A First Love as a Gift

No matter how suspicious Tsunade was now, she could only suppress her doubts for the time being and focus on dealing with the "enemy" before her.

Jiraiya and Tsunade had originally planned to join forces and take Orochimaru down directly, but the strength Orochimaru displayed had shocked them both. If they had not retreated in time, they would have been killed instead.

Their covert attack had failed, and they were no match for him in a head-on confrontation either. They had wanted to end the battle quickly, but even the small hill had been flattened, leaving all three of them exposed beneath the sunlight.

No matter how unwilling they were to admit it, Tsunade and Jiraiya had to acknowledge that Orochimaru truly was the genius among the three. He was obsessed with ninjutsu, and over all these years, he had never once slackened.

The two of them still had a chance against one opponent, but if Uchiha Qingfeng joined in, they might not even be able to leave.

But Uchiha Qingfeng did not seem to have any intention of intervening?

"Qingfeng brat, Jiraiya said you started a war in the Ninja World?"

Gamabunta had a pipe clenched between his teeth, but it did not affect his speech in the slightest.

"Let me tell you, that's slander. I didn't do anything. If you want to settle accounts, go find the leader of the Akatsuki Organization. The one sitting in the wheelchair is him."

"Logically speaking, all of you are disciples of Mount Myōboku. Seeing you meet with weapons drawn like this is not something I wish to see."

He truly could not understand why a toad worried about so many things. Wouldn't it be better to just be a pet?

"It's fine. I'm just here to watch the show. Go on,