Hokage: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 39: Learn Well and Watch Closely

Whiz!

The sharp sound of air friction rang out.

Jiraiya quickly moved behind Naruto, grabbed him by the back of his neck, and flung him behind. At the same time, he placed his other hand forward.

"Rasengan!"

A similarly high-speed rotating blue chakra sphere appeared in his palm.

Jiraiya's eyes sharpened, and without hesitation, he thrust his Rasengan forward.

Hagoromo Gengetsu didn't flinch either.

In the next second, the two identical Rasengans collided.

Boom!

A blinding blue light flashed.

Intense friction and collisions erupted continuously.

Hagoromo Gengetsu and Jiraiya's bodies instantly lowered, and a massive crater was visibly born under their feet.

Moreover, Gengetsu's black hair and Jiraiya's white hair were blown wildly backward as if caught in a storm.

Whoosh.

Dust flew, and gravel scattered.

In the continuous standoff, the violent airwaves, carrying strands of scattered blue chakra, turned into a giant fan, spreading rapidly from the point of contact between the two.

One second, two seconds.

Finally!

After a final fierce friction, Hagoromo Gengetsu and Jiraiya exchanged glances.

Then.

Boom!

With a huge recoil, the two flew backward at extreme speed, and the Rasengans in their hands disintegrated into blue sparks that quickly dissipated.

The sound of ninja sandals scraping against the ground echoed continuously.

After a few breaths, everything calmed down.

Jiraiya pulled his feet out of the ground and looked up at Hagoromo Gengetsu, who was doing the same not far away, his gaze growing heavier.

"Pervy Sage! Pervy Sage!"

At this moment, Naruto hurried over, pointing at Hagoromo Gengetsu in confusion and asking Jiraiya,

"Pervy Sage, how does that guy know the Rasengan too?"

"The Rasengan..."

Jiraiya, who had been contemplating his next move, came back to his senses and shook his head,

"I don't know. But given who he is, it's not surprising after the initial shock."

"You have to understand, he is someone on par with the gods. Any ninjutsu he performs should come as no surprise."

As the Third Hokage's direct disciple and one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya had the means and interest to learn about famous figures of the past.

Among them, Hagoromo Gengetsu, who developed many Kekkei Genkai and could perform any ninjutsu with ease, had left a deep impression.

Seeing it firsthand now, Jiraiya realized it was no exaggeration.

"On par with the gods? What does that mean? Why is it not surprising?" Naruto scratched his head, still not understanding Jiraiya's explanation.

But there was no time for further discussion.

Hagoromo Gengetsu had adjusted himself and, hearing the two's conversation, smirked,

"Rasengan? It's just an A-rank ninjutsu. If this surprises you, then let's see its advanced version."

Rasengan, like the Chidori, was something Hagoromo Gengetsu had figured out during the Warring States period and had further developed.

He hadn't shown it much because he had other jutsu and Kekkei Genkai with similar power and didn't need to reveal everything.

Occasionally using it in battles, the targets were usually dead.

The only time it could have been exposed was during the Battle of the Valley of the Fallen God.

But against the thousands of giant Buddha arms of Senju Hashirama, using it was pointless.

Now was the perfect time.

With Naruto, who would popularize the Rasengan in the future, present, it was the perfect opportunity to showcase its other forms.

With a mischievous smile, Hagoromo Gengetsu opened his right palm again.

"One more time, will you hand over the Spirit Transformation Technique?"

No response.

"Alright then."

A highly compressed blue chakra sphere appeared in Hagoromo Gengetsu's palm once more.

Jiraiya thought he was going to attack with the Rasengan again and prepared to counter.

But suddenly!

Jiraiya's pupils shrank as he saw a new change in the Rasengan in Hagoromo Gengetsu's hand.

"This nature and shape transformation... He's developed the Rasengan to this extent!"

Sizzle.

Under Jiraiya's astonished gaze, Hagoromo Gengetsu's Rasengan transformed into a giant spinning shuriken made of countless tiny chakra blades after infusing it with wind chakra.

This was the advanced version of the Rasengan, the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!

At this moment, with Naruto exclaiming "What's that?", Jiraiya felt a serious threat from this familiar yet unfamiliar jutsu.

Crack.

Hagoromo Gengetsu looked down at his right arm, which was cracking under the strain of the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

"As expected, a normal body can't withstand the side effects of the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken."

This was why Hagoromo Gengetsu hadn't used the Rasenshuriken much.

Even Naruto, with his extraordinary constitution, almost lost the use of his right hand after using it for the first time.

For others, their right arm would be completely ruined.

Hagoromo Gengetsu's Reanimation body couldn't hold up either.

So, he had to throw it quickly.

Hagoromo Gengetsu's gaze shifted to Jiraiya and Naruto.

"Watch closely and learn well."

"Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!"

Hagoromo Gengetsu swung his right arm.

In the next second.

His right arm completely shattered.

With a terrifying aura, the rapidly spinning Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, with a sound of space breaking, sped towards Jiraiya and Naruto like a teleporting projectile.

"Be careful!"

Shizune, healing her own wounds nearby, couldn't help but shout in warning.

Jiraiya, with unprecedented seriousness, stood in front of Naruto, bit his finger, and slammed it on the ground:

"Summoning Technique!"

Boom!

A huge white smoke rose.

Before anyone could see what was inside,

the rapidly spinning Wind Release: Rasenshuriken had already rushed in.

Space seemed to freeze.

After a moment of silence,

a blinding white light burst out, dispersing the smoke and shooting skyward.

Then, an enormous explosion, so loud that even Tsunade could hear it from afar, erupted.

"What happened there?"

Tsunade, who had just knocked back Kabuto, couldn't help but turn to look at the explosion site.

Orochimaru, watching from the sidelines, also glanced over, narrowing his eyes as if he had thought of something, and quickly signaled Kabuto.

Understanding the signal, Kabuto drew a kunai and slashed his own palm without hesitation.

Blood sprayed out like a fountain.

Tsunade, like a raging dragon, suddenly stopped in her tracks, trembling all over, her face pale:

"Blood..."