Seeing the Human Path sneak-attack Tsunade, Jiraiya did not use ninjutsu for fear of catching her in it. Instead, he used the Lion's Mane Technique, wrapping the Human Path's body in his white hair.
But he had no idea just how grave a mistake that move was.
Entangled in Jiraiya's white hair, the Human Path did not even try to struggle. Instead, he directly reached out and grabbed Jiraiya's hair.
The Human Path's ability allowed him to directly extract someone's soul by touching their body.
Though he had not directly touched Jiraiya's body, the hair was connected to it. Moreover, because Jiraiya was using ninjutsu, his long hair was now directly linked to the Chakra within his body.
Using Jiraiya's Chakra in the hair as a medium to activate his ability, the Human Path instantly left Jiraiya staring blankly as a soul was about to fly out of his mouth.
Faced with this bizarre sight, Tsunade made a decisive move. She formed a Chakra Scalpel in her hand and severed Jiraiya's long hair binding the Human Path.
With the connection cut, the soul that had been about to fly out of Jiraiya's mouth was stuffed back inside.
But as Tsunade used the Chakra Scalpel to cut Jiraiya's hair, she also exposed a huge opening behind her.
Konan, standing some distance away, found it difficult to attack Jiraiya, but she showed Tsunade no such mercy.
"Paper Shuriken Technique!"
The drifting sheets of paper rapidly transformed into shuriken in midair and stabbed into Tsunade's back at astonishing speed.
The Animal Path summoned another three-headed dog with wings. It had been about to press the attack, but Gama-ken knocked it away again with his shield.
"Though I may be clumsy, I can still be useful sometimes."
With Gama-ken covering her, Tsunade, her back