Jiraiya didn't hesitate, answering directly.
"That's different! Killing enemies on the Battlefield is completely different from your evil experiments on innocent people!"
Although Jiraiya's voice started loud, it gradually weakened as he spoke, clearly lacking confidence.
"Does killing people differentiate between justice and evil? Taking a life is taking a life. You're just, and I'm evil? You've learned a lot of Teacher Sarutobi's hypocrisy, Jiraiya!"
After mocking Jiraiya, Orochimaru spoke again.
"As for experiments, I don't believe you don't know what Teacher Sarutobi and Danzo did back then. We were young then, but why didn't you choose to stop Danzo Shimura later? You just fled Konoha, yet you're so fixated on me?"
Jiraiya remained silent in the face of Orochimaru's questions, and Orochimaru didn't expect him to answer either.
"That's because you couldn't defeat them, so you just ran away, afraid to face the cruel reality, putting on a helpless act!"
"And you're so fixated on me because you think you've got me cornered, Jiraiya. Are you so sure you can defeat me? Where does that confidence come from? Is it from your imperfect Sage Mode?"
Jiraiya, who had been speechless due to Orochimaru's words, finally caught a flaw in his statement.
Jiraiya, with his typical saintly personality, could completely negate Orochimaru's words, even if he knew they were mostly correct, as long as there was a single flaw.
"No, Orochimaru, I'm so fixated on you not because I think I can defeat you!"
"It's because you're my friend, and I don't want to see you go astray!"
Jiraiya silently added in his heart, and at the same time, his somewhat low fighting spirit instantly surged, his resolve becoming incredibly firm once more.
"I absolutely must stop you today and bring you back to the right path, Orochimaru!"
Looking at Jiraiya, who had inexplicably regained his fighting spirit, Orochimaru sighed inwardly.
"Sure enough, stupidity is contagious. I'm not so smart myself for trying to reason with an idiot like Jiraiya!"
Knowing that reasoning with someone like Jiraiya was futile, Orochimaru stopped wasting his breath. With his hand seals already complete, he slammed his hands on the ground.
Three coffins rose from the ground, then opened their lids, and three figures emerged.
They lined up from tallest to shortest.
Jiraiya's eyes were filled with shock; the Ninjutsu he had only heard fragments about had actually been mastered by Orochimaru.
Especially after recognizing the three, particularly the one in the middle, Jiraiya couldn't remain calm.
Orochimaru's disregard for the living and desecration of the dead made him seem even more irredeemable in Jiraiya's eyes.
After silently apologizing, Jiraiya chose to make the first move.
Orochimaru naturally wouldn't just stand there and let himself be captured; he also controlled the three Reanimation, launching an attack.
"Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!" x3
Jiraiya's Great Flame Bullet didn't differ much from the Great Fireball Technique; the only difference was the casting time, which was almost instantaneous, and the duration after hitting was much longer than the Great Fireball Technique.
It was an excellent probing Ninjutsu for an opening move.
Normally, after entering Sage Mode, if Jiraiya transformed into a cannon, continuously attacking with Great Flame Bullet, he would likely make Orochimaru completely disoriented.
With his overall enhancements, Jiraiya could almost continuously fire flame bullets, enough to prevent Orochimaru's countless Ninjutsu from ever being used, forcing him to constantly evade.
However, with a large number of Reanimation at his disposal, Orochimaru barely needed to use his own Ninjutsu; mastering summoning Ninjutsu was enough.
The instant Sage Art: Great Flame Bullet flew rapidly towards Orochimaru, but it was blocked midway by the Water Formation Wall.
With the intervention of Natural Energy, Sage Art and normal Nature Transformation had a qualitative difference; the counter-relationship between Water Release and Fire Release completely disappeared, coupled with the enhancement of the Ninjutsu by Sage Art.
With just one contact, the flame bullet only slightly reduced in size, continuing to fly backward at an unchanged speed.
However, the next two thicker and larger Water Formation Walls still blocked Jiraiya's attack.
Compared to Jiraiya, Yagura's Water Release was much faster, effortlessly turning Jiraiya's attack into nothing with three Water Formation Walls.
Jiraiya finally understood the difficulty of Edo Tensei; it truly could unleash the power the deceased possessed in life.
And it wasn't just Yagura; the other two figures also took advantage of the brief pause to appear before Jiraiya.
One from the left, one from the right, two fists came at Jiraiya.
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