While Naruto was worried about what happened to him a month later, there were many people in Konoha who were also in mixed moods and sighed for a long time.

……

In a bookstore.

"The manuscript fee is getting lower and lower!"

This is a bookstore that has been merged into the line of Konoha Comics Co., Ltd.,Jiraiya is sighing as he looks at his own slowly growing manuscript fees.。

Looking at the sales of the latest issue of the novel, he seems to have returned to the situation when he was a third-rate fiction writer, and his works were not cared for.

Since confirming the subject matter that I'm good at, I rarely feel this way anymore, and I don't even have the mood to take materials.

When the intimacy paradise was a bestseller before, I also took materials and traveled, and wrote a book in my free time, which felt so chic.

Even occasionally, when sake enters my throat, there is a dull pain in my heart. But there has never been a shortage of money.

Now, however, his manuscript fee has fallen like the earth's stock market, representing a significant decline in sales. Although he is one of the three ninjas, and even the first of the three ninjas in terms of pure strength, his identity as a ninja is of little use to literature.

The industry doesn't care what kind of three forbearances he is, poor sales are bad, and readers won't buy it regardless of his strength.

As for the problem of offsetting the quality by virtue of strength, the doppelganger writes, and the speed of breaking 10,000 per day, I have never thought about it. Although with his strength, the writing speed can reach several times or even dozens of times that of his peers.

With the magic of chakra, it seems to have great convenience for every industry. For example, Sakura can still have so much free time in addition to drawing manga, because she really has skills. Anyway, if it's not a battle, the shadow clone doesn't have to worry about being broken at all, and waiting until it's time to sleep to retract the shadow clone can just improve the quality of sleep.

However, the most peculiar thing about the Hokage world is here, it is clear that Chakra has such a wealth of possibilities, but these ninjas only seem to think about it to complete tasks and fight. When encountering problems, he will not give up without seeing life or death, and his extraordinary power will have no other use except for fighting and spying on intelligence.

Like the Xiao organization, whose per capita strength is comparable to that of the five major shadows, making money also depends on doing tasks.

Belonging to ordinary people's business, entertainment, etc., there are basically no ninjas to touch.

Xiao organization has the time to do tasks, use its own ability for transportation, construction, etc., and no matter how poor the basic road construction and road fees are, that is not a big business to make money.

Of course, considering the average education level of ninjas at the moment, it is not surprising that the highest level of education is a writer with a special genre such as Jiraiya.

And at this moment, the only one who has a good level of education is also in doubt about himself.

"Boss, can't I really cancel this book off the shelves? Believe me, the next book is ready, and the next book will definitely pick up sales. In this bookstore, Jiraiya said earnestly.

The thing that threatens ordinary people with extraordinary power can't be done with self-discipline.

Of course, he also likes beautiful women, likes to go to the bathhouse to collect materials, and writes novels with special themes, but his temperament is still quite good. This is manifested in the fact that when collecting materials, after being discovered, he would rather be beaten than use ninjutsu to escape. Otherwise, with his strength, it is actually very simple to sneak into success or even go further without knowing it.

At this moment, Jiraiya also did not speak to the person in charge of the bookstore as a ninja, but spoke as a writer.

In the face of Jiraiya's plea, the bookstore owner said helplessly: "Mr. Jiraiya, I'm really sorry, but your book is really not good now!"

"In the past two years, with the development of literature, especially after the establishment of Konoha Comics Co., Ltd., the level of literature has been improved by several grades in conjunction with other publishing houses. Therefore, in addition to the comic industry, in the field of literature, readers' tastes have really improved a lot.

"I've also read your books, and there are really too many cutting-edge writers, and the whole story is still old routines and old plots. Even if a new book is opened at such a level, there is nothing to praise, and it is destined to disappear in the increasingly prosperous sea of books.

"As for the plots with special themes, there are so many copies, but they still stay in the bathhouse, and the depiction skills have not improved at all, and readers have long since stopped buying it.

"Our bookstores are first put on the shelves to sell money, and no matter how bad the literary connotation is, it is always needed. And your book has neither connotation nor highlights, and has been eliminated by the times! ”

After these words, the whole person was gloomy on the spot, especially the last sentence, which echoed in his ears.

He has been eliminated by the times!

This is tantamount to denying Jiraiya's literary achievements, his own works are not recognized, no one wants to publish his books, and he wants to become the third-rate writer who no one cares about again.

What's more, this time he fell off the cliff, and he had no other way. His masterpieces of intimacy heaven have been taken off the shelves, where can a better work be written.

[Is this the end of my literary dream?] ］

Seeing his depressed appearance, the bookstore owner couldn't bear it, after all, he had cooperated for many years, and it was a little unkind to abandon him like this.

After thinking about it, the bookstore owner said to him: "Mr. Jiraiya, in fact, although your work is not recognized, the bookstore actually has a new way for you to continue your literary dream?" ”

"What is it?" Jiraiya's eyes lit up suddenly, like a drowning man grasping at the last straw.

"That's right, your literary level is not good. But as a ninja, you should be very fast, so ......" said the bookstore owner, but he saw that Jiraiya's expression was gradually becoming wrong.

"You mean, let me, a great writer, be a gunslinger myself?" Jiraiya's white hair almost stood on end, and he said angrily, "I, Jiraiya, even if there are no readers to buy it, and the book is forced to be taken off the shelves, it is impossible to be a gunman!" ”

He is one of the three ninjas, and if he is a gunman for the sake of manuscript fees, he will not stain his face.

Seeing that Jiraiya's attitude was so resolute, the bookstore owner waved his hand and said, "Then there is no way, Mr. Jiraiya." If you can't write a book that readers will buy and you won't be a gunslinger, it's hard for us to do it! ”

"That's it. Since the market can't accommodate the old man...... Then old man, just stop writing! Jiraiya said, the age seemed to be a few years older.

This time it was eliminated by the times, and the reduction of money was not very much appreciated. What really hurt him was that his literary career ended without accident, and there was no suitable reason to even use material in the future. Who would believe that a writer who can't even sell his books really came to the bathhouse to get material?

"Now, isn't this Jiraiya-sama?" A crisp and pleasant voice came at this time, and Zilai also turned around when he heard the sound, and his expression was stunned at that time.

What catches her eye is a cute-looking, waist-length literary girl, with an elegant and gentle temperament, which can obviously be cultivated under long-term cultural influence.

That gentle and elegant temperament makes Zilai a little ashamed of himself, and he feels that he is honored to say something. As a member of the Hokage family, while maintaining his enthusiasm for beautiful women, he also has no resistance to beautiful girls.

After being stunned for a while, Jiraiya recognized the identity of the girl in front of him: "Little girl, are you Kakashi's disciple Sakura Haruno?" I didn't expect that after so many years away from the village, there would still be people who would recognize me. ”

This is the norm in the ninja world, please refer to Boruto in Boruto for details, more than ten years have passed, and Naruto is equated with waste in the eyes of his son Boruto.

In the face of Jiraiya's surprise, Sakura maintained the politeness of the younger generation and smiled: "Jiraiya adults just call me Sakura, I have some interests in literature, history, etc., and naturally I am familiar with the materials of the seniors in the village!" And since the predecessors are also very famous among the strong people who have become famous. ”

Normally, when faced with Sakura's gentle smile, both Naruto and Sasuke would tremble and be extremely vigilant.

However, Zilai has just returned to the village, and he doesn't know much about these juniors.

At this time, the girl's smile like a spring breeze made Zilai very useful, and touched her white hair a little stupidly: "Is it?" Ahaha, I didn't expect that I had a good reputation since I came, but in fact, it was all a false name! ”

"I just saw that the seniors of Jiraiya seem to be very distressed, it seems that they have encountered some difficulties?" Sakura asked with concern, and when Jiraiya's expression froze, she continued, "It's about the work being eliminated from the market!" Not to put it mildly, although the strength of Jiraiya's predecessors is very high, it has indeed been eliminated in terms of literary level! If you want to write a good work, you still need to supplement your knowledge. ”

was pricked in the heart again, especially the beautiful girl's heart, which made Jiraiya's mood gloomy again.

But at this moment, Sakura's painting style changed and said, "If you don't mind, I can help teach Jiraiya-sama how to improve the literary level of his works!" Literature is a family, and I think my level of education should still have some say in this regard. ”

"So, Sakura-chan, you have a high level of literary attainment?" Naturally, he asked with some skepticism.

No wonder he was so suspicious, although Sakura had a gentle temperament, she was indeed too young in terms of age. It is indeed suspicious for a teenage girl to say that she wants to instruct a writer who once wrote a best-selling book on how to improve her literary attainments.

As for Jiraiya's suspicions, Sakura was not annoyed, and leisurely said the names of a few manga: "In recent years, the author of the manga that has swept the country of fire, and even in other countries, is me. ”

"Although comics and novels are actually not very different, but just about the story, the core of the story in those comics, and the literary level, the predecessors of Zilai should not be able to deny it!"

Zilai was silent, and he couldn't deny this kind of thing with his conscience. And he has also studied the comics "Two or Three Things You Don't Know About the Ninja God", and he can't help but admit that the private goods mixed in it reveal a very high level of literature.

Regardless of those, just look at the sales. Now that everyone's comics are animated, their novels are preparing to be taken off the shelves, so that they have to be convinced.

However, after acknowledging Sakura's literary level, let Jiraiya accept the little girl who was two rounds younger than him as a teacher with peace of mind, and he really couldn't pull his face, and only said: "Sakura-chan, if you want to teach me how to improve the level of literature, I don't know what to pay." If you have an instructor, you already have the right teacher. ”

"No, Jiraiya senior, in fact, I'm more interested in medical ninjutsu." Sakura shook her head, revealing that she didn't teach him to write in order to become a disciple of a lustful fairy.

Seeing this, I don't know what I can give. It's not good to teach ninjutsu, if you give money, according to Sakura's identity as a best-selling manga artist for so many years, I'm afraid I don't know how much money I've accumulated.

In vain, although his heart hurts, he is still ready to endure the pain and give up this precious teaching.

When he was embarrassed, Sakura continued, "Although I am not suitable to be a disciple of Jiraiya's seniors, one of my companions is in urgent need of a famous teacher of Jiraiya's level to teach!" ”

Having said that, Sakura has finally made her purpose clear.

Self-merger ...... Ahem, after merging with the rest of the publishing houses to form a company, these bookstores are actually affiliated with her, and if it weren't for the fact that she was looking for Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, she wouldn't need to come to the bookstore herself.

As for why he was looking for Jiraiya, that's going to be Naruto.

During this time, with Naruto's hundreds of divisions and tireless efforts, Sakura was able to make the industry under his command expand rapidly while remaining idle, and even meddled in other industries. The thriving comic company,More than half of the credit goes to the beautiful girls with all kinds of hair who are active everywhere.。

However, now due to the pressure of the battle in a month, Naruto now has fewer tasks and spends more energy on studying the battle strategy, so as not to be killed by a single punch.

Of course, this is not the point, and after getting through the initial difficulties, the problem of lack of personnel has been slowly resolved. What is really difficult to deal with is the problem of talents, not only the lack of working talents, but also the lack of scientific and technological talents.

If the infrastructure is not done well, the technology is not improved, and the productivity is not improved, the entertainment industry will be like a rootless duckweed, and the development has reached the limit.

And Naruto, a talent who is extremely self-motivated and can divide hundreds of people at a time, is really a good laborer in Sakura's eyes!

It will not be difficult for Naruto to regain his motivation, the main thing is to improve his strength so that he can be more productive.

Now Naruto has gone in the direction of scientific ninjutsu, and Sakura, who believes in the immeasurable magic science, certainly doesn't mind providing some help in this regard.

didn't know that Sakura was just to make Naruto more capable of working, and Jiraiya said movingly: "I didn't expect you to find me for your teammates, what an enviable friendship!" I decided that I could accept teaching Naruto ninjutsu in exchange for the opportunity to teach in literature. ”

"Since Jiraiya's seniors agree, then I will naturally give it to me." Hearing that Jiraiya agreed, Sakura also said seriously, "Then let's change the bubble tea shop and discuss the writing thing slowly!" ”

"Then please, Sakura-chan." Jiraiya nodded, and followed Sakura to a quiet bubble tea shop with anticipation.

At this time, Jiraiya is only glad that Sakura's help has given him hope to return as a writer of the old era.

What a kind little girl. Jiraiya sighed softly in his heart.