Chapter 570 Is It Just Friendship or Love?

The stone box from the Uzushiogakure should be related to the Fūinjutsu, which Kakashi had expected.

But Kakashi didn't know what exactly was recorded on the slate.

Now Kakashi can only see that the part of the golden text is a Fūinjutsu, as for the others, it is not clear for the time being.

Seeing this, Kakashi couldn't help but feel a little helpless. He originally thought he could figure out what the slate and the stone box was today, but now it seems that after founding the mystery of it, the content is still a mystery.

After several unsuccessful experiments, Kakashi felt a little tired and fell asleep.

Somewhere in Konoha, at the moment when the golden light flashed, a middle-aged uncle seemed to feel something and looked in the direction of the hospital.

"Have you finally discovered the mystery? Then, solve the answer as soon as possible. The battle is not far off."

The night passed by quietly.

Early the next morning, as soon as Kakashi opened his eyes, he saw Jiraiya sitting on the window sill of the ward.

"Jiraiya-sama, why are you here?"

"Oh, Kakashi, are you awake? Looks like you are well rested. How does it feel to get hospitalized after a long time?" Jiraiya adjusted with a smile.

"Not bad, it's rare for me to have time to rest." Kakashi said with a smile.

"Your mentality is really good. But it's all thanks to you this time, otherwise, Konoha will be in danger."

"This is what I should do."

"Well, with you here, I can travel around the world with peace of mind. I need to collect more materials from all over the place." Jiraiya said as he laughed heartily.

Three black lines appeared on Kakashi's forehead upon hearing this.

'This guy is still the same as ever.'

"Well, the reason I come here this time is to ask you to take care of Naruto again. I have something to do." Jiraiya suddenly said.

"What's the matter?" Kakashi asked in doubt.

"Of course to find more materials! Hahaha." Jiraiya laughed again.

Kakashi: "..."

"Naruto's growth has reached a bottleneck. He can control the Kyūbi's Chakra Cloak up to the fifth tail. This is already Naruto's limit. If he wants to get a breakthrough in a short time, he can only rely on the Sage Mode. Unfortunately, Naruto, can't relax and didn't move, so he won't be able to learn it for the time being. This makes me helpless," Jiraiya said.

"When the time comes, Naruto will naturally be able to learn. I heard from Fukasaku-sama that Jiraiya has been learning Sage Mode since you were a child. It's just that because your Chakra is not enough, you can't learn it well, and it took several years for you to learn it."

"Ahem..." Jiraiya coughed awkwardly, and said: "Kashira is really like telling about my past shame. But you are right, this kind of thing is not really urgent. So I didn't force Naruto."

"Naruto's huge Chakra is indeed a good thing to learn Sage Mode, but we don't need to hurry him for the time being."

"Yeah. Okay, that's all, I will leave Naruto and Konoha to you. I'll leave first."

After Jiraiya finished talking, he looked at Kakashi with a strange expression, and then jumped out of the window and disappeared from Kakashi's view.

Kakashi felt a little strange when he saw this. He felt that there was a feeling of entrustment in Jiraiya's eyes just now.

'What is he entrusting?'

'Naruto? Or Konoha?'

Kakashi was a little puzzled, but didn't think about it. After all, Jiraiya also said that he was leaving this time to collect materials.

Jiraiya went to the Hokage Office, and saw that Tsunade was busy.

"Yo, Tsunade." Jiraiya greeted with a smile.

When Tsunade heard this, she raised her head and looked at Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya? Is something wrong?"

"I found the leader of the Akatsuki's hideout."

"What!"

Tsunade and Shizune were surprised when they heard this.

"Really? Tell me the details!" Tsunade ordered.

The mute on the side also said: "According to this, maybe we can make a surprise attack plan."

"Well, no need to be so hasty. If started freaking out, it will only cause us problems, especially when we've got a big gamble to make here." Jiraiya said as he suddenly became serious.

"Huh?"

"Tsunade, what do you say you and I go out for a drink first? It's been forever since we drink together. And then, we'll talk." Jiraiya said with a smile.

Tsunade hearing this loudly scolded: "Idiot! I am the Hokage, you can't just ask me to drink sake in the middle of the day. There are a lot of our Shinobi out on missions right now!"

...

Izakaya.

Tsunade slammed into a large bottle of sake with a refreshed expression on her face.

Jiraiya can only look at it helplessly.

"Hah, you really need to start taking your own advice."

Tsunade smiled, but did not refute.

"Well, can you talk now?" Tsunade asked.

"Okay, do you know about Amegakure?"

"Amegakure? Are you talking about that very closed village?"

"Well, yes, according to the results of my investigation, the leader of Amegakure is probably the leader of the Akatsuki. It is for this reason that Amegakure has been implementing a closed policy for years, to prevent Akatsuki's secrets from leaking out."

"So that's the case. It is indeed quite possible." Tsunade pondered.

"But this is just my guess for the time being. For the specific situation, I plan to infiltrate the village and investigate alone first."

Tsunade was shocked when she heard this!

"Idiot! If it's really the the Akatsuki's headquarter, you are definitely walking right into a trap!"

Compared to Tsunade's anxiousness, Jiraiya seemed much calmer.

"Tsunade, I am one of the Legendary Sannin. How can I die so easily?"

Tsunade calmed down after hearing this and there is guilt on her face.

"Jiraiya, I am sorry."

"Huh? Why do you suddenly said that?"

"I always keep pushing you into such a dangerous situation..."

When Jiraiya heard this, he laughed and said, "Hahaha, where did that come from?"

"You were originally chosed to become the Godaime Hokage. That Old Man said before..."

Before Tsunade finished speaking, Jiraiya interrupted her and said, "I am someone who could become a Hokage. Besides, I prefer to be free."

"Hmph, you still love to pretend like that. You felt guilty because you weren't able to stop Orochimaru. So you resigned yourself and to keep track on him. Do you think that I don't know?"

Hearing this, Jiraiya fell silent.

"I have been unable to find anything about Orochimaru for the past two years. He seems to be planning something, but I don't know what it is."

Jiraiya said with lonely expression.

"Ah, that Orochimaru is still so persistent. We and the old man clearly..."

"You with the airport chest back then now grew such a magnificent breast and become the Hokage. Time sure does change. And my mission now is to set help the next generation and set a good example for them. For this mission, I'll gladly put my life on the line. This may be the only cool thing an elderly person like me could do."

In Konoha Hospital, Kakashi sees a flock of birds flying by outside the window and he frowned slightly. There was a bad feeling in his heart.

'Why did I have a very bad feeling? What is going to happen?'

The sky is getting darker, and the Sun gradually moved west, and the hot sun turned into a warm dusk.

Tsunade and Jiraiya drank for a while and left the izakaya at this time.

The two then sat down on the bench on the outskirts of the village.

After resting for a while, Jiraiya stood up and said, "I should leave now."

A worried expression appeared on Tsunade's face, and she said: "Jiraiya...you come back alive, if I lose you too, I..."

Hearing this, Jiraiya was taken aback first, and then said with a smile: "Haha, are you gonna cry for me? I'm really looking forward to it. I don't suppose that I will get as many tears as Dan did though, hahaha"

Tsunade looked away and cursed in a low voice: "Idiot!"

Jiraiya smiled and said, "Well, how about we put your gambling skill to use? You will bet that I will die. After all, you always lose every gambles."

Tsunade was startled and looked at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya also looked at Tsunade, and their eyes are looking towards each other.

"But, if I can come back alive..."

A blush appeared on Tsunade's face, not because of drunkenness, but because of something else.

Jiraiya's face also showed a serious expression like never before, but the second half of the sentence couldn't be said.

"Hahaha, just kidding. I am very grateful to you, you know! After all, a man will become stronger only after being dumped. If he hasn't experience it enough to be able to laugh and joke about it, how can he fulfill his duties as a man?"

A slight feeling of loss flashed through Tsunade's eyes.

"So, being strong is a man's job?"

"Pretty much, but then again, men aren't mean to pursue happiness."

"But, I really dare to say that because I have never even had a girlfriend, so I just want to be cool."

"Hahaha, that's also true."

Jiraiya picked up the big scroll on the side and carried it on his back.

When Tsunade saw this, she couldn't help but grasped the corner of her clothes tightly, looking a little nervous.

"Okay, so… I really have to go now."

"Jiraiya..."

"Huh?"

"Be careful."

"Hahaha, that's of course."

Jiraiya said and then started walking forward without looking back.

Under the sunset, his shadow was stretched very long.

"Goodbye."

Jiraiya said in a low voice, and stretched out his right hand towards the sky, showing his thumb.

It's like when he was young. Every time he left Tsunade, he always deliberately made such cool moves.

Seeing Jiraiya slowly disappearing into the setting sun, tears unconsciously flowed out from Tsunade's eyes.

"What a … big idiot!"

(A/N: The relationship between Tsunade and Jiraiya is very complicated. It is unclear whether it is friendship or love. There are a lot of conversations in this chapter that are from the original work. As for why they are written, I think that these conversations seem to make people feel very sad.)