Heaven-Defying Spirit Summoning

Seeing everyone's baffled expressions, Mirai chuckled and continued.

"Old man, although the three disciples you took in are all quite formidable and made a great name for themselves as the Legendary Three Ninja, still..."

At that point, Mirai deliberately paused for a long breath.

"Still what?" Everyone stared at him intently.

Mirai's dramatic pause had everyone listening scratching at the itch.

"Still, there's a collective nickname for the Three Ninja that's widely spread throughout the ninja world!"

"That nickname is the Ninja World's Sex-Gambling-Drugs Trio!"

In an instant, it was as though thunder had exploded in Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind.

What... what even was this?

This "sex" was probably right in front of him—Jiraiya, who was standing nearby.

The "gambling" probably referred to Tsunade. She really did gamble every day.

As for the "drugs," that probably meant Orochimaru.

Thinking about it, they really were the Sex-Gambling-Drugs Trio!

Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi finished figuring it out, the two advisors beside him were holding back their laughter.

Clearly, the two of them had already thought of it the moment Mirai said it.

As for Jiraiya, the corner of his mouth twitched. My lifelong reputation...

Only then did Hiruzen Sarutobi finally react.

He immediately slammed the table and said, "Damn it! My reputation, just like that..."

"Not one of these three disciples is trouble-free!"

Jiraiya's mouth twitched again as he stubbornly retorted, "Old man, you actually believe what Mirai says!"

Though he said that, Jiraiya was muttering to himself inwardly: Is that really how the ninja world talks about us?

Mirai grinned at everyone present and did not bother with them any further.

Looking at Jiraiya and Mirai, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt another headache coming on.

What kind of people were these two?

They could even drag out and pass the buck over becoming Hokage. What the hell was this?

Had the times changed? Had everything become different?

Back then, people would not accept being denied the position of Hokage.

Some people who could not become Hokage would even scheme by every possible means to attain the position. Just look at Danzō.

But now, these two were pushing it back and forth as though the Hokage position were a hot potato.

The more Hiruzen Sarutobi thought about it, the angrier he became.

Bang!

With a loud crash, Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his remaining hand directly onto the desk.

"I don't care anymore! You two decide for yourselves who will be Hokage, or recommend someone reliable!"

After saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi took his large smoking pipe and walked over to the window.

Clearly, those two had truly angered him as well.

Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane's expressions stiffened, then their faces began to twitch.

Damn it, this was Konoha, a major village of the ninja world, choosing its Hokage. How had it become so casual?

But no matter how unhappy or dissatisfied they were, they did not dare utter a word now.

Anyway, it was your business from start to finish. We'll just sit here and watch the show.

Mirai and Jiraiya were both dumbfounded by Hiruzen Sarutobi's move. The old man was clearly being shameless.

"You do it!" Mirai refused to back down.

"Bullshit! I still have plenty of things to do. How would I have time to work as Hokage? You do it!"

"My ass! Aren't your 'plenty of things' just peeping? And you call that plenty of things? Have some shame!"

"Bullshit! What the hell do you know? Even if you beat me to death, I'm not taking the Hokage position!"

"Oh? So you'll do it as long as I don't beat you to death!"

"Damn it, what nonsense are you thinking?!"

The two traded words back and forth, and the Hokage's office suddenly turned into a marketplace.

Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane had black lines all over their foreheads. These two were truly something else.

At that moment, the two of them actually stopped at the same time.

"I recommend Tsunade!"

Mirai and Jiraiya spoke up at the exact same moment.

Mirai looked at Jiraiya with utter disdain. "You're really devious when it comes to avoiding becoming Hokage!"

Jiraiya returned the look. "Likewise!"

At that, Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes immediately lit up.

Both Mirai and Jiraiya were restless by nature and never the settling-down type. Compared to Tsunade, they truly were not the best candidates for Hokage.

Besides, if they could use this opportunity to bring Tsunade back to the village, the village's strength would surely reach unprecedented heights.

"Alright, now that there's a candidate, I've got nothing to do with this anymore!"

Mirai patted the nonexistent dust off his butt and said, "I'll be leaving first."

With the Flying Thunder God, he vanished.

"Then I'll leave the matter of finding her to you!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and patted Jiraiya on the shoulder.

"Holy shit, you're just making it official like that?"

Jiraiya had barely begun to protest before Hiruzen Sarutobi had disappeared as well.

"Holy shit, every last one of you is bullying me!" Jiraiya cried out indignantly, on the verge of tears.

"He is your teacher, after all." Homura Mitokado patted Jiraiya on the shoulder before leaving together with Koharu Utatane.

Jiraiya was left alone, standing in the Hokage's office in utter disarray.

Afterward, Jiraiya left and headed toward Naruto's house.

The hurt I suffered today can only be taken out on Naruto.

As for Mirai, sorry, but he had already returned home.

Right now, he was continuing his great undertaking of flying planes.

After that, he would go see how Gaara was doing, and incidentally become Gaara's brother-in-law in the truest sense.

Then Gaara and Kankuro would return to the Sand Hidden Village. As for Temari, naturally, she would join Mirai's big airplane family.

"Naruto, what are you doing?"

Seeing Naruto practicing the Summoning Jutsu beneath a tree, Mirai walked over while playing dumb and asked.

"Oh, Mirai! I'm practicing the Summoning Jutsu. This is a really, really difficult technique!"

Naruto spoke from the bottom of his heart.

"That's right. It's quite a difficult ninjutsu!" Jiraiya suddenly popped out from the side.

"What the hell?"

"Difficult?" Mirai dug at his ear and asked again, "Difficult my ass. I think the Pervy Sage just isn't willing to teach you for real!"

Mirai glanced at Jiraiya, his eyes full of mockery.

"You..."

Jiraiya was infuriated by Mirai. Was that even human language?

No, the real question was, did this guy even know how to speak like a human?

Suddenly, Jiraiya came up with an idea.

"Since you think I haven't taught Naruto anything, how about this? I'll teach you the same way and see what you're capable of."

Jiraiya had never seen Mirai's true strength.

The only time had been with Konoha's summoned beast, when Mirai used that Big Ball Rasengan.

Other than that, there seemed to be nothing else.

As for the battle with the One-Tail, he had only used the Sharingan and had not revealed his strength.

"Sure! I specialize in curing all kinds of dissatisfaction!"

Seeing Jiraiya take the bait, Mirai chuckled inwardly.