Mount Myōboku.
"Jiraiya, don't just stand there. Work on improving your perception too. Don't sit around like an idiot."
Fukasaku watched Naruto studying the Senjutsu Rasengan with satisfaction, then glanced at Jiraiya lying nearby sunbathing. The contrast was immediately apparent.
"Ah, this is just how I am. No matter how much I improve, I'll still be the same," Jiraiya called out, shielding his eyes from the sunlight with his hand.
Duang!
Fukasaku shattered Jiraiya's dreams of sleep with a single whack of his staff. Clutching the new lump on his head, Jiraiya sprang up from the ground.
"Strip and get up there. Now." Fukasaku dragged Jiraiya straight to the edge of the pool, pulled his clothes open, and smeared him with toad oil.
"Honestly... Oh, fine." Jiraiya sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, sensing the active natural energy around him.
Not far beside him, Naruto held a massive Senjutsu Rasengan, smashing it into the ground with great crashes.
The instant the Senjutsu Rasengan touched the ground, it unleashed a tremendous explosion that shook the entire earth. A moment later, the recoil from the Rasengan hurled Naruto into the air.
The hand he had used to perform the Rasengan also suffered considerable damage.
"This should be powerful enough..." Naruto shook his hand, which was dripping blood, and nodded in satisfaction at the cracked ground.
The markings of Sage Mode had already appeared on Jiraiya's face, but the next instant, the tremendous shaking jolted him out of Sage Mode.
Jiraiya looked at the ground that had been battered for so long and let out a long sigh. The thought that he was becoming obsolete arose in his mind.
"It's getting late. Let's stop here for today. Naruto's training is pretty much complete too."
Fukasaku covered his eyes and turned his gaze toward