But if Jiraiya could listen to Orochimaru, he would not be Jiraiya.
Besides, Jiraiya felt that after all these years of training, he was no longer the man he had once been. Now he was Jiraiya the Sage.
After years of gathering material and training, Jiraiya had perfected his senjutsu. He no longer needed lengthy preparations and could directly summon the two Toad Sages, Shima and Fukasaku, to enter Sage Mode immediately. He believed that even if he could not beat Nagato, he could certainly escape.
Of course, if he could win, he had a responsibility to make amends for his past mistakes. After all, he was Hero Jiraiya!
Seeing Jiraiya continue to ignore him, his eyes sparkling, Orochimaru knew perfectly well that Jiraiya had started imagining things again.
Sigh!
Orochimaru felt rather helpless. This idiot was always like this, never using his brain and relying only on momentary bravado. What good did that do?
A person only had one life. Once they died, everything was over. They could clearly crush the opposition with overwhelming force, yet he insisted on throwing his life away.
But that was the Jiraiya he knew!
With that thought, Orochimaru decided to have Chihane knock Jiraiya out later. Since he refused to listen, there was no point in reasoning with him. Reason with those who were reasonable; use force on those who were not!
This was for Jiraiya's own good, too. Surely he would understand once he woke up.
For some unknown reason, Jiraiya suddenly felt a chill down his back and involuntarily shuddered. But the sensation soon vanished, so he did not pay it much mind.
Having made up his mind, Orochimaru stopped bothering with Jiraiya and said to Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku, "In that case, let's put the plan to attack the