Chapter 555

He no longer believed that his teacher was willing to sacrifice himself for everything in Konoha!!!

"Jiraiya-sensei… are you sure… you can stop me? …"

The instant Minato Namikaze's sliding tone faded, Minato Namikaze's body vanished from Jiraiya's sight, and seeing Minato Namikaze suddenly disappear, Jiraiya's pupils jolted violently, shrinking to the size of a pinhead.

Flying Thunder God Technique!!!

Jiraiya was perfectly clear on just how terrifying this Flying Thunder God Technique, cultivated to completion by his own disciple, truly was,

one could even say,

Minato Namikaze's attainment in the Flying Thunder God Technique had already surpassed its creator, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju!!!

If Minato Namikaze wished to do something using the Flying Thunder God Technique,

Jiraiya had absolutely no way to stop Minato Namikaze!!!

Instinctively!!!

Before Jiraiya had even fully detected something rushing toward him,

he immediately turned and dodged an attack coming from behind,

looking at Minato Namikaze, kunai in hand,

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes!!!

He had not sensed at all how Minato Namikaze had appeared behind him,

the only reason Jiraiya had managed to dodge this attack,

was solely thanks to his rich combat experience and battle instinct, barely managing to evade this strike!! Shang.

325. The Utterly Defeated Jiraiya!!!

For some unknown reason,

Jiraiya did not know whether it was because he had grown old, or because Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique had improved once again!!

He felt that Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique was many times faster than the speed in his memory,

which was why Jiraiya himself had barely managed to dodge Minato Namikaze's strike,

if not for Jiraiya relying on his many years of combat instinct and rich experience,

he probably would have had no way at all to evade Minato Namikaze's strike!!!

"Minato… please stop…"

"As long as you are willing to turn back, you are still Konoha's Fourth Hokage…"

"If you continue on like this, the two of us will probably truly be forced into a fight to the death."

"Could it be that you want to fight me to the death?"

Jiraiya "590" looked at Minato Namikaze before him with an expression of both agony and complicated emotions,

regarding this disciple of his, he felt immense pride, and also immense pain,

once this was the disciple he was most proud of, he believed that after Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage,

he could lead Konoha to a new height, and could also put an end to all the senseless disputes in the shinobi world over so many years,

but now,

Jiraiya was convinced that perhaps Minato Namikaze was not the Child of Prophecy of this world, because the Child of Prophecy could not possibly die on the path to realizing his own ideals!!!

"Jiraiya-sensei… after so many years, are you still this naive?"

"Many things have long since changed, but you are unwilling to turn back and look at these changes."

"When Naruto suffered back then, where were you?"

"When the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and that fellow Shimura Danzo carried out all kinds of schemes and plots against my son, where were you? Now that I want to demand justice for my own son, you instead step forward, mouth full of words, using the peace in your own heart to block me…"

When he spoke to the end, a deep trace of mockery appeared on Minato Namikaze's face; he was laughing at his own teacher.

After hearing Minato Namikaze say this, the look of guilt on Jiraiya's face grew ever thicker,

because anything Minato Namikaze said was correct as far as Jiraiya was concerned,

because he could find no words at all to refute what Minato Namikaze had said,

Uzumaki Naruto's suffering in Konoha over these years—one could even say Jiraiya also bore undeniable responsibility,

if he had been willing to spare a few more thoughts for his disciple's only son,

perhaps the current situation would not be what it was now, but Jiraiya had chosen to leave Konoha and flee from all of this!!!

Regarding his own teacher, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi,

Jiraiya was perfectly clear on what kind of person he was,

so after Minato Namikaze used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal the Nine-Tails within his own son's body,

Jiraiya knew that Uzumaki Naruto would very likely fall into the hands of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzo,

becoming a pawn in their struggle for power!!!

Sure enough, in order to fully control the Nine-Tails within Uzumaki Naruto's body, the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzo had,

over these years, done all manner of sinister things!!!

So now Jiraiya felt it perfectly natural that Minato Namikaze wanted to demand justice for his son,

but on the other hand, he was also the disciple of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi,

he was a part of this Konoha, so naturally he could not possibly stand by and watch Minato Namikaze strike at the village behind him!!!

"Lord Jiraiya… give up… with just you alone, it is impossible to stop us."

"Are you truly unaware of what the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, has done in the village over these years?"

"He and Shimura Danzo, working hand in glove, have committed countless mad and depraved deeds in the village; as his most prized disciple, surely you must be the one who knows best."

"And your best friend Orochimaru was also driven out of the village by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzo working together…"

Seeing that Jiraiya still seemed about to say something more, Nara Shikaku immediately opened his mouth and urged Jiraiya to stop.

As for Jiraiya himself, Nara Shikaku still felt a great deal of respect for him.

Because he was completely different from the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the others.

Jiraiya possessed extremely powerful strength, yet he never used that power to fight for power and profit.

Although many of the things Jiraiya did often struck Nara Shikaku as utterly hidebound and pedantic,

Nara Shikaku nonetheless deeply admired the breadth of his heart.....

It could be said that Jiraiya truly treated Konoha as his own home to protect.

He did not harbor as much selfish motive as the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But now that Jiraiya was standing opposite Minato Namikaze, Nara Shikaku had no choice but to step forward and help Minato Namikaze deal with his own teacher.

Because Nara Shikaku himself knew that although Minato Namikaze's words on the surface sounded extremely fierce,

Minato Namikaze still held deep feelings for his own teacher.

For Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya was not only his teacher, but even played the role of half a father to him.

It could even be said that more than half of Minato Namikaze's achievements up to now belonged to Jiraiya.

"Minato... you!!!!!"

Just as Jiraiya was about to open his mouth to say something more,

his pupils suddenly widened and his eyes flew wide.

Immediately afterward, he felt an incomparable force

sweep in from behind him!!!

After Jiraiya spat out a mouthful of fresh blood with a "wah,"

his eyes instantly went black, and he collapsed weakly to his knees on the ground.

Just now, Minato Namikaze had actually launched another attack on him!!!

But this time Jiraiya failed to dodge the attack.

Because Minato Namikaze's speed was considerably faster than just moments ago,

which let Jiraiya know that Minato Namikaze had not been using his full strength against him earlier!!!!

And seeing Jiraiya fallen to the ground under this sneak attack of his,

there was not the slightest trace of guilt on Minato Namikaze's face.

After all, he was a ninja, not a battle maniac; as long as he could defeat the enemy, Minato Namikaze would pay any price.

The fact that he had just successfully struck Jiraiya was not because his own strength surpassed Jiraiya's,

but because Jiraiya had never held much guard against him from the very start.

Jiraiya seemed to firmly believe that he would not strike at him, nor would he strike at Konoha.