Jiraiya unfolded a scroll with a map engraved on it. He looked up at the nearby environment and waved: "Itachi, there is no need to prepare breakfast today. Let's go to a nearby town."
"Is it far away?" Uchiha Itachi pointed to the sleeping crow and said softly: "Kitahara will be hungry in the morning..."
"...Staying in bed again?" Jiraiya lost his temper: "No need to prepare, we will be there soon, take it with you!"
Jiraiya wasn't lying. It didn't take long before he could see the outline of the town, and there were more or less ruts on the road.
"Is this... really a small town?" Itachi Uchiha had never seen the scene in front of him before. Dilapidation, decay, decline... were not enough to describe this small town.
People in the whole town seemed very nervous. There were even two or three crazy women running on the street, and some fierce-looking men were patrolling the streets with big knives.
Jiraiya has seen too many small towns like this.
He believed that Itachi Uchiha grew up in the prosperous Konoha and had never seen the cruelty of the outside world. He just took this opportunity to let his apprentice see the cruelty of the ninja world.
When a man passed by them, he suddenly shouted to them: "Passing by! Take your children and get out of here!"
Jiraiya didn't care about his rude words, but instead greeted him shamelessly: "Ahaha... Where is your hotel? We are going to stay here for the whole day..."
"I don't know! Get out!" After cursing, the man picked up the knife and waved it at them threateningly.
"We are Shinobi from Konoha..." Toad Sage had to swallow his words. The atmosphere here is indeed not very friendly... It seems that it is time for him to sacrifice again...
"Itachi, let's find a hotel first!" Jiraiya patted Itachi's head and glanced vaguely at a corner of the street: "I will go find out about this town in the evening..."
Uchiha Itachi shook his head and said: "Teacher, take a good rest and let me go!"
"No, you are too young...inappropriate!"
"Gah!"
For some unknown reason, Kitahara suddenly flew onto Jiraiya's shoulder. It was simply curious about Jiraiya's source of information... and the location where he obtained the information.
"Then can Beihara accompany you?"
"This crow looks too ferocious, and those who can provide information are too weak-tempered to be frightened. They can only...ahem..." Jiraiya shook his head and put on a serious face.
Beiyuan didn't care about his attitude, he only insisted on his own attitude: "Gah!"
result…
In the evening, after Jiraiya left Uchiha Itachi in the hotel, he could only take the crow out. Although he couldn't understand the cry of the crow, without delay, Jiraiya solemnly declared: "You must be obedient when you arrive. You can't
You’re disturbing me to inquire about information, do you understand?”
The crow nodded obediently, it's just a bird...
He couldn't do anything else...but Jiraiya really didn't disappoint! As expected, Jiraiya strolled and stopped at the entrance of a magnificently decorated sake shop.
The old man smiled and waved to the girl at the door, looking amiable: "Good evening~ Are you open now?"
"The guests were joking. Since you're here, of course...it's open for business!"
"Hahahaha... I'm new here and I don't have many friends in this town. Can you introduce me to a few young people like you?" Jiraiya smiled honestly.
Beiyuan: "..."
Learned, learned, learned!
What I learned is useless!
To be honest, Jiraiya is indeed very talented... He soon made many friends in Sake Town, maybe because he was the only customer in Sake Town... not counting the crow.
Jiraiya grabbed the wine bottle with one hand and hugged his new friend with the other: "I see that the store is not very lively, and no one comes to play with you! It's because something more fun than playing with you has happened in the town recently.
?"
"It's because there have been too many children missing in the town recently! Men have to patrol the town..." The girl looked at Jiraiya frivolously: "Isn't the guest unable to sleep tonight?"
"The weather in April is still a bit cold..." Jiraiya waved to another new friend and said: "You must need some wine and other things to warm yourself up!"
Beiyuan looked on: "..."
Learned and learned and learned again!
So what if he learned it... In addition to giving it a plate of beans, this sake shop didn't even have anyone to look after it. They all went to praise Jiraiya, their big patron!
Although Jiraiya drank a lot of wine in Sake Town, several young girls were lured by him with a few words and a lot of information was found out.
In this small town, there have been numerous incidents of missing children in recent times, and there have even been cases of children being kidnapped on the street at night, so the town is somewhat repulsive to outsiders.
No wonder they saw all kinds of strange things when they first entered the town... That big, grumpy man was really kind-hearted!
Another thing is more strange.
There are always strange noises coming from the mountains near the town. The residents speculated that huge beasts may have migrated here. They formed a group of people to go out to search, but later they all disappeared.
They also asked for help from Konoha Hidden Village or other wandering ninjas, but in the end those ninja masters couldn't find anything...
"...It's finally over!" Jiraiya threw a drunk girl on the table, waved his hand and said: "Little Crow, you go back to the hotel first..."
"..." Beiyuan looked at him in disbelief.
"Hey! Keep your eyes straight, I'm going to search outside the town..." Jiraiya took a sip of wine and continued: "If I haven't come back in two days, you can take Itachi back to the village!
"
"...Gah..."
It seems that he thinks that he has found the information about Orochimaru, and Kithara is not worried about his safety and just waits for his return in a down-to-earth manner.
The hero Jiraiya respects everyone who has their own ninja path.
Even if Orochimaru is a rebellious ninja, if he has not harmed Konoha, he would not be able to do it harshly... Besides, whether he can defeat the current Uncle Snake is still a matter of controversy.
During this period, Orochimaru was truly at the peak of his strength! His life was no less than anyone in Konoha now... Ninjutsu, forbidden arts, illusions, taijutsu, everything!
But what Orochimaru is best at is raising children. Just look at the tendons on Sasuke's body during the duel with Itachi... Without Orochimaru, Sasuke has become thinner and thinner...
My cub is obviously very thin and pitifully small. I will ask Itachi later if he wants to go out for a late-night snack or something...
Beiyuan flew into the room from the window and looked at the messy quilt on the bed... He just went out for a long time. Where is my cub?
A gloomy voice came out...
"Jiraiya finally left here..."
Suddenly a deformed figure appeared on the ceiling, which looked extremely strange. The visitor looked at the empty room in surprise: "Hey? Where is that kid..."
"Jue, did you forget to leave a clone here? Hurry up and go..." Another figure appeared in the air, and the voice of blame stopped abruptly when he saw a crow.