"Yo, little Jiraiya, it really has been a long time!"
Upon seeing Jiraiya suddenly appear, the green female toad's face lit up with surprise. She raised the food bowl in her hand toward him and warmly said:
"Since little Jiraiya's here, would you like to try the feast I carefully prepared?"
Seeing the still wriggling insects in the bowl, Jiraiya's face immediately turned green.
The taste of those bugs... he truly did not want to experience it again!
That feeling when they went down his throat...
Even now, just thinking about it made Jiraiya feel nauseous.
After suddenly shuddering, Jiraiya abruptly remembered that he had important business to attend to!
"Sage Shima... I may need your help."
Seeing Jiraiya's grave expression, Sage Shima's face changed slightly. She set down the food bowl and called toward the house inside:
"Dear!"
"Two sages, the situation is rather urgent, so there's no time to explain in detail. In short... I need your help!"
"This fluctuation of chakra and space... a unique summoning technique? As expected of Teacher Jiraiya..."
Deva Path Pain stood where he was, quietly waiting.
Because he knew Jiraiya was not the type to retreat at the last moment.
Sure enough, in the next instant, a cloud of white smoke rose from the empty ground before Pain out of nowhere.
Accompanied by a distinctive tune, Jiraiya appeared before Pain, his face covered in red markings resembling theatrical makeup!
Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima stood atop Jiraiya's shoulders respectively.
Noticing the six pairs of Rinnegan within the eye sockets of the Six Paths of Pain, Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima exchanged a glance, both their eyes revealing grave expressions.
As the two most senior sages of Mount Myoboku, one of the Three Great Sacred Lands, aside from the Great Toad Sage,