Naruto was hanging upside down from the eaves, watching Jiraiya, who was facing away from the window and writing furiously at his desk. He dared to swear on his Old Dad's Naming Talent that Jiraiya was definitely not writing anything proper.
But this was fine, as long as he was engrossed in his writing for another 25 minutes, he would have completed his mission.
Naruto was quite curious about what he was writing, but unfortunately, he didn't have a good pair of eyes, unable to see through things or determine what was being written through the movements of his arm muscles.
If he remembered correctly, his new book was only released more than half a year ago, and he's already started writing again? Do novelists need to be this diligent?
At this rate, Kakashi's body won't be able to handle it!
In the office, Jiraiya seemed to have finished a section, put down his pen, and rubbed his wrist, saying without turning his head, "Since you're here, come in. What are you doing sneaking around?"
While speaking, he stacked the written papers together, stood them up, and gently tapped them on the desk to align them neatly.
He'd been discovered already? Naruto was depressed. He'd only lasted five minutes, which was too short.
Naruto pushed open the window, did a somersault in the air, and jumped in, tugging at his clothes.
There was no helping it, he wasn't wearing a bodysuit or anti-gravity clothes, so hanging upside down would mess them up.
"Pervy Sage, how did you find me?" Everyone was so perceptive. Naruto felt it was necessary to ask clearly, otherwise he probably wouldn't be able to get past Kakashi either.
Jiraiya said, "There are loopholes everywhere. Is it difficult to find you?"
Naruto was greatly shocked: "No way? I hid the fluctuations of my Chakra, slowed my breathing, didn't move around or make any noise, and was behind you. What loopholes could there be?"
Jiraiya explained, "Those are just the basics. At least your gaze wasn't concealed at all. Battle-hardened ninjas are very sensitive to other people's gazes, especially gazes from behind."
Naruto fell into thought. What he said seemed to make sense.
For example, during evening self-study in high school, when secretly playing on a phone or reading idle books, one would sometimes suddenly feel someone staring at them from behind. If one turned around at this time, there was a high probability of meeting the gaze of a kind and amiable Class Teacher...
Ordinary people would have such a feeling, let alone ninjas. It seemed he was exposed fairly.
Jiraiya added, "Also, your mind is too active."
"You can sense that my mind is active too?" This was unreasonable and a bit too alarming. Sensing thoughts was practically mind reading, wasn't it?
"No, I don't have a special method for sensing other people's thoughts." Jiraiya thought to himself, If I really had that, I could avoid getting beaten by Tsunade so many times.
Naruto asked, "Then why did you say that?"
"Don't forget, Chakra is composed of body energy and spiritual energy. If your mind is too active or your emotions fluctuate too much, it will easily cause changes in your Chakra. Even if you have Kagura Shingan, it's not omnipotent."
So, in the original story, Hayate was discovered when eavesdropping on Maki and Kabuto's rendezvous because he was too shocked?
Speaking of which, if one could perceive Ninjutsu, could one analyze the changes in spiritual energy through the changes in a person's Chakra, and then analyze other people's inner thoughts through the changes in spiritual energy?
Wouldn't that be mind reading!
No, that's putting the cart before the horse. The Sage of Six Paths' original purpose in spreading Chakra and Chakra training methods was to connect people's spiritual energy, so that everyone could understand each other. The various Ninjutsu now are actually byproducts.
So the Sage of Six Paths wanted everyone in the Shinobi World to have mental communication like they had mastered the Yamanaka Clan's secret technique, and completely passively, with no way to hide inner secrets.
Then if Tsunade walked around the street, probably many married men would suffer domestic violence...
Such a world was still too idealistic and impractical.
"Of course, for me, using these two methods for counter-reconnaissance isn't the main thing," Jiraiya said as Naruto brainstormed.
"Then what else?" Naruto decided to catch up on this lesson, planning to try it out on Kakashi later.
"Don't forget, I'm also a successor of Mount Myoboku. Although my Sage Mode isn't as perfect as Minato's, I can still detect changes in Natural Energy. If you want to avoid being discovered by me, learn how to blend into nature first."
Naruto: ...
This is too hard for me. If I knew how to blend into nature, I'd be playing with stone statues on Mount Myoboku right now.
Seeing Naruto's silence, Jiraiya asked, "So, what exactly did you come here for today?"
Naruto replied listlessly, "My Old Dad sent me to try and monitor you guys without being detected. Well, that's going great. I've been caught twice in half an hour."
"Minato asked you to do something like this?" Jiraiya stood up and circled Naruto. "I see, looks like I was being nosy."
Naruto looked at the cryptic, unserious man and said, "Just say what you want to say. When I followed Tsunade, I found her going into a Black Casino. When I came here, I found you writing novels during work hours.
Could it be that you all have made some mistakes, and my Old Dad discovered them but was too embarrassed to say anything, so he had me come and subtly remind you to pay attention to your influence?"
"How could that be? Just do as Minato says," Jiraiya said, indicating that he wasn't afraid of criticism.
"I'm not going. There's no chance with the other two for now, and I just want to cultivate immortality right now..." Naruto occupied Jiraiya's chair, flipping through the crumpled drafts on the desk with boredom.
Jiraiya felt that Naruto's momentum wasn't good and advised, "Naruto, don't be too eager in your pursuit of power. Compared to Ninjutsu, the strength of the heart is more important. Only those who can endure everything can be called ninja!"
"Oh." Naruto had heard this many times. Not to mention Jiraiya, even if Confucius came, Naruto wouldn't listen if he kept repeating the same thing, unless the old man took out a ruler to persuade him with reason.
Naruto pointed to the drafts on the desk and asked, "Strength of the heart?"
Before Jiraiya could speak, he opened the drawer and pointed to the scantily clad women on the covers of the magazines: "Endure everything?"
Jiraiya's old face couldn't hold on: "Those are dreams, hobbies, how can you lump them together!"
Not wanting to waste any more words, Jiraiya picked up Naruto and threw him out the window: "Go do your mission!"
Naruto used Afu's Skill 'Cat Landing'. He fell from the third floor unharmed, patted his hands, and muttered softly:
"The world is going downhill, people's hearts are not what they used to be. It's one thing for the Hokage to use his power for personal gain and screw over his son, but one of the Two Great Advisors is aware of the Black Casino and doesn't report it, aiding and abetting the evildoers, and the other occupies the office to write novels, using public resources for private gain. Can this Konoha still be good?"
He didn't even think about the fact that he was the guy who was constantly luring the Hyuga Clan's young lady to illegally cross the border. What qualifications did he have to say this?
If Danzo knew in the afterlife, he would definitely die with his eyes wide open: How could Konoha be handed over to these people! Hiruzen, you will regret it!
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