【From the Snake】Go back and come

After the handover of Hokage's seat, Tsunade felt a rare relaxation.

In the evening, after having a few drinks at the izakaya and returning to the residence, Tsunade, who was about to rest, heard someone knocking on the door.

She went to open the door in doubt, who else would there be at this time?

She was a little surprised when she opened the door and saw Orochimaru, "It's really rare, you will come to me on your own initiative." She let him into the room.

"Tsunate, I want to ask you to do me a favor."

"Help? Is there anything inconvenient recently?" She was a little puzzled.

"No." Orochimaru took a deep breath, "Tsunade, I...I want to use the dirty soil to reincarnate and resurrect Ziraiya."

"Reincarnation from the dirty soil... But Orochimaru, you should understand what you said, that way is not called resurrection!"

"I understand, so this time it's not a simple reincarnation of filth. To be precise, what I said before was not accurate."

"What do you mean?"

"I went to Yuyin Village." He took the teacup Tsunade handed him, "I brought back Jiraiya's body and repaired it with my latest cultivation technology. Now only Jiraiya's soul is missing. .This technique will be the medium for reuniting the soul with the body."

"He..." Tsunade hesitated to speak.

"It was painful when he died, and you might not want to know the details." Orochimaru knew what the other party wanted to ask, and Tsunade bowed his head when he heard the words.

"It's not your fault, it's Jiraiya's choice." Orochimaru put down his cup and continued the topic just now, "I didn't get the point at first, but I finally realized that the resurrection of life can only be at the cost of life."

"But whose life do you want to use? Using someone else's life as the price, Zilai will not feel better."

"I understand, that guy has always been like this." Orochimaru smiled slightly, with a little bitterness, "So I will use my life, to be precise, use my immortality as the price."

"Oshemaru, you... are you going to give up longevity for Jiraiya?" Tsunade was a little shocked, do you love him enough to give up these things?

"There's nothing wrong with that." Orochimaru looked out the window into the dark night, "What's the point of living forever without him? In contrast, I'd rather live with him until the day I die."

He turned his head, and his gaze met Tsunade's searching gaze, "Tsunade, my long life alone is too painful. Even if I was not with him before, at least I know he is still alive, so even if I know he is gone, I Subconsciously, I still feel that he is still alive, until the moment I saw his grave in Naruto's memory, I really felt that I lost him, and the pain grew stronger with each passing day."

"The days without him made me feel like years. I thought that time would smooth out the pain of losing him, but no, the more I lived, the more I missed him. It made me feel like I was going crazy."

He sighed long and earnestly, even begging, "Help me, Tsunade, even if it's for that guy."

"How do you want me to help you? What can I do for you?" Tsunade said in silence for a moment.

"You know, any ninjutsu has risks, let alone this kind of ninjutsu. I don't know if the price I paid at the moment of actually performing the technique is the vitality contained in the technique of immortality. So..."

"If you have a chance" Tsunade interrupted the other party, she knew what the other party meant, "If you have a chance, if it becomes your life in exchange for his life, he will be alive It will be a lifetime of sadness to come here! You understand how important you are to him."

"I know, so one thing I want you to do for me is, if there is anything wrong with me, don't let anyone know in any way that I have been to this world once again, and this is all except for the operation. Another reason why I came to you today."

Tsunade was silent for a long time.

Orochimaru's expression looked deathly, she had never seen him have such an expression before.

You love him so much that you can give up the pursuit of longevity for him, let go of your arrogance to beg me for him, work hard for him and don't even care about your own life and death, right?

If he knew, he didn't know how complicated it would be.

She also hopes that Jiraiya can come back, but she doesn't want the final outcome to be that Orochimaru will take his life for Jiraiya, and Jiraiya will definitely not agree.

"I always... hope you both have a good life." Seeing Dashewan's unbelievable expression, she added, "You heard me right, including you. Even when you became a traitor, when you threatened me, My thoughts haven't changed in any way. It's very contradictory, obviously at that time they all became enemies, and when they met, they would turn swords against each other."

"All along, Zilai has been protecting us. He has always felt that the misfortunes and pains are all his fault. It's all because he didn't stand by our side when we needed it most. This idiot, I don’t even think about it, why is it his fault? Why is it not the two of us, but only he has the responsibility to protect our class? Why should he bear all the unwillingness and pain? Why only he has to pay for decades What about my time? It's never fair, but the guy smiled and waved goodbye when he said goodbye to me."

"He came to bid farewell to me at that time, before I reincarnated." Da Shewan's tone was lonely and nostalgic, "If I knew at that time that because of my death, he would be so disregarding his life to take risks alone, I would no matter what. They won't let him go."

"He told me what he wanted, and I should have responded to him back then, but I didn't." He smiled self-deprecatingly, "Tell me, if I told him, would the ending be different?"

"Who knows? The world is unpredictable." Tsunade looked at the other party and sighed, "This time, let's protect him, Orochimaru, let us fulfill Jiraiya's wish, return to the old days, even if the two of us Everything has changed."

"I will do my best to help you. If you can give up your longevity for him, then at least I can confirm that you really love him, just like he loves you."

"So you, you must survive, and you must not make any mistakes. After Jiraiya left, I bet money and not life. I lost him that time, so this time, I bet you will be fine."

It was already late at night when Orochimaru returned from Tsunade's house.

He looked at Jiraiya's body in the culture fluid through the glass.

His injury and broken arm have been repaired, and now he seems to be asleep, as if he will wake up the next moment.

He closed his eyes and lightly pressed his forehead against the glass cover, as if he could feel the other person in this way.

Jiraiya, in fact, when I gave up longevity, I didn't hesitate.

Decades ago, because of it, I left Konoha and changed the trajectory of your life ever since.Tsunade was right when he said, maybe if I didn't leave, you wouldn't die.

Whether you will change or not.

I have never believed in an afterlife. When a person dies, everything is gone.

So I want you to come back, right now, we live this life together, I would rather hold your hand and walk into the grave, than hold your tombstone and live forever.

Bring you back with the thing that made me leave you.

How strange!do you know?Because of you, I feel like I'm starting to look forward to getting old.