From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

Seeing that Minato was a little confused, Hatake Tachibana continued to explain:

"This is a space-time ninjutsu created by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. It is very difficult to learn, but the power and upper limit of this jutsu are also the best in the entire ninja world."

"Minato, I believe you can master this ninjutsu. If you believe in me, then choose this ninjutsu! It will definitely not let you down."

I saw Minato Namikaze nodded, his eyes full of anticipation.

Of course he would listen to the advice given to him by Hatake Tachibana. The "bond" between the two of them was not just talk!

Minato Namikaze will always believe in the decisions made by his friend Tachibana Hatake!

...

Just as the two were chatting, Jiraiya, with messy white hair, yawning, and drunk, also came to the training ground.

"Um... Minato, long time no see! You two came really early." After saying this, Jiraiya yawned again with a smell of alcohol.

Hatake Tachibana, who had an extremely keen sense of smell, found it difficult to bear the pungent smell, so he just pretended to make a hand seal with one hand.

The next second, a strong wind swept in from behind him, blowing towards the confused Jiraiya...

Jiraiya, who was almost blown crooked, looked at Hatake Tachibana with confusion and asked, "What are you doing, kid? I'm just a little late. Is it necessary to use wind escape to welcome me?"

Shaking his head, Hatake Tachibana looked at Jiraiya with a hopeless expression and said helplessly:

"If I'm not mistaken, you went drinking with Tsunade last night, right?"

"Teacher Jiraiya, do you think you can win Tsunade's heart by just drinking with her and playing dice? That's not how you chase a woman!"

"Ah... then how should we pursue her?" Jiraiya asked this question subconsciously, and then immediately changed the topic and said, "What are you talking about! Who went drinking with Tsunade last night? Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore! I'm here to teach you two ninjutsu today."

"A super powerful ninjutsu that I, Jiraiya, have mastered! Hahahaha..."

Jiraiya, who said this, suddenly became a little too proud of himself.

Looking at Jiraiya, this nerveless fool, Hatake Tachibana shook his head helplessly again. Even if Kato Dan is not with Tsunade yet, does this guy really still have a chance?

...

"The ninjutsu I'm going to teach you today is called Sage Mode!"

"Before I teach you this jutsu, I want to ask you, Tachibana and Minato, do you know how chakra is formed in the human body?"

Without waiting for the two to answer, Jiraiya continued, "You should have been taught in ninja school that chakra is the product of an even mixture of the human body's spiritual energy and physical energy."

"But what I want to tell you today is that in addition to the human body's spiritual energy and physical energy, there is another kind of energy that is essential for the formation of chakra! This energy is called - natural energy!"

"The ratio between them and chakra is about 99% of physical energy and spiritual energy, and the remaining one percent is natural energy! But this one percent of natural energy is an indispensable energy in the process of forming chakra in the human body!"

"Natural energy, as the name suggests, is a type of energy that is outside of the human body and is spread throughout the ninja world. It is invisible and intangible, and cannot be detected by conventional means. Of course, the concentration of this energy will be higher in some places and lower in others."

"This is one of the reasons why ordinary ninjas cannot sense natural energy. The way to practice Sage Mode is simple! It is to convert the three energies composed of chakra in the human body into a ratio of one to one to one!"

"That is to say, spiritual energy, physical energy and natural energy are evenly integrated to form a new energy! I call this new energy - Immortal Energy!"

"The difficulty of practicing the Sage Mode lies in the assimilation and devouring nature of natural energy. To put it simply, natural energy is too overbearing. If the spiritual energy and physical energy in the human body are not large and tough enough, then the natural energy will be destroyed."

"Then the practitioner of Sage Mode will slowly be assimilated by the natural energy and become a part of it, um... they will turn into stone. So, Tachibana and Minato, do you still dare to try to practice Sage Mode? If you are willing, I will take you to a special place next."

Jiraiya's expression was extremely serious. He looked at the two of them and asked sternly, but neither Hatake Tachibana nor Namikaze Minato showed any hesitation.

Jiraiya will never teach him how to practice Sage Mode again!

Practicing the Sage Mode is no joke. If the practitioner is not prepared for death and has the determination to never give up, then he will definitely fail!

But fortunately, his two outstanding students, Tachibana Hatake and Minato Namikaze, did not disappoint Jiraiya.

Both of them nodded with firm expressions.

Seeing this, Jiraiya didn't hesitate any longer. He stretched out his thumb, bit it hard, and used the blood as a medium to perform the summoning technique.

Accompanied by a burst of thick smoke, a red toad several dozen meters tall, with a huge sword hanging around its waist and a pipe in its mouth, appeared in front of everyone.

Then, Jiraiya pointed at the huge red toad and introduced it to Hatake Tachibana and Namikaze Minato:

"Don't be nervous! This is my summoning beast Gamabunta. It comes from Myobokusan, one of the three holy places. This is where you will follow me to practice Sage Mode."

"As I told you before, the concentration of natural energy is higher in some places, and Myoboku Mountain is such a place. When you go there with me, you can not only practice with the help of Myoboku Mountain's natural energy, but also learn the practice methods of the toads to help you master natural energy and cultivate fairy energy."

...

Looking at the tall and familiar red toad in front of him, Hatake Tachibana's mouth curled up slightly. Are we going to Myoboku Mountain?

I don’t know if the Great Toad Immortal can see through his strength?

Hatake Tachibana also became a little excited. After all, this was the first time he was going to meet one of the top fighters in the world!

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The Great Toad Sage, formerly known as Gamamaru, is a toad that has survived for more than a thousand years since the Kaguya era. He is also the founder of Mount Myoboku and lives in a temple deep in Mount Myoboku. He is also respectfully called the Great Toad Sage by the toads of Mount Myoboku.

In the introduction information of the Naruto anime, it is said that not only does it possess extremely accurate predictive abilities, but its magical powers are no less than those of the Six Paths Sage.

This battle-hardened creature had even become a close friend of the Six Paths Sage, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, in his youth.

Afterwards, he helped the brothers Hamura and Hagoromo in the battle of the century, and fought against Kaguya Otsutsuki for several months!

Finally, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was successfully sealed on the moon.

Over the past thousand years, the Great Toad Sage has always maintained a very friendly attitude towards humans who come to Myoboku Mountain to practice.

Not only will he send his subordinates Fukasaku and Shima to screen humans who enter Myoboku Mountain for training, he will also help those humans who have passed the training trial to learn their Myoboku Mountain's Sage Mode.

They will also be taught the ability to form contractual relationships with the various toads in Myoboku Mountain, which is the summoning technique of the toads in Myoboku Mountain.

Of course, there are risks in practicing the Myobokusan Sage Mode, and the ending is the same, turning into stone, but it will be a toad stone.

Moreover, the magic energy cultivated using the Myōbokusan Sage Mode will also leave some toad-like characteristics on the human body.

The less proficient one is in practicing the Sage Mode, the more obvious the toad-like characteristics will be. After all, this Sage Mode was tailor-made for the toads of Mount Myōboku by the Great Toad Sage from the very beginning.

It would be strange if one could fully adapt to the Toad Clan's martial arts practiced with a human body.

But now they don't have a choice, right?

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"Tachibana, and Minato, don't resist. We'll be at Myoboku Mountain soon."

After saying this, Jiraiya commanded the giant toad Bunta behind him, who stretched out his tongue and rolled the three people into his stomach. The next second!

The giant red toad disappeared in Konoha Village.

Chapter 37: A Distinguished Guest from Mount Myōboku

Inside a temple in the deepest part of Mount Myoboku, the giant toad sage, Gamamaru, who had been sleeping for several years, suddenly opened his pair of frog eyes with wrinkled skin!

After a long time, the look of horror and disbelief appeared again in these old frog eyes...

"The future has changed so much! White hair... blue eyes emitting electric light, and the mysterious lines on the forehead, a domineering power that is completely different from this world... Hatake Tachibana? Who are you? Where will your appearance bring the future of this world..."

"Is it destruction? Or rebirth?"

After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, the Great Toad Immortal opened his frog eyes again, and said to the Toad Immortal Fukasaku who was sleeping in the distance outside the temple:

"Fukasaku, little Jiraiya will be here soon, and there are two others with him. Go and invite all three of them over. Um... among the three of them there is a boy with white hair and blue eyes. You must be polite and don't disturb my distinguished guests from Myoboku Mountain."

Shenzuo, who was sleeping, was awakened instantly by the giant toad immortal who suddenly appeared in his dream. After waking up, Shenzuo just repeated the giant toad immortal's instructions in his mind.

Then he quickly pulled his wife Shima, who was also sleeping beside him, and headed towards the entrance of Myoboku Mountain.

...

At this moment, Hatake Tachibana, who was in the belly of the giant toad Bunta, suddenly felt a strong natural energy. This concentration was something he had never felt before in the ninja world.

The natural energy that filled the surrounding space made them feel as if they were in a sea of ​​natural energy. At this time, Hatake Tachibana already understood that they should have arrived at Myoboku Mountain, one of the three holy places in the Naruto world.

Sure enough, the next second the big toad Bunta opened his big mouth and spit out the three people.

"Thank you for your hard work, Boss Bunta!" After landing, Jiraiya thanked the big toad Bunta beside him.

The big red toad Bunta held the pipe with one paw, exhaled a long puff of smoke, and then spoke:

"You're welcome, Jiraiya! But next time if there's no battle happening, you should go summon other toads."

Jiraiya just laughed dryly twice before whispering, "Hey, I get it. I'll be more careful next time."

In fact, he just wanted to show off in front of his students, so he summoned the big toad Bunta. In fact, if he wanted to come to Myoboku Mountain, there was no need to make such a big scene.

Just at this time, the two toad sages, Fukasaku and Shima, also rushed over.

"Hello, distinguished guest from Mount Myōboku. On behalf of the great toad immortals, we welcome you." The two toad immortals, Fukasaku and Shima, came in front of Hatake Tachibana and bowed to greet him.

Hearing this, Hatake Tachibana was only slightly stunned, and then nodded calmly.

This big toad fairy's prophecy is quite something...

This is in the future timeline, do you see him?

I don’t know what the world will be like with his participation in the future?

Without thinking too much, Hatake Tachibana leaned over and looked at the two toad immortals on the ground, and said, "Take me to see the big toad immortal! I have some questions to ask it."

"Okay, the most respected guest of Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage is also waiting to meet you." The two Toad Sages, Fukasaku and Shima, bowed again and replied.

Minato Namikaze stood beside Hatake Tachibana, without saying a word. He just looked thoughtful as he watched the conversation between Hatake Tachibana and the two toads.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Jiraiya was completely confused!

Did something go wrong?

Are these two toads out of their minds?

Didn’t you see that Lord Jiraiya was still beside you?

Although he and Hatake Tachibana are both men with white hair, can we still make a mistake? !

These two old toads must be getting old and confused...

As for the conversation between Hatake Tachibana and the two toad immortals, Jiraiya did not think about it in detail. He just thought that Hatake Tachibana was talking nonsense and just followed the words of the two old toads.

Just as Jiraiya was secretly slandering the two old toads in his heart, thinking that they had mistaken the two for the wrong people, Fukasaku and Shima turned around and looked at him and Namikaze Minato and said:

"Jiraiya, you and this yellow-haired boy come over here too! The Great Toad Sage wants to see you too."

After saying this, the two toads ignored Jiraiya and just jumped in front of Hatake Tachibana to lead the way for him.

Jiraiya: "..."

Wang Defa?

Seeing this, Jiraiya also looked as if he had seen a ghost. He had never enjoyed such treatment in Myoboku Mountain, his student! Why could Tachibana Hatake be allowed to come to Myoboku Mountain for the first time?

So who is the distinguished guest of Myoboku Mountain?

Is it really not him?

It was not until everyone had gone far away, and only the honest child Namikaze Minato turned back and called him a few times, that Jiraiya reluctantly accepted this fact.

He followed in the footsteps of several people.

The only one left was Gamabunta, who was still standing there with the same confused look on his face, touching his big red head.

...

"I understand! Tachibana must be the son of prophecy! It must be like this..." Jiraiya, who was hanging behind the "people", suddenly shouted.

Apart from this reason, Jiraiya really couldn't figure out why his student, Hatake Tachibana, who came to Myoboku Mountain for the first time, received such treatment? Why was the Great Toad Sage so solemnly received?

Just thinking along the lines of "Son of Prophecy", Jiraiya used his imagination to figure it all out.

The prophecy that the Great Toad Sage gave him was that his apprentice, Jiraiya, would be a ninja with the ability to change the entire world.

The image of this child of prophecy was given to him by the Great Toad Immortal: "The blue-eyed boy who laughs and calls out the name of the nine-headed beast..."

Jiraiya still hasn't figured out what the first half of the sentence meant when he called out the nine-headed beast's name with a smile, but the green eyes can be considered to match it, right?

Generally speaking, blue eyes usually refer to green eyes, or turquoise eyes, the same color as the sky. He previously thought that the son of prophecy - Nagato, was because Nagato had a pair of turquoise eyes of the Rinnegan!

So, his student will be the child of prophecy, and Tachibana Hatake is also his student! He also has a pair of... uh, barely blue eyes, so why can't Tachibana be the child of prophecy?

what?

Then it seems that my previous guess in the Rain Country that Nagato was the son of prophecy was wrong?

Jiraiya just thought secretly in his heart.

Chapter 38: Gift from the Great Toad Immortal