Ninja World Live Stream: My Pet Rabbit is Kaguya?!

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: The situation is critical.

[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: …

[Senju Tobirama]: So, Jiraiya, are you trying to ask us to send someone to handle the crisis?

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Uh... Uchiha Madara's current strength is too overwhelming. A 200-meter Susanoo... I'm afraid only the First Hokage's power can counter him.

[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: …

[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: First of all, my body is with Orochimaru, so I can't be revived with Edo Tensei.

[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: And then…

Hashirama suddenly went silent.

[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: …

[Senju Tobirama]: Jiraiya, you're Hiruzen's student. Even though I'm not too fond of Hiruzen... right now, you should take a look at yourself.

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Huh?!

Take a look at myself?

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: …

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: …

Jiraiya finally realized something was wrong.

His title… huh?

It had changed.

It used to be "Pervy Sage", but now it's… "Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku"!?

[Minato Namikaze]: So it really happened, huh?

[Minato Namikaze]: …Jiraiya-sensei, how do I put this...

[Minato Namikaze]: Uchiha Madara is strong, that much we've all seen in the smaller chat.

[Minato Namikaze]: But he's already been defeated by Kitahara-kun.

[Minato Namikaze]: So don't worry.

[Minato Namikaze]: He's not a threat to Konoha anymore.

[Minato Namikaze]: And even if he gets his hands on that "sacred item" and grows stronger again, it's still fine.

[Minato Namikaze]: Look—

[Minato Namikaze]: Kitahara-kun's strength has increased once again. He's even stronger than when he fought Madara.

[Minato Namikaze]: But…

[Minato Namikaze]: Jiraiya-sensei... whose side are you really standing on now?

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: …

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Whose side… am I on?

Jiraiya fell silent at his student's question.

[Minato Namikaze]: I don't want to say too much about myself, and I'm grateful to you, Jiraiya-sensei.

[Minato Namikaze]: But—

[Minato Namikaze]: Jiraiya-sensei.

[Minato Namikaze]: Madara had already appeared before, and you weren't online then, so you missed all the information.

[Minato Namikaze]: And just now, Konoha—and even the entire shinobi world—almost faced destruction.

[Minato Namikaze]: The descendant of the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother, Ōtsutsuki Hamura's line—Ōtsutsuki Toneri—came to Konoha.

[Minato Namikaze]: He declared he would destroy Konoha.

[Minato Namikaze]: Fortunately, Kitahara-kun drove him away.

[Minato Namikaze]: But...

[Minato Namikaze]: At that critical moment, Jiraiya-sensei, you...

Minato didn't finish his sentence.

[Senju Tobirama]: Minato, you're too gentle. Let me do it instead. (woof woof)

Tobirama, who had once personally sent off a dumb disciple, stepped forward.

[Senju Tobirama]: Jiraiya. Your teacher was Hiruzen. That can't be helped—he was my failure.

[Senju Tobirama]: But you're from Konoha.

[Senju Tobirama]: Minato and the others are proud of you.

[Senju Tobirama]: But don't you think you've always stood from the so-called Mount Myōboku perspective?

[Senju Tobirama]: I know you're upset about Nagato, and about Minato.

[Senju Tobirama]: But haven't you realized?

[Senju Tobirama]: You've been missing everything.

[Senju Tobirama]: Whenever Konoha needed you, whenever those who believed in you needed you—you were always in Mount Myōboku.

[Senju Tobirama]: So… what have you even done with your life?

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: This…

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: I...

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: At first I wanted to get stronger so Tsunade would notice me, but later… I started wondering—would just becoming strong really be enough?

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Then the Great Toad Sage told me I'd be the master of the Child of Prophecy, so I traveled across the shinobi world, hoping to nurture him.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Hehehe…

[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Oh, Black Zetsu-san, you're here too.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Mm…

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: I just found it a little funny.

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: …

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: !?

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Wasting someone else's life—that's a real thing.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Let me say it outright. That Great Toad Sage is a fraud! A con artist!

Once Black Zetsu came online, he didn't hesitate to point fingers—calling the Great Toad Sage a con artist.

[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: A con artist!?

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: That's right. I've been in this group for a while now.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: I've seen your conversations.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: And this Jiraiya… with that title, and as someone born in Konoha…

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: …I can confidently say, he was deceived.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: And probably from a very young age.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Earlier he talked about the "Sage Art Talisman," right? That Uchiha Madara went to obtain it.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: So let me ask—before Madara went after that talisman, did Jiraiya even know it existed?

[Senju Tobirama]: …

[Senju Tobirama]: Jiraiya, did you know?

[Minato Namikaze]: Jiraiya-sensei!?

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: …

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: I honestly didn't know about it before then.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: There you have it. Jiraiya was deceived.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Mount Myōboku may be hailed as one of the top three training sanctuaries alongside Ryūchi Cave and the Shikkotsu Forest…

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: But it's never been very open to other shinobi.

[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: And now, with something this big happening, they sent Jiraiya out… hmm...

Black Zetsu stopped speaking, but everyone already understood. Judging by the system's logic, a person's title reflects their true nature.

So Jiraiya's current title is "Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku."

Which means... he's been tamed?

And if tamed…

[Minato Namikaze]: Jiraiya-sensei, you are my teacher, and that's the only thing I can say.

[Minato Namikaze]: Jiraiya-sensei, I hope you'll take a good look at yourself.

[Minato Namikaze]: Your life is your own—don't keep binding yourself.

[Minato Namikaze]: Even though I died young… Jiraiya-sensei, you're already 50.

[Minato Namikaze]: Is it really okay to keep blindly following Mount Myōboku's so-called prophecy?

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Is it… really okay?

Jiraiya was dumbfounded by Minato's question.

To him, the past Hokage in the small group all felt surreal—but Minato was his disciple. After Nagato died, he believed Minato could be the next Child of Prophecy.

So Minato's words… he listened.

And after hearing all that—

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: I've thought about what greatness truly is—what defines a ninja's value.

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Is it based on what they did in life?

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Or how they died?

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: I wanted to be an exceptional ninja, and when I realized I had a responsibility, I wanted to carry it out… but...

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: In the end… I'm still just a dead-last.

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Heh heh heh…

Jiraiya chuckled—more like a bitter laugh.

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: In these 50 years, I haven't accomplished anything. I kept getting rejected by the woman I love, failed to stop my friends from going astray, and missed being there for both my disciples when they needed me most.

[Minato Namikaze]: Jiraiya-sensei…

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Don't pity me, Minato… honestly, after all these years, I've come to a realization.

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: My most precious years—my youth—passed by, and I achieved nothing.

[Minato Namikaze]: That's not true, Jiraiya-sensei...

[Senju Tobirama]: …

[Senju Tobirama]: …

[Senju Tobirama]: Jiraiya, return to Konoha.

[Senju Tobirama]: Come to the Ninja Academy.

[Loyal Dog of Mount Myōboku]: Huh?

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