Watching at the Arena
"Where is this?"
As Jiraiya walked on, he found himself at Konoha's Arena.
The entire Arena was packed with people. Everywhere he looked, there were people.
Cheers and whoops kept coming from inside, making the place seem extremely lively.
Jiraiya liked lively places, because in lively places, he could secretly admire beautiful women.
So he decided to squeeze in and take a look too.
There were already a tremendous number of people in the Arena. Although Jiraiya was not fat, it still took him quite a bit of time to squeeze into a spot where he could see the screen clearly.
"Huh? What is that thing?"
After he got inside, an enormous Crystal Screen was hanging in the center of the Arena.
Scenes of combat were playing on it, which only left Jiraiya even more confused.
"What exactly is going on? Where is this person fighting?"
When the person beside him heard Jiraiya ask, he knew at once that he was someone from the Other World.
"He's inside the Trial Tower. This is an old program in Konoha—watching Streamers challenge the Trial Tower."
"This Streamer is extremely popular, which is why so many people came to watch. You're pretty lucky too, managing to squeeze in."
Jiraiya was still completely baffled after hearing that. "What Trial Tower? What is that?"
The kindhearted person pointed into the distance. "See that tower spire? That's the Trial Tower. Inside, ordinary ninja can gain powerful abilities, and powerful ninja can gain even stronger power."
"It's a very good place, but it's also very possible to get nothing at all, because you only get one chance."
That did pique Jiraiya's curiosity. It could grant powerful strength? It looked like nothing more than a tower.
This person was merely fighting monsters over and