"Jiraiya-sensei, Amegakure has already fallen into chaos!"
Shihōin Naraku raised his head slightly and gazed into the distance, toward the northwest of Konoha.
And Amegakure lay northwest of Konoha!
"Chaos? That shouldn't be possible. Although Nagato is dead, Konan is still there, and her abilities are by no means lacking."
Jiraiya sighed. His feelings toward his student Nagato had grown somewhat complicated.
He couldn't describe what he felt, but...
Still, that was mostly about Nagato. As for Konan, Jiraiya didn't really blame her much.
Instead, he was somewhat worried about Konan, but as a Konoha ninja, he couldn't readily express his concern for his student right now.
After all, Konoha had been reduced to this state. Jiraiya couldn't simply act as he pleased.
Even though some people knew full well that Jiraiya was the teacher of Akatsuki's leader, his standing made them all keep their mouths shut, not daring to voice any blame.
Though many found it strange that Jiraiya, one of the Konoha Sannin, would have taken Akatsuki's leader as his student.
Of course, that was the attitude of ordinary ninja. Tsunade was different. Whenever Jiraiya appeared before her, she would throw out a sarcastic remark now and then.
Things like, "Who told you to take him as your student? Look at you now, with your arms gone."
"You should have just left back then. Those orphans from Amegakure weren't yours to teach." Remarks like those left Jiraiya thoroughly miserable.
He couldn't talk back, much less reason with her, because he knew Tsunade's temper all too well.
Even with both his arms gone, if he really angered Tsunade, she wouldn't care whether he could fight back.
So Jiraiya's solution was simply to leave and avoid appearing before Tsunade as much as possible.
In any case, Tsunade was still in