lol say you ain’t a Naruto fan, we love the Databooks.
He calls it off because of some ANBU. The same ANBU Kabuto neg diffed and coyly asked for “at least ten” to Kakashi’s face.
Kakashi was a kid to them lol. Orochimaru neg diffs Kakashi with killing intent
Jiraiya’s a Kage level Shinobi and a convenient excuse to leave—like earlier, Itachi is able to retreat before they hurt Konoha even further and Kisame accepts this.
?? Okay? Jiraiya was actually working towards figuring the secret out and has the capabilities to work on it. Kakashi is a stranger to Pain, they met two minutes before fighting and was decisively beaten. Jiraiya sent an encrypted message out and was Nagato’s teacher. Not even the same scenario
He single handedly hunts down KillerBee, perfect Jinchuuriki. A rampaging brainless (weaker) 4T Naruto nearly kills Jiraiya by his own words.
His plan is to intentionally lose this fight too lol. Kisame is no idiot and is comfortable taking on far stronger Shinobi than Jiraiya. They retreated because Itachi wanted to retreat.