Chapter 82: Tattoos
At night, tonight's moonlight did not cover the starlight in the sky, and the night sky here is always dreamlike and beautiful, thanks to the fact that the industrial tree of this world is very different from the blessing of the previous life.
Konoha Hot Springs, Naruto, who summoned a toad for the first time, was forcibly pulled over by Jiraiya in the name of rewarding him, and now the two of them are leisurely soaking in the hot springs.
"Ah~ It's really blissful, after practicing, you have to soak in the hot springs." He picked up the wine glass from the small wooden basin floating in front of him and drank it all, and he sighed very happily.
At this time, Jiraiya looks exactly like the old men who liked to soak in hot springs in their previous lives.
"That's true." Naruto nodded sympathetically, this was the first time he had soaked in a hot spring in time, and he really felt that all the fatigue of his body had been swept away, and it was completely different from sleeping with aches all over his body in the past.
It's a pity that he is very poor, and he doesn't bother to look at the stinky face of the hot spring owner, otherwise he might consider doing this in the future, in that case, he feels that his daily practice has become something to look forward to.
But at this moment, compared to soaking in the hot springs, the wine in the wooden basin in front of Jiraiya made him care more about it, and he couldn't think of it yet, but it can be seen that Jiraiya's comfortable appearance really hooked out the wine worms in his body.
Seeing that the other party didn't mean to share it for a long time, he couldn't help but say, "By the way, are you going to drink it alone if you're a lustful fairy?" ”
"You want to drink it too?" Hearing this, he stopped and looked at Naruto with a stunned expression, but then his head shook like a rattle and refused, "That's not good, you're not yet twenty years old, how can you drink?" Besides, haven't you ever heard of the three forbidden ninjas? ”
Speaking of this, he saw Naruto looking at him with a confused expression, so he simply gave him a popular science and said, "The so-called three forbidden ninjas, which are the three things that you should stay away from as a ninja and don't covet, money, wine, and women, these things will make the ninja's hands and feet dull...... Feed! I said, are you listening? ”
He was halfway through teaching Naruto a lesson in the posture of an elder, and found that Naruto was speechless and looking at the sky there, which was very upset.
"Of course I'm not listening, where did you get the confidence to give others the three prohibitions of popular science ninjas." Naruto looked at the starry sky and complained in his heart rather speechlessly.
He was stunned just now because he actually heard the word "Ninja Three Forbidden" in Jiraiya's mouth one day, he is worthy of being a lustful fairy, and his face is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and you are embarrassed to be a person who stares at the women's bathhouse.
"Forget it, let's just say it." He waved his hand, and suddenly felt a little uneasy.
It's not because he dislikes Jiraiya or anything, but he suddenly heard the word "three forbidden ninjas", which made him can't help but recall the last scene of Mizuto and Kushina in the Nine-Tails Rebellion in the plot, and the expectation and reluctance to love Naruto in infancy when he was about to die.
And thinking of these, he naturally inevitably thought of the original owner of the body he occupied.
Where the hell did the original Naruto go? Would it really be as he had comforted himself earlier and had speculated to exchange souls with him and go to his world?
But if that's the case, there's no reason for the Nine-Tails to follow?
Or was it really like the terrible thought he had been hiding in his heart, that little Naruto was actually taken away by him, and his soul was devoured by him as an adult?
In fact, he has avoided thinking in this direction all these years, because if this is the case, then it is too cruel.
I haven't seen my parents since I was born, and at a young age, I have to suffer from the discriminatory treatment in the village, and I am lonely in cold eyes and malice.
However, even so, he did not give up on himself, but faced life with a positive and sunny attitude, looking forward to becoming a ninja, becoming the shadow of the village, and working hard to gain everyone's recognition.
But just when life has just begun, and the dream has not yet set sail, he was robbed of his life by a stranger from another world.
Thinking like this, he couldn't help but fall into a state of autism, where he looked at the starry sky stupidly, and frowned when he saw it, and said in his heart that this child's alcohol addiction was so serious, and he couldn't give him anything to drink.
"It seems that the old man hasn't taken care of this kid much in all these years, and Naruto must be allowed to grow up correctly." With this in mind, Jiraiya quickly drained the rest of the wine in one gulp, and at the same time decided to try not to drink in front of Naruto in the future and set a correct example.
It's also a shame that Naruto doesn't know how to read minds, if he knew that he was thinking the same way at the moment, Bao Buqi would faint with laughter, he actually invisibly made this lustful immortal with all five poisons have the idea of regaining the three forbidden ninjas, this world is really amazing.
In this way, the two of them each thought about the opposite thoughts in their heads, and quietly soaked in the hot spring under the night sky, until Naruto felt that it was almost time to get up, and Jiraiya seemed to think of something at this time, and took the initiative to break the silence.
"That...... Naruto ......" seemed to be hesitating about something, and Jiraiya's tone was wandering, and he paused for a moment before looking at Naruto, "Can I ask you a question?" ”
Hearing this, Naruto stopped getting up, turned his head and saw Jiraiya's serious expression, his heart moved, and he sat down again, and smiled silently, Is the heart finally here, I have been waiting for almost a day.
"Back from the dead? Are you trying to ask this? He asked rhetorically with a smile and a calm tone.
Yes, he can roughly guess what Jiraiya wants to ask, after all, before the other party comes to him, there is no reason not to ask about him from other people, since this is the case, then Jiraiya's question is probably nothing more than these two points.
"You know what I'm going to ask?" Jiraiya's expression was slightly shocked, obviously not expecting Naruto to guess what he wanted to ask, let alone being so direct.
You must know that this is indeed his main purpose today, since he came back and heard about Naruto's recent situation from the old man, this question has been haunting his heart, after all, this kind of thing is too amazing, the old man's previous words revealed the information made him subconsciously think that Naruto's body must have produced some kind of abnormality, and whether this abnormality is good or bad, no one knows at present, because Naruto is currently unable to use illusions to probe the specific situation of his body.
And this is exactly what he is worried about, as a Mizuto teacher, he can't live up to Mizuto's trust, and he has the obligation to find out what happened to Naruto.
Thinking of this, Jiraiya nodded with a serious face and said to Naruto, "If you are willing to believe me." ”
After all, it was the first time they met today, and he was originally thinking about how to lead the topic to this step by step as naturally as possible, but now that Naruto saw through it, then he didn't need to waste time, so he simply opened the skylight and said something bright.
At the same time, it is worthy of the three forbearances, and his rich life experience allows him to subconsciously make the best solution even in this situation.
It's a pity that Naruto's body is not inhabited by a new person who is starting his life for the first time.
"Believe in the unbelieved...... The topic suddenly became heavy, hehe, in fact, it doesn't matter, you can get my answer from me, but I'm afraid this answer will not meet your expectations. Naruto said unhurriedly.
As he spoke, he also thought quickly in his mind about what he could say and what he had to keep secret.
To be honest, he still has relative trust in Jiraiya in his heart, not because he learned psychic techniques from the other party when they met for the first time today, but because he liked this character very much when he read the manga in his previous life, and as the existence of Naruto's life mentor, Jilai can also be said to be a near-perfect existence.
In the original book, Jiraiya not only did his best to teach Naruto in ninja skills, but also deeply influenced the other party with his noble life creed.
The pursuit of peace in the ninja world, the determination to never give up, and the spirit of sacrifice in the face of death, all of which have a deep impact on the protagonist Naruto and the entire Hokage world.
So in the face of such a great person, he didn't instinctively guard against anything like everyone else at the beginning, otherwise the other people he met for the first time would have turned around and left.
However, even so, there are some things he really can't say, and even if he says it, the other party can't understand it, such as he is a traverser, and his "plug-in", not to mention others, he himself has so far been in a state of knowing six out of seven and not knowing anything.
So here he can only say sorry in his heart, no matter how thick the fan filter is, he can't really be unreserved, he has long been told by years of education in his previous life, if the king is not secret, he will lose his minister, if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body, and if he is not secret, he will be harmful, and he will be cautious and secretive.
These are the wise sayings and lessons left by our ancestors.
Thinking of this, he smiled and answered his question under the expectant gaze of Jiraiya
"If you ask me how I feel, I can tell you it's amazing, like a dream." When Naruto said this, except for the blue light cluster, which is the soul chakra, he recounted all the other specific feelings at that time to Jiraiya truthfully.
Recalling the feeling that day when he looked at his own corpse next to him in a state of soul that shocked my mother for a whole year, the smile on his face became more and more presumptuous, believing that it was difficult for a second person to have such a magical experience as him.
"But you're going to ask me the specific reason for this......" Here Naruto spread his hands, "I'm really sorry, I don't know anything about it like you guys, no!" I'm more curious than you know how I survived. ”
After saying that, seeing that Jiraiya fell into thought, Naruto also got up, picked up a towel and tied it around his waist, and prepared to rush to end tonight's hot spring trip, it was already late.
However, just as he was about to walk inside, the voice of Jiraiya came from behind him.
"What about Spiral Pills? Naruto, I asked Kakashi and he said he didn't teach you this technique. ”
The question of "......" made Naruto stop, obviously he didn't expect that there was such a thing as resurrection from the dead in front of him, and Jiraiya still noticed the matter of Spiral Maru.
And he really couldn't find any good excuses about this matter, so he could only shake his head with a low chuckle, and said with his back to Jiraiya
"immortals, you know? People and human constitutions cannot be generalized, for example, I once comprehended this technique inexplicably in a state of extreme anger...... Well, that's it. ”
Nodding pretendedly, Naruto, who was babbling nonsense, knew that this answer might not pass, so he rushed into the room after speaking, and withdrew first anyway.
But he obviously underestimated Jiraiya's persistence, so he heard a voice from behind him, "Don't joke about it, stinky boy!" The roar, as well as the sound of splashing, I also know that I must have caught up.
Naruto glanced back and immediately ran, adding fuel to the fire as he ran.
"Haha! Didn't I tell you, 'The answer is not guaranteed to be satisfactory', don't chase it, lustful fairy, the female soup is next door. ”
The old man and the young man wrapped around a towel and set off a flurry of chickens and dogs in the hot spring inn, until the bald innkeeper whose face was almost stretched to the ground appeared, and the two finally became honest.
After another ten minutes, the two people, who had finished washing and changing their clothes, each took a bottle of cold milk in their hands and sat on the bench under the light box at the entrance of the hotel, chatting without a word.
It's just that in terms of the content of the chat, whether it is Naruto or Jiraiya, they tacitly avoid the sensitive issue before, and just talk about everyday topics and other topics.
Naruto naturally has nothing to say about his own secrets here, as for Jiraiya, it seems that he realizes that he is in a bit of a hurry, and sudden questioning can only have the opposite effect, so it is better to slowly figure out the changes in Naruto as Naruto's understanding of him deepens in the future.
At the same time, he also intends to take this opportunity to try to correct what he learned from Kakashi's mouth that he thinks Naruto has not grown correctly.
"Speaking of which, I didn't expect you kid to be quite fashionable, and you have tattoos at a young age, and you have good tattoos." With such a plan in mind, Zilai also took the initiative to start talking.
As a person who has come before, he can understand the adolescent rebellion of a child of Naruto's age, so the tone of his voice is deliberately in the tone of a friend, rather than the admonishment of an elder.
"Huh? Tattoo? What are you talking about, fairy, how can I have that kind of thing in me. Naruto said with a black question mark on his face and a strange look at Jiraiya.
If it weren't for the fact that he knew that Jilai was not such a boring person, he began to suspect that the other party was looking for something to say, how could he have a tattoo.
It's not that he discriminates against people with tattoos, but because of the influence of his nurse girlfriend in his previous life, in his perception that injecting oil paint into the skin is a very creepy thing, and he also thinks tattoos look good on others, but if he is replaced, he will not be grateful.
"None? Heck, there's no need to hide it, this immortal isn't one of those stubborn antiques, not to mention the one with your back tattoo is pretty cool. Jiraiya was embarrassed here, waved his hand and said with an "enlightened" expression, until he saw that Naruto had been looking at him suspiciously, he reacted, and was also a little confused, pointing at Naruto and saying, "Really?" I can't be mistaken, it's on the left shoulder of your back, you don't believe look in the mirror. ”
Naruto saw that Jiraiya really didn't look like a joke, so he couldn't help but put down the milk and stood up suspiciously, walked to the clothes mirror in the hotel lobby, took off his clothes with his back to his shoulders, and turned his head to look at the mirror.
"This ......" The moment he looked in the mirror, he was really stunned, and he really didn't lie to him.
I saw that on my back in the mirror, near my left shoulder, there was a very abrupt pattern of a flame ring the size of a bowl, the center of the ring was pitch black, as if it was a black hole that could suck everything in, and the edge of the black hole was the ring of flames.
To him, the first thing that seemed to him was that it was strange, it looked like the endless darkness that was about to erupt, sealed in the center by a flame that could be extinguished at any time at the edge, as if once the weak flame was broken, an unpredictable calamity would occur, very ominous.
"This ...... How is this possible? Naruto looked at himself in the mirror and muttered in disbelief as his mouth widened in surprise.