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"Thanks to the Hokage's kindness, but I just want to be an ordinary ninja. I don't have any idea about this promotion." There was almost no time to think. There were only two people sitting opposite each other in the quiet reception room. At the same long table, after listening to Jiraiya's words across from him, Ryosuke gave a regretful answer directly. Hokage? Maybe others would care about this kind of thing and feel honored. But... for Ryosuke, this is a burden. The numerous burdens and affairs will only affect his progress in training. Not to mention managing such a large village and a huge armed organization. Even a small Hyuga in comparison, he rarely wants to intervene. "... Don't you think about it more?" Perhaps from some previous contacts, Jiraiya was clear about Ryosuke's character, and he was not surprised by his refusal. However, because the other party refused too quickly, he couldn't help asking. Born in Konoha Village, almost no one would not yearn for the position of Hokage. Even he himself had the idea of competing for this position when he was young. Later, as his position and reputation improved, he came into contact with too many dark things, and then he slowly got rid of this idea.
Jiraiya knew very well that the position of Hokage was not suitable for someone like him. He could not bring higher improvement to the village because he was unwilling to infringe on the rights and interests of other countries for his own interests.
"Of course, compared to status and reputation, I am a person who is relatively pure in practice."
After replying calmly, Ryosuke did not speak immediately, but simply introduced his true inner thoughts.
"Is that so..."
After saying this, Jiraiya nodded in understanding.
Although the methods are different, he and Ryosuke are actually similar in nature. They are both somewhat repulsive because of the burden brought by this position.
"If that's the case, then I won't persuade you any more."
Jiraiya put away his solemn look and sat back down. "If you don't want to go to the commendation meeting and explain yourself, then... I will also clarify for you at the meeting why you didn't provide assistance immediately on the battlefield and clear your name."
Ryosuke nodded gratefully. "Thank you, Hokage."
"Don't say that. Your contribution to the village this time may be more than the merits of most of my life combined."
Jiraiya raised his hand quickly. "But this time... In addition to coming to confirm with you what you did during the half hour you disappeared, there are of course some other questions that need to be confirmed with you."
As he said that, he first took a sip of the teacup on the table, took this opportunity to sort out his thoughts, and then asked again: "But it's still about the invasion of the Hidden Mist Village."
" In fact, many doubts about this incident have not been investigated clearly by the village, and we have never been able to communicate with the Kirigakure Village. "For example, what is the reason why the Kirigakure Village launched a war against our Konoha, and what do they want to get from this incident... and other issues, we have never figured it out since the war ended." After briefly explaining the reason, Jiraiya got to the point, "Since you crossed the battlefield and fought with a higher-level commander behind the scenes, I want to confirm the identity of this person with you." "First of all, what is his appearance, ability characteristics, and ninja level? Or... has he appeared in some of your Hyuga intelligence records, and is he a well-known ninja in the Kirigakure Village in other Ninja World Wars..." Because Ryosuke did not interrupt his question, Jiraiya asked several questions at once. Among them, all of them were aimed at the main implementers behind the Kirigakure plan. After listening to every question from Jiraiya quietly, Ryosuke first replaced the cold tea on the table with the freshly brewed hot tea, and then slowly said: "Before answering this question, I have a question to ask Jiraiya Senior."
The change in address seemed inadvertent, and Jiraiya on the opposite side looked a little confused, but still signaled him to explain.
"I heard that before returning to the village, Jiraiya Senior was a scholar who loved to hide his identity and travel around the world. He must have been to many countries and villages and met many powerful people."
Chuckling, Ryosuke asked in a gentle voice, "Actually, I just want to ask, Jiraiya Senior, have you seen other strong people besides ninjas in the ninja world."
"For example... witch doctors, samurai, etc., these strong people do not rely on chakra, but exist by relying on other energy factors."
This question is what Ryosuke has been wanting to ask since he met Jiraiya.
After the war, after seeing Bruno, a guy from another world, it was no surprise that Ryosuke would doubt whether there were other people from another world in this world.
But in his spare time during training, he went through the intelligence information of Hyuga again but found nothing useful.
At the same time, he also sent his clansmen to search for suitable people in the Land of Fire with keywords such as non-ninja and strong strength, but after a week, there was still no trace.
So, after seeing Jiraiya again, Ryosuke couldn't help but focus on him.
"Not a ninja, but a person with high combat power?"
Hearing Ryosuke's question, Jiraiya was obviously stunned for a moment, and then frowned, "Is this question... related to the commander-in-chief of Kirigakure's war plan this time?"
"Yes."
Ryosuke nodded calmly, but didn't speak directly.
He wanted to wait for Jiraiya to answer his question first, and then tell some of the information that he could understand with his identity.
Although he didn't seem to take it too seriously on the surface, he actually cared about this matter in his heart.
Jiraiya also understood his thoughts. He touched his chin and thought for a long time before he spoke again, "I have left the village and traveled around the ninja world for these years. I have indeed met many people and heard many rumors."
"For example, the leader of the Demon Country is a shrine maiden with powerful spiritual power."
"As for the samurai, there are many powerful samurai in the Iron Country, but they also became powerful after studying the chakra of the ninja on the basis of samurai."
"As for the Onmyoji...that is a profession that only exists in ancient history."
As he said, he shook his head with some regret, "Since the profession of ninja can become the mainstream of this world, of course it is because people who study this way can be stronger than other professions."
"Survival of the fittest, the road of decline and direction will naturally be obscured by darkness and forgotten by the world. Under the competition of the ninja profession, there are no people in the ninja world who will move closer to other professions in terms of combat power."
Jiraiya's meaning is very clear. After traveling around the ninja world for many years, he has not seen anyone who can have powerful combat power without the chakra system as Ryosuke said.
Hearing his answer, Ryosuke's heart dropped with some regret.
"The person I fought this time was a mysterious man wearing a black robe with red clouds embroidered on it."
Ryosuke did not continue to hide it, and explained the information he knew, "That guy does not look like a Kirigakure person, and he does not wear any forehead protector to prove his identity."
"Black robe and red cloud?"
Jiraiya's originally relaxed expression suddenly became tense, and his palms on the table clenched unconsciously, "Is he wearing a wooden mask?"
After a pause, he stretched out his fingers and drew a circle in the air and asked, "Is it a wooden mask with spiral patterns?"
"No."
Ryosuke shook his head, "The person I fought was a sturdy man with a bull horn hairstyle."
"He is very strong, but he doesn't seem to know any ninjutsu. He fights me with more physical skills, and he doesn't seem to have chakra in his body."
"In addition to this guy, he seems to have another person on his body, like mud attached to his body, making up for his lack of chakra and ninjutsu..."
In short, Bruno and White Zetsu were introduced.
Ryosuke didn't reveal too much about things he shouldn't know, such as the other world, or the words such as devil fruit, the six styles of the navy, etc., but just roughly introduced the opponent's performance in the battle.
When he learned that White Zetsu could actually use Wood Release, Jiraiya's expression was obviously very excited.
However... he didn't say too much in front of Ryosuke. After carefully asking every detail, he thanked Ryosuke again and wanted to get up and say goodbye in a hurry.
It seemed that he was in a hurry to go back to hold a meeting on these things.
Just as Ryosuke sent him to the door, Jiraiya suddenly stopped and turned around as if he remembered something.
"I suddenly remembered that although I didn't see what you said... After leaving the ninja system such as Chakra, there are still people with strong strength, but there are people with weak strength and interesting personalities. I just don't know if it's the person you want to find. It was an afternoon several years ago..."
After sending Jiraiya away, Ryosuke returned home with a calm face.
Almost without hesitation, he walked back to his room quickly. Even when the housekeeper Aliang asked him what he had for lunch, he didn't have time to answer.
Bang——
The door was closed hastily, making a loud noise.
Leaning against the wooden door, Ryosuke's body slowly slid down and sat directly on the ground.
The calm expression on his face that had been maintained all the time also gradually showed some changes in this almost closed environment.
He became a little...excited.
He guessed right, his idea was right.
In addition to Bruno, there are indeed other people from other worlds in this world, and even... there are more than just the world of One Piece!
With an uncontrollable emotion in his surging heart, Ryosuke unconsciously bit the middle knuckle of his index finger with his teeth, trying to calm himself down in this way.
Based on Jiraiya's description, he was almost certain that those people were from other worlds, not from the native ninja world.
The target country is the Iron Country, which is called the Samurai Country.
And the direction is the main city in the central area of its country.
The status of that main city in the Iron Country is equal to that of Kyoto City in the Fire Country, and the target lives on one of the main streets with a strong artistic scope.
For a literati like Jiraiya, when he arrives in a country, he would of course first go to places with a strong artistic atmosphere.
So by chance, he met the combination of three people and one dog.
A decadent uncle with silver curly hair, an ordinary boy whose appearance is almost invisible except for his glasses, a beautiful girl who looks very cute but behaves very vulgarly, and a big white dog that looks like a ninja beast...
In the transformations, Ryosuke's memory and thinking ability have been continuously optimized.
Some things that were just glanced at casually in the previous life can also be clearly found out from the ocean of memory.
So Ryosuke almost doesn't need to hear their names, or more iconic features, just from their appearance, he can easily judge the identities of these people.
Sakata Gintoki and Shimura Shinpachi, who are samurai, the powerful night rabbit girl Kagura, and Inugami Sadaharu.
"Gintoki and his friends have relatively positive personalities and character positioning, which is good news. They may be easier to approach than Bruno."
"However, the combat power of the world they live in is extremely broken. It is common for a wooden sword to knock down a space battleship. There are also cases of death from bleeding from hemorrhoids, but..."
"This information is only the information given in the comics. It cannot be compared with reality, and one-sided conclusions cannot be drawn directly."
Biting his knuckles, Ryosuke's emotions gradually stabilized and he began to analyze what to do next.
"First of all, of course, we have to go to the Samurai Country to find these guys and see if we can get some information about the world crossing from them."
"But there are still some places worth exploring. In their world, there seem to be comics like Naruto and One Piece, and Sakata Gintoki should also be one of the fans."
"After coming to this world, there is no reason for him not to realize that this is the comic world he has read, but why doesn't he choose to settle in the Fire Country... Or, in the real world, they don't have comics like Naruto."
After confirming that there are other visitors from other worlds in this world, Ryosuke's intelligence framework has also been expanded a lot because of Jiraiya's simple encounter.
For example... the invasion from the other world is not an event that has only happened recently, but has been going on for several years, or even earlier.
And the number seems to be very small, at least there may not be even one in the Fire Country.
But these invaders seem to be very low-key after leaving their own world.
Like Sakata Gintoki and others this time, they appear as the protagonists in another world.
So most of the events that happened in their world basically revolve around them.
But after coming to this world, they became unknown extras, and have not left any reputation in the ninja world for such a long time.
Although it is not known whether they have deliberately concealed the situation, from Jiraiya's description, the strength shown by Gintoki and others is not strong, and they are only hovering at the level of Chunin.
And even if they expand the channels of the Yorozuya to the other world, the tasks they accept are all trivial matters, and they are not even so famous in the Iron Country.
"In short... I have to rush to the Iron Country as soon as possible. If I can get some useful information from them, maybe I can push the current training progress limit to the extreme before the next transformation time arrives."
When he opened the door again, Ryosuke's mood had completely stabilized.
He did not leave immediately. Before leaving, he still needed to discuss with his family.