Jiraiya: The Village Has Only Gotten Better Since I Left

Had he not expected to end up like this today?

The corner of Jiraiya's mouth twitched. Hearing Shizune's disdainful words, he felt even more ashamed.

The pervert label was now firmly attached to him. His pen name used to be Perverted Sage because of his works, but now he had truly earned that reputation.

And besides,

he was now just a pervert, with none of the sage left.

He was truly famous now.

"Go buy one... or I'm going back!" Jiraiya forced himself to speak through Shizune's teasing, his tone carrying a hint of urgency.

Right now,

Jiraiya felt that everyone outside was looking at him strangely, as though they were staring at a lecher. It made him want to crawl into a hole.

"Go buy one..." Tsunade waved her hand helplessly at Shizune, who still wanted to argue with him, signaling for her to stop fighting with Jiraiya and buy a straw hat.

Shizune could only sigh helplessly before slinking off to buy one.

After Shizune left, Tsunade looked at Jiraiya speechlessly. "You know how to be embarrassed now? Why didn't you think about ending up like this when you were peeping on women bathing?"

"How many times do I have to say it? I did it for art, besides..." Jiraiya explained again, but his words abruptly stopped halfway through. He did not continue.

He even glanced at Tsunade guiltily.

"Besides what... were you thinking that you could never have been caught?" Tsunade seemed to see through Jiraiya and directly supplied the rest of his words.

"If it weren't for that Zhong Kui, I definitely wouldn't have been caught!" Jiraiya nodded, then quickly shook his head. "That's not what I mean. I just think it's a shame for Zhong Kui. He clearly has such an incredible ability, yet he