Mei Terumi stared wide-eyed at Tsunade and cried out in disbelief.
"What... what are you doing... Tsunade!?"
Hearing Mei Terumi's words, Tsunade's eyes widened slightly, her lovely face full of confusion!
Ōnoki and the others beside her also looked at Mei Terumi in confusion. But suddenly, as if they had thought of something, everyone's expressions changed, and they sharply turned to look at the figure Tsunade had sent flying.
As the dust gradually cleared, they saw a white-haired figure lying on his back in a crater amid the shattered ground some distance away, covered in blood and pale-faced.
"Jiraiya!!"
Tsunade's lovely face suddenly turned deathly pale. Her pupils contracted as she cried out in a trembling voice.
At the edge of the distant crater, a figure suddenly appeared.
A gleam flashed through Aizen's deep eyes. The corner of his lips slowly curved into a cold smile as he glanced at Tsunade and softly praised her.
"What an excellent blow. Should I say it is also due to the unique constitution you inherited from the First..."
"Even Jiraiya in Sage Mode seems to have found it difficult to withstand your punch without any preparation... Tsunade..."
Upon hearing Aizen's words, Tsunade's beautiful eyes reddened slightly. She glared at him in fury, her teeth clenched tightly, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice.
"Aizen!!"
Yet Aizen did not care in the slightest. He even continued with a smile.
"Oh... right... the reason Jiraiya appeared where I was just now... was because he saw me kill you..."
"So... what he received, despite supposedly coming to avenge you, was your furious punch..."
"Now then... do you still have confidence in your strength... Tsunade?"
Although Aizen wore a faint smile as he looked at Tsunade, in her eyes, what lay beneath that smile was utter indifference—an