Ronglin spoke viciously, though he was also somewhat speechless:
"That damn place sounded nice enough—they said it was left behind by the Sage of Six Paths. Put bluntly, it was just where the Sage of Six Paths had trained. It was tiny as hell, yet they put such a powerful seal around it. I almost starved to death inside."
"Starved to death?!"
Tsunade immediately lost her composure. What kind of damned place was that? You could actually starve to death there?
"It was tiny as hell. Nothing but seals everywhere. Was I supposed to eat air?"
Ronglin rolled his eyes irritably.
"I really got screwed over by that big snot worm and the Great Toad."
"Cough, cough! I think the Toad Sage must have had his own difficulties. Don't be angry anymore. After all, it's already in the past."
Jiraiya coughed awkwardly and tried to comfort Ronglin, but Ronglin did not appreciate it at all. He glared at him.
"Then I'll take you there. Even though I destroyed the seal, I think I can still use other methods to seal it up. I'll let you bring food, and I'll come pick you up ten years later."
"Uh..."
Jiraiya instinctively shook his head. He had no desire to live like that—sealed inside a cramped space for ten years. That would be fatal. Only a ghost would want to go.
"But Lord Slug told me that you were training somewhere and wouldn't be coming out anytime soon."
Tsunade had not expected this either. They had tricked him into a sealed space and left him there for ten full years. How had he endured that?
And he had endured it without food or water.
"If they'd told you the truth, wouldn't you have worried?
You probably would've already caused a scene and tried