Chapter 346: Earth Curse Mark
Back at the battlefield, Jiraiya was defeated. Arthur stepped forward with cold eyes as he approached the fallen Sannin.
His gaze was fixed on the massive scroll strapped to Jiraiya's back. That scroll was a rare one, and Arthur knew its significance—it held the key to forming a contract with the toads of Mt. Myōboku.
Reaching out, he grabbed the scroll and pocketed it in another, smaller scroll.
The elder toads, Fukasaku and Shima, had fought fiercely. They'd tried to protect Jiraiya, but in the end, they had fallen like he had. Their bodies lay motionless, unmoving, no smoke or flash of vanishings—just dead bodies.
Arthur observed them carefully; he was surprised they hadn't poofed away, as was typical after severe damage to a summoned creature.
Maybe they believed they could hold their chakra in check; maybe they thought they could still help Jiraiya. Regardless, this would pose an advantage to Arthur in the long run.
Their idea of staying here and not departing to warn the Leaf Village like they had when Nagato fought Jiraiya was a foolish mistake.
"Pathetic," Arthur said with disdain.
He then turned away from the elder toads and the fallen Sannin. He didn't bother dissecting them; they had no use anymore. Instead, he signaled his clones.
Quickly, they began tending Jiraiya's wounds with all manner of healing technique to prepare him for what was to come. Arthur himself took a chakra pill from his pouch and swallowed it to restore himself.
'Flying raijin...'