Colluding in Evil

Scratching his head, Naruto walked over to Ebisu and called out to him twice.

"Hey, closet pervert!"

Ebisu showed no reaction, lying there like a corpse.

Naruto formed the Tiger hand seal, aimed at a certain part of Ebisu's body, and thrust straight down.

"Konoha's Secret Taijutsu Ultimate Technique: Thousand Years of Death!"

Ebisu showed no reaction, lying there like a corpse.

"He didn't react at all. This guy really is weak, isn't he?"

Seeing Naruto's bizarre antics, Jiraiya was covered in black lines.

This was Minato's son?

His personality was completely opposite to Minato's. He was somewhat like Kaede, though.

Even though Jiraiya had spent years traveling outside the village, he had heard about Naruto's experiences in Konoha. He just hadn't expected that growing up wild would result in this kind of personality. Seriously, what was that old man thinking?

Naruto shouted at Jiraiya, "What's with this giant green frog? Who the heck are you?"

This was the moment for a cool entrance. Jiraiya struck a flamboyant pose, baring his teeth and claws.

"Excellent question! I am the Toad Spirit Sage of Mount Myoboku, the Plain Vegetarian Taoist, commonly known as the Toad Sage! I have arrived!"

"A sage?"

"That's right!"

Although Naruto did not quite understand, he still shouted, "Hey! Pervy Sage, the teacher who was supposed to train me got beaten into this state by you. What am I supposed to do now?"

"There's nothing to be done. That guy got in the way of my research."

"Research?"

Jiraiya took out the Make-Out Paradise he had poured his heart and soul into writing, waggling his eyebrows at Naruto. "I'm a writer. Since I need to write novels, I have to conduct research."

Seeing the cover of the book in Jiraiya's hand, Naruto felt it looked familiar. Wasn't