A Moment of Social Death

"Jiraiya, what are you doing!" a delicate shout rang out.

Instantly, Jiraiya felt a surge of electricity run from the top of his head to his tailbone, and he froze on the spot. A long-forgotten, unforgettable painful memory welled up in his mind.

That's a painful memory from when I was a child, when someone punched me and broke several of my ribs.

Jiraiya turned around stiffly, as if frozen in place, and what came into view was the person he had been longing for day and night, but whom he desperately did not want to see here —Tsunade.

"Tsunade, you—you have to let me explain," Jiraiya hurriedly tried to explain.

But Tsunade wasn't listening to him at all. Jiraiya walked towards Jiraiya with an angry expression, her fists clenched tightly, as if she was about to strike at any moment.

Jiraiya Tsunade's posture, Jiraiya became even more flustered and at a loss, taking several steps back. "No, no, Tsunade, don't come any closer."

However, he seemed to have forgotten where he was now, with only a thin window behind him.

Then there was a loud "crack," the window shattered, Jiraiya fell into the women 'Bathhouse behind him through the broken window.

During the cloud-covered time, the women's Bathhouse became a scene of chaos.

"You pervert! Catch the pervert!"

"Kill this filthy scoundrel!"

"Capture him and hand him over to the Hokage-sama!"

"Bang bang bang!" Heavy footsteps came, and then a woman with an unusually "plump" figure walked over with an arrogant gait, shouting angrily as she did so.

"Get out of the way! How dare a man barge into a women's Bathhouse right in front of me, Akimichi Aya! I'll smash his eyes in!"

At that moment, Tsunade on the rooftop suddenly transformed into Taiichi. He was completely bewildered; he had only intended to scare Jiraiya, never expecting such a strong reaction.

He was so frightened that he fell into the women's Bathhouse, listening to the commotion below. The "crackling" sounds of chasing and hitting continued from below towards the street.

Clearly, Jiraiya couldn't withstand the onslaught of so many Naked women and has now fled in panic.

Taiichi looked around to make sure no one had noticed him, then quickly jumped off the roof and chased after Jiraiya in the direction he had fled.

As expected of Jiraiya, being chased by women is clearly not a first or second time. He turned left and right ahead, and after running for two blocks, he had completely shaken off his pursuers.

Taiichi was following behind the women, but as he followed, Taiichi realized that they had lost sight of the person in question.

Left with no other option, Taiichi could only follow the trail to see if he could find Jiraiya, and so he walked all the way to the grove next to Training Ground No. 3.

"You're looking for me!" A sinister voice came from behind Taiichi.

Startled, Taiichi leaped forward, simultaneously turning to assume a defensive stance. Upon seeing Jiraiya behind him with a gloomy expression, Taiichi couldn't help but let out an awkward, silly grin.

There's no way around it; looking at Jiraiya's current state, anyone would feel guilty about their past actions.

At this moment Jiraiya had thick dark circles under his eyes, his white hair was all messed up, and his face was not much better than crooked. His clothes were also riddled with holes and missing pieces of cloth.

"Jiraiya- sensei, what are you doing here? I followed the crowd to see what was going on, I didn't expect to find you here!" Taiichi said, feigning surprise.

"I heard someone was caught peeping into a women's Bathhouse, did you see it?" Tai was still trying to deny it.

"Keep making things up, let's see how long you can keep this up." Jiraiya grabbed Taiichi's ear.

"And you still call me teacher? Is this how you treat your teacher?!" Jiraiya said bitterly.

"Ahhh! It hurts! It hurts!" Taiichi cried out dramatically, "Jiraiya- sensei, it's going to fall off! My ear's going to fall off!"

Seeing Taiichi's exaggerated reaction, Jiraiya annoyed and amused. Releasing Taiichi, he added, "It's good you're gone; at least you're not always trying to harm me."

"You ruined what was supposed to be a good field trip!" Jiraiya muttered to himself.

"Jiraiya- sensei, I didn't mean to. I just wanted to scare you, but I didn't expect the window to be so flimsy that you fell out," Taiichi explained.

He certainly couldn't say that Jiraiya was traumatized by Tsunade, which is why he crashed through the window and fell. If he did, Jiraiya might beat him so badly he couldn't get out of bed today.

"Jiraiya- sensei, as an apology, let me treat you to dinner today!" Taiichi said cautiously.

Jiraiya glanced sideways at Taiichi and said, "At least you have some conscience."

He chuckled and put his arm around Taiichi's shoulder as they walked into the village. He showed no trace of his earlier anger, but his attire ruined his imposing aura.

At the izakaya, Taiichi Jiraiya Jiraiya's favorite dishes and his favorite sake as an apology.

Of course, he himself can only drink juice.

The two ate, drank, and chatted together. During this time, Taiichi also asked Jiraiya some questions about his training.

At the end of lunch, Taiichi asked, "Jiraiya- sensei, did you know that Teacher Tsunade has left the village?"

Jiraiya's hand, which was holding up his chopsticks, froze in mid-air, and he remained speechless for a long time.

"When did this happen?" He had left Konoha on a mission and hadn't been in the village for a long time. And obviously, no one had told Jiraiya that Tsunade had left.

"It's been about half a month. She left with Shizune in tow," Taiichi replied quietly.

Upon hearing that Shizune had been taken along, Jiraiya more silent.

Seeing that the conversation had touched on Jiraiya's painful memories, Taiichi stopped talking, and the scene fell silent once again.

After a long silence, Taiichi asked again, "Jiraiya- sensei, do you think Teacher Tsunade will come back?"

Jiraiya looked at Taiichi: "It's hard to say." After a moment of silence, he continued, "This matter might depend on you."

After listening to Jiraiya's words for Taiichi long time, Taichi realized that Jiraiya's words made a lot of sense. Moreover, he also really hoped that Tsunade could return as soon as possible.

This is not only important for the village, but also beneficial for Tsunade herself. You should know that in the original work, Tsunade wandered for almost 20 years, and her condition did not improve at all.

She still spends her days drinking and gambling, and even her Hemophobia shows no signs of improvement. It's clear how Tsunade has become over the years. And those golden twenty years of her life have been wasted.

Taiichi felt sorry for Tsunade and felt it was a waste of her life, and he was equally angry at the inaction of the Third Kazekage and Jiraiya.

"Yes, I will definitely find a way to bring Teacher Tsunade back." Taiichi made up his mind.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore." Jiraiya ended the conversation. "You've been calling Teacher Tsunade the whole time, so how did Tsunade become your apprentice?" Jiraiya asked casually.

"Yes, before she left, Teacher Tsunade took me as her apprentice and also passed on the Summoning Scroll to me." Taiichi didn't hide anything from Jiraiya.

"Pfft!" He spat out the wine he had just drunk. Jiraiya only asked casually, but he didn't expect to get a positive answer.

"Great, I didn't expect that Tsuna would finally have a true successor." Raiya was also excited about this. "Ha~ha~"

"What's going on? Come on, teacher!"