Jiraiya

Jiraiya struck a pose as he made his entrance!

Bang!

But Jiraiya could not stay cool for more than three seconds before Kushina's fist came flying at him!

Kushina's punch instantly landed on Jiraiya's head.

"Perverted Sage! Did you suddenly show up because you wanted to scare me to death?"

Kushina instantly transformed into her hot-blooded pepper mode, her red hair flying as she clenched her fists.

"Hiss! Ow, ow, ow! Minato, keep your girlfriend in line! There are children here!"

Jiraiya said, clutching his head.

Minato looked at Kushina in her little pepper mode and smiled helplessly.

"Kushina, little Obito is still here..."

Minato reminded her with a smile.

Kushina froze slightly. Oh no, the gentle teacher's wife image she had maintained was gone!

Turning to look at Obito, she saw him staring straight at the table, pretending not to have seen Kushina lose her temper.

"Damn, this table is really... such a table!"

Obito Uchiha muttered to himself.

"Sorry, Sensei Jiraiya. I didn't know you had already returned to the village."

Minato said apologetically.

"Hahaha, it's fine, it's fine. The old man, the Third, suddenly called me back to the village."

"Minato, Kushina, this little fellow must be Minato's newly accepted disciple, right?"

Jiraiya stroked his chin as he examined Obito.

"He is my student, Obito Uchiha. He was the one who mainly completed the Akatsuki mission last time."

Minato nodded and introduced him.

"I see. He looks like a very outstanding student!"

Jiraiya praised him.

"Hello, Lord Jiraiya!"

Obito nodded.

"My, my, don't be so reserved."

Jiraiya plopped down beside Obito Uchiha.

"I heard you completed the intelligence-gathering and infiltration mission on your own. Not bad, kid. You're pretty good at gathering intelligence!"

Jiraiya praised him.

"I still have to work much harder!"

Obito scratched his head sheepishly.

"Ta-da! Kid, this is a new work I wrote! I'm preparing to publish it, and you have the honor of reading it first."

Jiraiya grinned as he held out a novel for Obito to see.

After taking it, Obito gave it a careful read. It was a little tedious—put bluntly, it was practically a pile of crap.

"Although my previous book, Tales of a Gutsy Ninja, was a huge success, its readers were all people over twenty. This time, I want to write a novel with a broader audience, a book that everyone from the elderly to children would enjoy."

Jiraiya said.

"So, what do you think? As a five-year-old child, do you have anything to say after reading it?"

Jiraiya asked Obito with a smile.

Obito slowly closed the book and said flatly, "Although I couldn't understand it, I was greatly shocked."

"Pfft!"

"Hahahahahaha..."

Kushina instantly lost it and burst out laughing.

Minato took it and began reading it slowly as well.

"Obito really is honest."

Minato said with a smile after finishing it.

"All right, all right, I get it."

Jiraiya smiled helplessly and waved his hand. "Looks like I'll have to revise it again."

As Obito watched Jiraiya fall into confusion over his subject matter, an idea suddenly struck him.

At this time, Jiraiya had not yet created the masterpiece series Make-Out Paradise. Perhaps he could... point the way for the sage...

"Lord Jiraiya..."

Obito leaned over with a smile and whispered a few words into Jiraiya's ear.

Jiraiya's expression changed, then he instantly broke into a beaming grin.

"Ohoho!!! Hehehe... Haha, that really is a good idea..."

Jiraiya said with a lecherous grin.

"But... while this kind of book is certainly eye-catching, it's a little too mindless and illogical."

As an old-fashioned novelist, Jiraiya voiced his concerns.

"That's easy, Lord Jiraiya. Just add a 'Brain Storage' at the beginning of the novel."

Obito said with a wicked smile.

Jiraiya looked as though he had suddenly been enlightened. "Brilliant!"

Obito's face flushed slightly as he continued whispering.

Jiraiya nodded again and again as he listened.

Watching the old man and young boy whispering together, Minato kept smiling faintly.

Kushina, meanwhile, watched Jiraiya and Obito with a scrutinizing expression.

She had thought Obito was a child like Minato had been when he was young, so why did he now seem a little...

Kushina grabbed Obito and pulled him over to sit beside her.

"Jiraiya, don't lead Minato's disciple astray!"

Kushina pointed at Jiraiya in warning.

"What? This kid looks like he knows more than I do..."

Jiraiya muttered under his breath.

"Sensei, what do you plan to do about your former disciples establishing Akatsuki?"

Minato asked.

Jiraiya thought for a moment. He did not want to interfere; he intended to let them do as they pleased.

According to the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, he would one day face a major choice.

He was in no hurry.

"Let them be. If I interfere again, that would be meddling in another country's internal affairs."

Jiraiya said as he drank a cup of wine.

Minato could only nod. "Fortunately, they are a decent organization. Obito has already investigated them; they aren't that kind of terrorist organization."

Jiraiya nodded. "If they were a terrorist organization, I would personally clean house!"

After taking another sip of wine, Jiraiya slowly stood up.

"I need to go see the old man. I'm afraid the reason he called me back this time is no small matter!"

Jiraiya said gravely.

"I heard that the Sand Village's Third Kazekage has mysteriously disappeared. Could it be..."

Minato's expression also turned grave.

Jiraiya waved his hand. "Maybe. Let's see how the old man reacts. Hopefully, we're just being overly suspicious."

With that, Jiraiya left.

Obito narrowed his eyes slightly.

He recalled the true origin of the Third Shinobi World War.

His mind was like a high-speed machine, with countless thoughts, clues, and pieces of intelligence flashing through it.

The Third Shinobi World War, the Third Kazekage? Disappeared?

Images flickered and shifted continuously in his mind.

As memories from his past life gradually surged forth like a tide, he remembered that, if he was not mistaken, the Third Shinobi World War had begun precisely with the Third Kazekage's disappearance!

The Kazekage's disappearance had triggered complicated contradictions and conflicts among the Five Great Nations.

At that thought, Obito could not help frowning as he secretly mused, Sasori has probably already turned the Third Kazekage into a puppet!

At that moment, Obito was sitting at the table. He picked up a glass of milk and took a small sip.

"Too fast! This won't do!"

Obito secretly gritted his teeth.

"I haven't even awakened my Sharingan yet..."

Obito had wanted to make a name for himself through the ninja war, but he had not even awakened his Sharingan.

Bang!

At that moment, Kushina saw Obito's tightly furrowed brow and gave him a knock.

"You little brat, what are you frowning about?"

Kushina could not help asking when she saw him looking like the sky was about to fall.

"Oh, Master's wife, I was just thinking about what consequences might follow. I hope war doesn't break out."

Obito Uchiha replied.

"Hahaha, those are things for adults to worry about. Even if the sky falls, it won't be your turn to hold it up. Instead of thinking about that, you little brat should think about what you'll eat tomorrow."

Kushina teased.

Obito found it hard to hold back his thoughts. When the time came, wouldn't both children and adults be sent to the battlefield?