"Jiraiya-sensei..."
Josuke's mood was indescribably awkward.
Whatever else Jiraiya might be, he was still Josuke's teacher, when all was said and done.
For his defection, Josuke ought to have had his Chakra stripped and been thrown into prison.
Jiraiya looked at Josuke with a smile. To be honest, at first, he'd despised Josuke's actions.
Whenever he thought of Josuke's defection, he remembered the Second Hokage's famous words.
He regretted his own actions deeply.
As expected, the Uchiha Clan were a pack of wolves that could never be tamed. But after three years spent together day and night, did Jiraiya really not understand what kind of person Josuke was?
Beneath his handsome appearance was a sincere heart, one that would sacrifice itself for its comrades without hesitation.
If Josuke really were one of those evil Uchiha, Jiraiya would be using Sage Art right now.
Super Great Ball Rasengan would teach Josuke a lesson.
But he wasn't.
Besides, Josuke had saved Asuma, and he had eliminated Kakuzu.
That only strengthened Jiraiya's suspicion: the kid definitely had his reasons.
The things Josuke had done...
Aside from the Twelve Rookie Shinobi, Tsunade, and a few others, nobody knew about them.
Those were orders Tsunade had issued. Even Danzo was in the dark.
If Jiraiya's guess was right, then Danzo was undoubtedly the one who'd caused the tragedy of Josuke's defection.
Konoha's Root...
"You had your reasons, didn't you?"
Before Josuke could explain, Jiraiya answered for him.
Just as I thought.
Jiraiya thought to himself.
"It was Danzo's Root, wasn't it?"
?
Josuke was taken aback. Seriously? That was some imagination.
No wonder he was called the Pot Kage. Jiraiya would sooner believe that the Uchiha kid wasn't evil than believe Danzo was innocent.
Since Jiraiya had already said it himself,
Josuke silently nodded.
So