Sage!

"Against this guy, there's no need for probing. We have to go all out from the start!" As Jiraiya spoke, he bit open his wrist, drew markings around his eyes, and began forming hand seals. "Activating Sage Mode! I'm going to summon those two Sages, but it'll take some time to summon them. During that time, I can't separate my hands. So please, buy me time until then!"

"I understand. Although I'm quite useless, I'll do my best." Gama Ken's tone grew more solemn. From this moment on, he would fight with everything he had.

Across from them, the Animal Path stood on the Chameleon's tongue. Under his control, the Chameleon swallowed him into its mouth and slowly turned invisible.

"Hmm? This is troublesome..." Jiraiya looked around and said helplessly, "Where did they even find a monster like that? Since it's turned invisible, we can only deal with it using barrier tactics."

"This is going to be a hard battle." Gama Ken gripped his sasumata tightly. Jiraiya leaped up, formed hand seals with his feet, then swung his hair a few times and activated a sensory barrier. The next moment, Jiraiya heard a roar behind him. Turning around, he saw a massive Three-Headed Dog with small wings charging down the wall behind him.

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes and shouted, "It saw the barrier and switched to a more powerful attack tactic! Gama Ken!"

"Yeah! Let me do my part!" Gama Ken sprang up. After kicking off the wall several times to evade the Three-Headed Dog's bites, he thrust out his sasumata, catching it around the neck and pinning it to the wall.

"Hey! That was pretty impressive!" Seeing Gama Ken's agile movements, Jiraiya could not help praising him.

"No, not at all. I'm quite useless—" Before Gama Ken could finish,