The Four Great Shinobi Villages jointly attacked the Village Hidden in the Leaf.
Their plan was well-laid and executed with great smoothness, instantly subduing Hokage Jiraiya while trapping all the visiting dignitaries watching the spectacle in genjutsu.
Yet, just as they believed everything would continue to go so smoothly, unexpected variables began to emerge, for the Uchiha Clan defenses they thought would be very easy to dismantle turned out to be exceptionally sturdy, refusing to shatter even under the impact of Particle Style.
Then came Naruto Uzumaki and Kurama Yakumo, these two anomalies whose strength was clearly superior to chunin, nearly causing Ōnoki's granddaughter Kurotsuchi to stumble.
Finally, they discovered that the Jiraiya they held in their grasp had also been thoroughly prepared.
Sage Mode?
How on earth could you activate your Sage Mode so quickly?
I remember back in the Village Hidden in the Mist years ago, it took you quite a bit of time to enter Sage Mode.
Mei Terumi, the tall beauty with auburn hair, looked at Jiraiya in the distance with suspicion and uncertainty.
"A-hahahahahaha!!!"
"How could you possibly comprehend this sage's genius?"
"Through years of arduous cultivation by this sage, instantaneous Sage Mode has become a very effortless matter for me."
"Ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!" Jiraiya laughed with an utterly smug and arrogant demeanor.
Listening to that grating laughter, the four Kage wore expressions of gravity; Jiraiya's strength was already on par with theirs, and if his power had progressed further over the years, this surprise raid on the Village Hidden in the Leaf would inevitably encounter unnecessary twists and turns.
Hearing Jiraiya's boasting, the two toads on his shoulders reacted with Fukasaku silently covering his face in speechlessness, thinking to himself: This little Jiraiya is getting more and more shameless.
*Clearly, it was Naruto—whom he brought to