Chapter 52: Market needs should be considered first!
A greeting gift from elders to children.
This is a polite word that is inescapable for adults and is so cruel that it does not care about the thickness of your wallet.
Therefore, Gintoki, who was not yet an adult, selectively skipped this word, pretending to be dumbfounded as if he didn't know it existed at all.
For Gintoki, let alone the problem with his wallet, although he is the eldest son of the Hatake family and represents the Hatake family’s reputation, he is still underage!
After thinking about it, Gintoki also felt that he should run away, not only because the task had been completed, but also because... if he didn't run away, the white-haired uncle might still pester him over the issue of dividing the spoils!
But just then...
Jiraiya, who had no brains, was the first to bring up the matter of a gift for the birth of a child.
He suddenly slapped his forehead and said as if he thought of something.
"I almost forgot! We should also give Mitsuki a little greeting gift! Right! Tsunade!"
Jiraiya, who suddenly became excited, also hurriedly groped around on his body, trying to find some birth gifts that could be given to Orochimaru's child.
Of course, Jiraiya didn't notice at all that because of his words, Gintoki and Tsunade turned away from Orochimaru at the same time, showing some displeasure, and at the same time secretly cursed "What a talker!".
"Oh! Found it, found it!"
Jiraiya, who dug out a thick stack of revised manuscripts, immediately handed it to Orochimaru, gave a thumbs up and grinned.
"This is the manuscript of the novel I just released! This is a very precious thing! When the book becomes popular, hundreds of years from now, it will definitely become an heirloom of your family!"
"This is a worthless family heirloom, throw it away quickly."
"What did you say, you brat!"
Jiraiya was no longer happy, and pointed at his manuscript and retorted towards Gintoki: "When my novel becomes popular one day, this manuscript that embodies the creator's hard work will definitely become a masterpiece in some way.
It’s something like the sword of the Sage of Six Paths!”
Gintoki also became serious at this time, folding his hands and admonishing him seriously: "Naive! So naive! Sweeter than Tianjin roasted chestnuts! Your novel is far from enough in some aspects! There is no love.
Some stories about innocent love written by experienced guys? Plus some astringent descriptions?
Do you think it will be popular? No! Only some virgins who have no love experience at all like Kakashi will buy it! For people like Gin-san, they will never give it a second look! What I said
To put it more bluntly, there is nothing about it that attracts me to Yin Sang!"
(Note: Innocence and sweetness have the same pronunciation.)
"What are you talking about! What can a brat who hasn't even grown hair yet know? The beauty of love and so on... just relying on imagination is enough!"
As soon as these words came out, Tsunade on the side also had a very subtle expression, while Gintoki chuckled and shook his head.
"What a pathetic guy. He is just like a virgin boy who fantasizes about sweet love all day long. Listen to me. If you want the story you write to be accepted by everyone, then don't just give it to me.
People of the same type as you should also consider other people's special hobbies!"
Hearing this, Jiraiya narrowed his eyes as if he had caught some inspiration.
"Boy, tell me in detail."
And Gintoki was not stingy, he sat up straight and started talking: "For example, some people like NTR, some people like Widow, some people like cosplay, some people love s｜m, and some even like mayonnaise!
"
"Wait a minute, boy, are there any strange words mixed in? What is mayonnaise? Why mayonnaise? What happened to mayonnaise?"
"That's not the point! The point is that everyone has their own preferences, and you didn't notice or satisfy them!"
Gintoki shouted loudly, and then he raised his fingers seriously and began to describe specific examples seriously.
"In short, a man who wants to put a cardigan on his naked body! A man who acts like a gentleman on the outside, but deep down he wants to be coerced by a strong woman! A man who likes to taste the ups and downs of a mature O and show an innocent reaction
A man in an instant! A girl who likes the old world is shaken by a man who unexpectedly comes to her! Wait, wait, wait! Your novel didn't take care of it at all!"
Hearing this, Jiraiya also felt that a brand new door was opening little by little in front of him! The light coming out of the crack in the door was not only dazzling but also emitting light and heat!
"Boy! Keep going!"
Jiraiya instantly took out a pen and paper and began to move around. At this time, Jiraiya couldn't care about other things at all, he just wanted to cross the bridge in front of him and enter the new door!
but…
Bang! Duang! Boom! pia!
After the noise, Tsunade, whose eyes couldn't help twitching, also put away her fists.
"You two... what dirty jokes are you talking about in a hospital full of women? I'll kill you if you believe it or not!"
No one answered, because... Gintoki and Jiraiya, who were shattered by Tsunade's fist along with the hospital wall, fell into a coma!
Tsunade's force was so strong that the two of them didn't even have time to scream, and they were directly thrown to the bottom of the hospital!
Ignoring the nurses who were too frightened to speak by the punch just now, Tsunade turned to look at Orochimaru.
"Indeed, as a former companion, it is still necessary to give the child a greeting gift. Please wait a moment."
As she said that, Tsunade also started groping around on her body, but in the end she only found the necklace on her chest.
Tsunade, who touched the necklace, also fell into silence because she thought of the two people.
At this time, Orochimaru saw Tsunade holding the necklace tightly and bowing her head in silence for a long time, and mistakenly thought that the other party was giving the necklace to his child as a gift.
"No need." Orochimaru said calmly.
"Why?"
Tsunade was stunned for a moment when Orochimaru called her back to her senses. Then she let go of her necklace, put her hands on her hips, and said very proudly: "In short, it is still necessary, so the remaining half of the reward should be regarded as a meeting gift from the elders to the children."
Orochimaru thought for two seconds and nodded.
"……good."
Five million taels is a lot!
At this time, Tsunade thought of something and shook her head gently, looking at the ward door to the side with some emotion.
"But I really didn't expect that among the three ninjas, you would be the first to have a family. This kind of change is simply more dreamy than Jiraiya's delusional novels."
Orochimaru was silent for a moment again, and then looked at the gently closed door of the ward.
"Probably because human beings cannot resist instinct. From the moment I saw the continuation of my life (child), some things have changed."
"So you are no longer pursuing eternal life?"
Orochimaru did not answer directly, but said softly: "I don't know, but subconsciously, at this stage, that is no longer the most important thing to me."
"That's it..."
Tsunade did not say any more, but waved her hand and turned to leave. That night, she took Shizune, who was already a murderer, and left Konoha again.
Gintoki and Jiraiya were both hospitalized that night. Judging from their injuries, it would take at least a month of recovery and treatment before they could leave!