A Frightened Jiraiya

Though he had no idea what Jiraiya planned to teach him, Kitagawa Gen was not afraid.

The confidence the Otsutsuki Clan Bloodline gave him was no ordinary thing. If not for his worry that seeming too much like a genius all at once would make the before-and-after difference too huge...

"Copy Ninja could be my code name!"

He followed Jiraiya out of the hospital, and the two of them headed all the way toward Konoha's busiest central district, which left Kitagawa Gen a little puzzled.

"Lord Jiraiya, are we going the wrong way? Why are we heading over here?"

"There's a Training Ground here. It's small, but usable."

Jiraiya said it without a care. He glanced at Kitagawa Gen, then burst out laughing.

"I know you're pretty good, but what this Great Sage is going to teach you isn't simple either. You can take your time figuring it out later while I go to the hot... gather material!"

"You mean the hot springs, right?"

Kitagawa Gen almost couldn't hold it in when he heard that. Who are you looking down on?

"Also, that copy of Make-Out Paradise in Teacher Kakashi's hands was written by you too, Lord Jiraiya, wasn't it?"

"Huh? You've read it?"

Jiraiya blinked in disbelief, then shook his head again.

"Quit talking nonsense. Kakashi wouldn't let you read it, and don't even think about buying it. That's adults-only!"

"What about the Transformation Technique?"

Kitagawa Gen shrugged. If he really wanted to buy it, there were plenty of ways.

"You little brat. You really don't give people any peace."

Jiraiya couldn't help rubbing his forehead, but he quickly recovered. Only this time, he looked a bit more serious.

"You should give your teacher a little peace instead. After all, running into something like this would be hard on anyone."

At this point, Jiraiya stopped. He seemed unwilling to say too much, but this did pique Kitagawa Gen's interest.

The mission was complete, but he also wanted to know what happened afterward.

"That guy last night—was he someone Teacher Kakashi knew?"

Kitagawa Gen asked curiously.

"It shouldn't matter if you tell me, right? After all, I was the one who found him, and I was the one who figured out the intel. You can't just have me know nothing in the end, can you?

And since that guy came knocking, who knows who his target was? If I run into him again, I at least have to know who I'm facing, right?"

"You little brat. You really are troublesome."

Jiraiya rubbed the spot between his brows. He actually did not want to say much about this, but Kitagawa Gen was not wrong.

It was still unknown what exactly that guy's goal had been in coming over, but Kitagawa Gen had already formed a grudge with him. Letting him know some information was not a problem.

"There are some things about this matter I can tell you, but even if I'm the one telling you, you still have to follow the ninja confidentiality rules."

Thinking of this, Jiraiya finally nodded. He planned to say what could be said.

"Because this involves far too many things. Do you understand?"

"Mm, of course I do."

Kitagawa Gen nodded. Besides, he had long known that even if Jiraiya told him, he would not tell him everything. He was not surprised.

"That guy is suspected to be a teammate of your teacher Kakashi's..."

Seeing this, Jiraiya finally spoke, but the moment he opened his mouth, he almost lost composure.

"You little brat, how come you don't even have a teammate?"

"You can't blame me for that. They were all eliminated. There was nothing I could do."

"Forget it. Pretend I didn't say anything. Let's talk about the real matter first."

Jiraiya rubbed his brow, then continued.

"Your teacher Kakashi's teammate was named Obito Uchiha. His grades weren't very good back then, and he was the Dead Last of the class.

But he was kind, willing to help others, and in the end, when he graduated, he was assigned to the same team as Kakashi."

Jiraiya was quite good at telling stories. After all, he was an excellent novelist.

Even if all his serious works had flopped, and he had made his fortune entirely through Icha Icha Paradise.

Under his narration, the hot-blooded, positive story of a Dead Last making a comeback and becoming a hero of Konoha was still extremely vivid.

And he told it in great detail, even including Rin Nohara's death!

Clearly, at this moment, he had transformed into "Intelligence Jiraiya," having figured out everything that needed to be figured out.

Of course, while speaking, he still concealed many, many things.

For example, matters about the Fourth Hokage. For example, Rin Nohara's death became an accident in his telling.

Many things were also vague and unclear, but Kitagawa Gen still listened with great relish.

He felt Hiruzen Sarutobi could totally adapt this story a little. Wasn't this a perfect story for spreading the "Will of Fire"?

"Huh?"

However, as he listened, his eyelid suddenly twitched.

Obtained Kakashi Exclusive Side Quest 2

World-Weary Obito, Broken Him

Help Kakashi investigate Obito Uchiha's situation

Accept?

"..."

Kitagawa Gen looked at the interface and was speechless for a while. How could he get a mission just from listening to a story?

But the rewards for exclusive missions seemed extremely generous...

"That's roughly the situation. So the appearance of that mysterious person had a huge impact on Kakashi. I can understand that feeling."

Finally, by the time they arrived at the Training Ground, Jiraiya's little story was finished as well.

He gently shook his head, feeling somewhat emotional. The feeling of regaining what had been lost might be wonderful, but if it was like him and Orochimaru, then the situation was far worse than ordinary!

"Forget it. I'll teach you a jutsu first. You can take your time figuring it out yourself."

Shaking his head, Jiraiya was unwilling to think further. He raised his right hand, and a surge of Chakra immediately gathered in his palm.

Before long, as the Chakra continuously spun, a mass of azure, spiraling Chakra appeared in his hand!

"This is a jutsu with infinite possibilities. Its developer was the Fourth Hokage."

Looking at the Rasengan in his hand, he spoke seriously to Kitagawa Gen.

"This jutsu has no requirement for Chakra nature either. That means any kind of Chakra can be added to it, thereby producing even more changes.

But that is an extremely difficult thing. Even before the Fourth Hokage died, he still had not managed to develop it."

When he mentioned the late Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya's enthusiasm dimmed somewhat. He lightly flicked his hand, and the Rasengan instantly scattered into nothing.

Then he patted his face, letting emotion return to his expression before he finally spoke.

"Kid, practice slowly. The Fourth Hokage spent three years developing this jutsu, and this Great Sage spent three months learning it. Take your time!"

As he spoke, he turned and prepared to leave.

It was not that he was irresponsible. Rather, he wanted to see just how far the genius Kakashi spoke of had truly reached.

If it did not work, then he would teach him seriously.

"Lord Jiraiya..."

However, at that moment, Kitagawa Gen suddenly spoke.

As he imitated Jiraiya and stretched out his right hand, he said,

"You just said that guy suspected of being Obito Uchiha really liked their other teammate?"

"Mm?"

Jiraiya stopped. He had indeed said that.

"Yes. Are you trying to say that guy deliberately took revenge on the people around Kakashi? We've considered that. It's possible, but not very likely."

The deaths of the Fourth Hokage and his wife, as well as Kitagawa Gen being attacked, did indeed look very much like deliberate revenge against the people around Kakashi.

But although Kakashi did not have many people close to him, he still had good friends like Guy!

If that guy truly wanted to do something, then Guy and the others would not be able to escape at all!

That guy had been able to break through Konoha's defenses and turn Konoha into that state. This was already far beyond mere revenge.

"Besides, why didn't that guy take Kakashi's Sharingan and deliberately leave himself a flaw? Kid, don't overthink it—mm?!"

Jiraiya smiled and shook his head, but in the next second, his entire body froze!

Because he saw with his own eyes that a mass of rotating Chakra had already gathered in Kitagawa Gen's hand!

"This..."

"This isn't hard. My Purple Electricity is an extreme pursuit of Chakra form transformation and nature transformation. The difficulty of the Rasengan lies in distributing the Chakra proportions. You just need to try a few more times."

Kitagawa Gen spoke calmly. While condensing the Rasengan, he continued.

"As for that Obito Uchiha, I also don't think he's taking revenge. I think he seems more like he was bewitched, then pushed the responsibility onto Konoha."

"Bewitched... pushed the responsibility onto Konoha?!"

Jiraiya's eyes widened, while Kitagawa Gen nodded and continued.

"Mm. Didn't he go through war? Although I've never participated in one, I can still sense from books how terrifying it is, and reality is probably even more terrifying than books.

After going through war, his mental state was already unstable. If someone bewitched him, and then the person he loved most had an accident, he might place all the responsibility on Konoha.

For example, why Konoha had wars at all, and things like that. So..."

At this point, Kitagawa Gen stopped.

"Of course, I'm just talking nonsense. I've read some books and felt that war is too cruel. Also, Lord Jiraiya, look at this."

As he spoke, the Chakra inside his body condensed slightly, and in an instant, a stable azure Rasengan appeared in his hand!

At this moment, Jiraiya was completely frightened.