Having suffered a devastating blow, Jiraiya's outlook on life, values, and worldview had all been overturned, leaving him at Mount Myōboku questioning himself.
It was not until Hyuga Wuye told him that Tsunade was getting married that he returned from Mount Myōboku to Konoha.
After some time had passed, the entire ninja world was caught up in an explosion of public debate.
The one-country, one-village system that had endured for over sixty years faced its greatest challenge in history. A ninja-world-wide discussion erupted over the relationship between villages and nations.
Unfortunately, there was no ninja-world forum. Otherwise, the servers would surely have crashed...
And the news that the Fire Country daimyo was marrying the Konoha Hokage cast the entire ninja world in the deep hues of change.
"Have you noticed that, in recent years, it seems like the Hokage has always been the one calling the shots in the Land of Fire?"
"You only just noticed? Didn't you see that when the Hokage took office, it was the daimyo who came to offer congratulations?"
"Also, the Land of Fire has clearly been expanding outward. It no longer treats the surrounding small countries as buffer zones, looking as though it wants to lead everyone toward development together..."
"Now that the Land of Fire has abolished the one-country, one-village system, perhaps it will develop even more smoothly from here on."
"There have already been several clashes in the past. The other four great ninja villages definitely won't stand by and do nothing this time."
"The ninja world... is about to fall into turmoil..."
"..."
Such discussions filled every corner of the world, loud and fervent.
"Teacher, when you were forced to leave Konoha back then, did you ever imagine that one day, you would marry me beneath the gaze of the masses?"