Pirate: This Marine has two Rinnegan.

Tsunade spoke these words with utter composure, for they truly reflected her true feelings.

She has nothing more to say about just the fact that she brought Minato back to life.

Jiraiya could only look at Minato.

"Minato, is Naruto alright?"

When Naruto was mentioned, a happy smile appeared on Minato's face.

"Jiraiya-sensei, Naruto is doing well, and I want to thank you for taking care of him!"

"No need. Taking care of Naruto is what I should do. Besides... he might very well be the child of prophecy spoken of by the Toad Sage!"

"The Child of Prophecy?"

"Yes, that ninja who can change the entire ninja world."

"Pfft!"

Chiga suddenly laughed. It's that so-called fatalism again. One is Joy Boy, the other is the child of prophecy. It's never going to end!

He looked at Jiraiya and said...

"Why should we expect a vague, prophetic child to change the ninja world?"

Jiraiya frowned.

"what do you mean?"

Chiga got up from her chair and walked over to Jiraiya.

Although his eyes were still black, there was still an inexplicable sense of oppression, and Jiraiya couldn't help but swallow.

Chiga stared into Jiraiya's eyes and slowly began to speak.

"What a ridiculous fatalism! To change the ninja world, you don't need to go through all this trouble!"

hum!

An overbearing aura erupted from Chiga, causing Jiraiya to shudder and break out in a fine layer of cold sweat on his forehead.

Tsunade stood to one side with a grim expression.

"It's this again! What exactly is this aura!?"

Chapter 336 Sasuke and Itachi

Jiraiya, with an overwhelming force that seemed to be crushing him, managed to speak with difficulty.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Chika smiled slightly.

"It's simple, just leave only one village in the ninja world."

"What?! You want to start a war?!"

"So what if it is? Peace is never just talk; only force is the truth. Don't you understand that?"

"Do you know what you are talking about?!"

"I know, that's what Madara Uchiha thought back then. Unfortunately, he didn't stick to that idea. I really have to criticize the First Hokage for that. He clearly had unparalleled strength, yet he still went to negotiate with those weaklings at the table. Heh, it's really hard to understand!"

"you......"

Jiraiya never expected that Senga would say something like that. This is even more Uchiha than Uchiha!

He even began to doubt whether the person in front of him was really the Chika he used to know.

Furthermore, what exactly was this inexplicable aura? He found it hard to imagine that someone could immobilize him simply by their aura.

Seeing that Jiraiya was gradually losing his strength, Minato stepped forward and spoke.

"Jiraiya-sensei, I think Chiga makes a good point. If we want the ninja world to achieve true peace, war is inevitable!"

These words made Jiraiya feel even worse. He stared at Minato in disbelief.

"Minato, even you think so?!"

Minato nodded earnestly. Having experienced death once, he now chose to unconditionally trust Chiga.

Jiraiya suddenly seemed to lose all his strength. He slumped his head and said in a deep voice,

"So you're going to declare war on the other ninja villages directly?"

Chiga shrugged and said,

"No, everything has a reason. Once Xiao has made enough of a fuss, they will naturally come looking for us."

"You even know about Akatsuki? Then do you know they're collecting the Tailed Beasts! Naruto is in big danger right now!"

"You don't need to worry about that. Capturing Naruto is meaningless to them now. They just need to wait."

Jiraiya became more and more confused. Naruto possessed the Nine-Tails, the strongest of the nine tailed beasts! How could Akatsuki possibly let Naruto go?

He suddenly turned his head to look at Minato, wanting to see how the father would react.

However, Minato remained calm and even gave Jiraiya a reassuring look.

Tsunade, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

"Jiraiya, you don't need to worry about these things. I think Lord Hokage has his own plans!"

After saying that, Tsunade pulled Jiraiya up and dragged him away from the Hokage's office, and Chiga did not try to stop her.

After the two left, Minato leaned close to Chiga and whispered,

"Chiga, how was my performance just now? This time I'm completely on your side!"

Qianhe glanced at him and said indifferently,

"Not bad, how about we give you an award?"

"No, no, I just wanted to ask if I could have two days off? You know, I haven't had a proper two days with Naruto since I was resurrected!"

As he spoke, Minato clasped his hands together on his head, making a pleading gesture that looked quite pitiful.

Chika was amused by Minato and waved his hand.

"Alright, look at you like this. I'll grant you leave now. Go and be with your son!"

"That's great! Chiga, you truly are my best friend!"

Minato excitedly opened his arms to hug Chiga, but Chiga dodged him and gave him an unfriendly look.

Seeing the faint red light flickering in Chika's eyes, Minato swallowed hard, reluctantly withdrew his arms, and then scurried out of the office.

Qianhe glanced at the time and realized it was almost lunchtime. Although it wasn't the normal time to leave work yet, he didn't care and disappeared from the office in a flash.

Inside a restaurant in Konoha,

Itachi was handing two strings of three-colored dumplings to Sasuke sitting opposite him, speaking gently.

"Sasuke, try this. It's one of my favorite things. I bought it from the dessert shop."

Sasuke took the three-colored dumplings, paused for a moment, and then handed a string of dumplings back to Itachi.

"Since it's something you like to eat, you can have one too. There's no need to give it all to me!"

A smile appeared on Itachi's face. He took a bite of the dumpling and found it exceptionally sweet.

Sasuke turned his head away and also took a bite of the dumpling. Actually, he had eaten the three-colored dumpling with Itachi when he was a child, but he had never eaten it since that night.

He never went to the dessert shop again, because the sight of the three-colored dumplings would remind him of Itachi and that night that filled him with fear and hatred.

But this time he ate with unusual joy, and in no time, he had devoured all the meatballs in his hand.

Sasuke licked his lips, seemingly still wanting more, when Itachi, who had been observing him, immediately spoke up.

"You finished eating so quickly? I thought you didn't like it, so I didn't buy much. I'll go buy some more!"

As Itachi was about to get up to buy Sasuke some three-colored dumplings, Sasuke stopped him, shook his head, and said softly,

"No need, actually, with you here, it doesn't matter what we eat."

Itachi's eyes widened suddenly, and he moved his lips, saying...

"Sasuke, you..."

Although the truth about the Uchiha clan has been revealed and Sasuke has come to understand Itachi's good intentions, Fugaku and Mikoto did die at Itachi's hands, something Itachi himself could not forgive, let alone Sasuke.

Therefore, after Itachi returned to Konoha, he tried to repair his relationship with Sasuke, but the results were not very good.

Every time he came home from get off work, Sasuke would just nod slightly when he saw him, as if the two were not brothers, but just two strangers who had a nodding acquaintance.

Itachi naturally didn't want this situation to continue; for him, a brother-obsessed brother, it was worse than death.

He didn't have a choice before, but now he just wants to be a good older brother.

He hadn't expected to mend the rift between the brothers over a single lunch, but Sasuke's reaction greatly surprised him.

Sasuke blushed slightly after saying those words, feeling a pang of regret. Fortunately, the waiter brought the food at just the right moment, which eased his embarrassment.

He lowered his head and began to eat in silence, as if he had a grudge against the food in his bowl.

Itachi, however, seemed unusually excited. He kept putting food into Sasuke's bowl, muttering to himself.

"Come on, eat more. If you're still hungry, I'll order you more!"

Sasuke didn't refuse; he ate as much as Itachi put on his plate until he really couldn't eat anymore. Then he looked up at Itachi with a helpless expression and said...

"Brother, stop putting food in your bowl, you should eat some too!"

Chapter 337 Xiao in Action

Sasuke's cry of "Brother!" nearly made Itachi faint. He took two deep breaths and asked,

"Sasuke, what did you just call me?"

Sasuke turned his head away haughtily and muttered in a low voice.

"I call you brother! What? Is there a problem?"

Itachi fought back tears, his voice choked with emotion as he spoke.