In the end, the old man's left eardrum ruptured and could not be repaired.
The computer's speakers had been right beside his left ear. He had even been planning to put on headphones and listen closely... but those few lines of lyrics knocked him unconscious... preventing him from carrying out that cruel idea...
His right eardrum recovered, but his hearing was not as good as before...
There was nothing to be done... Kakuzu could only let the old man retire early... Sigh... that meant paying him an extra year's pension...
Word had it that after the old man retired, Kakuzu spent an entire night at home drinking himself into a stupor...
Meanwhile...
Ever since Jiraiya had gone to Dave to ask about graduating early and successfully failed... he had refused to give up and sought out Orochimaru...
As Orochimaru looked down at Jiraiya clinging to his leg, his eyes shimmering pitifully...
The veins on Orochimaru's forehead slowly began to bulge...
"Idiot... let go of me!!" Orochimaru shouted furiously.
"No! I won't! You have to help me graduate early today! Otherwise, I'll cling to you all day and never let go! Even when you go to the toilet or sleep! I won't let go!" Jiraiya shook his head, his eyes firm...
"...Here. This is a Summoning Scroll. You should know what a Summoning Beast is... the jutsu formula is on it. Go try it over there yourself." With no other choice, Orochimaru took a scroll out of a drawer in the laboratory and handed it to Jiraiya...
"What's a Summoning Beast?" An enormous amount of confusion flickered in Jiraiya's little eyes.
"Idiot... get lost!"
"Tch, if you don't want to tell me, then don't. Why get so angry? Hmph, let me see what this thing actually does." Holding the scroll,