could resist that?
Having just one Jiraiya was already annoying enough.
Now Jiraiya wanted to bring Naruto along too?
Really? Really?
If that happened, Shizune could already imagine her tragic future life.
Tsunade was too indulgent—she needed Shizune to take care of her. And gambling—gambling was one thing, but she lost every single time!
This resulted in Tsunade and Shizune having high cash flow but very little actual money on hand. Sometimes they couldn't even afford food. If not for running into Jiraiya today, they would have gone hungry.
And Jiraiya? He hovered around Tsunade every day, never satisfied unless he got punched a few times by her.
If another Naruto joined… no—Naruto came with two people.
So that would be three more kids…
If they were all as carefree and irresponsible as him, Shizune would collapse from exhaustion.
Sweat already beaded on Shizune's forehead. She glanced at Jiraiya who was about to pay the bill and thought: Thank goodness, Jiraiya is still reliable—he has money for food.
However… Jiraiya's hand suddenly slowed down as he reached into his pocket, and his expression grew stranger and stranger…
Shizune instinctively thought: No way… wuwuwu~ No way???
"Ahem~" Jiraiya—already standing up to pay—awkwardly sat back down.
Shizune's face turned black. Sure enough… Lady Tsunade wasn't reliable, and neither was Jiraiya-sama!
"Um, Naruto."
Jiraiya rubbed his hands together, smiling at Naruto.
From that expression, Naruto immediately knew he was in an awkward situation.
"I think dishwashing would suit you perfectly. Once you find the pattern, you can even discover joy in it."
Naruto's mouth curved into a teasing smile as he looked at Jiraiya.
Jiraiya's face turned bitter. He opened his mouth to speak but immediately shut it again.
Asking his teacher's son for money—he really couldn't bring himself to say it.
However, Naruto was only teasing.
In his previous life, Naruto had quite liked Jiraiya's character when watching Naruto.
But now Naruto was extremely satisfied with his own life, so he didn't want Jiraiya to disturb it.
"Little Black."
Naruto called habitually. Little Black immediately understood. She took a huge bite of sweet dumpling, puffing out her cheeks, then wiped her hands with a napkin.
She took out some money from her carried funds and handed a portion to Jiraiya.
Then Little Black immediately went back to wolfing down food.
As if giving money to Jiraiya wasted her eating time.
Sakyo was different. Compared to Little Black, she ate very elegantly.
Little Black paid no attention to image at all—she just stuffed food into her mouth nonstop…
Jiraiya pretended to be nonchalant as he took the money, then secretly whispered to Shizune: "Don't tell Tsunade about this."
Tsunade: "I already saw it."
Jiraiya: "…"
Done for! Socially dead!
…
After the meal, Naruto called to Sakyo and Little Black and stuck closely to Tsunade.
Originally Tsunade planned to return to the inn to rest, but facing this situation she became somewhat annoyed.
She clenched her fist, turned back to Naruto, and said: "Brat, it's just owing you one meal's money—I'll pay you back. Now get lost!"
Naruto scratched his head: "Huh? When did I say you had to pay me back?"
Tsunade froze for a moment, then said with relief: "Then you're still a good kid after all—knowing to be considerate of elders. Hahahaha~"
"So? What do you want from me?"
Jiraiya was also puzzled. Just moments ago Naruto had looked like he'd rather die than follow them.
But the moment Tsunade stepped out, Naruto followed.
As a man, Jiraiya felt Naruto's intentions weren't pure.
But then he noticed something off—Naruto was only in his teens. He couldn't possibly be so shameless as to target Tsunade.
"Oh~"
Naruto gave a casual "oh." He didn't agree with Tsunade's words, but he didn't directly say so either.
"I'm following you to make money."
Tsunade was confused: "Make money?"
Naruto said very honestly: "Yeah—buy low on the fat sheep Tsunade, villa by the sea?"
Jiraiya & Shizune: "…"
Both sides froze, never expecting Naruto to say something like that.
You have to know—although Tsunade lost often, she had a bizarre confidence in her gambling skills and absolutely wouldn't allow anyone to say she was bad at it…
Shizune had a good impression of Naruto because he seemed reliable—at least more reliable than Tsunade and Jiraiya.
So Shizune quietly warned Naruto: "Little brother, run."
Naruto looked up at Shizune in confusion, then felt a heavy whoosh of air rushing straight toward his chest.
"Holy crap! Do you have to be this petty?"
Naruto exclaimed in surprise, but it was already too late.
His experience wasn't rich enough yet—he hadn't noticed Tsunade would suddenly attack.
However…
Someone had been watching Tsunade the whole time!
Sakyo stepped forward, positioning herself behind Naruto. Susanoo instantly enveloped both of them in protection.
She snorted coldly: "Milk Cow, don't even think about hurting Naruto!"
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