Naruto: The Strongest Kakashi

"This place is really empty. There is no one guarding it. Is he that confident in his own strength?" Jiraiya murmured.

Jiraiya hides in the shadow of Amegakure's Genin and manipulating him to move forward.

Gamadaira — Kageayatsuri no Jutsu! (Toad Flatness — Shadow Manipulation Technique)

Before long, Jiraiya saw a small door and walked towards it.

Just as soon as he entered the door, countless pieces of white paper flew in!

Shikigami no Mai! (Dance of the Shikigami)

Those countless pieces of white paper wrapped the whole body of the Amegakure's Genin and seemed that it might explode at any time.

"Got you."

Konan murmured and walked over, and at this moment, the dark shadow behind the Amegakure's Genin suddenly turned into a figure of a person.

It's Jiraiya!

"Katon: Endan!" (Fire Release: Flame Bullet)

The hot fireball forced Konan to step back.

Konan landed on a high place opposite Jiraiya with a cold expression, but she was not surprised at all.

It seems that she had already expected Jiraiya's way of coming out.

Her body did not return to its original state, and even her feet did not recover and still was like the fluttering papers.

"Jiraiya-sensei...long time no see."

Konan said to him, however, her tone does not contain any feelings.

Yes, just like endless indifference.

Jiraiya looked at Konan with cold gaze, and said softly: "Konan, it really is you. You sure have grown up. Sure enough, the Akatsuki is really the organization founded by you, Yahiko and Nagato. Where are the other two?"

Konan didn't answer. Instead, she unwrapped the paper that was wrapped around the Amegakure's Genin.

The Amegakure's Genin was relieved, and instantly knelt on the ground, panting out loudly, and then looked at Konan.

The Amegakure's Genin showed a look of surprise, and yelled in a panic: "Angel-sama, this guy is an intruder!"

Jiraiya frowned when he heard that. He didn't expect the so-called 'Angel' would be Konan.

"Leave, I'll take care of it here."

Konan said indifferently, and the Amegakure's Genin immediately ran away after hearing this.

It is unknown whether it's because Konan's majesty is too great, or the shadow that Jiraiya has placed on him is too much.

"Angel? Konan, it seems that you are obsessed with strange titles."

"Jiraiya-sensei, these are not related to you. You shouldn't have come here."

"Really? If I don't come, how will I know my lovely students' situations are now." So, who is the so-called 'God Pain'? Nagato? Or is it Yahiko?"

"Are these... important?"

Jiraiya's expression became a bit weird when she heard this. The indifferent Konan in front of him right now was completely different from his impression of Konan back then.

The paper fluttered around Konan and condensed into wings on her back.

"Do you think you are an angel when you created wings like that?"

"Jiraiya-sensei, this is an order from God. You will die here!"

After Konan finished speaking, countless paper shuriken shot towards Jiraiya!

"Katon: Endan!" (Fire Release: Flame Bullet)

The paper shuriken and the fireball clashed towards each other!

After a while, they're still in stalemate!

Jiraiya frowned, and then stopped the fireball. He rolled to the side, and escaped the paper shuriken.

At the same time, he spit out toad oil from his mouth!

The toad oil wraps Konan, and Konan can't move for a while.

Immediately, Jilaiya's long hair entangled Konan's body.

Ranjishigami no Jutsu! (Wild Lion's Mane Technique)

"It seems that you are heading in the wrong direction."

"Is that so? Did Jiraiya-sensei regret saving us from Orochimaru? Sure enough, you should have listened to Orochimaru and kill us, right?"

Konan spoke indifferently, but recalled the situation when she first met Jiraiya in her heart.

At that time, if they really died in Orochimaru's hands, there might not be so many things afterwards.

'Nagato will not be in such a situation that his life is worse than death.'

'Yeah, how good it would be if we died back then.'

Such an idea emerged in Konan's mind uncontrollably.

"I have never regretted saving you. The reason I taught you Ninjutsu back then is so that you have the ability to survive in those troubled times. You three are undoubtedly the students I recognize. But right now, you have attacked me without saying anything. Sure enough, I have failed as your teacher."

Jiraiya said with a self-deprecating expression on his face.

He seems to be thinking of a certain friend right now.

Jiraiya still remembers those cold pupils clearly.

"Jiraiya-sensei, you have no idea what happened to us afterwards," Konan said indifferently.

However, there is a hint of complaint hidden in the bottom of her eyes.

'If the Jiraiya-sensei was there, Yahiko would not die.'

'Why, why did you leave us?'

Despite the ups and downs of her inner emotions, Konan did not show anything on the surface.

In these years, she has already completely eliminated those emotions that were easy to show.

At this time, she might not even be able to laugh.

She has become an angel of the God.

High above, overlooking all beings.

Explanation?

It's not required.

"Even if I don't understand, that's not the reason why you should have become Akatsuki. That is the wrong path."

"Really? Then tell me, Jiraiya-sensei, what is the right path? Use your so-called understanding to let the world forgive each other's crimes?"

Another indifferent voice suddenly appeared, and Jiraiya looked at the source of the voice.

Long orange hair with bangs and rippled eyes.

Jiraiya's pupils shrank when he saw this, and murmured: "Nagato? But why did he look completely different? What happened?"

"Jiraiya-sensei, your so-called idea has been proved wrong by me."

"Nagato, what happened to you?"

"Jiraiya-sensei, it's none of your business. After all, you're just an outsider."

"Outsider?"

When Jiraiya heard this, he felt a bit bitter in his heart. He didn't expect that in his student's heart, he is just an outsider.

Konan looked at Jiraiya, and all the changes in his expression were printed in her eyes.

'What does Jiraiya-sensei mean to me?'

Konan was a little stunned for a while.

"Jiraiya-sensei, you are just a mortal, and you can't understand the changes."

"Nagato, how is Yahiko?"

Holding his last hope, Jiraiya asked about the life and death of his last student.

Jiraiya didn't believe that a person with Yahiko's personality would do something like this too.

"Ah, you mean that Yahiko? He died a long time ago."

The Animal Path said coldly about Yahiko's death, and there was no fluctuation in his tones when he said that.

Hearing this, Jiraiya frowned.

'Sure enough, Yahiko really died.'

He doesn't know why, but when Jiraiya heard this news, not only he did not feel sad, but he also felt a little comfort.

At least Yahiko did not get into the wrong path and did not become a member of the Akatsuki.

He did not become the hand of that evil.

He did not participate in Akatsuki's horrible activities.

As for the sadness, Jiraiya has been saddened by this for more than a decade.

Looking at the indifferent face in front of him, he recalled that Nagato had once said to him that no matter what pain he encountered, he would never give up protecting Konan and Yahiko.

Jilaiya can only sigh in emotion for a while, 'Time is really a ruthless thing.'

'The originally gentle boy has now become like this.'

'He even can say about the news of Yahiko's death in a casual tone.'

"Nagato, you have changed."

"Jiraiya-sensei, I am no longer a mortal, you can call me...God"