Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

Jiraiya and Tsunade, with mixed emotions of three parts entanglement, three parts helplessness and four parts uncertainty, bid farewell to the living beetle who was teaching Kaguya Rei the magic of the Shimogun Forest, and embarked on the road back to Konoha. of.

"I should know that if that guy Kaguya Rei takes the initiative to seek something, there must be a huge undercurrent behind it that is about to surface..."

"After dealing with him for so many years, you should get used to this, Tsunade."

In a tavern on the border of the Land of Fire, Tsunade and Jiraiya were enjoying seafood dishes from the Land of Water while sitting opposite each other with wine glasses and sipping, soothing themselves that they were almost getting used to a peaceful life. But suddenly he was forced to tighten his nerves suddenly.

"No matter how familiar you are with his style of doing things, you will inevitably feel awkward and dissatisfied with his arbitrary and independent approach that sounds very similar to that, right?"

Tsunade shook the wine glass in her hand, looked at Jiraiya's face that had obviously aged over the years, sighed and said:

"Even when I stayed with my eldest grandpa and my second grandpa, I never experienced the feeling that I no longer had to work hard and could just wait for them to solve all problems."

"That's probably because Hashirama-sama and Tobirama-sama are always two separate people, right?"

Jiraiya drank all the wine in his glass, and while a little red flushed his mature face, his eyes were filled with a little confusion and emotion:

"Although Hashirama-sama and Tobirama-sama are the biological brothers with the closest relationship, and the two of them also worked together to create the foundation of Konoha Village and a series of subsequent structures, it is undeniable that even in such a close relationship, There are still differences between individuals, right? For example... Lord Hashirama once wanted Madara Uchiha to become the first Hokage? "

"Madara is not a suitable person to become Hokage. Although the great grandfather has been chanting Madara's name from time to time for a long time, and laments that if he had made a different choice at that time, would he be different now? Scenery... But I still agree with the second grandfather’s view. Madara, who is arbitrary and overly high-handed, and at the same time has difficulty giving trust to others, is not suitable to become Hokage in that era.”

Hearing Tsunade's serious rebuttal, Jiraiya couldn't help laughing, shook his head, and said in a dumbfounded voice:

"I don't mean to deny the second generation's judgment, Tsunade?"

"I'm not a little girl who doesn't understand anything. I can hear the meaning behind your words."

Tsunade rolled her eyes at Jiraiya, and then said slowly:

"You want to say that the reason why Rei Kaguya makes us, the adults who were once famous in the ninja world, can't help but feel that we are becoming more and more useless is because he almost made the grandfather and the second son Grandpa's advantages are completely combined, and he happens to have a power like Kirigakure as a basis that is convenient for him to control. Only then can he be invincible, making other people of the same generation and even the previous era look a little eclipsed. ?”

"not completely."

Jiraiya watched Tsunade fill the wine glass in front of him again, and sighed softly:

"Rather than saying that Kaguya Rei completely combined the advantages of the first generation and the second generation, it is better to say that he actually selectively combined the advantages of the first generation, Uchiha Madara, and the second generation at the same time. Combined with oneself.”

"Like the second generation, he knows people well and is not biased towards the people he appoints. At the same time, he also maintains the necessary but not excessive scheming as a ninja and leader;

Like the first-sama, Rei Kaguya also has compassion and kindness towards the ninjas of other villages, but he is not so kind as to be overly idealistic like the first-sama;

When making plans, he is as confident, proud and arbitrary as Uchiha Madara, but he is rarely swayed by his own emotions like Madara..."

"The combination of the three, and the intelligence advantage of being able to see the future, will create an atmosphere of stars over the moon and a lone moon in the sky in this era. It is not surprising."

"You really like him, Jiraiya." Tsunade tilted her head and joked to Jiraiya.

"When people look up at the night sky, how can they not be attracted by the cold and bright full moon in the sky?"

Jiraiya drank the wine in the glass again, then sighed longly:

"If originally, I only thought that he would completely change this world full of war and pain, and bring an end to the era of endless disputes between ninjas, then now, I can't help but fantasize about no longer fighting each other. Under his leadership, the ninjas set foot on the starry sky that we have been looking up at and curious about since the age of mythology."

"Is it that exaggerated?"

Tsunade swung the clear wine in the glass, stared at the moon shadow and the stars reflected in it, and said to herself in a daze:

"Towards the starry sky or something... we haven't even fully measured the land beneath our feet, right? A civilization that hasn't even fully explored its own hometown, uh, civilization, says it wants to go to that land, we can't even guess How vast the universe is... This is just like a little kid who can't even walk steadily, pointing at Rei Kaguya and saying that he wants to surpass him. Is this just a dream? "

"If it's purely a dream...that's not the case?"

Jiraiya put down the wine glass in his hand, looked directly into Tsunade's eyes, and asked seriously:

"In the past few years, Tsunade, you should have had a lot of contact and communication with the kid named Yakushi Kabuto from Kirigakure Village, right? In addition to academic exchanges on medical ninjutsu, he also mentioned it to you Other things? For example... Orochimaru, what is he doing? "

"Orochimaru?"

Tsunade frowned her beautiful brows, "If you put it that way, I haven't met Orochimaru for several years... although I occasionally heard from Kabuto Yakushi that he and Orochimaru worked together to create Some research ideas and cutting-edge theories, but I really don’t know where these things came from..."

"Then, you probably don't have many important things to deal with recently, right?"

Jiraiya rubbed his hands and showed a somewhat nostalgic expression.

"No, no, but what does your expression mean?"

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya's expression as if he was remembering the past, and couldn't help but asked with some confusion.

"It's been a long time since we Konoha Sannin got together to talk about our current situation and talk about the future."

Jiraiya chuckled, reached out and took Tsunade's palm, and with the help of some alcohol, he extended an invitation to Tsunade:

"If you agree, Tsunade, we will not return to Konoha, but directly transfer to the Kingdom of Rain. Before the dawn meeting begins, we will meet Orochimaru and have a chat."

"Orochimaru... is in the Land of Rain?" Tsunade showed a surprised expression, "Why are you so sure he will be there, Jiraiya?"

"I have been dealing with Rei Kaguya for so many years. For a large meeting like the Dawn Conference that is open to all forces in the entire ninja world, do you think he would just be satisfied with exposing Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha to people? Do these two people from the future exist and reveal some information about the Otsutsuki clan to them?"

"No, he will definitely take this opportunity to get more things done at once." Tsunade thoughtfully put the back of her hand on her chin, "You mean, he will do it during the dawn meeting, by the way. To show Orochimaru’s research results to the ninja world?”

"And Orochimaru's laboratory is a bit too unimaginable for the entire ninja world."

Jiraiya recalled his experience of meeting Orochimaru in Kirigakure and being taken to the laboratory built in the modified satellite fortress. He felt a little emotional, but couldn't help but gloated:

"I can guarantee you that he will definitely take this opportunity to lead the people of the ninja world from the earth to the stars, and throw out a lot of information in one breath that is enough to shatter everyone's common sense and cognition. of……"

"What if someone chooses to refuse to accept reality after their common sense is shattered?" Tsunade asked calmly.

"That guy Kaguya Rei, when have you ever considered those guys who refuse to accept reality?" Jiraiya rolled his eyes, "He will just walk at the front and drag those guys mercilessly. The people who collapsed on the ground and refused to move forward moved forward, forcing them to stand up helplessly after being bruised and bruised by the gravel and thorns along the way, and obediently chased after him."

"This really fits the description of his usual style..."

Tsunade's mouth twitched as she drank the last glass of wine in her hand, and then placed it forcefully on the table.

"If you don't want to go, go ahead. I just want to see where that guy Kabuto Yakushi came up with so many weird medical theories..."