The man standing at the top of the ninja world

Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Nagato narrowed their eyes slightly and fell into deep thought. The information about the three ninjas quickly emerged in his mind. Among these three people, who should he choose to be his? Where is the jounin leading the team?

At this moment, the Third Hokage suddenly remembered something, rubbed his forehead and said: "By the way, Nagato, Jiraiya told me that he had already met you when he came back. This is true. "

Nagato's thoughts were interrupted and he subconsciously responded: "Yes, Hokage-sama, Yahiko and I happened to meet Jiraiya-sama two days ago, and Jiraiya-sama invited us to eat ramen together."

The Third Hokage thought for a moment and said slowly: "Nagato, in fact, Jiraiya came to see me yesterday. He said that he wanted to be your leading ninja after you graduate, and he wanted to accept you as his disciple."

"What are you talking about? Jiraiya-sama wants to take me as his disciple" Nagato opened his eyes wide and looked at the Third Hokage in astonishment. This news was beyond his expectation.

As a time traveler who is familiar with the plot, Nagato knew that Jiraiya believed deeply in the prophecy made by the Great Toad Sage, so the disciples he accepted were all those he recognized as the children of destiny and the saviors of the ninja world. Nagato, Bo The Feng Shui Sect, Naruto, and the three disciples before and after him were all like this.

Nagato frowned unconsciously. Now that Jiraiya suddenly wanted to accept him as his disciple, could it be that he regarded himself as the child of destiny?

But this doesn't make sense. Why does Jiraiya think that he is the child of destiny? If it is because of the reincarnation eye, then Jiraiya should have thought so when he knew that he had the reincarnation eye. There is no reason to delay it until now, let alone The other party also left Konoha and went to the ninja world to look for the child of destiny for more than two years. If he thought he was the child of destiny, there would be no need to do such a thing.

and many more.

Nagato suddenly thought of the words he said to Jiraiya in the ramen shop before. Could it be that because he couldn't find the Child of Destiny outside and he inspired his novel, Jiraiya Consider yourself the son of destiny

Although this association is a bit far-fetched, after thinking about it, it seems that this is the only explanation.

In the original work of Naruto, the Great Toad Sage did not tell Jiraiya that the Child of Destiny has three characteristics. This was a new thing that happened after Nagato changed the plot, so he knew nothing about it, let alone that he was He happened to fit these characteristics originally used to describe Naruto and was regarded as the child of destiny by Jiraiya.

However, although the process is very different, the result is the same, and the answer Nagato came up with is indeed correct.

The Third Hokage did not expect Nagato to have such a violent reaction, and quickly added: "However, I did not agree to Jiraiya's request. I thought about it, and Nagato should still make the decision on such a big matter as apprenticeship. .”

"And this matter is not urgent. We can talk about it later. Now you should think about leading the ninja team first."

"Hokage-sama, I understand." Nagato nodded, temporarily forgetting that Jiraiya wanted to accept him as his disciple, and concentrated on thinking about leading a team of ninjas.

It didn't take long, just a moment later, he made a decision.

"Hokage-sama, I have already thought about it."

The Third Hokage looked at Nagato in surprise when he heard this, "Nagato, you made a decision so quickly, don't you need to think about it carefully?"

"No need." Nagato shook his head, looked straight at the Third Hokage, and said firmly, "Hokage-sama, I hope to make Tsunade-sama my leading ninja."

"Tsunade." After hearing this answer, the Third Hokage nodded slightly, without any change in his expression.

In fact, in the heart of the Third Hokage, he quite agrees with Danzo's suggestion to let Orochimaru guide Nagato. After all, Orochimaru is the most stable and reliable among his three disciples, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, the three ninjas are all his disciples, and their strengths are almost the same, so he can accept whichever one he chooses.

He asked in a calm tone: "Nagato, can you tell me why you want Tsunade to be your leading ninja?"

"Of course." Nagato scratched his head and said: "Hokage-sama, in fact, the reason why I chose Tsunade-sama is very simple, because among Orochimaru-sama, Jiraiya-sama, and Tsunade-sama, Tsunade-sama is me. The people I know best have helped me a lot, but Orochimaru-sama and Jiraiya have never met me even a few times."

"So, I would rather have Tsunade-sama guide me."

Nagato and Tsunade lived in the same courtyard. Except for the time when Tsunade left Konoha for missions, he could see Tsunade every day. After getting along for a long time, their relationship became better and better, and Jiraiya and Orochimaru... It's different. The former is traveling in the ninja world, while the latter is either doing missions or staying at home to practice ninjutsu. He has basically never met Nagato.

Uzumaki Mito occasionally asked Tsunade to guide the four of them in training, and even during the break, Tsunade sometimes took the four of them to the casino to gamble.

Of course, the ending is not very good. Although the four Nagatos are novices in this area, they can still be regarded as winners and losers. Even if they lose, they will not lose too badly. But Tsunade is different. Every time, regardless of No matter how much money she brought in, she would lose it all, and sometimes she would even borrow money from their four children in a shameful manner.

"That's right." The Third Hokage nodded. Nagato's answer was close to the thoughts of Mito Katoen and Koharu. It is human nature to choose someone more familiar when the strength of the three ninjas is almost the same.

"I understand, Nagato, please go back first."

"Yes."

......

On the way home, Nagato thought about the choice he had just made to the Third Hokage in the Hokage's office.

In fact, among the three ninjas, the reason why he chose Tsunade to be his leader after graduation was certainly not as simple as what he said to the Third Hokage.

The relationship between Nagato and Tsunade is indeed very good, but this is not the point. He will choose to let Tsunade lead him, not because he has a good relationship with Tsunade, but because Tsunade is his best among the three ninjas. Choice, to some extent, is even his only choice.

Although the Third Hokage told Nagato that Jiraiya wanted to accept him as his disciple, he could wait until later. Now he was just asked to choose the ninja to lead the team, but according to Konoha's practice, there is a high probability that the ninja who leads the team will be accepted into his team. Genin is a disciple, for example, in the original work, Jiraiya takes Namikaze as his disciple, and Metkai takes Xiao Li as his disciple.

In other words, whoever Nagato chooses to be the leading ninja is tantamount to whom he wants to be his master, and among the three ninjas, Nagato is the one who least wants to be his master.

He didn't have any objections to Jiraiya, nor did he deliberately want to avoid the fate of Nagato being Jiraiya's disciple in the original work. He didn't want to become Jiraiya's disciple, purely because in his opinion he became Jiraiya's disciple. It's of no use to him.

Jiraiya's series of ninjutsu, such as fire escape, large flame bomb, earth escape, yellow spring marsh, random lion hair technique, etc. are completely unattractive to Nagato, who has learned thousands of ninjutsu. He has too many Substitutes can achieve the same effects as these ninjutsu.

Of course, in addition to regular ninjutsu, Jiraiya also has a channel to practice sage mode, which can increase ninjutsu several times or even ten times. This is a great temptation for Nagato.

However, the sage mode is not unique to Mount Miaomu. Ryuji Cave and Shiggou Forest, both of which are three holy places, have their own magic. White Snake Sage and Slug Sage, both of which are three major sages, have mastered them. According to the cultivation method of senjutsu, if you want to learn senjutsu, you can also learn it from Tsunade or Orochimaru.

Moreover, Tsunade and Orochimaru have something that Nagato urgently needs, but this thing Jiraiya does not have, so Nagato is destined to abandon Jiraiya and become Orochimaru or Tsunade. disciple.

And what Nagato desperately needs is the art of regeneration.