Chapter 297 Jiraiya's Decision
Jiraiya stayed in Myoboku Mountain for two days. The great sage finally gave him some advice: the answer you want is not in Myoboku Mountain, but in your village. When you return to the village, you will naturally understand.
Really? I don't believe it! Jiraiya returned to the village, feeling depressed, and didn't know who to talk to, so he could only drink alone.
As he drank, he was still wondering who the immortal was talking about, when he saw a familiar yet unfamiliar figure sitting in front of him.
I didn't pay much attention at first glance, but I was shocked at the second glance.
"Puff!——" All the wine in Jiraiya's mouth sprayed out.
Orochimaru, with black hair and golden eyes, wearing a moon-white robe and magatama-shaped earrings, had an evil aura. He lightly waved his hand and directed the wine he was spraying to the other side.
"Orochimaru! You are still alive!?" Jiraiya jumped up subconsciously and pointed at this old friend.
Thinking of the death of the Third Hokage and his own responsibilities, he shouted: "I saw your body. Tell me, who resurrected you? What is your conspiracy to come to Konoha Village?!"
Orochimaru sat leisurely and motioned him to look outside the house. Jiraiya turned around and saw many ninjas running around the village, as if they were looking for someone. However, after searching once, a few ninjas quickly ran in another direction.
Jiraiya felt that these ninjas looked very unfamiliar to him. There were actually not many ninjas in the village that he was not familiar with.
After thinking about it, he suddenly realized: "The ones chasing you are Root ninjas. So, it was Danzo who saved you?"
Orochimaru motioned for him to sit down, saying that the story was long and the two could talk slowly.
Jiraiya thought about it and noticed that Orochimaru's breath was a little weak and his chakra was even scarcer. He sat down with a wary look on his face, and then asked eagerly: "What is your conspiracy?"
Orochimaru licked his lips and said, "I'm dying. I heard that you guys are going to revive Minato. Can you release my soul as well? I'm missing a lot of my soul essence. Now I feel like I'm in purgatory every morning, noon and night."
Jiraiya looked into his eyes carefully, and after a long while he asked back: "How did you know this?"
A small white snake emerged from Orochimaru's sleeves. "Two days ago, I overheard your dream talk with it. Haha, your mind is still so simple and innocent. You panic when you encounter a little thing."
His tone was basically like pointing at someone and scolding them, "You're just a big fool!"
Jiraiya was used to his sharp tongue and didn't care about these words, but he directly rejected Orochimaru's purpose: "Impossible, I will never forget the bad things you have done, how can I help you? I didn't expect you to become childish after not seeing you for so many years."
The murderous intent in his eyes was growing stronger and stronger. His side was a complete mess right now, and he really didn't want to create any more complications for Orochimaru. He was almost mentally prepared for the Ninja World War, and he didn't mind killing another former close friend.
Orochimaru looked at him fearlessly, "Murderous intent? Jiraiya, it seems that you have had a lot of troubles recently. It can make a slow-witted person like you so irritable. That position is really harmful. Fortunately, I didn't become the Hokage. From this point of view, Sarutobi-sensei still cares about me. He is afraid that I will change my original intention and end up like you now."
Jiraiya gritted his teeth, grasped Orochimaru's collar with his left hand, and raised his right fist high: "Don't you dare say Sarutobi-sensei's name!"
Orochimaru said expressionlessly: "Isn't a name just a title used to distinguish one from another? Names don't change, but people do change, or they die before they change. Who can say for sure about these things?"
Jiraiya was not really stupid. A stupid person would not have made it this far. He sneered, "You mean to say that you have changed now? You no longer want to destroy Konoha? You want to come back and continue to be a Sannin?!"
Jiraiya was getting angrier as he spoke, and Orochimaru smiled sinisterly, "Most of it is true. Your ability to understand things is much better than it was back then."
Although he knew that Orochimaru was using him, half an hour later, Jiraiya still locked Orochimaru in Konoha's Anbu prison, right next to Konan.
Wearing handcuffs, Orochimaru walked into the cell as lightly as if he was going home. When he saw Konan, he was stunned at first, and then he sneered sinisterly.
"I'm surprised to see you here. Where's Pein? Are you planning to establish a branch of Akatsuki in Konoha Village?"
Xiaonan glanced at him with disgust in her eyes.
Obviously she didn't want to talk to him.
Orochimaru was not angry. He sat in the cell and closed his eyes to rest.
Jiraiya returned to the Hokage's office and kept thinking about what Orochimaru had said. As expected, Orochimaru was the key that the Great Sage said could give him clues.
“Can people really change?”
He murmured.
If the Third Hokage had died at the age of fifty, he would definitely be a hero in the ninja world, but if he died at the age of seventy, he would have both praise and criticism.
It has been almost nine months since Jiraiya became Hokage, and most of the time he has been cleaning up the mess for the Third Hokage and his men. They have done too many bad things.
The third generation seems to have slowly become worse over time, so what about Orochimaru? Will Orochimaru become good? In the original time and space, Jiraiya used the relationship between Naruto and Sasuke to compare the relationship between himself and Orochimaru, but in fact Sasuke and Orochimaru are not the same kind of people.
Both of them lost their parents, but Orochimaru's feelings are more indifferent. In addition, he does not have a mysterious brother. Jiraiya's energy is too much occupied by the Child of Prophecy, so the bond between the two is not as deep as that between Naruto and Sasuke.
The bond between Naruto and Sasuke is that they enhance each other and transform it into a force that helps each other.
Jiraiya and Orochimaru basically played their own games. You went to find the child of prophecy, and I went to study my immortality. They had no intersection with each other in the later period.
The bond isn't as deep, but it's still there.
Jiraiya silently blocked the Root's pursuers for Orochimaru and hid his tracks. Danzo was so furious!
Because of Izanagi, four Sharingan were missing from his arms. Orochimaru only transplanted two for him and then ran away!
He barely recovered the ability to use chakra, but he could not fight for a long time, nor could he use Izanagi easily. Once the balance between the Sharingan and Hashirama's cells in his body was broken, he would die miserably.
Jiraiya finally made up his mind.
Resurrect Minato Namikaze!
He was afraid that he would grow old and become a different person. Konoha Village needed a younger leader. He was hesitant in doing things and was not a good Kage.
Since the Third Hokage was able to return to be the Kage after abdicating, the Fourth Hokage can also do so. There is no need to ask the wishes of the person concerned. For the sake of the village and Naruto, it is up to the teacher to make the decision, and all the blame will be borne by himself! It just so happens that the Sand Village wants to hold a Chunin Exam in its own village, and the invitation letter is sent to Konoha. Those in Konoha who know about it think it is a godsend, and just arrange the Sand Village collapse plan for them! (End of this chapter)
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