Madara was trapped in the Toad Confrontation Chant, unable to break free. After he fell, the Black Rods embedded in Jiraiya and the Five Kage began to dissolve, releasing the restraints on their chakra!
"Heaven has not forsaken the Shinobi World!"
Once the Five Kage rose, they raced toward Jiraiya!
"Cough, cough, cough...!!"
Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima coughed violently, shouting through hoarse throats, "Little Jiraiya, seal Naruto's cursed seal, quickly!"
Without waiting for their reminder, Jiraiya had already reached Naruto's side.
His already dust-covered Orange Jacket was now even more tattered. Though the blood on his left arm, broken by the Raikage, had clotted, the bones remained exposed. Dark markings that did not belong to him covered his entire body!
Jiraiya could not bear to imagine how much suffering and abuse Naruto had endured since Black Zetsu abducted him from the Land of Whirlpools!
Now he did not even know whether Naruto's consciousness still existed within this body. The thought pierced Jiraiya's heart like a thousand needles!
"Naruto, you've suffered so much. Your teacher will save you now!!!"
He formed the Evil Sealing Method, pressing his palm toward the Black Cursed Seal on the back of Naruto's neck—the source of all evil in Jiraiya's eyes!!!
Rustle, rustle, rustle!!
But just then, a black hand reached out of the ground and seized Jiraiya's wrist. A face steeped in sinister darkness emerged right after it!!
Jiraiya's eyes blazed with hatred. "Black Zetsu!!!"
Black Zetsu spoke with brazen confidence. "Jiraiya, we've both laid our cards on the table, so I'll say it plainly. You cannot take Naruto away!"
Within sight, the Five Kage were running closer!
Black Zetsu kept it brief. "If he remains more than a hundred meters away from me, the caster, for over an hour, the Black Cursed Seal