Chapter 439

Jiraiya squatted on the ground, looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen with resentful eyes.

"Idiot!"

On the other side, Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya with contemptuous eyes and cursed without covering up.

It's just that his gaze shifted between Jiraiya and Tsunade inadvertently, as if he had seen something.

After cursing, Orochimaru stopped looking at Jiraiya on the ground and closed his pair of snake pupils.

In these cold vertical pupils, a trace of imperceptible pity flashed at the last moment.

"Hahahaha!!!!"

Seeing this harmonious scene of a kind master and filial disciple, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu on the other side burst into laughter.

What the two did not notice was that in the eyes of the four master and disciples, there were completely different scenes.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was kind and amiable, what flashed in his eyes was depth and indifference.

On Jiraiya's funny and cheerful face, his eyes were full of gloom and melancholy.

Although Tsunade's expression was still noble and cold, she felt relieved in her heart.

And finally, although Orochimaru closed his eyes, he seemed to know everything.

After a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen's three disciples left the Hokage's office together.

The Sannin stood in front of the Hokage Building and looked at each other; this was their first meeting after separating, and the three of them had not seen each other for a long time.

For some reason, this time there seemed to be an invisible barrier between the three old teammates.

"I still have things to do."

Orochimaru did not say much, just turned and left directly without the slightest pause.

After Orochimaru left, Tsunade turned around and looked at Jiraiya, who had returned from studying abroad at Mount Myoboku and had undergone earth-shaking changes, revealing a warm smile.

"You guy, thanks just now."

Tsunade thanked him straightforwardly; she could naturally see just now that Jiraiya's funny behavior was to help her out of the siege.

"Haha, it's nothing..."

Jiraiya blushed, touched the back of his head, and shook his head indifferently.

"Not bad recently, Jiraiya."

"It looks like you've been practicing very hard."

Tsunade smiled and praised her old teammate, her green eyes full of sincerity.

"That, I..."

Hearing this, looking at Tsunade who was close at hand, a trace of agitation flashed in Jiraiya's heart, and a long-suppressed emotion surged to his throat, as if he could no longer endure it.

Now, Jiraiya wanted to tell Tsunade loudly that the reason he was practicing desperately at Mount Myoboku was for her.

It was just to make a worthless underdog worthy of the brilliant golden princess.

"Of course, you are my most trusted teammate."

But before Jiraiya could speak the words he had suppressed for a long time, Tsunade suddenly smiled and said to Jiraiya.

Her green eyes were full of trust and encouragement, but there was not a single emotion beyond friendship.

Hearing Tsunade's words, the strength in Jiraiya's whole body relaxed directly; the courage he had finally mustered was like a punctured balloon, instantly dissipating completely.

"Yeah, yeah..."

"We are the best teammates..."

Jiraiya forced a smile.

"Uh-huh!"

"Then, I'll go back and prepare first, Jiraiya."

Tsunade smiled and waved at Jiraiya, then turned her back to Jiraiya and walked in a completely different direction.

And what Jiraiya did not know was that the moment Tsunade turned around, a trace of depth and apology flashed in her eyes.

While moving forward, Tsunade reached out to her neck and gently stroked the hexagonal snowflake pendant on her chest.

"Ryosuke..."

She gently recited the name of her beloved, and suddenly felt that her heart was filled to the brim, already unable to hold anyone else.

In front of the window of the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Sannin leaving in three directions, his eyes full of calm and deep indifference.

How could he not know that Jiraiya's action just now was to help Tsunade out of the siege?

With his keen eyes, how could he not see through Jiraiya's feelings for Tsunade?

But still the same saying, so what?

On the road to power, everything that forms an obstacle to power must be abandoned.

Let alone just the feelings of Jiraiya and Tsunade; for the sake of the power in his hands, even Sarutobi Hiruzen's own son could be abandoned.

The matter between Kato Dan and Tsunade was the result of the game between the Konoha high-level officials and the Senju clan.

The Senju clan needed to absorb fresh blood to expand the clan's population.

And the special Yin Release Kekkei Genkai of the Kato clan formed a perfect combination with the Yang Release bloodline of the Senju clan.

At present, the Senju clan is withering, and this is a necessary move that must be carried out.

It is also a necessary condition for the Senju to continue to support Sarutobi Hiruzen's succession to the position of Hokage.