Akihara Kagura really wanted to chat a bit longer.
After all, the wooden dragon beneath him was still secretly siphoning Chakra from Shukaku, continuously flowing into Akihara Kagura.
Akihara Kagura could feel that his Ten-Tails body had gained a lot of Chakra; the amount the One-Tailed could provide was truly abundant. Just absorbing for a moment had surpassed the amount he absorbed from Kakashi Hatake back then.
"Jiraiya-sensei."
Seeing Jiraiya, Akihara Kagura continued to press, "You can forgive his son for killing people as he pleases, so why do you reprimand me when I want to kill?"
"That's because you little brat want to kill too many people!"
Jiraiya interrupted Akihara Kagura's questioning, furious.
Akihara Kagura quickly shook his head, shifting the topic swiftly to provoke a stance, "No, it's because I'm just a child from an orphanage, and that red-haired brat is the son of the Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village, right?"
"The son of the Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village can kill anyone he wants, while an orphanage child can't even kill those who hurt him. That's how the world works, isn't it?"
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Jiraiya would not accept this kind of accusation and quickly retorted: "You little brat, don't learn to frame others like the Kazekage, plastering this kind of crime on me..."
"Then will you help a child from an orphanage pursue justice against the Hidden Sand Village?"
Ignoring Jiraiya's refutation, Akihara Kagura uttered a sentence that left Jiraiya speechless.
"..."
Jiraiya remained silent.
This world is indeed unfair.
Many implicit rules are inconvenient to speak out, yet they always exist, just like the inevitable difference between children from the Konoha Orphanage and those from the Konoha Noble Clan.
However…
Jiraiya cannot impart this concept to his disciple.
"This world does contain fairness."
Jiraiya shook his head, his resolve becoming firmer.
The world lacks absolute fairness…
Yet there exists some kind of balanced unfairness.
Those dark undercurrents of the Ninja World, Jiraiya does not want his disciple to encounter these now, wanting to shield this child from such dark rules.
Because discrimination based on identity would inevitably make Akihara Kagura feel the world's unfairness, skewing towards the dark side during the crucial time of education.
"Kazekage-dono."
"I cannot fault you for indulging your child…"
"Perhaps he can kill whoever he wants in the Hidden Sand Village…"
Jiraiya raised his head to look at Fourth Kazekage Rasa, speaking solemnly: "However, attacking Konoha Ninja cannot be easily forgiven. We cannot ignore the fact that he wanted to harm Kagura just because he is your son…"
While saying this, Jiraiya remembered Akihara Kagura's healing abilities and added quietly: "Even though your son couldn't even cut a single hair of Kagura's when he wanted to attack him…"
"Psychological harm counts too…"
Akihara Kagura quickly supplemented beside his teacher's ear.
"..."
Fourth Kazekage Rasa's forehead twitched.
Initially, hearing that his son would kill anyone he wanted, Fourth Kazekage Rasa felt today might be troublesome…
But the more Rasa listened, the more he felt something was off; my son couldn't even harm a single hair of yours, so what exactly are you arguing over!
That brat Gaara kills wantonly simply because he couldn't do anything about that child. After all, those Gaara kills are the very ones he sent to assassinate him…
However…
The gap between Ninja Villages is too vast.
Since Gaara is the first to err, as Kazekage and father, Rasa must apologize.
"This was a misunderstanding."
Fourth Kazekage Rasa had no choice but to echo what Jiraiya just said, solemnly stating, "Gaara, as a Jinchuriki of the One-Tail, has a personality that is too extremely dark…"
"Of course."
"A child with an extreme personality should face repercussions for his misdeeds."
Fourth Kazekage Rasa never had any affection for his youngest son Gaara, naturally caring little about disciplining the child.
"..."
Jiraiya could only remain silent.
At this moment, he couldn't quite discern whom Rasa was really reprimanding.
If speaking seriously, except for Shimura Danzo, the child with the most extreme personality in the entire Ninja World was right by his side at this moment.
Honestly speaking.
How many people could that little Gaara really kill?
The Akihara Kagura beside him would often target the entire Ninja World!
Nevertheless, matters couldn't be gauged solely on right and wrong. According to Jiraiya's educational philosophy, be it someone killing an innocent or someone exterminating everyone in the Ninja World, both are errors.
Akihara Kagura shook his head, disagreeing with Rasa wanting to punish Gaara, voluntarily speaking up: "Jiraiya-sensei mentioned, your child is still a child, we can't handle a child, so we can only approach his parents…"
"..."
Jiraiya pondered whether he had ever said such words.
"What do you want?"
Fourth Kazekage Rasa furrowed his brows, assuming Akihara Kagura was instigated by Jiraiya: "How do you want to hold me accountable as a father? Planning to kill me here?"
"He suggested it himself!"
Akihara Kagura swiftly clasped his hands, and the wooden dragon that was binding Shukaku began to split, rapidly growing into another wooden dragon!
The second wooden dragon spiraled up, gazing at Fourth Kazekage Rasa!