Watching Lin Guang leave, Jiraiya said quietly, "You little brat, your senior brother won't leave you to face this alone. Just don't get into trouble too soon."
With that, Jiraiya vanished in an instant.
Konoha, atop Hokage Rock.
"You're back. Has that little brat Lin Guang already left?"
"Lin Guang has left. I'll be leaving Konoha before long, too."
Jiraiya spoke as he gazed at the sunset on the horizon.
Tsunade knew Jiraiya would leave, but she hadn't expected him to tell her now.
"Is it because of the Akatsuki for you, too?"
Jiraiya laughed heartily, then said, "Yes. After all, we can't leave everything to our little junior brother Lin Guang."
Tsunade sighed and said nothing more.
Remembering the bet Lin Guang had just made with Tsunade, Jiraiya asked, "What do you say we make a bet, too?"
"Sure. Then I'll bet neither of you ever comes back."
Tsunade spoke "viciously," as though she truly never wanted to see Lin Guang or Jiraiya again.
At her words, Jiraiya gave a wry smile.
"Hey, hey, isn't that going a little far?"
Tsunade ignored that and pressed him directly. "Just tell me whether you're betting or not!"
Hearing that, Jiraiya smiled slightly, then said, "Then I'll bet we'll definitely come back."
A week passed.
Lin Guang had arrived in Kirigakure in the Land of Water, with Rose accompanying him.
They were like a pair of wanderers whose travels had brought them to Kirigakure.
Under Mei Terumi's leadership, Kirigakure had now completely emerged from the rule of the Bloody Mist, and the village was gradually growing more populated.
"Master, this world's Ninjutsu really is interesting. It seems a little stronger than the Ninjutsu in our world, but only a little."
Along the way, Lin Guang and Rose had encountered some