blogombal Chapter 504 A Battle of Fate, Jiraiya's Team
Chapter 504 A Battle of Fate, Jiraiya's Team
"It really has been a long time, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan." Jiraiya couldn't help but smile as he looked at the three familiar faces beside Tendo Hanzo. "Well, I didn't expect Konan to have grown into such a beautiful young woman! So, has anyone confessed to you or started dating you?"
Although the current situation is not optimistic, it's so good to see that my disciples are still alive...
Hmm, is that strange bird also Nagato's puppet? It even has the Rinnegan.
"Who would confess their love or date? Jiraiya-sensei, you're still as frivolous and boring as ever." Konan pouted and turned her head to snort, causing Yahiko next to her to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
"No, this isn't the time to talk about these things, Jiraiya-sensei!" Suddenly, Yahiko reacted and shouted at Jiraiya, "If you leave Amegakure now, we can pretend you never existed."
“Yahiko…” Nagato frowned upon hearing this, but when he saw the hint of struggle and reminiscence in Yahiko’s eyes, he shut up and acquiesced.
Although this would expose the information about the Heavenly Path, he could accept it for Yahiko's sake.
"Let me go back? It seems your passion hasn't completely faded yet, Yahiko." Jiraiya's pupils contracted as he laughed with satisfaction, then his expression softened somewhat.
"Then, can we have a proper talk? I want to know about your experiences over the past few years, and I also want to see how you will fulfill your dream of changing the Land of Rain after successfully taking control of Amegakure."
"Perhaps, Konoha might become your ally. After all, the current Fourth Hokage, the Yellow Flash, is also my disciple, your junior brother! Ahahaha..."
Jiraiya laughed heartily, using the opportunity to test Nagato. If he could guide Nagato back to peace, he would have fulfilled the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.
"An alliance with Konoha??"
Instantly, the three of them changed color, thinking of Uchiha Sasuke who had stolen the Rinnegan.
Alliance with Konoha? Putting aside personal grudges, isn't this just walking into a trap?
They didn't believe that Jiraiya would side with them then, so...
"Jiraiya-sensei, let's forget about alliances. If you're willing to leave, I can let you go; if you don't want to leave, then never leave!" Nagato stepped forward and said directly, while Yahiko and Konan nodded through gritted teeth.
On this point, they have reached a consensus.
For the benefit of Amegakure, Nagato is willing to do anything as long as Jiraiya and Nagato are not killed.
“Leave? Impossible. I have a reason to stay.” Jiraiya shook his head without hesitation. Nagato’s current state worried him greatly. Perhaps this was the difficult choice the Great Toad Sage had mentioned.
He had to choose between Konoha and Amegakure. Should he continue as one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha and ignore the chosen one, or stay and guide Nagato onto the right path?
"However, no matter what choice I make, it's not up to you." Suddenly, Jiraiya let out a long sigh, his gaze resolute. "Let's fight! Let this battle decide my choice! The choice of fate..."
"Oh? Jiraiya-sensei means that if we defeat you, you'll stay in Amegakure?" Yahiko's eyes lit up instantly. This was great news that would benefit both sides!
This would allow Jiraiya to stay and help Amegakure develop, protect Nagato's secret, and transform their childhood bond into an inseparable and solid connection between master and disciple.
"Perhaps, you'll be the ones coming back to Konoha with me," Jiraiya said with a faint smile, then his expression hardened. "Come on, let me see how much you've grown over the past few years."
"Is that so?" Yahiko's smile vanished, replaced by an unprecedented seriousness. His hands moved rapidly, forming hand seals. "Let's go, Nagato, Konan."
Almost simultaneously with speaking, Yahiko completed the hand seals and immediately launched his attack, unleashing "Water Release: Water Chaos Waves".
A torrent of water shot out from his mouth, a hundred tons of water, as heavy as a lake, crashing down on Jiraiya. At the same moment, a glint flashed in Tendo Hanzo's eyes, and under Nagato's control, he plunged headfirst into the water with his scythe and vanished!
"Using Water Release to let Hanzo's puppet launch a sneak attack? Not bad coordination, but..." Jiraiya saw through it at a glance and nodded to Fukasaku beside him.
"Water Slash!!" Fukasaku instantly understood, and a sharp jet of water shot out from his mouth, cutting through the water flow and revealing the Heavenly Path, directly attacking the Yatagarasu by going against the current.
"Don't even think about succeeding!" Nagato shouted, and the Yatagarasu shot straight into the sky, dropping its eggs which then whistled down.
"No, those bird eggs have chakra." Jiraiya immediately sensed something was wrong using his Sage Mode senses and quickly disappeared.
And the very next second after leaving that spot, "Boom boom boom boom..."
As the bird eggs fell one by one, sparks flew and explosions followed...
"Just as I thought, that strange bird that Nagato chose is no ordinary ninja beast." Jiraiya murmured in confirmation, and just at that moment.
"The Dance of Shikigami".
Suddenly, Konan's voice rang out in mid-air. Jiraiya looked up and saw that as the Yatagarasu swooped down, sharp pieces of paper rained down from Konan's body like snowflakes.
"Wind Release: Gale Palm!" Almost simultaneously, Nagato shouted, and a fierce wind arose. The violent gale directly blew the paper into sharp cutting tools that whistled towards them.
"Celestial Art: Great Flame Bullet!!"
Jiraiya quickly formed hand seals, opened his mouth, and spat out a super-hot fireball with a diameter of ten meters, which burned the paper to ashes.
"Your teamwork is good, and your attacks are even better than when I left! But these are all ninjutsu I taught you, so it seems you can't defeat me with them." Jiraiya looked up at the three of them and said, feeling as if he had been transported back to that year.
"Well, this is just to let Jiraiya-sensei experience what the old Jiraiya team was like. The real battle has only just begun!" Yahiko shouted, his hands forming hand seals and his gaze becoming serious. "Here we go, next up is Hanzo's Water Release ninjutsu."
"Water Release: Water Tornado..."
With a low shout, the rainwater in the sky and on the ground was instantly drawn into a water dragon that spun rapidly, and with the help of the rain, it spun even larger.
"Multiple Paper Shuriken Windmill".
At the same time, Konan gave a low shout, and dozens of large windmill shuriken were launched from the other side, blocking Jiraiya's retreat space.
"Spiritual communication..."
Almost simultaneously, Nagato leaped down from the Yatagarasu, formed hand seals, and let out a low shout.
Several plumes of white smoke drifted in the low sky, and a split dog, a chameleon, a rhinoceros, a bull, a centipede, a hell crab, and a stone panda appeared and spread out all around.
"Don't even think about running away, I'll be watching you, Jiraiya-sensei..." In the instant Jiraiya was taken aback, Tendo Hanzo called out, and Shinra Tensei and Bansho Ten'in were ready to be unleashed at any moment.
[Are you being underestimated? Well, I don't have much time left either, so I'll take care of you all now...] Looking around, Jiraiya's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he jumped up, formed hand seals on the soles of his feet, and flicked his white hair.
'Barrier - Toad Ladle Prison.'