Mount Myōboku.
Gamabunta suddenly sought out Jiraiya and handed him a scroll. "Minato asked me to give this to you, Jiraiya. He said it's time for Naruto to join the war."
"But Naruto's Sage Mode still has some flaws." Jiraiya frowned as he accepted the scroll.
"Flaws?" Gamabunta took a puff of smoke and said leisurely, "From what I've seen, Jiraiya, Naruto's Sage Mode is more perfect than either yours or Minato's!"
Jiraiya's old face reddened, and he snorted in displeasure. "I mean speed, speed! Every second is precious on the battlefield, but Naruto takes too long to gather Sage Chakra. Without someone protecting him, he simply can't use Sage Mode."
This was a common flaw of Sage Mode. Minato Namikaze had the same problem, as did Jiraiya. That was why Minato Namikaze rarely used Sage Mode. Jiraiya, meanwhile, relied on Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku, allowing the two toad sages to gather Sage Chakra for him while he fought, so that he could use Sage Mode.
However, that kind of coordination required practice. Now that the battle against Akatsuki had begun, Naruto had no time to get used to working with the two toad sages.
As he spoke, Jiraiya opened the scroll. It contained intelligence on Akatsuki's clone army and their use of the Transformation Technique.
If those clones were allowed to infiltrate the Allied Shinobi Forces using the Transformation Technique, the consequences would be unimaginable.
And the only one who could stop all this was Naruto's Super Perception!
Jiraiya frowned slightly. "Super Perception? When did Naruto acquire an ability like that?"
He knew the situation was grave, so he did not dare linger and went straight to find Naruto.
Naruto was still gathering Sage Chakra. A faint yellow eyeshadow had already appeared around his eyes, signaling that his