"No, I trust you, senior brother."
Lin Guang smiled. Jiraiya was no Orochimaru.
To put it bluntly, someone like Orochimaru did not care about other people's feelings when it came to his research and advancement.
Jiraiya was different. He seemed unreliable, but he actually cared a great deal about other people's feelings.
Moreover, Jiraiya was not selfish. He valued collective interests and had a spirit of self-sacrifice. Otherwise, he would not have spent so many years concealing his identity to gather intelligence for Konoha.
"It seems you really do understand me. We haven't known each other long, but you understand me better than most people."
Jiraiya spoke.
"I'm off. Take good care of Naruto, senior brother. I'd also like you to keep my Mangekyō Sharingan a secret. I've dealt with Naruto's memory of this. He'll only remember that I have the Sharingan once he's strong enough."
Lin Guang's voice came from far away, sounding as though he had already gone quite a distance.
As Lin Guang left, Naruto shuddered and returned to reality from the illusion.
"What happened, Pervy Sage? Where's Lin Guang?"
Sure enough, Naruto could not remember Lin Guang using the Sharingan just now. He only asked Jiraiya where Lin Guang had gone.
"The village suddenly assigned him a mission, so he went to carry it out. It'll just be the two of us training."
Jiraiya spoke.
"Why did it have to turn out like this?!"
Naruto shouted. The training journey would only be interesting with Lin Guang around.
Sticking with a pervy old guy like Jiraiya the whole way would definitely be boring as hell!
"You'd better train hard, Naruto! I don't mind telling you that Lin Guang's current strength isn't actually that far behind Kisame Hoshigaki's and Uchiha Itachi's. Within a year at most, he'll be