“Going to the Ninja Academy?”
Hearing this, Ruofeng turned around and saw Jiraiya’s smiling face.
A few days ago, Ruofeng had mentioned this matter to Jiraiya, but he had not expected it to be settled so quickly.
Jiraiya said, “That’s right. You’ll enter the Ninja Academy sooner or later, and your grandfather has already agreed.”
Ruofeng was somewhat surprised.
He looked toward his grandfather in confusion.
His grandfather had always opposed him becoming a shinobi.
Or rather, he had never supported Ruofeng becoming one.
Yet now, he had agreed to Ruofeng’s request.
This made Ruofeng feel somewhat puzzled.
His grandfather said, “Since you’ve already made your decision, then go. I won’t stop you, but I won’t support you either.”
With that, his grandfather turned and left.
Ruofeng watched him leave and murmured, “He won’t stop me, but he won’t support me either? Then everything depends on me. In that case, I’ll carve out a place for myself in this world.”
Although he still felt a trace of fear toward this world, that fear was nothing compared to the fear of being powerless.
Ruofeng’s resolve grew stronger.
In this murderous Naruto world, surviving peacefully was extremely difficult.
Without strength, his ability to survive was practically zero.
Ruofeng walked over to Jiraiya and said, “Let’s go.”
Jiraiya chuckled.
“Come with me. We only have a few peaceful days left. The Second Great Ninja War is becoming increasingly intense, and Kirigakure has dispatched considerable forces as well. Most of the village’s Jonin will have to head to the battlefield. I expect I’ll have to go too in a few days. I’ll make arrangements for you before I leave.”
“War? It really is an unavoidable cycle.”
Ruofeng fell silent.
In the Naruto world, the one thing that never seemed to change was war.
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They left the courtyard and headed toward another part of the village.
This place was located in the center of Konoha, to the left of the Hokage Rock.
It was the location of the Ninja Academy, which was also considered one of the safer places in Konoha.
The Hokage’s Office was directly in front, while several powerful shinobi clans were located behind it.
At this moment, however, Ruofeng looked curiously at a young boy.
When the boy appeared, Jiraiya’s expression became somewhat strange.
He looked at the boy and asked, “Your sister isn’t here, right?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a roar came from the distance.
“Jiraiya… you bastard!”
Following the roar, Ruofeng saw a familiar figure.
Who else could it be but Tsunade?
Ruofeng said, “No way. You were just beaten by Tsunade so badly that you could barely take care of yourself, and now you’ve provoked her again?”
The boy looked at Ruofeng and said, “You’re Ruofeng, right? I’ve heard my sister mention you. As for Jiraiya, he really knows how to get himself killed. He was punished for peeking at my sister, and after recovering, he started teasing her with his words again. He really is asking for it.”
As he spoke, the boy raised his hand.
“My name is Nawaki. Tsunade is my sister. She’s told me about you.”
“My name is Ruofeng.”
Ruofeng raised his hand as well and shook Nawaki’s.
He really had not expected to meet Nawaki here.
Ruofeng had a good relationship with Jiraiya, mainly because Jiraiya had an inseparable connection with Ruofeng’s family.
His relationship with Tsunade, however, had only begun by chance.
He had never expected that he would become connected to her as well.
Looking into the distance, Ruofeng saw Tsunade throw a punch.
The fist wrapped in chakra was terrifying.
A casual punch was enough to shatter the ground.
Jiraiya awkwardly laughed as he dodged.
“Tsunade… I was wrong. I was wrong. We’re going to the battlefield in a few days, so how about we don’t fight?”
Tsunade roared, “No! Go to hell!”
Seeing this scene, Ruofeng said, “Uh… your sister is really violent.”
Nawaki helplessly shook his head.
“Ah… she inherited all those bad habits from Grandpa. Grandpa’s love of eating, drinking, gambling, and womanizing were all inherited by my sister. She hasn’t even come home these past few days. Apparently, she’s been gambling at your family’s casino.”
Ruofeng nodded.
“I heard about that from the person in charge. But no matter how much your sister loses, she’ll still be losing it to the casino. As for those IOUs, I doubt they’ll be of much use. After all, the money she owes is already enough to buy your entire family’s property.”
Nawaki’s mouth twitched.
“Forget it. Let’s not worry about them. Jiraiya and my sister have these friendly sparring matches every few days. They won’t actually kill each other. You’re going to the Ninja Academy, right? I’ll take you there. If you enter the Academy, you’ll be my junior from now on. I’m already in third grade!”
Ruofeng’s mouth twitched as well.
“Friendly sparring” and “they won’t actually kill each other” sounded rather peculiar when put together.
Still, Ruofeng followed Nawaki toward the Ninja Academy.
As for Jiraiya, who was being brutally beaten by Tsunade, Ruofeng left him alone.
Besides, there was nothing he could do.
This was Jiraiya’s own fault.
As they walked toward the Ninja Academy, Nawaki told Ruofeng what had happened the previous day.
Yesterday, Jiraiya had gotten drunk and, in his drunken state, went to Tsunade’s house.
Although Jiraiya had not gone directly in front of Tsunade, he had stood outside the gate of her house and shouted at the top of his lungs.
And the things he shouted were extremely suggestive.
Ruofeng even wondered whether Jiraiya naturally had a talent for writing Make-Out Paradise.
He had somehow managed to describe quite a few rather unusual scenes.
Tsunade was furious.
If Jiraiya had not been taken away in time by several friends, he would probably already be lying in Ruofeng’s house recovering from his injuries.
After hearing the story, Ruofeng said, “He really brings it upon himself. I used to think Sister Tsunade was too heavy-handed, but now it seems Jiraiya really is asking for it.”
Nawaki shook his head.
“Don’t worry. Other than that time when my sister lost too much money and Jiraiya tried to peek at her, resulting in him getting beaten badly, my sister usually knows when to stop. Besides, with the healing methods from Mount Myoboku, he’s basically back to normal after one night.”
“On the contrary, getting beaten over and over seems to have made Jiraiya’s physique gradually stronger.”
Ruofeng shook his head.
“A masochist’s physique.”
Nawaki chuckled.
Then he entered the Ninja Academy and said, “I’ll take you to the principal’s office to complete the necessary procedures.”
Ruofeng nodded and followed Nawaki toward the principal’s office.
Interestingly, the principal of the Ninja Academy was none other than the Third Hokage.
Ever since the Second Hokage established the Ninja Academy, he had served as its principal.
After the Second Hokage’s death, the Third Hokage took over.
Basically, every principal of the Ninja Academy had been the Hokage.
Of course, although the Hokage served as principal, they did not actually teach classes.
The teachers were Chunin, most of whom were Chunin who had retired from active duty on the battlefield.
Ruofeng could already see some political implications in this arrangement, but they were not something he cared about.
As they had just entered the corridor, Nawaki suddenly stopped.
He gestured for Ruofeng to keep his voice down.