Chapter 225 Jiraiya's Strange Drift

After losing Orochimaru as his goal, Jiraiya became idle.

He traveled around the world looking for inspiration and preparing for the creation of a new book, while waiting for the task from the Hokage Building to make more contributions to the village.

Time flies, and three months have passed in a blink of an eye.

In three months, Jiraiya traveled to most of the ninja world and saw all kinds of customs and people.

While traveling in the Land of Fire, Jiraiya met Tsunade, who traveled around with Shizune and owed a lot of debts.

After hearing Jiraiya ask her to return to the village, Tsunade waved her iron fist full of strange power.

Although Konoha is in a situation of lack of successors, Tsunade still has no intention of returning to the village, let alone participating in the election of the fifth Hokage.

In Tsunade's mind, the Senju clan has bled dry for the village.

In order to protect the village founded by her grandfather, she lost her great grandfather, second grandfather, parents, younger brother and lover. Even the name of the Senju clan disappeared in the ninja world, leaving only a few scattered clansmen.

She believed that she had never owed Konoha, but Konoha owed the Senju clan.

Jiraiya had no way to deal with Tsunade who was determined not to return to the village, because he also did not want to stay in the village, so he left the village under the pretext of chasing Orochimaru.

He could not force Tsunade to do what he could not do.

Moreover, with Tsunade's identity, whether she stayed in Konoha or not, her deterrent power to other major ninja villages was almost the same, and the Senju clan had long been inseparable from Konoha.

After helping Tsunade pay off her gambling debts, Jiraiya exchanged Tsunade's promise to go back to visit the village.

Then, he continued to embark on the road of traveling to various countries.

When traveling to the Wind Country, Jiraiya met a puppeteer and discussed topics related to fate.

The puppet master sneered at Jiraiya's search for the child of prophecy.

The puppet master believed that fate did not need to be searched for, and people should accept their fate and throw themselves into the upcoming war.

If they died in the war, it was just their bad luck, and there was nothing to complain about.

When traveling to the hidden Longyin Village, Jiraiya met a Longyin teacher.

The Longyin teacher was teaching the children how to survive in the war. Only by surviving can there be more hope in life.

This scene reminded Jiraiya of the time when he taught Nagato and others.

At the beginning, Orochimaru wanted to kill Nagato, Yahiko and Konan to end the painful life of the three orphans in the troubled times.

In the end, he saw Nagato's reincarnation eye and stayed to cultivate the child of prophecy.

After three years, he did not have much expectation on whether Nagato could become the child of prophecy, but hoped that the children could survive well.

Continuing to travel in various countries, Jiraiya met a ninja from the Fuma clan.

The ninja of the Fuma clan was a wandering ninja who was robbing passing merchants and travelers. After teaching the ninja of the Fuma clan a lesson, Jiraiya spared his life and left a sword mark on his forehead.

He didn't know why the ninja of the Fuma clan, a big family in the ninja world, became a wandering ninja.

But it must be because of the Ninja World War. The existence of the Ninja World War made many ninjas that had been passed down for hundreds of years become history and disappeared in the ninja world.

After arriving in the Stone Country, Jiraiya met an unknown religious leader.

The religious leader was surrounded by ragged, pale and thin victims. He was chanting and teaching people to avoid disasters through prayer.

Jiraiya knew that prayer would definitely not avoid disasters.

But he did not stop the religious leader's behavior. This group of victims had lost everything. If even the last hope was deprived, they would completely go on a road of no return.

And the religious leader's behavior also reminded him of himself.

Isn't it because of the powerless reality that I put all my hopes on the child of prophecy? There is no essential difference between the two.

Jiraiya left the Stone Country with mixed feelings and came to the territory of the Grass Country.

After the rise of the Hidden Rain Village, the living space of the Grass Country was further squeezed. Originally, it could rely on the advantage of low prices to win commissions.

But now with the development of the industry in the Hidden Rain Village, the life of ninjas in the Grass Country has become more and more difficult.

After entering a izakaya, Jiraiya met a complaining Grass Ninja, who was drinking strong liquor and complaining to the window.

In the mouth of this Grass Ninja, there are reasons for his bad life.

It is because the customer's requirements are too high that he can't receive commissions, and it is because the neighboring Hidden Rain Village is developing too well that the living standards of the Hidden Grass Village are declining.

After hearing these complaints, Jiraiya was a little impatient.

Under the influence of alcohol, he complained a lot, lamenting how unfair the ninja world was, why his apprentice, the Fourth Hokage, died, and why Orochimaru defected from the village.

Why did the Third Hokage indulge Danzo all the time and allow so many injustices to happen in the village.

After sobering up, Jiraiya felt a little headache, drank a few cups of sobering tea, and looked in the direction of the Rain Country.

After traveling in the ninja world for so many days, it was time for him to go to the Hidden Rain Village.

Although the leader of the Hidden Rain Village is Hanzo, the ninjas who really manage the Hidden Rain Village are his apprentices. Let's see what the Hidden Rain Village looks like under the governance of Yahiko and others.

However, Jiraiya didn't have much hope in his heart.

After all, except for the Land of Fire, the other small countries are now living in dire straits.

Although the cruel Ninja World War has ended, the open and secret struggles in the Ninja World have never stopped. In order to survive, ninjas are still living on the edge of a knife.

A few hours later, Jiraiya came to the Land of Rain from the Land of Grass.

After entering the Land of Rain, Jiraiya immediately felt the difference between the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain. Although the weather in the Land of Grass is better than that in the Land of Rain.

But there is a huge gap on the border between the two countries.

The road in the Land of Grass is a muddy road. Ninjas of his strength can walk on it as if it were flat ground, but ordinary people are very uncomfortable and have difficulty moving forward.

The Land of Rain is different. The Land of Rain is a clean and flat cement road.

The gap between the two is like a chasm, so Jiraiya is more and more interested in the internal situation of the Hidden Rain Village.

Thinking of this, Jiraiya's steps became much lighter.

Not long after, Jiraiya was stopped by a group of ninjas. The ninja in the lead was none other than Nagato, who was leading a construction team in the Hidden Rain Village.

After seeing Jiraiya, Nagato raised his head with some doubts: "Teacher Jiraiya?"