Jiraiya was not afraid of him at all, nor would he indulge that foul habit of his. He immediately shot back:
"Whether it is or isn't, so what?"
"You may be the commander-in-chief, but I'm the deputy commander-in-chief! I have the right to question you, and I can refuse to carry out this kind of idiotic command of yours. That's allowed, isn't it?"
Trying to use rank to suppress him?
Jiraiya might not have Orochimaru's or Tsunade's brains, but he was no fool.
Danzo was obviously trying to stir up trouble, and he had chosen this exact moment to do it. Jiraiya hated this sort of thing most.
Why had Konoha declined into its current state? Because people like them spent every day fighting among themselves!
The war was not even over, yet their minds were entirely occupied with plotting against their own people. They would be damned lucky to win like that.
What was most absurd was that someone like this could actually become the commander-in-chief of a battlefield and sit among Konoha's upper ranks.
Jiraiya truly could not understand what his teacher had been thinking.
Was he not satisfied with how quickly Konoha was declining?
Besides, the Uchiha Clan was not so easy to bully these days.
Leaving everything else aside, Uchiha Yan alone was a ruthless figure.
Back on the Sand Shinobi Battlefield, Jiraiya had personally witnessed that kid's abilities.
He was no pushover, and he never let a grudge go unanswered.
Now that Danzo dared to make a move against his father, his older brother, and so many of his clansmen, Jiraiya did not dare imagine how much trouble that kid would cause.
If his father and older brother were fine, it would be one thing. But if anything happened to them, Konoha would likely face