"Hmm, that explanation really was perfect..."
Shinichi rubbed his chin and said, "Like hell it was!"
"Jiraiya, are you an idiot? Don't think I don't know how much money you brought along. It hasn't even been a month, and you've already spent it all? Do you take me for a fool?"
Shinichi sprayed Jiraiya's face with spit as he berated him, but Jiraiya didn't dare argue. He could only smile sheepishly.
Indeed, he had brought plenty of cash on this trip. Shinichi had even stuffed a thick wad of bills into Naruto's little Frog Wallet. Under normal circumstances, the two of them couldn't have spent it all even with months of eating, drinking, and having fun.
Yet it had only been about twenty days at most since they left Konoha, and they had already run out of money, to the point where they couldn't even afford food?
Who were they trying to fool?
"Shinichi, if you hadn't come, we would've run out of food pills too."
Naruto looked utterly aggrieved. "We spent the very last of our money just to afford those two bowls of ramen."
Well, damn.
No wonder they wouldn't spare even a few noodles. They really had been desperate for a decent meal.
"Jiraiya, did you have fun at those brothels full of pretty girls?"
Shinichi forced down his anger and asked with a smile.
He had read the original story inside out. How could he not know exactly what kind of man Jiraiya was?
"They are fun, sure, but I really didn't go this time!"
Jiraiya looked perfectly innocent as he said earnestly, "I swear on my integrity that I didn't spend any money where I shouldn't have!"
"Pervy Sage isn't lying."
Naruto finally realized that Shinichi had misunderstood Jiraiya. Driven by his sense of justice,