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

Chapter 544 Kisame VS Jiraiya

"Damn it! Did Hizashi make a move?" In the thick fog, Jiraiya moved swiftly on the water's surface, not daring to stop for a moment.

He moved left and right, sometimes diving into the water and then quickly surfacing again, trying to avoid possible attacks through irregular movements, while moving closer to the direction where Kisame and Kakuzu had been.

With such thick fog, only the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan could pinpoint his location so accurately. But Jiraiya remembered that before using Sage Art: Goemon, he had glanced at Hyuga Hizashi and found that the other was two thousand meters away and did not show any signs of approaching the battlefield.

"And—what exactly was that weapon just now?" Jiraiya gritted his teeth, recalling the moment when Fukasaku was blown in the head.

Suddenly, without warning, the upper body of the sage Fukasaku exploded, splattering blood and brain matter all over his face.

In that instant, he didn't even sense any killing intent; only after Fukasaku the Immortal died did he notice a faint sound of something breaking through the air.

But it was too fast; even Jiraiya in Sage Mode didn't have time to react.

"No killing intent—and what kind of weapon was that?" Jiraiya frowned, analyzing the death of Fukasaku the Sage, but he still had no clue.

Two kilometers away, is it possible for a throwing weapon to reach that distance?

"Jiraiya, what was that thing just now?" Only Shima remained on Jiraiya's shoulder.

The deceased Shima was devastated by the loss of his wife; his voice trembled uncontrollably, and his body was still shaking slightly.

But she also knew that now was not the time to grieve. She knew nothing about the enemy's situation and had to do her best to help Jiraiya maintain Sage Mode and win this battle!

"I don't know either—I'm just guessing it's probably one of those kunai guns used by the Star Country—" Jiraiya murmured.

He had traveled the ninja world for many years and had seen many firearms.

The level of technological development in the ninja world is very uneven. Some places have wires and electric lights, while others are still in the traditional, classical era.

Firearms also developed, but due to the existence of ninjas and supernatural powers like chakra, traditional gunpowder guns posed a very limited threat to ninjas and were therefore not taken seriously by the major ninja villages.

However, Jiraiya remembered that when he traveled to the Land of Stars, he saw that the Star Ninjas were equipped with guns that could fire kunai, and that they were large-scale, organized units with a range that seemed to be much longer than that of ordinary gunpowder guns.

"But we must find a way to break this deadlock!" Jiraiya used the fog as cover and charged toward the direction of Kakuzu and Kisame Hoshigaki that he had just noted down.

He knew all too well how terrifying the White Eye was; even if he hid in the thick fog, he would still be nothing more than a sitting duck in front of it.

Rather than passively taking hits, it's better to take the initiative, close the distance, and look for opportunities in close combat.

However, once in close combat, Hiizashi's ranged weapons will also be less effective.

However, before Jiraiya could even emerge from the thick fog, his toad-like features gradually faded away. His toad eyes returned to human eyes, his large nose atrophied, and the lines on his face gradually disappeared.

"Oh no!" Shima cried out anxiously, "Jiraiya-kun—"

Jiraiya's Sage Mode requires the combined efforts of Fukasaku and Shima to reliably convert and provide him with Sage Chakra during battle.

Clearly, without the support of Fukasaku, Shima alone could not maintain Jiraiya's Sage Mode.

Now the balance has been broken, and the supply of Sage Chakra has been disrupted.

"Ah, I understand." Jiraiya's voice was calm, as if he had anticipated this scene.

"It's alright, Master Shima." He didn't blame Master Shima, but instead reassured him while moving quickly, "The situation is very bad, but I will fight to the last breath, upholding the name of 'Toad Master'!"

Jiraiya paused, then turned to look at Fukasaku: "Since the Great Toad Sage ordered you to lead the young toads to hide and summoned you, it was my fault."

"Little Jiraiya?" Shima Sage sensed something and said anxiously, "No! I can still use Sage Chakra to help you fight, but if—"

She hadn't finished speaking.

call out-

The thick fog suddenly parted, and two arms connected by thin black threads, like missiles, precisely locked onto Jiraiya's position in the fog and attacked swiftly!

Jiraiya's pupils contracted, and he suddenly clasped his hands together.

"Ninjutsu: Needle Jizo!"

Jiraiya's long white hair suddenly grew out of control, flying like wings to his front, enveloping his body and Shima the sage on his shoulder, and then quickly hardened, forming a solid white fortress.

Bang-!

Two arms slammed into Jiraiya's hair, making a dull thud, but were successfully blocked.

Jiraiya manipulated the white hair, which suddenly shot out like a hedgehog's quills!

Countless white hairs, as hard as steel needles, pierced through those two palms in an instant, turning them into sieves.

However, seeing that no blood flowed from the holes in his two hands, Jiraiya's expression turned somber.

Inside the hollows of those two arms, only a large number of black tentacles were wriggling, making one's scalp tingle with disgust.

"That guy named Kakuzu seems to possess some kind of immortality? Or has he turned his body into a puppet?" Jiraiya wondered to himself.

Just as Jiraiya was about to form hand seals to release the summoning jutsu and send Shima away.

call out-

Another whooshing sound came, but this time the distance was very close!

Jiraiya quickly moved his white hair aside and managed to withstand the blow.

boom!

A dull thud resounded to Jiraiya's left.

He turned his head to look.

In the thick fog, Kisame Hoshigaki, wielding the great sword Samehada, was fiercely slashing at his white hair.

At such close range, Jiraiya could clearly see the cruel smile on the shark's face, its eyes gleaming with excitement.

Meanwhile, Samehada was opening its massive maw, frantically absorbing the little chakra that remained in Jiraiya's body through his hair.

"You bastard!" Jiraiya narrowed his eyes, recalling the guy's information.

The S-rank rogue ninja from Kirigakure is most skilled in the Hidden Mist Technique, and the current mist is his best battlefield.

Jiraiya raised his right foot and kicked out suddenly.

Kisame showed no weakness and raised his left hand to block.

Bang!

After a loud impact, the two quickly separated.

Kakuzu's tentacles and two arms quickly retracted and disappeared into the thick fog.

As soon as Jiraiya landed on the water, Kisame rushed up again.

"What speed!" Jiraiya watched as Kisame rushed close in an instant, his eyes narrowed, and he engaged Kisame in close combat.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Jiraiya and Kisame engaged in a pure hand-to-hand combat amidst the thick fog, their fists and feet clashing, producing muffled impact sounds in the mist.

Water splashed everywhere, and the two figures appeared and disappeared in the mist, like two ferocious beasts fighting.

However, Jiraiya became increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed.

How could this guy's strength be unknown?! But considering his age, there was no record of such an outstanding ninja from Kirigakure during the Third Shinobi World War!

Kisame's taijutsu has a distinct Kirigakure style: clean, efficient, cruel, and ruthless.

Every move and every stance is aimed directly at the vital points, without the slightest unnecessary action.

With Samehada constantly slashing down and stealing Jiraiya's Sage Chakra, even though Shima Sage did her best to provide Jiraiya with Sage Chakra conversion, she couldn't keep up with the rate at which it was being consumed and plundered.

Jiraiya, who was engaged in close combat with Kisame, suddenly sensed something and abruptly retreated!

call out-

A bullet passed right where Jiraiya had just been standing, leaving a faint trail in the thick fog before disappearing into the distant mist.

"Damn it!" Jiraiya immediately changed tactics and dove into the water.

Although it cannot escape the White Eye's lock-on even in water, the water flow will greatly limit the power of this unknown hidden weapon.

In the water, he could at least buy himself some breathing time.

On a large leaf in the distance, Hizashi watched Jiraiya dive into the water through his "Byakugan Vision" and whispered, "So you finally found out, Jiraiya-sama?"

Although the Kunai Guns deployed by the Land of Stars are extremely powerful, their effectiveness is limited in water.

In other words, no matter what kind of concealed weapon it is, it will be obstructed in water. Once it enters the water, the accuracy and power of the sniper shot will be greatly reduced.

However, Risa is not worried.

Because underwater, there will be more suitable people to fight Jiraiya.

Then, Hizashi turned his gaze in another direction.

The location of Gamabunta.

At this moment, Gamabunta was struggling to hold on with his large short sword.

However, his power seemed insignificant in the face of Shisui's Susanoo.

Each swing of the green giant's sword carried an overwhelming force, causing Gamabunta to stagger backward.

After a fierce battle, Shisui's Susanoo kicked out, striking Gamabunta squarely in the abdomen.

Gamabunta felt as if his internal organs had been shattered. His massive body, which was over ten meters long, was kicked away and crashed into the mountain, creating a deep crater.

Gravel fell in a flurry, raising a cloud of smoke.

Hijiri pulled the bolt and loaded a high-explosive round.

He pointed the gun in that direction, precisely calculating the wind speed, distance, and trajectory with his white eyes.

Bang-!!!

After firing a high-explosive shell, Hizashi silently counted the shots in his mind.

In Hizashi's "Byakugan vision," the high-explosive bullet flew across the wide water surface and, after two seconds of flight, brushed past Shisui's Susanoo.

Three seconds later, it pierced through the thick smoke.

"Ah!!!" A piercing scream came from the thick smoke.

The green Susanoo slowly flew over, and the thick smoke gradually dissipated, revealing a crater tens of meters wide.

Gamabunta lay in the pit, his large short sword gripped tightly in his hand, but a meter-wide hole had been punched into his leg, dripping with blood and revealing bare bones. His entire lower leg was almost broken, with only some skin and flesh still connecting it.

"Damn humans!" Gamabunta glared at his pierced calf, gritting his teeth as sweat poured down his forehead.

The intense pain made it tremble all over, but it still did not let go of the short knife in its hand.

—————Two————Three————

"It's over." Shisui's voice came from Susanoo's forehead.

The green giant raised the spiral sword in his hand, the tip of which was aimed at Gamabunta in the pit, and slowly lowered it.

the other side.

Kakuzu, his body covered in black tentacles, stood on Gamahiro's corpse, watching the mist gradually dissipate. He also heard Kisame and Hizashi exchanging information through the microphone in his cochlea, knowing that Jiraiya had already dived into the water.

Kakuzu crouched down and glanced at the rolling waves. With some annoyance, he tapped the communicator in his ear with his finger and said, "I'm not going down there, Kisame. Don't die down there."

He hated the feeling of being soaking wet after getting into the water.

In the water, Jiraiya was once again caught in a fierce battle.

"What is that?!" Jiraiya held his breath and swam underwater, staring wide-eyed at Kisame opposite him, who seemed to have completely changed.

Kisame's clothes were stretched open, revealing his naked upper body.

His body was undergoing astonishing changes. Fish fins grew on his arms, a long tail grew behind him, his head became as pointed as a shark's, and even gills grew on both sides of his cheeks, filtering oxygen from the water as they opened and closed.

"Ah, this is my Samehada fusion form." Kisame breathed freely in the water and stretched out his right hand to show it to Jiraiya.

Webbed fingers grew between his fingers, and his nails became long and sharp, like claws.

After fusing with Samehada, Kisame became a half-human, half-fish life form, able to fly freely in the water, and possessed chakra perception and chakra absorption abilities, making it Kisame's strongest form.

In the next instant, Kisame's figure moved through the water as if teleporting, rapidly approaching Jiraiya.

"What?! Such speed!" Jiraiya watched Kisame's figure flash by, getting closer with each flash.

Knowing that dodging was useless, he quickly used ninjutsu.

"Thousands of Hair Needles"

Jiraiya's white hair stood on end, rising above his head and facing Kisame's direction.

Just as Kisame was about to get close to Jiraiya, his long hair shot out like a thousand needles!

Although its power was greatly reduced due to the resistance in the water, Kisame was already close at hand and devoured countless shinies of Jiraiya.

However, Kisame continued to charge straight at Jiraiya despite the barrage of hair shots!

The hair only pierced Kisame's skin before Kisame absorbed its chakra, quickly softening and losing its power.

Kisame seized the opportunity, and countless white, fishbone-like spurs suddenly shot out from his body, instantly piercing Jiraiya firmly.

Jiraiya's eyes widened.

The bone spurs pierced his limbs and shoulders, pinning him to the water.

Fresh blood gushed from the wound and spread in the water, like blooming red flowers.

The Shima-sage on his shoulder was also pierced, its small body pierced by a bone spike and hanging there.

"Sage Shima!" Jiraiya watched as Sage Shima's chakra gradually drained away, feeling that his old friend was leaving him. He anxiously tried to use his chakra, but found that his chakra was being frantically absorbed by the other party.

He himself was completely immobilized, with his limbs pierced by those bone spurs.

Kisame, holding Jiraiya's body, burst out of the water.

Whoosh—!

Water splashed everywhere.

When Kisame landed on Gamahiro's white belly, Jiraiya had completely lost the strength to resist.

His chakra was almost completely drained, and his limbs were pierced by bone spurs, leaving them covered in blood.

Kisame slammed him hard onto Gamahiro's belly.

Jiraiya rolled around a few times on Gamahiro's rough skin, then lay on his back, panting heavily.

"Ha! Hoo!" His eyes were unfocused, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Shima's small body rolled off Jiraiya's body and lay motionless a short distance away.

He had stopped breathing.

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