Facing the invisible Summoned Beast, Jiraiya could only use a barrier to respond. Since he couldn't separate his hands, Jiraiya had to form seals with his feet. As his feet clapped together twice, a transparent barrier spread out from Jiraiya as the center.
At this moment, a three-headed hellhound Summoned Beast appeared directly above Jiraiya, with its blood-red mouth wide open, roaring as it charged towards Jiraiya.
"Seeing the barrier, you switched to a more powerful attack strategy? Gamaken, I'm counting on you."
Jiraiya shouted to Gamaken beneath him.
"Well, although I'm not very useful, let me do my part."
Then, Gamaken leaped towards the three-headed hellhound, swinging his trident forward, instantly locking the necks of all three heads.
"Not bad at all."
Seeing Gamaken's performance, Jiraiya praised him.
"It's nothing, I'm really not very useful."
Gamaken humbly replied.
At this moment, Jiraiya suddenly sensed a change in the three-headed hellhound. The other two heads split into two separate entities, breaking free from Gamaken's control.
"What?"
Jiraiya looked at this scene in disbelief. The three-headed hellhound was only recorded in legends as a Summoned Beast, and no one knew its exact abilities. Now, Jiraiya could be considered a pioneer exploring the unknown.
"This is not good."
Jiraiya thought to himself, and then all the three-headed hellhounds charged towards Gamaken. Although Gamaken's movements were agile, he couldn't withstand the sheer number of enemies. After a few rounds, Gamaken's body was covered in scratches from the hellhounds.
Despite their numerical advantage, the individual hellhounds were not very powerful, and Gamaken could successfully repel them each time.
However, with each attack, the hellhounds grew more heads. Now, they could be described as nine-headed hellhounds.
When the hellhounds split into twelve heads, Jiraiya finally couldn't hold on any longer, as Gamaken had already fallen to the ground, covered in scratches and bites from the hellhounds.
Jiraiya then jumped onto Gamaken, clapped his hands, and said, "Enjoy your time in the Toad Sage's stomach."
Finally, after much hardship, Jiraiya and Gamaken managed to deal with the hellhounds. However, as they emerged from the Great Toad Sage's stomach, a giant rhino Summoned Beast appeared before them.
"Why only use Summoned Beasts to fight? Do you think you don't need to do it yourself?"
Then, the rhino charged at Jiraiya like a mad beast.
"Gamaken, that's enough. You can go back now. Leave the rest to me."
Jiraiya clapped his hands together, and a white halo suddenly enveloped him.
"sorry..."
After saying this, Gamaken returned to Mount Myoboku.
The giant rhino then charged at Jiraiya, slamming him into the wall.
Animal Path Pain observed everything from the shadows.
"Did it work?"
Just as this thought crossed his mind, the giant rhino was suddenly sent flying and disappeared mid-air.
"What?"
Animal Path Pain uttered in surprise, blinking twice as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
At that moment, footsteps echoed from the wall Jiraiya had been slammed into.
"Kid, why do you always summon us in such noisy places? No wonder Bunta gets angry."
An old woman's voice complained, revealing the reason for Jiraiya and Gamabunta's discord.
"Don't say that, dear. Jiraiya must have his reasons, right?"
Then, an old man's voice chimed in.
"Dear, stop defending him. Really."
"Long time no see. Sorry to trouble you like this, boss, big sis, but kid..."
Jiraiya's apologetic voice sounded.
Before he could finish, the old man's voice interrupted again.
"Didn't you say this form wouldn't attract girls, so you didn't want to transform?"
"Now's not the time to worry about that. Our opponent has the Rinnegan."
Jiraiya said gravely.
"The Six Paths of the Rinnegan?"
The old woman's voice now carried shock and disbelief.
"Does such a thing really exist? It seems we have no choice."
Even the old man's tone changed.
Jiraiya slowly emerged from the wall, looking vastly different. His face bore the markings of a sage, his nose had grown larger with small bumps, his eyes had turned into frog eyes, and his face had become rounder.
"You should have learned to enter Sage Mode on your own by now, Jiraiya. After all, Minato and Kakashi have both managed it. As their teacher and grandmaster, it's quite embarrassing."
"If I survive this, I'll study hard. So please, lend me your strength this time. Let's go."
Jiraiya jumped out of the wall, landing with such force that the ground shook, showing his immense strength.
"All that effort just to summon these two toads? No, the teacher himself has changed. Hmph, whether it's Orochimaru or Jiraiya, the Three Sannin can all use unique powers."
Despite this, Nagato remained confident in his own strength.
"So, where is the Six Paths of the Rinnegan?"
The old man asked Jiraiya.
"Getting old and your eyes aren't working well?"
The old woman squinted, carefully observing the surroundings.
"No, he's hiding his presence inside a transparent summoned creature."
"In that case, it should be a chameleon-like creature."
The child spoke again.
"But why did this guy have to summon us to deal with Jiraiya?"
"Because he was once my student."
Jiraiya said in a deep voice.
(End of this chapter)