The Space Portal closed.
Jigen hovered in the air, the pale moon overhead, lush trees carpeting the ground, and imposing mountains rising in the distance.
"Hmm. So this is Blue Moon Island."
As he descended vertically, a white-haired figure came running down a narrow forest path.
Jigen's gaze settled on the man's face.
"Oh. Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sannin. The powerful shinobi who single-handedly destroyed Kara's experimental base in the Ancient Kingdom of Kucha and abducted Delta..."
The instant he finished speaking, Jiraiya sprang forward on all fours and launched a flying kick!
Jigen raised his right wrist to block.
"Thud!!!" With a dull impact, the wooden sandal carrying Jiraiya's full weight and strength shattered against Jigen's casually raised wrist, yet failed to push him back even half a step before his feet had fully touched the ground.
"The Ōtsutsuki really do live up to their reputation!"
Jiraiya pulled back his attack with that exclamation, but in that millisecond of recovery... Jigen reached out with his left hand, seized his retreating ankle, and in the next instant... slammed him toward the ground!
Jiraiya landed facedown. Through the dust kicked up around him, he glimpsed a volley of punishing Judgment Black Rods falling from directly overhead!!!
"!!" He evaded with an ungainly frog leap... Before he could catch his breath amid the stones pelting his face, the man was already upon him, radiating terrifying pressure!
Looking at his strange face paint and eye markings, Jigen said indifferently, "Sage Mode? It seems you warmed up beforehand. But can you keep up with my power?"
As his words fell, a plain but devastatingly powerful kick came straight at Jiraiya's chest!
The wind pressure alone from the oncoming kick sent a chill through Jiraiya.
*Was this the being who once drove Naruto to