Chapter 99 (Patreon)

Under the gigantic carcass of this toad, like a real mountain, not only the snake was buried, but also many Suna shinobi.

“Jiraiya, did you call me just for this snake?” - Gamabunta took a drag from his pipe and grumbled.

But Jiraiya just grinned, looking at the giant toad at his feet. He won’t tell Gamabunta directly that he called him for a cooler appearance...

Then Toad Boss lowered the phone and calmly exhaled a giant ring of smoke, guessing about the Sannin's petty thoughts.

"What the hell is this!" – the faces of many Suna shinobi reflected anger mixed with fear when the giant three-headed snake was crushed into a cake, without even having time to really show itself.

- This is... Jiraiya, one of the Sannin! – one of them said with a trembling voice, seeing the figure of Jiraiya on the head of a giant toad.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Sannin are widely known throughout the shinobi community.

- Crap! There were rumors about Jiraiya leaving Konoha... he should have returned right now! – another complained.

When preparing the plan, they did not expect to run into one of the three legendary Sannin of Konoha here!

– Now is not the time to lose heart! Let's figure it out ourselves, since the summoned beast turned out to be useless!! – the captain of the detachment exclaimed loudly.

After his cry, the Suna shinobi pulled themselves together.

Then about a dozen shinobi jumped out of the formation. They made hand seals in unison and slammed their palms on the ground with a loud shout: “Doton: Earth Wall!”

A moment later, more than a dozen massive walls erupted from the ground, but they did not protect the Suna shinobi, but rather surrounded Gamabunta.

Thus, literally in a matter of seconds, Toad Boss found himself surrounded on all sides by relatively low earthen walls.

Meanwhile, the leader of Suna's squad did not stand aside and also made a series of hand seals: "Doton: Great River of Earth Stream!"

Following this cry, the ground under Gamabunta’s huge carcass turned to mud, more like an incredibly viscous swamp.

After which this mud began to gradually fill the improvised reservoir formed by a dozen earthen walls, and as soon as it flooded Gamabunta’s hefty paws, it immediately hardened.

The Suna shinobi tried to pin down the Toad Boss!

After all, such a carcass poses an extreme danger just by its size and weight, so it would be better for it not to move at all.

- Great, great, but you underestimate my power... Gamabunta, come on! – The Sannin smiled carefree, seeing everything from the toad’s head and perfectly understanding the intentions of the Suna shinobi.

Gamabunta remained silent again. He was too lazy to argue with Jiraiya.

Then Toad Boss tensed his muscles and, pushing off sharply with his huge paws, soared above the ground.

It seemed that he did not feel either the Earth Walls or the Earth Flow at all.

A moment later, the Toad Boss's carcass obscured the sky and crushed many Suna shinobi with its huge butt like a collapsing mountain!

Boom!

There was a monstrous roar, and a wave of dust, like a tsunami, swept through the surrounding area.

- Are you out there in the desert losing your mind from the heat? You have to think of attacking Konoha with such pitiful forces! – Jiraiya said calmly but with dignity, looking at the clouds of dust below.

From the very beginning, he didn't really take these Suna shinobi into account, and what the Sannin really cared about was Orochimaru's former comrade!

But the prediction of the Great Toad Sage not only pushed Jiraiya to return early, in addition, he also took everything seriously, even such insignificant trifles.

Therefore, the sudden invasion of Suna, which caused some problems for Konoha in the original, now choked almost instantly.

Hiruzen and Jiraiya were well prepared for unforeseen circumstances.

Of course, Orochimaru and Suna's joint attack on Konoha was not limited to just two places. Several more similar detachments attacked the village from different directions.

But they were all suppressed in no time.

The well-trained Konoha shinobi held back the joint attack of the Suna shinobi and Orochimaru's subordinates without any problems.

It should be noted here that the invaders lost without a chance at all, even though they chose remote areas of Konoha for attack.

As a result, they failed to cause any significant damage.

The only thing that truly surprised Hiruzen and Jiraiya was the destruction of Konoha's sensitive barrier.

But the Sannin could not leave a bad feeling, even when the Konoha shinobi were pushing back enemy troops on all fronts.

The current situation in Konoha was in no way, at all, consistent with the Great Toad Sage's prediction that it would be engulfed in the flames of war.

Maybe these predictions are not so accurate after all?

Or is it a matter of vagueness of wording...

Jiraiya shook his head and discarded these thoughts, continuing to seriously watch the settling clouds of dust. We must quickly deal with the sand shinobi and go to the aid of the old man!

- Gamabunta, let's get rid of everyone at once! – Sannin grinned.

- Yes, I’m just glad! - Gamabunta answered loudly and slammed his giant paw on the clouds of dust below.

A powerful gust of wind was formed, no weaker than Futon, and in one fell swoop it carried away all the clouds of dust.

No more than a third of the Suna shinobi remained alive on earth, and even then many of them were covered and seriously injured by all kinds of fragments of earth from the terrifying fall of the Toad Boss.

Nothing had passed since the start of the attack on Konoha, a few minutes at most, and this Suna squad had already suffered horrific losses.

“How strong!”

"One of the legendary Sannin!"

"..."

The Suna shinobi screamed in fear.

They were almost destroyed by the summoned beast alone, and Jiraiya himself had not even moved yet!

The leader of Suna's squad clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth angrily, watching the Sannin's proud face on the head of the Toad Boss: “Does Suna really have no hope for a bright future?”

As a commander, he was well aware of the consequences that would await Suna if this attack on Konoha failed.

Meanwhile at Hokage Rock.

Yudao nonchalantly swung his legs over Hashirama's head.