The man standing at the top of the ninja world

"This..." Jiraiya's answer obviously exceeded Yahiko and Konan's expectations. The two looked at each other and saw the shock on each other's faces.

After a moment of silence, Yahiko looked at Jiraiya and comforted: "Jiraiya-sama, you have to keep your confidence. Even if you haven't written it in the past two years, it's not a big deal. It doesn't mean that you will never be able to write a follow-up. Content.”

"Yahiko, you don't have to comfort me anymore." Jiraiya shook his head with a disappointed look on his face and sighed: "I know my own situation best. Since I can't write it for such a long time, how much longer will it be?" The result will only be the same, and I think I may not be suitable for writing this type of novel."

Two and a half years have passed since the day Jiraiya left Konoha. However, he has still made little progress in the follow-up content of this book of strong and persevering Ninja, as if it has been squeezed out in just one prologue. For all his inspiration, he had no idea what was going to happen next.

No matter how hard he tried, Jiraiya could not write satisfactory content. Even if he managed to write it, it would be just a pile of unbearable garbage that even he himself could not stand, and he could only destroy it in the end.

If that's all it is, it doesn't matter. After all, The Story of Strong Perseverance is just a novel. Even if you can't finish it, it's not a big deal. Jiraiya will only be a little depressed at most, and he won't be so disappointed. Compared with novels, Finding the Son of Prophecy was what gave him the biggest headache.

In the past three years, Jiraiya's footprints have traveled to almost all the countries in the entire ninja world. He has even been to the four major countries of wind, thunder, water, and soil. But what disappoints him is that no matter how hard he tries, He searched for it, but could never find any trace of the son of prophecy.

There are people who meet the three requirements mentioned by the Great Toad Sage, that is, they were born in a turbulent country, both parents died, and the descendants of the family declined. He has also found a few, but Jiraiya does not feel that the ones he found The person will be the prophesied child who can become the savior of the ninja world.

The person who could become the savior of the ninja world must have extraordinary talents in some aspect, but all he found were mediocre people.

As time went by, Jiraiya's confidence became lower and lower, and he began to inevitably doubt the predictions of the Great Toad Sage.

Could it be that the prediction made by the Great Toad Immortal was wrong? The son of the prophecy was not the descendant of a family who was born in a turbulent country and whose parents both died.

Or, the Great Toad Immortal may have been wrong from the beginning. The Son of Prophecy may indeed exist, and it does meet the conditions stated by the Great Toad Immortal, but the Son of Prophecy will not become his disciple at all. Otherwise, how could he travel all over Ninja? The world can't find the son of prophecy yet

In the process of traveling in the ninja world, Jiraiya went to Mt. Myoboku many times to tell the Great Toad Immortal about his troubles and seek answers from him. However, the Great Toad Immortal always insisted on his own opinion and told Jiraiya that the son of the prophecy must be certain. It meets the three conditions he mentioned, and Jiraiya will definitely meet the child of prophecy somewhere in the ninja world.

Relying on his trust in Miaomu Mountain, Jiraiya persisted and continued to travel in the ninja world. Until not long ago, his footprints had traveled all over the ninja world, but he still found nothing.

As the date agreed with the Third Hokage when he left Konoha got closer and closer, Jiraiya finally gave up on continuing to search for the Son of Prophecy and chose to return to Konoha.

Of course, this does not mean that Jiraiya will not look for the Son of Prophecy again, but compared to the currently illusory Son of Prophecy, Konoha is what he should protect more. As for looking for the Son of Prophecy, he can only I'll go there next time if I have the chance.

A few hours ago, Jiraiya had just returned to Konoha. He had not even met the Third Hokage. Tsunade, Orochimaru, and others did not know that he had returned.

After returning to Konoha, Jiraiya stayed at his home for a while. Because of the incident with the Child of Prophecy, his mood continued to be depressed, so in order to improve his mood, he did his favorite thing, peeping in the female bathhouse. .

In fact, Jiraiya arrived at the women's bathhouse not too long before Nagato and the others. He had just glanced twice when Nagato discovered it, and then Yahiko kicked him to the ground.

"Jiraiya-sama, that's not the case." Yahiko stood up from his seat and said loudly: "The novels you wrote are really interesting. Konan and I both like to read them."

"How could Jiraiya-sama, who can write such an excellent novel, not be suitable for writing this type of novel? This is absolutely impossible."

Konan looked at Jiraiya and said seriously: "Jiraiya-sama, Yahiko is right. You must believe in yourself. Yahiko and I both believe that you can finish the book "The Legend of Strong Perseverance."

"Moreover, Teacher Takuto has taught us that no matter how strong a person's power is, it is limited. Since you have no inspiration now, maybe you can tell us your thoughts on this book. I, Yahiko, Nagato, and Jiu Xinai, let’s give you a reference together, maybe we can give you some good ideas.”

Yahiko nodded repeatedly and agreed: "Yes, Lord Jiraiya, Konan is right. Since you have no inspiration now, let us help you find inspiration."

"This..." Jiraiya hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

He thought for a while and said slowly: "My original intention of writing this book was to explore world peace. In my expectation, the world in the book is a world that is completely consistent with the ninja world. There are also many ninjas there. There is a constant war going on.”

"The protagonist is a young man who hopes that the world can be peaceful. In order to realize his wish, he went through many hardships. In the end, he eliminated all hatred and brought eternal peace to the world. There will no longer be any love between ninjas. There are no fights, but they get along well with each other, and everyone lives together happily."

"Jiraiya-sama." After listening, Yahiko asked in confusion: "This is obviously a very good story, why can't you write the follow-up content?"

A wry smile appeared on Jiraiya's face, "Because now I feel that true peace does not exist at all."

"Our ninja world has been full of fighting since ancient times. Today I will kill him, and tomorrow you will kill me. The war will never end."

"There can be no true peace as long as we live in this cursed world."

"I can't figure out what method the protagonist should use to eliminate the hatred between ninjas and make the world peaceful."

"I see." Yahiko nodded and began to think about this issue. Konan and Uzumaki Kushina also began to fall into deep thought.

After a moment, Yahiko scratched his head and said sheepishly: "Jiraiya-sama, I'm sorry, I don't know how to eliminate hatred and make the world peaceful."

Jiraiya smiled and shook his head, "Yahiko, it's okay, you don't have to apologize to me."

From the beginning, he didn't think that a few children could provide him with any useful advice. How could a few children know the answer to a question that even he, an adult, couldn't figure out?

He simply didn't want to let them down.

Not surprisingly, Konan and Uzumaki Kushina couldn't come up with an answer after thinking for a while.

At this time, the waiter at the ramen restaurant brought them the cooked ramen.

Just when everyone was about to eat ramen, Nagato, who had not spoken much since meeting Jiraiya, suddenly said: "Jiraiya-sama, I have some ideas, can you let me talk about it?"

"Nagato." Jiraiya looked at Nagato in surprise, then nodded, "Of course."

Nagato thought for a moment and said: "Jiraiya-sama, I have lived in the Land of Rain, a war-prone country, since I was a child. My parents were also killed by ninjas from hostile countries. If possible, I will also I want peace to be restored to this world.”

"Of course, I don't know yet about the specific methods to move towards peace."

"However, one day, I will definitely break the curse of this world. If there is peace, I will definitely hold it firmly. What is more important than the method is the power of belief, that is, perseverance. "

Nagato took a deep breath and said loudly: "If I fail once, it will be twice. If I fail twice, it will be three times. No matter how many times I fail, I will continue to work hard and never, never give up."

What he said was exactly what Nagato said to Jiraiya in the original work. In the original work of Naruto, Jiraiya was once in trouble when he was creating the story of Ninja of Strong Perseverance. .

Later, it was Nagato's words that inspired him to complete this book.

Although Jiraiya could not become the master of the three of them like in the original work because of Nagato's changed plot, Jiraiya was still very good to them and gave them many ninjutsu.

So after Nagato thought about it, he decided to help Jiraiya finish his novel, and he repeated the words in the original novel.

"The power of belief."

"will."

"Never give up."

Jiraiya stared blankly at Nagato, muttering to himself what he had said.

A few seconds later, Jiraiya suddenly stood up from his seat, took out a large handful of banknotes from his pocket, threw them directly on the table without even counting them, then turned and walked out the door.

The four of them were stunned for a moment. After they came to their senses, Yahiko looked at Jiraiya who had walked out and shouted: "Jiraiya-sama, where are you going?"

"Sorry, I seem to have a lot of inspiration suddenly. I have to go back and write it down quickly. Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, see you next time."

Before he finished speaking, Jiraiya's figure had disappeared into the night.