Chapter 81: Prophecy
Mount Myōboku
This is one of the Three Great Saintly Grounds, the longest-standing legends in the Ninja World. It is said that if a ninja mistakenly enters one of the Three Great Saintly Grounds and forms a contract with it, they can gain the support of the Saintly Ground, learn powerful abilities, and become famous throughout the Ninja World under the title of the Saintly Ground's successor.
However, over the past thousand years, there have been few successors to the Three Great Saintly Grounds. To this day, the only clear successors are the Sannin of Konoha.
"Big Sister, how much longer is the Toad Sage going to sleep?"
Jiraiya asked softly, covering his mouth. He had been called here some time ago, but the Toad Sage had fallen asleep after only asking his name.
At first, Jiraiya thought the Toad Sage was performing some mysterious jutsu, but then his snoring grew louder and louder, which made Jiraiya's face darken.
"This old fool! I put down my cooking to rush here, just to watch him sleep!"
Shima, still holding a spatula, said indignantly with her hands on her hips. However, hearing Shima mention cooking, Jiraiya's face immediately turned pale, as if recalling a very unpleasant memory.
"Well, perhaps the Toad Sage is too tired, that's why he fell asleep…"
"Stop making excuses for him, Old Man!"
The argument between Shima and Fukasaku finally caused the Toad Sage to slowly wake up.
He opened his cloudy toad eyes, then slowly asked, "Fukasaku, Shima, why are you here?"
Shima was so angry she almost swung her spatula. She huffed at the Toad Sage, "Old fool, didn't you tell us to call Jiraiya!"
Fukasaku interjected from the side, "Old woman, don't be rude to the Toad Sage."
The Toad Sage didn't mind Shima's address; he would forget it in a moment anyway.
"Jiraiya, ah, yes…"
After saying this, the Toad Sage fell silent. After some time, just as Jiraiya thought the Toad Sage was about to say something important, the Toad Sage finally spoke: "…Who is this human?"
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After several explanations, the Toad Sage finally remembered that he needed to tell Jiraiya about the prophecy. So, with a slightly solemn tone, he said to Jiraiya,
"Jiraiya, I had another dream about prophesying the future…"
Upon hearing "prophecy," Jiraiya's expression also became serious, and he quickly asked the Toad Sage, "What was the content of the dream, Toad Sage?"
"Before, I also dreamt of blue eyes appearing in the future, but no matter how many times, they were always defeated by the Child of Prophecy; but this time seems a little different…"
The Toad Sage paused here, and Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima, who were listening, also became slightly tense.
"Those blue eyes cut off the future. The Ninja World… even ninjas, were destroyed by an endless sea of people, and above the sea of people, those blue eyes overlooked everything…"
"The Ninja World, even ninjas, destroyed? Blue eyes…"
Jiraiya's face showed shock. This was the first time he had heard such a serious prophecy of the future from the Toad Sage.
"What about the Child of Prophecy?"
"There is no Child of Prophecy anymore," the Toad Sage slowly said. "Without a future, there is no destiny. Under those blue eyes, all ninjas have no future."
"Is that so, blue eyes…"
Jiraiya secretly noted down this characteristic. Someone who could overturn the Child of Prophecy, ninjas, and even the entire Ninja World, this person was truly too dangerous.
He must find this person!
Jiraiya then asked, "Old Man, are there any other hints?"
"Other information…"
The Toad Sage tried hard to recall the prophetic dream. Perhaps the information in the dream was too shocking for him, so even after being awake for half a day, he still remembered some of the scenes from the dream very clearly.
"A snake, a Purple Snake. Although its appearance has changed a lot, I can confirm that it was a Purple Snake with wings and four limbs…"
The Toad Sage could confirm that what he saw was a snake, a judgment from instinct. As a Sage who had lived for a thousand years, he could treat other species equally, but only snakes would still make him feel disgusted from the bottom of his heart.
"With wings and four limbs, Old Man, is that really a snake?"
Jiraiya asked with a twitch of his mouth. He had never heard of a snake with wings and four limbs.
As for snakes, Orochimaru should know the most, but if he were to say he was looking for a Purple Snake with wings and four limbs, Orochimaru would surely kick him out!
"Alright, Old Man, I will do my best to find it!"
After hearing about the Purple Snake, Jiraiya immediately lost the strong confidence he had just now; finding a Purple Snake he had never heard of, even for him, felt like an unprecedented challenge.
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'What is this idiot doing?'
Sakura Haruno wished she could punch Uzumaki Naruto's head, because his impulsiveness had caused trouble for the Fourth Hokage of this timeline again.
Minato Namikaze also had a bit of a headache. He hadn't asked too much about the future, but from the memories he retrieved, Naruto should be his child.
Just now, after he caught up with the three ninjas who had infiltrated the rear, he immediately engaged them in combat.
As he fought them, Minato Namikaze's face showed more and more shock, especially with the appearance of Wood Release and Rasengan, which made Minato Namikaze immediately stop and ask for the reason, and he began to believe a little in what Yamato had said about people from the future.
The Forgotten Sealing Jutsu was set up by him, and Minato Namikaze naturally had a way to break it. The key was the Flying Thunder God Kunai on the Dragon Vein Seal.
Using the Flying Thunder God to go to the Dragon Vein Seal, after retrieving his memories, Minato Namikaze recalled the experience of defeating Mukade and sealing the Dragon Vein with Yamato and Uzumaki Naruto.
However, Minato Namikaze was currently in charge as the overall commander of the Land of Rivers Camp, and he had to settle the frontline affairs before he could free himself to send the three of them, Uzumaki Naruto, back.
It was on the way back that this unexpected incident occurred. He didn't know what conflict Naruto and Hyuga Mirai had, to the point of forming hand signs as soon as they met…
"Heh… hehe, Mirai-kun, this is a misunderstanding. Apart from reassigning garrison ninjas, the Hokage has no other orders."
Minato Namikaze laughed awkwardly. He just wanted to gloss over the matter for now; he would ask Naruto about the rest later.
"Is that so, so it wasn't the Hokage's order…"
Hyuga Mirai glanced at the three Anbu ninjas behind Minato Namikaze, especially the Anbu with the yellow-haired fox mask.
Pink hair, yellow hair, and the Ram sign. Hyuga Mirai had a slight guess, but in front of so many people, especially Minato Namikaze, it was not good to suddenly activate his Byakugan, as that would ruin the pretense.
However, Uzumaki Naruto's actions caused dissatisfaction among many ninjas behind Hyuga Mirai.
In their eyes, this young Hyuga Mirai saved lives and prepared antidotes, saving the lives of countless comrades. Yet, an Anbu tried to attack Mirai-kun as soon as he saw him. If someone hadn't stopped him, he would have already formed the hand signs!
How could they tolerate this?
Sasaski immediately stepped forward and asked, "Jonin Minato, why is this Anbu so clearly hostile towards Mirai-kun? Is it the Hokage's instruction?"
"That's right, what mistake did Chunin Mirai make to warrant forming hand signs upon meeting?"
"Even if there's a private grudge, it shouldn't escalate to fighting before even leaving the battlefield, right?"
Many people spoke up for Hyuga Mirai, expressing their indignation. While they might not directly confront the Anbu, supporting and questioning them was absolutely fine.
Especially when the first person stood out.
"It's a misunderstanding, everyone, please trust me. My comrades behind me absolutely have no ill will towards Mirai-kun."
Minato Namikaze quickly explained loudly. He was the frontline deputy commander and had also held back the Fourth Kazekage on the battlefield, so he had considerable prestige.
And Hyuga Mirai also believed that the people behind him couldn't make the three Anbu remove their masks and explain, so he also offered a few words of persuasion, and the matter finally ended.
Subsequently, after both parties had left and put some distance between them, Hyuga Mirai directly activated his Byakugan. His vision suddenly expanded by nearly ten kilometers, and he instantly saw the four people two kilometers away.
"It really is them. Why are these three people here?"