As long as the daimyo dared not withhold funds for Konoha's development, that was enough.
At most, he would just give them a little less money!
Konoha could grit its teeth and bear that loss.
Outside Konoha, Jiraiya looked at the village gates just ahead and shouted excitedly, "The handsomest, coolest, most magnificent Toad Sage, Lord Jiraiya, has returned!!!"
Back in the home he had been away from for so long, Jiraiya could not help letting out a few howls.
Yet the ninja on duty at the gate seemed not to recognize him and sternly reprimanded him:
"Who are you, and why are you making such a racket at the village gates?"
"You don't know me?"
Jiraiya was dumbfounded on the spot.
"Am I supposed to know you?"
The guard looked thoroughly impatient. Who was this guy with skin thicker than a city wall? The handsomest, coolest, most magnificent Toad Sage, Lord Jiraiya? Was there even someone like that in the village?
"Forget it..."
Jiraiya, who had expected a warm welcome, drooped his shoulders helplessly and pulled out his forehead protector and ninja identification for the other man to inspect.
"Ah, you're Lord Jiraiya?"
"Of course I am. Didn't I just shout that I was Jiraiya?"
"Sorry, sorry, Lord Jiraiya. I just didn't remember right away."
"..."
Kid, stop talking. I suspect you're messing with me.
Without the title of one of the Three Sannin, Jiraiya's reputation truly was not as great as it had been in the original timeline. As a result, many younger-generation ninja did not recognize him. They had heard his name, but were unfamiliar with him.
Tsunade and Orochimaru, on the other hand, were rather famous.
The former was the Konoha Princess and the village's next Hokage Candidate. Her reputation spoke for itself; people recognized her