179. Five Element Unseal

Izumi took Naruto somewhere. He wanted to meet Jiraiya first because Naruto needed a Fuinjutsu to break the seal that Orochimaru gave him.

If Izumi recalled the original story, Jiraiya should have been at the hot springs looking for inspiration for the novel he wrote.

Arriving at the hot springs, Izumi did not feel an aura with great power. He became a little confused and thought that Jiraiya was able to hide his presence. However, considering Izumi's Haki, he felt that what he was thinking earlier should be wrong.

"Why are you taking me to a hot spring instead? Aren't we going to practice?"

"Have a little patience, I want to find someone first. But apparently, he's not here."

"Who?"

"You will know later."

Needless to say, the person Izumi was looking for was Jiraiya. With Jiraiya's nature, looking for a perverted old man like him was quite easy if he had indeed returned to Konohagakure.

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Somewhere, precisely in the riverside around Konohagakure village. Covered by the bush, a man with spiky long white hair, and a wart on his nose was enjoying the scene before his eyes. No one would tell that he was looking for material for his novel with his lecherous expression.

Then he heard a voice from behind.

"You're really a man of culture, aren't you? I didn't expect an old fart like you to still peek at girls taking a bath."

It was Izumi who said that. He didn't speak too loudly so it didn't startle him too much.

The lecherous old man replied without turning his head.

"What do you mean I'm peeking? It's for research. You're still a kid, why are you here? Go home!"

And the person that Izumi spoke to was Jiraiya. Jiraiya told him to go home because this was not a kid's playground which made Izumi's expression darken.

"Who the hell is this perverted old man?"

Meanwhile, Naruto asked while pointing his index finger at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya struck with his light dance pose, then gave a dramatic self-introduction.

"Thank you for asking. Know me, the hermit from the mountain who gains immortality! You can call me the toad hermit from the toad mountain, Jiraiya."

"The hermit?" Naruto tilted his head while crossing his arms.

Jiraiya nodded.

"Precisely. You guys are interfering with my research, go home, kids!"

"You're just a perverted old man."

"I told you, it's for my research. See, I need this research to write my novel."

Feeling those kids didn't believe what he said, Jiraiya took out his novel.

"Ahhh, that..." Naruto was surprised by the novel Jiraiya showed him. If he wasn't mistaken, it was a book that Kakashi had read.

"Oh, you know my novel?"

"Hehehe, my novel has become famous."

Jiraiya felt proud because his novel was quite famous and it seemed he was starting to have a lot of fans.

"It's not a novel, you know!"

"Ehhh!!"

Jiraiya was a little disappointed because Naruto said it wasn't a novel.

"What research are you talking about anyway? You just want to peek at girls bathing!"

Then Naruto spoke in a loud voice. The distance between them and the girls who were taking a bath was quite far. But they could hear Naruto's loud voice. They immediately ran because someone was peeking at them.

"You idiot! Your voice is too loud! Ahhh, my peeping has been exposed." Jiraiya scolded Naruto. Bot, Naruto pointed at the old man.

"Perverted old fart. You said to yourself that you're peeping at them."

"Stupid, I'm not just a pervert! By peeking, I can get inspiration and write a better novel."

"Liar, there's no need for that excuse!"

Jiraiya was furious at Naruto. Though he had found a good spot to peek. However, because Naruto was speaking quite loudly, that good spot had no use for peeking anymore.

"Well, well, let's stop here. Naruto, there's nothing wrong with a guy being a pervert."

As Izumi tried to arbitrate them, Jiraiya nodded at Izumi's words. He felt that someone understood him. Then Jiraiya looked at Naruto, Izumi, and the others one by one. By looking at the forehead protector with the symbol on it, Jiraiya knew that Naruto was from Konohagakure. But he was a little surprised, why was he with the kids from another village? Moreover, the symbols on the forehead protectors of Izumi and the others looked foreign to Jiraiya.

"Who are you, kids?"

With Jiraiya's question, Izumi turned to the others, then they introduced themselves. They also said that they came from a new village and came here to take the Chūnin exam.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. My dream is to become the Hokage. And I will prove someday that I can become a Hokage."

"Uzumaki? So this is Minato and Kushina's son huh? That means, the Nine-Tailed Fox is sealed on him." Minato was Jiraiya's student, and when he heard that Naruto's surname was Uzumaki, he immediately knew that Naruto was the son of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina.

Izumi noticed a change in Jiraiya's expression, to which he started to speak.

"Old hermit, could you help us out for a bit? In return, I'll show you something you might be interested in." Izumi pleaded with Jiraiya with his hand which also gave a pleading gesture.

"Hmmm, I might be interested. What is it? Also, why ask me for help?"

"From your stature, I can tell that you are a great and experienced person. Although you are a little eccentric."

"Hooh." Hearing Izumi's words, Jiraiya was quite impressed with Izumi's instincts. To think that there was a boy who could tell that Jiraiya was an experienced person. Jiraiya also asked what Izumi wanted to show him. Izumi called Kazuma and explained what he wanted to show. Then, Jiraiya's eyes lit up.

"Is that true?"

"If you don't believe us, how about we give it a try?"

Izumi along with Kazuma took Jiraiya away and told Naruto, Hiiro, and Luffy to stay where they were for the time being.

It didn't take long, Jiraiya returned with a pretty satisfying face along with Izumi and Kazuma behind him. He said to Kazuma.

"How about you teach me that Jutsu later?"

"Well, it's my special Jutsu. If I could teach it, many people would already be able to use it."

"Hmmm, it's true. But that 'Steal' is so amazing. I didn't think there was a Divine Jutsu in this world, hahaha."

Izumi looked nervous and asked.

"So you want to help us right?"

Jiraiya was silent for a while. Then he shook his head.

"That's not enough."

Izumi smiled bitterly. It seemed just showing him a nice skill won't be enough. And then, he whispered to Kazuma.

After a while, Izumi gave Jiraiya a certain book. It could be seen from the cover alone that a lady with lingerie covered her breast area. It was a porn book.

The look on Jiraiya changed. His face flushed in glee after seeing the cover.

"Alright, after considering what you showed. I'm willing to help you. So what do you want?"

Hearing Jiraiya agreed, Izumi was relieved. Then he whispered so that Naruto wouldn't hear.

Jiraiya wrinkled his forehead. He was surprised, why did Orochimaru come at a time like this? Izumi said that they had met Orochimaru and fought for a while. And if Orochimaru didn't take the initiative to leave, they were all in danger and some might be killed. Naruto himself was even hit by a seal from Orochimaru. Jiraiya wanted to ask again, but it would be better if he asked later.

"Oi, Naruto. Take off your clothes and try to concentrate on awakening your chakra!"

Naruto gave a slight complaint, but Jiraiya forced him. Naruto also obeyed Jiraiya's words after being persuaded by Izumi and the others.

Naruto started to concentrate while closing his eyes. The seal on his stomach appeared which Jiraiya immediately analyzed.

"So this is the sealing formula for the nine-tailed fox, huh? Hmmm, double tetragram seals that don't completely overlap each other, making it a seal, eight trigrams sealing style?"

"The nine-tailed fox's chakra leaked between the seals. This must be repaired to restore this kid's chakra. But after that, it was stopped by the five-element seal and made this kid's chakra unstable."

Jiraiya gathered his chakra into his fingertips and hit the finger to the seal to be released.

"Gogyou Kaiin"

Naruto, who was hit by Jiraiya's fingers, couldn't hold back the pain and scream. What Jiraiya did was use Fuinjutsu to remove the seal that Orochimaru previously used against Naruto. But using the seal on someone would make that person get hurt.

But at that moment, there was smoke from the five-element seal indicating that the seal had burned down.