"Damn it..."
Jiraiya gritted his teeth, sensing how troublesome this was.
"Even after being reduced to ashes, it can still materialize out of nothing..."
"Is there really no corresponding Sealing Jutsu?"
Gamabunta shouted.
There really wasn't...
After returning, they could only have the village's Sealing Squad develop a solution.
The old man, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had just become free, too.
Asking him for help would be a good choice.
"Heh heh..."
Orochimaru looked up at Jiraiya.
Yet it was as though he were looking down on him.
"What is it, Jiraiya? You've run out of options, haven't you? If there's nothing else... then get lost, Jiraiya... I don't want to kill you..."
Orochimaru's words were only half sincere.
Orochimaru still remembered their old friendship to some extent. He wasn't the kind of madman who slaughtered people on a whim.
Of course.
If Jiraiya refused to give up.
Orochimaru wouldn't mind killing whoever stood in his way.
What's more...
If Jiraiya stayed alive.
He could continue investigating the Akatsuki Organization.
And share the burden with him.
Especially...
Orochimaru was looking forward to seeing.
What expression Jiraiya would have when he learned that two members of the Akatsuki Organization were two of the three children he had taken in at Amegakure.
The Nine-Tails was already in the Akatsuki Organization's grasp, and the Akatsuki was determined to obtain it.
Therefore...
The Akatsuki would clash with Konoha sooner or later.
With Jiraiya around, they would have one more troublemaker.
Orochimaru understood this very well... It was a worthwhile deal.
"Orochimaru..."
Jiraiya stared at his former friend.
After thinking for a long while.
Jiraiya made his decision.
"I refuse!"
Jiraiya's voice wasn't loud.
Yet it was filled with passion.
"Who do you think I am? I am Jiraiya, the Toad Child and Sage of the Six