"Lady Mei Terumi!"
Ao, who had just been about to step forward to help on the deck, was startled when he saw the two of them suddenly vanish and could not help calling out.
Watching this, Naruto suddenly felt that Uchiha Izumi's ability was quite useful. No matter how strong the opponent was, she could pull them in for a one-on-one fight.
"Notify the ones behind us. Tell them not to come any closer."
Naruto spoke to Uchiha Inaho. After all, he did not have the ability to lock people away for a one-on-one fight. The commotion ahead would not be small, so it was best to avoid unnecessary losses.
"Understood!" Uchiha Inaho immediately pulled another Signal Flare from his Ninja Tool Pouch and launched it.
The two ships behind them slowly began to turn around as well.
"Damn it!"
Ao was furious at how Naruto clearly did not take them seriously at all. But his strength was simply insufficient, and Chojuro was still being pinned under an Uchiha's foot.
"Lord Jiraiya, are you really just going to stand by and watch?"
Ao shouted through gritted teeth, suddenly regretting it. When had Wave Country become this powerful?!
Kakashi looked at Naruto, who stood above them with a smile on his face. After hesitating for a moment, he turned to Jiraiya, who had slowly come back to his senses.
Just now, looking at Naruto's appearance, Jiraiya had been unable to stop himself from falling into memories.
Golden hair, azure eyes, and that confident smile on his face—Jiraiya seemed to see his most prized disciple from long ago once more.
Yet despite having exactly the same face, he had walked down an entirely different path.
Jiraiya looked at Naruto bitterly and said with some sadness, "Naruto, perhaps you do not know yet...