Jiraiya and Gamabunta descended from the sky together. The impact of Gamabunta's enormous body alone drove back the Six Paths Puppets Jinchūriki.
But once they recovered, the fearless Six Paths Puppets Jinchūriki charged at Jiraiya again.
Jiraiya remained completely calm and immediately shouted.
"Gamabunta, let's use that move!"
"Right!"
"Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!" ×2
Standing atop Gamabunta's head, Jiraiya spat flames forward, while Gamabunta spewed thick, flammable toad oil that was nearly impossible to shake off once it stuck.
In an instant, the flames ignited the toad oil, forming a sea of fire in front of Gamabunta that blocked the Six Paths Puppets Jinchūriki's path.
"Master Jiraiya!"
Seeing that Jiraiya had held the enemy back for now, Naruto hurriedly waved in greeting.
"Oh, Naruto! Looks like you've gotten stronger again while I was away!"
Jiraiya jumped down from Gamabunta's head.
Naruto hurried over and carefully looked Jiraiya up and down.
"Master Jiraiya, weren't you already..."
Although Naruto trailed off, Jiraiya knew what he wanted to say.
"I didn't die. Some bastard just locked me up. He spread the news of my death to start this war."
"What? Someone deliberately started this war?"
Tsunade immediately flew into a rage. Konoha had suffered so terribly in this war, and it turned out someone had engineered the whole thing.
"Jiraiya, what exactly is going on?"
"It's a long story, and I still haven't figured out what he's after. But I can tell you that the person behind all of this is Chiba Tetsuya."
Tsunade was even more bewildered. Chiba Tetsuya? Wasn't that guy dead?
She was just about to ask more when a figure burst through the flames and charged toward them.
"Lava Release is the strongest!"
The Six Paths Puppets Jinchūriki Roshi had become a monster covered in lava. He