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"And she hasn't even officially taken office yet, but she's already scheming to scout out the next one."
"Heh!" Jiraiya laughed helplessly. "That's really Tsunade's style. I was still wondering why she suddenly agreed to be Hokage, and turns out it was because of you."
Uchiha Yan shrugged, a trace of resignation in his tone. "No choice. I wouldn't trust anyone else to do it, so I had to make her step up."
"Then what about me?" Jiraiya squinted at him. "Aren't the two of us good brothers? My relationship with Minato is pretty good, too, and you even taught him Rasengan. Isn't that enough?"
"Uh..." Uchiha Yan rolled his eyes. "You're overthinking it."
"It's not a matter of trust or distrust. I simply don't trust your character."
"Ha?" Jiraiya immediately grew displeased, pulling a long face as he said, "You explain this to me right now: why is my character no good, Toad Sage? Clearly, my character is the absolute finest in all of Konoha, all right?"
This was definitely a slander, purely slanderous. He, the Toad Sage, was the most morally upright person in the entire Konoha.
"Tch." Uchiha Yan glanced at him with disdain. "You? Your character is the finest in all of Konoha? Based on what?"
"Based on you loving to peek into the women's bathhouse?"
"Just because you love writing those kinds of books?"
Jiraiya froze: "..."
Crap, this could even get exposed?
Could it be that woman Tsunade who snitched to Uchiha Yan?
Too treacherous!
"Ha, haha..."
Jiraiya awkwardly forced out a couple of laughs, immediately pulling a straight face to explain with utter seriousness: "I wasn't writing those kinds of things; that's field research, understand? Field research!"
"Besides, what I write is called art. A brat like you, whose hair hasn't