Chapter 68

Now is the time when all the villages return to dormancy. Although there are occasional frictions, with the strength of the Minato's team, it is unlikely that they will encounter fatal danger, so Takeshi does not worry too much. 

After wandering around the village, he heard another news—Sunagakure Village had completely withdrawn its troops, and Jiraiya on the front line had returned to the village. 

It just so happened that Orochimaru wanted to talk to Jiraiya about something, and... Takeshi hadn't had his fun for a while now, so he just wanted to earn some points. 

It would be difficult for ordinary people to find Jiraiya, but Takeshi knew where to look. There are not many bathhouses in Konoha, but there are only one or two bathhouses that are popular and relatively remote. As long as you look for them one by one, it should not be difficult to find traces of Jiraiya, the big pervert. 

'Um? There's something inside here. ' After narrowing down two bathhouses, the little black cat quickly discovered Jiraiya's scent. For ordinary people, they must be cautious when moving near bathhouses, but he doesn't need to worry. he are just a cat. Haven't you seen some people meow like cats when they are caught doing bad things? Who cares if the cat is on top of the bathhouse. 

Takeshi walked along the top of the bathhouse and had a panoramic view of everything around it. The white scenery inside was so wonderful. He stared at it for a couple minutes, then squinted and moved away. 

No one can pry into Konoha's bathhouse at will. Kami knows if the person bathing here is the wife of some Jonin. If he catches a glimpse of a woman like Inuzuka Hana or Uzumaki Kushina, he is afraid that he will be pushed into the pool and humiliated. 

After sneaking around abit, he followed the scent and found Jiraiya. This guy was hiding here, looking at the scene in the pool through a small gap. Takeshi thought for a second and quickly ran to where Jiraiya was hiding. 

The best way to score a bunch of points is to scare Jiraiya. Bathhouse peeking, and adding Tsunade are Jiraiya's biggest nightmare. Takeshi sneaked slowly.

Jiraiya was of course extremely vigilant on the battlefield, but here in the bathhouse...hehehe. Takeshi got up behind him and quietly used chakra to transform. The next second, he shouted: "Jiraiya, what are you doing here again!?" 

With a loud shout, Jiraiya shivered with fright, then quickly turned around and looked behind, and then got terrified when he saw it was "Tsunade" He was so frightened that he said, "No, no, no, this is a misunderstanding!" 

"Tsunade" punched him fiercely. Jiraiya shuddered and quickly retreated. He retreated very cleverly, as if he had been knocked away and been hit hard. Hitting on the tree while causing whole tree to shake. 

Takeshi glanced at his hand - 'Am I so powerful?' Jiraiya was stunned for a moment after he hit the tree. The force was wrong, he was overacting, and... the other person's voice was not quite right. 

Besides, Tsunade has been away from Konoha for so many years and no one has heard from her. How could she suddenly come back today? The person in front of him is definitely not Tsunade! A Sannin is a Sannin after all. 

Although he couldn't react at first in the cozy bathhouse, as long as he thought about it for a moment, he knew that this was a knockoff. 

"It's you! I know this cat's smell anywhere, little brat. You dare to play tricks on even this old man. You had fun?" Jiraiya roared angrily. 

Takeshi immediately jumped into the bathhouse, but the next second, Jiraiya became angry and made a hand seal, went crazy to catch the damn cat. 

However, at this time. "Ahhh! It's this white-haired pervert again!" 

"I must ask the Third Hokage to banish him from the village. It's so disgusting..." 

"Beat him first!" 

After a period of silence in the bathhouse, then there were loud shouts of rushing, and many women rushed out carrying benches, sticks, and other things. The most terrifying thing was one Chubby—wearing simple clothes with a huge figure. 

Jiraiya's face turned pale, and he quickly abandoned Takeshi and ran away. Takeshi stood on the wall at the edge of the bathhouse, staring at this shocking scene. He couldn't help but admire Jiraiya , and at the same time lamented the pretentiousness of some people. 

He thought that even if Jiraiya was a pervert, he would not come for this Chubby, but she still chased him with the most ferocity, without any pressure at all. It was really a wonderful show for the whole village. 

Open the system panel... 'Ouch! I earned more than 1,500 points in one minute' Takeshi was shocked for a moment. This wave of points not only made up for the loss of luxury cat food, but also gained more than 500 points, bringing the total points to about 4,000. 

However, this was calculated due to surprise and opportunity. Everyone has resistance. It will not be so easy to be like this time in the future. 

He caught up all the way. Jiraiya was indeed very powerful, and the women could still chase him at first, but it didn't take long for Jiraiya to escape with Earth Release Ninjutsu. Although the tank of the Akimichi clan was burly and powerful, she was obviously a little careless and did not notice it. 

What she was chasing so hard was just a shadow clone. Besides, she couldn't catch up with the shadow clone. Within a few seconds, Jiraiya appeared next to Takeshi, startling the little black cat. 

"Why did you do this?" 

"Orochimaru nya~" Takeshi said through gritted teeth. 

Jiraiya was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then said with clarity: "Is Orochimaru looking for you?" 

"Meow!" Takeshi was a quite pissed. As a free creature, walking around in the hands of scientists was like walking around in a laboratory as a white mouse. He felt lucky for coming out alive. 

"I just mentioned it to Orochimaru when we were drunk back in the village, hahahaha..." Jiraiya smiled awkwardly. 

He also knew Orochimaru's character, and knew that Takeshi would not be happy when he bragged about the Wild Lion's Mane jutsu and Needle Jizo. 

In fact, Jiraiya wanted to warn him at first, but he later forgot about it. But how can you blame Jiraiya for this? As long as Takeshi keeps using it, Orochimaru will know sooner or later, and what he said is just to make Jiraiya calm down. 

As expected, Jiraiya was no longer angry about being caught peeking, it wasn't the first time anyway, he only had this little hobby in his life, so he had long been used to accidents like this. 

He smiled and then changed the topic: "By the way, Rin and the others are back from this mission, and they might be able to take on higher-level missions in the future..." 

"Meow?" Takeshi was confused, why did this happen again inexplicably. 

"This is a test mission. Once they complete it, they will be treated as an elite team and can take on A-Rank and above missions. The current situation in the village... Ahem, basically, those who are capable should work hard, and promotion to Chunin will be put on the roster as soon as possible." Jiraiya coughed slightly and said. 

Takeshi understood. During this period, their team had completed very difficult tasks one after another, so the team's evaluation went up, and the village planned to upgrade their level. 

According to what it remembered, Obito and Rin were originally promoted to chunin through examinations a year or two later, but something might have changed this time. The question is... "What about me?" 

"Ah?" Jiraiya was stunned for a moment after hearing this. What else would you want from a cat? Doesn't all the credit go to your owner? He didn't say the words, but this was the best response. 

The little black cat is felt heartbroken. he feels like he is a minimum wage earner. This life is simply too difficult. 

"By the way, Sunagakure Village is currently negotiating for peace, so Chunin promotion exams won't be casual anymore. Promotion requires examination, so do you understand what I mean?" Jiraiya said softly. 

"..." 'Isn't it just about Rin's promotion? Why do you care more about her than me?' Takeshi wondered in his heart.

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