"Starting with Impure World Reincarnation? That saves me a lot of trouble!"
Jiraiya's eyes lit up. He poured out the oil hidden at his wrist, smeared it over his face, and pressed his palms together. "Then I'd better go all out and summon the two Sages to join the fight!"
"Huh?"
Orochimaru froze. Jiraiya's words were strange. Why did it sound as though he had known Orochimaru was going to use Impure World Reincarnation?
And what had he just said... summon the two great Sages?
Knowing about Jiraiya's extraordinary experiences on Mount Myōboku, Orochimaru felt something was off. He licked the corner of his mouth. "Just to be safe."
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and formed hand seals again.
Besides the coffins marked One and Two slowly rising from the ground, another coffin marked Three and Four emerged.
"One more!"
A little cold sweat appeared on Orochimaru's forehead, but he slapped his hand down again anyway.
Another coffin marked Two shot up in the middle.
Five coffins in total slowly opened.
"Huh?"
Jiraiya, who was gathering chakra, froze as well. Cold sweat suddenly broke out across his back—
I'm screwed. The plan was going so smoothly that I got excited and let something slip. I should have stopped him from summoning more... now there seem to be too many!
Meanwhile, Karatachi Yagura and Kakashi were locked in combat.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"
Neither had any water around them, yet Karatachi Yagura frowned deeply at his opponent's water dragon, which was even more powerful than his own.
Konoha's White-Haired Shinigami, Kakashi Hatake, had once been known as the Copy Ninja, reputed to have copied over a thousand ninjutsu.
Naturally, he had heard of that.
But copying ninjutsu only allowed him to learn the techniques. Why was