"Sorry to trouble you, Bunta."
After saying that, Jiraiya looked at Chiyo standing across from him and curled his lips.
"Yo, isn't this old hag Chiyo? You're still alive at your age?"
Hearing this, Chiyo couldn't help but narrow her eyes.
"Heheh, you little punk, Jiraiya. Your mouth is still as foul - mouthed as ever. I'm only one year older than your teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi. If you say I'm about to kick the bucket, doesn't that mean Hiruzen is also on his last legs?"
"Sure does. My teacher's got senile dementia now. Sometimes he can't hold it in and dribbles a bit when he's walking down the street. It's giving me a real headache. I bet it's the same for you, being a year older than him."
When it came to dissing his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya never held back. Anyway, his teacher couldn't hear him, and even if he did, he'd probably just scold him a bit.
If he could rile Chiyo up with his words and make her have a sudden heart attack or cerebral infarction, that'd be a real bonus.
But with Chiyo's self - control, she obviously wouldn't lose her cool over a few words.
Still, being reminded of her age made Chiyo a bit angry, and she couldn't help but retort.
"Heheh, you sharp - tongued brat. When I was Slaughtering Enemies on All Fronts on the battlefield, you weren't even born yet. Even if you were, you were probably peeing in the dirt somewhere."
Chiyo's sinister eyes swept across the Konoha positions. No one knew what was going on in her mind.
Noticing her expression, Jiraiya narrowed his eyes.
"Don't tell me you're looking for the medical ninja who cracked your carefully crafted poison? What's going on? After being completely defeated by Tsunade last time, are you taking it out on the younger generation now? Well, it makes sense. Being beaten by a young person must have made you feel so ashamed that it's normal for you to fly off the handle."
Jiraiya flashed a mocking smile.
"But I'm sorry to tell you that because of all the commotion you Sand Ninjas made, we didn't bring him this time. So, you'll just have to grow old, full of resentment and wrinkles."
Even as he said this, Jiraiya kept his eyes on Chiyo's expression.
Having fought Chiyo more than once, Jiraiya knew just how terrifying this old hag could be. Whenever he saw Chiyo, he always had a strange feeling. That's why he kept probing her with his words.
After all, no matter how old a woman is, she's always sensitive about her age.
Although Chiyo had retorted and seemed angry, Jiraiya still felt like something was off.
"I don't believe that medical ninja won't turn up after all these commotions," Chiyo said, looking at Jiraiya with a mocking smile.
"After all, Konoha values its comrades more than anything. To ensure the toxin can be analyzed immediately for making antidotes, that medical ninja will also come to the front line."
Hearing this, Jiraiya's face grew solemn, and he couldn't help narrowing his eyes.
"So what if we guessed it? There's a team of elite ninjas protecting him. There's simply no chance."
Looking at Jiraiya's expression, Chiyo could already confirm her suspicion.
"Heheh, that's not necessarily true. After all, with that one around, it won't work no matter how many people you Konoha send."
"That one?"
Jiraiya looked down at Shikaku. Noticing his look, Shikaku shook his head gently, indicating that they hadn't received any news of a powerful Sand Ninja arriving on the battlefield.
Jiraiya trusted his side's intelligence system very much and sneered in response to Chiyo.
"You're just trying to bluff us."
"You'll find out if I'm bluffing later."
After saying that, Chiyo waved her hand and ordered the attack.
In an instant, the large - sized summoning beasts of the Sand Ninjas rushed out. As they did so, they triggered countless Booby Traps along the way, and all one could see were the flames from numerous Explosive Tags and a shower of Kunai.
With the safe passages cleared by these summoning beasts at the cost of their own bodies, the Sand Ninjas could launch their attack smoothly.
Seeing the summoning beasts charging out from the flames and explosions, Jiraiya snorted.
"Sanshōuo!"
Thanks to their years of cooperation, with just this one word, Sanshōuo knew what Jiraiya wanted to do.
It opened its mouth and spat out a large amount of toad oil. As Jiraiya used Fire Release, the toad oil was instantly ignited. The towering flames enveloped the leading summoning beasts.
Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!
With the toad oil sticking to them, the flames were hard to extinguish. The burning summoning beasts let out mournful cries. Then, with a bang, they turned into white smoke and returned to the summoning world.
Seeing this, Sanshōuo drew the Tantō from its waist and charged towards the remaining large - sized summoning beasts.
Jiraiya landed back on the ground and joined the battlefield.
On the flank of the battlefield, originally Yue Yan planned to deal with the Sand Ninjas here to get some samples for cracking the poison.
But seeing the group of Sand Ninjas charging over without saying a word, everyone, including Yue Yan, was completely confused.
After all, there were several Jonin on Yue Yan's side. With the strength of the flank Sand Ninjas, charging over was just like throwing themselves into death. So, Yue Yan and the others couldn't understand it.
However, the very next second, Yue Yan and the others got it.
A Puppet that crawled on all fours and was covered in spikes suddenly rushed out, aiming straight at Yue Yan.
Just as Yue Yan was about to fight back, Hizashi Hyuga stepped in front of Yue Yan and used Rotating Heaven, knocking the Puppet flying.
Just then, this Puppet suddenly split into two. One of them distracted Hizashi, while the other, holding a long knife glinting with purple light and obviously coated with poison, charged towards Yue Yan.
The others wanted to rescue Yue Yan, but were blocked by other Sand Ninjas.
Seeing this, Yue Yan shrugged. He had already realized that it was a trap specifically set by the Sand Ninjas to deal with him.
Although he was a medical ninja, it didn't mean he had no combat power.
In everyone's sight, Yue Yan looked calm. After casually making a few hand seals, he raised his hand to condense a Thunder Spear and instantly threw it out. The terrifying penetrating power directly shattered half of the puppet's body.
Beside him, Hizashi Hyuga, who was intercepting another puppet, wasn't worried about Yue Yan getting hurt. But he was a bit speechless seeing Yue Yan always having to form hand seals, and each time they were different.
Previously, Hizashi had talked to Yue Yan and knew that Yue Yan's Thunder Spear could be released without hand seals. However, Yue Yan insisted on forming seals, saying it was to confuse the enemy.
However, anyone who had seen it twice could guess that Yue Yan's technique was a Mujin ninjutsu, so whether to form seals or not didn't matter.
But Yue Yan just insisted. Regarding this, Hizashi didn't want to complain anymore.
On Yue Yan's side, he didn't notice Hizashi but looked at the figure walking out of the woods in front.
Wearing a white robe and making unknown gestures with both hands, as if controlling something, it was clearly Chiyo, the most powerful puppet master in the Sand Ninja Village.
Chiyo looked at Yue Yan and couldn't help frowning.
"Another young man. Not only is his Mystical Palm Technique powerful, but his overall strength is also remarkable. Fortunately, to ensure everything goes smoothly, I came here myself."
Chiyo glanced at Yue Yan's flat chest and felt relieved. As long as it wasn't someone like Tsunade with a very large chest, she could accept it.
Chiyo might be able to accept it, but Yue Yan couldn't.
"Old geezer, If you can't see clearly, just blind yourself! Look clearly! I'm a man! A man!"