Sunny and cheerful Konoha Genin

It didn't take long before three bowls of fragrant, hot meat porridge were placed on the table.

Because the table was not big, Yahiko and the other two stood aside with their hands crossed in front of them, looking quite reserved.

Ito Toru and Yuina were standing on the other side, each holding a bowl of meat porridge, looking casual.

The three ninjas sat in a triangle beside the table, with rather strange expressions on their faces.

"Hey, hey...you guys sit down together, it's not like there aren't any stools available."

Jiraiya felt it was strange and uncomfortable, so after he greeted everyone, everyone sat at the table together.

Yahiko and the other two were already full, so there were only three cups of tea in front of them.

And the Sannin finally started to eat.

Orochimaru and Tsunade ate fairly politely. They were not the type to show their emotions on screen and would not exaggerate their emotions. They just ate slowly, one spoonful at a time.

But Jiraiya would not be like this.

"Huluhulu! This meat porridge smells so good! Did you make it yourself?"

He was like a domestic pig at dinner, slurping and grunting as he ate.

“This is too delicious!”

"I have never eaten such delicious meat porridge!"

"Can I have another bowl?"

It didn't take long for Jiraiya to finish his bowl. He touched his mouth and raised the bowl without any psychological pressure.

"No problem at all!"

Yahiko, who was originally a little restrained, suddenly went to help Jiraiya serve porridge with great energy.

And Konan looked at it and carefully asked Tsunade who had also finished eating: "Do you want another portion?"

"Thank you, kind girl, but I'm full." Tsunade showed a gentle smile on her face and reached out to touch Konan's head.

“The meat porridge is delicious.”

After Orochimaru put down his empty bowl, he also commented: "It's a pity that ninjas can't eat too full."

He glanced with empty eyes at Jiraiya who took the full bowl of meat porridge handed to him by Yahiko and started eating again.

“But some people don’t seem to care.”

"Eh?!"

Yahiko was a little surprised when he heard what Orochimaru said.

"So you guys are ninjas?"

"of course!"

Jiraiya slurred his porridge while responding, "We are very powerful ninjas!"

"..."

"..."

Orochimaru and Tsunade were both silent.

They were not as careless as Jiraiya. They had just suffered a defeat and lost a lot of their subordinates. Both of them had not recovered yet.

"call--!"

Jiraiya was full and put down the bowl calmly.

"I'm stuffed!"

"Thank you very much for the hospitality. I feel warm all over after eating such delicious porridge."

He rubbed his belly with a smile on his face, took a final look around the room, and stroked his chin slightly: "Is this your resting place? It's really creative."

"Yes, Lord Jiraiya."

Ito Toru answered seriously: "There are also these three, Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato. They are all war orphans of this country. Because of chance, we came together."

Orochimaru, who was resting with his eyes closed nearby, raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the words "war orphans" and immediately understood.

Oh! So these are the three future subordinates that my assistant has found for me.

He opened his snake eyes and looked at the three people.

This orange-haired boy named Yahiko has a sunny and optimistic vibe, which is a bit like the idiot Jiraiya.

The purple-haired girl named Xiaonan does not show any potential at the moment. Judging from the paper flower pinned on the end of her hair, she should be a clever girl, but other than that, there is nothing special about her.

As for the boy named Nagato...

Red hair?

Orochimaru frowned slightly, and he suddenly remembered that Ito Toru had mentioned to him before that an orphan from the Whirlpool Country was found in the Kusagakure Village, who also had red hair.

This shouldn't be...

Orochimaru fell into deep thought, but Tsunade beside him saw his thoughtful look and mistakenly thought that her companion was considering killing the three children to silence them, so she spoke with a little nervousness:

"Hey, Orochimaru."

"what?"

Orochimaru, whose train of thought was interrupted, looked at Tsunade with some surprise, then guessed something from her worried and nervous expression, and suddenly felt a little amused.

"You are worrying too much..."

These are my future subordinates!

Although these three guys don't seem to have any talent.

Only the red-haired kid seems to have some potential, but judging from his malnourished appearance, his potential is probably not that high.

This is not possible...

Orochimaru thought for a moment, then looked at Yahiko and the other two and said, "Do you...want to become ninjas?"

"Eh?!"

Yahiko, who was originally listening to Jiraiya's bragging, suddenly widened his eyes in disbelief and looked at Orochimaru with surprise. Konan and Nagato were almost as surprised.

After struggling for so long, they could naturally hear that Orochimaru's implication was that he was planning to help the three of them become ninjas!

"Orochimaru, you..."

Jiraiya was a little surprised. Although he had a very happy chat with this boy named Yahiko, he had no intention of training these three to be ninjas.

One is that he also saw that these three people did not have much talent, and the other is...

"We have to get back to the village right away. We can't stay here for long."

Jiraiya reminded: "Orochimaru, don't forget, Tsunade and I can be absent, but you can't be absent."

"It's okay. I'll stay for a few days. I happen to have some ninjutsu scrolls with me. I just need to teach them the basics of how to use chakra."

Orochimaru was very calm: "It won't matter if we take a few days."

"Well, that's fine too."

Jiraiya scratched his head, then laughed and patted Yahiko on the shoulder: "Boy! You are so lucky! Orochimaru is the most proud genius disciple acknowledged by our teacher himself!"

"Thank you very much! Lord Orochimaru!"

Yahiko and Konan were both very excited. They pulled Nagato to their feet and bowed respectfully: "Can we call you Orochimaru-sensei?"

"Hehe...you can call me that in private, but don't say it outside."

Orochimaru also smiled, and the cold aura on his body was reduced a little.

The thing that satisfied him most was that these three people had no bloodline limits.

Orochimaru, who is a civilian genius himself, always has some extra liking for fellow civilian ninjas.

Because he knew how difficult it was for civilian ninjas to practice compared to those big ninja clans.

"Ah, this is great, congratulations."

Ito Toru said with a smile, but he felt a little strange in his heart.

If I remember correctly, Orochimaru also seemed to join Akatsuki later?

If that really happened in the future...

Wouldn't it be awkward if Orochimaru joined in?

But he quickly put the thought behind him.

It hasn’t happened yet, just wait and see!

And the embarrassing thing is that Teacher Orochimaru is not me, which makes perfect sense!

Ito Toru's mood suddenly brightened, and then he was called by Tsunade.

"Ito, come with me later. Your Changxian technique is quite interesting. I want to study it."

"what?"

Although Ito Toru was a little reluctant, he still nodded: "Okay, Lady Tsunade!"

Soon, Orochimaru took Yahiko and the other two to a separate room to begin practicing chakra, while Ito Toru also went into the room with Tsunade to discuss the progress of medical ninjutsu.

Jiraiya who stayed outside started washing the dishes very skillfully...

"Master Jiraiya, how can I allow you to do something like this!"

Yuna, who had just re-cooked a large pot of porridge, came out and saw this scene and immediately became anxious.

"Hahahaha! It's just washing dishes. We are not those conservative old-fashioned seniors."

Jiraiya laughed heartily, and then he suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "But can you tell me a little more about Ito Toru?"