Jiraiya laughed when he saw Tsunade and said, "Tsunade, you really are here. You were truly hard to find."
He was clearly relieved.
As long as he could persuade Tsunade to return to Konaha and become Hokage, he would not have to take the position himself.
Others might dream of becoming Hokage, but Jiraiya had no interest in it at all.
With his personality, being trapped inside an office in Konaha every day was worse than torture.
Traveling across the world and gathering writing material was the life he preferred.
Tsunade snorted coldly and replied, "Jiraiya, I didn't expect you to show up here."
She continued calmly, "But it makes sense. The Third Hokage is dead, and Konaha barely has anyone left. Those geniuses were either killed,
forced to death, or defected. Now that the Third is gone, Konaha cannot even choose a Hokage."
She looked at Jiraiya and said bluntly, "With your personality you would never accept that position, so the only option left is to run here and drag me back."
Tsunade had already returned to Konaha briefly before, so she knew exactly what had happened there.
Thinking about the people in Konaha who constantly struggled for power and personal gain filled her with disdain.
When she left the village years ago, nobody had tried to stop her.
Instead, many people had secretly hoped the granddaughter of the First Hokage would disappear so she could not compete for the Hokage position.
With Tsunade's strength, reputation, and status as the First Hokage's granddaughter, if she had truly decided to become Hokage back then, no one in Konaha could have stopped her.
Yet when she left, almost no one came to see her off.
Now the powerful ninja were dead and Konaha could not even produce a single kage-level expert, so they suddenly remembered her and came begging.
After the recent war, if Konaha did not have a powerful and respected leader, it would easily become a target for the other great nations.
Therefore both Jiraiya and Tsunade were the most suitable candidates.
But Jiraiya would rather die than sit in the Hokage's office.
That left Tsunade as the only option.
If he failed to persuade her, then Jiraiya himself would inevitably be forced into the position.
Because of this, Jiraiya was extremely motivated to convince her.
He sighed and said helplessly, "Don't say it so bluntly. After all, Konaha was the village your grandfather founded."
Tsunade's expression turned colder.
"It is precisely because my grandfather founded it that I haven't gone back to settle accounts with those people."
She continued angrily, "Otherwise I would have beaten those idiots to death a long time ago. Look at what Konaha has become.
Compared to before it is far worse. They were so busy fighting for power that the village doesn't even have a single kage-level expert left."
She sneered, "It's embarrassing. Compared to the era of the First and Second Hokage, or even the Second and Third Ninja Wars, the difference is like heaven and earth.
And they still have the nerve to send you to find me. Those people haven't accomplished anything, but when it comes to ruining Konaha they have already reached kage-level."
Jiraiya scratched his head with a painful expression.
Her temper really had not changed at all.
However, he could not completely refute her.
The current situation in Konaha was indeed disappointing.
Each generation had grown weaker.
From the First Ninja War to the Second and Third, the village had clearly declined.
Even Jiraiya himself could see that corruption had spread through the system.
That was exactly why someone capable had to take control again.
Otherwise, if people like Danzo continued interfering, Konaha would collapse sooner or later.
Seeing that Tsunade was still furious, Jiraiya decided not to continue the argument.
Instead he changed the topic.
"I heard you took a disciple, so where is he?"
Jiraiya knew Tsunade valued Sora greatly.
Talking about him would help soften the conversation before returning to the Hokage issue.
Before Tsunade could answer, a voice suddenly sounded.
"Are you looking for me?" Sora appeared on a table not far from Jiraiya as if he had materialized from thin air.
His movement was incredibly fast, almost ghostlike.
Compared to the explosive speed he had used before, this time there was far less noise and air disturbance.
Although faint wind and sound still existed, they were drastically reduced.
If this continued improving, he would eventually become completely silent and almost impossible to detect.
Jiraiya's eyes lit up instantly and he said, "What an incredible Body Flicker Technique."
At that moment he became even more determined to bring Tsunade back to Konaha.
Because many high-ranking officials in Konaha understood one thing clearly.
If Tsunade returned, then the village would also gain a super genius like Sora.
In the future he would definitely become one of Konaha's pillars.
This was essentially a "buy one, get one free" situation that could not be missed.
Whether it was Jiraiya or the village elders, they all hoped Tsunade would accept the Hokage position.
Even if she eventually stepped down, Sora would have already matured into a powerful ninja capable of supporting the village.
Jiraiya looked at Sora carefully and suddenly felt something familiar.
A thought flashed through his mind.
The trajectory of Sora's movement reminded him of someone.
A person who had already passed away.
The Fourth Hokage.
Jiraiya thought quietly, This movement is very similar to the Fourth's.
Back then Minato's movements had also been extremely fast while remaining silent and ghostlike.
Although Sora was still far from reaching the Fourth Hokage's level, the similarity was unmistakable.
Jiraiya's pupils contracted slightly.
Could it be…
If his guess was correct, then it was truly unbelievable.
The technique developed by the Fourth Hokage might actually have another successor.
Although Sora had only just begun learning it, the characteristics of the technique were impossible to mistake.
Only someone who had started cultivating that technique could move like this.
Jiraiya thought to himself, Tsunade, where did you find such a monstrous genius?
He had already mastered ragengan, Darkness Jutsu, monstrous strength, nature transformation, and many other techniques.
Many of those abilities originated from the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Hokage.
A new generation of geniuses was clearly rising.
Jiraiya sighed internally.
Heroes always emerged during chaotic times.
It seemed that a new era of turmoil was approaching.
Tsunade watched Sora carefully and nodded slightly.
She muttered to herself, "His Body Flicker Technique has improved again."
The sonic boom and air resistance produced during his movement had clearly decreased.
His control had become far more refined.
Jiraiya could see it, and Tsunade naturally understood it even better.
Although Sora had not fully mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, his continuous research into it had greatly improved his movement techniques, body control, and understanding of high-speed movement.
Previously, it could be said that Sora had only grasped about one tenth of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Now he had already reached roughly two tenths.
However, he also discovered that every step forward with this technique became several times more difficult than the last.
Advancing from one tenth to two tenths had already been far harder than the initial progress.
Further improvement would require either extraordinary opportunities or a very long period of training.
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