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Chapter 249: The Two Kids Buying Alcohol
🕑 Added 2025-09-02 13:49:50 +0000 UTCChapter 249: The Two Kids Buying Alcohol
Although he had only been away for a month or two, it felt as if he had been away from Konoha for a year or two.
The young Jonin rubbed his forehead and looked at the woman opposite him. "What is Jiraiya-sensei's attitude on this matter?"
Jiraiya and Tsunade were, in a sense, the lubricant of the entire Leaf Village.
Both the Uchiha clan and the other members of Konoha respected them greatly. However, Danzo Shimura was an exception… he didn't look kindly upon these two disciples of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
One a gambler, the other a pervert…
Danzo Shimura even looked down on their teacher who had served as Hokage, let alone these two embarrassing fellows…
However, Fugaku Uchiha still respected Jiraiya and Tsunade very much. They were staunch allies with high status and real power. Anyone with a brain would not choose to offend them.
The Sannin of Konoha were capable of suppressing this kind of dispute.
"That fellow Jiraiya just got back from Mount Myoboku today. He also just learned about this matter and was clamoring to go and question the old man. After all, the Fourth Hokage was his disciple…"
Tsunade let out a light sigh and played with her wine cup with a look of helplessness. "I had no choice, so I had to injure him just now…"
"…"
Itachi Uchiha's eyes darted away as he replied, "I will treat this matter rationally. After I go home tonight, I will have a good talk with my father."
"There is one more thing…"
Tsunade flipped her wine cup and it landed on the table. She said in a deep voice, "Do you remember that man with the Rinnegan we encountered with the Fourth Raikage?"
"Yes, and this time before we entered the Hidden Rain Village, we also encountered several ninjas with the Rinnegan. Their strength was also very formidable."
Itachi Uchiha nodded. This almost confirmed it; there was a secret about the Rinnegan within the Akatsuki. Of course, he couldn't possibly underestimate the Rinnegan's ability…
Not every ninja was called Hashirama Senju…
And not every ninja beast was called Kitahara…
Tsunade said in a low voice, "That red-haired little brat with the Rinnegan is Nagato. He was a disciple Jiraiya took in in the Hidden Rain Village back then… As for the other Rinnegan users you encountered…"
"Those should all be puppets made from corpses."
Itachi Uchiha lowered his head and said softly, "Kitahara has already sent the soul of the reanimated Yahiko to the Pure Land, and that man named Pain was using Yahiko's body…"
"Then there's no mistake. It must be puppets made by Orochimaru using Nagato's Rinnegan. That guy has always enjoyed playing with the dead and using the living…" Tsunade half-leaned back in her chair, poured herself a glass of wine, and drank it in one gulp. "That bastard!"
It was hard to say what she was actually cursing…
It was possible she was cursing Orochimaru for randomly reviving people…
It was also possible she was cursing Orochimaru for reviving Nawaki or Dan Kato, but never letting her see them.
Faced with the grudges between Orochimaru and the two of them, Itachi Uchiha really had nothing to say.
No matter who it was, if he had seen Orochimaru's little notebook, he probably wouldn't know how to talk about the matter between the Sannin of Konoha…
Orochimaru now seemed very powerful in the ninja world, getting whatever he wanted. But back when he was on a team with these two in Konoha, he seemed more like a teammate who was being坑ed by Jiraiya, a pitiful little thing bullied by Tsunade…
"…So kid, have you heard of the Child of Prophecy?"
After cursing Orochimaru for a while, Tsunade fiddled with the wine cup in her hand and turned to look out the window. "The Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku claims there will be a ninja who will bring about a great change in the entire ninja world, whether for destruction or for stability…"
"Jiraiya-sensei has also mentioned this matter." Itachi Uchiha frowned slightly. "Before he returned to Konoha, he often traveled abroad in search of the Child of Prophecy…"
"The Fourth Hokage, Nagato…" Tsunade counted Jiraiya's disciples one by one, her gaze turning to the young Jonin. "Jiraiya told me that you are definitely not the Child of Prophecy, so he thinks the Child of Destiny is likely Nagato or someone else…"
This sounded a bit absurd.
Because among the young ninjas of the entire ninja world, there should be no one with a greater reputation than Itachi Uchiha. The Kakashi Hatakes of the past had all become has-beens…
When anyone in the ninja world heard of the young Jonin of Konoha, a single sentence probably came to mind: As a ninja, who wouldn't want to live like Itachi Uchiha?
But no matter how much of a genius Itachi Uchiha was, or how powerful he would become in the future, and no matter how bizarre the dreams of the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku were, it would not dare to hang the title of Child of Prophecy on the human messenger of the great Sage Crow…
"Kitahara said…"
Itachi Uchiha looked awkwardly as his crow flew out of his bag and stood on his shoulder. He reached out and stroked the crow's wing, continuing in a low voice, "That Child of Prophecy business, there's no need to believe in it."
"But when Jiraiya was practicing the Summoning Jutsu back then, he was accidentally reverse-summoned to Mount Myoboku. Everything the Toad Sage said back then has come true, one by one…"
Tsunade frowned. "So when I heard that Jiraiya was preparing to travel again according to the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, to investigate the whereabouts of that little brat Nagato and Orochimaru, and at the same time search for the Child of Prophecy…"
"If sensei wants to go…" Itachi Uchiha shook his head and continued, "it seems we have no reason to stop him…"
"Caw!"
Kitahara did not approve. Jiraiya traveling the ninja world was useless and quite dangerous… If something happened, they wouldn't even be in time to save him!
Among the ninjas in the world, besides the chick it had raised, how many truly respected their teachers? Weren't they all just thinking of killing their teachers to prove that they had graduated?
That guy Jiraiya should just honestly sit in his position as the highest officer of the Konoha Defense Department, and when it came time for the Hokage nomination in the future, cast his vote for Itachi Uchiha, and then retire honorably or take over Homura Mitokado's position…
In fact, Tsunade thought the same way.
"I don't approve of him leaving Konoha."
The blonde with twin-tails looked at the falling leaves that had begun to swirl outside the window and lowered her head. "Kid, I don't have many friends left…"
"Then I will find a way."
Itachi Uchiha nodded, his hand gripping his teacup tightly. "Can you tell me the reason, Lady Tsunade…"
"If he leaves, who will lend me money? Since you've already agreed, then you go and convince your teacher!"
Tsunade casually dropped her wine cup, stood up, and turned to leave the tavern, leaving the young Jonin alone. "Also, remember to pay the bill, kid~"
"…"
This old woman's personality is getting worse and worse!
Just as Itachi Uchiha was still thinking, the tavern door was suddenly kicked open. A childish voice shouted arrogantly, "Hey, owner, I'm here to buy alcohol!"
The young Jonin turned his head and saw a little blond kid waving banknotes. He looked at him in disbelief. "…Naruto?"
"Big Brother Itachi? What are you doing here!"
Naruto Uzumaki looked at this person he respected the most, and his face couldn't help but change. His body couldn't help but dodge to the side, revealing another boy hiding behind him.
Itachi Uchiha looked at his younger brother and shot to his feet!
He had only been away for such a short time…
What on earth had happened in Konoha Village? How had his six-year-old little brother really started taking his friends out to get drunk!
