If You Don't Court Death, You Won't Die! [Please Send Flowers and Bookmark]

"Uh..."

Jiraiya, who was walking ahead, instantly froze. The smile on his face stiffened as if someone had struck his pressure point. His raised foot could neither come down nor step forward.

Did I do something wrong?

Listening to Jiraiya chatter nonstop beside him, Hiko really wanted to kick him. This Guy had far too much to say, and Hiko became certain of one thing: Jiraiya had never trained at the Training Ground.

"Hiko, when do you think we'll graduate?"

"I really want to grow up already!!"

"This is so unfair! They think I'm too young and won't let me drink!!"

"Hiko, aren't you tired? Want to take a break?"

Lying on the grass, Jiraiya gazed longingly at the sky, hoping he could graduate and grow up soon. Then he could go drink Flower Wine openly.

"Phew~~~"

Jiraiya's words went in Hiko's left ear and floated right out of his right. It was no wonder Tsunade loved beating Jiraiya up. Even if he did not provoke her, his gift for nonstop chatter alone was enough to make Tsunade unable to suppress the primordial power within her.

How had this guy become one of the Sannin? How had he become a Kage-level powerhouse?

Though Hiko would not suddenly beat him up like Tsunade did, he still had his doubts. Could a Jiraiya like this really become the famous Toad Sage Jiraiya?

It was not that Hiko liked overthinking things. Jiraiya simply did not look the part at all!!!

"Phew... phew~~~"

Perhaps he was too bored, or perhaps he really was sleepy. Jiraiya kept muttering to himself, gradually feeling his eyelids grow heavy. Then, then his snores began to ring out.

Perhaps he would only start growing after Tsunade and Orochimaru dealt him some brutal blows.

Seeing Jiraiya actually fall asleep out of boredom, basking in the sun and snoring away so leisurely, Hiko could only imagine that his head might explode after he woke up.

"Achoo!!!"

"Achoo!!!"

In his sleep, Jiraiya suddenly felt a little cold and could not help sneezing several times before waking up.

"..."

Hiko was gone. The sun was gone. In their place, the moon hung high in the sky, with countless stars scattered around it.

Realizing that he had slept here until the middle of the night, Jiraiya was completely dumbfounded.

"Achoo!!!"

"Hiko, that wasn't cool! You went home without waking me up!!!"

"Achoo!!!"

The next day, Jiraiya came to the classroom sneezing, with two strings of clear snot hanging under his nose that made people want to stay far away from him. The first thing he did was accuse Hiko of being uncool for going home without waking him.

Tsk, tsk. Poor kid.

Looking at Jiraiya in such a miserable state, Hiko almost could not bear it. But he was not taking the blame for this. Spreading his hands, he said innocently,

"I called you. But you said you wanted to sleep until the end of time—oh, with your beautiful big sister keeping you company. So I had no choice but to leave first."

"..."

Jiraiya's face darkened. He even forgot to suck his two strands of snot back in. They dangled from his nose like they were on a swing, swaying back and forth, nearly giving his mouth an intimate kiss.

"Get lost!!!"

"Don't disgust me, you bastard!!!"

A Dark Shadow flashed, and Jiraiya flew away like a cannonball. Though Hiko had wanted to swat him away himself, he did not, because someone else could not resist jumping up—Tsunade.

Jiraiya's dark face, blank expression, and the two strands of snot constantly swaying from his nose nearly made Tsunade vomit up what she had just eaten. Unable to bear it any longer, Tsunade struck.

He was sleazy and filthy enough normally. Even when he was sick, he still could not behave himself!!!

A beautiful big sister? Would it kill him not to disgust people?

"Tsk, tsk!!" Hiko shrank back and observed three seconds of silence for Jiraiya in his heart.

It was one thing to say that to him—he would ignore it. But did Jiraiya not know that Tsunade could go berserk at any moment?

Hiko really had called Jiraiya. But This Guy had been sleeping soundly and ignored him completely, merely waving a hand and saying he wanted to sleep with his beautiful big sister until the end of time. Hiko could only grant his wish.

Who knew the end of time would not come, and he would instead sleep until the middle of the night, catch a cold, and keep sneezing? Those two classic strands of clear snot bobbed up and down beneath his nose, ready to start swinging whenever he was not paying attention.

"You went to the Training Ground?"

After swatting the disgusting Jiraiya away, Tsunade still wiped her hands with a look of disgust, afraid that Jiraiya's endlessly swinging snot might get on them. Then she turned to look at Hiko.