Street corners.

The tall diner disappeared without a trace.

Heiji stood at the intersection, a little confused.

"Hey, little ghost, did you want to do anything with me all the way?"

A rugged and majestic voice suddenly sounded behind Heiji.

Turning suddenly, he saw a ninja wearing a ninja forehead guard, stepping on clogs, and a head full of white hair hanging down to his waist like a hedgehog looking at him with a smile.

A strong smell of alcohol emanated from his body, and the whole person was a little drunk.

"Are you...... Jiraiya-sama? ”

Seeing a big word "oil" engraved on the ninja's forehead, Heiji became more sure of the identity of the white-haired ninja in front of him.

"Hahahaha...... I didn't expect ...... I didn't expect ...... There is a child like you who can recognize me......"

This white-haired ninja is one of the three ninjas of Konoha and is nicknamed "Toad Immortal".

"You're not going to be my reader, are you...... But...... I'm not writing a book that's for a kid your age......."

Jiraiya bent down and stroked Heiji's hair with a smile.

"I've read your ...... of "The Legend of Root Shinobi"

Jiraiya slowly straightened up, touched the back of his head, and the smile on his face gradually froze: "Hmm...... That was the first novel I wrote...... Dismal sales...... Where did you see it? ”

"Naruto Uzumaki's house, I'm friends with him."

"Naruto...... Is he your friend...... I miss those days...... Poor child. ”

Jiraiya patted Pingji's shoulder and smiled: "So, you haven't made it clear yet, why are you following me?" Do you want my signature? ”

Jiraiya laughed, took out a small yellow book from his body, and on the cover was a pair of young men and women holding hands, very happy......

"Oh...... Wrong...... No, not this one! ”

Jiraiya rummaged through it again, and took out a small red book and a small green book in turn, and the design style of the cover was similar to the first book.

"Hmm...... I don't think I have ...... with me. These books are waiting for you to grow up...... I'll give it to you again. ”

Jiraiya smiled and took those best-selling novels into his arms, and swayed his body to leave.

"Jiraiya-sama ......!"

Heiji bit his lip and stopped him.

"How...... Are you finally willing to speak up? ”

Jiraiya turned his head, and a cunning smile appeared on his face.

"Please be sure to pay attention to the safety of Konoha Village...... During this time, quite a few things have happened......"

Since Heiji had made a decision, when Mizuki tried to snatch the forbidden scroll and defected, the eighth class was attacked during the Shinobi assessment.

"There is such a thing...... This morning, I passed by this place and paid homage to the mausoleum of Pratunam and Kushina......"

Jiraiya frowned slightly, as if he was trying to remember something: "I felt a little strange at the time...... The sealing soil on the Watergate Mausoleum...... It's like someone has touched ......"

A cold light suddenly flashed in the tiger's eyes, and he also rushed like a gust of wind.

Heiji concentrated the chakra on his legs and followed closely behind.

……

Konoha Village Cemetery.

Jiraiya stood in front of a tombstone, grabbed a handful of sealed soil from the grave bag in his right hand, and put it under his nose and sniffed carefully.

Suddenly, he threw the dirt off his hand, turned and ran towards another grave.

"The grave of the first lord has been sealed, and it has also been moved......"

"And the ...... of the second generation"

The expression on Jiraiya's face became more and more cold and solemn, and he muttered, "Forbidden Scroll...... Attacked...... The sealing soil on the graves of the three Hokage......"

Turning around suddenly, Jiraiya stared at Heiji, and asked eagerly, "How far is the place where you were attacked?" ”

Pingji was slightly stunned, and pointed timidly with his fingers not far away: "It's only three or four hundred meters away from here......"

Zilai also patted his head and suddenly realized: "You were attacked, but after the enemy's whereabouts were exposed, you temporarily made a ...... of intentions."

"Don't tell anyone about it...... Including the old man of the three generations. ”

Jiraiya looked at Heiji with a solemn expression: "If someone else knows, you will die......"

Heiji stood on the spot.

He just followed the prompts of the system's side quests and told Jiraiya, one of the three ninja of Konoha, about what happened recently in the form of intelligence.

I couldn't understand it for a while, why even the three generations of adults had to hide it, and it would bring death to themselves?

"Kid...... Where there is light, there is shadow. You only saw Konoha Village in the sun, but you didn't know ...... In the dark corners, how many intertwined things are there, and there is no light to see......"

"It's not as simple as you think...... If a message is missing...... The dark side naturally wants to get rid of you quickly, and the bright side ...... Hey...... will also compromise and use you as a scapegoat to stabilize the overall situation of Konoha Village......"

"Child, you're too weak now...... Even if it is as strong as the Uchiha clan, it is impossible to escape...... Can't escape ......"

Jiraiya sighed lightly, and finally forcibly suppressed his gushing desire to talk.

I don't know why, when he saw Pingji's extremely delicate face and pure and clear eyes, the vigilance in his heart collapsed in an instant, and he said a lot of things that should be said and should not be said.

All this is because I don't want to see this young man as delicate as a flower, as pure and flawless as a crystal, lose his precious life in a daze.

In a trance, Zilai also seemed to see a long time ago, the three cardamom young men in Yuyin Village, looking at themselves with their immature and innocent eyes.

The gaze of the young man in front of him examined the deepest part of his soul like a moral eye, hitting the softest part of his heart.

"Flat ...... Live well...... I had to leave. ”

Jiraiya stroked the green silk on the top of Pingji's head: "If I come back next time...... I can still see you...... You can take me as a teacher. ”

Jiraiya laughed, and returned to his original grinning and nonchalant ronin appearance.

He took great steps and headed in the direction of the setting sun.

At this moment, the sun is already setting in the west.

The crimson sunlight gilded Jiraiya's body with a rosy gold edge, and illuminated his figure on the ground extremely tall and burly.

Heiji sighed lightly, and he didn't know when there was an extra ring in his hand.

The face of the ring was dark and glowing like a jewel, and a small letter was faintly engraved on it.

"Dark".

The chakra attribute of the flat is a dark attribute, and the ring rewarded for completing the side quest of the system just now is also engraved with the word "dark".

Heiji looked at the ring in his hand for a long time, and slowly put the ring on the little finger of his left hand.

A wonderful feeling instantly hit Pingji's heart......