Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 540 Jiraiya's Choice

"Arrogant!" Gamabunta roared in fury when he saw that the other party was so arrogant, attempting to overthrow the order that had lasted for thousands of years in the ninja world and create some new order.

"The Land of Stars is nothing but a country in the human world. What right does it have to point fingers at the sacred Mount Myōboku!" Gamabunta stared intently at Uchiha Shisui, who was standing on the water opposite him, his eyes burning with fury.

Gamabunta was a giant toad who had lived for over a hundred years. Although he didn't visit the human world often, he had learned about it through Jiraiya.

Moreover, Mount Myōboku has been independent of the ninja world for over a thousand years, and there has never been any human interference with it.

This situation, where human ninjas have driven into Mount Myōboku and forced the Great Toad Sage to personally engage in battle, is unprecedented in a thousand years.

"Hey, what's the point of talking to these toads?" Kakuzu stood on the water's surface, his countless black tentacles dancing in the air.

"Just cut them all down!"

Kakuzu's two masks had been moved to his left and right shoulders, and his blue pupils swept over the two giant toads opposite him with undisguised disgust.

Although his creed revolves around money, he still finds toads, these inhuman creatures, disgusting.

In particular, the strong aura of Sage Chakra emanating from these toads made him feel an instinctive repulsion.

Kisame Hoshigaki stood to the side, soothing Samehada, whose barbs were slightly open and which was somewhat restless.

Kisame's shark-like eyes sized up the two brothers, Gamabunta and Gamaken, before moving to the figure above Gamabunta's head.

"I've long heard of Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin." Kisame grinned, revealing a set of sharp teeth. "But I never imagined that a human ninja would collude with toads who interfere with the ninja world's order?"

His tone carried a hint of sarcasm, but also a hint of excitement.

Kisame was getting itchy to fight. His opponent was one of the legendary Sannin who had once been famous throughout the ninja world. Fighting against strong opponents was one of Kisame's favorite hobbies.

"Lord Jiraiya." The water around Shisui began to stir.

Centered on him, ripples spread outwards in concentric circles, as if some enormous creature was awakening underwater.

The next instant, a green skeletal giant rose from the ground and enveloped Shisui's entire body.

Susanoo!

Although it was initially just a skeletal form, its enormous size and the oppressive aura it exuded caused the people around it, such as Hizashi, Kisame, and Kakuzu, to unconsciously give way.

Green chakra flowed between the bones, pulsating like blood vessels, emitting a deep and powerful pulse.

Meanwhile, Jiraiya, who was above Gamabunta's head, watched Shisui unleash Susanoo, instantly covering his upper body with armor and the spiraling sword gradually taking shape in his hand. Jiraiya's expression became even more serious.

He looked up at the Great Toad Sage in the distance and gritted his teeth, saying, "Shisui, although the village has wronged you, but—regarding the issue of Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage was thinking of the ninja world's best interests, not trying to interfere in anything. Mount Myōboku has never launched an attack on the ninja world!"

His voice carried a hint of earnestness and expectation.

Hopefully, Zhi Shui will listen, and hopefully, this war can be resolved through dialogue.

But clearly, he underestimated Shisui's disappointment with Konoha.

When Jiraiya mentioned "the village," Shisui's resolve only hardened.

There was no wavering in those kaleidoscope Sharingan eyes.

"Lord Jiraiya, please allow me to address you as 'Lord' one last time."

"After all, I once served as one of your ninjas and participated in the Third Shinobi World War. You are one of the few ninjas I respect in Konoha."

As Shisui finished speaking, the green Susanoo began to change.

Muscles and armor quickly covered the skeleton, and its form continued to improve, becoming more solid and majestic.

A pair of enormous wings grew from its back, and its lower body rose from the water, transforming it into a green giant over a hundred meters tall, standing between heaven and earth like a god of war.

Inside the diamond-shaped crystal on Susanoo's forehead, Shisui stood there, his gaze piercing through the crystal barrier and looking directly at Jiraiya opposite him.

"If Mount Myōboku had refrained from interfering with the ninja world like Ryūchi-dō, or cooperated with Lord Menma like the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest, perhaps this war could have been avoided."

"But there are no 'what ifs' anymore. Lord Menma's order is that this non-human organization, Mount Myōboku, must be eradicated today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Susanoo was fully formed.

The green giant spread his wings and soared in the sky, looking down at Gamabunta, Gamaken, and Jiraiya standing on Gamabunta's head.

Sunlight streamed down from behind it, casting a huge shadow on the ground that enveloped the entire battlefield.

"Is this Shisui's Susanoo? This is the first time I've ever seen it." Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Shisui's green Susanoo with great interest, then turned to look at the red Susanoo that was beating up the giant toad Iwajuku in front of the waterfall in the distance.

After comparing them, I still feel that Master Guang's Susanoo seems more majestic.

That pure sense of power and oppression is enough to instill fear in anyone who just looks at it.

"Menma! Menma! It's Menma again! What is he going to do?!" Jiraiya was agitated when he heard that it was Menma who gave the order to destroy Mount Myōboku.

"Could it be the Great Toad Sage's prophecy—" He couldn't help but recall the Great Toad Sage's prophecy from a few years ago, when he summoned him to Mount Myōboku and foretold the "Child of Darkness" who would destroy the entire ninja world.

Jiraiya's forehead was covered in beads of cold sweat.

Five years ago, after seeing the disguised Menma in the battle of Amegakure, he believed that Shura was the "Child of Darkness" who would bring the darkest hour to the ninja world, as prophesied by the Great Toad Sage. However, in order to find out whether it was Shura or not, he even made a special trip to the Land of Stars.

The journey to the Land of Stars was undoubtedly the most enjoyable trip Jiraiya had taken in his decades of wandering the ninja world.

Not only because of the care provided by the hydrangeas along the way, but also because after arriving in the Land of Stars, he witnessed firsthand the lives of the common people after the country was unified, and the uses that the ninjas had never imagined.

During this period, he couldn't help but doubt the Great Toad Sage's prophecy for the first time.

Because every city, every village, and every civilian he encountered in the Star Kingdom lived in happiness and was full of longing for the future.

There were absolutely no signs of the darkest period in the ninja world as predicted by the Great Toad Sage.

This was also the thing that Jiraiya couldn't understand the most.

Despite Menma waging wars everywhere after establishing the Star Country, and despite the fact that nobles and daimyo were either killed or fled by him, the Star Country is thriving.

Now, Menma has set its sights on Mount Myoboku!

Jiraiya shook his head, looked up at Shisui on Susanoo's forehead, and demanded loudly, "Does Minato know what you've done?!"

He already knew from Orochimaru that Minato was living in the Land of Stars in another way, but considering that Minato was also a contractor of Mount Myōboku, he didn't believe that the sunny and cheerful Minato would allow the invasion of Mount Myōboku.

"Lord Minato naturally knows all this." It was Hyuga Hizashi who answered Jiraiya's question.

"He also told us that as the representative of Mount Myōboku in the ninja world, you might come to Mount Myōboku at any time, and if you encounter us, you should not show any mercy." Hizashi's eyes were sharp.

No need to hold back —

Jiraiya shuddered.

He found it hard to believe that those gentle disciples would utter those words, and even harder to imagine what they had gone through to be so cruel to the people of Mount Myōboku!

"Lord Jiraiya, please make your move." Shisui manipulated the green Susanoo, slowly raising the spiral sword in his hand.

Jiraiya looked around in despair. The once vibrant Mount Myoboku had now become a battlefield.

But as a contractor of Mount Myōboku and a staunch supporter of the Great Toad Sage, Jiraiya also had his own pride.

Just as Minato said, "Don't hold back," this is the greatest respect for Jiraiya.

"Although I don't know where Fukasaku and Shima went, since it's Mount Myōboku, we probably don't need their help anymore." With that, Jiraiya took out Mount Myōboku's special toad oil, applied it to the lines on his face, and then clapped his hands together.

"Gamabunta, Gamaken, I'm leaving you two in my care for now." Jiraiya said in a deep voice, "I'm going to use Sage Mode!"

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Jiraiya's Sage Mode was incomplete; in the ninja world, he even needed to summon Fukasaku and Shima Sages to enter Sage Mode with their help.

But this is Mount Myoboku, a place with the most abundant natural energy!

"I understand, I will do my best to protect you." Gama Ken's honest voice came, and he raised his shield high.

"You'd better hurry, that guy is not easy to deal with—" Gamabunta held his ninja sword horizontally in front of his chest, his toad eyes fixed on Shisui's Susanoo.

Even the enormous Gamabunta appeared incredibly small in front of that green giant, which was hundreds of meters tall.