Battle

On the battlefield, Minato appeared.

"Jiraiya-sensei, what's the situation?"

A kunai appeared beside Jiraiya, and then Minato instantly appeared at his side.

Jiraiya sadly rubbed his hair and said, "Not great. Rasa is insane. He doesn't care about the lives of the Sunagakure ninja. It's just a suicide mission."

He pointed to the battlefield ahead.

At the base of Mount Kikyo, outside Tokushima City, Konoha and Sunagakure were engaged in a bloody battle.

Behind Konoha was Tokushima City, and behind Sunagakure was Mount Kikyo.

For both sides, this battle was a bloody fight with no retreat.

The Battle of Mount Kikyo could be called a meat grinder in the Ninja World War.

Tens of thousands of ninjas were engaged in an unprecedented bloody battle beneath this previously unknown mountain, which was destined to leave its name in the history of this small mountain.

"Then let me handle Rasa. Even though I haven't taken on the name of Hokage yet, I still have to bear this responsibility."

Minato bent down and picked up a kunai from the ground, gripping it tightly.

Minato and Jiraiya joined the battlefield, undoubtedly a significant boost for Konoha.

Both teacher and student were famous strong figures in Konoha, and in the ninja world, strong individuals often turned the tide of battles.

On the other side of the battlefield, Rasa also noticed the appearance of Jiraiya and Minato on the battlefield.

Rasa wasn't very old, but he had dark circles under his eyes, making him look quite aged.

He had short blond hair, wore a black ninja uniform and mesh undergarments, and watched the battlefield with folded arms.

"The Yellow Flash of Konoha has appeared. It seems we need to use the Bijuu. Yashamaru, let Bunpuku enter the Bijuu state."

Rasa's eyes turned cold as he ordered his subordinate.

This subordinate had an unusual relationship with him. He was the younger brother of his wife.

Yashamaru looked similar to his sister, with yellow hair and a delicate appearance, making him look almost androgynous.

Yashamaru had also inherited his sister's gentle personality.

"Kazekage-sama... Bunpuku-sama, after all, he's already old. If he turns into the Bijuu, it will be too much of a burden on his body... I'm afraid..."

Yashamaru spoke hesitantly but was interrupted by Rasa.

"Yashamaru, follow my orders!"

Rasa's eyes were sharp as he said, "His blessing is being the Jinchuuriki, the Bijuu weapon of Sunagakure. Dedicating himself to the village is his value."

Yashamaru bowed his head, nodded, and retreated.

He quickly ran to the back and approached an old bald monk wearing a monk's robe.

This unattractive, old, and somewhat shy monk was Sunagakure's first Jinchuuriki.

He had been Shukaku's Jinchuuriki since the era of the Second Kazekage.

Later, to prevent the Jinchuuriki from rampaging, Sunagakure's senior officials ordered Bunpuku to be imprisoned in a jail. Since then, Bunpuku had been imprisoned until he grew old.

Over time, Bunpuku's name was forgotten by the people, and they referred to him as "Shukaku" after the Bijuu within him.

People feared the terrifying power of the Bijuu and equated the Jinchuuriki with the fierce Bijuu inside their bodies.

Only gentle people like Yashamaru respectfully called him Bunpuku-sama.

"Bunpuku-sama, Kazekage-sama ordered you to enter the Bijuu state and join the battlefield."

Bunpuku, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, with clenched hands and dust-covered body, slowly opened his eyes hidden beneath his long white eyebrows after hearing this, and the bump on his forehead became more apparent.

"This is the order of the Fourth Kazekage. The old monk obeys the order, Amitabha."

Bunpuku slowly stood up. Yashamaru saw his trembling appearance and immediately stepped up to support him.

"Thank you, you're a good child."

Bunpuku nodded gratefully at him, and Yashamaru helped him towards the battlefield.

At this moment, the battlefield had reached a fever pitch, and the corpses of ninjas from both sides were scattered beneath Mount Kikyo.

And several strong figures on the battlefield had found their opponents.

Jiraiya was facing the siblings Chiyo and Ebizo alone, while Minato chose Rasa.

"Where's that Konoha slug princess? The antidote she created caused great losses to my puppet troops, but she herself doesn't dare to come to the battlefield to fight."

The speaker was Chiyo.

Jiraiya, on the other hand, laughed heartily upon hearing this and said, "To deal with you two, I, Jiraiya-sama, am enough!"

After hearing this, Chiyo summoned the ten legendary puppets of Chikamatsu from the puppet scroll handed down by the first puppet master Monzaemon.

The more skilled the puppet master, the more puppets they could control, and the ten puppets of Chikamatsu represented the pinnacle of puppet skills.

Each finger could independently control a puppet to fight, showcasing Chiyo's outstanding puppet skills.

Ebizo, next to her, had slightly lower memories, but he also summoned six puppets to control.

Jiraiya picked his nose and said in a disdainful tone, "You Sunagakure know how to bully the minority with the majority. Eighteen against one, so I won't be polite."

He bit his finger and used his blood to perform Kuchiyose.

"[Kuchiyose no Jutsu]."

*BOOM*

"Jiraiya, I told you not to come to me unless there's something important, didn't I?"

A giant red toad with a massive pipe in its mouth, bandages around its waist, and a short sword fell from the sky and landed on the battlefield.

"Give me some face, Gamabunta. Isn't this something?"

Jiraiya jumped onto Gamabunta's head, his sandals firmly attached to Gamabunta's head.

He crossed his legs, waved his hand, and shouted to Chiyo and Ebizo below, "Introduce myself again!"

"Sage Toad is a name I want to hide from the world. I am the undefeated white-haired Sannin in the entire world. I am a handsome man who can even silence a crying child. Jiraiya-sama!"

Gamabunta exhaled a puff of smoke, his pipe shaking in his mouth, "So stupid."

Chiyo and Ebizo below had serious expressions on their faces.

Although Jiraiya was an idiot, he was a strong man.

Among the three Sannin, Jiraiya ranked first in terms of frontal combat power.

At the same time, just as Jiraiya finished introducing himself, Minato had already engaged Rasa in battle.

"[Jiton: Sakin Taisō]."

"[Rasen Senko Cho Rinbuko Sanshiki]."

Rasa stepped on the golden sand and manipulated the gold dust like an ocean in front of him.

A large amount of gold dust gathered and fell forward with a heavy force, like a stormy sea.

Minato used [Hiraishin no Jutsu] to escape the Gold Dust's attack, but his own attacks were also ineffective. Besides Rasa using gold dust to protect himself, there was another reason.

"Damn... The magnetic element interferes with my kunai."

Although Rasa's magnetic element couldn't directly control ninja tools, it still caused interference.

Moreover, it interfered with [Hiraishin no Jutsu], which required precise operation.

This greatly affected the efficiency and accuracy of [Hiraishin no Jutsu].