At this point, the Akatsuki had already regarded Hatake Satoru as a major enemy, but they still had no way to deal with him. Although Hidan's ability could hurt Satoru, if it was just Hidan alone, the chances of defeating him were zero. In the end, they could only end up dying themselves. After all, Hatake Satoru was a person who wouldn't die even if his heart was pierced. Hidan had already developed a deep fear of Hatake Satoru.
However, as long as there was a chance, the Akatsuki would definitely not hesitate to attack Hatake Satoru.
Uchiha Itachi also told Satoru about the Akatsuki's plots and Hatake Satoru only replied with one sentence: "If they're not afraid of death, let them come."
A simple sentence, but it fully displayed Hatake Satoru's confidence.
The only person in the ninja world who could interest Hatake Satoru now was Hidan. After all, he still hadn't figured out why Hidan could hit him.
He didn't want to get rid of Hidan so quickly. After all, a toy that interested him had finally appeared, and he had to play with it for a while.
It had been about two years since the last encounter with the Snow God. During these two years, Hatake Satoru had been traveling in the ninja world with Jiraiya, teaching Naruto from time to time. Life was quite enjoyable.
However, during these two years, they had never found any traces of other new gods. Although there were various kinds of news, most of them were fake news. They were just a bunch of people pretending to be gods.
"Perverted Sage, when are we going back to the village?"
In the Land of Hot Water, Naruto, who was soaking in the hot spring, asked Jiraiya. He had long wanted to return to the village. He missed his parents, missed Sakura, and missed Ichiraku Ramen.
Although there were many ramen shops outside, he could never find the feeling of Ichiraku Ramen.
Now Naruto looked much more mature than before, but his personality was still as impulsive as ever, and he was full of enthusiasm for everything.
"Well, you have to ask the person next to you."
Jiraiya pointed his mouth in the direction of Hatake Satoru.
Hatake Satoru was leaning on the edge of the hot spring, looking up, with a white towel covering his face. His casual posture looked very comfortable.
"What? Isn't it you who doesn't want to go back to the village?"
Even with his eyes closed, Hatake Satoru knew that Jiraiya had thrown the topic to him. He took off the towel on his head and looked at Jiraiya.
When Jiraiya noticed Hatake Satoru's blue eyes, he suddenly felt a sense of shame. Because this gaze gave people a feeling of being too pure and innocent.
"So, shall we go back to the village now? After all, the Land of Hot Water is not far from Konohagakure Village. With our speed, we should be able to reach the village in half a month if we take it easy."
"Of course."
Satoru thought for a moment and replied. After nearly two years, he felt that Hatake Sakumo probably wouldn't target him anymore.
"Yay, finally going back to the village."
Hearing the conversation between the two, Naruto jumped out of the hot spring in excitement. The splashing water directly splashed Jiraiya and Hatake Satoru's faces.
"You, behave yourself."
Jiraiya also stood up, held Naruto's head, and directly pushed him into the water.
After about half a month of long journey, everyone finally saw the gate of Konohagakure village, and the expressions on the three people's faces were different.
Hatake Satoru's face showed a calm expression, as if for him, whether to return to the village or not was not a very important matter.
Jiraiya's face showed a complex expression, after all, Tsunade was still in the village.
And Naruto's face was very excited. Looking at the open gate, Naruto rushed in without saying a word.
The two Chunin guarding the gate of Konohagakure village only felt a gust of smoke flying directly in front of them.
"An intruder."
One of them was about to sound the alarm when he was suddenly held down by Jiraiya's hand.
"Don't worry, it's me."
Jiraiya said.
"You are Jiraiya-sama?"
The ninja who was held down was immediately alert at first, but when he heard the other party speak and saw the other party's face, his tone and expression immediately became excited.
Although Jiraiya is a ninja of Konohagakure, he is not usually in the village. For these ordinary ninjas, Jiraiya is also known as a legendary ninja.
There are quite a few people in Konohagakure village who regard Jiraiya as an idol.
But if they knew Jiraiya's true face, their idol's great image might be destroyed.
"Mm, it's me."
At this time, Hatake Satoru also slowly walked in from outside the gate.
"Yo, you two, long time no see."
Hatake Satoru greeted the two gatekeepers.
"You are Hatake Satoru."
Another ninja immediately exclaimed excitedly. Hatake Satoru is also a legendary ninja for them, and in their hearts, Hatake Satoru's status is much higher than Jiraiya's.
Of course, this may also be due to strength. After all, Hatake Satoru has a very impressive record.
Although Jiraiya is known as the Three Ninjas of Konohagakure and indeed has very strong strength, the record that can be taken out is pitifully small.
This also led to many people in the ninja world hearing about the name of the Three Ninjas, but they are not afraid of them, because they do not have a record that can deter others.
Unlike Hatake Satoru, he has the proud record of destroying a village and killing a tailed beast.
"You two guys, you really change your hearts quickly."
Jiraiya said unhappily, of course, this is just pretending. He didn't blame these two people in his heart. After all, he is such a person with status, and he is not going to care about two small people.
And Hatake Satoru is more handsome than him, and stronger than him. Jiraiya also admires him. If the two of them worship a person who is uglier and weaker than him, then Jiraiya has to talk to them.
Minato, who was correcting documents in the Hokage office, suddenly felt a familiar breath, and immediately showed a very cheerful and sunny smile on his face.
"Finally they are back, Naruto, I really want to see how much you have changed over the years."
Minato could feel Naruto's breath because of the Nine-Tails inside him.
So Kushina at home also felt Naruto's breath.
"This stinky kid, after going out for so long, he finally knows to come back. When he gets home, see if I don't clean him up."
(End of this chapter)
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