The next morning.
For the second time in his life, Hyuga Bin woke up in Jiraiya's house.
After fully waking up, he happened to see Jiraiya emerge from the study, sporting a pair of dark circles under his eyes.
"Bin-kun, I finished handwriting the outline for the new book you told me about last night." Seeing Hyuga Bin, Jiraiya eagerly walked over.
"Lord Jiraiya, you didn't sleep all night?" Hyuga Bin scratched his hair and yawned.
"Yeah. This Uchiha Bin story is a bit long, so it took a while to write." Jiraiya nodded, then continued, "There was something else I forgot to tell you yesterday. I want to ask you for another favor."
"What is it?" Hyuga Bin had no idea what he could possibly do to help Jiraiya.
"Come with me to find Tsunade."
"Why are you looking for Lady Tsunade?" Hyuga Bin did not understand why Jiraiya needed to bring him along to find her.
"There are some things I want to say to her, and I need you there to ease things over a little." Jiraiya stated his reason directly.
As soon as Jiraiya finished speaking, Hyuga Bin politely declined. "Lord Jiraiya, I might not be able to help with this. Although I'm on leave right now, I'm still on standby and could be sent to the front lines at any time."
Although he did want to see Tsunade, he had to consider reality.
"I've already discussed it with the old man... the Third Hokage." Jiraiya had already dealt with the reason Hyuga Bin would use to refuse.
"Lord Hokage agreed?" Hyuga Bin was somewhat surprised.
"Of course." Jiraiya answered as if it were only natural.
"He didn't ask you to do anything?"
Though they had not interacted much, Hyuga Bin felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen was