Little Goku's Great Adventure Starting from One Piece

Chapter 346 A Battle for Life and Death!

In the Hokage's office.

Tsunade, resting her chin on her hand, sat listlessly in the Hokage's chair, seemingly waiting for something.

Suddenly, familiar footsteps echoed in the hallway outside—the unique sound of wooden clogs on the floor.

Tsunade instantly perked up, her pupils focused, she grabbed the pen beside her, and began to work on the official documents on the table.

Two seconds later, the door to the Hokage's office was pushed open, and Jiraiya swaggered in. Looking at Tsunade handling official business, he raised an eyebrow and said with a sly grin, "Oh! So serious, huh? I thought you were drinking."

Tsunade, without even looking up, coldly snorted, "I'm the Hokage! How can I drink alcohol while on duty!"

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya wanted to retort, "Isn't drinking during work a common occurrence?" But after thinking about it, he decided to keep quiet for the sake of his own life.

"Haha, Tsunade, aren't you happy I'm back? Why aren't you even looking at me? Are you upset that you lost the bet again?!"

With Jiraiya's keen eyesight, he had already seen through Tsunade's pretense of handling official business. She hadn't even opened the pen cap; who was she trying to fool?

However, instead of exposing Tsunade's behavior, he teased her in a quirky tone.

One deliberately conceals their emotions, while the other pretends not to know the other's feelings. If Jingyin were here, she would definitely think to herself: It's a pity that you two are not actors!

Tsunade paused, finally putting down her pen, raising her eyes, and saying lightly, "You—"

She had barely uttered a single word when her pupils suddenly contracted, her beautiful eyes fixed on Jiraiya's left hand, her tone filled with intense emotion.

"Your left hand?!"

Jiraiya glanced at his unharmed left hand and smiled, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

The next second, with a loud bang, his perfectly intact left arm disappeared, leaving only an empty sleeve swaying in the air.

Tsunade stared at the empty sleeve, a barely perceptible pain and tenderness flashing in her beautiful eyes.

A few seconds later, she looked away and asked Jiraiya seriously, "Is it Pain's?"

"Yes." Jiraiya nodded.

Only he, Tsunade, and Shizune knew about the mission to investigate Pain in Amegakure. To avoid being seen by the people of Konoha with his missing left arm upon his return, which would cause unnecessary suspicion and uproar, he used the Transformation Technique to disguise himself as having an intact left arm.

Of course, this left arm can only be used to deceive others; it is completely impossible to use it as a normal arm.

Tsunade took a deep breath, trying to clear her mind of the jumbled thoughts.

"It seems you paid a heavy price for this mission. So tell me, how much intelligence have you gathered about Payne?"

Jiraiya's smile faded, and after finding a place to sit down, he began in a deep voice, "This time, I'm going to Amegakure..."

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When Jiraiya was telling Tsunade about his trip to Amegakure.

At Ichiraku Ramen, Teuchi placed a steaming bowl of tonkotsu ramen in front of Goku.

"Please enjoy your meal, young man."

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"Thank you, Uncle!" Goku's eyes lit up. He put his hands together, bowed slightly, picked up his chopsticks, and looked at the fragrant tonkotsu ramen in front of him with drooling.

"It smells so good! It must taste delicious!"

Without further hesitation, he picked up a slice of meat floating on the ramen, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.

The next second, my taste buds were overwhelmed by a flavor so delicious it made me want to cry.

Wukong's eyes lit up, and he picked up another noodle and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Ouch! It's so hot!"

Because the ramen was freshly made and steaming hot, Goku almost burned himself with that big bite.

"Hehe, young man, don't rush. Getting burned is not good." Shouda happened to see this scene, so he reminded him with a smile.

"Mmm!" Wukong nodded, slowing down a little. This time, he didn't pick up so many noodles at once, but only picked up a small portion, blew on them a few times, and then put them in his mouth.

"Jiraiya-san was right, it really is delicious!"

He beamed with happiness as he contentedly enjoyed his ramen.

As he ate his bowl of ramen, two customers who had been there earlier left after finishing their meals.

Not long after, the curtain was lifted again, and three figures walked in.

"There won't be many people eating here at this time. You see, there's only one customer right now. It will be full later."

With his hands in his pockets and deadpan eyes, the boy glanced at Wukong, who was engrossed in his work, and said to his two companions.

"Uncle, I'd like a bowl of tonkotsu ramen."

"It's Shikamaru, no problem." Techi looked up and immediately smiled.

"I want twenty bowls of char siu ramen! Hand-beating uncle!" The chubby boy, Choji Akimichi, raised his right hand and shouted.

"Okay, okay, no problem. Ino, do you want tonkotsu ramen like before?" Teji looked at the blonde ponytail girl who hadn't spoken yet with a smile.

"No! I've gained weight recently, I don't want to eat meat! Uncle, just give me a bowl of vegetable ramen."

Ino pouted and said.

"Vegetable ramen? No problem. Please have a seat, it'll be ready soon." Teji nodded with a smile, then turned to the kitchen: "Ayame, there are more customers now, so please speed things up!"

"Understood, Father!"

Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino sat down close together on the right, while Goku sat one seat away to Shikamaru's left.

While waiting idly for his ramen to arrive, Shikamaru couldn't help but glance at Goku a few times.

When he first came in, he immediately noticed that Wukong's attire was different from that of the villagers. After taking a closer look, he became even more certain of his idea.

Well, he's probably here in Konoha to do business or to issue a mission, but judging from his age, there should be an adult with him, so why is he all alone?

Shikamaru was a little puzzled, then his gaze shifted downwards and he was taken aback when he saw the furry thing wrapped around Goku's waist.

Hmm, what is that? Is it a waist rope? Or some kind of decoration?

Before he could think any further, a steaming bowl of tonkotsu ramen was placed in front of him.

"Tonkotsu ramen is here!" Teda said with a smile.

Shikamaru looked away.

Well, whatever, what does it have to do with him?

And staring at people all the time is really rude.

He stopped paying attention to Wukong and smiled, "Thanks, Uncle Hand-Strike."

Then he focused intently on eating his ramen.

Not long after he started eating, Wukong picked up the large bowl, gulped down the soup in one go, then put the bowl down and said to Shouda, "Uncle, could you please give me another bowl?"

Just as he handed the chashu ramen to Choji, Teuchi turned to look at Goku and said with a smile, "Okay, please wait a moment."

Shikamaru heard the sound but didn't even glance at it, while Choji, needless to say, was already showing off his ramen.

Ino, who was furthest from Goku, had even less curiosity to go see him.

Two minutes later.

"Uncle, could I have another bowl, please?"

The same sound rang out again.

This time, Shikamaru glanced at Goku, Choji continued to boast about his ramen, and Ino remained unmoved.

Two minutes later, "Uncle, give me another bowl!"

This time, Shikamaru paused his eating and glanced at Goku with some surprise. This guy can really eat.

Ichiraku Ramen is known for its large portions, good quality, and low prices. One bowl is enough to fill an ordinary person up. He didn't expect that this boy, who looked a few years younger than him, could eat so much.

Half an hour later, "Uncle, I want another bowl!"

Wukong put down the bowl, which was now completely empty of soup, and grinned at Shouda.

"Little brother, I didn't know you could eat so much!" Teuto exclaimed in surprise, then deftly made Goku another bowl of tonkotsu ramen.

Not far away, Ino poked Choji with her index finger and whispered, "Choji, this guy can eat a lot. His appetite is almost as big as yours."

Choji had already devoured over a dozen bowls of ramen. Looking at Goku, who had already devoured nearly twenty bowls, he nodded while chewing, "Hmm, he really can eat a lot. I wonder if he can eat even more than me."

Shikamaru's lips twitched slightly upon hearing his words.

In terms of appetite, who can compare to the Akimichi clan? I think this young man has probably reached his limit.

However, what he didn't expect was...

Even after Choji had finished his twenty bowls of ramen, Goku still didn't stop, continuing to devour bowl after bowl of ramen at an extremely fast pace.

"Good heavens, he must have eaten forty bowls!" Ino exclaimed, covering her mouth.

"Forty-four bowls. I asked Uncle Tetsuya, and he ate the first bowl when we arrived." Shikamaru's tone was calm, but there was an undisguised shock in his eyes.

Even Choji probably couldn't do that.

"Yosu! I've made up my mind! I'm going to challenge him!" Seeing how much Goku could eat, Choji was inspired to fight.

As a big eater, he has never been outdone by anyone in the village. Twenty bowls of ramen were only enough to satisfy his hunger, but they were far from his limit. So he wanted to challenge Goku and test his own limits.

In the Hokage's office.

"That's the situation. Pain, the leader of Akatsuki, is not a living person, but rather someone's puppet. And I speculate that this person is very likely my former disciple, Nagato," Jiraiya said with a complicated expression.

After discovering this situation, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

If Nagato really is the mastermind behind Pain, he really doesn't know what to say.

You must know that Nagato was once the prophesied child on whom Nagato had placed his hopes. He once believed that this disciple would be the one to change the ninja world and bring lasting peace to it.

He was deeply shocked when he heard the news of the other person's death, and it took him a long time to forget it.

Unexpectedly, he now discovers that his disciple may not be dead, and has even transformed into someone he doesn't recognize at all.

"It's really surprising that Pain is such a being." Tsunade frowned and muttered to herself.

"Jiraiya, you have done a great service this time. With this kind of information, we will have a corresponding way to deal with Pain in the future."

Whether it's the shared vision of Pain's six eyes or the unique abilities each Pain possesses, these are pieces of information that Konoha had never had access to before.

One can imagine how much trouble the Konoha ninja would suffer if they encountered Pain without knowing this information.

Now that they have this intelligence, they can devise countermeasures based on the opponent's capabilities.

"By the way, after saying so much, you still haven't told me how you escaped. You must have fought Pain for a long time to be able to gather so much information, but even for you, it would be difficult to escape under those circumstances." Tsunade suddenly changed the subject, her beautiful eyes fixed on Jiraiya.

She knew Jiraiya's strength all too well. Given Pain's skills that could easily cause serious harm, she found it hard to believe that Jiraiya could return to Konoha with only one arm missing.

Moreover, apart from his severed arm, there was no part of Jiraiya's body that looked like he had just gone through a life-or-death battle.

Therefore, she concluded that Jiraiya was still hiding something from her.

"Heh, I really can't hide anything from you." Jiraiya chuckled.

Tsunade didn't speak, but simply crossed her arms and stared at him with her beautiful eyes, waiting for him to continue.

Jiraiya felt a chill run down his spine from her gaze and quickly forced a laugh, "Haha, I wasn't planning on hiding it from you anyway, I was just about to tell you."

Tsunade continued to look at him without saying a word, but her beautiful eyes held a new seriousness.

Jiraiya's smile faded, and he said seriously, "You're right. It would have been very difficult for me to escape in that situation. In fact, I would have died there already."

Click!

The pen in Tsunade's hand was broken into several pieces.

"If it weren't for a boy who saved me, I wouldn't have made it back this time." Jiraiya seemed oblivious to Tsunade's emotional fluctuations and continued recounting his encounter with Goku.

He used the same excuse he gave to the hermit Fukasaku, saying that it was a secret he needed to keep for Goku, and that he would tell the hermit when it was time to reveal it.

"That's how it is. I brought Goku back to Konoha, and I personally guarantee that Goku will not pose a danger to Konoha. Of course, if you disagree, I will think of another way," Jiraiya said slowly.

After hearing this, Tsunade stroked her chin and remained silent for half a minute before slowly nodding and saying in a deep voice, "I understand. In the name of the Hokage, I will allow him to stay in Konoha temporarily, but if he shows any signs of threatening Konoha, I will expel him from Konoha."

If she weren't the Hokage, she could agree to this without hesitation, but she is the Hokage, so she has to consider the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

Visitors from another world—no matter which village they're in, such people would be on high alert.

In other words, the guarantor was Jiraiya. Otherwise, she wouldn't have agreed to let him stay in the village without any prior observation. If she really wanted him to stay in the village, she would have definitely sent out secret agents to monitor him.

"Don't worry, he will never harm Konoha." Jiraiya nodded with a smile.

Then, he glanced at the sky outside the window and his expression changed instantly.

"Oh no! So much time has passed! Goku must have finished his ramen. I'll have to go now, Tsunade!"

He immediately turned around and hurried towards the door.

Tsunade opened her mouth as if to say something, but ultimately said nothing.

pat!

Jiraiya turned the doorknob, but did not open it immediately.

"Oh, right, Tsunade, there's something else I wanted to say. I'm so happy to be back alive and to see you again."

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After saying that, he opened the door and went out.

With a soft thud as the door closed, Tsunade bit her lip, her beautiful eyes losing their previous seriousness and becoming slightly misty.

"Fool."

Outside Ichiraku Ramen, Jiraiya was dumbfounded as he watched a crowd of people surrounding the restaurant, excitedly shouting things like "Another new record!", "The 120th bowl!", and "Amazing! How did he do that!"

What, what's going on?

What are they shouting? What do you mean, one hundred and twenty bowls?

Where is Wukong? Is Wukong still inside?

Inside Ichiraku Ramen, this place had long since become Goku's solo performance spot.

He kept eating ramen, from forty bowls to sixty bowls, then from sixty bowls to eighty bowls, and finally one hundred bowls, attracting the attention of many diners who came to eat there.

Even now, in addition to diners, many passing villagers have also been attracted to watch, wanting to know just how much ramen Wukong can eat.

"He, he's a monster." Shikamaru, who had witnessed the whole scene, could no longer remain calm and stared dumbfounded at Goku, who was still showing off his ramen.

"He's amazing! How did he do that?!"

Choji, who had stopped at forty bowls of ramen, was already completely convinced of Goku's abilities and even developed a sense of admiration for him. He looked at Goku with starry eyes, wanting to ask how he could eat so much.

"There are people who can eat even more than Choji? This world is crazy." Ino's eyes were full of disbelief.

"Hurry up, Ayame! We absolutely cannot lose this battle!!"

At this moment, the busiest and most on high alert people are none other than Tetsuya and his daughter, Ayame.

The two of them never imagined that one day they would lose their ability to serve other guests because of one customer.

After Wukong finished eating the dough that had been rolled out in advance, the hand-pulling team entered a frantic dough-rolling phase, while his daughter, Changpu, frantically prepared the side dishes. The father and daughter were in the most urgent situation because of a customer.

If they can't provide their customers with good food and enough to eat during business hours, how can they have the nerve to continue operating?

Now, it's a battle for the life or death of Ichiraku Ramen!!

When Jiraiya finally managed to squeeze into the shop, this was the scene described above. He stared dumbfounded at the stack of bowls in front of Goku and asked blankly, "Hey, you guys said he ate 120 bowls of ramen by himself?"

Upon hearing the voice, Shikamaru nodded subconsciously, then suddenly realized what was happening and turned to look.

"Lord Jiraiya?!"

His surprised voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the shop except for the people who were picking calamus.

"Lord Jiraiya, you heard right, this guy ate 120 bowls of ramen by himself."

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"Lord Jiraiya, are you here for ramen too?"

"Hey, Jiraiya-san, you're finally here!"

The voices at the beginning were from Choji, Ino, and several other diners, while the voice at the very end was from Goku.

Uncle Jiraiya?

Shikamaru instantly caught the word, looked at Goku in astonishment, and then glanced at Jiraiya.

This boy actually knows Jiraiya-sama, and they even sound quite familiar with each other?

But he had never heard of such a person by Jiraiya's side before.

"Goku, you, you really ate 120 bowls of ramen?" Although others confirmed it, Jiraiya still couldn't quite believe it and asked Goku himself.

"Hmm...maybe, I forgot." Wukong tilted his head and thought for a moment.

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya gasped inwardly.

One hundred and twenty bowls? That's outrageous!

In all his years in the ninja world, he had never heard of anyone who could eat so much.

However-

He was shocked too soon.

When Goku finished eating 180 bowls of ramen and patted his stomach to indicate that he had had enough, Jiraiya was completely dumbfounded.

He asked, bewildered, "Wukong, you...you're finally full?"

Wukong chuckled and said, "No, I'm about 70% full, but that's enough."

Bang! ! !

Jiraiya, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, and even Tetsuya and Gai, who felt relieved and reborn, all collapsed to the ground.

Looking at his hands, which were twitching from rolling out dough too much, he burst into tears.

Am I still too weak?

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