After waiting for half an hour, Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima came back from Great Toad Sage.
"Great Toad Sage has agreed to see you. Come with us, Naruto!" said Sage Fukasaku.
Naruto nodded. He was about to have Gamatatsu follow when he heard Sage Shima say, "Naruto, are you hungry? Would you like to try my cooking? I made a table full of dishes today. You'll definitely like them!"
"..."
"No, thank you. Let's go see Great Toad Sage first. Let's not keep it waiting!"
What could toad food be?
Naruto could guess even with his toes!
He didn't have the habit of eating bugs!
"Okay, you have a point." Shima Sage's disappointment flashed by, and then it and Sage Fukasaku continued to lead the way.
Mount Myōboku was not just a mountain. There were fields, forests, mushrooms, and countless frogs of all kinds!
Along the way, Naruto passed through many strange plants and forests, which allowed him to see the uniqueness of Mount Myōboku!
However, he had no intention of settling down here.
Who would want to live with a bunch of toads eating bugs all day?
As they got closer to where the Great Toad was, Gamatatsu suddenly stopped.
"Tatsu!"
"You saw little Tatsu?"
"Tatsu! Tatsu!"
"Okay, if you want to go, then go. I can walk the rest of the way by myself."
Being allowed to leave, Gamatatsu was relieved and disappeared with a jump.
This guy obviously wasn't just going to find his son!
Thinking about the lies Gamatatsu told, Naruto knew that Gamatatsu was not an honest toad!
'Speaking of which, little Tatsu wouldn't be misusing Shisui's Sharingan, would he? If he blinds Shisui's eye, Kotoamatsukami should be ineffective, right?'
A thought flashed through Naruto's mind, and he felt a little worried.
If 'Kotoamatsukami' was ineffective, then things would be troublesome with Orochimaru.
He decided that after meeting Great Toad Sage, he would go see little Tatsu and tell him to cherish the eye.
He couldn't let him blind it!
Although if Uchiha Itachi died, he could hide Amaterasu in Sasuke's eyes, Naruto still preferred to be cautious.
"It's rare that you were able to make a contract with it," said Fukasaku Toad to Naruto after Gamatatsu left.
Naruto glanced at it, curious, "Does it have a story?"
"It's not really a story, but Gamatatsu is a bit special compared to other toads," said Sage Fukasaku.
"Doesn't eat bugs, eats gold, how could it not be special?" Shima Sage chimed in.
A toad that eats gold and spits out gold coins is indeed special!
But eating bugs isn't exactly a normal thing either!
Naruto looked at Shima Sage.
After all, it's a sage, so it should be different from ordinary toads, right?
"We're here."
Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima both got off their toad mounts and began to walk on foot.
This was a stone cave, with the character 'Sage' above it.
Naruto looked up and followed the two toad sages inside.
Walking through the dim stone cave to the end, he saw a huge old toad sitting on a stone chair in the distance!
The stone chair was made of gray, gold, and red. The main body of the chair was gray on both sides and red in the middle, with the character 'Sage' in the middle!
Only the armrests on both sides were gold, like three bananas.
Behind Great Toad Sage were scrolls, filled with writing, no one knows what they recorded.
"Great Toad Sage, Naruto has been brought here!"
Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima respectfully bowed to Great Toad Sage, and then stood on both sides to give Naruto and Great Toad Sage space to face each other!
Naruto didn't speak right away, but curiously looked at the old Great Toad Sage in front of him.
Compared to Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima, Great Toad Sage looked like an old man about to die, with eyes that couldn't open, a mouth that couldn't open, skin full of wrinkles, and even the prayer beads with the character 'Oil' on his neck looked old!
Seeing that Naruto didn't speak for a long time, Sage Fukasaku was about to remind Naruto when Great Toad Sage spoke.
"Who are you again?"
"?"
Naruto was stunned for a moment, and said uncertainly, "Me?"
"Yes, you are?" Great Toad Sage spoke weakly, as if even speaking made it feel tired.
"I am Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto was uncertain if Great Toad Sage was senile, so he honestly answered it.
"Oh, right, right, it's you, Uzumaki Naruto. Little Jiraiya's new student..."
Great Toad Sage looked like he had suddenly understood, and laboriously opened its eyes, "I heard from Fukasaku and Shima that you want to learn Sage Jutsu?"
"Yes." Naruto nodded in response.
"Why do you want to learn Sage Jutsu?" Great Toad Sage asked again.
"I want to learn about Natural Chakra through Sage Jutsu, and try to use Natural Chakra to remove the Nine Tails' power!" Naruto said.
Great Toad Sage was silent for a while, and continued to ask, "Why do you want to remove the Nine Tails' power?"
"I think Kurama should be free!" Naruto said without blushing or skipping a beat.
"Kurama? Is that the Nine Tails' name?"
Great Toad Sage murmured, "Since you know its name, it seems you get along pretty well... So is that why you want to give it freedom?"
"Yes." Naruto continued to nod, "I want to give it freedom, but I don't want to die either, so I came to Mount Myōboku to find a way."
Great Toad Sage stared at Naruto's face and slowly said, "Mount Myōboku doesn't have a way to guarantee that a Jinchuriki can live without their tailed beast. Sage Jutsu can't either... Although I don't know why you think Sage Jutsu can do it, I can let Fukasaku and Shima teach you."
"Thank you, Great Toad Sage!" Naruto thanked Great Toad Sage for the first time.
"Hmm..." Great Toad Sage pondered for a while, and then said, "I had a dream last night. It was about you, Naruto."
Naruto knew about Great Toad Sage's ability to predict the future.
But now that he was no longer the Naruto of the past, what would Great Toad Sage predict?
"What kind of dream?" Naruto asked curiously.
"I dreamt that you will see a tree in the future," said Great Toad Sage.
"A tree?"
Naruto's heart stirred,
Could it be the Ten-Tails?
Did Uchiha Obito take back the Rinnegan?
"I also dreamt of fire, lightning, wind, sand, rock, water... You are at the center of the swirl..." Before Naruto could think further, Great Toad Sage said again.
Fire? Lightning? Wind and sand? Rock? Water?
Center of the swirl?
What's all this about?