Konoha: Tsunade, I am the Hokage

Chapter 96 Child of Destruction? Impossible, you're mistaken!

Mount Myōboku, a peaceful and serene place, saw Fukasaku and Shima gather together. Together, they drew a spell, and then—

Reverse psychic abilities!

The next second, Jiraiya appeared with a boy.

The boy was tall for his age, with clear and sharp eyes. He showed no panic upon appearing and calmly surveyed his surroundings.

Mount Miaomu?

He could not sense any special energy, nor did he have any special feelings.

It seems...

I am not a genius in Sage Mode.

Jingyan smiled to himself.

Jiraiya said, "Boss, Big Sister, he is my other disciple, Kyohiko."

"Hmm, this kid looks just as smart as Minato."

Shima nodded repeatedly.

Jingyan thought to himself, "Just as I expected."

Minato Namikaze is at Mount Myōboku; no wonder we can't find him in Konoha.

He's also trying to cultivate the Immortal Mode?

Whether you're herding one sheep or two, it's still the same thing, so why not let him try it too?

Kyohiko roughly figured out what Myoboku-san and Jiraiya were thinking.

but.

He was indeed very interested in Sage Mode.

Even if you can't learn it in a short time, it's good to get a feel for it and deepen your relationship with everyone.

Jiraiya smiled and then introduced Fukasaku and Shima.

Jingyan greeted them one by one.

"Jiraiya, time is precious..."

Just as Fukasaku was about to take Kyohiko to familiarize himself with the training of Sage Mode, a shout suddenly came from above.

This is the voice of one of his children.

It seems to be...

"The master has woken up."

Your Excellency!

Shima immediately perked up and said, "Little Jiraiya, wait a moment. We're going to see the master."

"it is good."

Jiraiya and Kyohiko waited here.

Seeing them leave, and having nothing better to do, Kyohiko asked, "Is Minato here too?"

How did you know?

Jiraiya was somewhat surprised.

Kyohiko shrugged: "I searched all over the village before but couldn't find him, so I had to look for Kakashi. Um... by the way, Kakashi has already mastered the Lightning Release: Rasengan."

"What?"

Jiraiya's eyes widened, and he even forgot about Fukasaku and Shima, immediately bending down in astonishment, "How did he do that?"

"As I said, incorporating the nature of vibration is the right direction. However, according to Kakashi himself, he can only use his current chakra fully in battle twice a day at most."

"Kyohiko said."

Kakashi's method of gathering and dispersing doesn't qualify as a complete release at all.

In a real battle, the Lightning Release: Rasengan needs to be maintained for a very long time, requiring a large output of chakra every second. Given Kakashi's condition...

In fact, both times were by a narrow margin.

Jiraiya took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement and complex emotions in his heart.

When teaching the Rasengan before, he mentioned that even Minato had not yet mastered the Rasengan with its fusion nature transformation, but now Kakashi can do it.

That's amazing!

At that moment, he really wanted to slap himself.

He only played a guiding and instructive role in the growth of Kakashi, Kyohiko, and Kurenai Yuhi; he did not fulfill the greatest responsibility of a teacher.

What's the difference between me and that old man?

I'm so damn stupid!

Jiraiya sighed, then patted Kyohiko on the shoulder: "Thank you... I'm really not a good teacher."

"The teacher leads you through the door, but the rest is up to you to cultivate yourself."

Jingyan, on the other hand, took it all in stride.

Books aren't meant for teachers to read...

He had heard this sentence twice in his life.

Ultimately, a person's fate is not determined by their teachers, but by themselves.

Jiraiya sighed, "Yes, that's true in principle, but in practice, it's very difficult to provide equal guidance to everyone..."

He shook his head.

"Let's not talk about that. Minato came here to train in Sage Mode."

Jiraiya, with a serious expression, stated his thoughts: "We cannot stop the war, but we can find ways to increase our strength and protect more comrades."

"Does the teacher have Sage Mode?"

Jingyan turned his head.

Jiraiya's lips twitched: "Kyohiko, let's change the subject."

"I can't switch. I need to try cultivating Sage Mode later. I need to understand it more to have a better chance of success."

Jingyan is very "straightforward".

Jiraiya was probably thinking about peace and war again. Humanity has not been able to figure these things out for thousands of years, so there is no need for ordinary people to think about them in depth.

As for the prophecy about the giant toad...

Let it go to hell!

……

"Who are these two people?"

"My lord, Jiraiya and his disciple have come to see you. Minato is also training in Sage Mode down the mountain, so it's not appropriate for them to come along."

"Jiraiya, oh yes, Jiraiya is indeed quite grown up now, he even has disciples."

The giant toad immortal opened his eyes with difficulty.

It glanced at Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya, your fate has changed."

"what?"

Jiraiya was utterly astonished, then overjoyed: "Does this mean I have found the child of prophecy?"

"Oh? You have someone in mind?"

The giant toad immortal was surprised.

Jiraiya smiled and made way for Kyohiko, presenting him to it and introducing him: "My lord, he is a disciple I took in two years ago. I believe that he, Minato, and Nagato, among these three, one of them may be the Child of Prophecy."

Such a person...

There are three?

The giant toad sage narrowed its eyes and stared intently at Jingyan. Soon, its gaze lost focus, and it slowly closed its eyes.

Just as Jiraiya was about to speak, Fukasaku and Shima gave him a hand gesture.

This means...

Has the Great Toad Sage fallen asleep?

How could this happen?

Jiraiya blinked, looking at Fukasaku and Shima with a bewildered expression.

I pondered deeply, but still couldn't understand the reason.

"Sigh, the old man's dementia is getting worse!"

Shima complained softly.

Fukasaku immediately said with displeasure, "How dare you address the master like that?"

"That's exactly right!"

Shima was dissatisfied.

Just as Fukasaku was about to scold him again, the giant toad sage above opened his eyes and said, "Alright, stop arguing. A family should live in harmony."

"yes!"

The two immediately stopped talking.

The Great Toad Sage looked at Jingyan, stared at him intently for a long time, and said, "I just saw you in my dream."

what?

Jingyan looked up in surprise.

No way!

Was that brief nap because I saw myself?

This……

The Great Toad Sage looked dazed, gazing into the distance, and said vaguely, "I saw you become Hokage, but you brought war to the ninja world."

What?

Jiraiya was astonished and turned to look at Kyohiko, his face showing disbelief.

Then, he looked at the giant toad sage.

"impossible!"

but.

Fukasaku and Shima were already looking at Kyohiko warily.

quack!

They emitted rapid, brief calls.

Outside, a roaring sound rang out.

A group of toads are moving around.

Jingyan was surprised, but he couldn't panic at this moment. His mind raced as he asked, "You can predict the future?"

"A vision of the future."

The giant toad immortal leaned back in his chair.

Its gaze is distant and unfocused.

Jingyan said, "The future may not necessarily turn out this way. Is there a possibility of misinterpretation?"

"Kyohiko, you mustn't be rude!"

Jiraiya immediately rebuked him, but he stood in front of Kyohiko, facing the Great Toad Sage, completely separating the two of them with himself.

Jingyan was taken aback, then a smile appeared on his face.

Fukasaku and Shima frowned and said, "Little Jiraiya..."

As a peace-loving race, they never imagined that Jiraiya's disciple would one day start a war, and that this would be foretold by the Great Toad Sage.

The giant toad immortal had a deep gaze. After a long while, it nodded and slowly said, "There are other possibilities."

"War itself does not necessarily mean evil; it can be waged for the sake of peace."

Jingyan is not engaging in sophistry.

He genuinely did not accept such a prophecy.

For example, it comes naturally.

A single image, a single sentence, led him to wander the ninja world for the rest of his life. Yet, in the end, even the Great Toad Sage himself was unsure whether he was the true child of prophecy.

In the end, it can only be vaguely said that Nagato and Naruto were both.

And now.

It's my turn!

Jingyan stepped forward: "If..."

"Kyohiko!"

Jiraiya called out to him, shielding him behind him once more, and then said solemnly, "My lord, you have said before that the changes brought about by the Child of Prophecy may be destruction or peace, and this prophecy cannot predict the outcome."

"Yes, you're right."

The giant toad immortal nodded.

It smiled and said, "Don't get excited, I'm just saying that I saw this scene."

This was said to Jiraiya, as well as to Fukasaku, Shima, and the others.

The commotion outside subsided the next moment.

The Great Toad Sage looked dazed, then said, "Perhaps you have the potential to become a prophetic child, but—strangely, I can't see it very clearly."

Then, it looked at Jiraiya.

"You just mentioned two more disciples?"

"Yes, one is named Minato Namikaze, who trains at Mount Myōboku, and the other is named Nagato, that child..."

Jiraiya hesitated for a moment, then looked at Fukasaku, Shima, and Kyohiko. Finally, he chose to believe them and revealed the situation: "He possesses the Rinnegan!"

"Um?"

The giant toad immortal instantly became alert, his eyes widening.

Rinnegan!

How is that possible?

It shifted in its seat, startling Fukasaku, who immediately jumped to the side: "Sir, don't get agitated, don't get agitated!"

"Jiraiya, are you telling the truth?"

"Um."

Jiraiya nodded.

The Great Toad Sage sat back down, remaining silent for a long time before finally saying, "If you have the chance, could you bring him over? I'd like to meet him."

"Of course, even if you hadn't said it, I was planning to bring it up with you, but I didn't expect you to wake up this time."

Jiraiya nodded.

The giant toad sage nodded: "Hmm, next time..."

As it spoke, it fell into a deep sleep.

Fukasaku sighed and said, "Let's go out."

Once outside, Fukasaku and Shima looked at Kyohiko, then at Jiraiya, their expressions complex: "Jiraiya, I didn't expect you to be so lucky, finding both of you at once."

"When the water gate was mentioned, the old man didn't react..."

Shima explained in a low voice.

Jiraiya nodded.

Actually, in his mind now, he also feels that the probability of it being Kyohiko is higher.

At this moment, Kyohiko interjected, "May I ask a question?"

Jiraiya looked at Kyohiko and patted his head: "You were scared just now, weren't you? It was actually a misunderstanding..."

"Fortunately, what I wanted to ask was, what exactly is this 'Child of Prophecy'? And what is the Rinnegan?"

Jingyan knew, but he had to ask, otherwise his persona would crumble.

Jiraiya sighed with emotion, and then recounted the events of that year.

From arriving at Mount Myōboku to discovering Nagato's Rinnegan, every detail was meticulously recorded.

Kyohiko understood: "No wonder you risked punishment to teach those three from Amegakure."

Jiraiya did not answer.

Kyohiko looked at Fukasaku and Shima, a look of hesitation on his face.

"Kyohiko, what are your thoughts?"

Shima figured it out.

Just as Jiraiya said, this child is incredibly intelligent and has a lot of thoughts.

He definitely has an idea.

"The Great Toad was just saying that among the master's disciples, there will be someone with extremely strong abilities who can bring about change in the ninja world."

Jingyan expressed his thoughts, "Why do you say that the Child of Prophecy should be one person?"

"Could there be two more?"

Shima found it funny.

but.

Jiraiya couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Yes!

The Great Toad Sage didn't say there was only one, did he?

Jiraiya's thoughts were in disarray.

On one hand, he felt that Kyohiko was right; there might not be just one Child of Prophecy, and anyone capable of changing the ninja world could be a Child of Prophecy.

On the other hand, they are all children of prophecy, so what should we do?

and.

There might not be only two; what if there are three or four?

Does this mean I have to keep running around outside all the time?

Jiraiya's limited brainpower simply wasn't enough.

His brows were furrowed.

"Ability may be related to background and talent, but the future trajectory is determined by the process."

Jingyan's will and tone were firm, because he knew the situation the Great Toad Sage had prophesied. "However, prophecy cannot determine the process."

"you mean?"

Jiraiya's thoughts suddenly became much clearer.

He understood Kyohiko's thoughts.

"guide?"

"Um."

Jingyan nodded.

Jiraiya paced back and forth excitedly.

Prophecy cannot determine the process, but their education and guidance can.

Yahiko and Nagato's ideals of peace are inseparable from their own teachings. Later, influenced by Kyohiko, they went to the Land of Birds to develop their careers, hoping to change the landscape of the ninja world in the future.

The more he thought about it, the more sense Jingyan made.

Even the most prophetic child needs proper guidance.

Does Orochimaru lack talent?

However, after experiencing so much, he is now very different from the person he was at the beginning.

Jiraiya finally understood Kyohiko's meaning.

"People's initial ideas are all the same. What they become depends on their teachings and experiences. Teachings enlighten and guide, while life experiences determine the outcome."

At that moment, he was like a philosopher.

Fukasaku and Shima nodded repeatedly.

Little Jiraiya makes a lot of sense!

wrong.

This seems to be something that Kyohiko said...

The two of them looked at Jingyan, and their eyes changed.

"No wonder Jiraiya said that you have the ability to bring about change."

"These are just some personal opinions. Also, I don't want to be seen as the prophesied child of destruction."

Jingyan felt mostly helpless.

Fortunately, he had considered the possibility that the Great Toad Sage might not be able to see his own destiny, or that he might see a strange destiny.

This is considered good now.

He then asked, "By the way, I mainly want to try Sage Mode, but I don't know how to learn it?"

"Let us take you there."

"Small……"

"Let him think about it here. I'll go with Kyohiko over there first. You wait for Jiraiya here."

Fukasaku pulled Shima back, who was trying to call for help.

Jingyan turned around.

Jiraiya, who had just protected him behind him, was now pacing back and forth, clapping his hands wildly from time to time, with an expression that said, "I've got it."

Are you trying to attain enlightenment?

Forget it...

He followed in the footsteps of the two immortals.

"Jiraiya has already explained the basic principles of Sage Mode, right?"

"Yes."

Jingyan nodded.

Fukasaku said, "Let's keep the first step simple: apply toad oil first."

"Yes."

Jingyan entered the pool and applied some of the lint to his body.

He then sat down cross-legged, placing his right hand on the area where toad oil had been applied, to enhance his perception of the state of his chakra.

Jingyan felt a strange energy seeping in from the air and the earth, flowing into his body.

Immediately afterwards, this energy began to erode the chakra energy within the body.

Then--

Soon, the special chakra mutated like diseased cells, and expanded rapidly along with the continuous influx of natural energy.

Is this a failed Sage Chakra?

Jingyan opened his eyes and saw that in the pool, his body, just like Naruto's first time, showed some frog-man-like features.

"With the help of toad oil, this energy will enter in a disordered manner, spontaneously merging with my body's energy and natural energy, and finally taking this form."

"Yes."

Fukasaku nodded. "According to Jiraiya's description, that boy from Konoha named Kurokawa has an excessively high affinity for natural energy, which he can directly absorb. However, he doesn't know how to control it, so he falls into terrifying madness."

It then sighed softly.

"Crazy is good, look over there..."

It was pointing into the distance.

There were many stone frogs there, each one incredibly eerie.

"They are all results of failure."

"It's indeed very dangerous. What about the talents of the immortal race?"

Jingyan gave a general overview of the "talent of the immortal race".

After pondering for a while, he said, "According to your description, this ability seems to be formed by directly fusing outside the body to create Sage Chakra, but such energy cannot be used by the human body, and its power and effect will be somewhat inferior."

"So, that's one possible approach?"

"Yes, such methods were not uncommon in the past, but they are very rare now because this kind of technique is also risky."

Please provide a detailed explanation.

Jingyan nodded, not too surprised.

Natural energy is powerful and terrifying; there is no cultivation method without danger.

"So, do you still want to cultivate?"

"certainly."

Jingyan took off his clothes and smeared toad oil on his body.

He then sat cross-legged and examined the energy again, just like before. The difference was that this time he tried to control the energy, but he still failed.

However, he felt he had grasped the knack.

like……

Not too difficult?

Jingyan pondered for a moment, then tried again.

Fukasaku, holding the black stick, was eager to try, but then... once, twice...

Even after three or four attempts, Kyohiko still did not fall into a terrible mutation. The changes in his body were not profound, and there was no need to use the stick to expel him.

As Fukasaku stood to the side, an idea began to form in his mind that he could hardly suppress—

Could it be that...?

Is the child before me a genius in Sage Mode?

Otherwise, how could they so easily control natural energy without being devoured by it?

(End of this chapter)