"Ahhh!"
A somewhat foul-smelling scream.
Natsume jolted awake and looked up to see a black speck flying through the air at incredible speed.
Honey, come out and see God!
Oh, no, that was wrong. I didn't have a wife.
But I had a teacher.
Natsume got dressed, rose from bed, and left his room. When he reached the living room, there was no one there.
He opened the door and found Tsunade and Shizune standing in the courtyard.
The former looked somewhat displeased, while the latter was utterly terrified.
"Who was that screaming just now?" Natsume asked curiously.
"Jiraiya." Tsunade shook out her fist and said, "You don't need to mind him. He's an unreliable guy, so stay away from him."
She understood Jiraiya's personality well.
His loyalty to Konoha was beyond question.
But when it came to women, his character was rather awful.
His love of peeping alone was enough to make women keep their distance.
Tsunade thought of Hiruzen Sarutobi again.
Like master, like student.
Such a good child as Natsume absolutely could not be tainted by those bad habits.
"Okay."
Natsume nodded, but he wondered why Jiraiya had returned to Konoha.
In any case, it wasn't because of Naruto Uzumaki.
He was only three years old now. As long as Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to let go, there was nothing Jiraiya could do.
Unless he wanted to betray his master and disgrace his ancestors.
Unable to think of a reason, Natsume could not be bothered to keep thinking about it. It had nothing to do with him anyway.
As for Jiraiya stealing Tsunade away from him, that was even more impossible.
Because of that so-called prophecy, Jiraiya had long since buried his heart and given up on love.
Jiraiya was a good ninja, but he was not a