Kirito has mastered a total of seven powerful Jutsu in front of him, namely: Sealing Technique·Four Symbols Seal, Sealing Technique·Dead Demon Consuming Seal, Sealing Technique·Four Red Yang Formation, Sealing Technique·Yin Seal, Sealing Technique·Adamantine Sealing Chain (Modified), Spirit Transformation Technique, and Sage Mode.
Among them, Kirito has an outstanding talent for Sealing Technique, and he has successfully upgraded the five powerful Sealing Techniques without relying on Enhancement Points.
Among them, Four Red Yang Formation, Shikigami Seal and Four Symbols Seal are level 2, while Adamantine Sealing Chain (modified) and Yin Seal are level 3.
Kirito naturally never slacked in his studies of the ninjutsu techniques his teacher passed down to him. While in Konoha, he would send one of his shadow clones to work at the Seal Department every day, but in reality he was just there to persevere with his seal technique studies.
Without exception, all five seal arts are S-class seal arts with extremely high gold content, and they are extremely difficult to learn. With Kirito's current seal art abilities, it is impossible for him to release them instantly without a seal like other ninjutsu, and he must spend a little time preparing.
As for trying to improve them and upgrade their ranks, it is even more difficult.
For more than a year, he has basically been focusing on researching and improving Seal Art: Adamantine Sealing Chain (Improved) and Yin Seal Art, and it was only with great difficulty that he was able to upgrade their ranks to 3.
Therefore, in Kirito's opinion, these five S-class Seal Arts would definitely require a very large number of Enhancement Points to upgrade.
However, the result was not what he expected.
Now, these five S-class Seal Arts all have "+" signs at the end, which shows that they can all be enhanced with one Enhancement Point.
"What's going on? Even the Level 3 Adamantine Sealing Chain and Yin Seal can be enhanced with one Enhancement Point. Are these two S-class Seal Arts really that unpromising?"
Kirito looked at the two S-class seal arts above the attribute panel, which had already reached level 3, and was very confused.
He knew full well how difficult it was to improve these two S-class seal arts. The memories that his shadow clone, who specialized in seal arts, fed back every day gave him a headache and would take some time to digest.
However, since his Intelligence in the Wisdom attribute had increased to 5, the speed at which he specialized in improving these two S-class seal arts had increased a lot.
Suddenly, Kirito thought of a possibility: the reason why these two S-class Seal Arts only required one Enhancement Point was probably related to his talent for learning Seal Arts.
With 5 points of Intelligence, he was definitely one of the top intellectuals among humans. Back then, 3 points of Intelligence had made him a Seal Art genius favored by Mito, and now with 5 points of Intelligence, just how talented would he be at learning Seal Arts?
"It's probably true. This attribute panel corresponds to my true self, not some other incarnation. Now that I think about it, Spirit Transformation Technique is a super-powerful S-rank soul ninjutsu, so it should be very difficult to improve, but I managed to improve it two levels in a row with just two Enhancement Points.
Now it seems that the reason the Spirit Transformation Technique is so easy to improve is actually closely related to my natural talent for practicing it. My teacher said at the time that my soul was naturally exceptionally strong and that I was very talented at practicing the Spirit Transformation Technique."
Kirito pondered this carefully in his mind, as the CPU of his brain with 5 points of intelligence spun at high speed, gradually finding some of the similar patterns.
The next moment, his eyes scanned to the Puppeteering Technique at the top of the Attributes Panel.
Ever since discovering that he was very good at learning Puppeteering, he has been dedicating one shadow clone each day to learning Puppeteering. Needless to say, he has a large amount of puppet materials to practice with, and his learning of Puppeteering has been progressing rapidly.
His puppet technique level has reached 8, and along with it, the puppet manufacturing technique and puppet mechanism technique have also been upgraded to level 6.
And now, this puppet technique, which has reached level 8, also has a "+" sign behind its butt.
What level is level 8 puppet technique?
Kirito actually wasn't quite sure, but he found that with his ability to open up the Chakra points throughout his body with Gentle Fist, he could create 20 Chakra lines at once from his body, and then there was no problem controlling 20 puppets to fight at the same time.
"The talent for learning a certain ninjutsu makes it easier to learn that ninjutsu, and in turn, it also reduces the number of Enhancement Points required by the system. There's nothing wrong with this logic,"
Kirito concluded.
Then, he gave a thoughtful expression.
To be honest, the things he has learned are a bit mixed. He has dabbled in sealing techniques, ninjutsu, medical ninjutsu, body techniques, illusion techniques, immortal techniques, and even puppet techniques, and he has learned them all very well, reaching the top level in certain fields.
Generally speaking, other ninjas will not be as widely involved as him. They will usually specialize in a certain field and then cultivate it to the pinnacle of perfection.
But even so, these ninjas are already the best in the world of ninjas.
Now it seems that if he had spent his time specializing in an area he was good at, he might have already reached the pinnacle of that area, such as sealing techniques.
"No, I'm different from the others. I have enough time and energy to learn these things, and I'm quite talented at them. Those powerful ninjas who are proficient in a certain field can certainly achieve great things in a short period of time, but their achievements will be as good as it gets. The kage level is their ceiling, and they usually have fatal weaknesses.
I'm different. I'm involved in various fields. Although I'm not the strongest in each field, I don't have any weaknesses. I can use effective methods from other fields to deal with the enemy. And my ceiling is also higher. A rough estimate is that I now have the potential to become a super shadow. I can't say for sure about the level of Rikudou, but as long as I follow the current path of strength improvement, there is no chance that I won't make it.
When Kirito felt a slight wavering in his heart, he immediately shook his head and firmly reaffirmed his current choice of the path of strength enhancement.
The things he has learned are a bit miscellaneous, and he has not formed a too systematic means of attack, that is, a fixed combat style. However, his methods are diverse, and to a certain extent, he can be resourceful in his methods, and his combat style tends to be ever-changing.
He can completely integrate several different combat modes from what he has learned.
In fact, what he lacks now is rich practical experience. In previous battles, he basically fought with his White Zetsu clone and Lightning Release clone. Because he didn't want to reveal his identity, many techniques were not used, and he was handicapped.
Now it's different. He's on the battlefield, and many techniques can be used normally. What's lacking is someone to practice on, but that's easy to solve. There are plenty of enemies on the battlefield for him to practice on.
If it weren't for taking care of Nawaki, he would actually prefer to act alone.
"But everything does have a priority. Since I'm now so talented at learning sealing techniques and puppet techniques, I will focus on practicing sealing techniques, puppet techniques, and immortal techniques in the future, with other ninjutsu as a supplement. Once my combat effectiveness has been greatly improved by improving these three areas, I can then devote myself to other areas."
After Kirito recognized his own path of strength, he decided to make some small changes from the original foundation.
His gaze then fell once again on the five S-class sealing techniques.
A second passed, and in his eyes, only Sealing Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chain and Sealing Technique: Yin Seal remained.
Among the five S-class seal arts, in terms of value content, in fact, each of them is not very different.
The value of Yin Seal, a purely auxiliary seal art, is self-evident. It can store up chakra that is not normally used, take it out and use it in critical moments, and also enhance the user's strength and speed attributes, allowing the user to remain young forever and keep their physical functions in top condition. It is simply amazing.
The Four Red Yang Formation is a super-powerful defensive sealing technique with enough defensive power to withstand the attack of the Ten-Tailed Beast's Bijudama, and is a surefire life-saving technique.
As for the Four Symbols Seal, Shikigami Seal, and Adamantine Sealing Chain, these three are all offensive sealing techniques with excellent sealing effects.
In particular, the Shikigami Seal, by sacrificing one's own life, can almost stably achieve a one-for-one exchange with the enemy to the limit.
However, for Kirito, the Four Symbols Seal, Four Red Yang Formation, and Dead Demon Consuming Seal are three S-class sealing techniques that are difficult to use in battle. Among them, the Four Red Yang Formation is a life-saving technique that he can only use alone when he needs to activate the Yin Seal.
Therefore, in normal battles, the only remaining sealing techniques that can be put to good use are the Yin Seal and Adamantine Sealing Chain.
"Which one should I choose?"
Kirito was torn.
He knew exactly how powerful Yin Seals were. A third-level Yin Seal could create a Chakra pool that could hold the Chakra of a tailed beast, and then create a smaller Chakra pool.
If the level of the Yin Seal was raised again, it might be possible to create a new Chakra pool, further increasing his Chakra reserves.
All fear comes from a lack of firepower.
Kirito naturally wants as much of this good stuff as possible, preferably enough to enable him to activate Sage Mode and fight for a day and a night.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to reach this level of chakra, unless he can become the perfect Jinchuuriki.
In terms of chakra volume, the Kyubi's chakra should be as much as the other eight tailed beasts combined, and it is considered to be super-tail beast level chakra.
The Chakra Stone Hammer.
Adamantine Sealing Chain is also good. This sealing technique, which was originally exclusive to people with the special constitution of the Uzumaki clan, is in itself a super-powerful offensive sealing technique. Not only does it have the powerful effect of imprisoning the tailed beast's chakra, it is also applicable against ninjas.
Ninjas who have mastered this sealing technique can completely use the created chakra chains as weapons, because with the ability to imprison chakra, it can easily break all kinds of jutsu released by ninjas. If it can hit the enemy, the enemy will be temporarily unable to mobilize the chakra in their bodies.
The only drawback is that this technique consumes a lot of chakra.
For example, Karin, a Uzumaki girl, used the Wood Release: Thousands Hands Jutsu technique once during the Fourth Ninja War to repel the enhanced Yamato, who had been possessed by A Fei, and then she collapsed.
Kirito improved this sealing technique so that it could be used by ordinary people, and later continued to study it intensively, raising the level of this sealing technique by three levels. The effect was to reduce the amount of chakra consumed by one-third, reduce the number of seals, speed up the release, and greatly enhance the ability to imprison chakra.
If he continues to upgrade it, the reduction in chakra consumption, release speed, and the ability to imprison chakra will definitely improve. It may even become a regular skill that can be used in daily combat.
Kirito thought about it for a long time, and finally set his sights on Sealing Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chain.
"Adamantine Sealing Chain is naturally the stronger, the better as a tool for capturing the tailed beasts."
Kirito's face showed a serious expression.
He had already decided that in order to continue improving his strength and break through to the fifth level in all kinds of chakra attributes, capturing the tailed beasts was imperative.
All of this was for the sake of some great plan.
With one Enhancement Point, the level of Sealing Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chain immediately became 4.
In an instant, many ideas for improving Adamantine Sealing Chain flashed through Kirito's mind, and his brain began to spin rapidly. Then he closed his eyes and began to improve and deduce the Sealing Technique of Adamantine Sealing Chain.
After a while, Kirito rubbed his eyebrows with his fingers, let out a long breath, and reopened his eyes.
At this time, there was light flashing in his eyes.
The next moment, he slapped his hands together, and five arm-sized blue chakra chains immediately shot out from his body, and then made various movements in midair according to his will.
After reaching level 4 of Seal Art: Adamantine Sealing Chain, the effect achieved what he expected, the amount of Chakra consumed was reduced to nearly half of the original, and he could release it without using his seal, further improving his ability to imprison.
Kirito played with some of the five chains of Chakra, then put them away, and took out a scroll from his body and opened it.
This was a storage-type Summoning Scroll with multiple Seal Art techniques with the word Puppet inscribed in the middle.
Kirito placed his hands on top of these seal techniques and infused them with chakra, using the Seal Art: Release Technique.
A white cloud appeared, and five humanoid puppets appeared in front of Kirito.
These five humanoid puppets were the best of his practice before making the Sacred Beast puppets. Although the materials were far less precious than the two Sacred Beast puppets, in terms of quality, they definitely belonged to the ranks of the best of the many puppets in Sunagakure.
The five humanoid puppets have both male and female forms, exquisite appearances, beautiful costumes, and various weapons in their hands. They are almost like large, exquisite figurines. If you don't look closely at the very inconspicuous seams on the surface, and if you look from a distance, you will definitely mistake them for real people.
Kirito injected puppet strings into the five humanoid puppets, and the five humanoid puppets immediately opened their bionic eyes. Their originally dull eyes quickly lit up, and then they all stood up from the ground.
Next, under Kirito's control, they all clapped their hands together, and a blue chain of chakra immediately shot out from their bodies.
"The puppet technique combined with the sealing technique can surely catch the enemy off guard. Just the place to practice on a good training partner, let's practice on him."
Kirito saw this and smiled slightly.
After saying that, he removed the sealing barrier in the room, and then one of the female puppets named Raijin by Kirito immediately took action.
The Thunder God puppet was based on a character from a game in his previous life. It was a beautiful purple-haired female warrior with two weapons: a halberd placed outside and a hidden katana inside her body.
It pushed open the window, jumped outside, and moved around on the outside walls.
Kirito closed the window with one puppet, then closed his eyes and allowed his optic nerve to connect with the Thunder God puppet.
Third Eye.
This is a ninjutsu technique from the Sunagakure village with very good reconnaissance capabilities. It forms an eye from the sand created by Earth Release Chakra and then completes a magical connection with one's own visual nerve.
Through this ninjutsu technique, Kirito can remotely control the Thunder God puppet through the Chakra line.
When the Thunder God puppet came out of the inn, it immediately attracted the attention of some ninjas from other countries who were hiding nearby. They sent some people to follow it from a distance.
"An unknown female ninja just left Kirito Tosaka's room. I think she's a messenger. Piggy, do you want me to go with you?"
At the same time, in the tavern across from the inn, a black-clad man wearing a rabbit mask asked.
"If you want to go, go by yourself. Don't drag me along. You know as well as I do that we're both on that powerful kid's blacklist, right? If we go after him now, he might just follow us."
The pig-masked man across from him said coldly.
She had some knowledge of the Spirit Transformation Technique. Those who mastered this technique could distinguish between people's spirits by memorizing their spirit auras if their memory was good enough, and could even use it to find people from a distance.
She had killed Onikura and the others not long ago to frame White Fang Team, and this incident could not have been hidden from Kirito Tosaka, who was known as the genius of Konoha.
She was indeed quite confident in her ability to use Illusion Technique, but she was not yet arrogant enough to be able to easily eliminate a strong person who mastered Spirit Transformation Technique.
Kirito Tosaka's mastery of Spirit Transformation Technique meant that he was highly accomplished in the art of Yin Release and had extremely high resistance to Illusion Technique. Coupled with the fact that the opponent was a genius of Sealing Technique and a medical ninja, his own control over Chakra must be incredibly amazing.
It is no surprise that even if the opponent is tricked by her illusion, he can instantly break it.
No matter how you look at it, Kirito Tosaka is the type of illusionist ninja that no enemy wants to face.
"Haha, that's fine, this kid is amazing, if he catches up, I'm afraid we'll both die, let's let Rooster, the flying guy, go check it out, anyway, our main task is to follow them from a distance, we don't need to clash with them head-on."
The Rabbit saw that the Boar had not hesitated to refuse, so he laughed and gave up on tracking them as well.
As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a scroll from his bag and opened it, revealing a picture of a flying bird.
The next moment, the bird in the picture actually flew out of the scroll and flew outside.
The Thunder God puppet flew over the rooftops of the town. It soon left the town and arrived in front of a large river to the west of the town.
At this moment, a white-haired ninja was rapidly crossing the river on the water.
The person was none other than Jiraiya.
Jiraiya saw the Thunder God puppet suddenly appear on the other side of the river. He immediately widened his eyes, then leered as he stared at the Thunder God puppet's chest, which was currently covered by an off-the-shoulder purple kimono. He said with a smile, "What brings you here, beautiful lady? I am the Toad Sage Jiraiya."
Kirito did not install a microphone on the Thunder God puppet, but he could understand what Jiraiya was saying by lip-reading.
In response, he said nothing. He had only come to see Jiraiya to test the effectiveness of the Adamantine Sealing Chain he had just mastered, not to catch up with him.
Although it was a bit rude of him to fight Jiraiya without saying a word, it was his fault for barging in.
"This guy must have sensed an abnormality in the natural energy in the town and rushed over from nearby. It seems that the spiritual arts of Mt. Myōboku are really not simple, at least they are very good at sensing natural energy. But of course, the other party has at least a thousand years of spiritual arts heritage, which is different from me as a wild-style sage. I guess they have conducted in-depth research on sensing natural energy."
Kirito pondered the reason for Jiraiya's sudden appearance here, and sighed.
Then, he manipulated the Thunder God puppet to clap its hands together, and a large number of sealing techniques quickly shot out from it and fell to the ground. Within a 50-meter radius, a simple shield-type sealing barrier began to rapidly form.
Although Jiraiya was a lecher, he was a person with a delicate mind, and he never failed at critical moments.
Very often, his lechery was merely a disguise.
Therefore, when the Thunder God puppet created the sealing barrier, Jiraiya had already taken action.
A jet of oil shot out of his mouth, and then quickly turned into a huge fireball.
Fire Release: Flame Bullet!
A terrifyingly hot fireball was about to attack, and the purple eyes of the Thunder God puppet flashed with a flash of purple lightning. A blue chakra chain the size of an arm suddenly shot out from its body and instantly hit the incoming fireball.
Like the Sacred Beast puppet, the Thunder God puppet also has two sets of chakra meridians, allowing Kirito to use two jutsu at the same time.
In an instant, the Fire Release chakra contained within the fireball was restrained, preventing it from continuing to generate flames, and the fireball extinguished.
"What!"
Jiraiya's eyes widened in disbelief when he saw his Fire Release jutsu broken like this.
However, he didn't have time to continue being shocked, because after piercing the fireball, the chakra chain continued to shoot straight at him.
Jiraiya hurriedly dodged, not wanting to be hit by this strange chakra chain at all.
However, this chakra chain was as flexible as Kirito's own arm under his control, and it immediately made a turn in the air and continued to shoot at Jiraiya.
Jiraiya had no choice but to continue dodging.
In the process, he did not forget to counterattack, throwing two Kunai with flaming explosive tags wrapped around the back at the Thunder God puppet.
The Thunder God puppet instantly drew its halberd from its back and precisely swept it in a single motion, knocking the two Kunai flying, and slashing out a chakra blade formed from Lightning Release chakra.
The speed of the chakra blade was fast, and its trajectory landed exactly where Jiraiya had fallen after avoiding the chakra chain again. This was a pre-emptive attack.
Jiraiya had no choice but to quickly create a seal and create a wall of earth to defend himself.
Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!
Lightning Release restrains Earth Release.
The wall of earth created by the Earth Release chakra was almost instantly cut in half by the chakra blade formed by the Lightning Release chakra.
But Jiraiya was no longer in the same place.
Kirito had excellent perception, and Jiraiya's current location was within Kirito's range of perception, so he naturally knew exactly where Jiraiya was.
The chakra chains on the Thunder God puppet suddenly pierced the ground behind it.
Then, Jiraiya jumped out of the ground, holding a Kunai in his hand, and kept colliding with the incoming chakra chains.
At the same time, he said, "Who the hell are you? Why are you using the sealing technique Adamantine Sealing Chain? Is there some kind of misunderstanding between us? I'm actually a Konoha ninja too, we should be on the same side."
After fighting for a while, Jiraiya finally recognized what ninjutsu the Thunder God Golem was using to control the Chakra Chains. It was the sealing technique Adamantine Sealing Chain used by Kirito and Orochimaru during the Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation.
Later, he learned from his teacher that this sealing technique had been improved by Kirito and could be learned by ordinary ninjas.
Therefore, he now believes that the Thunder God puppet in front of him should also be a Konoha ninja.
The Thunder God puppet laughed without saying a word, and suddenly an additional chakra chain appeared on its body.
The two chakra chains, one on the left and one on the right, pounced like long snakes, constantly pinning Jiraiya down, making it more and more difficult for him to evade.
During this process of avoiding attacks, Jiraiya also tried to counterattack with other ninjutsu besides Fire Release, but found that the various ninjutsu he released were easily broken by the Chakra Chains, and he was unable to cause any damage to the Thunder God puppet.
He wanted to get close and fight with the opponent, but he discovered that the opponent was still a ninja proficient in Lightning Release, and had mastered some kind of powerful Lightning Release acceleration secret technique. With his current speed, he simply could not get close, and might even be hit by the halberd in the opponent's hand as soon as he got close.
"Looks like I'll have to get serious. Watch out, beautiful lady,"
Jiraiya shouted, feeling somewhat at a loss and preparing to activate his ultimate Sage Mode to fight.
After fighting the Thunder God puppet up to this point, he could see that the other party did not have any murderous intent towards him, and it seemed that they just wanted to fight.
Thinking in a bad way, it seemed that the other party was just using him as a testing tool.
The thing being tested was the two Chakra chains that the other party had been using as their main method of attack.
Otherwise, with the other party's demonstrated sealing technique abilities and Lightning Release abilities, there was every chance that they could defeat him in his current state.
"Huh?"
At this thought, Jiraiya couldn't help but feel a little irritated. He was preparing to use Sage Mode to teach the other party a lesson later, but when he carefully sensed the natural energy and began to gather natural energy from the outside world, he suddenly noticed an abnormality on the Thunder God puppet.
Through his perception of natural energy, he discovered that the Thunder God puppet had a chakra line.
This chakra line was very thin and obscure, and the chakra fluctuations it emitted were weak and almost non-existent. If he had not been seriously sensing natural energy, he would not have been able to detect its existence at all.
"You're actually a puppet!"
Jiraiya finally realized the true identity of the Thunder God puppet and was shocked.
Who was the person behind this?
The opponent actually forced him to use Sage Mode just by manipulating a puppet that looked just like a real person.
After Jiraiya discovered that the Thunder God puppet was a puppet, Kirito decisively stopped testing the effect of the Level 4 Adamantine Sealing Chain on Jiraiya. He manipulated the Thunder God puppet to nod at Jiraiya, and then actively dispersed the Chakra Lock.
Seeing this, Jiraiya knew that his opponent was not going to continue fighting, so he stopped condensing his natural energy and asked again, "Just who are you?"
"Jiraiya-sama, it's been a long time. I apologize for any offense I may have caused."
The next moment, the Thunder God puppet spoke in Kirito's voice.
Jiraiya had a good memory, and he immediately recognized the voice as Kirito's. He couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "You... You are Mito-sama's disciple, Kirito Tosaka, aren't you?"
"Yes,"
the Thunder God puppet nodded.
"Then what did you mean just now, and why did you suddenly attack me?"
Jiraiya said with a displeased face as he saw Kirito admit his identity.
He remembered that Kirito was only 10 years old, but just now he was beaten so badly by such a beautiful female puppet. He really felt a little bad.
If Kirito doesn't give him a satisfactory explanation today, he definitely won't let him off lightly.
At least he has to let Kirito use the female puppet to play with it a little using puppet techniques.
Although his puppet techniques are not up to par, he still has no problem manipulating the puppet's movements.
"I'm really sorry, but I've just made a breakthrough in my Seal Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chain. I happened to see you come over, and I got a bit itchy, so I wanted to have a go at you. Tsunade-nee said that you were an excellent ninja, and today's battle has proved that you really are."
Kirito explained honestly, and at the end, he didn't forget to bring Tsunade into the conversation.
When Kirito mentioned Tsunade, Jiraiya's attention was instantly diverted, and he said happily, "Tsunade really said that?"
Kirito nodded with a puppet of thunder controlling his conscience.
Jiraiya's face immediately revealed a happy smile, and the slight displeasure in his heart and the thought of playing with female puppets instantly vanished. Then he coughed and said, "Okay, for the sake of Tsunade, I will let you get away with this time. If you want to compete next time, just let me know, and don't be so reckless."
"Thank you for your forgiveness,"
Kirito gratefully said.
"So, what is the real purpose of your visit?"
Jiraiya's expression suddenly became serious as he inquired.
He was no fool, and if it was just a sparring match, Kirito actually didn't need to set up such a large barrier-type sealing barrier. The Kirito in front of him must have come to see him for other reasons.
"You really are a person with a delicate mind,"
Kirito praised in his heart when he heard Jiraiya say that.
He had come to see Jiraiya for more than just a test of the effectiveness of the Level 4 Adamantine Sealing Chain. He also wanted to ask Jiraiya, a powerhouse whose strength was close to that of a Kage-Level powerhouse, to do a small favor for Team White Fang.
The next second, he told Jiraiya everything that had happened to Team White Fang since they left Konoha.
"So, you've been targeted. Is there anything I can do to help? Just tell me, and I'll do my best."
Jiraiya's expression became even more serious after hearing Kirito's words, and he continued to ask,
Both attacks were aimed at Nawaki, and since Nawaki is Tsunade's younger brother, she will definitely be very sad if he dies.
Now that he knows about the White Fang squad, he cannot just sit back and do nothing.
The reason he came here this time was that he received a message from Sage Fukasaku via a contact frog from Mt. Myōboku not long ago, learned about the Toad Sage's prophecy, and then accidentally discovered an abnormal gathering of natural energy in the nearby town.
So, he came to check it out, but before he even entered the town, he ran into a female puppet sent by Kirito and got into a confused fight.
Kirito was overjoyed when Jiraiya volunteered to help, saying, "That would be a great help. Thank you so much. I want Jiraiya-sama to help us..."