Sasuke's Audacious Demands!

After finishing the writing and pressing his handprint onto it, Sasuke carefully put away the scroll.

"This will be the place."

"Lord Jiraiya, please!"

As Sasuke spoke, lightning instantly surged around his body.

He turned into a blur and vanished from his original spot.

"Please what?"

"Eh, you..."

Bang!

Before Jiraiya could react, Sasuke's small fist landed on his chin.

The immense force sent Jiraiya's body flying.

His head buzzed...

"You little brat, you're going for the kill!"

Jiraiya couldn't help but complain.

That one strike had almost completely shut down his brain.

As the saying goes, even the highest martial arts fear a kitchen knife.

Not to mention, Sasuke's kitchen knife was meticulously sharpened.

Bang bang bang...

Next, Jiraiya was prepared.

Although Sasuke's attacks were fierce, Jiraiya blocked them one by one.

Soon, Jiraiya discovered Sasuke's shortcomings and instinctively corrected them.

He corrected the mistakes in actual combat, without words, simply by guiding Sasuke's attack style, he could resolve those issues.

Sasuke also understood Jiraiya's intention in the following moments.

"Be careful, Lord Jiraiya!"

Sasuke let out a soft shout, and the surrounding lightning transformed into little white worms that appeared behind him.

At this moment, the little white worms had already developed formidable scales.

They looked much more imposing.

These were not the same little white worms used to temper Naruto and Neji's bodies.

Instead, they were a ninjutsu developed exclusively for the Thunder God Mode, with attack as its sole purpose.

If not for the absolute resistance to lightning properties within the Thunder God Mode, this mutated version of the little white worms could have even injured Sasuke himself.

"Original Ninjutsu?!"

"Good heavens, this kid truly is a genius, just as Fugaku said!"

Jiraiya had traveled the Ninja World and witnessed many powerful geniuses and extraordinary individuals.

Yet, upon seeing the ninjutsu Sasuke unleashed, he was still amazed.

"Go!"

Sasuke controlled the lightning and attacked Jiraiya.

The surrounding paths were completely sealed off by the little white worms.

Most importantly, Sasuke still retained control over these released lightning style techniques.

It would be impossible for ordinary people to track the trajectory of this lightning.

But he, Uchiha Sasuke, was no ordinary person!

"Sharingan!"

His Three-Tomoe Sharingan activated instantly.

The trajectory of the little white worms appeared directly in Sasuke's vision.

At the same time, Sasuke began to analyze Jiraiya's movement patterns.

He raised his hands and directly controlled the little white worms, launching a full-scale assault on Jiraiya.

With several lightning strikes, the area where Jiraiya had been standing was enveloped in thick dust and smoke.

Judging by the "smoke without injury" principle, Jiraiya should be fine...

"Damn it, Jiraiya, you shameless old man, was that necessary?"

Just as Sasuke was contemplating how to continue the fight, he suddenly noticed that the surrounding environment had changed...

No, that shouldn't be it... the environment hasn't changed.

The fleshy walls surrounding him already told Sasuke exactly where he was.

To block his Lightning Style, Jiraiya had actually summoned this giant toad.

That's right, they were currently inside the belly of a giant toad.

"Poof!"

As a cloud of white smoke dissipated, Jiraiya appeared within Sasuke's line of sight.

The smoke had cleared, but Sasuke's Byakugan did not fade.

"Ugh, the way you fought just now—sneaking up on me and trying to kill me outright."

"You don't know how to respect your elders at all."

"Alright, let's call it a day for this training session."

"Once you're capable of breaking through the seal I just used, I'll continue to instruct you."

Jiraiya said with a sly grin.

That was right; this was what Jiraiya had planned from the very beginning.

He would deal with Sasuke perfunctorily, then use a suitable ninjutsu to show Sasuke the gap between their abilities.

This way, he could find an excuse to stop training Sasuke.

And Sasuke wouldn't be able to say a word against it.

"How shameless."

"Fine, let me state my demands first."

"I need the same weighted materials that Might Guy uses."

"Then, I need some medicinal herbs; you should know more about that than I do."

"After all, you and Lady Tsunade are such close companions."

"Also, I need money. I've spent so much treating people to meals lately..."

"Oh, and I also need..."

"Wait, wait, wait..."

Just as Sasuke was listing his demands, Jiraiya couldn't sit still anymore.

Setting everything else aside, those weighted materials Might Guy used cost at least ten million ryo.

And the medicinal baths customized by Tsunade to enhance physical strength... that was also a significant sum.

If he let Sasuke keep "making wishes," he would be bled dry, no matter how much money he had.

"I can satisfy the requests you just made."

"Don't say anything else; I'm afraid I might change my mind."

Jiraiya said awkwardly.

After all, having to say such things in front of a child made his old face flush with embarrassment.

"Fine."

"I..."

"Father?"

Just then, Sasuke saw Fugaku Uchiha approaching from not far away, accompanied by elite ninjas of the Uchiha Clan.

Sasuke's heart sank.

This guy Jiraiya—he didn't go off to peek at his mother, did he?

Sasuke turned around, staring at Jiraiya with a furrowed brow.

Jiraiya shook his head slightly.

It was clear that Jiraiya understood what Sasuke meant.

"Sasuke, what are you and Lord Jiraiya doing here so late at night?"

Fugaku Uchiha stared at Sasuke, while simultaneously casting a look of dissatisfaction toward Jiraiya.

Although he knew Jiraiya's personality, it was still somewhat unsettling to have such things happening within his own clan.

"I asked Lord Jiraiya to give me some special training. Father, has something happened?"

Sasuke tilted his little head, asking with curiosity.

Seeing Sasuke's innocent and naive appearance now, Jiraiya couldn't bring himself to associate him with the greedy brat who had just made such outrageous demands.

"Lord Jiraiya, next time you come to my Uchiha Clan, please make sure you don't take the wrong path."

"Let's go."

"Sasuke, you should head back and rest early as well."

Fugaku Uchiha was no fool.

Since Sasuke had said as much, he wasn't about to expose his own son in front of everyone.

"Understood, Father."

Sasuke nodded obediently.

Jiraiya, meanwhile, let out a sigh of relief.

As long as Fugaku Uchiha didn't pursue the matter, everything that followed would be easy to handle.

"Sasuke, I'll have Might Guy bring over the weighted materials you requested."

"As for the medicinal herbs, I will go and find those for you myself."

"Money... here is 10 million yen; that should be enough to last you for a while."

"I'm leaving now."

After setting the money down, Jiraiya vanished from the spot with practiced speed.

He was terrified that Sasuke might come up with another request.