In Konoha, This Naruto Has Decided To Take It Easy

Chapter 315 Did Pervy Sage Die?

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An hour earlier, Naruto had lost a bet with Kurama on how long it would take for Kurama to chug a bottle of sake. After losing, he was forced to run errands. Naturally, his mood wasn’t the best, and Konohamaru’s chattering only made it worse.

Even if he wanted to stay calm, it was impossible now.

"Naruto-nii-chan, teach me an awesome Ninjutsu! I want to become Hokage!!" Konohamaru said as he buzzed around Naruto like a moth.

"Yes! I want to learn too!" Moegi eagerly chimed in and also pulled on Naruto's clothes.

The sky began to darken, and the weather changed rapidly as if it was about to rain soon.

Hearing this, Naruto paused for a moment, then turned to look at the three kids who had seemingly popped up out of nowhere. While he was indeed bored, he couldn’t think of any Ninjutsu worth teaching them.

For some reason, the evil Ninjutsu, Impure World Reincarnation, suddenly appeared in his mind, which immediately snapped him out of it.

"Stop it, I'm not your teacher." Naruto forced himself to take a step forward, but the two children still refused to let go.

"No!" Moegi clung to his clothes and started becoming unreasonable.

Naruto shot her a look, and she quickly let go of him in fear. Because of the summer camp mission in the past, Naruto still had some authority as a teacher in Moegi’s heart.

"Naruto-nii-chan, it was... it was Hokage-sama who asked us to come find you." Udon added clumsily.

"Hmm?" He turned to look at Udon, "Don’t you have a Jonin Instructor?"

"Ebisu-sensei is on a mission, so... Hokage-sama asked us to come to you. She said... she said you'd agree to help." Udon said hesitantly.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Damn it." Naruto's eye twitched, ‘This was definitely Tsunade's style, something only that woman would say.’

‘However, considering the fact that the entire Hokage Tower had been working overtime since the New Year Festival, and even ‘elite teachers’ like Ebisu were being sent on missions, something major must have been happening in Konoha.’

After thinking for a moment, Naruto gave up trying to figure it out, ‘Since Tsunade still had the energy to push babysitting duties onto me, it meant things hadn't reached a critical point yet.’

‘Besides, if something important was happening in the village, what did it have to do with me?’

"Naruto-nii-chan…"

"Okay, okay, go to the training ground and wait for me." Naruto said this and left.

"Yay!" Konohamaru cheered.

"Konohamaru." Moegi tugged at Konohamaru's sleeve.

"What's wrong?"

"Naruto-nii-chan didn’t say which training ground it was!"

"Huh?! This is too shameless! Damn it!"

On the other hand, Naruto had returned home without any guilt. He had no intention of wasting time playing pretend with a group of kids, and he didn't have any Ninjutsu to teach them anyway.

Ebisu had probably already taught them the basic Three Basic Techniques. As for other Ninjutsu, Naruto had learned most of his through the system. Although he could use them, he couldn’t teach them because he had never learned them properly.

Except for Rasengan, but that couldn’t be taught in just one day.

Rather than wasting time teaching, he’d rather go and ask Tsunade what was going on. In hindsight, he should’ve checked on her during the New Year Festival since she was just hanging out with Shizune anyway.

Standing in front of his apartment, Naruto pulled out his key, unlocked the door, and went inside in one smooth motion. Kurama lay sprawled on the couch, looking like a drunkard, with his eyes slightly open.

"Takoyaki, here you go!" Naruto tossed the food, still wrapped in a brown paper bag, over to Kurama.

The door slammed shut behind him as Naruto headed back out.

Instead of going straight to the Hokage Tower, he stopped by the nearest training ground first, where he found Moegi waiting.

"Where are the others?" He asked.

"Naruto-nii-chan, you didn't say which training ground it was, so we split up." Moegi looked up at him and said, "Once I learn it, I can teach them."

"No need, just go call them over." Naruto said, patting Moegi on the head.

"Oh, okay!" Moegi ran off obediently.

Naruto watched her leave for a moment, then turned and headed straight for the Hokage Tower.

With a loud thunderous sound, the gloomy sky began to rain. The soil on the ground softened, and in order not to dirty his shoes, Naruto simply leapt onto the rooftops to continue his journey.

Taking shortcuts for about ten minutes, Naruto reached the Hokage's Office without any trouble and pushed the door open.

"Hmm?" Tsunade didn’t seem surprised by his arrival.

"I left those kids at the training grounds near my house. You should send someone over to take care of them." Naruto said as he walked briskly to the desk but didn’t sit down.

He looked down, staring at Tsunade calmly with eyes like a peaceful lake water.

The next second, Tsunade exhaled loudly, then leaned back in her chair and slowly closed her eyes. A rare look of fatigue crossed her face as she reluctantly conceded, "I understand."

Naruto's eyelid twitched, and he immediately sat on Tsunade's desk. Then, he asked with a serious expression, "What happened? Don’t tell me Pervy Sage died in battle?"

The Land of Grass.

Jiraiya sneezed several times in a row, sniffled, and looked around at the war-torn battlefield, smoke still lingering. He muttered a few complaints under his breath.

"He’s not dead." Tsunade crossed her legs, sitting in a chair with her arms crossed and an air of looking down on the world, "Who told you that something happened in the village?"

"I never said something happened to the village. And why would it have anything to do with me if something did?" Naruto muttered, "I just came to check on things, thinking something might have happened to you, Tsunade-sama."

"After all, the movements of the Shinobi in the village have been a bit unusual recently. It seems like everyone is very busy."

"Isn’t being busy a good thing?"

Tsunade sighed, instinctively reaching out for a sake cup, but ended up touching Naruto’s leg instead. She withdrew her hand awkwardly, switching to rubbing her temples as a cover.

"Have you forgotten that the Five Great Shinobi Villages have signed a preliminary cooperation agreement? In addition, Konoha and Sunagakure are allies, so it is normal for there to be more work."

"Tsunade-sama, stop beating around the bush."

"Forget it, I'll tell you." Tsunade sighed, seeming to give up, "Something happened in Sunagakure. It seems that the Akatsuki intends to capture the Ichibi inside Gaara's body."

"When Jiraiya went to investigate Orochimaru's activities in the Land of Hot Water, he suddenly sent back information, saying that he had something more important to do, which were related to the peace of the Shinobi World, and then he disappeared."

"The Missing-nin, Uchiha Sasuke, has also started to become more active recently. He briefly appeared in the Land of Waves before disappearing again."

Hearing this, Naruto took a sharp breath.

All these things happening at the same time were certainly a headache. Sorting them by priority, he was more concerned about Jiraiya’s whereabouts right now, worried that the old man might have ignored his instructions again.

"Tsunade-sama, do you have a way to contact Pervy Sage?" he asked.

"No." Tsunade shook her head.