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

Chapter 542 Sage Mode - Jiraiya!

"Ah! Damn it! Where did these sharks come from?!" Gamabunta screamed in agony as he was being bitten by hundreds and thousands of sharks.

"Bunta!" Jiraiya cried out anxiously as he watched this scene unfold.

The technique he was using to convert Sage Chakra also began to falter, and the stable flow of natural energy started to fluctuate.

But before he could decide whether to interrupt the Sage Chakra conversion, a dark figure leaped out of the water!

Kisame, who was mixed in with the sharks, swam to the nearest point, broke out of the water, and drew an arc in the air with his greatsword Samehada, accompanied by a whistling sound, and suddenly swung it towards Jiraiya who was standing on Gamabunta's head!

"Found you." Kisame's shark-like face revealed a cruel smile, his shark eyes fixed on Jiraiya.

"Damn it!" Jiraiya stomped his wooden clogs and flew backward over Gamabunta's head.

However, just when he thought he had dodged Kisame's attack, he saw that the strange ninja sword in Kisame's hand, with its gaping maw, had its hilt extended for more than ten meters, transforming from a hard blade into a curved, soft chain. The blade seemed to have a life of its own, and suddenly rushed towards him.

boom!

Jiraiya was violently struck in the abdomen by Samehada, sending him flying backward and crashing heavily into a nearby hilltop, creating a crater several meters deep.

Pebbles flew everywhere, and dust filled the air.

Sand and gravel cascaded down from the cave entrance, obscuring the view inside.

"Jiraiya!" Gamabunta roared angrily upon seeing this.

It swung its large short knife continuously, cutting down countless sharks around it, but more sharks swarmed in as if there were no end in sight.

The waters were quickly stained red with blood, including that of the brothers Gamabunta and Gamaken, as well as that of the sharks.

Knowing he could no longer stay in the water, Gamabunta immediately used the ninjutsu "Water Release: Water Cannon Technique".

Gamabunta opened his mouth wide and spewed out a viscous liquid that spread rapidly across the water's surface, trapping all the sharks around him and rendering them immobile.

This is a water-style ninjutsu performed using Sage Chakra, possessing extremely strong stickiness.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gamabunta pushed off with both legs and leaped towards Jiraiya's mountain peak.

"Jiraiya! Are you alright?!" On the hilltop, Gamabunta was covered in wounds from the sharks' sharp teeth, looking utterly disheveled. But he ignored his injuries and immediately peered into the large hole that had been smashed open, calling out anxiously.

However, no sound came from inside the cave, which made Gamabunta feel a chill.

He turned to look at the battlefield on the water.

Gamaken had already fallen to Susanoo's spiral sword, a large hole pierced through his chest, his shield shattered, and his iron fork knocked away and stuck upside down in the mountainside not far away.

The corpse of Hama Hiroshi still floated on the water, emitting a faint aroma of roasted meat.

On the battlefield further away, the red Susanoo had completely torn the giant toad to pieces. The huge toad's body lay upside down on the distant mountain, and even the temple collapsed with a crash.

With a thud.

The horned man with a large crater smashed into his head swam up from the water and landed on Hiro's corpse. He rubbed his head, restoring the smashed part to its original shape, and shook his body, his black tentacles like hairs, flicking water droplets away.

Kisame, still clutching Samehada, retreated back onto Gamahiro's corpse and stood with Kakuzu.

Kakuzu turned to look at Samehada in Kisame's hand, only to see that this legendary ninja sword was enveloped in a layer of golden Sage Chakra. Even Kakuzu, who was nearly ninety years old, had never seen anything like it before, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "I heard that your ninja sword can absorb chakra. What does Jiraiya's chakra taste like?"

At this moment, Samehada opened its mouth wide, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, but stuck out its tongue like a puppy.

Kisame sensed Samehada's joyful mood through Samehada's tail.

"Although it's very different from the chakra of the tailed beasts, Samehada seems to really like this kind of chakra." Kisame grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth.

Samehada feeds on chakra. Although this was the first time it had consumed Sage Mode chakra, the fact that it was chakra transformed from the planet's original natural energy clearly pleased Samehada greatly.

"Is that guy dead?" But Kakuzu disliked natural energy and Sage Chakra, so he changed the subject and looked at Hyuga Hizashi, who was standing on a large leaf.

Hizashi kept his Byakugan active throughout, but did not participate in the battle. He simply observed the situation from the outside and relayed the battlefield situation to everyone through the communication devices in their cochleas.

This is his primary duty; combat is not his forte.

In the Star Ninja Army's ninja role classification, ninjas with Byakugan are considered support-type ninjas, and are not required to engage in direct confrontations with enemies.

On the other hand, it was also because he had worked with Jiraiya for many years and could not bear to fight him.

But at this moment, Hizashi's expression grew increasingly serious, and the blood vessels around his Byakugan became even more prominent.

"Get ready for a tough battle, Jiraiya-sama. Enter Sage Mode." After saying this, Hizashi took out a sealing scroll from his ninja tool pouch and spread it out on a large leaf.

He then formed a hand seal and pressed it onto the scroll. The scroll exploded with a puff of smoke, and a uniquely shaped gun appeared on it.

It was a firearm that was distinctly different from the kunai guns used by other Star Ninjas.

It's bigger, with a thicker barrel, a larger magazine, a bipod under the barrel, and a larger muzzle.

Kakuzu and Kisame were slightly surprised to see that Hizashi had actually taken out a "heavy sniper rifle," a scientific ninja tool.

This is a new weapon recently developed by the Star Country's Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute. It is a heavy sniper rifle specially designed for ninjas with Byakugan. It has an effective range of up to three kilometers and fires specially made large-caliber explosive rounds. The power of a single shot is greater than that of an explosive tag.

Hizashi sighed slightly. He had originally been reluctant to fight Jiraiya, so he hoped that Shisui and Kisame could take care of him, but now it seemed that was not the case.

As ninjas from the Land of Stars, the two now stand on opposing sides. Hizashi quickly entered battle mode, took out his long-range sniper weapon, and prepared to cooperate with Shisui, Kisame, and the others in a decisive battle against Jiraiya.

"Sage Mode, huh? Hmph, I'm even more looking forward to it now." Kakuzu was shirtless, his black tentacles swaying slightly in the wind.

"I knew it! A ninja like Jiraiya wouldn't die so easily." Kisame looked up, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, and smiled as he looked at the hole that Jiraiya had just blasted open.

At this moment, inside the two-meter-high hole, a figure and three pairs of eyes slowly emerged from the darkness at the bottom of the hole.

"I'm sorry, Jiraiya, for getting you involved in this." Shima sighed.

"Originally, the master asked us to take the children to other dimensions to leave some seeds for Mount Myōboku, but after the old woman and I settled the children, we thought about it and still couldn't bear to let Bunta and the others fight alone." This was the voice of the hermit Fukasaku.

"Ah, it's alright, you two immortals. I also really want to know why that kid was so ruthless towards Mount Myōboku." Jiraiya walked out of the cave, stood in the sunlight, and looked at the completely unrecognizable Mount Myōboku.

At this point, Jiraiya had completely entered Sage Mode, and his eyes had turned into those of a toad.

On his left and right shoulders were the resurrected and grave-faced Master Fukasaku and Master Shima.