Once Akebino realized that the little blond brat had shaken him off, cold sweat immediately broke out across his forehead, and he rushed back to the coastal outpost!
When he arrived, Akebino found not a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, but Konoha's three young ninja somehow locked in a "stalemate" with the Chunin stationed there. He breathed a sigh of relief.
When he saw the large ship approaching across the sea, Akebino was positively ecstatic!
"Heaven favors the Hidden Mist Village!" In his elation, Akebino shouted the slogan and swung his great axe at the little blond brat who was "stupidly staring at the Hidden Mist reinforcements."
Fortunately, Minato reacted quickly and immediately dodged with the Body Flicker Technique.
Crack—
The great axe of Kabutowari gouged a fissure into the ground.
But in the next instant, Akebino realized something was wrong. Why is everyone else just watching? Give me a hand!
Meanwhile, Jiraiya was equally startled aboard the ship. Who is this guy? Does he have no respect for us at all? He actually wants to kill those kids right in front of us?
By now, the ship had reached the edge of the Whirlpool Sea. Jiraiya and Torifu Akimichi, who had been in no hurry until then...
Summoning Technique!
Super Multi-Size Technique!
A gigantic toad around ten meters tall appeared directly on the sea, along with... a giant who clearly stood well over ten meters tall.
The two behemoths stomped down hard on the sea's surface. Not only could the Whirlpool Sea not budge them in the slightest, but as they concentrated chakra beneath their feet for Water Walking, the water's surface solidified, and this perpetually swirling stretch of sea began to settle beneath their feet!
"What do you bastards from Kirigakure think you're doing to