Chapter 195 Prophecy
Chapter 195 Prophecy
Just as chemical reactions often require a catalyst, the storm sweeping through the ninja world also needs some time to act as a catalyst.
So even though the viewers in the live stream were already itching with anticipation for the upcoming battle, after a seven-year wait, what first appeared on the screen was...
"You lecherous immortal! So you finally decided to come back!"
"Look at what you're saying..." Jiraiya scratched his face awkwardly, "You're making me sound like some kind of husband who neglects his wife at home and goes out to fool around."
"Isn't that right?" Naruto said angrily, hands on his hips, squinting at Jiraiya.
"You went out as soon as I started training in Sage Mode, saying you were going to investigate something, but you haven't found anything yet. On the contrary, information from Granny Tsunade's side keeps coming in. So what exactly did you find out?"
"Ah, this..." Jiraiya was embarrassed.
Because this time when he went to Amegakure to investigate, he really didn't find anything.
Unfortunately, Chiba provides information too quickly. Often, before Jiraiya even begins to make contact, Tsunade tells him that he doesn't need to continue and only needs to do some verification.
Jiraiya: I always feel like I'm living in Chiba's shadow.
"Can't say anything anymore, huh?"
Seeing Jiraiya remain silent, Naruto grew even more annoyed: "I could let it go before, but this time I'm going to tell Granny Tsunade that you've gone to a brothel again under the pretense of gathering information!"
"Hey, hey, stop!" Upon hearing the name Tsunade, Jiraiya suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest and quickly reached out to beg for mercy: "Don't do this, Naruto, I still managed to make some progress on this trip."
"Look!" Jiraiya formed hand seals and summoned a toad, which appeared as tall as a person and spat out a large, dark-skinned man.
“He is…” Naruto looked confused.
"The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki... or rather, the original Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer Bee!"
Kirabi's expression was somewhat grave.
He looked around at the high mountains and rainforests, then turned to Jiraiya: "Where is this? Why don't you just send me back to Kumogakure?"
"That was my original plan, but somehow I was reverse-sentenced to Mount Myōboku."
Jiraiya shook his head and said to Killer Bee in a comforting tone:
"Anyway, just relax and wait for a while. Mount Myōboku is very safe. Naruto also needs some things done before he can go with you."
"Master Fukasaku, Master Shima, this time it's..." Jiraiya cast an inquiring glance at Fukasaku and Shima, who had remained silent.
Fukasaku raised his long, white eyebrows: "The Great Toad Sage has awakened! Jiraiya, Naruto, it wants to see you!"
"The Great Toad Sage?" For some reason, Jiraiya suddenly felt a tightness in his chest.
Ignoring Naruto, who was still asking who the Great Toad Sage was, Jiraiya nervously asked Fukasaku the Sage.
"What is the matter that the Great Toad Sage has summoned us for this time?"
"Didn't you already guess? Little Jiraiya!" Fukasaku sighed heavily, "It's a matter of prophecy!"
"A prophecy!" Jiraiya's heart suddenly turned heavy.
Subsequently, led by the sage Fukasaku, Jiraiya and Naruto arrived at the deepest part of Mount Myōboku.
An old, yet enormous, brown-skinned toad was sitting on a huge chair with the character "仙" (immortal) on the front.
Sensing Jiraiya's arrival, the Great Toad Sage opened his cloudy eyes, surprisingly not forgetting who the visitor was: "Little Jiraiya, the prophecy—has changed!"
"What?!" Jiraiya was shocked as his guess came true. "Great Toad Sage, how could a prophecy change? Are you mistaken?"
"I don't want to believe it either..."
The Great Toad Sage shook his head: "But unfortunately, the prophecy was made based on the future in my dream. Since the future in the dream has changed, the prophecy has naturally changed as well!"
Jiraiya hurriedly asked, "What has it become?"
"I saw..." the Great Toad Sage was about to begin his story.
"Wait, wait a minute!" Naruto yelled, interrupting Jiraiya and the Great Toad Sage's conversation. "Someone explain this to me first, that prophecy and all..."
"Tsk!" Jiraiya clicked his tongue in annoyance. He glanced at the Great Toad Sage and saw that the Great Toad Sage remained silent, clearly acquiescing to him explaining to Naruto first. Only then did Jiraiya suppress his frustration and begin to explain:
"The Great Toad Sage is a legend of Mount Myōboku. He possesses a very magical power: the ability to foresee the future!"
“In the past, the Great Toad Sage made a prophecy for me, saying that my disciple would be the legendary child who would bring peace to the ninja world. That’s why I didn’t want to stay in Konoha and have been traveling outside ever since.”
"And that prophesied child, I used to think it was Nagato, then I thought it was Minato, but now it looks like you..."
Jiraiya said, looking at the Great Toad Sage: "Great Toad Sage, is something wrong with Naruto?"
"No!" The Great Toad Sage shook his head: "It was a white-haired, red-eyed girl, and many white-haired, red-eyed girls."
"They gathered together in dense clusters, and in the end, one of them absorbed the chakra of the entire ninja world, leaving only a black-haired boy with powerful eyes!"
"And that black-haired Uchiha boy, his Mangekyou Sharingan transformed into the Rinnegan with six tomoe... He held nine Truth-Seeking Balls and planted a new Divine Tree."
The Great Toad Sage's voice boomed like a great bell: "Little Jiraiya, before that last black-haired boy with powerful eyes, the ninja world—was destroyed!"
"This..." Jiraiya was so shocked by the Great Toad Sage's words that he couldn't even speak.
Fortunately, Fukasaku, who was listening in, asked Jiraiya, "Then, Great Toad Sage, where is the Child of Prophecy? Where did the Child of Prophecy you saw earlier go?"
"I don't know!" The giant toad sage slowly shook its enormous head, its tone filled with deep doubt: "I can't see it!"
"Darkness! So dark! Reincarnation! Naruto, go find that octopus-like child, you must master the Nine-Tails quickly..."
As he was speaking, as if he had been hit by something, the Great Toad Sage suddenly tilted his head to the side and fainted.
"The Great Toad Sage!!?" Upon seeing the Great Toad Sage's appearance, the people below immediately panicked.
Fukasaku and Shima, the two immortal toads, instantly appeared in front of the Great Toad Sage to inspect him.
"call--"
A soft snore began to sound.
Fukasaku and Shima breathed a sigh of relief, concluding, "The Great Toad Sage is asleep!"
"Huh?" Naruto was completely bewildered: "But it hadn't finished speaking yet!"
"There's nothing we can do, Naruto. The Great Toad Sage is too old. His waking up is a rare occurrence; being in a deep sleep is the norm." Fukasaku sighed. "Let's wait for the Great Toad Sage to wake up next time!"
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