29 Chapter 29 Sudden Change

Hachioji Town

"Oh~ it's you, that peeping old man"

Gojo pretended to be surprised as the anger of Jiraiya increased even more.

"Huh~ you are from Konoha?"

But the angry Jiraiya suddenly noticed the headband coiled around the arm of Gojo, and the anger in his eyes turned into surprise.

"Old man, you seem pretty strong; who are you?"

Gojo didn't answer his question and asked curiously.

"Hehe~ do I look strong, well, an ignorant kid like you should know about my greatness"

Jiraiya forgot about the matter earlier, hearing Gojo say he was strong and bitted his thumb.

Poof...

Jiraiya slammed his hand on the ground as black markings appeared, and the next moment smoke burst from the ground.

"Behold, I'm the hermit of Mount Myoboku, the wise and immortal spirit, the Toad Mountain Sage"

The smoke before Gojo began to disperse and along with the exaggerated introduction, Jiraiya standing on a big orange toad appeared.

"Well~ he turned out to be a fool"

Gojo, who was expecting something great, knew he was wrong, and this old man before him is an out-and-out fool.

"Haha!! you are really annoying, kid"

Jiraiya standing on the back of the toad, tried his best not to attack him.

Swoosh…

"Huh?"

Gojo, who was about to go home, suddenly heard wind-cutting sounds.

The expression on the face of Jiraiya changed as his white hair began to grow, trying to protect him, but he was a tad late.

Keng…

Several sharp needless bounced off after colliding with the spiky hair of Jiraiya, but the expression on the face of Jiraiya turned worse.

"I'm done for"

Jiraiya said, looking at his thighs where several needless were lodged into his body immediately felt weak.

Whoosh…

Several Shadows flashed and appeared at a bit of distance from Gojo and Jiraiya.

All four had masks covering their face as their headband had a mark across it.

"Haha!!! We finally succeeded; one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, is in our bag"

Standing before, the masked figures laughed after seeing the weak Jiraiya as they knew their sneak attack had worked.

They have been following Jiraiya from quite a long distance so that he won't be able to detect them.

The bounty of Jiraiya in the black market was huge, so they all decided to gamble their lives.

They got information about his hobby of messing with women, so their plan was to get him drugged by the woman or something.

But with their experience, they quickly spotted a blind spot when Jiraiya was introducing himself to Gojo and attacked him with several poisoned needless.

All they needed was a single hit, and they won the gamble after all.

"Bounty Hunters"

Poof…

Jiraiya said with difficulty as the toad under him vanished, and he fell to the ground.

"I can't use Chakra…"

Thought Jiraiya as he concluded immediately that those needless were poisonous.

(I know Jiraiya could have dodged them but to give Gojo a moment to shine, I added this)

"Another Sannin!!"

Gojo, who heard the words of the bounty hunters, was surprised as he looked at the weak Jiraiya as he never expected this perverted old man to be one of the Sannin.

"It seems Jiraiya isn't alone; that brat is a Konoha Ninja"

One of the bounty hunters said to the other three reminding them.

"Haha!!! Don't worry, can't you see? It's just a Genin"

"Let's kill him together"

The bounty hunters laughed, not worried: they had caught the big fish, small fry like Gojo, they can easily handle him.

"Kid, run... and report what happened back at the village"

Jiraiya knew that the situation was perilous, but he didn't want a Konoha Genin to die because of him.

"Sigh~

"You legendary Sannin are all a big disappointment, first, that woman who fears blood and now a pervert"

Jiraya, who was expecting Gojo to run away hearing his words, was shocked as he never expected Gojo to know about Tsunade.

"What are you talking about? Run, or you will die"

Even if he was shocked, Jiraiya knew it wasn't the time to think about it and shouted at Gojo, ordering him to leave.

"Haha!! Do you think it's that easy to leave? You both will die here!!!"

One of the bounty hunters moved forward and announced the fate of Gojo and Jiraiya.

"Hehe~ Die, me?"

Jiraiya and the bounty hunters suddenly heard a laugh as they saw Gojo with his hand on his forehead laughing like he had listened to the funniest joke.

{AN: - Should I have added "Courting Death" here}

Seeing Gojo laughing, the bounty hunter got angry as he took out several Kunai, ready to finish Gojo.

Puff….

"You!!!"

Jiraiya and the other three suddenly heard a sound and were shocked beyond words as they saw Gojo standing behind the Bounty hunter, and in his hand was a blood-pumping heart.

"Give!! …. It… back"

The bounty hunter looked down, and seeing the hole in his chest, he looked at Gojo with despair and brought his hand forward, trying to get his heart back.

"Hehe~"

*BANG!!*

But a devil's smile appeared on the face of Gojo as he exerted some force, and before the despairing eyes of the bounty hunter, he crushed the heart as blood spilled around.

"Haha!!! Now it's your turn"

Gojo laughed as he looked at the other three bounty hunters who stood scared silly on the spot.

"Monster!!!"

All the bounty hunters said at the exact moment as this was the first time in their life they felt such fear.

(Read my other book Naruto: Aokiji Yuki)