Frontier of the Fire Nation.

As it was getting late, the 7th class and Jiraiya decided to stop for a while and camp in the wild for the night to conserve their strength so as not to encounter the enemy.

Kakashi Hachiki and Sasuke Uchiha are in charge of setting up the perimeter cordon, Sakura Haruno is boiling water at the camp, and Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki go fishing in the river.

The middle-aged man held a homemade simple fishing rod, looked at the yellow-haired imp sitting next to him, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Survival in the wild is an important ninja skill, once you fall into the danger of being deserted, you can only rely on your own ability to find supplies..."

"Oh."

Naruto Uzumaki looked at the fishing rod in his hand and spread out his palm, trying to condense a spiral projectile.

"Don't use ninjutsu!"

Jiraiya reached out and stopped Naruto's palm that wanted to condense Chakra: "The power of ninjutsu is too great, and it is easy to attract the attention of distant enemies..."

"Is that so?"

The shinobi boy nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he flung the hook into the river.

Jiraiya watched his skillful movements, but touched his chin curiously, "Is it Kakashi's teaching?" I remember that when Kakashi was a child, he liked to fish in the river, and he made his own fried fish for dinner, and I heard that the craft was good..."

"Nope."

Naruto Uzumaki shook his head and said calmly, "The living expenses from the village will always be wasted by me, so I always have to find a way to fill my stomach." ”

Before becoming a ninja, Konoha was given a standard living allowance every month, and no one taught him how to live.

Children are calculating, no matter what, it is not enough to spend.

Moreover, most of the shopkeepers in the village avoided him, and refused to accept customers like him for fear of affecting their business.

In addition to the hand-made owner of the Ichiraku ramen shop, Ilamus is more kind and willing to accept him, and occasionally asks him to come over to eat a bowl of ramen.

It's just that as a child, he also has a sense of shame, and he can't run to Ichiraku Ramen Shop every night.

From an early age, he learned to be hungry.

Later, as he grew older, he learned to pick wild mushrooms and fish on his own, barely making it to the next month.

"Well, it's pretty much the same!"

Jiraiya held his chin in contemplation, sighed and said: "When I was a child, I often went out fishing with Orochimaru, I was to fill my stomach, but that guy was to save his monthly pension and buy some strange ninja equipment..."

"Orochimaru? Friends of the fairy? ”

Naruto Uzumaki couldn't help but touch his forehead, feeling the excitement in his mind, because of the name, it also had a great impact on him.

The middle-aged man nodded, a flash of nostalgia flashed on his face: "That guy is the most famous genius in our period, he has always been the first in the ninja school, although he is a little worse than me..."

"Wait..."

Naruto Uzumaki's forehead was covered with a line of black lines, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching: "Since he is the chief student in the school, will he be worse than you?" ”

"This..."

Jiraiya's face suddenly became a little bitter, but after a moment he found a place to refute: "I heard that little girl say that Sasuke is also the number one in the ninja school... But don't you think Sasuke is a little worse than you? ”

It's hard to refute that.

Naruto Uzumaki thought for a moment, nodded seriously and said, "... You're right, even if Sasuke is the head student in the school, he's still a little worse than me. ”

Two shameless guys, on this point of view, agreed.

Naruto Uzumaki felt the shaking of the fishing rod, and when the frequency of the fishing rod shaking became more and more intense, he suddenly pulled the fishing rod in his hand: "It seems that a big fish has been hooked!" ”

"Little ghost, do you want me to help you?"

"No!"

Naruto Uzumaki grabbed the rod and lifted it up with all his might.

Just as he had lifted the big fish out of the water, and had seen the body of the fish shaking violently to get out of the hook, a figure slowly walked out of the forest.

The figure stood behind Naruto Uzumaki and chuckled in a low voice, "Ho-ho-ho-ho... If you do that, the rod will break..."

As soon as his words fell, the fishing rod broke in an instant!

Naruto Uzumaki turned around and saw a man with long black hair standing behind him, a playful grin on his lips that made his heart flutter.

First Impression... Cold!

Jiraiya watched the big fish fall into the water, and sighed: "Sure enough, I am still young, and I really lack some experience..."

"Ho-ho-ho... Zilaiya..."

The man with long black hair turned his head to look at Jiraiya and raised his palm: "Because you also made such a mistake when you were a child, are you so tolerant?" For us, that big fish is a feast! ”

"In your words... That's just us in the past! ”

Jiraiya's voice gradually became higher, and as the words fell, he rolled over and soared into the air, waving his fist and attacking the long-haired man!

This man, who had always maintained optimism in front of the seventh class, was now in the midst of the peace and joy on his face, only endless anger and incomprehension!

A long snake suddenly flew out of the black-haired man's sleeve, spitting out the snake core and pounced on Jiraiya, forcing Jiraiya's attack back!

The black-haired man withdrew the long snake, looked at Jiraiya's serious expression, smiled and said, "Didn't you just say that I was a little worse than you?" ”

“……”

Jiraiya's face suddenly blushed a little, and he didn't pay attention when he bragged about himself, but he was accidentally heard by the main owner...

It's embarrassing.

Especially since this person is still his best friend many years ago.

But now is not the time to catch up.

Jiraiya took a half step forward, protected Naruto Uzumaki behind him, and his face gradually turned cold and said, "Orochimaru, what are you doing here?" ”

"Ho-ho-ho..."

The black-haired man ruffled his long hair and said softly, "Do you think I'm here to find you for a class reunion?" ”

“……”

Jiraiya gritted his teeth.

Although I can't figure out why Orochimaru is here, there has been little news about this guy since he defected to Konoha, and he must have a conspiracy when he appeared in front of him rashly.

The question is...

Orochimaru is a psychopath.

Even Jiraiya, who has been a classmate for many years, can't guess what's in Orochimaru's head, because he has always acted without scruples.

"It's so ruthless..."

Orochimaru's arm suddenly poked out, and he whispered in his mouth: "Shulker has many snake hands!" ”

His arms suddenly turned into dozens of poisonous snakes, which came out of his sleeves, and the snakes each showed their fangs, swarming and biting at Jiraiya!

"Earth Escape, Earth Flow Wall!"

An earthen wall stopped the attack of the snakes!

Jiraiya blocked Orochimaru's ninjutsu, and glanced at Naruto Uzumaki, who was kneading his forehead next to him, the battlefield between them could not tolerate the participation of others.

Out of the corner of his eye, Jiraiya immediately saw a group of snakes attacking around the earthen wall, grabbed the uzumaki Naruto and flew back, and whispered in his mouth, "Naruto, go farther!" ”

"Jiraiya, I think you'd better have a helper."

Orochimaru's voice was like a ghost, reaching the ears of the two of them: "Since you were three years old, until now, you have never beaten me..."