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Chapter 118 Jiraiya's First Lesson: Do not use ninja power to bully innocent people!

After nightfall.

Many people in Konoha know that Akihara Kagura has become Jiraiya's apprentice.

The Naruto Building.

Danzo Shimura took the initiative to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The Root leader vaguely sensed Hiruzen Sarutobi's intentions.

"You want Akihara Kagura to be a Hokage candidate?"

Danzo Shimura strongly opposed this, presenting his compelling evidence: "Do you know how cunning that brat is?"

Danzo Shimura felt somewhat embarrassed when he recalled the incident: "That brat was clearly from an orphanage, but when he joined Root, he pretended to know no one, including Kabuto and Nonou, and deceived me to gain my trust!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi stared intently at Danzo Shimura, a hint of rage flickering across his face: "You should have sent this child to the Ninja Academy back then, not Root!"

If Akihara Kagura had entered the Ninja Academy back then, instead of being influenced by Shimura Danzo, she wouldn't have become such a troublesome child, and might have even inherited the Will of Fire of Konoha long ago, becoming a qualified successor!

"That brat...that brat..."

Danzo Shimura was so angry he couldn't speak.

Since he had truly lost an eye, Danzo Shimura felt a slight pain in his eye socket.

"Danzo..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Danzo Shimura, shook his head, and sighed, "If it weren't for you, that child would have been destined to become the future of Konoha..."

"If it weren't for me..."

Danzo Shimura gritted his teeth but didn't say those words.

If it weren't for me, that brat would never have had a chance to return to Konoha and would have been forever Orochimaru's experimental subject!

however…

Danzo Shimura could not.

Danzo Shimura still needs Orochimaru's help to realize his dream of obtaining Wood Release.

Now that Shimura Danzo has lost his Sharingan and is even watching helplessly as his Kotoamatsukami Sharingan is taken away, he can only try to find another Sharingan while continuing to covet the possibility of mastering Wood Release.

"Hiruzen".

Leaning on his cane, Shimura Danzo uttered his last words: "I understand the darkness that child went through better than any of you. That child has no potential to become Hokage; he is best suited to be a tool..."

"Darkness is not scary."

Hiruzen Sarutobi gazed at Danzo Shimura and calmly stated his opinion: "I only hope that Jiraiya can dispel his darkness and let him see the light."

After speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued, "Danzo, don't slander Kagura in front of me. That child still harbors what you call the Will of Root, wanting to protect Konoha from the darkness. This shouldn't be the kind of thought he should have..."

Danzo.

"You have had too much influence on him."

When Hiruzen Sarutobi finished speaking, he made almost no attempt to hide his dissatisfaction with Danzo Shimura.

"Then let him go back to the roots!"

Danzo Shimura looked at his old friend and said in a low voice, "That brat can even see that Root is his true home! In the future, I might even let that child succeed as the leader of Root. He's more suitable than Itachi Uchiha!"

"..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was so angry that he almost laughed.

If we exclude the Uchiha clan, Akihara Kagura is destined to be the strongest ninja in Konoha, and even his ninjutsu has the significance of being passed down to the ninjas of Konoha!

Send such a ninja to Root...

Was Danzo Shimura's mind really getting old?

Do you really think that Konoha has so many geniuses that anyone can easily replace Akihara Kagura?

It was Shimura Danzo himself who wanted to become Hokage. He never changed his ambition to become Hokage, so he tried every means to eliminate other Hokage candidates!

"You don't need to worry about this!"

"Hiruzen, you'll regret this."

Danzo Shimura stood up and leaned on his cane.

"Danzo, I am the Hokage."

Hiruzen Sarutobi showed no intention of getting up to see him off.

After finishing his speech, Shimura Danzo pushed open the office door and walked out, slamming it shut behind him. He said coldly, "I will absolutely not stand by and watch that brat become Hokage. He was just a successful experiment that happened to be a perfect fit..."

Konoha Orphanage.

After finishing his shift, the pharmacist returned here.

Yakushi Nono is still making cardboard boxes with the children from the orphanage.

Kabuto Yakushi only casually mentioned that Akihara Kagura was leaving the village to train, without revealing that Akihara Kagura was Jiraiya's disciple, for fear that Yakushi Nonou would worry that Akihara Kagura would be exposed.

"I'll go and get him a peace charm."

Yakushi Nonou has always wanted to make amends to Akihara Kagura.

Both Kabuto and she herself knew that this was just a form of emotional support.

While Yakushi Nonou was away, Kabuto summoned a small white snake and reported to Orochimaru that Akihara Kagura had become Jiraiya's disciple.

Karin's home.

The little red-haired girl with glasses hugged her shoulders and curled up against the wall.

Compared to the others, Karin was more perceptive, and she roughly understood why Akihara Kagura had specifically informed her and Naruto about this.

Perhaps, this time, Akihara Kagura will be away from Konoha for a long time.

Naruto's house.

The little guy was fast asleep, snoreling and snoring, with a copy of "The Story of Perseverance and Perseverance" tucked in his arms.

This gift from Akihara Kagura made Naruto realize its value immediately after reading it. He felt that he was very similar to the protagonist in the book because they had the same name, Naruto.

Kakashi Hatake's house.

Next to Kakashi Hatake was a copy of "Make-Out Paradise".

However, this ANBU ninja did not look at his favorite book. Instead, he kept clenching his hands together, and a jet-black Flying Thunder God seal kept floating in his hands. He was still diligently practicing the Flying Thunder God technique.

Kakashi Hatake reached out and slapped the Flying Thunder God mark onto the floor of his house, creating a huge Flying Thunder God mark on the ground.

Kakashi Hatake looked at the Flying Thunder God Mark, which was essentially a Flying Thunder God Formation, and felt a slight headache coming on.

"I can't be worse than my juniors, can I..."

Kakashi Hatake opened his palms again and began attempting to condense the Flying Thunder God seal once more: "If Kagura goes to train with Jiraiya-sama, who knows how much she'll surpass me when she comes back..."

Nanga Shrine.

Obito Uchiha is still hiding here.

White Zetsu's true form always felt somewhat uncomfortable, sensing from time to time that Danzo Shimura was keeping an eye on this place.

When White Zetsu speaks, he always subconsciously lowers his voice: "By the way, Wei brought me some news today. Kagura, that brat, is leaving Konoha to go on a training trip with Jiraiya..."

"Hmph, I knew that brat couldn't be trusted."

Obito Uchiha frowned, focusing only on what he wanted to do: "It seems our spies planted in Konoha won't be of much use for the time being..."

The dormitory of the secret service.

Akihara Kagura lay on her bed.

White Zetsu Awei emerged from the ground, revealing his upper body.

"Young man, can't you really take me with you this time?"

"This could very likely put you in danger."

Akihara Kagura shook her head, unwilling to agree: "I might be taken to some strange place by Jiraiya-sensei. The ninja world is so magical, there will always be some people with peculiar abilities. If they sense your presence, it will put you in danger."

"I can claim to be Obito, the one sent to monitor you..."

White Zetsu Awei was indeed quite clever, and immediately came up with a solution.

"That's a good idea."

After thinking for a while, Akihara Kagura found that the reason was somewhat impeccable.

"Ah Wei."

Kagura Akihara, recalling the moment she climbed to the rooftop of the Hokage Building and heard Jiraiya mention wanting to bring Orochimaru back, suddenly sighed, "We should give Lord Orochimaru a gift..."

"What gift?"

Bai Jue Awei nodded thoughtfully.

"Let Lord Orochimaru cherish his bonds."

Akihara Kagura sighed softly and continued, "The Third Hokage had Jiraiya teach me because he wanted to train me to become the future Hokage. So, I'll learn the Hokage's mindset so that more people can cherish their bonds..."

"..."

White Zetsu Awei still couldn't understand the purpose of bonds.

Because this white Zetsu has human thinking, but no human emotions.

For it, its life was confined within the Gedo Mazo until it was summoned by the main body to accompany Akihara Kagura. Gradually, it began to feel that it had meaning, because it would always be listed together with Akihara Kagura and referred to as "we" or "you".

"Oh, right."

"With Orochimaru joining the Akatsuki, some of his labs are probably unused..."

Akihara Kagura seemed to suddenly remember something and continued, "Go find a useless laboratory and secretly collect easily obtainable bloodline limits. I happen to possess a modification technology originating from Orochimaru, and I have a wonderful idea..."

"it is good."

Bai Jue Awei had no idea that he would be that amazing idea.

"but…"

White Zetsu Awei raised his question: "You're going to stay with that guy named Jiraiya all the time, right?"

"It's only temporary."

Kagura Akihara seemed to know Jiraiya quite well, and continued, "I reckon the two of them won't stay together for long. He'll go find some fun and leave me to train alone!"

The next day.

Konoha Village entrance.

Jiraiya and Akihara Kagura met up here.

Jiraiya secretly observed Akihara Kagura yesterday and concluded that she wasn't just a simple extremist, which improved his impression of the little girl.

"Let me show you what life is like."

Jiraiya took Akihara Kagura to a small town near Konoha, treated him to a big meal, and took him to a hot spring bath.

"A ninja's life isn't just about fighting and killing..."

Jiraiya's body was immersed in the hot spring, enjoying the warmth of the steam enveloping his body. He closed his eyes contentedly: "There are still some things that allow one to experience a leisurely and comfortable life."

"Lord Danzo once said that ninjas should not be greedy for external pleasures..."

Akihara Kagura frowned, seemingly still a little unaccustomed to it, but still tried to lie down like Jiraiya.

This was the first lesson Jiraiya planned to give Akihara Kagura. Because of Akihara Kagura's personality, Jiraiya intended to first let this child forget the hatred and fighting between ninjas and let her be exposed to the atmosphere of the human world.

"Huh?"

"Hehehehe..."

"Don't splash it on me..."

A melodious female voice drifted from the hot spring pool next door.

"Shh..."

Jiraiya suddenly raised a finger, signaling Akihara Kagura not to speak.

The tall, white-haired man and his disciple spent less than half a day before revealing their true colors. He immediately climbed out of the hot spring, casually draped a towel over himself, and carefully walked to the partition wall separating the men's and women's hot spring pools.

"Hehehehe..."

A strange, silly laugh suddenly escaped Jiraiya's throat.

"..."

Akihara Kagura remained silent for a while.

As a student, Akihara Kagura really couldn't criticize her teacher.

Akihara Kagura climbed out of the bath, put on her towel, went back to the changing room to change her clothes, and then informed the owner of the hot spring resort.

Kagura Akihara sat down at the beverage shop opposite the hot spring shop and casually ordered two cups of pear juice.

Half a minute later.

Jiraiya escaped, wrapped in a towel.

A group of elderly women working at the hot spring resort chased after him relentlessly, brooms in hand!

Jiraiya, looking disheveled, hid in a small alley. The group of elderly women, seemingly oblivious to his presence, returned dejectedly to the shop.

"Jiraiya-sensei, why don't you use ninjutsu?"

Looking at the disheveled Jiraiya, Akihara Kagura first handed him a glass of pear juice, then began her rhetorical question: "Even a simple taijutsu would have been enough to defeat them, or a clone technique would have been enough to get rid of them..."

"Hmph, anyway, I escaped..."

Jiraiya smiled confidently, took the glass of pear juice, took a big gulp through the straw, and continued the lesson: "Kid, a ninja's talent isn't measured by the number of ninjutsu they've mastered, but by their perseverance. And naturally, they shouldn't use those to bully innocent people..."

This was the second lesson Jiraiya planned to take.

Ninjas are never the strong who are superior; they cannot rely on their strength to bully the weak.

After all, Akihara Kagura's disciple was too powerful; this guy had never been afraid of strength.

"Besides that, most importantly, the one who made the mistake first this time was actually Jiraiya-sensei, right?"

Akihara Kagura nodded and continued, "I think I understand. I want to learn from Jiraiya-sensei's perseverance. I informed the town mayor that there is a spy. Jiraiya-sensei, please escape without using any ninjutsu or taijutsu while surrounded by the entire town..."

"After you finish this glass of pear juice, everyone in town will gather around..."

"Jiraiya-sensei, I'll be waiting for you at the top of that mountain outside the town..."

Akihara Kagura raised her hand and pointed to the mountain in the distance of the town. Her body gradually turned into a wooden sculpture. Suddenly, a group of townspeople kicked the wooden sculpture aside and slowly surrounded Jiraiya, who was looking completely stunned, with various cleaning tools in their hands.

"Wait...wait..."

Jiraiya shouted repeatedly, hoping that he and Akihara Kagura would have a good talk.

If Jiraiya had asked his teacher, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, a little more, he might have learned that even Hiruzen Sarutobi was forced to buy that kid two bowls of ramen to prove his worth as Hokage…

night.

The moonlight was bright.

On the mountaintop outside the town.

Akihara Kagura leaned against a tree, sleeping soundly with his head down, though his lips were a little dry.

"Little brat..."

A white-haired man with bruises and swelling on his face was a mess, almost unrecognizable.

This white-haired man was none other than Jiraiya. In order to convince his disciple, Jiraiya did not use his own chakra and was chased and beaten by the residents of the entire town. He finally managed to escape to this mountain.

When Jiraiya arrived at the mountain, he still did not choose to use his chakra. Instead, he stubbornly relied on his physical strength to climb to the top of the mountain and to his disciple, Akihara Kagura, wanting to take this opportunity to continue teaching the brat.

Jiraiya still did not choose to use his chakra, but instead tried to reach out his palm to push the sleeping Akihara Kagura.

A glass of pear juice was pushed to Jiraiya's palm.

"You little rascal..."

Jiraiya immediately perked up, forcefully tore open the packaging, and gulped down the sweet pear juice!

"I only bought two cups of pear juice."

Akihara Kagura didn't seem to have drunk any water. His voice was a little hoarse as he spoke softly, "This afternoon, I offered Jiraiya-sensei a glass of pear juice. This glass of pear juice has been left here untouched; it's also for Jiraiya-sensei."

Why aren't you drinking?

Jiraiya looked at the empty cup, a mix of emotions welling up inside him.

"Because it's meant to be kept for Jiraiya-sensei."

Kagura Akihara shook her head, giving a somewhat strange answer: "I want to leave this cup of pear juice, which I used to quench my thirst, as a gift for Jiraiya-sensei's victorious return. Perhaps it's because I hope my teacher is a ninja who keeps his word..."

"If a teacher can keep their word..."

"Then the students should believe everything he has said and everything he wants to teach them."

"I will remember this lesson from Jiraiya-sensei. No matter how powerful my ninjutsu becomes in the future, I will never use my power to bully innocent people."

"..."

Jiraiya was somewhat shocked.

Even though I was teaching this child, I was still moved by the child's behavior.

This child…

Perhaps he really is the child of prophecy!

"it is good."

Jiraiya looked at Akihara Kagura before him and said earnestly, "Then, let me rest and recover tonight. Tomorrow I will formally teach you training and let you witness the true power of the Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku!"

Third update!

Goodnight everyone. This chapter is a foreshadowing chapter; I'll probably come back to check in again...

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