Uchiha Clan Grounds.
By the time Jiraiya arrived, the gates of the Uchiha Clan Grounds were already wide open, and Shamu was waiting at the entrance with a smile.
"Yo, Lord Jiraiya, you're here. I've been waiting for you for quite a while."
It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over Jiraiya's head. Waiting for me? Is Shamu deliberately trying to provoke me?
As he pondered this, Jiraiya narrowed his eyes. "Uchiha Shamu, you knew I would come?"
Shamu nodded. "I was afraid you wouldn't, so I specifically had someone distribute flyers to lure you here."
Jiraiya had long since stopped underestimating Shamu. He merely asked in a low voice, "Why are you targeting me?"
Shamu waved a hand. "Oh, how can you call it targeting? Everything I said was true."
"You—" Jiraiya had just begun to speak when Shamu's expression changed.
He said coldly, "And you can't take even this? The grievances we Uchiha have endured all these years don't amount to even one percent of this."
"You were also away on a mission during the Nine-Tails Incident, and you didn't come back. We Uchiha even evacuated the villagers, yet we were still resented for it. Why was nothing said when you came back?"
"Isn't it just because the Third Hokage is your teacher? Otherwise, why did no one say that Jiraiya deliberately chose not to return during the Nine-Tails Incident?"
Jiraiya let out a breath, then gave a helpless laugh. "You hold a grudge against me over that? Is there something wrong with your head?"
Shamu rolled his eyes. "You're overthinking it. I just want to tell you that we Uchiha moved away from Konoha because we don't want anything more to do with you people."
"Every time we did something, we were