Neither Jiraiya nor Gama Ken had been the real one—they were both Shadow Clones.
Just then, Gama Ken, who had been cut in half, suddenly exploded even as blood continued to gush from his body, turning into a dense cloud of smoke that quickly dissipated into the air. At the same time, the sea surface, which had been raging with surging waves, gradually calmed.
Naruto had already found Jiraiya's true location.
Naruto stared at the sea surface beneath his feet. The water, which had just returned to calmness, suddenly bulged upward like an inflating balloon.
Here it comes!
As time passed, the bulging sea surface rose higher and higher, as though some immense force beneath it were pushing it up. A massive harpoon tore through the water like lightning, carrying a piercing howl of wind as it shot straight at him.
This time, Naruto did not dodge. He raised his right hand, and an enormous greatsword, as if it had descended from the heavens, materialized before him out of thin air!
Then, with the momentum of divine punishment descending, it fell upon the incoming harpoon like a streak of light.
The greatsword came down like Mount Tai crushing overhead, bearing incomparable force as it directly pinned the harpoon in place. The two clashed violently in midair with a deafening roar, sparks scattering everywhere as though two meteors had collided. In the end, the greatsword knocked aside the harpoon and continued plunging into the sea from the direction it had come, kicking up towering waves.
Before long, copious blood stained the sea surface red.
A planet-like black sphere appeared in Naruto's hand, with two transparent rings pulsing above and below it. He casually tossed the sphere into the air.
Uchiha and the others who were watching hurriedly retreated. Even Ao, who