Listen to My Myth

The crow's super-condensed Tailed Beast Bomb might be the type of ultimate move that's lonely... all its skills are wasted.

It's not like that, though. The once densely forested hills of the land have disappeared, replaced by a massive artificial lake... Beiyuan secretly praised himself, this move is really good, very beneficial to the people.

Back in the day, a certain country was so rich it used atomic weapons to build reservoirs. This move of his is similar, and it doesn't have any radiation. The nearby residents will probably be grateful to it, right?

However, it takes too long to accumulate chakra, and the accuracy of the hit has a certain deviation. For now, it can only be used as a strategic nuclear weapon, and it needs more practice... practice...

"...Beiyuan, you won't hurt Jiraiya-sensei, will you..."

Uchiha Itachi acknowledged the strength of the legendary Sannin, but in the face of a natural disaster that could easily destroy a town... it's hard to say he'd come out unscathed.

"Caw?"

Beiyuan recalled the giant toad that escaped when he released the Tailed Beast Bomb just now. He figured they wouldn't have any accidents, right?

The children gathered around Itachi, having overcome their panic, became active again, chattering about going home...

There were also some peculiar children who shouted that they were thirsty and wanted water...

Perhaps they saw the groundwater rise and form a lake...

Jiraiya was fortunate. Protected by Gamabunta, he was mostly unharmed, suffering only minor internal injuries. He was reflecting on himself at the moment.

"Silence is golden..."

Every day he found new reasons to disparage the crow... yet he was almost killed just by being caught in the crossfire. One could only imagine what the center of the explosion looked like...

He had initially thought his new disciple was merely exceptionally talented. Even if his learning ability was comparable to Nagato's, his future achievements might still be limited no matter how you looked at it.

He possessed neither the eyes of a Sage nor any special innate talent... Sharingan? Don't be ridiculous. Jiraiya had never seen a powerful Uchiha before!

However, the crow on his shoulder... Jiraiya had a slight suspicion. Was it really necessary to search for the child of prophecy and destiny?

A single Tailed Beast Bomb could easily wipe out a hidden village of one of the Five Great Nations... Not listening to advice was equivalent to inviting disaster.

When Jiraiya returned to the center of the battlefield, he saw Uchiha Itachi, the young boy sitting by the campfire telling stories to a group of little ones.

Uchiha Itachi told the stories earnestly. Although they were just legendary myths, the way he told them made them sound as if they had actually happened...

"...To avenge his friend, Hou Yi shot down nine suns in succession. The remaining little sun escaped and declared itself Amaterasu Omikami, transforming into a crow to carefully manage the human world..."

"...It is said that there was an Eight-Branched Serpent causing havoc in the human world. Amaterasu then ordered her subordinate Susanoo to kill the Eight-Branched Serpent with the Totsuka Blade... and from its body, he drew out the Kusanagi Sword..."

At this point, Itachi pointed to the snakeskin on the ground and tapped the Kusanagi Sword in his hand... causing Jiraiya's brow to furrow...

The children beside them all expressed shock!

"Wow, we just found this sword in this snake's body!"

"Is it the Eight-Branched Serpent?"

"It must be! Didn't we just see the sword drawn from its corpse!"

"..."

The story Uchiha Itachi told was strange...

Jiraiya wasn't in the mood to correct the story's accuracy. With red-rimmed eyes, he stepped forward, excitedly stroking the snakeskin and saying, "Orochimaru... Huh? He really isn't dead..."

Was he hoping he would die... or hoping he wouldn't?

Jiraiya knew very well the principle behind Orochimaru's Great Snake Flow Body Replacement Jutsu. By consuming a large amount of chakra to hatch a new body, it was like a snake shedding its skin...

This remaining snakeskin was left by the Great Snake Flow Body Replacement Jutsu. It seemed that fellow might have escaped... Faced with unknown danger, how could he stay?

When Uchiha Itachi was searching the battlefield with the children, they found a long snakeskin. To their surprise, they found a Kusanagi Sword inside, and then he gave a lecture...

He told a jumbled story, a mix of the myths told by Uchiha Fugaku and Beiyuan.

The facts fully proved one thing: no matter what the truth was, the stories that came out of Uchiha Itachi's mouth were all nonsense...

Uchiha Itachi looked at him worriedly, "Jiraiya-sensei! Are you alright!"

"Hahaha... How could I be alright..." A smear of crimson flowed from his mouth with his gasping laughter. He quickly wiped it away awkwardly, feigning composure, "How are you all?"

"Because Beiyuan protected us, none of us were seriously injured, but..." Itachi's brow furrowed, and he said in a low voice, "Giant Snake should have escaped after its summoning jutsu was released!"

Jiraiya: "..."

So, Orochimaru used the Great Snake Flow Body Replacement Jutsu to recover from his injuries, and Giant Snake released its summoning jutsu and returned to Ryuchi Cave...

So, the result of this Tailed Beast Bomb was that he and Gamabunta suffered the most grievous injuries?

Who did they offend? Especially Gamabunta. It came out the latest but was the most severely injured...

And with its current injuries, it went back on its own. The toads of Mount Myōboku would have a phobia of Jiraiya's summoning calls.

"Was that big explosion just now caused by the crow uncle you brought? How is it now?" Jiraiya looked for the crow... not sure if he wanted to argue or apologize...

"It's too late, Beiyuan is really sleepy..." Uchiha Itachi carefully pointed to the crow sleeping soundly beside him: "I let it sleep..."

Curled up and sleeping, Beiyuan seemed to be dreaming of something. It rolled over, appearing as if nothing had happened. Its sleep quality was very good.

"...Let it rest well... After all, it used such a powerful jutsu..." Jiraiya shook his head helplessly, "Itachi, it seems I don't need to help you find a summoning ninja beast anymore..."

Moreover, Jiraiya believed that Mount Myōboku would not welcome them now, and he didn't dare to share a summoning contract with Uchiha Itachi anymore.

This move was too deadly!

He didn't want to blow up Mount Myōboku because of this trivial matter... by the hands of Beiyuan, who had a bit of a temper...

Mount Myōboku.

Things were indeed about to go sky-high here.

Sage Fukasaku and Shima Sage saw their son rush off to Jiraiya's location, only to return in a frantic hurry... but in very poor condition.

Blood stained the ground... they were on the verge of life and death.

As long as they didn't die, with the vitality and recovery of Mount Myōboku's toads, they would soon be back on their feet, catching bugs.

Shima Sage even worried about their contractor, "Did little Jiraiya encounter a strong enemy? Old man, let's go take a look..."

"Don't go!" Gamabunta firmly stopped the two elderly toads. "That crow is too strong! The injuries on my body were only from the periphery of its attacks... if I had gotten any closer..."

Sage Fukasaku looked at his wife in surprise and questioned his son, "What exactly happened to you? The periphery?

"You're not going to tell me you started running as soon as you got to little Jiraiya's place, are you?"

"..." Gamabunta was a bit troubled, because his father was telling the truth. It didn't know how to describe the danger to its parents. Perhaps it should have Jiraiya come over sometime?

It seemed like... it had just been able to bring Jiraiya back...

No, it should have brought Jiraiya back to Mount Myōboku the moment that Tailed Beast Bomb fell!

Second update, I'm exhausted, I'll take a look now and fix it tomorrow, and also ask for some recommendation votes.