Since you don't want to leave today, then don't.

"Kakashi, why are you here...?"

Jiraiya was somewhat surprised. He knew that Kakashi should have been in Kirigakure at this time, helping Mei Terumi hold back the Cloud Ninja army.

Kakashi gave a helpless smile in response and turned to look to the side, where two enormous figures, one gold and one blue, entered his field of vision.

From this position, Kakashi could vaguely make out a familiar figure standing atop that massive blue creature.

A complicated expression appeared in Kakashi's eyes. The next moment—

Crackle! Crackle!

Brilliant blue lightning burst from his body, and his figure transformed into a blue streak that shot rapidly forward.

Bang!

Just as Kakashi left, a kunai appeared where he had been standing and fell toward the ground.

The instant Shisui saw that kunai, his expression changed. He could clearly see a formula engraved upon it—one he was extremely familiar with. It was the Flying Thunder God formula.

What puzzled him was that this formula seemed unfamiliar, yet it also gave him an incredibly familiar feeling.

The formulas engraved by the Flying Thunder God Technique were tied to their user. Every person who mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique engraved a different formula.

As far as Shisui knew, the formulas engraved by the Fourth Hokage, Kakashi, and himself were all completely different.

"Could this be...?"

Buzz!

At that moment, another tremor of space rang out, even stronger than before. Jiraiya and the other two only felt a flash before their eyes, and then three figures appeared in front of them.

With short pale golden hair and a tea-green outer robe, Shisui immediately recognized one of them as Tsunade. The other confirmed his guess—it was the Second Hokage.

But upon seeing the final unfamiliar figure, Shisui immediately became alert.

"Master Jiraiya!"

At that moment, the