A Sword Cowed Jiraiya

Naruto saw that Sasuke and Sakura had both received Tenka's guidance, and he immediately couldn't sit still!

Ignoring his fear, he hurriedly asked Tenka how he should train.

"You..."

"Are too stupid!"

"Just get a good grasp of that power!"

"And make good use of the Rasengan!"

"That suits you best!"

"Next, train in chakra nature transformation!"

"Use Wind Release chakra to cut leaves for a month!"

Naruto instantly went numb. Why?

Teacher, you could have just said the latter part. There was really no need for that "you're too stupid" bit!

Of course, Naruto only dared to grumble about it in his heart. He would never dare say it aloud.

"What about her... how do you plan to arrange her?"

Tenka suddenly pointed at Karin and asked Naruto. This was trouble Naruto had taken on himself, so it was only natural for him to handle it himself!

"Teacher!"

"Can Karin come with us?"

"Don't worry!"

"She's very obedient and won't cause trouble!"

Naruto pleaded with Tenka. He had his own selfish reasons for doing this!

He hoped Karin could receive Tenka's guidance too. It would benefit her greatly!

Besides, having Karin by his side would put Naruto more at ease.

"I mean her living arrangements!"

"Can your place still fit another person?"

Sakura lightly smacked her forehead. Naruto was such a doofus that she was truly speechless!

He was clearly the most afraid of their teacher and knew that their teacher hated trouble most, yet every time he spoke to him, the teacher had to explain things several times before he understood!

Watching Naruto's overly cautious expression, Sakura truly felt that he was a complete idiot!

"Huh?"

"Well..."

"Karin can stay with me for a while!"

"Before then, Naruto, hurry up and save money!"

"Buy a house as soon as possible!"

Seeing his troubled expression, Sakura took the initiative to speak. This idiot only knew how to act on impulse, yet he couldn't solve anything now!

Just as their teacher had said, he couldn't even take care of himself, but he still made grand promises to take everything on!

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Sakura, thank you so much!"

"You're right. I should hurry up and save money to buy a house!"

"Teacher, let's not train this month. Let's go do missions!"

Naruto suddenly felt that the little savings he had accumulated over the past three months might not be enough!

Besides, their teacher had said that the finals were not important. One month was enough time to complete several missions!

They could take on high-level missions exclusively. It wouldn't be appropriate to keep letting Karin stay at Sakura's house!

Thinking of Karin, Naruto felt that compared to buying a house for her as soon as possible...

His childish desire to let others see how much he had improved was completely unimportant!

"Big brother, I can earn money too. Let's save up together!"

Karin felt as though she had caused Naruto trouble. It seemed like he wasn't living very well himself...

"One month. Master chakra nature transformation!"

"I'll lend you the money!"

"Once you buy it, let Sakura keep the card!"

"Consider it... Team 7's activity fund for the future!"

Tenka looked at Naruto and tossed him a card. This thickheaded guy was always causing trouble for others!

In any case, Tenka did not care about this little money at all. He was the God of Gambling!

Besides, after completing so many missions in the underworld, he had long since lost track of how much savings he had. It was just a number!

"Huh?"

"Oh, thank you, Teacher!"

"I'll definitely master chakra nature transformation within one month!"

"And the money I borrow from you—I'll work hard on missions after the Chunin Ninja Exams and repay you as soon as possible!"

Naruto caught the card Tenka tossed over, feeling somewhat touched. His teacher did not seem quite so cold and heartless after all!

"We'll talk about that later!"

"I have something to do, so I'm leaving first!"

"If it's not enough, order more yourselves. Just charge it to that card later!"

After saying that, Tenka's figure instantly vanished from the barbecue restaurant, as if he truly had something urgent to handle!

"Hey..."

"Sasuke, Sakura!"

"How much money do you think is on this card?"

"Why is there enough for me to buy a house, and he's telling us to charge things to it, and even saying it'll be our activity fund in the future!"

"How about we check when we use the card later?"

"Idiot!"

After hearing Naruto's words, Sasuke directly rewarded him with a pair of eye rolls and two words!

"Naruto, you can't see the balance when you use a card!"

Sakura had no choice but to explain. Sasuke would never bother doing something like that!

"Ah!"

"Right, Teacher still hasn't told us the password!"

"You idiot, can you stop making such a fuss? Look at where Teacher was standing just now!"

Sasuke truly could not stand Naruto any longer. Annoyed, he snapped at him directly.

Naruto paid no attention to Sasuke and looked toward where Tenka had been standing. There were several numbers on the table, though no one knew when they had appeared!

"Is that the password?"

"Hurry up and eat! Later, let's check how much money is on the card first!"

"Naruto, why do you insist on knowing?"

"Only after I know can I decide how big a house to buy!"

"Uh..."

"This money belongs to Teacher, right?"

"If you buy a bigger house, won't you owe Teacher even more?"

"So what? I already owe him anyway. A little more or less doesn't matter!"

"Right, you two should come with Karin and me later to pick out a house. I don't know how to buy one!"

He already owed him anyway?

It somehow sounded reasonable. Sakura was a little impressed by Naruto's logic!

This guy really believed that more lice meant less itching, and more debt meant less worry, didn't he?

After they finished the barbecue, Naruto insisted on dragging them along to check the card balance!

Once they found out, all three of them were dumbfounded. They did not even carefully count how many zeros there were in that long string!

Sakura felt somewhat uneasy. He was really letting her hold on to so much money?

Originally, she had thought there would not be much left after Naruto bought a house, but...

This was far too much. It was enough to buy ten or twenty houses, and Sakura herself had never seen this much money before!

"Tea... Teacher..."

"Is... is so rich!"

Naruto felt his throat go dry. How many bowls of ramen could that much money buy?

Sasuke and Sakura nodded together, both filled with envy over how much money their teacher had!

"Alright!"

"Let's go! We can look at any house we want now!"

"I'm going to buy a huge, huge one!"

Tenka vanished from the barbecue restaurant, and when he reappeared, he was near one of Konoha's "Hot Spring Villages"!

"Pervy old man!"

"Give me your Summoning Scroll!"

The sudden voice startled the white-haired man who was sprawled atop a wall, peeping while occasionally letting out sinister chuckles!

When he turned around, the worry in his heart not only failed to ease, but rose even higher.

"Ten... Tenka!"

"Wh... when did you return to Konoha?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"Give me the Summoning Scroll!"

"Don't you have one yourself?"

Clang!

"Wait, wait, wait..."

"I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you!"

The moment Jiraiya heard that sound, he hurriedly shouted, afraid he would be even a second too late!

That was his lifeline...