Sage Jutsu's training is indeed progressing at a snail's pace as Huang Bai said, but Tetsuya doesn't mind.
I spend my days selling noodles during the day and practicing Sage Jutsu at night. Huang Bai would basically show up every seven or eight days to check on Tetsuya's practice and ensure nothing went wrong.
Sadly, the number of ninjas coming to eat noodles in the village began to decrease rapidly, and it seemed that the situation was turning from bad to worse.
Jiraiya and the three of them However, would come over to eat ramen from time to time.
Several people came and went and got to know each other.
"Boss boss! Same old thing!"
Jiraiya rushed into the ramen shop excitedly.
"Oh, it's Jiraiya."
Tetsuya saw Jiraiya smile.
"Boss, I want a piece of cold noodles."
Tsunade walked in behind Jiraiya, followed closely by Orochimaru.
"Boss, are there any new flavors today?"
"Haha, you are here today. The latest style of flame fried noodles. Do you want to try one?"
"Oh? Flame fried noodles?"
When Orochimaru heard this, he immediately became intrigued.
"It's interesting, then give me one."
"Wait a minute, the noodles you want will be ready soon."
Tetsuya smiled and opened the kitchen door curtain and went in to work.
The three Sannin sat on their familiar seats and looked around curiously.
"Hey, Orochimaru, have you noticed that the boss' shop has become a lot deserted?"
"Idiot Jiraiya."
Before Orochimaru could answer, Tsunade spoke first.
"Boss, the most customers in this shop are usually ninjas, but recently all the ninjas in the village has been sent out on missions, so the business in this shop has naturally declined."
"So that's it."
Jiraiya said with some frown.
"Ninja, I really want to graduate and become an official ninja soon."Tsunade pouted.
"Forget it, Jiraiya, you idiot, even if you become a ninja, you will probably mess up the mission one way or another."
Orochimaru, who had been silent until now, smiled and spoke.
"I think Jiraiya will definitely become a very good ninja in the future."
"Hahaha, Tsunade, did you see that? Even Orochimaru admits my excellence. I will definitely become an excellent ninja."
"You three, your ramen is here."
Tetsuya came over with three bowls of noodles on a tray.
One bowl signature tonkotsu, one bowl cold noodles, and one bowl of flame fried noodles.
Orochimaru's eyes lit up when he looked at the steaming, red-dyed fried noodles. He smelled a fragrant yet spicy aroma.
"Is this the flame fried noodles? Just smelling this aroma makes me feel like i'm getting heartburn."
"Try it quickly, but the taste is still a work in progress. I hope that after eating it, Orochimaru, you can give some critique."
"I'll try my best."
Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru's fried noodles.
"It's a new flavor of fried noodles again, Orochimaru, you really like to try different new things."
Orochimaru replied with a smile.
"Don't you think it's interesting to explore new and unknown things? There are still many unknown things in this world waiting for us to explore and discover."
Jiraiya seemed to be contemplating about something, but it was obvious that he didn't like thinking very much.
"Really? Well, that's it. I think known things are more interesting."
Tetsuya, who was sitting nearby, looked at the two of them.
"Alas, from this we can see that Orochimaru and Jiraiya have different future paths. One is obsessed with pursuing the illusory child of prophecy, while the other is going further and further on the path of science."
But these are things for the future. Now the three of them are still very good friends.
"Princess Tsunade, can I ask you something?"
Tetsuya suddenly asked Tsunade.
"Boss, you can just call me Tsunade. What do you want to ask?"
Tsunade was also a little curious. She didn't know why Tetsuya suddenly asked her a question.
Tetsuya cleared his throat and spoke in a low voice.
"It's like this, there have been a lot of rumors in the village recently, saying that the Hokage-sama is not in good health, and someone outside is planning to start a war against our Fire Nation.
I'm just a little worried about Hokage-sama's situation. How is Hokage-sama doing recently? "
As the war approaches, all kinds of rumors and propaganda are spreading.
In the past, they were only circulated in other countries.
However, recently, the news that Senju Hashirama is weak and on the verge of death has even spread to the Land of Fire and the Wood Country where Senju Hashirama guards.
In the hidden leaf Village.
People were in panic for a while. The most crucial point was that the First Hokage did not come out to clarify the rumors, and even the Hokage's younger brother, the Second Hokage Tobirama did not stand up and say anything.
Tsunade fell silent for a moment, and Orochimaru and Jiraiya also stopped eating noodles and looked over.
"Well, if it's inconvenient to say, just pretend I never asked."
He just asked out of curiosity, and she had basically revealed the answer.
The current situation of Senju Hashirama is most likely to be kept secret. After all, the other Nations are now primed to shoot. Once the death of Senju Hashirama is confirmed, a war will definitely erupt.
By that time, the Fire Nation will most likely be attacked from multiple sides.
"There's nothing inconvenient to say."
Tsunade sighed.
"In fact, I haven't seen my grandfather for a long time. I wanted to go find him before, but was stopped by my second grandfather and grandmother. They said that my grandfather was at a critical moment and should not be disturbed."
"Is that so? I hope that Hokage-sama can succeed. The ninja world can maintain peace only because of Hokage-sama."
It can be said that the peace in the ninja world during this period was maintained entirely by Hashirama's tyrannical strength. After all, there were many ambitious people in this era.
Another day passed, and Tetsuya returned home and sighed as he looked at his dwindling income.
"It looks like Senju Hashirama is gone. War is about to break out. Although the war may not reach Konoha, we still need to have the strength to protect ourselves."
Looking at the more than 19,000 Taels that he had saved up in the past ten days, he kept a portion as reserve funds.
"Dog, come out. I need to recharge my account."
[Oh my, isn't this my dear wonderful master? How much do you want to recharge this time? ]
"As usual, the maximum amount of card pool draws is ten."
[No problem, my dearest master.] ]
"Haha, I think money is your master."
[Look at what you said. Without you, where would the money come from? ]
As he was talking, the money in Tetsuya's hand was suddenly emptied, and he directly recharged it into coupons.
Tetsuya didn't even look at the number of points and started the lottery directly.
"Dog, let's start. The highest prize pool, give me a draw, ten consecutive draws, a draw that will bring miracles!"
[Okay, the third-level prize pool ten-draw series starts!]
A huge jackpot roulett table materialised in front of Tetsuya and began to spin