Caught between a rock and a hard place, Jiraiya began to play dumb. He turned his head aside like a child, lifting his chin slightly with an expression that said, no matter what you said, he was not doing it.
This guy...
Ronglin and Tsunade were so exasperated they laughed, while the Third Hokage sat to one side and shook his head helplessly.
"Anything is fine, but being a teacher is non-negotiable."
Jiraiya would not accept that punishment even if it killed him.
With his temperament, he had long grown used to a carefree life. Suddenly having to stay at the academy every day, watching over a bunch of little brats and being unable to leave until school was out—unless he had no choice, that was not the kind of life Jiraiya wanted.
"Then what do you want to do?"
Ronglin asked speechlessly.
"Of course..."
The moment Jiraiya heard that, he brightened up. He raised a hand and made a lewd gesture with a sleazy grin, but before he could finish, even he froze.
You had the nerve to make demands?
Tsunade looked at him with that expression.
The Third Hokage kept shaking his head, repeatedly comforting himself. I didn't see anything. I didn't hear anything.
"Cough, cough!!!"
With that, Jiraiya gave a dry cough and swiftly turned his gaze elsewhere.
When someone started acting shameless, there was truly nothing anyone could do. Just look at Jiraiya—at his age, with such strength and status in the village, he was actually trying to weasel out of it!!!
It was simply both ridiculous and exasperating.
Shaking his head, Ronglin looked at Jiraiya and felt that he did not even know what to say anymore.
The so-called punishment was all bark and no bite. Deserting in the middle of battle might have been