vncnus Chapter 238 Jiraiya's Choice, The Sinful Land of Water!
Chapter 238 Jiraiya's Choice, The Sinful Land of Water!
Chapter 238 Jiraiya's Choice, The Sinful Land of Water!
"The mission can be done; there's nothing wrong with surviving."
After a moment of silence, Uchiha Ikezumi slowly nodded. He knew very well that if a ninja village lost its missions, it would lose its source of funding, and the remaining Kirigakure ninja might cause even greater sins.
"yes!"
Upon hearing Uchiha Ikezumi's reply, Terumi Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although only about one-tenth of the Hidden Mist ninja remained, Mei Terumi felt that given more time, the Hidden Mist could recover a lot of its strength. In addition, the Hidden Mist was isolated overseas, so it was unlikely to fall from its position as a major ninja village.
"Next up is the capital of the Land of Water!"
"The best way to promote justice the fastest is to sweep the entire Land of Water clean, and then establish just laws to ensure that justice can take root in this land."
Konoha Village.
"Even Kakashi supports Tsunade?"
In the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked away from the crystal ball, his face showing deep exhaustion, and even his eyes held a hint of confusion, after all, he believed that he had done Kakashi a favor.
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But now even Kakashi supports Tsunade—
The confusion on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was fleeting, quickly replaced by determination.
"I did nothing wrong!"
"Absolute justice is too extreme. Perhaps they think absolute justice is good now, but absolute justice ignores emotions!"
"Furthermore, for a ninja village to grow and prosper, it's impossible for everyone to do everything justly!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi puffed on his cigarette, trying to convince himself, but in reality, with more and more Konoha ninja clans and elite Jonin choosing to support Tsunade, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that he would most likely lose once the Hokage election began.
In the past, Hiruzen Sarutobi could at least get support from the daimyo, but now the daimyo of the Land of Fire has long been frightened by Izumi Uchiha's methods and would never risk offending Izumi Uchiha to support him.
"Old man!"
Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was pondering what forces he could still gain, the office door was kicked open.
"Jiraiya, have you decided to support me?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi covered the crystal ball, watching Jiraiya burst in.
"Forehead----"
"this----"
Jiraiya listened to Hiruzen Sarutobi's words and awkwardly scratched his head.
He had just come up with what he thought was a perfect plan not long ago, and subconsciously thought of going to the Hokage Building to get a note from his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, but he forgot that the old man was also looking for him.
"I've come to ask if I could get a job at the ninja academy as a teacher—"
Jiraiya tried to gloss over the matter with a few vague words, but instead directly stated his purpose: he truly had no intention of getting involved in the affairs between his teacher and Tsunade.
Regardless of which one he supported, Jiraiya felt that he would definitely offend the other one, so it was better not to support either one.
"You're going to be a teacher at the ninja academy?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned after hearing Jiraiya's words, but Jiraiya's words did remind Hiruzen Sarutobi that besides the ninja clans, Konoha also had quite a few ninja teachers at the ninja academy.
Furthermore, since Hiruzen Sarutobi is currently the principal of the Ninja Academy, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to gain the academy's support, right?
"Still for Naruto?"
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi was considering the Hokage vote, he immediately saw through Jiraiya's thoughts.
Jiraiya planned to influence Naruto by becoming a teacher at the Ninja Academy.
"I did not take Naruto out of Konoha, nor did I take him to Mount Myōboku."
"Didn't the Slug Sage say that Naruto should choose for himself?"
"My becoming Naruto's teacher is a normal competition, right?"
"If I could get Naruto to give up absolute justice, you'd be happy to see that, old man, wouldn't you?"
Jiraiya knew that his little scheme wouldn't escape Hiruzen Sarutobi's notice, nor did he intend to hide it from him.
"To make Naruto give up absolute justice?"
"Can you really do it?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a moment, then turned his gaze to Jiraiya.
He admitted that Jiraiya might have some skill in teaching students, after all, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was taught by Jiraiya, but he didn't quite believe that Jiraiya could make Naruto give up his ideal of absolute justice.
"You have to try. How will you know it won't work if you don't try?"
Jiraiya wasn't entirely confident either, but this was the only option he had. He had been working tirelessly in the ninja world for so many years for the sake of the Child of Prophecy, and with the Child of Prophecy so close at hand, he simply couldn't do nothing.
In the end, Hiruzen Sarutobi still gave Jiraiya a note, allowing him to go directly to the Ninja Academy the next day.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Ikezumi from the Land of Water had also arrived at the capital. However, this time, Tachibana Jiro was not by Ikezumi's side; she was to remain in Kirigakure to maintain order.
"Is this country truly rotten to the core, inside and out?"
"Judging from this, there are far more villains than in the Land of Fire!"
In Uchiha Izumi's vision, almost everything turned red, especially in those mansions, where there were hardly any people without red names, which meant that the number of villains in the capital of the Land of Water was unimaginable.
Just as Uchiha Ikezumi arrived in the capital of the Land of Water, the daimyo of the Land of Water had already learned of the changes in Kirigakure.
The battle in Kirigakure was too big a commotion. Uchiha Izumi didn't kill those who hadn't done anything wrong, so it's understandable that some of them were spies who would spread the news.
"What does the Land of Fire mean by sending Konoha's Uchiha clan ninjas to our Land of Water to act arrogantly?"
"Isn't the Land of Fire afraid of a Fourth Shinobi World War breaking out?"
The daimyo of the Land of Water looked at the nobles gathered before him and uttered threatening words, but everyone could see the fear in his eyes.
The events in the capital of the Land of Fire were not a secret. The daimyo of the Land of Water had long known that Konoha Village in the Land of Fire had produced an ungrateful and ravenous dog, who had even killed the former daimyo of the Land of Fire.
The daimyo of the Land of Water previously thought it was an internal matter of the Land of Fire, and even couldn't help but gloat after seeing what happened to the Land of Fire. But he never expected that the vicious dog from the Land of Fire would actually come to the Land of Water.
Moreover, their methods were so violent that they directly flattened the ninja village of the Land of Water!
Under such circumstances, how could the daimyo of the Land of Water not be afraid?
He gathered all the nobles of the Land of Water together, hoping to form a united front so that if Uchiha Izumi really came, they wouldn't be completely powerless to resist.
"Another warmonger!"
Just as the daimyo of the Land of Water finished speaking in a stern but insincere tone, he saw the nobles in front of him looking behind him in horror, and then he heard this sentence.
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