"Poison? Chizan, when did you learn to use poison?"
Jiraiya looked at Gekko Chizan with some surprise.
Chizan rolled his eyes coldly in return.
"Come on, my teacher is Orochimaru. Isn't using poison completely normal?"
"You three Sannin represent lust, gambling, and poison."
"Lust, naturally, is you, Jiraiya-sama."
"My teacher, Orochimaru, is poison, and Tsunade-sama is gambling."
"Tsk tsk tsk, how are you the Legendary Three Ninja of Konoha? You're more like Konoha's Three Plagues..."
If you ask where Gekko Chizan excels the most, it's undoubtedly his mouth.
Painful and toxic!
Jiraiya's face darkened entirely. On the side, Namikaze Minato covered his mouth, barely holding in his laughter.
Minato thought: I must not laugh! That's my teacher! I must endure!
"Chizan, now that's not right!"
"How am I lustful?"
Gekko Chizan glanced at him again, calmly exposing Jiraiya's black history.
"Peeping at the women's bathhouse..."
"And you even brought the Third Hokage along..."
"Said you were collecting reference material, but it was all just peeping..."
"And not just peeping... you even wrote books..."
"Ah, Jiraiya-sama... you need some self-awareness..."
With each sentence, Jiraiya's face turned a deeper shade of red, but by the end, it actually returned to its normal color.
He slightly lifted his head and said with deep emotion:
"It's all for the sake of art..."
Gekko Chizan nearly lost it, almost kicked him on the spot.
"I can't listen to this anymore."
"I'm going to release the poison. Jiraiya-sama, Minato, cover me."
"Remember, unless I come back, do NOT come near me. If something goes wrong, I'm not taking responsibility!"
With that, Gekko Chizan activated Transparent Release and vanished on the spot.
Seeing Chizan take action, Jiraiya and Minato exchanged glances, then swiftly moved forward.
They were already prepared for combat—Minato had his marked kunai in hand.
"Jiraiya-sensei... did you really sneak into the women's bathhouse with the Third Hokage?"
Suddenly, Minato asked in a soft voice.
Jiraiya glared at him and grumbled,
"Damn you, Minato. I asked you to come with me last time and you flat-out refused."
"What now? Changed your mind?"
Minato quickly shook his head, but soon a flicker of light flashed in his eyes, as if pondering something.
Whatever he was thinking, no one could say.
Meanwhile, Gekko Chizan had already reached the edge of the large pit he'd scouted earlier.
He crouched and jumped down.
"Chomei, let's begin. I need a huge amount of paralysis powder."
"Remember—huge amount!"
Chomei chuckled and immediately began using chakra to condense scale powder.
Because this time he needed to release a massive amount, it took a little longer.
Jiraiya and Minato stood guard at the edge of the pit, fully alert, watching the surroundings.
They waited ten full minutes.
Jiraiya grew nervous as more and more Iwagakure ninja raced past their position.
"Damn it, Chizan, why aren't you done yet?"
Although Jiraiya and Minato were well-hidden...
They couldn't escape the sensory ninjas among the Iwa reinforcements.
As one Iwagakure squad advanced, a scrawny-looking ninja suddenly made a light exclamation.
A swarm of bees suddenly surrounded him.
His gaze locked onto a distant tree branch.
"Someone's there! My bees detected them!"
"In that tree!"
The Iwa ninja waved his arm and pointed directly at Jiraiya's hiding place.
The others immediately drew weapons and launched an attack on the tree.
"Damn it, the Usuryu clan's bees?"
"Tch! Guess we've got to fight!"
"Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"
Since he was exposed, Jiraiya didn't hold back and unleashed a massive wave of fire at the attackers.
"It's a Konoha ninja!"
"That face—it's Jiraiya!"
"Signal, quick!"
The Usuryu clan ninja shouted at once when he recognized Jiraiya.
He stretched his hands forward, and an uncountable swarm of bees erupted from his body.
"Tch! Annoying bees... bring back bad memories!"
"Here, have another fireball!"
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"
Seeing the incoming swarm, Jiraiya's expression changed slightly. As he said, these bees stirred up old, unpleasant memories.
When he was a child... sigh, best not to recall those painful times!
In a burst of rage, he released an even more powerful fire jutsu.
A wave of scorching flames instantly reduced the bees to ash.
Two Iwa ninjas were also caught in the blaze and eliminated.
From a four-man team, only two remained, one being the unfortunate Usuryu ninja who'd lost all his bees.
"Damn it! My bees!"
"Too bad, the signal's already been sent. Reinforcements are on the way!"
"Even if you're one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, facing Iwagakure's full forces, you'll die here!"
The Usuryu clan were insect handlers of Iwagakure in the Land of Earth.
They rivaled the Aburame clan—but once their bees were wiped out, they lost all bite and posed no threat.
"Hmph! Want to kill me? Then come on. Stop yapping."
Jiraiya scoffed at the two remaining enemies.
He'd been through countless deadly battles. Even Hanzo the Salamander couldn't finish him off—would he really be afraid of a few Iwa ninjas?
But just as he was about to attack, someone moved faster.
In an instant, a blond-haired figure appeared behind the Usuryu ninja and beheaded him.
The last Iwa ninja tried to run, but was also taken down by one swift strike.
"Jiraiya-sensei, this isn't good."
"We've been exposed."
Namikaze Minato shook the blood from his kunai and looked solemnly at his teacher.
Jiraiya nodded, his brows furrowed with worry.
"That damn brat Chizan... still not done yet?"
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