Mei Terumi looked at Jiraiya with an expression that conveyed she was fighting two against one and asking what he could possibly do about it. Both she and Yagura Karatachi possessed strength belonging to the higher tier among Kage-level fighters, and dealing with Jiraiya together meant the advantage undoubtedly rested with her.
Yet Jiraiya did not display the expression Mei Terumi wanted to see; he only shook his head with a calm look on his face and said, "Naturally, I won't say that the two of you fighting me alone is cowardly."
"Because..."
"I also like fighting two against one."
The instant those words fell, Jiraiya bit his finger, rapidly formed several hand seals, and pressed his palm against the ground.
"Summoning Technique!"
A giant toad appeared before everyone's eyes.
Gamabunta had red skin, smoked a pipe hanging from his mouth, wore a short blade at his waist, had a tongue piercing on his tongue, and was wrapped in a large number of bandages, striking the exact image of a mob boss.
With Gamabunta's entrance, the Konoha shinobi instantly retreated rapidly from the battlefield, clearing a space for Jiraiya to fight.
Upon seeing this scene, ordinary shinobi from the Village Hidden in the Mist widened their pupils, beads of cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.
Gamabunta's oppressive presence toward ordinary shinobi was exceedingly strong.
He stood a full thirty meters tall, equivalent to a ten-story human building, making a person under such a scale look about as big as a mouse.
"A giant summoning animal!" Yagura Karatachi's expression shifted slightly.
Having once been the Jinchuriki of the Three Tails, he naturally knew how immense the harm creatures of this scale inflicted on ordinary shinobi on the battlefield could be, causing him to mutter inwardly