"Hahaha, how interesting! I never thought I'd see you embarrass yourself in front of your own student, senior brother!"
As those words rang out, Lin Guang and Mitsuri Kanroji descended from the sky on an ice-crystal phoenix.
Then Lin Guang directed the ice-crystal phoenix to charge at Pain.
Meanwhile, Lin Guang took Mitsuri Kanroji with him as he jumped off the ice-crystal phoenix's back and landed on Gamaken's head.
There was a tremendous boom!
Pain and the giant chameleon were struck by the ice-crystal phoenix.
A great cloud of dust rose.
Seeing Lin Guang appear, Jiraiya paid no mind to his teasing.
"Hey, hey! Lin Guang! You're a little late."
Jiraiya looked at Lin Guang, his tone seeming somewhat reproachful, though Lin Guang had actually arrived at just the right time.
Lin Guang smiled slightly and said, "I changed my route at the last minute, so I was a little late."
Jiraiya looked toward Pain in the air.
By then, the dust had cleared, revealing a giant stone panda frozen solid in ice crystals.
Then, with a pop, the stone panda vanished, and Pain appeared before the three of them completely unharmed.
"With this guy as our opponent, there's no need to keep observing. We have to go all out from the start."
Jiraiya bit his finger, drew two more lines on his face, and pressed his palms together.
"Lin Guang, I'm going to use Sage Mode and summon the two great sages, but summoning them will take some time. I can't separate my hands while I'm doing it."
Lin Guang said, "Understood. Leave things to me until then. Besides, last time I had to go save someone and never got to have a proper fight with Pain. Leave it to me this time."
Then Lin Guang glanced down at