After coming all this way and holding on until now, Jiraiya felt he had no regrets left.
He had witnessed his students, Shihōin Naraku and Naruto Uzumaki, shine on the battlefield, and he believed they would save the ninja world.
So he saw his own impending death with complete clarity.
To him, even dying now was nothing to grieve over.
He just did not want anything to happen to Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima before he died.
There was no need for the two sages to sacrifice themselves here in vain.
"Hurry back to Mount Myōboku, you two!"
"This place is already destined to be my grave!"
Faced with a life-or-death crisis, Jiraiya instead seemed extraordinarily accepting!
Boom!!!
Before Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima could speak again, an invisible attack suddenly struck from behind and to the side, slamming hard into Jiraiya.
Blood surged into Jiraiya's throat, and he spat out a great mouthful. Agonizing pain shot through his back, which visibly caved in!
"Little Jiraiya!!!"
After watching the dust completely swallow Jiraiya, Madara Uchiha withdrew his gaze. He knew how powerful his ability was.
Limbo: Border Jail was Madara's Rinnegan dōjutsu!
This ability could split off invisible shadows to attack and defend. Ordinary people could neither see the shadows nor sense them.
This was why Jiraiya and the others could only take the blows.
They could neither see nor sense when and where the shadows Madara released would attack, so they could only endure the hits.
"You wanted to stall me, but I have no time to waste here now."
Without even looking at the stunned Minato Namikaze, Madara turned and rushed toward Hashirama Senju's location.
"A pity. That ninja named Jiraiya knows senjutsu, but his Sage Mode is imperfect."
"Otherwise..."
Madara felt a touch of regret.
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