In the Hokage's office.

Jiraiya rubbed his slightly swollen temples and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Ever since Tsunade went to the Wet Bone Forest with a thousand hands in the columns, Jiraiya's spirit during this time has been tense.

I thought that the first generation of Mizukage Youdou would take advantage of this time to attack the plane again, but it didn't appear.

Even, through the report of the Konoha ninjas stationed at the border, there seems to be no sign of troops in the Fog Hidden Village.

Although he was a little puzzled by the unmoved behavior of Wuyin Village, he was also relieved at the same time.

"The current Konoha is no longer the head of the five ninja villages that it used to be, and the passive situation in front of him really needs to be changed."

Jiraiya looked at the rolls of information on the table, his eyebrows furrowed deeply.

At first, I didn't feel it yet, but with the serious injury of the Lord of the Thousand Hands Pillar this time, I felt more and more the shortcomings of Konoha now.

Since the resurrection of Lord Senju Pillar, although it is true that the people of Konoha who have just been attacked by the four major ninja villages have been freed from panic in a short period of time.

But at the same time, because of the resurrection of the Lord of the Thousand Hands Pillars, many ninjas in Konoha have lost some kind of motivation called "upward".

Jiraiya can fully imagine that if the news of the serious injury of the Lord of the Thousand Hands Pillar spreads this time, the entire Konoha will probably fall into a panic in a short period of time.

In such a situation, Zilai also thought for a moment and understood what the problem was.

The reason for the panic is nothing more than two sources, one is an external threat, and the other is an internal problem.

"If the old man were still alive, I'm afraid this situation wouldn't have happened."

Thinking of the three generations of Hokage Ape Flying Sun, a gloomy look flashed in Jiraiya's eyes.

With the prestige of the Sarutobi Sun Slash among all civilians and ninjas, even if the Lord of the Thousand Hands Pillar is seriously injured, I am afraid that the Sarutobi Sun Slash will be able to calm the panic in a short time.

Although Tsunade is also the Hokage, his time in office is too short, and it is impossible to have the prestige of Sarutobi in a short period of time.

In addition, there are too few strong people in the entire Konoha who can take out their hands, and in addition to Tsunade and him, Jiraiya also found that there are no people of his strength level.

Although Kakashi's strength is good, it is only good, and the Fog Hidden Village only needs to dispatch two members of the Seven Swords Clan, which is enough to drag Kakashi out, and even pose danger to Kakashi.

As for Maitkai, who opened the eight gates, his strength is indeed strong, but the sequelae are too serious.

All of a sudden.

I also remembered the toad immortal and the "child of prophecy" he mentioned.

It's a pity that since the last time the toad immortal predicted that Konoha would fall into war, he has been falling into a deep sleep.

Otherwise, Jiraiya really wants to ask about the Prophecy Child again.

Maybe Konoha needs a hero right now.

A hero of this era!

Jiraiya holds his chin with his hands, and his eyes keep flashing with a thoughtful look.

Boom!

A knock suddenly sounded outside the door.

The next moment, Naruto walked in from outside the office with a big grin.

Behind Naruto were Kakashi with a look of exhaustion on his face and Sakura, who didn't have much fighting spirit.

"Huh? Lustful fairy, why are you sitting in that position, Tsunade mother-in-law? ”

Seeing Jiraiya sitting in the Hokage's position, Naruto's eyes widened and a puzzled expression appeared on his face.

"Naruto, you guy, have said that I am not called a lustful immortal, I am a toad immortal, and! I'm your master!! ”

Jiraiya looked at Naruto with an unhappy expression.

"I didn't admit that you were my master."

Naruto pursed his lips and whispered.

Jiraiya's eyelids couldn't help jumping, and then a helpless look appeared on his face.

I don't know why, I tripped up Naruto, and Jiraiya suddenly felt a lot better.

Jiraiya raised his head and looked at Kakashi and Sakura behind Naruto, and saw that the two of them were a little decadent and unmotivated, and Jiraiya couldn't help but have a headache.

It seems that Sasuke's defection has had a great impact on the people of the seventh class.

Of course, the third Maitkai's squad also has some influence, but compared with Maitkai, who is good at enlivening the atmosphere and full of enthusiasm, Kakashi's already silent personality makes this squad even more depressed.

Thinking of this, Jiraiya's gaze skimmed to the side with a smirk, as if Naruto was the least affected.

Jiraiya knows better than anyone that compared to Kakashi and Sakura, Sasuke's defection has the biggest impact on Naruto.

It's just that, compared to Sakura, who shows her emotions, Naruto uses this pressure as a motivation to become stronger.

"Jiraiya-sama."

Kakashi also glanced at Jiraiya, who was sitting in the Hokage's position, and a look of confusion flashed in his eyes.

"Tsunade has more important matters to deal with, and I'm acting Hokage for the time being."

Jiraiya naturally sensed Kakashi's doubts and said casually.

Kakashi's eyes flashed, and he nodded flatly, Tsunade-sama's departure was obviously related to the big battle that happened outside Konoha a few days ago, but this matter was obviously not something he could ask about.

"Lustful Immortal, the last time you called me Spiral Pill, I've learned, I've gotten stronger."

Naruto's face was filled with excitement and anticipation, and his hands immediately crossed up and down.

As a stream of chakra poured out of the celebrity's hands, a spiral pill quickly appeared in Naruto's palm.

Seeing this scene, Jiraiya's face was slightly stunned, and a rare look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

It took less than a week to learn, which is much shorter than Jiraiya's initial estimate.

"It took a week to learn, it's really slow, with Uchiha Sasuke's talent, it was a strong man like Madara Uchiha who taught him, and now Sasuke is probably getting stronger, you are still far behind, Naruto."

Seeing the look of anticipation in Naruto's eyes, Jiraiya actually guessed what Naruto was thinking, pursed his lips slightly, and struck at Naruto.

Naruto's eyes darkened slightly, and his fists clenched hard, as Naruto chased after Sasuke.

Naruto knew Sasuke's talent better than anyone.

Sasuke must be working harder than me now, and I have to get stronger!

Thinking of this, Naruto's face showed a smile again, and under the somewhat stunned looks of everyone, he strode in the direction of Jiraiya while smiling.

Seeing Naruto's movements, the corners of Jiraiya's mouth twitched, and he had a bad premonition.

Boom!

Naruto slammed the table in front of him and said in a consultative tone:

"Lustful immortals, you see, Sasuke has a person named Madara Uchiha who is so powerful to teach, and even that guy from Ningji seems to have been taught by the first generation of Mizukage, hehe......"

"Can you ask Hokage-sama to teach me too?"

Naruto blinked his eyes, blue pupils, and looked at Jiraiya expectantly.

Jiraiya couldn't help but roll his eyes, he naturally knew who Naruto was talking about.

"You're talking about it easily, and I said I'm called the Toad Immortal!!"

Jiraiya looked at Naruto with an unhappy expression.

No wonder Naruto inquired about the news of Lord Senju from time to time during this time, and it turned out that he was paying attention to this,

In other words, he is the teacher who made Naruto, although Jiraiya also knows that he is not as good as the two who are as famous as the Lord of the Thousand Hands Pillar, but he is still a little unhappy in his heart.

Just as Naruto was about to say something, Kakashi walked over from behind and pulled Naruto back:

"Alright, Naruto, we have more important things."

Naruto pursed his mouth slightly, and stopped talking.

"Jiraiya-sama, is there any mission to summon us this time?"

Kakashi looked up at Jiraiya and asked softly.

"It's not a task, a ninja squad itself is composed of an instructor and three shinobi, Sasuke because of the defection, there is already a vacancy in your seventh class, so naturally this person will not be on board."

Jiraiya glanced at the three Kakashi and said with a chuckle.

Of course, this is not the root cause, the main thing is that adding a new companion will improve the current situation of Class 7.

As Jiraiya spoke, Kakashi nodded slightly, which was to be expected.

Sakura and Naruto on the side changed their faces.

Before Naruto and them, they already knew the position of the third class Hinata Ninji, and someone had already replaced him, who was also a member of the Hyuga clan.

For such a thing, both Naruto and Sakura were a little resistant in their hearts.

"Sasuke's position is something that no one can replace!"

Sakura looked at Jiraiya and said in a somewhat excited voice.

Kakashi's eyes flashed, and he reached out and pressed Sakura's head against it, rubbing it vigorously.

With Kakashi's movements, Sakura's originally somewhat excited emotions slowly eased.

"Sakura-chan, this is not a replacement, but a new companion of yours."

Jiraiya looked at Naruto and Sakura with a solemn look on their faces.

After saying that, Jiraiya clapped his hands gently, and a very slight sound disappeared from outside the Hokage's office.

Kakashi's ears moved, not from the shadows.

Remembering that some time ago, Jiraiya-sama took over the matter of the root of the group, and it seems that this companion who is about to join the seventh class is from the root.

It wasn't long before a slight knock sounded from outside the Hokage's office.

"Come in." Jiraiya said with a smile on his face.

Click!

With a soft sound, a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy wearing a half-black robe on his upper body and a slightly larger scroll hanging from his waist walked in from outside the door under the gaze of everyone.