Konoha, a hot spring inn.
Girls' laughter drifted from inside.
Whoosh!
An old man lay sprawled atop the roof, blending into it.
As he watched the girls playing below, white steam puffed from his nose and his eyes widened.
"This is good, this is good. It'll definitely provide plenty of material for my next work."
He muttered to himself.
No one below noticed him.
Suddenly.
He turned to look to the side.
"Who are you? Don't you know that interrupting a great author gathering material has serious consequences?"
"I'd long heard that Lord Jiraiya of Konoha's Legendary Sannin was a famous lecher far and wide.
Now that I've seen you for myself, the rumors truly weren't exaggerated."
Tobitake Tonbo said speechlessly.
He was already several decades old, yet he was still peeping at women bathing. How shameless!
As for Jiraiya breaking his Genjutsu and discovering him.
Someone who could become one of the Legendary Sannin was naturally skilled at dispelling Genjutsu.
After settling things with his father and child as usual, he had originally planned to head to work.
Unexpectedly, on the way there, he sensed someone peeping into the women's hot spring, along with an enormous amount of chakra.
When he came over to take a look, it really was him.
This was their first face-to-face meeting.
Yet the first thing he saw was Jiraiya peeping. It seemed Jiraiya was even more lecherous than he had imagined.
"What do you mean, lecher? I am the renowned Great Toad Sage.
I'm gathering material for my writing. I have no interest in women."
Jiraiya argued.
How could people think of him as so sleazy?
When he walked down the street, there would be rows of women chasing after him, alright?
"And you still haven't said who you are. Don't tell me