I teach kendo in the ninja world

To put it bluntly, Tsunade's choice to treat and protect those Konoha ninjas at the expense of temporarily losing their combat effectiveness was not the best decision at the moment.

However, it was an instinctive habit she had developed over decades as a medical ninja.

In other words, when she encounters a crisis and has no time to think in detail, her instinctive choice is to treat illnesses and save people and protect her companions as much as possible, rather than retaining chakra for her future battles.

In the final analysis, it was her professional instinct as a doctor that made her make this choice that seemed inappropriate at this time.

Because, when facing Kirigakure, what Konoha lacks is not a large number of ordinary ninjas, but people who can stop strong men like Goju Yagura and Araki head-on!

Ordinary Konoha ninjas are no more difficult to cut than leeks in front of them!

However, now that the matter has come to this, we can only see how capable Jiraiya is.

"Shadow!"

Gotachibana Yagura, who has completely transformed into a tailed beast, no, it would be more appropriate to call her three-tailed Isozu at this time.

The body shape of the three-tailed rock turtle is similar to a giant armored turtle with spines on its back.

At this time, it arched its whole body under Yagura's control, causing the huge and thick carapace on its back to wrap around its body, and rolled forward quickly like a wheel. Judging from this action alone, it looked a bit like the Akimichi clan's [Meat-Bomb Combat] car】.

But its huge size, hard carapace, ferocious barbs and terrifying weight are not comparable to the ninjas of the Akimichi clan.

It might be more appropriate to say it is a [Steel Star].

Wherever it rolls, thousands of armies will break through, and no one can stop it. All obstacles in front of it can only be crushed in front of it!

And the end point of its rolling movement is Jiraiya who has just revealed his figure on the top of the mountain!

Sonorous, sonorous——

Faced with such a thing, reason told Jiraiya that it was best not to block it.

But the looks from countless Konoha ninjas around him told him that if he blocked this move, then this war would still be fought.

But if he hides, then the morale of Konoha that was just lifted up by Matt Dai's life will plummet again, and it will be irreversible.

Therefore, faced with such a choice, he did not hesitate.

"Tu Dun·Huangquan Marsh!"

After the handprints were formed, a large pool of swamp mud suddenly appeared on the road ahead of Goji Yagura. The area covered by it was nearly a hundred meters, and the mud was bubbling in it.

However, this alone is not enough to resolve the impact of [Shadow].

I saw that the three-tailed rock was splashed with mud the moment it entered the swamp. Instead of being dragged and sunk, the three-tailed rock caught in it almost swallowed the mud in the swamp with its powerful rotational force. All burst out.

When one move failed, Jiraiya's handprints changed and he slapped the ground with a heavy palm: "Immortal Technique·Earth Release·Gang Liubi!"

Bang!Bang!Bang!

There were several loud noises in succession, and walls shining with metallic luster rose up one after another, blocking the path forward of Goji Yagura.

At a rough glance, there are about dozens of them.

The buzzing Steel Star didn't even dodge, and just hit it head-on.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Smoke and dust were everywhere, rubble was flying everywhere, walls were violently broken through one after another, and even the stone fragments exploded were like bullets, causing injury and death upon contact.

Seeing this, Jiraiya's expression became completely serious and he began to prepare a set of more complicated hand seals.

But how could Araki just watch from the side and let Jiraiya cast spells freely so comfortably?

After taking a deep breath, he vibrated the sword in his hand and flew up.

In an instant, there seemed to be a sharp whistle in the sky.

The whistle was clear and piercing, like cranes chirping in the clear sky and feathers cracking in the morning frost, like a charge song played with the atmosphere as its strings!

That long roar is like a feather thorn, sharp as a real object, soaring and flying, just like the roar of a dragon.

Just when Araki made a move, the Konoha ninjas surrounding Jiraiya all started to move: "Quickly stop him!"

A ninja who was good at earth escape completed the hand seals as quickly as possible in his life, and clapped his hands downwards: "Earth Release·Earth..."

However, when he looked up, he found that Araki had already passed by his side like a flying feather, and it was only then that the sound of the sword sounded in his ears.

"He...is actually faster than the sound..."

He wasn't the only one who was stunned by Araki's display of speed.

When Araki pulled the overlapping afterimages across hundreds of meters in an instant, they came to Jiraiya.

The white-haired man could only watch helplessly as the wind-like figure suddenly appeared in the sky. He controlled the thunder and stabbed him in the air!

There was no time to use any defensive measures.

Although Senjutsu Chakra strengthened Jiraiya's body, his physical skills were not considered a shortcoming.

But being weak or not is actually a relative concept. It mainly depends on who you compare with.

Compared with people like Araki or Tsunade, Jiraiya's physical skills are undoubtedly his shortcomings, while his ninjutsu is his strength.

Fortunately, Jiraiya was not fighting alone at this time.

On his shoulders are Fukasaku and Shima, two immortals from Mt. Myouki.

The two of them merged their lower bodies with Jiraiya through [Senjutsu: Two Life Techniques], and by maintaining the "moving" and "quiet" states respectively, they helped Jiraiya absorb natural energy to construct Senjutsu Chakra , to maximize the duration of his immortal mode.

At this time, since Jiraiya couldn't react, the two of them had to do it.

"Tongue binding!"

swoosh~

Immortal Shima spit out his tongue, which was strengthened by magic energy, and like a long whip, it swirled towards the Araki in the air.

After being blessed by the Yang Dun Immortal Technique, her tongue became infinitely extendable like Jiraiya's hair, and its surface was as hard as iron!

At the same time, Fukasaku Sennin also opened his mouth, and a thin stream of water spurted out, as sharp as a sword.

"Water Blade Slash!"

Araki has no doubt that as long as he is entangled in Shima Sennin's tongue, then this sharp blade will mercilessly split him in two!

However, since he dared to leap into the air and expose such a big flaw, he naturally had a way to deal with it.

I saw the tip of his sword lightly touching Shima Sennin's long tongue. The purple thunder and lightning made her tongue slightly stiff for a moment. In just this moment, Araki used her tongue as a pedal to gently bend his body, like an antelope hanging its horns. Banbi easily opened the water blade in Fukasaku Sen's mouth.

After combining the dodge move [Five Winds and Ten Rains] of [Shigure Blue Swallow Style], Araki's movement is not only as light as wind and as fast as thunder, but also becomes more rounded and smooth like water.

Then, the purple thunder sword in his hand exploded into pieces and turned into one after another, each of the hidden weapons in the shape of a shuttle, raining down towards their heads like dense rain.

chi chi-

The first ones to be hit were naturally the extended tongues of the two toad immortals and the water blades connected to their mouths. Both the physical body and the water flow were excellent conductors of electricity.

As a result, the purple current flowed along them to the two Toad Sages, Shima and Fukasaku.

And because the two of them were currently in a combined state with Jiraiya, Jiraiya, who was forming seals, was unfortunately struck by the attack and froze for a moment.

At this moment, Araki had reached the position of one of the fusiform [Thunder Wedge] through [Star Return].

That was right behind Jiraiya.

Without any hesitation, Araki turned the wind into a sword and stabbed forward fiercely!

puff!

Seeing Tsunade's sudden attack, Araki frowned and continued to exert force on his hand. The green sword light surged again!

This time, Tsunade did not have the strength to continue to rely on brute force to break his sword blade.

Pfft!

Finally, the sound of the second layer of barrier being pierced sounded.

Tsunade and Jiraiya were back to back, and Araki pierced their chests with a long sword and were strung together.

The next moment, Tsunade was seen ignoring the injury on her chest and suddenly lunged forward with her arms spread wide, as if she wanted to embrace Araki in front of her.

If the situation were different, Araki might not mind, but at this moment, he only felt the pain in his heart that was like acupuncture!

dangerous!

He suddenly drew his sword and retreated.

At the same time, where he was standing before, the ground suddenly shattered, and a white-haired figure emerged from it, holding a small shiny blue ball in his hand!

【Spiral pill】!

At this moment, Araki saw the clay figures scattered behind Tsunade out of the corner of his eye, and understood how Jiraiya had avoided the sword he just struck.

but……

Seeing Jiraiya pressing the Rasengan against his chest, Araki's lips revealed a subtle smile.

What does it mean to step through the iron shoes and have nowhere to find it, and get it without effort?

What do you mean, there is a way to heaven but you don’t take it, and there is no door to hell but you choose to go there?

At this moment, Araki just wanted to laugh three times: "What the hell is a surprise?!"

However, now, he still had to do one last thing.

As a result, Araki's face showed an expression of extreme horror, and he almost hurriedly held the glowing blue sword blade in front of him, trying to block the Rasengan's attack.

Jiraiya grinned when he saw this, and stretched his arms forward a little faster.

In order to seize this opportunity for a sneak attack, he even temporarily stayed with the two Toad Immortals on the soil clone, just to make Araki think that he had been pierced by a sword and relax his vigilance.

The panic on Araki's face now is undoubtedly the greatest compliment for his tactics.

"You are a genius. It's a pity that you must be born in the Land of Fire in your next life..."

At the last moment, Jiraiya even showed some appreciation for talents.

but……

"It's not a pity at all..."

Araki thrust the water blade in his hand forward!

[Secret Sword·Qie Yu]!

Swah——

Silently, the Rasengan in Jiraiya's hand melted like water, and then the glowing sword pierced Jiraiya's palm mercilessly!

"I think you should be born in the Kingdom of Water in your next life!"

After the sword edge penetrated the flesh for a few inches, Araki was not greedy for power and tried to pierce Jiraiya's entire arm directly.Instead, he adjusted his wrist to hold the sword hilt behind his back, and slashed across the opponent's neck with one move!

Jiraiya's reaction was not unpleasant. Although he suffered a big loss due to the inexplicable disappearance of the Rasengan, the rich experience brought by many battles still allowed him to respond in time.

He does not lack the courage of a strong man to cut off his wrist!

Therefore, he used his pierced right palm to hold Araki's sword tightly with his backhand, and then another Rasengan quickly formed on his left hand and pressed it towards Araki's chest.

A posture of exchanging injuries for lives.

"Hmph, can you hold my sword?"

Araki immediately switched the chakra attribute to wind. In just a moment, all five fingers of Jiraiya's right hand were broken, including the bones in the palm of his hand, which were even shattered.

It was obvious that despite being strengthened by natural energy, Jiraiya's physical strength at this time was still not at the same level as Tsunade's.

Perhaps it was Tsunade's previous disdain for Araki's attack that she didn't even dare to dodge that interfered with his judgment.

All in all, he paid a heavy price for this!

Araki, who was freed from the restraint, looked at the Rasengan coming from the other side and was a little ready to make a move, but the two Toad Immortals who rushed up from behind in time and the Konoha ninjas who came around eagerly made him give up this dangerous idea.

Sensing that the duration of a thunder wedge was almost up, he made a thought and disappeared instantly.

hundreds of meters away.

A ball of purple lightning suddenly exploded next to Xie, and Araki's figure appeared.

This is a [Thunder Wedge] that Araki gave him for safekeeping before he rushed up.

So, regardless of what I just said, it actually took Araki less than ten seconds in total from rushing before drawing the sword to teleporting back.

Killing the generals and seizing the flag in the battle of ten thousand soldiers, and the wine is still warm after returning, that's all.

After Araki left, before everyone in Konoha could breathe a sigh of relief, the three-tailed Izodron had already rushed forward with a rumbling sound.

Although his speed and kinetic energy have dropped a lot due to the obstruction of those earthen walls, his height of tens of meters is not something that ordinary people can stop.

In addition, Tsunade is now seriously injured and fell to the ground, and Jiraiya only has one palm left and cannot form seals. What do they want them to do with this three-tailed hand?

At the critical moment, two immortals, Fukasaku and Shima, stood up.

"The art of psychic!"

Bang!

Huge smoke that had never been seen before rose up, and a purple-red stomach bag appeared on the top of the mountain, containing hundreds of nearby Konoha ninjas!

呵呵味——

The three-tailed rock that rolled like a steel star hit the purple-red outer wall hard. The sharp friction sound was extremely harsh, and flesh and blood flew everywhere, but it was really forced to stop moving forward.

The stomach of the Iwajuku giant toad, which has the strongest defense in Mt. Myoboku, is indeed well-deserved.

In the stomach bag, everyone in Konoha, who was temporarily safe, began to discuss countermeasures.

"Little Jiraiya, with your injuries, you can no longer continue fighting."

Shima Sennin spoke to persuade.

"No, I can still make seals with my feet!"

Jiraiya wrapped his bloody right hand and said with determination.

Although he was telling the truth and he had really mastered some techniques of making seals with his feet, the eyes of others around him became more and more desperate.

The hand seals are made like this. If you use your feet, are you afraid that your legs will be broken?

"Calm down Jiraiya, even if you can still fight, what about little Tsunade? Her injury cannot be delayed any longer."

Immortal Fukasaku spoke with great care and sincerity.

Indeed, Tsunade struck Jiraiya twice in succession. There was blood all over her left and right chests, and her breath was extremely weak.

And due to overuse of chakra, all the slugs have disappeared.

Jiraiya turned his head, not daring to look at Tsunade.

He was afraid that he would become soft-hearted because of this.

Although Tsunade was very important in his heart, even if she was more important than anyone else, it was still not as important as the Konoha Ninja Village.

If one day, Tsunade and Konoha take two opposite paths, maybe he will be like the first Hokage and kill his best friend with his own hands?

This may be the reason why he has never been able to completely win Tsunade's heart.

"If we leave, what will happen to our companions outside?"

Jiraiya asked bravely.

Faced with this question, Fukasaku and Shima looked at each other and fell silent.

Naturally, they didn't care about the life and death of ordinary Konoha ninjas, but they couldn't just say this without any concealment.

At this time, Nara Shikaku spoke.

As the general staff officer, he always had a good grasp of the situation on the battlefield.

And his natural wisdom and calm personality also allowed him to make the choice that was in the best interest of Konoha at this moment.

"Actually, Master Jiraiya, there are not as many companions outside as you think."

In Jiraiya's shocked eyes, Shikaku described the whole story of this sudden decisive battle in detail.

"From the beginning, we were at a disadvantage..."

"Three tails suddenly appeared..."

"The command headquarters exploded..."

After listing a lot, he concluded: "So we have failed in this war, so how to save more vitality is what we should think about now. And the safety of you and Tsunade-sama is the top priority So, please don’t hesitate any longer, Tsunade-sama’s injuries can no longer be sustained. And... we can also use negotiation methods to redeem them with Kirigakure Village."

Although his words were cold, they were approved by the two Toad Sages, Fukasaku and Shima, and even the last sentence moved Jiraiya a little.

"Yes, little Jiraiya, don't hesitate any more. The three tails outside have already started preparing tailed beast jade. Do you want to bury everyone here together with them?"

So, under their strong persuasion, before Goju Yagura's second tailed beast jade hit the ground, the huge toad's stomach pouch on the top of the mountain "bang" turned into smoke and dissipated.

Only one sentence was left and came from the air: "Konoha hopes to redeem the captured ninja through negotiation. In a few days, we will send negotiation envoys to Kirigakure Village."

Seeing this scene, Gotachibana Yagura exited the form of a complete tailed beast and returned to a human form, except that there was still a three-tailed Isotari tail on his back raised up to the sky.

He stood on the highest point of the island, turned around and looked down at the island where the two ninjas were still fighting together, but their morale was completely different. Then he waved his hand in Konoha's desperate eyes:

"The Kirigakure takes no prisoners!"