Jiraiya ultimately walked out of Tomoki's office completely unharmed.
Tomoki merely smiled, completely unfazed by the harsh words Jiraiya uttered before leaving.
Tomoki had considered the future Jiraiya spoke of, but that would be a very distant matter.
Before then, the Ninja World, with the exception of a few victims, would enter a considerably long honeymoon period and an era of great peace.
An environment of overall peace with localized conflicts would persist, and the Ninja would maintain their combat capabilities.
Before the future Jiraiya envisioned came to pass, the appearance of the Ōtsutsuki would prevent the Ninja World from continuing its internal strife.
And before the Ōtsutsuki appeared, Jiraiya's desire to stop the Shinobi Alliance's actions was completely impossible.
The Ninja from various villages, now fully mobilized, yearned for 'peace'.
With all arrangements for the Land of Earth operation complete, Tomoki no longer paid attention to it.
As Tomoki issued one command after another, many projects in the experimental building stopped, and all researchers joined the project Orochimaru was leading.
This included Kabuto, who had a large number of other strategic projects in his hands.
Tomoki had never forgotten what was most important.
Three days passed in a flash, and Jiraiya, who had been causing trouble, departed with the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Jiraiya tried to prevent the Allied Shinobi Forces from setting off, but as soon as his orders left the command tent, they would be altered to another version.
Different commanders had different uses; Jiraiya, as a commander, was only responsible for providing prestige and taking the blame.
The Allied Shinobi Forces adopted Konoha's suggestion and uniformly replaced their forehead protectors with the character 'Tolerate' (Nin), symbolizing the Shinobi Alliance's troops.
Of course, their combat uniforms were not unified; each village wore its own, resulting in a motley, colorful collection of uniforms, like a ragtag army, as the Allied Shinobi Forces embarked on their journey.
After the troops had successfully departed, Tomoki, who had also finished arranging and adjusting the work in the experimental building, returned to the clan compound.
Within the clan compound, Tomoki looked at Fugaku, whose facial features had softened considerably, and said solemnly,
"I'm troubling you, Senior Fugaku. I've already informed both my family and the clan. You just need to play your role well!"
Fugaku said nothing, only nodded gravely.
Seeing that there was nothing more to say, Tomoki concealed his presence and walked towards the outskirts of Konoha Village.
After Tomoki left, Fugaku's form distorted.
Soon after, Fugaku had transformed into Tomoki, clad in a Hokage robe, and walked towards the Hokage Building.
After seeing Gamamaru's prophecy, Tomoki rarely felt a sense of urgency.
Especially after seeing that the only failed major event prophecy required the power of two 'wings', Tomoki could no longer sit idly by in Konoha.
All the bosses in the original story: Orochimaru, Danzo, Nagato, Obito, Madara, Black Zetsu, and Kaguya.
If Tomoki still had to face these people, he could continue to punch in and out of work daily, just drifting through.
After all, the original story had revealed almost all the information about these guys.
Although Tomoki was not yet certain, he had already designated the Six Paths Sage as his hypothetical enemy.
Not to mention that the old man in the original story didn't reveal much information; even if he did, Tomoki wouldn't believe it.
Tomoki didn't believe a single word of claims like him being dead and unable to interfere with the Ninja World.
More crucially, the previous group of bosses, regardless of their strength, shared a common label: failures!
The Six Paths Sage, on the other hand, was a successful individual.
Tomoki actually didn't have any good solutions; he couldn't help with research anymore, as he had already divulged everything he knew to Orochimaru.
Perhaps it was the rare feeling of being unsure after many years that made Tomoki panic, or perhaps he simply wanted to find something to do, unwilling to waste time staying in Konoha.
After leaving Konoha, Tomoki wandered aimlessly, hoping for some kind of fortuitous encounter.
Of course, Tomoki wasn't shooting blanks; after all, his Golden Finger seemed to be a system, and perhaps he could discover something in the Ninja World.
Perhaps everything would be in vain, but it was still a little better than doing nothing at all.
And so, Tomoki began his solitary wandering journey in the Ninja World.
There was no need to discern any particular direction; once he set his sights on one, Tomoki advanced in a straight line, regardless of what lay ahead or whether there was a path.
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Jiraiya expressionlessly stamped his seal on document after document.
By now, Jiraiya completely understood what this 'General Commander' role was: just a figurehead.
The command system had already been set up, only lacking him, the figurehead.
Jiraiya tried to refuse to stamp those orders, but even so, orders bearing his seal would still be issued from the command center.
In his name, Jiraiya's name.
After his resistance proved futile, Jiraiya chose to personally stamp the documents, at least to know what the Allied Shinobi Forces were doing.
This was only Jiraiya; anyone else wouldn't have such comfortable treatment and would genuinely have to do work.
Half a month had passed since leaving Konoha.
The Allied Shinobi Forces had also reached the border of the Land of Earth and had officially rendezvoused with another contingent of troops that had departed from various villages.
The content Jiraiya was currently stamping was the documents for incorporating the other troops.
Each Ninja Village had a separate document; the authority of the Allied Shinobi Forces' command center was not nonexistent, but it wasn't extensive either.
At least during the initial unified operations, it could slightly restrain the troops of each Ninja Village, but it was still primarily for coordination, effectively a 'coordination department' rather than a 'command department'.
And to coordinate the various villages, the right to information was essential, so all actions would be filed with the command center.
Jiraiya's mechanical stamping motion suddenly stopped, because he saw a familiar name on the document.
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