In Konoha, Tsunade picked up a bottle of sake and started chugging. Her cheeks were slightly flushed, her gaze a bit hazy, clearly showing that she had already had quite a bit to drink. The table in front of her was littered with empty bottles.
"Jiraiya, drink up! You actually dared to call me a crazy old lady?" She grumbled.
Looking at the empty bottles scattered around, Jiraiya felt like crying.
"Sis! Can't I just call you 'Sis'? Please spare me this one time--I swear I won't do it again."
Jiraiya had drunk quite a bit as well, but he didn't dare get drunk. He was terrified of Tsunade hitting him.
In fact, he wasn't even sure why Tsunade had suddenly dragged him out for drinks, or why she was making him pay for it. If it was just the cost of the drinks, that wouldn't have been a problem. After all, Jiraiya's personal funds were still quite plentiful.
But after two bottles of sake, Tsunade had started snapping at him, and now Jiraiya was beyond nervous.
What if Tsunade decided to beat him up?
"Where the hell is Orochimaru when you need him? I invited him, didn't I? Why didn't he come? Is doing research really that fun?"
Jiraiya cursed Orochimaru in his head. "If you had come, Tsunade wouldn't be tormenting me like this!"
"Hey, are you gonna drink or not?" Tsunade shot him a deadly glare.
"I'm drinking! I'm drinking, okay?!" Jiraiya replied, practically in tears.
There was no one to complain to, so he figured he might as well keep drinking. He could only hope that Tsunade just needed to blow off some steam and that this wouldn't end with him getting punched.
As they were drinking, a frog suddenly appeared, hopping onto the table. It opened its mouth and spat out two scrolls before hopping away.
"Is this from Minato?" Jiraiya quickly put down his drink and grabbed the scrolls, hastily opening one.
Boom!
A corpse suddenly dropped onto the table, sending dishes and sauce flying everywhere, splattering all over the place. Tsunade, sitting across from him, froze for a moment. Then, she looked down at her clothes, now soaked in all sorts of food and drink.
"....."
What the hell did I just do? I'm dead! Tsunade's gonna kill me!
Is there still time to run?
Jiraiya felt cold sweat run down his back. Minato, you're killing me here! Why did you send back a corpse? Couldn't it have been something else? Now I'm in big trouble!