Undercurrent of Konoha

street corner.

The tall diner disappeared without a trace.

Heiji stood at the intersection, a little confused.

"Hey, kid, what do you want to do when you follow me?"

A rough and powerful voice suddenly sounded behind Heiji.

Turning around suddenly, he saw a ninja wearing a ninja forehead protector, wearing wooden clogs, with white hair hanging down to his waist like a hedgehog, looking at him with a smile.

A strong smell of alcohol emanated from his body, and he looked a little drunk.

"Are you...Jiraiya-sama?"

Seeing a large word "oil" carved on the ninja's forehead, Heiji became more certain about the identity of the white-haired ninja in front of him.

"Hahahaha... I didn't expect... I didn't expect... that a kid like you could recognize me..."

This white-haired ninja is none other than Jiraiya, one of the Sannin of Konoha, nicknamed "Toad Sage".

"You are not my reader...but...the books I write are not what children your age should read..."

Jiraiya leaned down and stroked Heiji's hair with a smile.

"I have read your book "The Legend of Genxing Ninja"..."

Jiraiya slowly straightened up, touched the back of his head, and the smile on his face gradually solidified: "Well... that was the first novel I wrote... the sales were dismal... where did you see it?"

"Uzumaki Naruto's family, he and I are friends."

"Naruto...is he your friend...I miss those days so much...poor child."

Jiraiya patted Heiji on the shoulder and smiled: "So, you haven't made it clear yet, why are you following me? Do you want my autograph?"

Jiraiya laughed and took out a small yellow book from his body. On the cover, a young man and woman were holding hands, looking very happy...

"Oh...no...no, it's not this one!"

Jiraiya rummaged again and took out a small red book and a small green book one after another. The design style of the cover was similar to the first book.

"Hmm... I don't seem to have any of these books with me... I'll give them to you when you grow up..."

Jiraiya smiled and put the best-selling novels in his arms, swaying and preparing to leave.

"Master Jiraiya...!"

Heiji bit his lip lightly and stopped him.

"Why...are you finally willing to say it?"

Jiraiya turned around, with a cunning smile on his face.

"Please be sure to pay attention to the safety of Konoha Village... During this period, many things have happened..."

Now that Heiji had made his decision, he immediately told the story of Mizuki trying to steal the forbidden jutsu scroll and defecting, and how Team was attacked during the genin exam.

"How could such a thing happen... This morning, I passed by this place and paid my respects to the tombs of Minato and Kushina..."

Jiraiya frowned slightly, as if he was trying to remember something: "I felt something strange at that time... the seal on Minato's mausoleum... seemed to have been touched..."

A cold light suddenly flashed in the tiger's eyes, and Jiraiya ran as fast as a gust of wind.

Heiji concentrated his chakra on his legs and followed closely behind.

……

Konoha Village Cemetery.

Jiraiya stood in front of a tombstone, holding a handful of earth on the grave in his right hand, holding it under his nose and smelling it carefully.

Suddenly, he threw down the dirt in his hands, turned around and ran towards the other grave.

"The soil on the grave of Lord Shodaime has also been touched..."

"And the Nidaime-sama's..."

The expression on Jiraiya's face became more and more cold and solemn, and he murmured: "The scroll of forbidden arts... was attacked... the seals on the graves of the three Hokages..."

Turning around suddenly, Jiraiya stared at Heiji and asked eagerly: "How far away is the place where you were attacked?"

Heiji was slightly startled and pointed timidly not far away with his finger: "It's only three or four hundred meters away from here..."

Jiraiya patted his head and suddenly realized: "The attack you encountered was just a temporary act after the enemy's whereabouts were exposed..."

"Don't tell anyone about this...including the old man Sandaime."

Jiraiya looked at Heiji solemnly: "If others find out, you will die..."

Heiji stood stunned on the spot.

He just followed the prompts of the system side mission and told Jiraiya, one of the Sannin of Konoha, about the recent events in the form of intelligence.

For a moment, I couldn't understand why even the Sandaime-sama had to hide it, and why it would bring disaster to himself?

"Child... wherever there is light, there are shadows. You only see Konoha Village in the sun, but you don't know... how many intricate and shady things are there in the dark corners..."

"This matter is not as simple as you think... If the news is leaked... the dark side will naturally want to get rid of you, and the bright side... hehe... will also compromise and use you as a scapegoat. To stabilize the overall situation of Konoha Village..."

"Child, you are too weak now...even if you are as strong as the Uchiha clan, you can't escape...you can't escape..."

Jiraiya sighed softly and finally suppressed his desire to talk endlessly.

For some reason, when he saw Heiji's extremely delicate face and pure and clear eyes, his inner guard suddenly collapsed and he said many things that should and should not be said.

All this is because I don’t want to see this young man as delicate as a flower and as pure and flawless as crystal lose his precious life in a daze.

In a daze, Jiraiya seemed to see the three green young men in Yuyin Village a long time ago, looking at him with their innocent and innocent eyes wide open.

The gaze of the young man in front of him looked into the deepest part of his soul like a moral eye, hitting the softest part of his heart.

"Heiji...live well...I have to leave."

Jiraiya gently stroked the black hair on the top of Heiji's head: "If I can see you next time when I come back in time... you can become my disciple."

Jiraiya laughed and returned to his original carefree and nonchalant ronin look.

He took huge steps and headed towards the setting sun.

At this moment, the sun is setting in the west.

The crimson sunlight coated Jiraiya's body with a rosy golden edge, and also illuminated his figure on the ground, which was extremely tall and tall.

Heiji sighed softly, and he didn't know when there was a ring in his hand.

The surface of the ring was black and glowed like a gem, with a small word vaguely engraved on it.

"dark".

Heiji's chakra attribute is dark, and the ring that was rewarded for completing the system side mission just now has the word "dark" engraved on it.

Heiji looked at the ring in his hand for a long time, then slowly put the ring on the little finger of his left hand.

A strange feeling suddenly hit Heiji's heart...

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