Mirai knew that no matter what lie he used, he could not fool Jiraiya, one of the legendary Three Sannin. So he had no choice but to say it outright.
"Ah? Huh?" Jiraiya staggered, nearly falling over. Then he stared fixedly at Mirai before finally sighing. "Fine. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't." As he spoke, Jiraiya raised his Sage Mode hand sign, and the two toad sages raised their summoning devices as well. He could not sense even a trace of malice or danger from Mirai.
"Then why did you save her? You don't know her very well, do you?"
"Laura... lolicon. I just couldn't help myself..." Mirai said somewhat awkwardly. He really had only tied himself up to save her because he had died while hiding from that little girl, Fei'er. It even gave Mirai the illusion that he was some kind of strange corn.
Jiraiya was speechless at Mirai's answer. He felt that Mirai was a little baffling, but this was not the time for that. He nodded and said, "I'm leaving. I believe we'll meet again in the future. Once Gamabunta recovers from his injuries, I'll have him spit those guys out, including your teacher. Just wait at the agreed location."
Jiraiya turned around and waved as he spoke.
"What are you doing now? Why don't we wait at the tea stall outside the teahouse?" Mirai wondered why Jiraiya was leaving in such a hurry.
"You don't know this, but I'm a novelist. The inspiration in my head is running low right now. I want to seize this chance to gather material while I write." Jiraiya turned back to look at Mirai, gave a mysterious smile, then leapt away and vanished from Mirai's sight.
Mirai stared at the place where Jiraiya had