"I can't let three brats who aren't even ten look down on me."
Jiraiya murmured,
"Now then, let's begin!"
As soon as he spoke, Kushina attacked first.
Her Tailed Beast Transformation had greatly enhanced her speed and strength.
Like a wild beast, she dropped onto all fours, her body becoming a crimson blur.
She was already in front of Jiraiya, swiping a claw at him.
"Young people really are hotheaded."
Jiraiya shook his head.
The attack struck him squarely,
but he simply dissolved into a cloud of smoke.
"It's a Shadow Clone."
Minato Namikaze appeared behind the spot where Jiraiya had just vanished.
More precisely, he had disappeared from his original position the moment Jiraiya said to begin.
He had slipped into the void and arrived before Jiraiya in the next instant.
But when he moved behind him, he discovered that the Jiraiya before him was only a Shadow Clone,
so he chose not to attack.
Kushina also realized that something was wrong.
She began searching for Jiraiya using the unique sensory abilities of her Tailed Beast Transformation.
Hoshizuki Hyuga, however, flew straight in one direction without even looking at the others.
Her Tenseigan had revealed that the Jiraiya standing there was a clone before anyone else noticed.
It had also revealed where the real Jiraiya was hiding.
"Let's follow her."
Minato Namikaze exchanged a glance with Kushina as he spoke.
In the next instant, Minato Namikaze took Kushina's hand, and they vanished.
Hoshizuki Hyuga flew into a patch of woodland.
She raised her slender hand and reached toward a large tree.
"Banshō Ten'in!"
An immense pulling force surged from her palm.
Countless leaves and the entire tree were pulled up from the ground.
A white figure came flying along with them.
Jiraiya had been hiding in that very tree.