Two toads stood on Jiraiya's shoulders, one on each side.
"Elder Fukasaku, Elder Shima."
This was his strongest form. Jiraiya's title as the Toad Sage came from this.
Yet as the two toads looked at Muzan in his Demon King form, his crimson blood-red eyes carried an ominous air.
"Is this the evil man foretold by the Great Toad Sage?"
The speaker had meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart.
Only now, after fighting this long, did Jiraiya notice that Muzan's eyes were extremely similar to those from the Great Toad Sage's prophecy. Could the blood-red eyes belong not to the Uchiha Clan, but to Muzan before him?
"I don't know either, but he's very strong. He trained at Mount Myoboku for some time and has already mastered perfect Sage Mode."
Elder Fukasaku saw no trace of Mount Myoboku on the man. Instead, an ultimate terror permeated the air around him, like that of an apex predator.
"Let's capture him and bring him back to Konoha first. Once this is over, we can discuss whether he's the person foretold by the Great Toad Sage."
Muzan stared at the three of them. Two plus one did not equal three; Jiraiya's strength had undergone a qualitative leap.
"Whoosh!"
A fierce gust swept in as Muzan closed in for hand-to-hand combat. He knew that with the perception of the two sages, Jiraiya could see through his movements at the first instant.
But with his inhuman physical abilities, Muzan would not necessarily lose.
Bang!
The instant Jiraiya dodged, he inadvertently caught sight of horrifying cracks spreading across the ground, even splitting the wall ahead in two.
"If that hit me, I'd die."
Remembering the unpleasant experience of peeping on Tsunade, the wound on his chest faintly ached. As someone who