Naruto: I, who didn't want to be hacked to pieces, saved the ninja world.

Although it can use the telescope technique to observe the ninja world, it is too old, and the prophesied child is growing up at the expected speed.

It hadn't been used for a while, and was just waiting here for the other party to arrive, so it didn't know much about what was happening in the ninja world.

"A famous and important person...and something big..."

When Jiraiya heard this question, he didn't even need to think; a name immediately came to mind.

"If we're talking about this, it's probably about Shirokumo Aoba becoming the daimyo of the Land of Fire."

"White clouds and green leaves..."

The Great Toad Sage silently murmured this unfamiliar name, a name that did not belong to his original destiny.

It had never seen this name in past prophecies, and yet it had become a famous name...

Seeing that the Great Toad Sage had fallen silent, Jiraiya said nothing more.

He was actually quite surprised that Baiyun Qingye had become a daimyo, after all, the kid was too young.

He still remembers how he almost got beaten up by Tsunade when he gave that kid his masterpiece.

In the blink of an eye, they've become famous.

But apart from that, I didn't feel much.

After all, he is Tsunade's disciple, so inheriting the daimyo title doesn't seem like a big deal.

Anyway, the ninja world has become more and more peaceful in recent years, so peaceful that he's too lazy to look for the Child of Prophecy.

It's just that Aoba's methods for achieving peace are a bit... strange.

However, thinking of the prophesied child, Jiraiya quickly asked again.

"By the way, Great Toad Sage, Aoba is Tsunade's disciple, which means he's the contractor of Shikkotsu Forest. I'd like to ask if that Living Slug Sage can also make prophecies, and if there's another Child of Prophecy?"

Over the years, Jiraiya did not stay in Konoha, but instead traveled around the ninja world.

Besides his unwillingness to be bound by village affairs, another reason was to find the prophesied child mentioned in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.

According to the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, a person will one day appear in the ninja world who can bring about a great change and achieve peace.

That person is the prophesied son, who will become his disciple.

But the current situation...

He felt that Aoba was quite like a prophetic child.

"Ok?"

The Great Toad Sage snapped out of his daze and asked, "The contractor of Shikkotsu Forest? Little Jiraiya, what's your basis for asking that?"

"Well..."

Jiraiya thought for a moment and then revealed some insignificant information he knew: "Of the five great ninja villages in the ninja world, Aoba is now the Hokage of Konoha, and the Tsuchikage and Mizukage are his fiancées. The Kazekage's sister is also his fiancée. And the two people currently in charge of managing Kumogakure are rumored to be his... uh, girlfriends."

Let's not use the term "ninja weapon" anymore.

"In short, the five great ninja villages basically listen to him now, so there probably won't be a more peaceful situation than this, right?"

"..."

After hearing Jiraiya's words, the hall fell silent.

Fukasaku and Shima, the two little toads, were completely dumbfounded.

They had witnessed the wars in the ninja world over the past few decades and had even participated alongside Jiraiya, but they never expected things to turn out this way.

They were all a little curious about who this Baiyun Qingye was, that he could end the war in the ninja world in such a way.

After hearing Jiraiya's words, a flash of understanding did indeed appear in the Great Toad Sage's previously cloudy eyes.

If she can do all these things, then it seems very likely that this Baiyun Qingye is...

But... should we tell Hagoromo about this?

Chapter 771 Surpassing...Ancestors?

The "Hagoromo" mentioned by the Great Toad Sage is actually named Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, also known as the Sage of Six Paths, a figure from a thousand years ago.

In the minds of everyone in the ninja world, this was someone who had long since died, and whose very existence was in doubt.

After all, the era was too long ago, and the strength they possessed was like a myth.

But the Great Toad Sage knew that he was real.

Only it knew that although the Sage of Six Paths' physical body had died, his soul had not completely perished.

Rather, it exists in the Pure Land.

That is the final destination for all the souls of the dead, except that the souls of Otsutsuki Hagoromo are quite different from those of the other dead.

Other ordinary souls are in a sealed state in the Pure Land, completely silent. Even if the Impure World Reincarnation is used to recall the soul back to the present world, no memories can be brought back.

However, even in the Pure Land, Hagoromo Otsutsuki retained his complete consciousness, chakra, and abilities, and his soul could even freely enter and leave the Pure Land.

Unlike others who see it as their final resting place, Hagoromo Otsutsuki chooses to reside there permanently.

His goal was to prevent that woman from breaking the seal and reappearing in the ninja world, which would be the end of the entire ninja world.

Their original plan was to wait for the Child of Prophecy to grow up, then have Hagoromo Otsutsuki bestow upon the Child of Prophecy the power of the Six Paths, and finally reinforce the seal that sealed the woman. This would also serve as a backup plan in case of unforeseen circumstances.

But now the plan has taken a turn for the worse than they had initially anticipated.

It predicted that the woman would escape again, but in the scene after her escape, the woman did not carry out the plan that was enough to destroy the entire ninja world.

Instead...

A good wife and mother?

In human terms, that's how it would be said.

Logically, this should have been a happy ending, but that woman had another identity...

That was the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki's mother.

That makes things a bit tricky.

Moreover... although this was a scene seen in a prophecy, it has always been confident in its own prophecies, believing that they would never be wrong.

But to be honest, the Great Toad Sage still finds his prophecy hard to believe, and for the first time, he has begun to doubt it.

After all, she's that woman... how could she possibly fall in love with someone else?

"The Great Toad Sage?"

Seeing that the Great Toad Sage had fallen silent after hearing his words and had not received a reply for a long time, Jiraiya was afraid that it had fallen asleep again, so he couldn't help but call out to it again.

The Great Toad Sage also snapped out of his daze and asked another question.

"Little Jiraiya, how strong is Shirokumo Aoba now?"

"Aoba's strength?"

Jiraiya was taken aback; this question had touched on a blind spot in his knowledge.

He hadn't really paid attention to Baiyun Qingye's strength. "I'm not too sure about that either, but he has the bloodline limit of the Uzumaki and Senju clans, as well as records of dealing with tailed beasts, so his strength should have reached the level of the First Hokage."

"Nine tailed beasts are no problem for him."

It was no secret in the ninja world that Shirokumo Aoba possessed the bloodline limits of the Uzumaki and Senju clans. As for his strength, Jiraiya had only ever seen Shirokumo Aoba fight once.

During the Chunin Exams, the opponent resealed the One-Tail and Two-Tail, which had entered their fully transformed tailed beast state.

It looked quite easy, like it was just something he did effortlessly.

He wasn't quite sure about the specific power differences between the nine tailed beasts. Judging from their performance, he felt they were already on par with the First Hokage, and that was even three years ago.

"Senju and Uzumaki... does he still have Uchiha or Hyuga clan blood?"

The Great Toad Sage suddenly became curious, feeling that if these two bloodlines were added, wouldn't the relationship between Baiyun Qingye and that woman... be a little too strange?

"I don't know about that; I've never seen him use it."

Jiraiya shook his head.

"Does he have any intention of collecting the Tailed Beasts?"

If that woman is to be released, the fusion of the nine tailed beasts is an essential condition.

Similarly, those eyes too.

But what if Shirakumo Aoba really does have Uchiha and Hyuga bloodlines?

He's almost collected all the bloodline from that lineage. Although the probability is very low, it might actually be possible for him to have those eyes.

However, Shirokumo Aoba probably doesn't know about that woman's existence yet, since she's the only one in the entire ninja world who knows about her...

"Uh... I don't know either."

Jiraiya shook his head again, somewhat embarrassed.

For the past two years, he has been out gathering information... no, he has been searching for the Child of Prophecy.

He would only take some time to go back and see Naruto and Kushina during the Lunar New Year; otherwise, he wouldn't bother with anything else.

"In that case, could you please go and find that Shirokumo Aoba, Jiraiya, and ask her about it?"

The Great Toad Sage didn't seem to care; instead, he earnestly made his request.

"It's not a big problem if it's just asking..."

Jiraiya didn't refuse, after all, the Great Toad Sage only asked him to ask a question and didn't say what to do if the other party refused to answer.

"In that case, I'll leave it to you, Jiraiya."

The giant toad sage nodded, then wearily closed his eyes again, as if he had fallen asleep once more.

After all, he was someone who could coexist peacefully with that person in the prophecy, and his current strength has reached a level comparable to that of the First Hokage.

It also dared not easily offend the other party.

As for other matters, let's wait until it contacts Yu Yi first. With such a prophecy appearing, we must inform the other party no matter what.

"Then I'll be leaving now."

Seeing this, Jiraiya also said something, and then left Mount Myōboku in a cloud of smoke.