"Did they cut off your precious thing too?"
Jiraiya's eyes lit up at once. He suddenly felt closer to the fan standing before him, as if they shared the same misfortune.
"Yeah!"
The villager nodded.
"Damn Uchiha Kazuto, how could he..."
Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief, then started to curse Uchiha Kazuto, wanting to vent his resentment.
"Lord Jiraiya, watch what you say!"
However, Jiraiya had barely opened his mouth when the Konoha villager beside him stopped him.
"This has nothing to do with Lord Hokage. We're the ones at fault! If we hadn't gone to peep, how could they have cut off our precious things? We never should have done something like that in the first place. It wasn't until they cut mine off that I understood Lord Hokage was doing this for our sake, for Konoha's sake! Lord Jiraiya, you'd better take care of yourself. Konoha isn't what it used to be, back when Hiruzen Sarutobi ruled it."
"You're not the Hokage's student anymore, either."
He shook his head, looking thoughtful, then walked away.
"This..."
Jiraiya remained where he was, head bowed and fists clenched. He was wrong? How was he wrong? Was it wrong to peep at people bathing? Was it wrong to peep at people bathing and use them as material for Icha Icha Paradise?
No, he wasn't wrong!
Uchiha Kazuto was the one at fault!
Jiraiya thought.
Not long afterward, he entered the hospital and followed a nurse to a secret room.
The room was filled with green tanks connected to an array of pipes that automatically replenished the nutrient solution inside. Black markings could be seen on the precious things in the tanks. They were special Sealing Jutsu. Research had shown that living beings' nerves could produce spiritual energy. By extracting that energy