"Naruto is important to the village. Jiraiya wants to live with Naruto, and it would be hard for us to stop him.
But I believe Naruto should not leave the village. Since he is the village's jinchuriki, he should remain in the village."
"It would be even better if Jiraiya is willing to stay."
Among the Three Sannin, Jiraiya was the most cooperative one. At least when it came to official matters, he would not slack off.
Unlike Orochimaru and Tsunade—if they were unhappy, they would simply walk away from the job.
Jiraiya living with Naruto was not something they opposed, but they could only live together in Konoha. He could not take Naruto wandering around everywhere.
In the original story, Jiraiya had been able to take Naruto away from Konoha because the Third Hokage had already died, and the village desperately needed Jiraiya to step forward and shoulder everything. That was why they had turned a blind eye to Jiraiya taking Naruto away.
Now that the Third Hokage was alive and well, the elders would certainly be unwilling to let Naruto be taken away.
Jiraiya staying in the village would be even more helpful to them.
Not only would the village gain another powerful protector, but they could also send that powerful shinobi on difficult missions from time to time. It was killing two birds with one stone.
"I agree with Koharu."
Mitokado Homura voiced his agreement.
Living together was fine, but taking the jinchuriki away from the village was not. That was the bottom line.
"I'll try to talk to him."
Even the Third Hokage did not dare guarantee that he could persuade Jiraiya.
"We'll discuss it after we get back!"
After leaving the Hokage Office Building, someone could not resist raising a question, but Fugaku suppressed it.