Seeing Tsunade's recovery speed, which was even more terrifying than his own, Kisame stood stunned. Itachi Uchiha's expression turned solemn. He had never witnessed such an extraordinary healing technique before. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he probably wouldn't have believed it.

"Is this the ability of the legendary greatest medical ninja...?" Kisame muttered, swinging his massive sword Samehada, ready to fight to the death with Tsunade.

Just as the two were about to clash, Itachi suddenly spoke up. "Kisame, if you continue to fight her, you will lose. Time is running out. Don't forget the mission assigned to us. Let's do this together."

"Itachi, have you forgotten about me...?" Jiraiya's voice echoed from the dense forest nearby. "Alas, I haven't used this mode in a long time. I'm not quite used to it."

As soon as his words fell, an old woman's scolding followed. "Jiraiya! Why do you only summon us when you need to deal with trouble? No wonder Bunta is so angry!"

"Hahahahahaha…" Following the old woman's complaint, an old man's hearty laughter rang out. "Wife, now that I've been told that, there must be a reason why little Jiraiya did this."

"Shut up, you old man!"

"Why are you scolding me too?!"

"Huh? You dare to question me back?!"

Listening to the two old sages bicker, Jiraiya smiled awkwardly. "hahaha, long time no see. I'm so sorry for troubling you both..."

Standing on Jiraiya's shoulders were the two great sages of Mount Myoboku, Fukasaku and Shima.

Fukasaku said, "Boy, didn't you say that this state would make you unattractive to the opposite sex, and that's why you didn't want your body to become like this?"

Jiraiya sighed. "Alas, now is not the time to worry about such things. The enemy is not only a genius of the Uchiha clan, but he also wields Wood Release."

"What did you say?" Upon hearing this, both Shima and Fukasaku were shocked. "Wood Release? An Uchiha? Jiraiya, are you sure?"

"I'm sure," Jiraiya nodded heavily and pointed at Itachi in front of him. "And there are more than one such existence. The one in front of me is just one of them. Please, lend me your strength."

Following the direction Jiraiya indicated, Shima and Fukasaku turned their gaze toward Itachi. Shima asked curiously, "Hey, what a young guy, terrifying talent. Look at those eyes, they're actually Mangekyo Sharingan!"

Fukasaku added, "I heard that the relationship between Konoha and the Uchiha clan is not what it used to be. Jiraiya, what are your plans this time? Do you want to kill him directly or capture him alive?"

After a moment's silence, Jiraiya raised his eyes slightly and the roads understood his intentions were to actually 'kill' the young Uchiha.

Shima sighed. "Well, it's a pity, but there's nothing we can do about it, huh? Is that little Tsunade? She still looks so young. I'll have to ask her how she does it later."

Seeing the appearance of the two Toad Sages, Tsunade's expression immediately became respectful. "sages, long time no see."

"Hmm..." Shima and Fukasaku smiled and nodded. They also noticed Orochimaru lying behind them but chose not to comment.

"Toad...? Sage...?" Itachi murmured. "I see... Is this the legendary Sage Mode, Lord Jiraiya?"

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