"Then you all, Minato's squad members, will take the assessment together," Jiraiya thought for a moment and said.
The whole team description was quite subtle; you could say it's an elite squad executing a Grass Ninja mission led by Mokgetsu.
Others were fine, but Mokgetsu wouldn't be easy to deal with. You couldn't possibly use Sage Mode to assess juniors, right?
Thus, thanks to Obito's efforts, Kakashi and Nohara Rin successfully got the chance to spar with the legendary Sannin.
"Maybe I should put this photo up in the busiest commercial street of Konoha."
Along with Obito, who was lying there and taking the hit, Kakashi couldn't help but take out Obito's photo.
Obito just wanted to get beaten up but insisted on dragging him along; Kakashi really had a hard time enduring this.
"Kakashi, you really don't keep your promises!" Staring at that familiar photo, Obito got anxious.
"I even treated you to food; how can you not keep your promise?"
After speaking, Obito reached out to grab the photo.
"How am I not keeping my promise? Didn't I already give you the photo that day?" Kakashi dodged lightly and said.
"But isn't the photo still in your hand?" Obito retorted discontentedly.
"I don't just have one photo; I gave you one, but I also have another," Kakashi said, making Obito feel tragically hopeless.
Thinking about the embarrassing photos Kakashi still had of him, Obito's vision went black.
"As expected, that Hatake brat is inherently evil; it's too hateful!" Obito lamented internally, feeling it would have been better to treat Riolu than Kakashi.
"Let me have a look at this interesting photo," Jiraiya leaned in.
Seeing Obito's twisted face, beaten out of shape, Jiraiya unreservedly laughed loudly, "Haha, goggle kid, that's pathetic."
Warning! Warning!
Obito felt the temperature of his body rising, unable to control the urge to enter Breath of Flame Chakra Mode.
He now wished he could challenge both Jiraiya and Kakashi at once and give those two infuriating white-haired guys a good beating.
Of course, his remaining reason told him that doing so would only lead to a worse beating.
The proper way for revenge was to catch Jiraiya off guard during their assessment, making him suffer a bit, then delve into cultivation to become stronger, and finally defeat Kakashi in the internal battle.
"Be grateful; not many people can be guided by the legendary Sannin, the Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku," Jiraiya began to get down to business after the joke.
Obito's antics were the starting point, but as disciples of Minato, Jiraiya didn't mind helping them with their training.
Kakashi put the photo away, revealing a serious expression. Apart from Mokgetsu, whose limits were unknown, Jiraiya was undoubtedly the strongest ninja they'd ever encountered.
Even the Raikage Candidate, who once put them under immense pressure, was just a junior in front of Jiraiya, who became famous during the Second Ninja World War.
The three arranged their formation, with Obito and Kakashi in front, and Nohara Rin slightly behind.
"You are quite well-known talents; don't let me down," Jiraiya said with his arms crossed, smiling.
Though Kakashi and the others were far from accomplished like him, they were no longer unknown, and people like Might Guy had already gained some recognition.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
As the battle began, Obito immediately concentrated his breathing to the extreme and used the starter god technique, Great Fireball.
A large mass of flames gathered together, forming a giant fireball five times bigger than Obito, rushing aggressively towards Jiraiya.
"Playing with Fire Release in front of me, you're still a bit too green," Jiraiya also formed hand seals and used Fire Release.
"Fire Release: Flame Bomb!"
Jiraiya first refined his Chakra into oil, then spit out the oil, merging it with his Chakra's Fire Attribute Nature Changes to ignite it, producing a mass of high-temperature flames.
Boom!!
The two Fire Releases collided.
Instantly, flames shot up to the sky, the flame inside the fireball expanded under the impact, like a blooming fire lotus, bursting out bright red light. The surrounding temperature suddenly rose, the air filled with hot surges as if even it was burning.
This time, Obito's Great Fireball rarely lost; the high-temperature Flame Bombs gradually engulfed the Great Fireball and continued to spread towards Obito.
Nohara Rin and Kakashi took action.
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Jutsu!"
Nohara Rin formed hand seals and spewed out a giant water ball, extinguishing the attacking flames.
Kakashi, on the other hand, pushed his Breath of Thunder to the extreme and threw two kunai laden with rapid lightning at Jiraiya.
Jiraiya's face still held a relaxed smile as he dodged Kakashi's attacks like a stroll in the park.
Obito realized the massive gap between himself and a strongman like Jiraiya, no longer hesitating, immediately entering Breath of Flame Chakra Mode, and activated his Sharingan.
Breath of Flame Chakra Mode, by nature, was a Chakra drain, coupled with the Sharingan's consumption, even though Obito had more Chakra than the average ninja, he couldn't sustain it for long.
However, this significant consumption brought great enhancement to Obito.
In this state, he not only had a strong observational ability but also a significant boost in body strength, greatly enhancing his Fire Release Ninjutsu, making it his biggest trump card in battle.
"Summoning Technique!"
Nohara Rin used the Summoning Technique to summon Katsuyu.
Katsuyu was best known for medical abilities, but it was not without combat capabilities.
"Made a pact with Shikkotsu Forest, huh." Looking at the long-unseen Katsuyu, Jiraiya was slightly surprised.