Orochimaru and Jiraiya had already made their move.
The two raced toward Hidden Hot Water Village.
As Legendary Sannin renowned throughout the ninja world and rich in combat experience, silently breaking through the Cloud Ninja guards posed no difficulty for them. They easily entered Hidden Hot Water Village.
Following the sensor ninja's report, Orochimaru and Jiraiya arrived at the area with the greatest concentration of Cloud Ninja.
Orochimaru and Jiraiya now stood atop the rooftops.
Burning with fighting spirit, Jiraiya said to Orochimaru, "Orochimaru, let's go!"
Jiraiya bit his finger, smeared blood across his palm, and formed the hand seals for the Summoning Jutsu.
Orochimaru followed immediately, likewise beginning to form the hand seals for the Summoning Jutsu.
Jiraiya and Orochimaru simultaneously pressed their palms to the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Bang! Bang!
Two enormous clouds of smoke enveloped Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
When the smoke cleared,
the buildings beneath Orochimaru and Jiraiya had collapsed. In their place stood two massive Summoning Animals.
Manda of Ryūchi Cave, and Gamabunta of Mount Myōboku.
Gamabunta took a puff from his pipe and exhaled a huge cloud of smoke, glaring at Manda beside him in annoyance. "Jiraiya, how many times have I told you? Don't summon me when this stinking snake is around!"
Jiraiya smiled apologetically. "Don't be like that. This battle is important, so let's not worry about that for now."
Manda also found Gamabunta extremely unpleasant to look at. "Orochimaru, did you summon me so I could eat this stinking toad? If so, I'll waive the sacrifice this time!"
Orochimaru said coldly, "Manda, everyone here is your sacrifice."
"Tch!"
Manda knew perfectly well that it could not eat Gamabunta. It merely wanted to vent verbally.
The commotion had long since alerted the Cloud Ninja and Hot Water Ninja. Large numbers of ninja gathered