Konoha Hospital, General Ward Room 3.
" Lord Jiraiya, it's been a long time."
Jiraiya was staring blankly at the ceiling, turned to look at the window and saw Kakashi crouching on the windowsill, holding a basket of fruit in his hand.
"Oh, it's Kakashi. Looks like this old man hasn't been completely forgotten after all..."
" Lord Jiraiya modest. If it weren't for the position of head of the Anbu, I wouldn't have known that one of the legendary Sannin, Lord Jiraiya, would be recuperating in such an ordinary hospital room."
Kakashi placed the fruit basket and flowers he was carrying on the cabinet next to the hospital bed, and casually picked up an apple to start peeling it.
Although Jiraiya's injuries had undergone multiple treatments, the wounds from the numerous battles still flared up after he returned to Konoha.
At this time, Jiraiya's legs were in casts and he was hanging in the air to prevent Jiraiya movements from affecting the recovery of his injuries. His left hand was also in a thick cast, and he could only be fed by a nurse.
Given Jiraiya's personality, he would probably love to stay in the hospital until he dies if a nurse could feed him by hand. However, the young medical-nin were all busy treating the wounded and taking care of these patients who had lost their ability to move. Naturally, this had to be left to the 'older nurses' recruited by the hospital.
Although Jiraiya in his forties, almost fifty, it doesn't mean he likes women in their forties!
Men are very loyal, so loyal that they will only ever like eighteen-year-old girls with big breasts, big buttocks, fair skin and beautiful faces. Older women are not Jiraiya's type at all.
"Hehe." Jiraiya chuckled dryly, ignoring the teasing in Kakashi's words, and instead spoke in a weathered tone:
"It's been sixteen years since I last came back. Although the old man is gone, this Konoha still feels so familiar... Alright, enough about me. You're supposed to be the head of the Anbu, how come you have the time to visit a 'lonely old man' like me?"
Kakashi shook his head with a wry smile, a mixture of relief and resentment in his voice, and said:
" Naoki Senju is resealing the Eight-Tails of Kumogakure. There's nothing I can do to help there, and I'd probably only get in the way, so I'm not getting involved."
" The Eight-Tails..." Jiraiya recalled some unpleasant memories and comforted him.
"It's good that young people want to take on challenges, but they need to choose the right target. The Eight-Tails is indeed beyond our capabilities for now; let's leave these tasks to the geniuses!"
After Jiraiya's words of encouragement, Kakashi felt much better. It's understandable; anyone would have the same reaction to seeing Naoki Senju raise his hand to suppress the raging Eight-Tails, especially older ninjas like them who are much older than Naoki Senju.
I'm sure the psychiatric ward at Konoha Hospital will be packed with Tenten for the next few days.
Ignoring Jiraiya's expectant gaze, Kakashi cut off a small piece of peeled apple and put it in his mouth before remembering his true purpose for coming.
"Oh, right, Lord Jiraiya, about the manuscript for the next issue of Icha Icha Paradise..."
"I don't know, I didn't write it down!" Jiraiya replied firmly.
They even accepted the gifts offered as a gesture of goodwill, showing absolutely no regard for his feelings as a patient. And they think they can get their hands on the original manuscript of Icha Icha Paradise like this?
However, it was unexpected that Kakashi, the once cool and aloof genius ninja, would become so secretly passionate after growing up, even delving into the Icha Icha Paradise " to this extent.
Kakashi was taken aback. He glanced at the indignant Jiraiya, then followed Jiraiya's gaze to the apple in his hand, and finally understood the reason.
"Oh, I see..."
Kakashi diligently peeled another apple, cut it into small pieces with a fruit knife, and offered it to Jiraiya.
" Lord Jiraiya, do you remember where the manuscript for the next volume of Icha Icha Paradise is now?"
Jiraiya chewed on the juicy apple, saying with lingering satisfaction:
"That's about right, but if I could get a massage to relax, I might be able to think faster."
Kakashi instantly transformed into Jiraiya's most attentive and loyal subordinate, diligently massaging Jiraiya and back.
The Training Ground Four outside Konoha.
The traces of the One-Tail being sealed here last time are still there, but the Tailed Beast to be sealed this time is much more powerful than the One-Tail.
I wonder how biased the Sage of Six Paths was when he created the Nine Tailed Beasts, that he created the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails- Tailed Beast, which are the most abnormal among them.
The Nine-Tails, split in two, can take on seven Tailed Beast from One-Tail to Seven-Tails, and even fighting an Eight-Tails wouldn't be difficult.
Although the Eight-Tails ' treatment wasn't as good as the Nine-Tails', it was still quite generous. They could launch their Tailed Beast Bomb Tailed Beast Bomb any time, unlike the One-Tail and Two-Tails... who could almost kill each other by holding back a Tailed Beast Ball.
This was the third time that Naoki Senju had sealed Tailed Beast, so he was very skilled and showed no signs of panic. However, many Konoha Ninja were seeing the Eight-Tails of Kumogakure for the first time, and it was also the first time they had witnessed the process of sealing Tailed Beast, so they were still a little nervous.
"Ninja Technique· Four Violet Flames Formation."
A barrier burning with purple flames rose up. Killer B sensed the strength of the barrier. Although it was a bit troublesome, this level of barrier was nothing to the Eight-Tails.
The sealing barrier wasn't much of a threat. Killer B was really worried about was Naoki Senju, who was warming up inside the barrier. Whether he could escape Konoha and even save his older brother depended on whether he could fool Naoki Senju.
Naoki Senju formed a series of rather complex hand seals before placing his right hand on Killer B's abdomen where the seal was located.
" Tailed Beast Seal - Release!"
In the past few days, Naoki Senju has not only been adjusting his physical condition. With his strong learning talent, he has learned a lot of the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu and directly found the weakness of the Kumogakure's Sealing Jutsu. He then developed a method to break the seal specifically targeting this weakness.
After Naoki Senju's Chakra entered Killer B's body, the Eight-Tails ' Chakra began to run wildly and uncontrollably, but its main target was the layers upon layers of sealing formations.
The Sealing Jutsu of the Kumogakure are not particularly sophisticated, even inferior to those of the Sunagakure. However, their Sealing Jutsu are extremely versatile, capable of achieving the effects of advanced Sealing Jutsu by repeatedly applying a single Sealing Jutsu.
However, the weakness of this Sealing Jutsu is also obvious. Once the two streams of Chakra combine to seal it, this flawed Sealing Jutsu cannot be maintained for even a moment.
Red Chakra poured out of Killer B's body. The excessive Chakra caused Killer B to feel a dull pain all over his body, but what made Killer B more uneasy was that the seal on his abdomen was really beginning to slowly break down!
" Little Eight, what's going on? Can you control your Chakra?" Killer B asked anxiously, forgetting all about his rap.
"I don't know how he did it. My Chakra seems to be out of control. The seal is about to be broken..." the Eight-Tails Gyuki murmured.