The giant figure of Gamabunta was like a small mountain, covering many Sand Ninja beneath his body.
"Jiraiya, you didn't summon me out just to deal with a small snake, did you?"
Gamabunta spoke with a slightly displeased tone, his pipe in his mouth.
Jiraiya chuckled and didn't explain. Would he tell Gamabunta that appearing like this would be more imposing?
Gamabunta held his pipe in one hand and calmly blew a smoke ring. With his understanding of Jiraiya, he naturally guessed what Jiraiya was thinking.
"What's going on!"
Seeing the three-headed snake they had just summoned being directly killed before it could even show its power, the faces of many Sand Ninja showed shock and anger.
"He... He is Jiraiya, one of the Three Ninja!"
A Ninja from Sand Ninja Village looked at Jiraiya, his voice trembling slightly.
Most Ninja in the entire Ninja World knew what the title of Three Ninja represented.
"Damn it, wasn't it rumored that Jiraiya left Konoha? Why is he appearing at this time?"
Another Ninja from Sand Ninja Village said with a hint of unwillingness in his voice.
This was the legendary Three Ninja. They didn't expect to face him directly here.
"Now is not the time to be stunned! Since the summoned beast isn't working, let's attack directly!"
The Sand Ninja Captain in charge of leading this unit roared at the many stunned Sand Ninja around him.
Hearing the Captain's words, the other Sand Ninja also reacted.
Among the group, ten Sand Ninja stepped forward simultaneously, quickly forming hand seals with both hands, pressing them on the ground, and shouting in unison:
"Earth Release - Earth Wall!"
Dozens of earth walls several meters high rose from the ground, but they didn't block the Sand Ninja; instead, they formed a circle, firmly surrounding Gamabunta in the center.
While these ten Sand Ninja finished using the Earth Wall Ninjutsu, on the other side, the Sand Ninja Captain also completed his hand seals at the same time.
"Earth Release - Great Earth River!!"
The ground beneath Gamabunta's feet quickly softened, and then the entire ground turned into a mudslide resembling quicksand.
Under the effect of the surrounding Earth Walls, the mudslide rose rapidly at a visible speed.
In the blink of an eye, the quicksand had submerged Gamabunta's four feet, and at the same time, the quicksand began to solidify.
Clearly, the many Ninja from Sand Ninja Village wanted to restrict Gamabunta's movements!
After all, with Gamabunta's massive body, once he started moving, the sheer impact force alone would be enough to injure them.
"Tsk tsk, that's a pretty good idea, but they're underestimating you, Gamabunta."
Jiraiya saw this scene and said to Gamabunta at his feet with a smile.
Gamabunta didn't speak, or rather, was too lazy to bother with Jiraiya.
He lightly pressed down with his four thick, muscular legs, and the next moment, Gamabunta directly jumped up from the ground.
The surrounding Earth Walls and the restraint of the Great Earth River seemed non-existent.
Gamabunta's huge figure, like a mountain pressing down, fell directly from the air, smashing towards the many Sand Ninja below.
Rumble!
A huge roar echoed all around, and a large amount of dust instantly covered half of the forest.
"To want to attack Konoha with this level of strength, the people of Sand Ninja Village are really getting more and more delusional."
Jiraiya looked at the dusty scene below and said in a calm tone.
The Sand Ninja Village Ninja below were not even in Jiraiya's eyes from the beginning.
What truly concerned Jiraiya was Orochimaru!
However, due to Jiraiya's early return, coupled with the prophecy given by the Toad Sage, Jiraiya naturally took it quite seriously.
Therefore, compared to the slightly caught-off-guard situation when facing Orochimaru and Sand Ninja Village's attack in the original story,
It didn't happen in Konoha now.
Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi had already prepared in advance to prevent any unexpected events.
Sand Ninja Village and Orochimaru working together naturally wouldn't just attack in these two directions.
There were also several other forces from Sand Ninja Village attacking other directions of Konoha Village.
However, the same scenes played out one by one.
The attacks by Sand Ninja Village and Otogakure were suppressed by the suddenly appearing Konoha Ninja not long after they began.
It should be known that the locations attacked by both Sand Ninja and Otogakure were relatively remote areas within Konoha. In such a situation, they were still suppressed by the many Ninja of Konoha.
It can be imagined that now, let alone attacking Konoha, they couldn't even cause significant damage to Konoha.
However, so far, the only thing that surprised Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi was that Konoha's defensive barrier was destroyed.
For some reason, even though the current situation clearly favored Konoha, Jiraiya couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.
The prophecy 'Konoha is engulfed in war' was given by the Toad Sage, but based on the current situation, Sand Ninja Village doesn't seem to have the qualification to make Konoha fall into war.
Could it be that the Toad Sage's prophecy wasn't that accurate?
Or perhaps, prophecy itself carries uncertainty.
Jiraiya gently shook his head, lowered his head again, and looked at the Sand Ninja engulfed in dust below.
In any case, first deal with this Sand Ninja unit, then rush to Sarutobi-sensei.
"Gamabunta, finish them off in one go!"
Jiraiya's face showed a smile as he shouted.
"I was planning to do that anyway!" Gamabunta lifted his giant foot and fiercely fanned the dust below.
A strong wind formed, like a Wind Release Ninjutsu, instantly blowing away the dust below, revealing the figures of the Sand Ninja unit.
On the ground, all the Sand Ninja were injured, and even one-third of them couldn't dodge in time and were pierced by the various rubble splashed up when Gamabunta smashed down, suffering heavy injuries.
Although it seemed long, the actual time of engagement between the two sides was very short. In just an instant, this unit of Sand Ninja Village had already suffered heavy losses.
"How can they be so strong?!"
"Is this the strength of the legendary Three Ninja!"
"..."
Sounds of terror came from the Sand Ninja.
The opponent didn't even make a move himself; just with a summoned beast, they were already defeated miserably.
The captain of this Sand Ninja unit looked at Jiraiya, who stood proudly on Gamabunta, with unwillingness in his eyes, and couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.
"Does Sand Ninja Village really have no hope of rising?"
He understood better than any other Sand Ninja present what Sand Ninja Village would face if they lost this attack on Konoha.
On Konoha Village's Hokage Rock.
Yūto sat comfortably with his legs dangling, on top of Hashirama Senju's Hokage Rock.