"What Horny Sage? I've told you so many times, you should call him Sage of the Toad!"
Jiraiya flicked Naruto on the forehead, causing Naruto to clutch his forehead and howl in pain. The two instantly started arguing, only stopping when the ramen arrived.
"Jiraiya-sama."
Tenzō waited until the two had finished arguing before respectfully greeting Jiraiya.
As a Ninja of the Anbu, Tenzō definitely knew information about Jiraiya, one of the Sannin.
Jiraiya simply nodded in response, then looked at Li Chuan, his tone becoming slightly more formal:
"Jiraiya greets Your Highness Prince."
Although he was one of the esteemed Sannin, he didn't have much reverence for nobles in his heart, but as a Konoha Ninja, he still needed to show basic etiquette when facing the Prince of the Land of Fire.
Moreover, he knew from Naruto that this prince had done many good things for Konoha.
"Jiraiya-sama, you're too kind. I heard about Jiraiya-sama's legendary deeds a long time ago, especially that book *The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Ninja*. To be honest, I suddenly wanted to become a Ninja after reading that book, so I went to Fire Temple to become a disciple."
Li Chuan looked deeply moved.
Originally, Jiraiya was just being polite, but when he heard Li Chuan say this, his attitude immediately changed.
What Jiraiya was most proud of was not his title as one of the Sannin, not his powerful Ninjutsu, nor his position in Konoha, but his identity as a writer, and the several best-selling books he had written.
The Prince of the Land of Fire became a Ninja after reading his first book? This really gave his vanity a great sense of satisfaction.
"Hahaha, that was my first work, far less popular than the later *Make-Out Paradise* and *Make-Out Violence*. I didn't expect Your Highness Prince to have such discerning eyes."
Because of one sentence, Jiraiya's goodwill towards Li Chuan increased a lot.
"What is *The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Ninja*?"
Naruto slurped down a bowl of ramen and immediately ordered another one. Today, the Horny Sage was treating, allowing him to eat his fill.
"That is a very insightful book, Naruto, you must read it when you have time."
Li Chuan patted Naruto on the shoulder.
After reading this book, your Talk no Jutsu will be able to reach the realm of Great Accomplishment. At that time, anyone with a trace of kindness in their nature will not be able to escape your Talk no Jutsu.
"Another bowl, this time I want miso chashu ramen!"
After finishing the second bowl, Naruto asked for a third.
Jiraiya, who was on the side, muttered to himself:
"Eat as much as you want, it's the last time anyway."
"What last time?"
Naruto looked at Jiraiya with some confusion.
"It's nothing, eat quickly, eat to your heart's content, eat until you have no regrets."
Jiraiya quickly laughed to cover it up.
The oblivious Naruto didn't pay much attention and continued to devour the newly arrived ramen. Li Chuan's heart stirred, and he roughly knew what was going on.
In this situation, Jiraiya should be using life and death to stimulate Naruto to enter the Sealing Jutsu within his body and begin to control the Nine-Tailed Beast's Chakra.
"Another bowl!"
Just as Naruto was eating his eighth bowl, Li Chuan suddenly stiffened and couldn't help but glance at the place where Jiraiya had just been sitting.
"Such speed, I almost didn't notice it."
At this time, the position where Jiraiya was sitting had been replaced by a huge green frog plush toy.
"I'm full, Horny Sage, let's go to the next training session, ah, Horny Sage?"
After eating the eighth bowl of ramen, Naruto was finally completely full. He clutched his round belly and looked at Jiraiya next to him, waiting for him to pay and leave.
As a result, it was obvious that Jiraiya had cleverly skipped out on the bill.
Miss Ayame from the ramen shop handed the bill to Naruto with a "friendly" face.
"Nine bowls of ramen, a total of 500 Ryō!"
Naruto's body slumped upon hearing this. He didn't expect his master to be so shameless, saying he would treat, but actually skipping out on the bill and making him pay, including Jiraiya's share.
You must know that as a Genin, he mainly took on low-level tasks such as finding cats and walking dogs. The rewards were generally several thousand Ryō, and the Village's commission had to be deducted.
In the end, the Captain took the lion's share, and the remaining three divided it equally, so there wasn't much left.
Moreover, in addition to daily living expenses, medical care, blades, and soldier pills, etc. had to be accounted for, so there really wasn't much savings.
Therefore, Naruto usually only came to eat a bowl of ramen costing fifty or sixty Ryō when he particularly wanted to eat it, and he didn't dare to eat his fill, otherwise his savings would be depleted.
Now, thanks to Jiraiya's pit, the money he had managed to save with great difficulty in the past few months as a Ninja was instantly reduced by more than half.
"Put it on my tab!"
Li Chuan smiled at Ayame and then pointed to the alley on the right and said to Naruto:
"Jiraiya-sama escaped in that direction, chase quickly and maybe you can still catch up."
As a real big tycoon, Li Chuan had prepaid a sum of money in all the major gourmet restaurants in Konoha. Every time he finished eating, he just had to deduct it from that prepaid money.
According to the money he had saved in Ichiraku, not to mention nine bowls, a hundred bowls were nothing.
Currently, because he completely controlled the economy of the Land of Waves, Li Chuan had a considerable amount of money at his disposal.
Spending a little money to brush up the goodwill of the Konoha Ninjas was really the lowest cost thing.
"Brother Chuan, you are so kind!"
Hearing that Li Chuan helped him pay the bill, Naruto was immediately moved to tears, and then roared and chased towards the alley where Jiraiya had escaped.
Tenzō on the side showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, because he didn't notice when Jiraiya left just now, let alone notice which alley Jiraiya had escaped to.
From this, it could be seen that Li Chuan's perception was much more sensitive than his.
In fact, this was normal. Normally, except for Ninjas with special perception abilities, most Ninjas' physical functions were not so exaggerated when they were not using Chakra.
But Li Chuan was different. Even if he didn't use Chakra, his physical functions were many times that of a normal Ninja, and his five senses and other aspects were definitely not comparable to ordinary Ninjas.
After eating ramen with Tenzō and formally saying goodbye, Li Chuan returned to the Villa of the Sarutobi clan.
"It seems that Third Hokage really trusts you!"
Inside the room, Zabuza leaned against the corner of the wall and said.
During this month, because Danzo was there, he and White basically disguised themselves as guards and maids, and in order to prevent loopholes from being discovered, they had been staying in the Villa.
"Yes, we can take action in a few days."
A smile also appeared on Li Chuan's face.
He had coveted the Ninjutsu on the Forbidden Scroll for a long time, and in a few days, he would be able to get it.
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