Have Konoha's Ninja Today Forgotten What the Sannin Really Are?

Boom--

Land of Rice Fields, an inn located in a commercial street.

Suddenly it was blown apart, and a gust of wind swept through the surrounding houses.

Amidst the dust, Kakashi's figure appeared, stumbling backward and landing on the ground.

He was panting heavily, his left eye, a Scarlet Sharingan, fixed on a figure not far away.

"Hehehe, Kakashi, those Sharingan that you can't shut down seem to be a big burden to you."

Standing atop the collapsed building, Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked his lips as he spoke.

Kakashi's face was covered in cold sweat, and he did not respond to Orochimaru.

Instead, he struck a pose with his right hand half-clenched towards the ground.

"I advise you not to," Orochimaru said gently, observing Kakashi's posture.

"Come with me obediently, or you'll die here today!"

As he spoke, Orochimaru stared coldly at Kakashi with his vertical pupils, his aura exploding instantly!

"Even if you are one of the legendary Sannin, with my current abilities, I can still take you down with me!"

Kakashi didn't intend to test Orochimaru's reason for wanting him to go with him.

In an instant, thunder rumbled and crackled like Chidori singing, and a burst of azure lightning erupted from Kakashi's half-clenched right hand.

"Hehehaha!"

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru seemed to remember something and burst into maniacal laughter.

"What's so funny!"

Kakashi's left Sharingan spun wildly as he shouted at Orochimaru.

"Has Konoha really... forgotten what the so-called Sannin were all about?"

"Are they all so arrogant?"

Before he finished speaking, Orochimaru appeared directly in front of Kakashi, grabbed Kakashi's right hand, and whispered:

"You just said you were going to kill me? Try it? If you can!"

Kakashi's single Sharingan snapped shut—that was fast!

"Hey, Orochimaru, what kind of skill is it to bully your juniors?"

A sound came from afar, and the next second Kakashi felt a tremendous force coming from behind him, and he was suddenly sent flying backward.

"The Shop Collapse Technique!"

A giant Toad fell from the sky, its immense force shaking the entire ground.

Kakashi felt his shoulder being grabbed, and his entire body came to a stop.

Looking behind him, he saw a long tongue slowly detaching and retracting from Kakashi's back.

The tongue belonged to a small Toad perched on Jiraiya's shoulder.

"Phew-- Thank you, Lord Jiraiya."

Only then did Kakashi exhale a breath of relief and speak.

Just now, Orochimaru's aura made him feel like he almost died.

"Haha, Kakashi, I'm late, please don't mind."

Jiraiya patted Kakashi on the shoulder hard and said...

"It's alright, Lord Jiraiya. Orochimaru him?"

Kakashi shook his head and looked in the direction of the dust caused by the giant Toad falling from the sky.

The giant Toad vanished the instant the attack was launched.

"Ah, still alive. If only it were that easy to die."

Jiraiya, his expression turning serious as he looked towards the direction of the rising dust, and said, "Then it can't be Orochimaru."

"Heh, it seems you've broken free of the Genjutsu, Jiraiya."

Orochimaru's sinister voice echoed through the dust.

The next instant, a gigantic purple serpent burst out of the smoke and headed towards Jiraiya and Kakashi.

"Summoning Technique!"

In Jiraiya reached out and slammed his hand down on the ground, the smoke from the massive Summoning Technique Formula obscuring Manda's head.

Clang--

As the smoke cleared, Bunta, with a huge pipe in his Gamabunta, used a short sword to parry the horns of the Manda.

He shouted, "Jiraiya! Don't summon me while I'm eating!"

"And it's you again! Manda!"

"Heh heh, isn't this a last resort, Gamabunta!"

Jiraiya scratched the back of his head, looking embarrassed.

"Gamabunta! Hmph! Orochimaru! Add fifty more sacrifices!"

Manda quickly retracted its body, and seeing Orochimaru jump onto its head, it glanced at Orochimaru with its vertical pupils slightly upward and spoke.

"Ah." Orochimaru responded calmly upon hearing this.

"Hmph, it really is a face I haven't seen in a long time. Jiraiya, are you planning to hold a class reunion here?"

Gamabunta glanced at the fleeing civilians nearby and frowned slightly.

"Gamabunta, stop joking."

Jiraiya noticed this as well, and with his hands clasped together and a serious expression, he spoke.

"Take the Manda away from here! Otherwise, the old man will be in a lot of trouble!"

"Tch! He gives me this difficult task as soon as he arrives."

Gamabunta removed his pipe, exhaled a puff of smoke, and began to move.

Jiraiya shoved Kakashi aside, yelling, "Kakashi, you're in charge of cleaning up this mess!"

Kakashi rolled to the ground, watched as the gigantic Gamabunta charged forward, grabbed Manda's tail, and swung it towards the distant dense forest.

Then he jumped again and left the spot.

All the movements were ordinary, but the massive movements of the two spirit beasts swept the commercial street, which was almost reduced to ruins, cleaned it up again.

"So these are the Sannin? How foolish I was."

This scene left Kakashi stunned for a while before he removed his blindfold and slowly spoke.

"However, we must convey this to the Hiruzen Lord as soon as possible, otherwise, it could easily become a diplomatic incident."

Kakashi frowned as he looked around at the commercial street, which had been almost completely leveled, Jiraiya had deliberately left him there.

"Summoning Technique!"

Kakashi slammed his hands on the ground, summoning Pakkun.

"Yo, Kakashi, what brings you to me at this hour? Hmm? Wait a minute?!"

Pakkun, who had just come out, hadn't even said two words before his nose started twitching incessantly.

"That damp and slippery smell?"

Pakkun turned around, about to say something, when Kakashi slapped him on the head.

"Alright, Pakkun, take this scroll and head immediately to the border post of the Land of Fire. Have them use the radio to inform the village."

After saying that, Kakashi stood up and disappeared immediately, as he needed to appease the officials of the Land of Rice Fields residing there.

Only then can we get to Jiraiya's side as quickly as possible.

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Inside the Hokage Building, an intelligence officer who was bored suddenly heard the radio behind him start playing.

After a moment of stunned silence, he abruptly stood up; the radio coming on meant there was fighting on the border.

Otherwise, information is usually transmitted via Ninja Hawks.

Just as the intelligence officers declassified the information, the Intelligence Division, who had heard the news, walked in and picked it up to take a look.

His expression immediately changed drastically, and he rushed out of the Intelligence Division with the paper containing the intelligence report.

Inside the Hokage's Office, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was processing documents, frowned upon hearing the door open.

"Lord Hiruzen! Something terrible has happened!"

"News has come from the border post that Lord Jiraiya is currently engaged in battle with Orochimaru, S-rank missing-nin Orochimaru!"