Chapter 545: New Year Spent Together

"Tsunade, who is he?"

Jiraiya snapped back to reality, stood up in a hurry, and walked over to Tsunade in a few strides, asking with some urgency.

"His name is Kitazawa."

Tsunade paused for a moment before finally introducing him: "He is half of a student of mine."

"Itachi actually have a student?"

A look of surprise appeared on Jiraiya's face, but he quickly asked with a puzzled tone: "Why only half?"

"Itachi don't need to worry about my business."

Tsunade couldn't be bothered to explain; her gaze sharpened, and she clenched her fist as she spoke.

"Consider that I never asked."

Sensing the threat in her words, Jiraiya immediately backed down.

"Kitazawa, he is Ji..."

Tsunade was just about to introduce Jiraiya, but she was interrupted halfway through.

"Wait! I'll do that myself!"

Jiraiya gave a cheeky grin and stepped back.

He balanced on one leg and struck a bizarre pose.

"I am the peerless white-haired toad sage who knows no north, south, east, or west, the handsome man who makes even crying children fall silent... ah!"

Before Jiraiya could finish the words "handsome man," a fist the size of a sandbag appeared before his eyes.

The next second, he flew several meters away like a white shooting star, followed by a miserable scream.

"His name is Jiraiya."

Tsunade shook her hand, her expression unchanged, and said: "Itachi should stay away from him in the future."

"What do Itachi mean, stay away from Itachi?"

Jiraiya, seemingly as hard to kill as a cockroach, appeared before Tsunade once again.

"Itachi know the reason yourself."

Tsunade glanced at him and said: "If I catch Itachi peeping at the Konoha hot springs again, Itachi will die a miserable death."

"That was all a misunderstanding!"

Upon hearing this, cold sweat broke out on Jiraiya, and he hurriedly explained: "I returned to the village this time to spend the New Year with the old man and Itachi!"

"Go keep the old man company."