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JST Chapter 268: That’s One Way to Cook a Toad
🕑 Added 2025-04-30 03:13:08 +0000 UTCRight after Tobirama knocked down Yashiro—
Hiruzen suddenly shouted: "Now’s the time!"
The five shadow clones gathered their chakra, releasing another Five Release Great Combo Technique!
Meanwhile, the Earth Grudge Fear clones of Kakuzu launched an identical barrage—devastating elemental jutsu that seemed endless, reducing the dense forest of the Forest of Death to a flattened wasteland.
Might Duy roared ferociously, compressing the air around him like a raging tiger.
With terrifying momentum, he launched a second wave of attack just as Tobirama landed from his retreat!
Forced to evade quickly, Tobirama narrowly dodged the explosion.
Even so, the blast still grazed him—
Both sleeves of his upper robe were blown off, and his face was slightly scorched, leaving him looking quite battered.
Hiruzen had timed the assault perfectly...
He even anticipated Senju Tobirama’s usual Flying Thunder God throwing habits, catching the moment of landing. Using his own Five Release Great Combo Technique and Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge Fear shots as cover, the real killing move was entrusted to Might Duy’s Daytime Tiger!
The tactic was a success.
Even if the Flying Thunder God Technique allowed for teleportation, without pre-established markings, it still required time to throw a kunai...
Multiple large-scale destructive ninjutsu techniques were often enough to cover Senju Tobirama’s figure.
And in the instant of the explosion—
Kakuzu’s main body used Earth Grudge Fear to pull Uchiha Yashiro back. Shisui and Tsunade used their ocular jutsu and medical ninjutsu respectively to heal his injuries.
Their coordination was excellent!
And although Senju Tobirama was injured by this chain of attacks, he didn’t feel discouraged.
What did this mean?
It meant that under Kazuki’s training, Konohagakure’s current combat strength was already quite formidable!
The stronger everyone became, the higher the chances of rescuing Kazuki...
“As expected of sensei. Even after taking over Kazuki’s body, he can still dodge a technique like that!”
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s expression grew heavier. It was as if Tobirama’s arm, blackened by the explosion, didn’t count as an injury at all. He said in a deep voice, “This won’t work. We need a way to land a decisive blow!”
And at that moment—
Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato had also arrived, brought over by the two clever brats, Asuma and Hatake Kakashi.
Although these two were also full of anger,
They were pragmatic enough to know that their own strength couldn’t influence a battle of this level, so they had to call in the village’s true powerhouses.
“It’s actually real… He really came back to life?”
Jiraiya stared at Senju Tobirama in disbelief, murmuring, “Could it be that the Child of Prophecy is actually the Second Hokage, not Kazuki?”
“That’s right... A child who brings calamity, one who emerges from taboos—that fits perfectly with his obsession with forbidden techniques! He’s even colluding with Ryūchidō... I can tell. That’s the Sage Mode from that faction…”
Jiraiya’s gaze suddenly became resolute.
To stop the Child of Destruction—Senju Tobirama—Jiraiya, the Sage from Mount Myōboku, was willing to go all out!
Namikaze Minato gave his sensei a somewhat helpless look.
Although he too had trained under Mount Myōboku, even at a time like this, Jiraiya was still clinging to the so-called Great Toad Sage’s prophecy…
Even Minato felt that perhaps his sensei had gone a little mad.
Jiraiya summoned the two elder toads and entered Sage Mode, boldly preparing for a fated battle against Senju Tobirama!
The inheritor of Mount Myōboku versus the Child of Taboo—the destined clash between Ryūchidō and Mount Myōboku!
“Boss, Big Sis, the Child of Taboo has appeared. It’s our village’s Second Hokage…” Jiraiya said in a grave tone: “Let’s go all out. Use Mount Myōboku’s strongest genjutsu!”
On Jiraiya’s shoulders, the two Sage Toads—Fukasaku and Shima—glanced at each other and said, “If this is Little Jiraiya’s judgment based on the Great Toad Sage’s words, then even if he’s the Hokage of Konoha, he still must be sealed!”
Even though Jiraiya was confronting Senju Tobirama,
To the people of Konoha, those words sounded very wrong...
We’re trying to stop Senju Tobirama to save Kazuki—what does any of this have to do with some prophecy from a bunch of toads?
Especially the things those so-called sages were saying...
If it involves the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy, then even the Hokage of Konoha must be sealed?
Is that really something a summoning beast should be saying?
What do you think Mount Myōboku is, anyway? Even if something is wrong with Konoha’s Hokage, it should be judged based on the Will of Fire—not some prophecy from a bunch of toads!
Jiraiya’s nose broke out in bumps, and his arms transformed into a frog-like form—Sage Art: Frog Kumite!
Behind him, those closest to Kazuki watched Jiraiya face off against Senju Tobirama, all hesitating in their movements.
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s eyes flashed coldly, subtly signaling the others to hold back.
Interestingly enough...
Upon noticing Hiruzen’s little gesture, whether it was Uchiha Yashiro, Shisui, Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, or Kakuzu—
They all understood and stopped supporting.
“Tobirama-sensei, since you've already fallen into the path of darkness, then take this chance to eliminate the external threats to Konohagakure as well!”
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s eyes were cold as he muttered, “We can’t allow these toads to invade Konoha any further…”
Once he resolved to sever ties with Senju Tobirama, the hesitant Sarutobi Hiruzen vanished, replaced by a shinobi hero whose heart was as cold as iron!
He would use Senju Tobirama as a blade to cut down the accursed ties to Mount Myōboku!
Jiraiya, who charged forward alone, had no idea just how powerful Senju Tobirama truly was...
And his accusations—that Tobirama was the Child of Taboo Prophecy—not only left Sarutobi Hiruzen and Tsunade with strange, conflicted feelings...
But also completely enraged Senju Tobirama!
How did Mount Myōboku rise to prominence?
It was precisely through its connection to the Sage of Six Paths and the Great Toad Sage. As someone well-versed in a vast array of knowledge, Tobirama had heard about this.
In the past, he would have dismissed it as apocryphal history, just material for intellectual reference.
But after Kazuki sacrificed himself to seal the Sage of Six Paths...
How could Mount Myōboku, a place teeming with toads, still be considered a sage region?
It was nothing more than an accomplice of the Sage of Six Paths—an enemy that must be eradicated!
Ever since his resurrection, Tobirama had been focused on finding a way to bring Kazuki back. He hadn’t had time to consider the deep-rooted connection between Mount Myōboku and the Sage of Six Paths...
And yet, Jiraiya—this Mount Myōboku disciple within Konoha—had the nerve to shout about him being the prophesied child of destruction and even charged at him with two stinking toads!
Having already been misunderstood and slandered, Tobirama had been holding back during the clashes with Konoha’s shinobi, avoiding lethal moves due to the fact that—even someone like Uchiha Yashiro, who was attacking him like a madman—was still one of their own, one of Kazuki’s most capable subordinates, and a future ally in the battle against the Sage of Six Paths.
But this fool Jiraiya had walked right into his sights!
Tobirama’s rage—toward the Sage of Six Paths, toward Jiraiya’s blind devotion to Mount Myōboku despite being a Konoha ninja, and from being falsely accused...
Old grudges and new fury converged—Tobirama would unleash it all upon Jiraiya and the toads!
Jiraiya clasped his hands together, solemnly channeling all his sage chakra, preparing to unleash Mount Myōboku’s ultimate genjutsu—Sage Art: Demonic Illusion – Toad Confrontation Chant!
This technique could bind the enemy’s spirit, distort space, and ultimately seal the target within Mount Myōboku’s toad barrier, where Jiraiya himself would finish them off with a stone sword.
Fukasaku and Shima began chanting.
But before they could finish, a crimson dragon wrapped in a black sphere slithered out from Tobirama’s mouth and detonated in mid-air!
Blinding white light erupted, and the explosive shockwave drowned out the chant of the two toads.
As Jiraiya barely managed to open his eyes, he saw himself completely surrounded—Flying Thunder God kunai were everywhere!
A pair of cold red eyes locked onto him. Senju Tobirama instantly teleported beside him, and in the blink of an eye, twin buzzing water blades materialized in his hands—mercilessly and precisely piercing both sage toads!
Senju Tobirama’s signature ninjutsu—Water Release: Hard Whirlpool Water Blade!
Infused with sage chakra, the water-release technique exploded with terrifying power, instantly tearing the two sage toads apart!
Whether it was Fukasaku or Shima...
At that moment, they were nothing more than indistinguishable lumps of toad flesh!
Did they really think Senju Tobirama wouldn’t kill, that he would just stand there and take hits?
Before Kazuki’s time, when the name Senju Tobirama was heard across the shinobi world, the dread it inspired wasn’t far behind that evoked by the Demon of the Uchiha—Madara!
Tobirama stared coldly at Jiraiya and smashed a fist into his chest, sending him flying!
That single punch instantly shattered Jiraiya’s Sage Mode—and his ribcage along with it!
