Chapter 160: An Invitation from Jiraiya
"Huh? You mean, please give me one thing, I heard you right, right? Sakura looked at Jiraiya suspiciously, what kind of god is this, obviously I was unhappy with myself just now, but now I came to ask myself, and, most importantly, is there anything about myself that is worthy of the other party's request?
Sakura is a very self-aware person, although her current strength is not bad, but that is only within the scope of the new generation, there are still many masters in the ninja world that she can't match at present, and the gap is even greater than that of Jiraiya, if it's something that even the other party can't do, then it's impossible for her to do it now, right?
"Well, you heard it right." Jiraiya nodded solemnly.
"What's the matter?" Sakura thought about it quickly in her mind, but she didn't come up with an answer, and she didn't bother to think about it anymore, so she simply asked directly.
"That's ......" Jiraiya was about to say, when he suddenly waved at Naruto behind him as if he remembered something, "Naruto, you can come over too." ”
"Huh? fairy, you call me. Naruto, who was still sulking at Jiraiya ignoring him, heard Jiraiya's voice, and his dissatisfaction instantly disappeared, and he ran towards here.
After Naruto ran over, Jiraiya looked at the two of them, and after pondering for a while, he said, "You two also know that a few days ago, Orochimaru invaded the village, causing a lot of damage to Konoha and killing the three generations of Hokage. ”
When he said this, Jiraiya's eyes darkened slightly, but in a blink of an eye, he returned to normal.
It was both a sentimental sorrow for the death of the master, and a sentimentality for the person who killed the master was Orochimaru, a former best friend
"Of course, not only us, but all the ninjas in the entire Konoha area, as well as the students who have not yet graduated from the ninja school, as well as the ordinary villagers who are not ninjas, I'm afraid no one is unaware of this matter." Sakura nodded, and then asked, "But does this have anything to do with what you said you wanted to ask the two of us?" ”
Since Jirai also mentioned this aspect, combined with the original book, Sakura had a vague guess in her heart, but she was still not sure, and she was a little incomprehensible, so she tested the other party a little.
"Of course it does." Jiraiya said in a deep voice: "Now Konoha is in a situation where there is no Hokage, for a village, there is no leader, it is a very fatal thing, so, we must elect a new Hokage as soon as possible, to dispel the enemy country's snooping heart for Konoha, as a ninja of Konoha, shouldn't you do your duty and work hard for the village?" ”
"Deadly...... Snooping Heart...... Liability. Naruto had an unclear expression, he scratched his hair, and then suddenly became inexplicably excited: "Although I didn't understand it too much, I feel like what the lustful fairy said seems to be very powerful, and besides, I feel like I'm suddenly full of fighting spirit!" ”
"So, what's the matter with us? Even if you say so, but Naruto and I are just two mere shinobi, and it's not the two of us to care about such an important matter as selecting a new Hokage, this should be something that only a shinobi like Kakashi-sensei is qualified to worry about, right? Compared to Naruto, who was excited after being fooled twice, Sakura was much more sensible, she said calmly.
But under the calm face, Sakura's heart was thinking quickly, "Why did Jiraiya say this to me, did he want to ......?"
"It's true that you two are the lowest level of lower ninjas, but Uncle Ben is one of the three ninjas of Konoha." Jiraiya pointed at himself, with a smug expression on his face, and then said solemnly: "The thing I want to ask you for is that I hope you can join me and Naruto to find one of my former teammates and let her come back to serve as the fifth Hokage of Konoha." ”
"Huh? Looking for the fifth Hokage, and you're going to take me with you? Before Sakura could answer, because he was sensitive to both the words Hokage, Naruto next to him had already screamed first, and then, he instantly became excited, and suddenly jumped in front of Jiraiya, shouting, "Lustful fairy, are you telling the truth?" ”
"Nonsense, otherwise do you think, why should I look for you for a long time, is it idle?" Zilai was also speechless and said, this guy is too dull.
"Sure enough, it's the same as I thought, Jiraiya really wants to take me to find Tsunade with me, and it's much easier now." Sakura's heart was slightly excited.
She had decided to find a way to get the other party to take her with her when Jiraiya took Naruto to find Tsunade, so that she could have a chance to contact Orochimaru again, and then she could use the information she knew to exchange with the other party, and ask him, the creator of the spell mark, if there was a way to improve the spell mark.
But when it comes to how to convince Jiraiya to bring her in, Sakura is in a dilemma, and she can't come up with a suitable solution for a long time.
Jirai is not a fool, if he asks him to bring himself with him for no reason, the other party will not agree to it 100%, but Sakura can't tell him the truth, so a dead knot is formed.
And in addition to letting Jiraiya take herself, Sakura has another way, which can also guard Orochimaru, that is, to use her prophetic advantage to go to Short Book Street in advance to wait for the rabbit.
But this method is not a very good choice for Sakura, and if it is not really impossible to do so, Sakura will try to avoid using it.
This is because, if Sakura chooses to act alone, because there is no mission in the name, Sakura can only choose to sneak out of Konoha secretly, and cannot go out of the gate openly like going to the country of waves.
And Konoha's rules are very strict, if Sakura dares to do this, she will basically be directly regarded as a defector ninja and directly wanted, which is not the result she wants.
So for now. Being able to get Jiraiya's initiative invitation is already a great thing for Sakura-chan.
It's just that although there is some joy, Sakura's heart is from the beginning for Jiraiya's sudden act of letting herself join. There was a trace of confusion and confusion.
"Looking for the fifth Hokage? However, for such an important matter, it would be okay for you to bring Naruto, after all, he is your disciple, and it is understandable for you to bring him with you, but why do you want to bring me with you? Sakura asked at Jiraiya suspiciously.