"Eh? Soji, what are you doing here? It's been years since we last met, and you've grown so much stronger! You actually appeared behind me without making a sound, and I didn't notice at all!"
Seeing his former student, Jiraiya spoke with considerable emotion in his voice.
Although he had no idea how strong Soji had become, the fact that Soji had silently appeared behind him without being noticed was enough to surprise Jiraiya.
Of course, he had been somewhat distracted just now by all the beautiful women on the road.
But even so, that was not something just anyone could do!
"Not at all. Compared to you, Jiraiya-sensei, I'm still far behind."
To be honest, Soji had only meant to be modest!
Who would have thought Jiraiya would immediately run with it...
"Hahaha, naturally! After all, I am the wise and mighty Jiraiya!"
As he laughed loudly, Jiraiya struck a pose with his hands on his hips and his head tilted toward the sky.
Soji: "..."
All he could say was that Jiraiya truly was Jiraiya. His skin was thick enough!
Still, this was exactly Jiraiya's personality!
Ever since he was young, Jiraiya had always been this optimistic. He had never changed.
However, when Jiraiya laughed like that, the passersby around them all turned to stare at him as if he were an idiot.
And because Soji was standing so close to Jiraiya and had even greeted him, he too received the contemptuous looks of the surrounding pedestrians.
Soji suddenly regretted approaching Jiraiya so rashly.
He was now certain that the way those passersby looked at him was absolutely no different from how they looked at Jiraiya!
This was probably what ordinary people meant by birds of a feather flocking together.
Soji had gotten dragged into this while lying