After leaving the inn run by Tsunade, Jiraiya did not immediately travel far.
He stopped in a secluded alley corner of Tanzaku Town, his hands Hand Seals, and a subtle Chakra fluctuation appeared on the surface of his body.
After a burst of white smoke, the tall, bold, white-haired figure with distinctive features had disappeared.
Instead, there was a middle-aged man with a medium build, an ordinary face, and wearing Martial Pacification Office clothing.
He even deliberately restrained his majestic Chakra aura and became like a real ordinary person.
After finishing the disguise, Jiraiya reached into his arms, fumbled around, and took out a palm-sized, hard metal waistband with dark Golden patterns on the edge.
On the front of the waistband, the word "zhen" is engraved in sharp strokes, and on the back is the word "fire" and some complicated numbers and patterns. It is the official waistband that represents the identity of Land of Fire Martial Pacification Office.
This waistband is not owned by Jiraiya. Its original owner is Sasuke Uchiha.
Jiraiya weighed the badge and raised a meaningful smile at the corner of his mouth.
Just now at the inn, he wanted to return the remaining money and waist card to Sasuke, but after some considerations.
Martial Pacification Office waistband is much easier to use than Banknotes in certain situations.
He carefully hung his waist tag on the Obi of his changed clothes. The dark Golden pattern against the gray cloth revealed a hint of official majesty that could not be ignored.
After doing all this, he turned into the depths of Tanzaku Town like a familiar customer, and came to a gambling house that was still bustling with people even in the early morning, with a huge lantern with the word "Gamble" hanging on the door.
Without any hesitation, Jiraiya pushed the door open and entered.
In an instant, the sounds of various dice crashing, pai gow clattering, gamblers' excited howls and frustrated curses, mixed with the smell of sweat, cigarette, and alcohol, hit us like a heat wave.
The lighting inside the gambling house was dim and the air was turbid, but the atmosphere was extremely warm.
Jiraiya swept across the crowded and noisy crowd with sharp eyes, as if he could penetrate those fanatical faces.
Soon, his eyes locked on a dice betting table Corner.
There, a figure wearing an inconspicuous brown linen suit and a worn-out felt hat was staring intently at the Dice Cup in Dealer's hand, mumbling something.
Even though the other party was well disguised, the occasional look in his eyes that was extremely persistent about "big" and "small" results, as well as some subtle little movements, still made Jiraiya recognize it at a glance. It was Tsunade disguised with Transformation Technique!
Jiraiya squeezed through the crowd and went straight to the gaming table.
Amidst the dissatisfied mutterings of the gamblers around him, he grabbed the man's wrist without saying a word!
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
"Let go!"
"Don't disturb me from placing my bet!"
The gamblers around suddenly started shouting, and a few grumpy ones even rolled up their sleeves.
Jiraiya's face was expressionless, but he turned slightly sideways to make the "Zhen" waistband on his waist more obvious, and at the same time pressed his other hand on Ninja Tool Pouch on his waist.
He cleared his throat and shouted loudly to Tsunade who was caught by him in an official tone with unquestionable majesty:
"I finally found you. Come with me to the Yamen!"
As soon as the word "yamen" came out, coupled with the eye-catching Martial Pacification Office waist card, the gamblers who were excited just now felt like they were being strangled by the neck, and their voices suddenly stopped.
Several Casino thugs who were rolling up their sleeves also put down their hands in a sullen manner, their eyes flickering, not daring to look at Jiraiya.
Although most of Tanzaku Town's gambling houses have the tacit approval of local county governments and are semi-public gray industries, "Martial Pacification Office" is a powerful department directly under the central government with great power and specializes in "Jianghu affairs." Even local officials are afraid of it.
The ordinary-looking official in front of him, with the Martial Pacification Office sign hanging on his waist, is obviously a tough guy who is not easy to mess with.
No one wants to get into trouble with Martial Pacification Office for a strange gambler.
Tsunade was stunned at first. When his wrist was grabbed, he subconsciously wanted to break away and fight back. But after hearing "yamen" and feeling the familiar force from Jiraiya's hand, he immediately understood.
She showed a cooperative expression of panic, struggled twice, and then was forcibly pulled by Jiraiya. She stumbled out of the noisy gambling house in the eyes of the gamblers who were either sympathetic, grateful, or had nothing to do with her.
The two of them walked one behind the other through several lively streets, until they turned into a quiet and deserted dead end. After confirming that no one was following them, they stopped at the same time.
"Solution!"
With two soft drinks, white smoke rose from both of them.
The disguise faded away, revealing Jiraiya's original tall and heroic appearance, as well as Tsunade's proud figure and Golden's slightly dissatisfied eyes.
"Leaving off so soon?"
Tsunade moved his wrist and complained with some lingering thoughts.
"I just found a feeling. Although I lost a few games, I will definitely come back in the next game!"
The expression on Jiraiya's face has become serious. "This kind of thing should happen sooner rather than later.
Although what the letter said was just a suspicion, if it were true and the legendary evil thing broke out, the consequences would be disastrous.
If you rush there a day earlier to investigate clearly and resolve the hidden dangers, you can reduce the risk."
He took off his large bamboo hat from his back and put it on again, and took out another similar style hat with a thin white gauze hanging from the edge from his luggage, and handed it to Tsunade: "Here, for the road. To cover your whereabouts."
Tsunade took the bamboo hat and looked at the hanging gauze curtain with disgust. "I don't like wearing this thing. It attracts too much attention. And it's inconvenient to move around."
Jiraiya heard this and pointed to her face that was still beautiful even when she was angry, as well as the conspicuous Golden Long Hair, and said meaningfully, "Compared to the hat, your appearance... or rather, your reputation is more noticeable."
Of course, he was not referring to Tsunade's beauty, but her prestigious reputation that resounded throughout the gambling industry as Shinobi World.
The legendary Big Fat Sheep!
This nickname has almost become the God of Wealth in the eyes of gambling house owners.
Wherever she goes, as long as she enters a gambling house, she will almost immediately cause a sensation and a "warm welcome" in the local gambling house. The gambling house owners will try their best to keep her until she loses every last coin in her body.
This is also the reason why she dared to go to the gambling house even though she had opened an inn nearby, but she still had to disguise herself as Transformation Technique.
Afraid of being recognized and surrounded by enthusiastic gambling house owners and gamblers.
But she also likes gambling and is always immersed in it.
Tsunade was poked at the painful spot, and immediately turned red and warm, and gave Jiraiya a hard look, but in the end he reluctantly put the gauze curtained hat on his head.
The tulle hung down, covering her face and blond hair.
"Huh, let's go!"
Tsunade said angrily and walked out of the alley first.
Although she was dissatisfied that her gambling fun was interrupted, she also knew the priority of the matter.
She has also heard of the legend of Greater Demon Red Swallow. If it is really used or released by someone with intentions, it will indeed be a catastrophe.
Jiraiya looked at her back, smiled, and stepped to follow her.
Two figures, one tall and one short, quickly disappeared into the early morning mist of Tanzaku Town and the gradually noisy flow of people, and rushed towards the direction of Land of Hot Water.
In the inn behind them, Sasuke Uchiha was silently digesting last night's treatment and thinking about the next path.
The thread of fate seems to be pulling different people towards the unknown front.