It had honestly been a wild stab in the dark–but those facial markings of hers were rather unique, even if he’d never gotten to know this member of Minato’s team very well. He’d barely had time to, of course.
More concerning, however, was the mention of his former student in a decidedly present tense. Whatever had happened to Rin–yes, that was her name!–she seemed completely clueless as to the current state of the Leaf.
“Worry not, dear girl. I won’t tell… anybody back home,” Jiraiya offered a reassuring grin before adding somewhat self-deprecatingly, “you might be aware of my secret-keeping skills. Second-to-none. And… well, it looks like finding Tsunade is a no-go, this time. You were my only lead, you sneaky thing, you!”
He wagged his finger in a pseudo-telling-off manner, laughing awkwardly.
“Looks like old Hiruzen-sensei’s going to have to put his retirement plans back again!”
“Tsunade-sama?” She lifted her head in mild surprise. Huh... the mention of Hiruzen had been odd to her, actually. Really? Was Jiraiya insinuating that he... was still the Hokage?
Man, then that meant...
“---Wait, you mean in terms of being the Hokage? I'd have thought Sensei would have gotten it by now.” It had always been a goal of his, after all, hadn’t it? ...Rin drummed her fingers on her knee, idly thinking the situation over. If Jiraiya had no plans to report her status back to Konohagakure, then... the situation might just be favourable to her. Out of anybody, he’d definitely know all of the details of the village’s current status, right? Sure, if she recalled, he was a bit of a traveller- but given the way that he was talking... his knowledge could’ve been handy.
“Hey, would you like to come to my office? We can talk in private, there. Since you came here, I might as well as give you a medical checkup.”
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