When Minato saw that his teacher was not thrilled or happy to see him alive again, but instead looked extremely angry, he was utterly confused at first.
However, after connecting it with what had happened in Konoha recently, the quick-witted Minato soon understood why Jiraiya was angry. He immediately pulled a specially made wooden kunai from the ninja tool pouch on his back.
When Jiraiya saw Minato take out a wooden kunai engraved with the Flying Thunder God Technique Formula, his expression became even more wary.
Yet what he had not expected was that Minato had not taken out the kunai to fight. Instead, he directly stabbed it into his own finger.
As red blood flowed out around the embedded kunai, Minato continued, "Master Jiraiya, look carefully. If I were an Impure World Reincarnation ninja, I couldn't possibly have something like blood.
"If you still don't believe I'm Minato Namikaze, I can use this blood to perform the Summoning Technique. No matter how well someone disguises themselves, a summoning contract can't lie, can it?"
Minato's proof made Jiraiya, who had been extremely guarded against him, become half-convinced and half-doubtful.
Still, it was not hard to tell from his expression that he largely believed the Minato before him was real. Yet a ninja's ingrained vigilance and common sense left him completely unable to understand how Minato had truly come back from the dead.
"Master Jiraiya, when you took me as your disciple back then, you happened to be peeping... I mean, gathering material.
"And you once got several ribs broken for peeping on Lord Tsunade. You even used some childish bribes to trick Yoru Machi into helping you steal Lord Tsunade's... when he was little—"
Before Minato could finish, Jiraiya had already reached out and covered his mouth, then guiltily glanced