The sky was a brilliant blue, and the sun shone brightly.
A gentle breeze wafted past, stirring up wisps of dust.
Yet Konoha was anything but peaceful.
The battlefield was a mess, strewn with rubble and crisscrossed by ravines.
Dai lay on the ground, covered in blood. Dust and blood stained his entire body, leaving him in a terrible state.
Behind him, Sosuke walked slowly away, his pace unhurried and his face expressionless.
Just then.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
Several figures suddenly appeared!
Seeing Dai unconscious on the ground and Sosuke slowly walking away, their expressions tightened!
They hurriedly leaped from rock to rock across the cracked ravines, quickly reaching Dai's side.
"How is he, Tsunade?!"
Jiraiya looked at Dai, whose body was streaked with bright red blood, and asked urgently.
At his words, Tsunade, who was treating Dai, gave a faint sigh of relief, though her face was pale.
"Don't worry. He's just exhausted from using that technique earlier."
She glanced at Dai's right arm and leg with concern, then said softly,
"However, the bones in his arm and leg are badly broken. He may need a long time to recover."
Jiraiya and Hazama still looked worried, but they both breathed a little easier at her words.
As if something had occurred to him,
Jiraiya's expression turned solemn. He slowly rose to his feet, looked at Sosuke walking away, and called out,
"Sosuke!"
At Jiraiya's call, Sosuke paused and glanced at him from the side, his gaze somewhat indifferent.
Looking at the person before him, so different from the Sosuke he remembered, Jiraiya's expression grew grave.
"This time, it was Dai!"
"The next time we meet, I'll grow stronger with all my might. Just like Dai, I'll do whatever it takes to capture you!"
"Just you wait!"
At Jiraiya's words,