After Senya finished negotiating his deal with Fuzishou Tingxiang, Jiraiya took Tingxiang and Shizuka back to Konoha to treat Tingxiang's chronic condition.
As it happened, Jiraiya intended to use this chance to take a break as well. Ibiki was temporarily handling the village's missions, and as for Naruto, the relationship between Konoha and Hidden Cloud was no longer what it had been during the Third Shinobi World War—it was currently warming up. Besides, Senya himself was in Hidden Cloud now, so there was even less cause for concern. Even if they were given a hundred times the nerve, they would not dare do such a thing.
Considering that he would not be paid for the next five years, this trip was a good opportunity to go home and retrieve the bankbook he had hidden beneath Naruto's bed.
As for Senya, he met with A. Same as always, A started clamoring for drinks the moment they met, only to be drunk under the table by Senya in the end.
Until the moment he passed out, there was only one thought in his mind.
How had Senya turned into such a bottomless booze barrel after only a few months? Why could he not get him drunk no matter how much he drank...?
The reason was obvious. Senya's physical constitution had undergone a qualitative transformation from before. Having achieved a constantly maintained Sage Mode, his tolerance for alcohol had naturally become as bottomless as an abyss.
A had even boasted confidently at first and made a bet with Senya.
Whichever of them drank the other under the table could make one request of the other, so long as it did not violate the other person's principles.
In the end, A went down.
Senya, meanwhile, got his wish to train in Cloud-Thunder Ravine.
Cloud-Thunder