The Most Important Teacher in My Life Could Only Be That Pervy Old Man

"Pervy Sage, Pervy Sage, Pervy Sage, Pervy Sage, Pervy Sage..." Naruto stood on a rooftop, searching everywhere for someone's figure while repeatedly muttering the same words.

Ebisu caught up to him and shouted, "Naruto! The chance to receive my guidance is something countless people can only dream of!"

Naruto put on an utterly disgusted expression again, looking at him as though he had seen feces. His face seemed to say: I don't need you at all.

"What does that mean? What kind of look are you giving me?!" Ebisu snapped.

"Wait," Naruto said. "Kakashi-sensei sent you to teach me, so I'll send you to teach Sakura."

Ebisu felt a little hurt. What did Naruto take him for, a ball to be kicked off to someone else?

Naruto continued, "Sakura is a very cute girl. She's confused right now and doesn't know how she should work hard. She needs a powerful mentor to guide her."

"I think you're confused too, and you need guidance as well," Ebisu said. "You wasted half the day wandering around. It's obvious you've lost yourself."

"..." Naruto looked at Ebisu as if he were an idiot, his lips pursed as he stared at him.

Was that wandering around? That was being focused on my goal! The most important teacher in my life can only be that pervy old man! No one can take that place from him!

Just then, Naruto noticed a sneaky-looking figure at a public bathhouse. The man was furtively slipping around to the side behind the bathhouse.

"Found you!" Naruto cried in delight. He jumped straight off the rooftop and ran toward the public bathhouse, with Ebisu close behind.

At the side behind the public bathhouse, in an empty corner, a white-haired middle-aged man was squatting there. He seemed to be peeping through a gap in the wooden wall at the delightful sights inside the bathhouse.

"Oh my... wonderful, simply wonderful... wow... hehehehe..." The middle-aged man seemed utterly absorbed in what he was seeing and did not notice the two people behind him at all.

Ebisu spotted the middle-aged man peeping into the bathhouse and said righteously, "I don't know who you are, but what you're doing is utterly shameful. With me here, how can I allow you to do as you please?"

Ebisu shouted as he charged at the middle-aged man. His voice was so loud that the man immediately became displeased. Quiet was the first rule of peeping—if there was too much noise, it could easily startle the lovely ladies frolicking in the hot springs.

"Hm? Honestly." His mood ruined, the middle-aged man instantly changed expression. He formed hand seals with his left hand, and white smoke rose beneath him. An enormous orange toad was summoned beneath him, nearly two meters tall, carrying the middle-aged man on its back.

"What?!" Ebisu was shocked. He had thought the man was merely some lowly pervert, but he actually knew the Summoning Technique.

The orange toad opened its huge mouth and shot out a long tongue, wrapping it around Ebisu's waist. It lifted him high into the air before smashing him heavily into the ground.

The entire process happened too fast for the eye to follow. Ebisu could not react in time and was knocked unconscious by the blow, collapsing onto the ground without waking.

"Whoa! Amazing! A Jonin taken out in one move!" Naruto shouted excitedly. "I want to learn that too—one move per Jonin!"

Naruto rushed forward and asked loudly, "Who exactly are you? What are you doing here?" Naruto already knew the answer, but he wanted to make contact with the middle-aged man before him.

"Excellent question." Standing atop the orange toad's back, the middle-aged man gestured wildly and said, "I am the Toad Spirit Sage Senso Daoist of Mount Myoboku, commonly known as the Toad Sage! At your service!"

"What Toad Sage?!" Naruto cursed. "I think you're the Pervy Sage! Do you know what this place is? The bathhouse you were peeping into is run by me." As he spoke, he pulled out the property deed for the public bathhouse.

The Toad Sage stared at the deed in Naruto's hand and saw the Hokage's seal on it, proving it was genuine. This public bathhouse really did belong to the brat before him.

"How nice," the Toad Sage said somewhat enviously. "To own such a treasure of a place at such a young age."

Naruto also pointed at Ebisu, who lay motionless on the ground. "That guy is a bodyguard I just hired. He's a Konoha Jonin, and I paid a fortune for him, yet you knocked him unconscious."

Naruto was actually talking nonsense. Ebisu was not a bodyguard he had hired at all; Kakashi had brought him in to teach Naruto how to train.

"That guy interfered with my research," the Toad Sage said. He had taken a liking to Naruto, because Naruto possessed such a treasure of a place. In all of Konoha Village, the land Naruto held was the most valuable. He was truly promising for someone so young.

"I'm a writer. To write novels, I naturally need to gather material. Without extraordinary experiences, how could I write good novels?" The Toad Sage took a book from his robes and showed it to Naruto.

Naruto had already finished that book. He had borrowed it from Kakashi, because Kakashi held it and read it all day long. Naruto had been incredibly curious about its contents, so whenever he had the chance, he had to read it.

At first, Kakashi had been unwilling to lend him the book because Naruto was far too young. Kakashi said Naruto could read it once he was older.

Naruto had no choice but to ask Hinata out. Right under Kakashi's nose, Naruto had his first date with Hinata. This had happened after the first stage of the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Kakashi's only exposed right eye widened in shock as Naruto held up a small spoon and fed Hinata strawberry ice cream.

Even with half his face covered, it was obvious Kakashi had turned completely red. Naruto fed Hinata the ice cream spoonful by spoonful, and after she finished, he even used a handkerchief to wipe a bit of cream from the corner of her mouth.

Naruto and Hinata's first date had been extremely short, lasting less than ten minutes. After seeing Hinata off, Naruto smugly struck an older-brother-like pose in front of Kakashi.

Kakashi was completely won over and offered the book with both hands. Cold sweat had poured down his face as he thought, I really can't underestimate young people these days. They're far more impressive than I was.

"Hehehe..." Remembering what had happened not long ago, Naruto could not help laughing. Then he said, "I've already finished your book. It was really well written. I'm looking forward to the next one."

Upon hearing that, the Toad Sage looked utterly delighted. His body trembled uncontrollably as he thought, It seems my books are known to everyone now. Even a random passerby has read them...

"Anyway." Naruto curled his lips into a grin. "This is a bathhouse I run, and you were peeping here. You have to pay me something in return—for example, teach me how to train!"

"I can't be bothered with you." The Toad Sage spoke as he walked away. "I'm going somewhere else to gather material, so stop bothering me. Only by constantly gathering material can I write the finest work."

"Hey, hey, wait, Pervy Sage." Naruto pulled a scroll from his robes and said with great pride, "This is Konoha Village's greatest treasure."

"Oh?" the Toad Sage asked flatly. "What is it?"

"The Konoha Village Peeping Map." Naruto flashed a wicked grin after saying that.