Within the cramped confines of the needle cloak.
Jiraiya asked with concern written all over his face.
"Are you all right, Tsunade?"
Tsunade did not answer his question.
Instead, she said coldly,
"You could have used Fire Release just now."
Jiraiya gave a guilty laugh.
"Hahaha, you noticed..."
Just as Jiraiya was about to say something else—and hold her a little longer—
Tsunade raised her knee, pressed it against his little Jiraiya, and snapped,
"Let me out already, idiot! Orochimaru will get away!"
"Oh, oh, oh! Right, right!"
Breaking out in a cold sweat, Jiraiya hurriedly released his Ninja Art: Needle Jizo.
His white, needle-like hair spread apart.
Seeing this, the surrounding snakes lunged at them again.
Jiraiya held oil formed from chakra in his mouth.
As he spat out the chakra oil, he unleashed Fire Release.
"Fire Release: Flame Bullet!"
A fiercely burning ball of flame wiped out the remaining snakes.
Just as Tsunade had expected.
Orochimaru had already put some distance between himself and the two of them.
Now he formed hand seals again, unleashing two enormous snakes.
"Fierce Snake Stomp!"
A rank wind swept toward them.
The two giant snakes, their scales smooth and sleek, instantly locked onto the voluptuous prey before them.
"Hmph!"
Tsunade snorted.
Ignoring the two giant snakes attacking from the side,
she continued chasing Orochimaru at full speed.
Because she knew that the man behind her
would clear every obstacle from her path, no matter when or where.
"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!"
Jiraiya gave a low shout.
The soft earth beneath the two giant snakes instantly turned into a vast, muddy swamp.
The giant snakes sank deep into it. After struggling in vain, they were soon swallowed by the mire.
In the meantime,
Orochimaru had run up the wall to the