Opening his eyes and getting out of the chair again, Lei Luo picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip. He softly whispered and looked at Nonoyu:
"Who's next?"
"It's Jiraiya. He said he made an appointment with you a week ago and asked if you have time now."
Lei Luo thought for a moment and remembered that Jiraiya had indeed greeted him after the Nine-Tails battlefield came to an end, and immediately replied: "Let him come in."
Nonoyu nodded and left. After about ten seconds, Jiraiya pushed the door open. Perhaps this was the first time he met Lei Luo alone after the coup incident. Jiraiya's face looked a little uncomfortable.
nature.
Speaking of which, about six or seven years have passed since they met at the Rain Country camp, and Lei Luo has become the Hokage and a veritable leader of Konoha.
And what about Jiraiya?
Due to differences in concepts and conflicts in positions, he has never had any in-depth communication with Lei Luo. To this day, he still doesn't seem to know much about Lei Luo, which has to be said to be a pity.
As a leader of the younger generation, Lei Luo can barely be regarded as the generation of Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru. However, except for Orochimaru, the relationship between him, Tsunade, and Lei Luo has always been lukewarm.
Even now, with Lei Luo taking the position of Hokage, the situation has not changed much. The two parties still maintain a relationship of nodding acquaintance, and everything on weekdays is basically business.
The Hokage issued a mission, and he and Tsunade accepted the mission without any emotional entanglement. Lei Luo neither targeted them nor promoted them. There seemed to be no fundamental changes from the Sarutobi Hiruzen period, but what about the inside?
Is there really no change?
"Jiraiya, what do you want from me?"
The calm tone came, interrupting all the thoughts in Jiraiya's mind, making him look up at Lei Luo, quickly sorting out his thoughts, and said:
"Lei Luo, before we get down to business, I want to ask a question..."
"Sarutobi-sensei, when do you plan to cure him?"
When asking this question, Jiraiya's face became very serious, his eyes were staring at the Hokage behind the table without blinking, and he exuded a strong aura.
Looking sideways at Jiraiya, Lei Luo was not affected by the other's aura at all, and just stated in a tone without any emotion:
"Sarutobi Hiruzen's illness is still being studied. His situation is much more complicated than I originally thought. For more details, you can ask Uzumaki Koichi, he is the person in charge of this."
First, he kicked the ball to Uzumaki Koichi to show that he had not forgotten Sarutobi Hiruzen. Lei Luo paused and saw that Jiraiya still looked unwilling to give up, and couldn't help but pull down a little:
"Why, Jiraiya, do you think I'm deliberately trying to slow down the progress of this matter? You underestimate me, Lei Luo."
"Let's not talk about the pile of bad things he did himself. This result is entirely his own fault. Let's talk about Konoha now, even if he recovers Sarutobi Hiruzen, what impact will it have on me?
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He knocked on the table, making a heavy thumping sound, as if to remind Jiraiya not to forget his identity. A sneer flashed across Lei Luo's face, and then he said lightly:
"My ability has no effect on Sarutobi Hiruzen. If you want to cure him, you can only rely on the help of the Uzumaki clan. You may accept it or not. This is the fact."
Lei Luo's attitude was extremely bad. Although Jiraiya was furious, Lei Luo was the Hokage after all and had an extremely strong personality, so he obviously wouldn't give him any face.
Frowning deeply, Jiraiya understood at this moment that no matter how much trouble he made, it would probably not help and would only deepen the conflict between the two parties. He took a deep breath and Qiangzi responded in a calm tone:
"Okay, in that case, let's not talk about this matter for now. I will personally visit Uzumaki Koichi tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
Quickly skipping this topic, Jiraiya gathered his thoughts. After a few seconds, his expression returned to calmness, and he continued:
"The Great Toad Immortal from Mt. Miaomu wants to meet you. I wonder if you, the Hokage, who has so many things to do, can spare some free time to satisfy the Great Toad Immortal's small request?"
Lei Luo raised his eyebrows, with a look of surprise on his face. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Miaomu Mountain? Are you referring to the location of your group of toad psychic beasts?"
Suddenly remembering that Lei Luo didn't seem to know about Mt. Miaomu, Jiraiya pondered for a moment, and then selectively told some information about Mt. Miaomu. During this period, he highlighted the legends of the three holy places, and the great
Toad Immortal's ability.
After listening quietly to Jiraiya's words, more than half an hour passed unknowingly. Even though he knew the details of Miaomu Mountain clearly, Lei Luo's face did not show any strange expression, only when Jiraiya
After speaking, he replied:
"That big toad sage can predict the future? This is somewhat similar to my ability. Well, Jiraiya, you have successfully aroused my interest."
"You go back and ask the big toad fairy when he has time. After asking, I will go over and just relax."
Perhaps it was Lei Luo's unintentional top-down, overlooking speaking tone that aroused Jiraiya's dissatisfaction. He unconsciously lowered his face slightly and replied stiffly:
"The Great Toad Immortal is waiting for you at any time. If you are willing, I can take you there now."
"Now?"
Lei Luo asked in a nonchalant manner. Lei Luo wanted to reject Jiraiya outright, but considering that there were some precious resources in Miaomu Mountain, it was really worth spending some time on his own, so he simply changed his words:
"It's not impossible..."
"The key is how long it takes to go to Mt. Miaomu..."
"It won't take long. It's afternoon now. If we hurry, we can come back in the evening."
Jiraiya seemed to have already understood what Lei Luo was going to say. He interrupted before Lei Luo finished speaking. Then he pointed to the sky outside the window and replied with determination on his face.
Seeing Lei Luo's doubtful expression, Jiraiya didn't explain much. He just took out a large scroll from his back, pulled it open and spread it on the ground. He raised his head and faced Lei Luo and continued:
"As long as you put your fingerprints on it and sign a psychic contract with the Myoboku Mountain clan, then the two immortals Fukasaku Sesame can use the counter-spiritual technique on you and summon you directly to Miaoiki Mountain."
Looking at Jiraiya's confident expression, Lei Luo couldn't help but frown. He was still sitting firmly on the chair without getting up. It was obvious that he had no intention of obeying Jiraiya's instructions.
"Jiraiya, did you make a mistake? When did I promise you that I would sign a psychic contract with the toads in Mt. Miaomu?"
Jiraiya didn't look too surprised when Lei Luo choked.
After all, with Lei Luo's strength, it doesn't matter if there is something like a psychic beast or not. What's more, with the other party's arrogant character, he always treats "useless things" without pretense and doesn't bother to have anything to do with it.
Tell the truth...
If he had a choice, Jiraiya was ten thousand unwilling to let Lei Luo enter into a contract with the Myoboku Mountains. Unfortunately, this decision was personally made by the Great Toad Sage, and it was obviously not based on his will.
Therefore, even though Lei Luo was reluctant and Jiraiya was equally reluctant, what needed to be said still had to be said and what needed to be done still had to be done.