Uchiha's personal opinion

Under the influence of Sage Mode power, his right hand, amplified by Sage Chakra, suddenly extended and reached towards the ground.

"Spirit Spell: Rashomon!"

As a voice that sounded strangely familiar to Jiraiya rang out, a ghostly gate to the underworld burst forth, blocking Jiraiya's attack.

"It's you……"

Jiraiya withdrew his right hand and looked at Orochimaru, who had landed on Rashomon, with a strange expression.

"Long time no see, didn't expect that, did you..."

Orochimaru's eyes flashed with a fierce light, overflowing with killing intent.

He had already slapped the humiliation of Ryuchi Cave's initiative to terminate the summoning contract onto Jiraiya.

"You shouldn't have come..."

Jiraiya sighed slowly.

"Humph!"

Orochimaru snorted coldly, released the summoning spell from Rashomon, and his body drifted down like a falling leaf.

"Could it be... that you, you idiot, still think you have a chance of winning?"

At this moment, Sakumo Hatake, who had used his shadow clone as bait while his real body remained hidden underground, finally recovered from the deep hallucinogenic effects of the toad's song and crawled out from underground on all fours.

He intended to use the same old trick to trick Jiraiya again, but he was caught off guard after his plan was exposed.

"Thanks to you, Orochimaru-kun..."

Sakumo Hatake, still shaken, sighed, "If you hadn't arrived in time, things would have been terrible..."

"Sakumo-senpai, don't keep using the same move over and over again. A ninja always needs to innovate!"

Orochimaru teased, "Don't you think so? The rogue ninja Jiraiya..."

The battle situation around them was rapidly developing in Konoha's favor. One after another, ninja snakes and ninja frogs were either torn to pieces by multiple ninja soldiers or blasted into pieces by ninjutsu.

Orochimaru was somewhat wary of Jiraiya's Sage Mode power, so he did not launch an attack, but instead stalled for time with words.

After shaking his head for a while, Hatake Sakumo finally came to his senses.

"Sage Art: Goemon!"

But Jiraiya was no longer troubled by old feelings. After receiving another hint from Fukasaku the Sage on his shoulder, he puffed out his mouth and spat out an incredibly thick stream of oil. Combined with the Fire Release and Wind Release techniques of Fukasaku and Shima, it formed a massive, overwhelming sea of ​​fire that swept towards Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo.

Just as the three people and two frogs were fighting, Uchiha Tokumitsu had already controlled the armored Two-Tails to bite the bluish-white snake to pieces.

Pieces of flesh and blood scattered across the ground as the powerful two-tailed snake tore at them. The large, bluish-white snake, covered in wounds, writhed and rolled around, but could not escape the two-tailed snake's jaws.

Even though it kept conjuring giant rock dragons with Sage Mode, they were easily defeated by Uchiha Tokumitsu, who was constantly observing the situation.

The suppressed Orochi, Princess Ichikishima, was burning with rage, but powerless to retaliate; her hoarse screams grew increasingly shrill.

"Immortal Technique: White Rage Technique!"

Finally, after her tail was bitten off, Princess Ichikishima, realizing she was in grave danger, risked her life and forcibly used up her Sage Art essence to unleash a red dragon wielding a black dragon ball and its body piercing through the armored two-tailed beast, viciously blasting it towards her.

"boom!"

The shockwave from the explosion was confined to a limited space by the power of Sage Mode, and the ear-piercing sound and bright light enveloped the Two-Tails Matatabi and Uchiha Tokumitsu in their armored state.

Under the stimulation of bright light and extreme noise, blood appeared on Uchiha Tokumitsu's ears and eyes.

"This feeling is really bad..."

Although he had seen the Sage Art scroll used as bait in Ryuchi Cave, Uchiha Tokumitsu had never actually experienced the technique firsthand. Caught off guard, he was blasted by the Sage Art's effects and his body swayed precariously, and his Susanoo's imposing form began to falter.

"Awoo!"

Matatabi, being a chakra being, quickly recovered from the effects of the Sage Mode.

After sensing that his benefactor was not in good condition, Matata immediately injected a large amount of tailed beast chakra into Uchiha Tokumitsu's body, helping him to quickly dispel the effects of the Sage Art.

However, in doing so, the large bluish-white snake that had been tightly bitten was freed from the mouth of the two-tailed serpent, quickly darted to the side, coiled its body, and stood its huge head upright, staring at the imposing two-tailed serpent with murderous intent.

However, after using the power of origin to perform immortal arts, the blue-white giant serpent showed visible signs of loosening and aging. Although its ferocity remained, its power had decreased significantly.

"There's no way to break the spacetime barrier..."

Although Princess Ichikishima was prepared to fight to the death, she was also secretly trying to escape using the Reverse Summoning Technique. However, after excessive consumption of her Sage Art essence, she was no longer able to break through the void to escape.

Princess Ichikishima's heart sank.

It then tried to summon the other two Ryuchi Cave goddesses using a spirit summoning technique, but the spirit summoning technique failed again.

Immediately, Princess Ichikishima's mood sank to the bottom.

"His!"

Knowing she was trapped in a deadly situation, Princess Ichikishima summoned her most primal instincts and, instead of fleeing, charged towards the armored Two-Tailed Beast.

Surrounded by thousands of ninja, even though Ichikishima-hime was second only to the White Snake Sage in Ryuchi Cave, she was not confident of escaping such a fierce siege. Rather than be killed in a humiliating manner during the pursuit, Ichikishima-hime was willing to risk her life to fight for a last chance of survival.

"As expected of one of the Three Goddesses of Ryuchi Cave!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu shook his head and activated the Two-Tails' armor to continue the battle.

……

Under Jiraiya's combined Sage Art attack, Sakumo Hatake and Orochimaru were chased and fought back in a sorry state.

The ferocious sea of ​​fire from the Sage Art affected the Konoha ninja army and the Ninja Frog and Snake that were engaged in fierce battle behind them. Wherever the sea of ​​fire reached, all living beings turned to ashes before they could even utter a final scream.

Fortunately, Yagura Karatachi arrived at this moment, using his enormous body after transforming into a tailed beast to block the spread of the sea of ​​fire, and using various water-style techniques to stop the attack of Jiraiya and the two Sages of Mount Myōboku.

"The power of immortal arts is terrifying!"

Orochimaru relentlessly unleashed various ninjutsu attacks, but Jiraiya in Sage Mode remained unmoved, focusing solely on exchanging blows with Yagura.

His ninjutsu's disruptive effect was even less than that of Hatake Sakumo, who wielded lightning-fast blades and appeared and disappeared unpredictably. This made Orochimaru feel deeply frustrated, but at the same time, a burning desire ignited in his heart.

Although Jiraiya appeared to have the three, including the Jinchuriki, firmly under his control, he was actually extremely anxious inside.

Wherever their eyes fell, the Akatsuki's Ninja Frog and Ninja Snake forces collapsed like a house of cards.

Although a portion of the ninja army was wiped out by Goemon's Sage Art: Sea of ​​Fire, this was not a significant blow to the Konoha ninja army, which held an absolute advantage in both numbers and organization.

Every time a Greninja frog was hacked to pieces, it caused Jiraiya excruciating pain.

But he had no choice.

Although he was confident he could defeat Yagura in his tailed beast form in a one-on-one situation, he could only maintain a stalemate if Orochimaru and Sakumo Hatake joined the fray.

However, this superficial suppression had no effect on the evolution of the battle situation.

Unable to defeat the three in a short time, and unable to spare the attention to support other smaller battlefields, his Akatsuki organization was destined for total annihilation.

"Two immortals..."

Jiraiya used chakra to send a telepathic message for help.

"...Give up."

Even the immortal, Fukasaku, felt a wave of powerlessness.

"We still have the power to break through the barrier and take you back to Mount Myōboku..."

Despite continuously coordinating and unleashing various Sage Techniques, Shima sighed helplessly, "If we keep fighting, we'll run out of Sage Chakra and won't be able to escape..."

"But……"

Jiraiya's heart was filled with resentment.

He had hoped to get help from the two immortals to use some powerful secret techniques to turn the tide of the battle, but to his surprise, his wife backed down.

"Princess Ichikijima of Ryuchi Cave has exhausted too much of her sage essence; she's probably doomed..."

Fukasaku understood Jiraiya's intentions, sighed inwardly, and then offered advice from the sidelines.

As the two great immortals of Mount Myōboku, they are not without their trump cards, but if they were to use them under these circumstances, not only would they be unable to reverse the current utter decline, but they would also be trapped in a desperate situation.

For creatures with such long lifespans, it is extremely unwise to expend their life force in battle.

Rather than risking his life, Fukasaku prefers to use temporary escape to buy time for future opportunities.

However, it also knew what Jiraiya was thinking at this moment, so it did not urge him directly, but subtly reduced the power of the sage technique it was using with its partner.

Jiraiya took a moment to glance at the battlefield where the imposing Two-Tails was brutally beating Princess Ichikishima. There, the majestic Two-Tails Matatabi had already pinned the giant blue-white serpent down and was tearing at it relentlessly.

Princess Ichikishima's entanglement and strangulation techniques, along with her Sage Mode catalysis, had no effect on Uchiha Tokumitsu's attacks, instead wasting more and more of his stamina.

As her body was torn apart piece by piece, Princess Ichikishima's resistance became increasingly futile.

"If we leave like this, won't the White Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave blame us...?"

Jiraiya also began to have thoughts of retiring.

Especially when he saw Konan, who was bound hand and foot, being handed over to the freely moving Kyusuke by a Konoha ninja in the distance, he immediately understood everything.

The leak of Akatsuki's base was not an accidental discovery by the Konoha ninja.

It turns out, the enemy is within our own walls...

This made Jiraiya lose all desire to continue the fight to the death.

"Two immortals..."

Tears welled in Jiraiya's eyes as he struggled to transmit his voice, "Let's... go!"

"A celestial being's revenge is never too late!"

The hermit Fukasaku quickly reassured him, "As long as the green hills remain, there will always be insects; Mount Myōboku will not abandon us!"

Then, together with his wife, they activated the source of immortal techniques, forcing Hatake Sakumo and the other two away.

A pillar of light shot into the sky, and the person and two children vanished immediately.

Only Hatake Sakumo and the other two were left looking at each other, somewhat at a loss.

"...They ran away already?"

Yagura Karatachi was the most surprised of the three.

This is a legendary immortal from a sacred land!

That's it?!