"Jiraiya?"
"Tsunade?"
The moment the two met, they shouted each other's names at the same time.
The moment he saw Tsunade, Jiraiya's shoulders relaxed.
Then he took Naruto to the seat opposite Tsunade and sat down, and ordered some dishes for Naruto.
Then he picked up the unfinished wine bottle on the table and poured wine for Tsunade.
"Long time no see, Tsunade."
"You still look so young, with no wrinkles at all."
Jiraiya grinned, with a bit of teasing in his tone as if he were reunited with an old friend.
Tsunade His eyes are a little blurry due to the influence of alcohol.
"Long time no see, Jiraiya."
"You're still so glib."
Shizune on the side was so anxious that he pulled Tsunade's sleeve. "Lady Tsunade, you have drunk too much. You haven't stopped at all since last night..."
Tsunade waved his hand, blocking Shizune's advice, drank the last sip of wine in the wine glass, and placed the glass heavily on the wine table.
"Today is a great day to meet old friends, two of them at once."
Jiraiya paused for a moment before reloading Tsunade, then returned to normal.
"Orochimaru has come to see you."
"What does he want from you?"
Shizune wanted to say something, but was stopped by Tsunade with a very sober look in his eyes.
This look was particularly abrupt on Tsunade's drunken face, which further confirmed Jiraiya's inner guess.
Naruto did not participate in the reminiscing between the two, and sat quietly next to Jiraiya, using chopsticks to pick up the snacks on the table and put them into his mouth.
After Shizune sat down from Naruto, he couldn't help but secretly take a look at Naruto. He had blond hair, an upright face, and blue eyes.
The young Hokage figure from many years ago appeared in her mind like a conditioned reflex.
It's so similar that it makes my heart feel tight.
"Could this child be..."
Tsunade guessed his identity the moment he saw Naruto.
Son of Fourth Hokage, Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
The two identities were stacked together, leaving Tsunade at a loss of what to say.
Time flies so fast, even Minato's child has grown up so much and still looks so much like his father.
Jiraiya looked at Tsunade's expression and decided not to beat around the bush.
He suppressed the smile on his face and said with a serious face: Tsunade, I am not coming to you this time to reminisce about old times."
"The village needs you to go back and serve as Fifth Hokage."
Shizune's arm holding Tonton tightened slightly, causing Tonton to groan.
Tsunade's fingers paused on the edge of the wine glass for a moment, and then continued to drink the wine in one gulp as if nothing had happened.
She didn't answer.
"The old man... is gone."
"It was Orochimaru who did it..."
"I know, Orochimaru already told me when he came to see me."
Tsunade put down the wine glass and regained his sobriety in his voice.
"So what's your answer?"
Tsunade didn't speak and was silent for a long time.
When she spoke again, her voice was much lower than before. "I refuse."
Jiraiya seemed to have anticipated this answer and showed no surprise. He just looked at Tsunade quietly, waiting for her to continue.
Tsunade looked at the thin layer of wine liquid remaining at the bottom of the wine glass, as if looking at something very far away through the transparent liquid.
"Stronger than my grandfather Hashirama Senju, who founded Konoha, quelled the war, and finally lost his life for Hokage Position."
"My second grandfather, Tobirama Senju, Second Hokage, chose to die alone in order for the younger generation to survive."
"They are all the strongest people in Shinobi World, but they all died in this position Hokage."
"So only a fool would be Hokage."
Tsunade put the wine glass on the table and made the final conclusion.
"It turned out to be just a coward who was afraid of losing his life!!"
Just when Jiraiya was about to say, "Tsunade, you have changed," Naruto, who was sitting next to him, put the vegetables on the plate into his mouth and said this while chewing.
Before he finished speaking, the air in the entire izakaya suddenly froze.
Tsunade's pupils shrank, and then a wave of Chakra pressure from the strong Kage Level rolled towards Naruto like an invisible mountain.
The wine glass in her hand buzzed due to the coercion, and Tonton in Shizune's arms was so frightened that she buried her head in Shizune's arm.
Naruto sat where he was, not even changing his posture, with a calm look on his face.
"Kid, what did you say?"
Tsunade's voice came out from deep in his throat, with ignited anger, and fine cracks appeared on the wine glass in his hand.
"I said you were a coward and a coward."
Naruto put down his chopsticks and looked directly into Tsunade's eyes. "First Hokage established a village of ninja to calm down the troubled times, and Second Hokage chose to end the family alone for the sake of the younger generation. They are all people who use their lives to rectify the name of these two words Hokage."
"And you think Hokage is something only an idiot would do."
"Are you denying the choice of First and the second generation?"
Tsunade narrowed his eyes.
The way she looked at Naruto this time was different from before.
This Jinchuriki brat didn't even move her eyebrows under the Chakra pressure she unleashed. This alone was enough to make her re-examine Naruto.
"Kid, you seem to know the history of Konoha very well."
"Send your name."
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I am the person who will become Hokage in the future."
Naruto said word for word, without impassionedness, only a kind of confident calmness.
"Humph, Hokage?"
"Just because you are a brat?"
Tsunade let out a cold snort from his nasal cavity.
She admitted that this Nine-Tails Jinchuriki brat was a bit brave, but Hokage was not someone who could be a Hokage just because he was brave.
She has seen countless young ninjas who said they wanted to be Hokage at the wine table, and most of them turned into a line of words on Memorial Stone.
"Believe it or not."
"But compared to you, a senior who has escaped for so many years, I am still somewhat confident in myself."
Naruto shrugged, as if you believe it or not.
Tsunade's mouth twitched.
She has lived for most of her life, and the last person who dared to call her a "coward", "coward" and "escape" in front of her was Orochimaru.
And Orochimaru is now S-Rank Rogue Ninja.
"Kid, so you are very confident in your strength?"
Tsunade put down the wine glass in his hand that had several cracks in it and moved his wrist.
"Tsunade, I advise you not to underestimate Naruto, he is stronger than you think."
Jiraiya, who was sitting aside, sighed and spoke slowly in a tired tone.
"Jiraiya, do you think so highly of this brat?"
Tsunade's eyes jumped back and forth between Jiraiya and Naruto.
At this moment, Naruto spoke, "I refuse."
Tsunade's eyes turned from curiosity to coldness again. "Why, didn't you just say that you are very confident in yourself?"
"Now you're getting cold feet?"
"I don't like fighting in useless battles with cowards."
"If you accidentally hurt one of the seniors Sannin, you will be accused of disrespecting your elders and being disrespectful. That would be too unfair."
Naruto shook his head.
"You kid, you succeeded in irritating me."
Tsunade stood up, and the light green kimono hemband overturned an empty wine bottle next to him. The bottle rolled twice on the ground and hit the corner before stopping.