Orochimaru transforms into many small snakes, but most of them are actually just ordinary summoning snakes that can be easily identified at a glance.
Jiraiya was no stranger to Orochimaru's escape techniques and easily eliminated most of them.
It quickly chased after one of the small snakes, but why it chose this one over the others was unclear.
Jiraiya couldn't explain the reason, but if he had to, it was intuition.
Just as Jiraiya was about to catch up, the small snake in front of him suddenly accelerated, escaping Jiraiya faster speed.
In the chase, the man and the snake had completely left the forest and arrived at a meadow.
The grass provided the snake with better concealment, but Jiraiya, who was keeping a close eye on it, did not hesitate for a moment and continued to follow relentlessly behind it.
At the same time, Jiraiya once again clasped his hands together and hung behind the small snake.
Five minutes later, Jiraiya, having accumulated enough Natural Energy, summoned two old Toad dressed in clothes.
"Bosses, we're in trouble!"
"Although Jiraiya, your summoning this time wasn't in a noisy environment, there aren't even any enemies here!"
Sage Shima was perched on Jiraiya's Jiraiya shoulder, immediately began to complain upon seeing the surroundings.
I used to complain about the noise when summoning during battles, but now that the summoning environment is exceptionally quiet, I complain about the lack of enemies.
It's so unreasonable and illogical, even with female Toad.
After internally complaining, Jiraiya still gave a brief explanation of the situation.
"The successor of Ryūchi Cave? I'll do everything in my power to help you this time, little Jiraiya!"
"Me too!"
After learning about the situation, Fukasaku the lead in expressing his opinion, followed by Shima.
As the two sages of Mount Myōboku took their positions and Hand Seals, Jiraiya rapidly underwent a transformation. Toad markings appeared on his hands, feet, and face, and his pupils began to change.
Compared to the changes in appearance, the unseen changes are even more terrifying; Jiraiya's abilities have been amplified across the board.
In the current situation, the most important things are, of course, perception and Taijutsu skills.
After entering Sage Mode, Jiraiya's speed increased dramatically, and he was about to catch up with the small snake in front of him.
The tiny snake's body suddenly swelled up, transforming into a giant python, which then split into countless smaller snakes that fled in different directions.
"Little Jiraiya, what should we do?"
Shima personality was not very calm, asked the question.
Jiraiya this, Jiraiya was more excited than anything else. "That's it, it must be Orochimaru!"
"Over here!"
Jiraiya didn't hesitate and once again chose a direction based on his intuition.
Even if not, Jiraiya still has one more chance. After activating Sage Mode, his greatly enhanced Taijutsu gives Jiraiya a higher margin for error.
With a speed far exceeding that of the small snake, Jiraiya quickly caught up.
The little snake, which had been fleeing at high speed, finally gave up its escape when it sensed Jiraiya rapidly approaching from behind.
It opened its mouth slightly, but it was quickly squeezed open and burst open, from which Orochimaru emerged.
He stopped, turned around, and looked at Jiraiya had changed drastically.
As Jiraiya approached, he stopped about ten meters away from Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru, give up! This time you won't have any chance to escape. I'm going to take you back, even if you disagree, even if I cripple you, I'll still bring you back!"
Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya, Jiraiya, and asked a question that made Jiraiya pause.
"Take it back? Take it where?"
"Of course it's wood..."
Without a second thought, Jiraiya blurted out his Jiraiya after speaking, he finally realized something was amiss.
That's right, where should we take it back?
Konoha?
Jiraiya himself didn't want to stay any longer. His original expectations for Konoha completely vanished after meeting Ren today.
Konoha has never changed; I just didn't see it clearly back then—twice!
Jiraiya swallowed back the words that were about to come out, remained silent for a moment, Jiraiya shouted loudly.
"Then I'll cripple you, Orochimaru! I'll stop you! Too many people have died because of your ambition!"
Orochimaru flashed his signature wicked smile and then asked.
"Is it merely killing? Jiraiya, we are both ninjas. On the battlefield, you have killed no fewer people than I have. Your hands are also stained with blood. How can you speak such words with such righteous indignation?"
Jiraiya had always disliked Orochimaru's saintly attitude, and before Jiraiya could answer, he asked again.
"If that's the case, then the Fifth Hokage, who was just with you, has more blood on his hands than either of us, not to mention your proud disciple Minato Namikaze, who is even more so than Uchiha Yushu. Why didn't you stop him?"