Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 312 The Bet

"What, are you going to teach the Flying Thunder God Technique to them?"

"Should we just let that old bastard Danzo get killed by them?"

Upon seeing his teacher, Jiraiya was overwhelmed with worry. Instead of empathizing with him, Jiraiya gloated.

Who would have thought that this old lecher would have such a day?

"Jiraiya, if you were to fight him, how confident are you of your chances?"

Ignoring his disciple's disrespectful remarks, the Third Hokage had no energy to pay attention to such things and instead steered the conversation towards himself and Toshiro.

"We've never fought each other, so I don't know!"

Seeing his teacher's increasingly grim expression, Jiraiya unusually remarked, "However, I think if I summon two toad sages to help, they shouldn't be a match for me!"

Although he didn't know where the opponent's immortal techniques came from, he was still confident that he could defeat the opponent in a three-on-one situation.

"However, I have no confidence that I can kill him!"

If the other party is determined to escape, he really has no confidence that he can catch up with them.

Defeating someone and killing them outright are two different concepts.

"I see. I understand!"

Seeing Jiraiya's confidence, the Third Hokage felt relatively at ease. As long as Jiraiya was there, even if this Uchiha wasn't very obedient, he had nothing to worry about.

Before he could even put his mind at ease, Jiraiya said with a nonchalant air:

"Let me make this clear first! I won't be staying long this time. When the time is right, I'll set off again to continue my search for the Chosen One."

He had already received news that something had happened to Nagato, and the same thing had happened to Minato.

It seems that neither of them is the chosen one; in that case, I cannot stop moving forward.

"Jiraiya..."

"Well! I'll be going now, I still have to gather materials!"

Before the Third Hokage could finish speaking, Jiraiya didn't even leave the door; he jumped out of the window and left the Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage, whose face was grim, was left behind.

……

Three days later.

In a large training ground on the back mountain of Konoha, two teams of people stood facing each other.

On one side are the Third Hokage and Jiraiya, and on the other side are Uchiha Toshiro and Fugaku.

"I never imagined that my first interaction with Jiraiya-senpai would unfold in this way. It's truly quite poignant!"

Looking at Jiraiya standing shoulder to shoulder with the Third Hokage across from him, Toshiro felt a pang of emotion.

Since he offered to use the Flying Thunder God Technique in exchange for not pursuing the matter of Shimura Danzo, the Third Hokage had not given Toshiro a reply for several days.

It wasn't until last night that Fugaku Uchiha relayed a message, asking him to have a fair fight with Jiraiya. If he won, he could take the Flying Thunder God Technique with him.

If we lose...

However, Toshiro was not afraid. With his current strength, even if he faced Jiraiya, he wouldn't back down unless Jiraiya summoned both of the toad sages from Mount Myōboku at once.

He knew that the Third Hokage might know that he knew Sage Mode. Last time, when facing the Nine-Tails, he was not paying attention and the Fourth Hokage touched his shoulder. At that time, he noticed the strangeness in the Fourth Hokage's eyes.

But so what?

As long as the enemy doesn't dare send a large-scale ninja force to besiege him, he has nothing to fear. Even if things go wrong, he's not a wooden stake; he can always make a strategic retreat, can't he?

"I never expected that someone in Konoha besides me would have learned Sage Mode."

"By the way, where did you learn your Sage Mode? If the information is correct, you shouldn't have signed a psychic contract with the three holy lands."

Not only him, but even the Third Hokage beside him turned his gaze to Toshiro across from him, awaiting his answer.

After receiving the news that the other party might have learned Sage Mode, he immediately contacted Tsunade and Jiraiya, who were away, and Orochimaru in the village.

Their answers were consistent: the Holy Land of Spirits behind them had not signed a contract with the other party, and the other party's immortal techniques had nothing to do with them.

This left the Third Hokage utterly perplexed.

"Jiraiya-senpai, really, you even need to gather this kind of information?"

Seeing the other person's serious expression, Toshiro was speechless. How could you ask such a question about the other person's training secrets?

He naturally wouldn't tell them how he learned Sage Mode, letting them be suspicious if they wanted.

"Of course, if Jiraiya-senpai were to teach me the Flying Thunder God Technique directly, I wouldn't mind telling you this!"

While he was chatting with Jiraiya, Fugaku Uchiha, who had come with him, was overjoyed to hear that Jiraiya had mastered Sage Mode.

He never expected that his family's younger generation would master the legendary Immortal Mode in the blink of an eye.

As the head of the Uchiha clan, he witnessed Jiraiya unleashing his power in Sage Mode at the Grass Country camp.

After returning to his family, he read through a large number of books and learned that his ancestor had been defeated by the First Hokage because of this.

As he thought about this, his eyes gradually became more intense.

No wonder Toshiro dared to threaten the village's leaders so brazenly, and the Third Hokage had to use the Flying Thunder God Technique as a bargaining chip.

So that's why?

This is truly unexpected news.

"I never imagined you'd be so pathetic!"

"This is truly eye-opening! Heh! Heh! Heh!"

Just as Fugaku Uchiha was in shock, Orochimaru, with a playful expression, looked at Danzo Shimura beside him and uttered a merciless taunt.

"I never imagined that little brat from back then would grow up to be this big?"

"Without realizing it, it has become an existence that cannot be ignored!"

I still remember how embarrassed and helpless the other person was when they faced me a few years ago. I never imagined that they would change so much in just a few years.

"Hmph! None of these Uchiha are easy to deal with. It's all because of Hiruzen's indulgence; otherwise, how could there be so much trouble!"

"And you, Orochimaru, you'd better watch out for your own affairs. Researching immortality techniques, if your teacher finds out, your fate won't be good."

"Sarutobi-sensei?"

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru also felt a headache coming on. He increasingly felt that Konoha Village was now just a place that limited him from realizing his dreams.

'Perhaps it's time for me to consider leaving!'

(End of this chapter)