Naruto, your uncle is going to be Hokage!

Jiraiya swallowed hard as he watched this scene.

After many years, Tsunade seems to have changed no at all.

His gaze involuntarily drifted downwards, settling on those two enormous, round spheres. The fabric of their clothes, soaked with dripping wine, appeared semi-transparent, further arousing Jiraiya.

boom!

Tsunade placed the sake jar on the table, her cheeks flushed slightly, and squinted her eyes as she spoke.

"Jiraiya, where are you looking?"

"It's just that it's been too long since we last saw each other, and I've missed you so much!"

Jiraiya, with a sly grin, leaned in, opened his arms, and made a hugging gesture.

"Tsunade, it's been so many years, let me hug you! Oh my!"

The excruciating pain in his head contorted Jiraiya's expression, and a large, bright red bump appeared on his head, steaming hot.

Tsunade clapped her hands: "Nothing has changed over the years. A leopard can't change its spots."

His gaze drifted toward the entrance of the tavern, his brows furrowing slightly.

"What's Orochimaru up to? Why hasn't he come yet?"

This was supposed to be a dinner party for the three of them, but Orochimaru was late again.

A guy who completely loses track of time once he gets engrossed in a research project—you really can't trust his promises.

As Tsunade was inwardly complaining, a familiar, magnetic, slightly hoarse voice came from behind her, causing her to turn her head in surprise.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Orochimaru sat down in the empty seat opposite Tsunade, his pale gold vertical pupils revealing an apologetic smile.

"Orochimaru, it's rare for you to be on time."

Tsunade seemed surprised, yet also sarcastic.

People always change.

Orochimaru said hoarsely.

Yes, people always change.

Tsunade was suddenly filled with emotion. People always change. If everyone remained unchanged...

The three of them will not reunite after parting ways, and will not sit at the same table chatting and laughing like they did more than a decade ago.

"Let's drink to celebrate our reunion!"

Tsunade picked up the wine cup in front of her and drank it all in one gulp with great gusto.

Jiraiya and Orochimaru exchanged a smile and drank the sake in front of them.

The friendship between the three seemed to have dissolved in the wine, evaporating into the air with the alcohol and filling the entire tavern.

After many years apart, they reunited and talked about the past, their ideals, and their lives. The world is a series of different lines, and their lines, which had been parallel for a long time, finally intersected.

"By the way, Jiraiya, why did you suddenly come back at this time? Did you find the chosen one?"

After their conversation, Orochimaru asked the question that had been bothering him.

Having been away from the village for many years and having devoted all his life's ambition to finding the Child of Destiny, Jiraiya chose to return to the village at this time.

Could it be that we've found our destined one?

To Orochimaru's surprise, Jiraiya suddenly fell silent after he asked the question, and the air in the private room instantly became deathly still.

Orochimaru and Tsunade exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.

Amidst their surprised expressions, Jiraiya sighed with a complex tone.

"The chosen one is gone."

"What!?"

A chorus of gasps erupted from the room.

The Chosen One—that's the existence that the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku has been searching for!

How could the chosen one whom Jiraiya spent half his life searching for, the one to whom he devoted the best years of his life, just suddenly disappear?

"it is true……"

Jiraiya looked bitter.

He still remembered the shock and disbelief he felt when the Great Toad Sage suddenly summoned him to Mount Myōboku not long ago and told him that the Child of Destiny had disappeared and there was no need to search for him.

That was an emotion a hundred times more shocking than what Tsunade and Orochimaru were experiencing now.

It was as if the whole world had collapsed, plunging into a dark abyss where no light could be seen.

"The chosen one... is gone?"

"Yes, little Jiraiya, I know it's hard for you to believe, but this is the result I've predicted many times."

"In fact, the Chosen One had disappeared for two and a half years, but I wasn't sure at the time. After having the same prophetic dream many times, I finally confirmed the result."

The Great Toad Sage's cloudy eyes slowly moved down, settling on Jiraiya with an indescribable emotion.

"In addition, the ninja world has undergone earth-shattering changes in the future. I cannot predict whether this change will be good or bad, but what is certain is that the chosen one will disappear in this change."

"Jiraiya, you can give up the search now. In short, the Child of Destiny has disappeared."

At the table, Tsunade and Orochimaru fell silent after listening to Jiraiya's description.

This news is absolutely explosive!

Behind each of them lies the sacred land of Ryuchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest. Of the three sacred lands, only Mount Myoboku has always been pursuing the so-called Child of Prophecy.

They, as representatives of the holy land, were well aware of the Great Toad Sage's precognitive abilities.

That is precisely why the message Jiraiya conveyed was all the more shocking.

How could the chosen one just suddenly disappear?

"Jiraiya, what are you planning to do now?"

After a long silence, Tsunade asked.

"I don't know, let's just take it one step at a time."

Jiraiya sighed in exasperation; he truly had no idea what to do.

The thing he had been pursuing for half his life had shattered like a bubble, leaving him in deep confusion.

"Let's go find Mirai later. As Minato's younger brother, maybe he can get me a job or something."

……

Hokage Room.

"You mean you want me to find you some work?"

Mirai Namikaze, sitting in the Hokage's seat, stared at Jiraiya with a surprised look.

On his first day back in the village, he found himself, the Hokage, wanting to get some kind of official position.

"I didn't want to either, but I really don't know what to do right now. In the future, for Minato's sake, you wouldn't refuse to help with such a small thing, would you?"

Then, Jiraiya revealed that the Child of Destiny had passed away.

Namikaze Mirai shook her head.

"The concept of a 'child of destiny' is completely ethereal and has no scientific basis whatsoever."

As a staunch supporter of Marxist materialism, he would not believe such baseless claims.

It's better that he's gone, so that Jiraiya won't continue to squander his time.

Jiraiya's expression suddenly turned serious as he gazed at Mirai Namikaze, saying solemnly, "Mirai, I suddenly feel that you are the chosen one!"

???

Namikaze Mirai was stunned.

"That's right, in the future, you are the chosen one."

Recalling the rumors about Namikaze Mirai that she heard on her way back to the village, the scenes she witnessed upon returning, and the villagers' praise for Namikaze Mirai.

Jiraiya became increasingly convinced that his guess was correct.

"In the future, you will change the village and the Land of Fire. You are the chosen one!"

It seemed as if flames were burning fiercely in Jiraiya's eyes.

Most importantly, in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, a blue-eyed boy was playing with nine tailed beasts in the forest, and Mirai Namikaze was indeed blue-eyed.

Everything matches up!

Namikaze Mirai is the prophesied one.

"Stop! I don't want to argue with you about such pointless things."

I can no longer describe my feelings about Bofeng Future, and I don't want to waste time on such boring topics.

"However, regarding your job search, it seems I do have something that needs your help."