"Orochimaru, how do you want to die?"
Orochimaru stared at that mass of ghostly blue light, his scalp prickling.
That was not chakra at all, but an extraordinarily pure and destructive energy.
He had no doubt that if that thing hit him, not even a scrap of him would remain.
Run! I have to run right now!
Orochimaru could no longer spare any thought for killing Naruto Uzumaki.
He opened his mouth and bit down hard on his thumb. As blood flowed, his hands flashed through hand seals before he slammed them onto the rubble-covered ground.
"Summoning Technique!"
At the same time, Jiraiya, off in the distance, also sensed the suffocating pressure in the air.
Not daring to delay for even a moment, he bit his finger too.
"Summoning Technique!"
Meanwhile, Tsunade, who had been held in Son Goten's arms all this time, felt the astonishing heat radiating from the little boy, and the fear in her heart had long since vanished.
That nauseating trace of blood meant nothing before this overwhelming sense of security.
Gritting her teeth, she endured the last of her discomfort and slammed her fair palm against the ground.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Three enormous clouds of white smoke shot into the sky.
As the earth shook, three mountain-sized summoning beasts appeared out of thin air, cramming the already devastated ruins full.
A purple behemoth coiled in one corner, cruelty gleaming in his scarlet slit pupils. It was Manda of Ryūchi Cave.
The enormous red toad with a large pipe in his mouth drew the short sword at his waist. Gamabunta made his grand entrance.
Tsunade and Son Goten landed steadily on the back of a gigantic blue-and-white mollusk, Katsuyu of Shikkotsu Forest.
"Whoa, now that's quite a lineup."
Son Goten showed not the slightest nervousness. Instead,