Candy, holding the scroll of blessings, looked at Ryou: "Uchiha Ryou, will you remain faithful and devoted to Senju Tsunade forever, until the end of your life?"
Of course he wasn't willing! Tsunade thought she could walk into his world, but in fact, Ryou's world was like a whole residential district.
Ryou thought for a moment and said, "About this matter... I'm not saying, not saying I won't do it, but then again, I haven't said anything! There isn't a single thing where I've said, said it'll definitely be a certain way."
"Is it not possible? It's not that either, things depend on human effort! I can think of a way! I can think of a way, like this..."
Madara's Rinnegan narrowed, and a massive amount of Chakra surged from his body, ruthlessly suppressing Ryou, who was frantically making excuses.
Ryou's tongue immediately straightened out.
"I am willing. Until the end of my life, I will remain faithful and devoted to Tsunade. I swear it in the name of my ancestors."
Candy nodded: "Then, witnessed by the Uchiha Clan's ancestor, Indra, Uchiha Ryou and Senju Tsunade shall today—"
Just as Candy was about to complete the final divine witnessing, a shout broke in.
"I do not agree to this marriage!"
Ryou was instantly enraged: "Who? I'll kill his whole family!"
Everyone looked toward the back.
There stood a middle-aged man with long white hair, dressed in traditional deep green Ninja attire.
Unique red markings appeared on his cheeks, his eyes were like a hawk's, and two cloaked toads were perched on each of his shoulders.
It was none other than the Heroic Jiraiya of the Sannin and the two Great Sages of Mount Myōboku, Fukasaku and Shima.
Seeing Jiraiya's arrival, Madara crossed his legs, a hint of a smile curling his lips.
Madara had sensed Jiraiya the moment he entered Amegakure. The Uchiha Clan's complicated wedding procedures were truly too boring; Madara had been wanting to see something different for a while.
"Jiraiya of the Sannin!"
The Ninjas from Kusagakure and Amegakure all stood up. This was the famous Jiraiya of the Sannin from Konoha, a legendary Ninja who commanded the winds and clouds in the Ninja World.
"Master Jiraiya!"
Konan looked somewhat blankly at Jiraiya, who had come alone.
They hadn't seen each other for nearly seven years. Seeing Jiraiya again, Konan's heart was full of excitement, but that was immediately followed by worry.
Because she also didn't believe Jiraiya could rescue Tsunade; his coming here was just seeking death.
Fortune led over a hundred Ninja Cats to surround Jiraiya: "Jiraiya, we have over a hundred Jonin here. Coming here is a dead-end for you."
Ryou grabbed Fish Ball and pointed him at Jiraiya like a frozen fish: "Jiraiya, your whole family is dead, and you're coming to steal my bride?"
Jiraiya looked at Tsunade and said with great guilt, "Sorry, Tsunade, I'm late."
Tsunade did not show a look of excitement or touched emotion; instead, she shouted loudly at Jiraiya: "Jiraiya, what are you doing here? Get lost, now!"
Although Tsunade's body was controlled by Ryou's genjutsu, her consciousness was still present, and her speech was still directed by her.
It wasn't that she didn't hope someone would come to save her; she just didn't want her friends or family to come and die for nothing.
Madara, who possessed the Rinnegan, was invincible.
Konan also stepped forward, putting on a cold front: "Master Jiraiya, Lady Tsunade and Ryou-sama are already husband and wife. You should just go back!"
Seeing Konan, a slight smile touched Jiraiya's lips: "Konan, you've grown into a fine young woman."
A pained smile flickered across Konan's face. Jiraiya had looked after the young Konan, Nagato, and the others for three years.
Those three years were the happiest times Konan had ever spent.
She had hoped it would last forever, but adults always have to leave, and children have to grow up.
Jiraiya left them, and they grew up quickly in the chaotic world, but the price of growth was loss.
And so Yahiko died!
Tsunade shouted at Jiraiya: "Jiraiya, I have never liked you, and I don't expect you to save me and take me back."
"Go back. From today on, I am a member of the Uchiha Clan!"
What is the most hurtful blade in this world?
One is the Dragon Slaying Saber from 'Tanwan Lanyue,' and the second is that sentence—she never liked you!
Because she doesn't love you, everything you do is wrong.
Everyone looked at Jiraiya, as if cold blades were slashing toward him.
Jiraiya smiled slightly: "Tsunade, I know. I am a fickle person, and I am also a person full of failures."
"But I didn't come to crash the wedding. I came to save you as your comrade."
"Tsunade, stop lying to yourself. You are a Ninja of Konoha, the Princess Tsunade of the Senju Clan."
Tsunade's tears fell. She couldn't lie to herself; she hoped to be saved.
Jiraiya was in his Ninja robes, and Tsunade was in her Shiromuku. One was in the light by the door, and the other was in the darkness within the shrine.
In different dimensions, they too had once waited for a dawn.
Ryou felt a bit emotional: "It seems I'm the villain here."
He looked at Madara: "Ancestor, look, Tsunade doesn't want to marry me either. Why don't you just let her go back!"
"A forced melon is never sweet!"
Madara glared coldly at Ryou: "If Tsunade leaves, who will marry you?"
Ryou glanced at Konan: "Konan is quite pretty. Let's just go with Konan!"
"Get the hell out of here!"
Madara raised his hand and sent Ryou flying with a Shinra Tensei.
Madara stood up, crossing his arms and looking at Jiraiya with some arrogance: "Jiraiya, are you the only one who came? I thought someone from the Senju Clan would show up. I didn't expect it to be an irrelevant person like you."
"It seems that without Hashirama and Tobirama, the Senju Clan has completely declined."
Jiraiya looked at Madara warily, and the two Great Sages on his shoulders also focused their full attention.
This was an unprecedentedly great enemy, the likes of which they had never seen.
Last time, the Sannin's joint attack on an eyeless Madara had ended in a crushing defeat. This time, they faced Madara who had reclaimed his Rinnegan.
Jiraiya had no chance of winning, and the two Toad Sages similarly had no chance.
Knowing they were no match, why did they still come?
Even the Sages who had lived for eight hundred years couldn't quite explain it. Perhaps there are just some things one must do!
Shima said, "Uchiha Madara, isn't the world you want a beautiful world of genjutsu? Why make little Tsunade and little Ryou get married?"
Indeed, in Madara's eyes, the real world was a world of illusion, so all the beauty in reality seemed meaningless.
These marriages, wedding feasts, and such were all failed works to him.
Madara sneered, "I simply want to humiliate the Senju Clan. If only Tobirama were here."
"To see his own granddaughter become a member of my Uchiha Clan, I wonder how furious he would be?"
Fukasaku complained, "Uchiha Madara, you're so old, yet you still want to bicker with the younger generation. You really lack class."
Madara snorted, "I like it!"
Jiraiya then asked, "Uchiha Madara, why was the Rinnegan inherited by someone like you?"
The Rinnegan was the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, and the Sage of Six Paths was a saint who saved the world. Logically, his eyes should not have been inherited by Madara, who had done so much evil.7
Madara was getting impatient: "Why? Why? Why do you have so many 'whys'?"
"If there must be a reason, it's because the Eye of the Moon Plan was originally the plan the Sage of Six Paths used to save the world."
"After seeing the greed of the human heart and the endless wars, the Sage of Six Paths became completely disappointed in this world."
"Only the Eye of the Moon Plan can bring hope to this world!"