"Old man, who are you asking who am I?!"
"Kid, stop now!"
The [Sumeru Mustard Seed] opened, a suddenly extended tongue thrust out, attempting to swat away Roy's big hand reaching towards him!
But what the toad didn't expect was that the hand Roy reached into the void, its finger bones and flesh enveloped in a deep eerie light, no matter how much faster or sharper the tongue was than the average sword tip, it still couldn't break through, instead Roy seized the gap, intercepted it halfway, and with one grab, pulled it out....
"Ouch~ my old back...."
"Thud~" The toad fell to the ground with a croak, caught instantly by Roy, stepping on its spine,
The sudden change began in a moment and ended in a moment... When the [Sumeru Mustard Seed] was absorbed into Roy's body, the void hollow vanished... Sarutobi Hiruzen and Namikaze Minato came to their senses and looked closely at the floor,
The corners of their mouths twitched sharply, instantly recognizing the toad… "Lord Fukasaku...."
'Isn't this Jiraiya's/teacher's summoning beast?'
Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said to Roy: "Jin, he's one of us, let him go quickly."
"Oh~" Roy responded nonchalantly, naturally recognizing Fukasaku, the small tuft of signature white beard and hair… it was definitely Jiraiya's most trusted partner—the "Toad Couple" Fukasaku Shima's Fukasaku....
The boy pretended to innocently let go of Fukasaku, and Namikaze Minato helped Fukasaku up in time, listening to the old toad complain and groan while holding his waist: "Ouch, gently...careful with my back...."
Sarutobi shrugged it off, pretending he saw nothing.....
It really was a case of a flood washing into the Dragon King Temple, it seemed, this old toad should be delivering a battle report from Jiraiya on the front lines to Sarutobi Hiruzen, sure enough—
Fukasaku was still angry, but hadn't forgotten the main task, after catching his breath with Namikaze Minato's support, the old toad opened his mouth to spit out a whirlwind, carrying a scroll that floated towards Sarutobi Hiruzen, catching it firmly in his hand: "Little Jiraiya asked me to tell you, he recently discovered traces of the Raikage's son on the front lines, he's with a boy named Killer B, diving deep into the battlefield, killing many people, making the battle line tight, so...Little Jiraiya sent me to ask,"
"when will reinforcements arrive, we must speed up, otherwise, he won't last long alone!"
Ai... Killer B... AB duo, indeed... 'Is it them?'
Roy listened on the side without showing a hint, a heart eager to rush to the battlefield was itching to move,
There was the graveyard of great nations, the meat grinder of major ninja villages like Konoha, Cloud, Rock, Mist, and countless smaller ninja villages, the burial grounds for ordinary ninjas and even elite ninjas, of course... it was also the nurturing bed for "Life Energy"!
Roy didn't like wars, nor killing, but he had to admit... regardless of the previous world, or the Hunter World, Demon Slayer World, or the current world of Hokage, wherever there are humans, there is a martial world, there is politics, there is strife, there is filth awaiting the [Sun] to shine light to... purify!
In the dark, a desire transformed into battle intent slowly spread out from Roy's body.....
Sarutobi Hiruzen, staring at the scroll, listening to Fukasaku's report, seemed to sense something, suddenly glared at Roy and said: "You are not allowed to go!"
"I said, whoever else goes, you can't go!"
Fukasaku, still holding his waist, was slightly stunned, surprised at Sarutobi Hiruzen's attitude, tilted his head to look at Namikaze Minato, and asked: "Who is he?"
Minato glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen, then at Roy, and gently said: "He is called Jin, a child of the Uchiha family."
Uchiha? Fukasaku instinctively frowned,
That clan, inherently evil, how could they appear in Hiruzen's study, it seemed... he was quite protective of this boy?
Could it be, the sun rose from the west today?
Fukasaku, frowning, looked at Roy, his back, tongue still sore from being grabbed and trampled, quite strange indeed... despite his small size and soft tongue, he had a full eight hundred years of immortal skill as a "Toad Sage," even having a contract with Jiraiya, he was someone respected as "Boss"!
His combat strength would by no means be inferior to these Jonin in Konoha, so how was it this kid easily seized him just now?
Fukasaku recalled the layer of [eerie light] encasing Roy's hand just now,
Faintly sensing something was amiss....
He stared intently at Roy, without letting go,
A dim line of causality slowly linking from the moment they met....
Roy calmly replied to Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Understood, "
He had long calculated in his mind,
Just a glance back at Fukasaku, in those clear, bright eyes, a fleeting arc of light, through the [line of causality] with Fukasaku, distantly saw numerous [lines of causality] behind Fukasaku....
These [lines of causality] were indirectly connected through Fukasaku to him,
He was on this end,
The other end... through the haze saw some shadows,
Among them, white hair like a lion's mane draped at the back, faintly tied to a headband with the character [Oil], should be Jiraiya,
Among them, with purple lips, purple top, skin just slightly lighter than Fukasaku's, should be his wife, Shima,
Among them, a large formidable red toad, with a giant pipe in its mouth, should be Bunta,
Others, Toad Hiro, Toad Ken... a bunch of toads, various sizes, colors, expressions, the only uniformity, ultimately pointing towards—
All at,
Mount Myoboku!
The final [line of causality] floated in, entering Roy's view,
The boy vaguely sensed something, squinting toward the head connected by the [line of causality].....
A dense mountain range and a small temple hidden among them....
Below, by the stream, an altar offering the character [Immortal],
Above the character [Immortal], at times faint snoring intermittently emerged,
Roy followed the snores and saw an orange old toad, with a string of prayer beads around its neck, set with a lilac cat's eye stone, engraved with the same "Oil" character as Jiraiya's. A mortarbard hat atop its head. In a dozing haze, suddenly opened its drowsy eyes, quivering its throat shrouded like a broken bellows, asking faintly: "Who comes?"
Roy remained silent,
The old toad hummed once, receiving no response, its head drooping again, seemingly falling back to a slumber....
Roy, upon seeing this, instantly recognized him, followed by a curious glance at the temple, slowly retracted his gaze.
"Buzz~" [line of causality] gathered.....
All seemingly returned to normal, only Roy wouldn't have expected,
Just after he left, the dozing old toad suddenly reopened its eyes, as if troubled by a nightmare, waking with a start, faintly saying: "A thousand years, Hagoromo, since your death, the Child of Prophecy... finally... appears...."
"Whoosh~" A gust of "natural energy" chakra wind rose,
The old toad said, a thousand practicing toads in the mountain, abruptly looked up, each halted their actions, in that moment, collectively heard this sentence, including, externally contracted Fukasaku and Shima!
The 'Child of Prophecy?!' In Sarutobi Hiruzen's house,
Fukasaku's yellow eyes, black pupil like a horizontal line trembled, his expression instantly changed!
Sharp Namikaze Minato saw it in his attentive eyes,
Namikaze Minato concernedly asked: "What's wrong, Lord Fukasaku?"
Subsequently, Sarutobi Hiruzen cast his gaze... the toad Fukasaku, took a deep breath, gravely said: "The Ninja World is about to change!"
The ancestor wouldn't err, has never erred, because "prophecy always hits," that's why the old man was honored with the title the "Great Toad Sage," so, he said... the Child of Prophecy appeared, then, the Child of Prophecy must have appeared!
As for whom....
Fukasaku glancing at Roy,
It couldn't possibly be the inherently evil Uchiha!