"Miss, miss, don't go, don't go..."
Lying in the hospital bed, Jiraiya was constantly muttering about his older sister, suddenly opened his eyes.
The white ceiling and the strong smell of disinfectant... Strange, how did I end up in a hospital after going from a bar?
Jiraiya could tell where he was at a glance by the room layout, was about to move his arm when he felt a piercing pain sweep over his entire body.
"Yo, you're awake, Lord Jiraiya."
A boy's voice rang out, Jiraiya, saw a somewhat familiar face.
"It's you?!"
The one who could surprise Jiraiya so much was naturally Kazashiro.
At that moment, he was sitting in a chair, leisurely peeling an apple with a knife.
"Don't get so excited, I've already peeled half of it, if you keep yelling you'll break the peel." Kazashiro, who was completely focused on peeling the apple, didn't even have time to look up at Jiraiya, afraid of breaking the peel.
"It hurts, it hurts so much! Why are you here? No, why am I here?!"
Feeling flustered at the loss of control over his body, Jiraiya was also puzzled by the presence of this little brat beside him, and struggled to turn over.
"Hey, don't touch that! My apple peel!"
Because of Jiraiya's dishonesty, Kazashiro ended up peeling the apple in half, which made Kazashiro so angry that he almost threw the knife at Jiraiya.
"You're awake, Jiraiya."
Hearing the noise coming from inside the room, Tsunade pushed the door open and entered. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Jiraiya was indeed awake.
"Tsunade? What are you doing here? Wait, what happened?"
Jiraiya was dumbfounded, completely unable to understand what had happened.
"You don't remember, Lord Jiraiya? Well, let me help you recall. Three nights ago, you secretly escaped from the Military Police Force prison and went to spy on Aunt Keiko at her bathhouse, where you were nearly killed by Lord Tsunade a single punch..."
Seeing that the apple peel had already broken off, Kazashiro was too lazy to deal with the rest carefully. He Jiraiya what had happened three days ago.
"Thanks to you, I was able to go to the Military Police Force again late at night to recount what happened."
The apple was cut into pieces and arranged on a plate. Kazashiro then used his Ice Release to create a Senbon) and inserted it into the apple.
Just Jiraiya thought this was prepared for him and was contemplating that he would not forgive this brat even so, Kazashiro directly put the sliced apple into his mouth.
Jiraiya:???
It's so numb! I'm the patient, okay?!
Who eats fruit in a hospital ward in front of patients?
"What's wrong, Lord Jiraiya? Is that how you look at your savior?"
Kazashiro frowned, feeling the apple was a bit too sweet, and casually picked up a piece and stuffed it into Jiraiya's mouth.
"Ugh, cough cough cough, couldn't you be a little gentler? And when did you become my savior?"
Jiraiya nearly choked to death after being forced to swallow a piece of apple. He coughed for a long time before finally managing to swallow it, glaring angrily at the ill-tempered brat.
"Don't believe me? Ask Lord Tsunade."
Whether Jiraiya or not, Kazashiro stuffed another piece of apple into the other person's hand.
"That's right, Jiraiya. If this kid hadn't used Medical Ninjutsu to keep you alive, you would have died halfway there."
Under Jiraiya's probing gaze, Tsunade nodded, acknowledging Kazashiro's words.
"Really? Then I really have to thank him. No, wait, if it weren't for that Uchiha brat next to you, how could I have gotten beaten up like this?!" Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Jiraiya nodded at first, then realized something was wrong and angrily roared at Kazashiro.
"Jiraiya!"
Seeing that Jiraiya remained unrepentant, Tsunade's guilt vanished instantly. She strode to Jiraiya's bedside, ready to grab him. "You bastard, don't you have any remorse for your peeping?!"
"I was wrong, Lord Tsunade!"
Seeing that Tsunade truly enraged, Jiraiya slid to his knees at lightning speed. If he hadn't been unable to raise his hands, he would have already bowed and kowtowed to Tsunade three times and nine times.
"Hmph, you always admit your mistakes, but I've never seen you change."
Seeing that Jiraiya had become obedient, Tsunade finally let him go. "Anyway, you should honestly thank this little guy named Kazashiro, and your attitude must be sincere, understand?"
Under Tsunade's "kind and amiable" persuasion, Jiraiya forced an awkward smile and thanked Kazashiro, who was standing to the side.
"In that case, I'll accept your apology, Lord Jiraiya." Although his expression was somewhat distorted, since one of the Sannin had personally thanked him, Kazashiro accepted it without hesitation, secretly wondering if he could take this opportunity to ask the other party to take him to Mount Myōboku to learn Senjutsu.
Feeling that speaking at this moment would be somewhat abrupt, Kazashiro ultimately gave up the idea, gave Tsunade a sweet smile, said goodbye, and left the ward.
"This child has good talent; he has mastered Ice Release and Medical Ninjutsu at such a young age."
Watching Kazashiro's departing figure, Tsunade crossed her arms and praised his talent.
"Hmph, Danzo at least has a good son."
Knowing about Kazashiro's background Jiraiya rolled his eyes, acknowledging the other's talent while inexplicably recalling the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.
"This will bring about significant changes to the ninja world, forcing them to make choices..."
If we only consider talent and ignore personality, this child is even more outstanding than Minato...
What are you talking about?
Seeing Jiraiya suddenly start talking nonsense, Tsunade a little nervous.
I shouldn't have hit him on the head. Could it be that he injured his brain when he went through the wall?
"Ah, hahaha, it's nothing, just thinking about some things from the past. Ouch, ouch, ouch! Tsunade, could I have another piece of apple?"
Upon hearing Tsunade Jiraiya, snapping out of his daze, hurriedly shook his head and tried to evoke Tsunade's guilt in an almost coquettish tone, hoping to spend more time with her.
"An apple? Ha, of course, but I won't feed it to you..."
Tsunade rolled her eyes at Jiraiya and turned to look at the door.
"Lord Jiraiya, you're awake?"
As Tsunade finished speaking, Minato pushed open the door and entered. He immediately saw Jiraiya, and said with some surprise.
"Oh, it's Minato. Oh dear, I'm so sorry to have shown you my embarrassing side."
Jiraiya was unusually ashamed that his disciple would appear here.
"Not at all, to be honest, when we first heard the news of your serious injuries, Xiao Jiu and I were worried for a long time..."