"Jiraiya, that idiot!" Orochimaru frowned. Jiraiya's thinking was unacceptable. He was a Konoha Ninja first, and he needed to know where he stood.
After all, those three children weren't from Konoha. If they grew strong, they might well become enemies one day.
Besides, the war with Sunagakure had already begun, yet Jiraiya had run off at a time like this. If he'd had an important mission, that would have been one thing. As it stood, even Orochimaru couldn't help feeling uneasy about it.
That kind of behavior could certainly be classed as going missing-nin.
"It is rather foolish." Tsunade folded her arms and snorted. "That man always lets everyone down when it matters most. You can never count on him."
Uchiha Yi raised an eyebrow. When it truly mattered, Jiraiya could be counted on. In the future, for instance, he would always be there for Naruto.
Without the intelligence Jiraiya would give his life to obtain, even Naruto would have had a hard time defeating Nagato.
But to Tsunade at this point in her life, Jiraiya was apparently that unreliable.
Thinking it over, Yi could understand. They were the ones who had grown up together, and the Jiraiya of today really was unreliable.
Leaving now was especially irresponsible. With Jiraiya gone, their team would break up, and there was no telling whether they might face a difficult enemy later.
From the looks of it, Jiraiya wouldn't return for several years. Their three-person team was as good as dissolved.
"Oh, Yi, this is yours." As if something had just occurred to him, Orochimaru took a scroll from inside his robe and handed it over.
"Hm?" Yi accepted the scroll and opened it. Inside were the relevant mission orders and authorization to leave the village. That meant his departure from Konoha and