When they reappeared, Jiraiya and Mirai had already arrived at Moye's Seventh Training Ground.
The former looked somewhat dazed, only coming back to his senses after a while, his eyes faintly gleaming.
"Not only is it creepy, it's also convenient." Jiraiya laughed heartily. Sweeping his gaze around, he spotted several kunai embedded sideways near the top of a tree trunk.
The two flashed forward and arrived at the center of the training ground, facing each other.
Mirai slowly raised his right hand.
"Buzz, buzz—"
The chakra light flickered, then instantly spun and compressed at high speed, forming Mirai's signature ninjutsu—the Spiral Pill.
"I do remember seeing this technique on the battlefield before." Jiraiya stared at the Spiral Pill for a moment before saying, "You rotate and compress chakra, then maintain it in a fixed shape. I can imagine how difficult that is."
As one of the Three Legendary Ninja, Jiraiya's insight was naturally extraordinary.
"As expected of my teacher," Mirai said.
"What is this ninjutsu called?" Jiraiya asked curiously.
Mirai looked at Jiraiya with a nostalgic gaze. "Ferocious Pill."
After all, Jiraiya had been the one to name it back then.
"Yes, but your Spiral Pill should be more than just this," Jiraiya continued.
Mirai nodded, his gaze sharpening slightly. The palm-sized Spiral Pill suddenly expanded, becoming as large as a human head.
He took several steps back, and the Spiral Pill in his hand began expanding again.
"Whoosh!"
The three-meter-wide chakra sphere surged like a storm, whipping up both men's hair as well as the grass and leaves around the training ground.
"This chakra..." Jiraiya looked stunned. The massive change in chakra form had been maintained in such a stable state.
The power of this ninjutsu was comparable to an S-rank technique.
"To enlarge the Spiral Pill to this