Naruto's relentless pestering gave Jiraiya a splitting headache. With such a little tagalong hanging off his heels, no matter how dashing and peerless he was, what curvaceous, youthful, irresistibly beautiful girl would be willing to discuss the art of life with him?
After keeping it up until midnight, Jiraiya finally surrendered.
"Kid... your personality truly inspires respect! Fine, I can guide your training. But you have to promise me that you won't disturb me when I'm gathering material in the future. Can you do that?"
The moment Naruto heard this, he nodded eagerly. "It's not like I'm bored enough to peek at people bathing, you pervy old man..."
"I'm the Toad Sage!" Jiraiya shouted, hopping madly.
"Pervy Sage, can you give me back my scroll first? And while you're at it, undo the seal on it." Naruto spoke pitifully.
"Hmph, I would've undone it even if you hadn't asked." Jiraiya took out the scroll. Under the moonlight, it was dull and lusterless, like a pearl covered in dust.
Jiraiya then tossed the scroll into the air and rapidly formed Hand Seals. Chakra formed strange patterns in his hands, which he then pressed toward the scroll with an open palm. "Release!"
Buzz...
The scroll gave off a hazy glow before falling silent once more.
At the sight of this strange phenomenon, Naruto's eyes gleamed with excitement as he stared fixedly at the scroll.
Jiraiya wore a mysterious, inscrutable smile. After putting on enough of an act, he slowly opened the scroll—then his entire face darkened.
"...C-Rank Ninjutsu... Wind Release: Great Breakthrough..." Jiraiya's mouth twitched slightly before he gritted his teeth. "Bastard! Using the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu to seal a Ninjutsu of this level..."
It was like crafting a brocade box out of gold and jade, then putting a rock inside...