Jiraiya really didn't want to deal with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Regarding Uzumaki Naruto's situation, he felt that Hiruzen Sarutobi was fundamentally wrong, and now that someone could tell Naruto his origins, regardless of that person's motives, it could be considered a good thing for Naruto.
However, whenever he thought of Naruto's tragic childhood and Minato, who sacrificed his life for Konoha, Jiraiya felt as if he owed Naruto.
Back then, he didn't have the courage to stand up to Hiruzen Sarutobi, which is why he left Konoha.
If he had been brave enough then, Naruto wouldn't have lived such a tragic life.
Therefore, he believed he bore responsibility in this matter.
'All I can do now is try my best to compensate.'
Thinking of compensation, taking care of Naruto's Cultivation for a period seemed like a good choice.
'At worst, I'll just pretend to look for the person behind the scenes without actually trying.'
Having made up his mind, Jiraiya accepted the mission with a conflicted look... "Oh? You ran into Jiraiya?"
"Yeah, Uncle, what should I do?"
At the internet cafe, after being beaten by Sasuke in a few rounds of the king of fighters 97, Naruto was a bit depressed. He found Ge Liang to chat and told him everything about meeting Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya, he's one of the few people in the Ninja World who possesses a kind heart. You can completely trust him."
"But he is the Disciple of the Third Hokage after all."
"So what?"
Ge Liang looked at the gloomy Naruto and said carelessly, "Jiraiya is Jiraiya, and Hiruzen Sarutobi is Hiruzen Sarutobi. If Jiraiya truly listened to him that much, he wouldn't have left the Village in the first place."
Nodding, Naruto understood this point; otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen to let Jiraiya test Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Don't worry. In my opinion, it won't be long before Jiraiya finds various opportunities to approach you. Just treat him normally when that happens. Who knows, he might even teach you a Ninjutsu or two."
"Tch~ I don't need him to teach me."
Naruto had already met two of Konoha's Three Sannin and had sparred with both of them.
He admitted that those holding this title were indeed powerful.
However, he now had games to play at the internet cafe and could enter the Training Room to Cultivate, so why ask for more?
"Don't look down on Jiraiya. If he gets serious, he's the strongest among the Three Sannin."
"That unreliable guy is that strong?"
Since he had fought both Orochimaru and Jiraiya, Naruto had his own assessment of their strength.
In his view, even if Jiraiya held back just now, based on the result, he had sent Jiraiya flying without even using his ultimate Move. If he had used his full strength, Jiraiya's arm would probably have been crippled.
In contrast, when fighting Orochimaru, he had used both Myriad Sword Art and Nine-Tails Chakra, yet he didn't gain much advantage in the battle and only managed to leave smoothly because Anko arrived with a group of people.
This clearly showed the difference in strength.
"Do you think both of them used their full strength?"
Seeing Naruto's dismissive expression, Ge Liang roughly knew what he was thinking.
"Do you think Orochimaru used his full strength when fighting you? I know he still has several ultimate Moves he hasn't used."
Orochimaru knows many Forbidden Jutsu, but truly powerful ones are few; most are techniques used for escaping or self-preservation.
But few doesn't mean none.
In the original work, Orochimaru's Eight Branches Technique was extremely formidable. If he hadn't encountered Uchiha Itachi's Totsuka Blade, sealing Orochimaru in that state wouldn't have been easy.
And there's Edo Tensei.
This technique is even more sinister than the Eight Branches Technique; it is a Forbidden Jutsu specifically for summoning the dead.
If he used either of these two Forbidden Jutsu, Naruto would only have a chance to win if the Protagonist Halo attached itself to him and he underwent a power burst.
"So, Naruto, don't look down on other Ninja just because you learned some powerful abilities at the internet cafe. That is an extremely foolish behavior."
"I understand, Uncle."
Recently, Naruto had indeed become a bit arrogant. Ge Liang took this opportunity to warn and remind him, preventing Naruto from going down a wrong path.
"Uncle, you still haven't told me why Jiraiya is the strongest among the Three Sannin."
After Ge Liang's reminder, Naruto's arrogance was gone. He was now very interested in Jiraiya and wanted to know more information about his 'Grandmaster'.
"Since you're so interested, I'll tell you."
"In this world, besides the energy called Chakra, there is another type of energy called Natural Energy."
"Ninjutsu released by absorbing Natural Energy while using Chakra is called Sage Art."
"And using Sage Art requires entering a special state."
"The Ninja World calls this state: Sage Mode."
"The number of people in the entire Ninja World who know about Sage Mode is even smaller than those who know about Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts. From this, you can see how precious this mode is."
"When Konoha's First Hokage Hashirama Senju fought Uchiha Madara, he entered Sage Mode and used a Sage Art called True Several Thousand Hands, which allowed him to defeat Uchiha Madara."
"Sage Mode is extremely powerful, and currently, there are only three places where you can learn it."
"The first place is Ryūchi Cave, home of Orochimaru's summoned creatures."
"The second place is Shikkotsu Forest, home of Tsunade-hime's summoned creatures."
"The third place is Mount Myōboku, home of Jiraiya's summoned creatures."
"Speaking of which, you should already understand that Jiraiya knows Sage Art."
...
After listening to Ge Liang's introduction, Naruto finally understood.
He had thought Jiraiya's title of Toad Sage was just something he said casually. He had been wondering why Jiraiya would choose the word 'toad,' which wasn't a pleasant term, when picking an Immortal title for himself.
It turns out his summoned creature is a toad, and coupled with the fact that he knows Sage Mode, he adopted the title Toad Sage.
"Since Jiraiya knows Sage Art, doesn't it make sense that Orochimaru, also one of the Three Sannin, would know it too?"
Hearing this, Ge Liang gave Naruto a Byakugan and chuckled, "Do you think Sage Mode is like cabbages, something you can just learn if you want to? Throughout the entire Ninja World, only a handful of people can learn Sage Mode. Orochimaru is a Genius, yes, but that doesn't prove he can learn Sage Art, does it?"
In the original work, Orochimaru failed to learn Sage Art, which is why he turned to researching Jugo's abilities, eventually creating the Cursed Seal Mode.
That thing is essentially a substandard version of Sage Mode.
While enhancing one's combat power, the user gradually loses their sense of self.