"So, are you staying in the village this time, or heading back out to keep gathering intelligence?!"
After parting ways with Naruto, Jiraiya went straight to the Hokage's Office.
Compared to Naruto, Jiraiya got there much faster.
With Naruto having turned him down, Jiraiya had nothing else to do.
He figured he might as well come talk to Bai Ye first.
After all, he had been back in the village for quite a while.
Yet he still hadn't visited Bai Ye.
That was a little hard to justify.
When he arrived at the Hokage's Office, he had expected things to be awkward.
Given his position, some awkwardness was inevitable.
But to Jiraiya's surprise, Bai Ye acted as though nothing had happened.
Then again, the fact that he had returned at all...
What that meant hardly needed explaining.
If the two of them could sit down and talk calmly, wasn't that a clear sign that he had no intention of doing anything over what had happened before?!
At that thought, Jiraiya relaxed a little.
If Bai Ye could do it, then so could he.
After a moment's thought, he looked up, a hint of curiosity in his eyes as he asked Bai Ye, "You know my story?!"
"No, but your face says you've got plenty!"
Bai Ye actually had no idea what sort of story Jiraiya had.
But a little guesswork was enough to figure out that it probably had something to do with leaving the village.
Jiraiya definitely had a mission on his shoulders.
He was Konoha's foremost intelligence operative.
While traveling the Shinobi World and writing novels, he also gathered intelligence, returning to the village periodically to hand it over to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
So compared to Tsunade, Jiraiya was more accurately described as being out on a mission.
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