Half an Hour Later
Itachi, who was searching for a good hotel for the night, suddenly stopped.
"Come out"
There was silence for a few seconds, and then a white-haired old man appeared a few meters behind Itachi.
"Hey, if it isn't the old man from the izakaya.
So why are you following me? It can't be that your girlfriend also found your hypocrisy and left you, and now you're seeking revenge on me, right?"
Jiraiya, who had originally felt a little happy hearing the term girlfriend, became cold once again after hearing the rest of the statement.
"What's your name?"
"Hmm, did the breakup hurt you so much that you became mentally challenged, or were you originally suffering from dementia?"
"YOU BRATT!!
I'm asking your real name, not your made-up one.
Also, you're not a samurai, right?
Which ninja village do you belong to?"
"Hmmm ? , my name is Shimotsuki Ryuma, and I am a samurai from the Land of Iron just as I have said before.
And you can't just say I'm a ninja and suddenly make it true, right?
Are you really okay?
I can call a doctor for you if you're mentally challenged."
Jiraiya's lips twitched in annoyance, especially after hearing mentally challenged multiple times.
Suddenly, Jiraiya threw multiple shuriken at Itachi. Seeing this, Itachi was surprised and intercepted them by throwing his own shuriken.
Itachi's three shuriken magically collided with all of Jiraiya's shuriken and then headed straight for Jiraiya's heart.
Jiraiya hurriedly dodged and narrowed his eyes. Such precise shuriken-throwing technique.
"You brat, and you're still saying you're not a ninja?
If you were a samurai, you would have used your katana, and you wouldn't have possessed shuriken. When faced with danger, your instinct was to use shuriken to intercept my shuriken, not your precious sword.
With this level of shuriken technique, I'd say you're the strongest in shurikenjutsu in the entire world."
Itachi wasn't happy hearing this. First, Jiraiya suddenly threw shuriken at him, and now he was praising him like Madara.
Heh, everyone wants to be Madara. Who cares about your opinion?
"Okay, I'm not a samurai. Now state your purpose in following me."
As Itachi said this, a huge amount of dense chakra radiated from him, suppressing everything around him. Cracks formed in the surrounding houses, and the roads were filled with fissures.
"Such dense chakra… and this technique."
Jiraiya had only felt such pressure from chakra monsters like Uzumaki Mito or Uzumaki Kushina with the Nine-Tails. As for this technique, he had heard Tsunade brag about how her grandfather immobilized enemies with just his chakra.
"Well, little brother, I just found that I haven't heard of an outstanding shinobi like you before, so I came to know you better."
"Hmmm, so now you must have known me, right?
Or should we fight to understand each other better?"
As Itachi said this, the chakra pressure radiating outward became even denser.
It wasn't that Itachi originally possessed this much chakra.
When Itachi first transmigrated, he only had the chakra of an elite jōnin, around the level of 1 to 1.5 Kakashi.
But after consuming the Elixir of Life, his chakra increased multiple times. Even after that, over the past month, it had been increasing at a much faster rate than before.
Maybe it was because of the Elixir of Life, or maybe it was because of his age. Either way, Itachi knew that he now possessed more chakra than most Kage-level ninjas in the current ninja world.
"No, no, no—we shouldn't fight at every point.
Right, I just remembered that I still have something to say to Tsunade.
Well, little brother, I have to go for now. We will meet again."
After saying that, Jiraiya left without giving Itachi another chance.
Do you think I am an idiot to fight a Kage-level ninja for no reason?
Itachi didn't stop Jiraiya and continued walking down the other side of the street.
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One minute later
" Come out "
A few seconds later, a blond-haired woman appeared in front of Itachi.
" Hey, let me guess, next Orochimaru will appear from the ground? "
Now it was Tsunade's turn to be confused. Where did Orochimaru come from? Then, a few seconds later, she understood.
Jiraiya came from behind, she came from the front, then next the last of the Legendary Sannin, Orochimaru, should come from above or below. But Orochimaru can't fly, so he can only come from the gr— no, no, no. What am I thinking?
" What's your real name? "
Now it was Itachi's turn to be confused. How did everyone figure out that his name was fake?
Tsunade could say with conviction that his name was fake. Jiraiya was even more outrageous, he could even tell that his profession of samurai was fake before even fighting.
" Can you tell me how you found it out? "
Hearing this, Tsunade smiled.
" I can tell you. I can even tell you how Jiraiya found out that you're a ninja. But first, fight me. "
The very next second, Tsunade disappeared from her position and appeared right in front of Itachi, punching him in the face.
BOOM
In the next second, Itachi flew backward and slammed into the concrete wall behind him. The wall shattered into pieces. When the dust settled, Itachi was lying on the ground like a ragged doll.
" Tsk, a clone. "
Indeed, the next second, the Itachi on the ground dissolved into mud and merged with the earth.
" Hey, you people of Konoha are really violent. Guess I'll have to use my ultimate technique. "
Hearing the voice, Tsunade turned around, readying herself for the other party's ultimate technique.
" Yin-Yang Style Secret Technique: Haemophobia "
After saying this, Itachi took a kunai out of nowhere and lightly slashed his palm.
Seeing the blood flowing from the wound, Tsunade froze in place. Memories flooded her mind. Nawaki, Kato Dan, and the others she had lost.
Itachi, on the other hand, didn't give her enough time to snap out of her nightmares.
Sealing Jutsu: Adamantine Sealing Chains
Multiple golden chains emerged from his back and, like vicious snakes, bound Tsunade.
CLANG CLANG CLANG
" Leave her alone. "
Multiple kunai and shuriken attacked the chakra chains, but they neither broke them nor even scratched them. Seeing the failure, Jiraiya appeared behind Itachi with a kunai, slashing toward him.
" Finally stopped hiding like a rat, huh. "
Earlier, while talking with Tsunade, Itachi had already sensed Jiraiya's presence, even though Jiraiya was in Sage Mode.
Maybe Tsunade had sensed him as well by other means, and that was why she dared to fight Itachi even after he had referred to her as a sick woman, clearly pointing to her psychological weakness.
However, Itachi had no reason to fight Jiraiya for now. He wouldn't gain anything even if he killed him. On top of that, they were inside the city. Their fight could easily kill civilians.
LIFE-DEATH ARENA
In the next second, Jiraiya disappeared from his position.
And then… nothing happened.
Itachi took the immobilized, sealed Tsunade with him and left the scene of the crime.
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