After returning home, Jiraiya still could not work out what the Great Toad Sage had meant.
Naruto's eyes were blue. How could they turn red?
Wait, hadn't Minato mentioned that when Kushina lost control and entered the Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak state, her eyes turned into the Nine-Tails' red, slit-pupiled eyes?
Did the eyes that governed life and death really refer to the Rinnegan?
As Jiraiya pondered, a somewhat uncertain female voice rang out.
"Teacher, it's time to eat."
The chakra inside Konan had been sealed, and an iron chain was shackled around her ankle. Additional chakra Sealing Runes on the chain could also seal her chakra.
If not for Jiraiya, she might already have ended up in Orochimaru's laboratory.
"All right."
Jiraiya sat down at the dining table and picked up his chopsticks.
"Your cooking has really improved, Konan. It smells delicious. Time to dig in!"
With that, Jiraiya began eating heartily.
Konan wore no makeup now. The ring on her hand, the lip piercing beneath her lower lip, and the navel piercing in her abdomen had all been removed and destroyed.
Nagato might have been able to use those things to pinpoint her location.
Watching her teacher act so completely unguarded, she quietly clenched her hands.
"If you like it, Teacher Jiraiya, please have some more."
Hearing something unusual in Konan's tone, Jiraiya took two more mouthfuls of rice, then set his bowl and chopsticks on the table.
He chewed briefly, swallowed the food in his mouth, and turned to Konan with a genial smile.
"Naruto has Yahiko's body. I'll try to get it back for you. As for Nagato, Naruto didn't kill him. He must have escaped."
Only after hearing that Nagato was safe did Konan's anxious heart settle.
"I'm truly sorry for the trouble, Teacher."
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