The ever-alert Jiraiya stopped himself from committing professional suicide just in time.
This matter definitely had to be done, but who should take the lead? Jiraiya did not think for long before quickly locking onto his target.
"Naruto is the Child of Prophecy personally chosen by the Great Toad Sage. Who else could it be but him?"
Jiraiya happily settled on his scapegoat.
He had completely forgotten that not long ago, his thinking had been the exact opposite.
Back then, he believed that promoting "Naruto's Shortcut" and letting everyone try to master Sage Mode would basically mean everyone became his, 'Jiraiya's', disciple.
In other words, everyone would have the possibility of becoming the Child of Prophecy.
Less than a minute had passed, and in order to make Naruto take the blame, Jiraiya immediately changed his position.
If he wanted Naruto to do something, he first had to find Sasuke.
Naruto was currently with Sasuke.
"I just hope Sasuke is about done and willing to let him go." Jiraiya shook his head in worry.
If Sasuke refused to release him, Jiraiya really had no way to snatch Naruto by force, nor did he have any good reason to persuade Sasuke.
After all, he was messing around with Sage Mode for the sake of resisting the Ōtsutsuki, while Sasuke was strengthening himself and mastering the Rinnegan for the exact same reason.
With the mindset of giving it a try, Jiraiya once again came to Amegakure and went to visit.
...
What Jiraiya did not expect was that the Uchiha Sasuke who had once seemed cold and emotionless in his eyes, similar to Orochimaru, had actually become cheerful!
When Sasuke was alone, there was even a smile on his face.
He only restrained it after seeing Jiraiya.
"Sasuke, you seem happy. Looks like you've made a lot of progress, huh?" Jiraiya asked tentatively.
In his view, if Sasuke was this happy, then he must have made a breakthrough in power.
Just like Orochimaru.
If Orochimaru smiled, it definitely meant his weird research had made progress!
"Jiraiya, what are you doing here? Are you here for Naruto?" Sasuke frowned, but he quickly guessed why Jiraiya had appeared.
A boy who loves to smile will never have bad luck, because people with truly shitty luck can't smile at all.
Just like now.
Among the Four Great Uchiha Mad Laughers, the brothers were living pretty comfortably, while Madara and Obito were suffering like hell, especially Obito.
"Yeah, Sasuke. You've already obtained the power of the Rinnegan, but Naruto has been stuck in place this whole time. I'm here to take him for training." Jiraiya nodded and "admitted" it.
"So that's how it is." Sasuke nodded slightly.
He also felt that it was time for Naruto to go and improve his strength.
He could not be too selfish and truly keep Naruto trapped here forever, turning him into a dead-last loser.
When the Ōtsutsuki descended, their targets would definitely prioritize the jinchūriki.
As the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, Naruto would be the most obvious one.
Even if Naruto had him and everyone else protecting him together, that did not mean Naruto himself did not need a certain level of strength.
Besides, if Sasuke kept restricting Naruto like this, wouldn't that make it look as if he was afraid Naruto, that dead-last idiot, would surpass him?
"Fine. I'll leave Naruto to you." Sasuke aimed a Universal Pull toward the room.
Naruto's whole body seemed to be grabbed by an invisible giant hand and dragged over.
Bang!
Naruto was flung by Universal Pull straight into Jiraiya's arms, and at the same time, the genjutsu on him was released.
"Ugh?" Naruto woke up groggily.
Don't ask why Sasuke did not just use Amenotejikara to teleport Naruto over.
Because using Universal Pull to grab something had a process.
It drew attention, and it looked cool as hell!
Amenotejikara was still more suitable for combat. If it was only used for simple transportation with no follow-up, it felt too plain.
"Dead last, I've already released the genjutsu. Jiraiya came to pick you up. Let's see when you can catch up to my footsteps." Sasuke was in an extremely good mood right now, and his 'Arrogant speech' was fully activated.
Even in Tsunade's Infinite Tsukuyomi dream in the original story, where Sasuke had both parents alive and the clan had never been massacred, he had still felt frustrated because Naruto kept pressing him down.
Of course, that was actually because of Tsunade's biased view of Sasuke.
In reality, Sasuke had shown "jealousy" after Naruto's strength surpassed his, but that was because he considered himself an avenger chasing power.
That was why he had those thoughts.
A Sasuke with both parents alive would never have felt that way toward Naruto and defected because of it.
Just like now.
Sasuke had awakened the Mangekyō, swapped eyes to gain the Eternal Mangekyō, eaten good 'food', and obtained the Rinnegan.
The whole sequence had been practically chained together, leaving him almost no extra time to properly use each stage.
Unlike in the original story, where before or after every power-up, he had to go get his ass beaten half to death.
Before Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō, his strength had actually been quite a bit lower than Naruto's.
But even then, he had not developed the slightest resentment toward Naruto.
So sure enough, the plot inside Tsunade's Infinite Tsukuyomi in the original story was really full of Konoha Senju arrogance and prejudice!
"Sasuke, what happened to your eyes? Did someone hypnotize you?!"
Naruto had just come back to his senses and stood on the ground.
The moment he met Sasuke's eyes, his face filled with shock, and he grabbed Sasuke's shoulders in deep concern.
'Circle eyes.'
Did that not mean fainting or being hypnotized?
"Hypnotized, my ass! Those are the Sage of Six Paths' Rinnegan! The leader of Akatsuki has the same eyes too. Didn't you see them when you came here?" Jiraiya speechlessly gave Naruto a knuckle to the head.
How could a kid like Naruto be this dumb?
His head was full of filthy nonsense. Who the hell had taught him this crap?
"The Sage of Six Paths?!" Naruto was shocked.
"Yeah. Now you understand, right?" Jiraiya nodded in satisfaction.
"..." Naruto looked conflicted.
In the end, he decided not to say anything and turned toward Jiraiya.
"Pervy Sage, then how am I supposed to get stronger now? I feel like I've been asleep for ages."
"We'll talk while we walk." Jiraiya wrapped an arm around Naruto and headed outside.
The two went all the way to where the Flying Raijin team was stationed and returned to Konoha.
With the Flying Raijin team appearing, the shinobi world was becoming more and more advance!
...
After returning to Konoha, Jiraiya finally stopped talking in circles and began seriously analyzing Naruto's method of improving his strength.
"Naruto, Nagato... the people of Amegakure truly care about you. Even after being betrayed by your future self, they still believe you were only stupid, not rotten as a person." Jiraiya spoke earnestly.
"...Pervy Sage, I don't understand what you're saying. Also, why does it feel like you're insulting me?" Naruto scratched his head, question marks practically floating above it.
"In short, they already told me the method for you to improve your strength and catch up to Sasuke. The core is the power of the Tailed Beasts."
"Tailed Beasts?"
"That's right. Tailed Beasts. Not just the Nine-Tails, but the power of all nine Tailed Beasts. You can try using the Nine-Tails to communicate with them and see how many Tailed Beasts you can contact from inside your body."
Jiraiya looked at Naruto with great expectation.
Don't ask why he did not immediately make Naruto go "do the serious business."
Jiraiya had to raise Naruto's strength first.
Otherwise, what if Naruto really got beaten to death?
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Guys here's a new fic, this mc keeps insulting and slandering the main cast over and over again, i havent edited any of it to make it more funnier tho but give it a try!