Chapter 100: The Scapegoat Hero — Shimura Danzō
"I choose Option 1!"
Naruto answered directly.
"Ding-dong! Congratulations to the host for completing the choice!"
"Reward: Upgraded Golden Lightning Release — Kirin!"
Immediately afterward, subtle changes occurred in his body and muscle memory.
This was one of Sasuke's signature techniques.
Now it belonged to him.
Hand it over!
In that instant, Jiraiya sensed that something about Naruto had changed.
But he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
The feeling was subtle and strange.
While Jiraiya was still puzzled,
Naruto slightly opened his mouth and shot two small wind blades straight forward.
Wind Release wasn't a difficult ninjutsu to master.
As long as it wasn't some insane variant,
Naruto understood the most basic applications.
Thanks to Jiraiya's commotion,
all the other guests in the men's bath quickly fled.
Especially after seeing that giant toad.
They were ordinary people.
How could they possibly want to stay any longer?
Bang— Bang—
Two thin cracks were sliced into the thick wall.
Jiraiya gave Naruto a puzzled glance, then looked at the cracks.
The next moment, as if he understood something,
the corners of his mouth stretched almost to his ears.
He grinned at Naruto and said,
"I didn't expect you to be so understanding, kid! Not bad, not bad. You're worth teaching!"
With that, Jiraiya strode over to the wall
to continue his great mission of material gathering!
Soon after, it was as if he had seen something wonderful.
His expression turned lewd.
Drool even started dripping from the corner of his mouth.
He stood there giggling foolishly nonstop.
Naruto frowned. Is it really that silky smooth?
At the same time, with a splash,
he also climbed out of the hot spring.
He walked over to another spot cut by the wind blades
and casually glanced inside.
It was fine if he didn't look.
But the moment he did, he nearly ascended to heaven.
Holy crap!
Aren't these swimsuit-level grannies?
He didn't recognize a single person.
There were plenty of aunties though.
Wanting to see young girls here was clearly just wishful thinking.
Naruto pulled his head back, his gaze strange as he looked at Jiraiya, who was completely absorbed beside him.
He thought to himself: No wonder he's the man who wrote Intimate Paradise.
His tastes are really different from normal people.
He can actually enjoy looking at this.
It's eye-burning!
Naruto had already decided — when the time came, he would take a completely different path from Jiraiya.
He would go for the young, still-charming route.
Not this eye-scorching auntie route.
After a long while,
Jiraiya reluctantly pulled his gaze back.
Then he turned to Naruto.
"Fuck! So big… what the hell did you eat— cough cough…"
Jiraiya coughed awkwardly, realizing something was off.
His old face reddened.
He quickly changed the subject.
"Don't go spreading what happened here today."
"It would damage my reputation. I don't want others to misunderstand my noble character."
Ah…
As expected of the man who writes erotic novels.
He can talk in circles like this.
If Naruto wasn't a transmigrator,
he might have actually been fooled by Jiraiya.
Noble character my ass.
Go to hell, Liang Feifan!
Naruto rubbed his thumb and index finger together, making a money-grabbing gesture.
"I've long admired the great Pervy Sage. I'm a good person in every way, but I do have one flaw."
"When I see a close friend, I tend to talk too much. It would be bad if I accidentally revealed your heroic deeds."
You little brat!
You're clearly taking advantage of the situation, aren't you?
Jiraiya's mouth twitched. He reached into his clothes, rummaged around, and pulled out a shiny golden banknote.
"Sigh… what rotten luck. Here, take it."
After all, Naruto had some connection to him.
Seeing his disciple's child,
he should at least show some goodwill, right?
"So poor." Naruto took the gold note, glanced at the amount, and couldn't help complaining.
This nearly made Jiraiya die from anger.
Damn it! If you dislike it, give it back!
"Slipping away, slipping away."
Jiraiya left Naruto with a cool-looking back view and waved his hand.
At that moment, a smile appeared on Naruto's face again.
He suddenly said,
"Oh? The famous Konoha Sannin, my father Minato Namikaze's teacher, the great Pervy Sage is just leaving like this?"
Jiraiya staggered.
He almost lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Fuck!
He had planned to take advantage of the fact that the kid didn't know anything,
show off a bit in front of Naruto, and then slip away quickly.
Who could have expected
that Naruto already knew everything.
Jiraiya turned back, his expression ugly.
"Who told you all this?"
To be honest, for a split second, Jiraiya got angry!
Damn it!
If I find out who it was, I'll smash their dog head!
Making me lose face in front of my student's son?
Is that fun?!
Jiraiya quickly adjusted his facial expression.
"Come on, tell me. Later I'll tell you about the content of my new book."
Didn't Naruto openly admit he was a fan?
So when it came to the second volume of Intimate Paradise,
the kid should obediently cooperate, right?
But who would have thought — Naruto shook his head. "No, that person said I can't tell you."
Jiraiya felt the urge to curse.
He suppressed it.
Jiraiya continued coaxing,
"Rules are dead, but people are alive. What's there that can't be said?"
Naruto remained silent.
This left Jiraiya in a difficult spot.
Damn it!
You're forcing me to use my ultimate move, huh?
Jiraiya reached into his clothes again and quickly pulled out another gold note. He handed it to Naruto with a wide smile.
"Now you can tell me, right?"
Seeing Naruto reach out and accept it without refusing,
Jiraiya's smile grew even brighter!
This is settled!
But Naruto shook his head and said calmly,
"Not enough…"
"Fuck?! You little brat, are you a vampire?! No matter what, I held you when you were little. Give me a discount, okay?"
"My name is Naruto."
"Fine, Naruto. Even if you don't respect me as your grandmaster, at least respect your father."
Jiraiya pulled out the relationship card.
Since Naruto already knew, there was no point hiding it anymore.
Naruto looked a bit troubled.
Jiraiya spat and muttered curses under his breath, then dug around again.
He stuffed all the gold notes he had on him into Naruto's hands.
He had come back this time partly to collect money from the Konoha publishing house.
The book sales had earned quite a bit.
Giving all of it to Naruto didn't matter.
Naruto quietly put away all the money, and a smile appeared on his face.
"It was Lord Shimura Danzō."
The old monkey was already pitiful enough.
He would be killed soon anyway.
So as his good friend, the old silver coin Shimura Danzō,
should take on some responsibility and willingly shoulder a few black pots, right?
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