"Ah... I knew this day would come. I just never thought it would come so soon."
Jiraiya sighed. He no longer had anything he could say to persuade Naruto to turn back.
Given Naruto's identity and standing, he should have enjoyed a very good childhood. Unfortunately...
"Jiraiya... what are you saying?"
"Tsunade, Konoha really does owe Naruto and Sasuke far too much. You've seen it yourself now-Naruto alone is strong enough to match you, and Sasuke feels very powerful to me too. The village has suppressed the major clans all these years... it's only natural that they'd choose Naruto."
"But how can we just watch the Land of Fire get carved up? I can't accept that! This is the legacy my ancestors fought to build, generation after generation!"
At that point, Tsunade began to lose control of her emotions.
Seeing this, Naruto said bluntly, "There is a way to keep the Land of Fire from being destroyed or divided."
"What is it?"
"Naruto?"
Sure enough, both of them looked at him expectantly. Naruto smiled. "I have two choices for you. Each one comes with its own outcome."
Naruto and Tsunade had only exchanged one head-on clash just now.
Yet that was enough for Jiraiya to know that Naruto had probably already attained kage-level strength.
With himself, Tsunade, and Naruto, even if all of Konoha's mid-ranking ninja died, they could still keep the other nations from carving up the Land of Fire.
"What choices?"
Jiraiya and Tsunade both looked at Naruto.
"The first choice is for you to leave here and face the ninja armies of the Great Powers attacking Konoha head-on. I don't need to explain how that ends. You can guess for yourselves."
"The second choice is for me to take control of the Land of Fire. I can