After obtaining the corresponding cultivation methods from the Shinigami and the Evil God, Yuzuru returned to Konoha once again.
Konoha Village.
After seeing Yuzuru, Fugaku asked curiously, "Yuzuru, did you get what you wanted?"
Yuzuru nodded.
Fugaku immediately sucked in a cold breath and said in shock, "I didn't expect you to actually succeed..."
"Those were gods."
The Evil God and the Shinigami...
Although he had never seen them with his own eyes, he still knew just how troublesome those beings were.
He had even secretly worried for Yuzuru.
After all, this opponent was different from every opponent before!
Seeing Fugaku making such a fuss, Yuzuru gave a soft snort.
"Just two lingering bastards. I killed them along the way."
"Uh..." Fugaku broke into a slight cold sweat.
No matter how insignificant they might have been, they were still beings who were called "gods."
Yet now, he was talking about killing them as if it were nothing.
But thinking about it, if one looked purely at strength, Yuzuru himself was actually no different from a god out of legend.
So it wasn't a human killing gods.
It was a god killing gods.
Once Fugaku thought of it that way, it became much easier to accept.
"Enough. Find me information on Jiraiya."
"All right."
After hearing Yuzuru's order, Fugaku began searching on the computer.
At Yuzuru's request, the internet had now spread throughout the entire shinobi world, so looking things up had become much more convenient.
Before long, Fugaku said, "Found him. Jiraiya is currently in the northern part, in the former Land of Tea."
"I see."
After Yuzuru finished speaking, his figure slowly vanished from the room.
When he appeared again, he had already arrived at the border of the Land of Fire.
"The Land of Tea..."
Since he had not left a Kamui mark in the Land of Tea, Yuzuru could only fly there from high above.
It took him more than half a day before he finally reached a small town in the Land of Tea.
"This should be the place."
Yuzuru landed on the ground. After looking around for a while, he quickly found several special marks.
"Hmph! Old fossil."
Seeing the marks Jiraiya had left behind, Yuzuru snorted softly.
As technology in the shinobi world became more and more developed, only some ninjas of the older generation still used ancient signs like these.
Following the marks, he eventually arrived at a tavern located in a secluded alley.
Before he even saw Jiraiya, he heard the man's hearty laughter.
"Hahahahaha... I'm in a good mood for once, so let's have another cup."
"Jiraiya!"
Yuzuru walked into the tavern and happened to see Jiraiya holding a curvaceous woman in his arms while drinking at a table.
"Yuzuru, why are you here?"
Jiraiya was startled and hurriedly set the woman down from his lap.
"You should leave first."
The woman glanced at Yuzuru, then tactfully left.
After the woman was gone, Yuzuru smiled and teased, "Jiraiya, you're quite vigorous for your age, huh?"
"Cough, cough cough..." Jiraiya coughed awkwardly a few times, then whispered, "This is necessary for my disguise."
"I'm carrying out a mission."
Yuzuru snorted softly and said, "The first thing you should do for a disguise... shouldn't it be changing your appearance and clothes like I did?"
"Besides, you're a single dog. What's wrong with being a little lecherous?"
After hearing Yuzuru's words, Jiraiya retorted, "Who said I'm lecherous? Everything I do is for material and intelligence gathering!"
Yuzuru had no interest in arguing with him, so he simply waved his hand and said, "What mission are you carrying out here?"
Hearing that, Jiraiya calmly swept his gaze around the tavern, then lowered his voice and said, "I originally came to the Land of Tea to gather material, but guess who I found?"
"Who?"
"Aoi Rokushō!"
"Who?"
Yuzuru frowned and asked again.
He had no impression of that name at all.
Seeing Yuzuru's blank expression, Jiraiya looked toward a man with green hair who was drinking with his head lowered in a secluded corner.
"See that green-haired guy?"
"He's Aoi Rokushō."
"Back then, he bewitched one of his students into stealing the Scroll of Seals and the Thunder God Sword."
"Later, that student was exposed while trying to steal the Scroll of Seals. He was captured and locked in Konoha's dungeon. Afterward, when you blew up Konoha, he died inside."
"As for the Thunder God Sword, it fell into Aoi Rokushō's hands, and its whereabouts have been unknown ever since."
After listening to Jiraiya's explanation, Yuzuru silently nodded. Some sealed-away memories gradually surfaced in his mind.
In the original story, there did seem to be a similar plotline, but there were some differences compared to reality.
In the original story, the person Aoi Rokushō deceived into stealing the Thunder God Sword and the Scroll of Seals was Idate Morino, the younger brother of Ibiki Morino.
But now, Idate was a student from the same Ninja Academy class as Naruto and the others. He had already graduated and joined the Torture and Interrogation Force, just like his older brother.
After thinking for a while, Yuzuru smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to actually be useful."
"I'd guess that in the entire Nation, aside from you, there probably aren't many people left who know about Aoi Rokushō."
Back when he led the Uchiha clan in their powerful return to Konoha, far too many people had died.
And many others had been used by Hiruzen and Danzō as sacrifices for Edo Tensei...
Because of that, many files and records had been completely destroyed.
Without Jiraiya, even if Aoi Rokushō walked down the streets of Konoha, there probably wouldn't be anyone around to cause trouble for him.
After hearing Yuzuru's praise, Jiraiya raised his chin with slight smugness.
"No matter what, I've lived for more than sixty years. I know plenty of things."
Yuzuru was unwilling to listen to Jiraiya brag, so he asked directly, "Since you've already found Aoi Rokushō, why didn't you just capture him?"
Jiraiya took a sip of wine and said softly, "This guy has no fixed residence, and I don't know where he hid the Thunder God Sword."
"If I alert him too soon, all the effort might go to waste."
Hearing that, Yuzuru slowly stood up.
"Leave it to me."
After saying that, he walked straight toward Aoi Rokushō.
Aoi had already been secretly on guard the moment he saw Jiraiya.
Now that he saw Yuzuru walking toward him, he did not say a word and immediately took out his ninja tool, the Senbon Umbrella.
But before he could resist, he saw a pair of eyes glowing with faint purple light.
The next second, Aoi lost consciousness and stood blankly in place.
"Take me to get the Thunder God Sword."
After Yuzuru spoke, Aoi walked outside on his own.
Seeing this scene, Jiraiya could not help feeling a little envious.
"The Sharingan of you Uchiha really is convenient..."
Yuzuru said casually, "I have plenty of convenient abilities."
"Have you heard of the Transparent Escape Technique that lets you turn invisible?"