Roshi had just broken through the barrier and failed to find any trace of Uzumaki Kuming and the others. Instead, he found his fellow Stone Ninja surrounding a three-person Konoha squad.
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After Kuming had tricked him into eating his own Tailed Beast Bomb, Roshi had been looking for somewhere to vent his anger. The moment he saw Jiraiya and the others, he launched an attack. But Jiraiya's group was no pushover. They quickly dodged Roshi's assault. His first strike missed, and Roshi seemed so consumed by rage that he let out a bestial howl.
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"Roar!!!"
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As Roshi howled, violent Chakra surged out from him. In the next instant, his three tails struck at Jiraiya and the others, their overwhelming force accompanied by torrents of lava.
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"Tsunade!"
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Seeing the terrifying attack, Jiraiya rushed toward Tsunade. As he ran, he rapidly formed Hand Seals. Just before the Chakra tails reached them, a massive earthen wall rose in front of Tsunade, while Jiraiya stood before her, shielding her from the attack.
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Jiraiya and Tsunade had been teammates for many years, and they knew each other well. Facing an assault as frenzied as Roshi's, Tsunade had no technique that could stop him. So Jiraiya's first instinct was to shield her from the enemy's attack.
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"Onefold Rashomon!" Nearby, Orochimaru had already used Rashomon to withstand Roshi's attack. Jiraiya's earthen wall also blocked the strike, but the impact rang out with a deafening boom, and fine cracks appeared across the freshly raised wall.
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"Did it hold?"
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Jiraiya clenched his fists and kept pouring Chakra into the wall. But he had little time to celebrate. Without warning, the wall in front of him and Tsunade crumbled, and two red Chakra tails burst through his Earth Style and lunged