Walking on the desolate mountain road, he also felt that the air around him was getting more humid and dull, so he looked up at the sky.

There was not a single ray of sunlight in the gloomy sky, and the dark clouds seemed to be about to fall at any moment.

Just as he looked up at the sky, he suddenly felt a chill on his cheeks.

Click, click...

The rain fell from the sky to the ground, splashing with a slightly uncomfortable smell of earth.

He didn't go to the bushes next to him to avoid the rainy weather, but lifted the scroll and bag on his back to his shoulders and continued on his way.

It's been more than a year since Orochimaru defected to Konoha Village, and Jiraiya has been tracking Orochimaru for more than a year.

Except for the last time I returned to the village to convey the prophecy of the Great Toad Immortal to the three generations of Hokage, Jilai was also constantly looking for Orochimaru's whereabouts at other times.

However, there is very little information about Orochimaru, and the last time I got information about Orochimaru was a long, long time ago, when it was said that a man with a face like a poisonous snake bought a large amount of experimental equipment on the underground black market in the north.

For this reason, Jiraiya wandered in the north for quite a long time, but still did not find any trace of Orochimaru.

However, Jiraiya did not give up, and now Jiraiya is still traveling between the northern countries and secretly investigating the whereabouts of Orochimaru.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves and wheels rolling behind him, and he knew that there was a carriage about to pass behind, so he took the initiative to walk to the side of the road and make way for the carriage behind.

The carriage whizzed past Jiraiya, but stopped a few meters ahead.

"Phew~"

The coachman looked at Jiraiya behind him and said, "It's all wet, let's get in the car." ”

...

"Thank you, uncle." Jiraiya, who was sitting in the car, thanked him.

"Haha, you're welcome." The old coachman let out two hearty smiles and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"It's the town not far ahead, Lovetown." Jiraiya replied calmly.

"What?" Hearing Jiraiya's answer, the coachman looked back at Jiraiya with a look of surprise.

"Are you serious? That town now..."

"What kind of place is that?" The coachman's strange reaction intrigued Jiraiya.

"Haven't you even been there? Are you there to help? ”

"Well," Jiraiya shook his head, "I'm just an ordinary person who heard that the laffes unique to that city are delicious, so I went to try them." ”

"What's going on there?"

When the coachman heard this, he turned his head in disappointment.

"There's a monster in that town right now!"

Hearing the coachman's answer, Jiraiya raised his eyebrows.

"Oh?"

"It is said that the people there even turned the city into a fortress in order to defend against monsters."

"So I advise you not to go there, although the lofes are delicious, but they will not put your life on the line for a food."

...

It rained all the time.

On the side of the road at the entrance to Lovetown, a man with exaggerated white hair stepped out of the carriage, and the coachman drove away in a hurry before he could even listen to the man's thanks.

Before entering the town of Love, he saw a striking poster on the sign next to the road.

Huge bounties to recruit warriors!

The eye-catching title, the small print below presumably means that a man-eating monster has appeared in Lovetown. As a result, the Stuffed Country recruits warriors from all over the world to help soldiers and locals build fortifications against man-eating monsters.

If someone can kill the monsters in Lovetown directly, they can get a large bounty.

This bounty is a bounty that even people who will be thrilled when they see it.

....

When you enter the town of Love, there is almost no one on the street, only the faces behind the windows of the various shops, looking at the strange face of Jiraiya.

Although their eyes were a little curious, their expressions were slightly calm, as if they were familiar with Jiraiya.

It was as if they had seen through the fate of this outsider.

Ignoring these people's strange gazes, he walked into a small bar.

"Boss, a lofe and the best wine here."

Soon, the bar owner brought the things that Jiraiya had ordered.

But just as he was about to pay out of his arms, the bar owner shook his head and said no.

"The rules here, as long as the warriors who come here to help fight monsters, food and lodging are all free."

"Oh? And this kind of good thing? ”

It's not that I'm not short of money, but I didn't expect the people in this town to be so generous, spending money to invite outsiders and providing food and accommodation for free, which is a lot of money.

"It's not a good thing, is it?" The bar owner shook his head, "I'll find out when you report over there." ”

"Can you tell me more about what's going on here?"

"What? Aren't you here to help our warriors? You're going to have to pay for the meal. ”

"Well, don't worry, tell me about the monsters here."

Under Jiraiya's inquiry, the bar owner slowly explained what had happened.

"Actually, it hasn't been too long since the monster appeared, probably just over three months ago."

"At that time, there was a sudden disappearance of someone in the town."

"At first, it was just one person or two people, and this did not cause much commotion in the town, but after several searches in the town, they did not find any traces of attack or fighting, so they guessed that they had left the town of Love."

"But then there were more and more cases of residents disappearing, and at most seven people disappeared in one night."

"These missing people disappear suddenly without warning, sometimes they go out to buy something and never come back, and there is no trace of any attack on the town, they just disappear without warning."

"These people generally disappear at night, but there are also cases of disappearance during the day."

"Later, we found some patterns, that is, most of these disappeared people were concentrated in the vicinity of Luozhai."

"Luo Zhai?" Jiraiya asked.

"Luozhai is the mansion of the man who invented this lof." The bar owner gestured to the lofes on the bar.

"Now it is rumored that Lo, who invented the loaf in the first place, made a deal with the devil to get the recipe for this lof."

"Now the devils from hell have come to ask for payment."

"They will take all the people who have eaten the loaf to hell, and not one will be left behind!"

The barkeeper's horrific words did not scare Jiraiya, who had already swallowed the last piece of lofe in his stomach despite his sensational speech.

"Orange-flavored, so delicious."

"Thank you for your hospitality."

After eating, Jiraiya stood up and walked outside the bar.

The bar owner reacted and quickly shouted, "You haven't paid yet!" ”

Jiraiya smiled back and said, "Don't worry, I'm going to stay here for a few more days." ”