Why bother diverting jiraya away from naruto if it was just a lie
you can deny realty all you want mate, The scans shown by me paint it perfectly clear that itachi was there to capture naruto. you can have whatever fan fiction that you want.
Wont change the facts of the matter sadly
you guys are litterally a hive mind, People on different sites have the exact same responses
It's like your an npc and have like a limited number of dialogue options to use
Jiraya just scales above orochimaru then, He could learn sage mode when orochimaru couldt afterall
There's no issue with how the series presents things, it's just that kishimoto's portrayal of events just hurts your headcanon