"No problem. Jiraiya is pretty dependable," Tsunade spoke up in his favor.
And she was indeed right.
Apart from being rather unreliable in certain respects, Jiraiya truly was a trustworthy ninja when it came to serious matters.
Basically, as long as he agreed to do something, he would certainly give one hundred percent to complete the mission entrusted to him.
There was no question about that.
Moreover, Tsunade, Shihōin Naraku, Shikaku Nara, and the others from Konoha all understood what was on Jiraiya's mind.
He blamed Akatsuki's sins on his own failure to properly teach Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan back then.
In Jiraiya's view, if he had not been in such a hurry to leave back then, and had instead continued teaching the three as they grew,
so many tragedies would never have followed, even leading to the outbreak of an unprecedented Shinobi World War.
Although the others did not see it that way, that did not stop Jiraiya from believing he had done something wrong.
Thus, Jiraiya approached this Shinobi World War with a desire to atone.
That was why he would absolutely stake his life on completing his mission and stopping the enemy from harming the shinobi world.
Not only Tsunade, who knew him best, but Shihōin Naraku and the others had also noticed this attitude of Jiraiya's.
But there was nothing they could say to persuade him.
He could only come to terms with something like this himself.
Shihōin Naraku curled his fingers and tapped lightly on the table, his gaze sweeping over everyone. "There is no need for anyone to worry about combat strength."
"If we really do discover Kabuto Yakushi's whereabouts in time, I will dispatch Konoha's First Hokage and Second Hokage after confirming the intelligence."
"Don't forget, they are on the side of