The Whole House Reeked of Sea Water

Jiraiya had secretly loved Tsunade for twenty-one years, yet in the end, he still failed to make any tangible progress.

The moment he returned to Konoha Province, he began searching the streets for a certain culprit.

"Uncle Jiraiya, is this really an appropriate time to talk about this?"

Shin opened the door in the middle of the night, his hair still dripping wet.

"I'm going to sleep after I dry my hair."

The mercilessly closed door seemed to make Jiraiya understand exactly what had been going on inside the house just now.

"Damn happy couples!"

Cursing under his breath, he picked up his phone, whose screen had gotten a little waterlogged, and called the number of a disciple living nearby.

"Hello, Minato..."

"Uh... all right. Then your teacher won't disturb you."

His disciple was out in the countryside adventuring with his girlfriend. How could a teacher possibly interrupt them?

Yet the truth was that the straightforward Minato really was exploring the mountains with Kushina.

That mountain was supposedly an upgraded version of an "adult" amusement park, with plenty of new attractions waiting to be discovered.

After a bitter smile, Jiraiya scrolled through his contacts.

Orochimaru was probably still busy with some research.

Calling Sakumo would mean wasting quite a bit of time getting through security.

As for his teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen, he would definitely mock him first thing after they met.

"Right, Nawaki!"

No matter what, he was still the other man's "enlightenment teacher."

"Not going, huff huff..."

"Huff... I'm exercising with Kaoru..."

"I'm busy, so I'm hanging up."

"Click..."

Jiraiya dropped stiffly to his knees before his phone's shattered screen.

Exercising? What kind of proper exercise could they possibly be doing in the middle of the night?

It was one thing that Minato was handsome, but even Nawaki had