Boom!
The colliding curtain of flames exploded outside the pipe!
The rebounding heat wave surged back through the pipe!
"Urgh!!!" Jiraiya raised a hand to shield the two sages' faces, his expression grave. "A Fire Release ninjutsu cast on its own managed to block my Senjutsu-enhanced Toad Oil Flame Bullet!"
"I thought the enemy was only formidable because of the Rinnegan's ocular techniques. I never imagined even their basic combat ability would be this troublesome. You two, I'm sorry for dragging you into this!"
Sage Shima smiled. "Hmph~ What are you panicking for? What got blocked was only the Sage Art you cast by yourself, little Jiraiya. The two of us haven't even made a move yet!"
Sage Fukasaku laughed. "That's right, that's right~! This only proves that summoning me and the kid's mother here for support was a wise decision!"
Sage Shima said, "Let's end this fight quickly! I still need to go back and prepare bug dishes for the children!!!"
"You two... I'm deeply grateful!!!"
Jiraiya's half-frog-like foot stamped a dent into the pipe. In the next instant, he shot out of its opening like a cannonball and clung to the wall of a building outside!!!
"Hm?" The frog's horizontal pupils caught sight of Kakupai's true form below!!!
"This enemy isn't the one who ambushed me from behind earlier and absorbed my chakra!"
Sage Shima narrowed her eyes. "So that's the Rinnegan? It really does give off an ominous feeling!"
Jiraiya surveyed the surroundings. "According to the intelligence, Shikaku once proposed a theory: the enemy is a command center hiding in the shadows and controlling six corpses in battle. In other words, besides the enemy who absorbed chakra just now and the one before us, there may be four more corpses..."
Sage Fukasaku said, "Oh? It's only a