When dealing with other people, Jiraiya would brush them off with a simple, "Someone of your rank in the Anbu shouldn't be investigating me."
After all, his status was high enough, and he was strong enough.
But when it came to Youhu, Jiraiya could only shamelessly make excuses. "I'm on official business. I spotted a female spy from Iwagakure around here and was planning to catch her and give her a thorough interrogation..."
There was even a plot about interrogating a female spy?
Youhu couldn't help marveling at it. No wonder Jiraiya's Icha Icha Paradise had become a bestseller. The fantasies of an old virgin were truly terrifying. The older generation of Konoha ninja had been far too repressed.
Thinking that, Youhu nevertheless gave Jiraiya a skeptical once-over and challenged him:
"Then, Lord Jiraiya, did you catch the female spy? With your strength, there's no way you'd let her escape, right? Or was that just an excuse?"
Jiraiya knew Youhu was joking, but the sarcastic tone still made him uncomfortable.
But now that his lie had a hole in it, he could only patch it with another lie.
"That female spy was too cunning. She even hid in the bathhouse. Even I can't just walk into the women's bathhouse. I'd be in serious trouble if they mistook me for a pervert."
"That is a problem."
Youhu nodded slightly, walked over to Jiraiya, and offered a solution. "How about this? I'll go in and search with you, Lord Jiraiya, so we can find the spy as quickly as possible. It's for the village's safety, after all."
"..."
Jiraiya fell silent. He could make things up, but Youhu really had the nerve to believe him. Still, he suspected Youhu was doing it on purpose, trying to humiliate him in front of the