"Enough talk... Orochimaru, I'm going to kill you here today!"
Jiraiya's face was filled with killing intent.
His grim expression was terrifying.
He absolutely would not allow anyone to threaten Konoha.
"Heh heh..."
The corners of Orochimaru's mouth curled upward.
The conversation between old classmates ended there.
Next...
They would speak in the way of shinobi.
"Come to think of it... there's no need for me to deal with you personally... Jiraiya..."
As Orochimaru spoke, he formed hand seals.
"..."
Uchiha Itachi's eyes narrowed slightly.
He seemed to have detected something.
Kisame also subconsciously tightened his grip on the Great Sword: Samehada behind him.
Orochimaru pressed his right hand against the surface of the sea beneath his feet—
"Summoning Jutsu... Impure World Reincarnation!"
The Summoning Technique's markings rapidly spread outward.
Dense black talismans quickly covered a one-meter-square area of the sea.
The next moment.
Two coffins were summoned forth.
The lids of the two coffins each bore one character: "First" and "Second."
The upright coffins opened.
Two figures with dull skin and closed eyes appeared.
"What's that..."
Jiraiya widened his eyes and stared at the two dead men in disbelief.
"..."
Kisame and Itachi's expressions shifted slightly.
Clearly, even they had been shaken by the scene before them.
These two dead men were...
"First Hokage... Hashirama Senju. Second Hokage... Tobirama Senju...!"
Itachi murmured the two names.
There was nothing more absurd for Jiraiya to face than the predecessors of the Will of Fire he revered.
"It's not the Fourth Hokage..."
Hyuga Sho observed the scene.
After mastering Impure World Reincarnation.
Hyuga Sho had tried summoning the First and Second Hokage.
The result had been failure.
That meant someone had already turned those two Hokage into reincarnated bodies.
Clearly, that person was Orochimaru.
But Hyuga Sho felt that Orochimaru should have