Gamabunta above was meant to contain any attack I might make.
And Gamaken and Gamahiro below were there to prevent me from attacking the Konoha villagers who had already begun retreating, while also warning them to leave.
Jiraiya's move...
All that could be said was that he had arrived in time.
Within the Rinnegan's vision, the orange toad above him, sword raised for a downward slash, and the two toads below holding their respective weapons were moving almost in slow motion. Under the Supreme Power, every movement they had failed to conceal was laid bare in minute detail.
Yet Uchiha Nobuhiko seemed unconcerned by the attacks coming from above and below. His gaze was fixed instead on Jiraiya in the distance.
What he had foreseen was finally beginning to take shape.
And Jiraiya's move had indeed been timely and correct.
With his shout and the commotion caused by the two toads, the people of Konoha should have awakened to the situation. Meanwhile, the movements of the three toads happened to block the methods he could have used to respond.
First, Jiraiya's words could alert the people of Konoha, and the commotion he caused could wake them up. Then could Black-robed Chiba's words not awaken them as well? Could Black-robed Chiba not create enough commotion to wake them? The answer was obviously yes! In fact, a single roar from him would have been even more effective than Jiraiya's.
Moreover, Black-robed Chiba surely knew that the people behind him had to retreat. He certainly could have awakened them.
So why had Black-robed Chiba not done so?
Naturally, it was because the moment he called out, once his advantage had been worn away, Uchiha Nobuhiko would launch even fiercer attacks. And Black-robed Chiba was not confident that he could withstand those attacks. If