masters-orleans Chapter 344: I Had a Dream
Chapter 344: I Had a Dream
Chapter 344: I Had a Dream
Mount Myoboku.
"What? You’re going to find Izanami Slope!"
Fukasaku Sage jumped up immediately upon hearing Jiraiya’s words.
"No, absolutely not! That is a Forbidden Land for the living!"
Jiraiya had no choice; Hidden Leaf Village really needed the First Hokage and the others right now, and he felt that Naruto was currently like a gas tank on the verge of exploding.
If he didn’t bring Kushina and Minato back soon, Jiraiya was truly afraid that Naruto, in order to save time, would run straight to a mountain outside Hidden Cloud Village or Hidden Mist and continuously fire Tailed Beast Balls into them.
Once the Ninja World was unified, Naruto might just charge into Ryūchi Cave and then take a shortcut through there to Mount Myoboku.
Orochimaru wouldn’t care if Naruto killed the White Snake Sage; as long as Naruto asked her, she would definitely agree to lead him to Ryūchi Cave.
Jiraiya then told Fukasaku Sage his suspicions, and Fukasaku Sage fell silent upon hearing them.
When Jiraiya spoke, he didn’t think for a second that Naruto killing the White Snake Sage would be difficult; it was as if destroying two Holy Lands was as easy as taking something from his own pocket.
"This... I’m afraid we need to ask for The Great Lord’s opinion."
Shima Sage accepted Jiraiya’s request and prepared to ask the Great Toad Sage.
"The Great Lord knows far more than we do."
"Regarding life and death, the Pure Land, and those ancient legends and taboos... perhaps he has already seen something in his dreams."
"Whether or not to tell little Naruto how to get to Izanami Slope could have an immeasurable impact on the future."
"Such a major decision must be finalized by The Great Lord."
Jiraiya understood and felt a flicker of awe.
The Great Toad Sage’s prophetic abilities were unfathomable; if this matter involved a major shift in the future, it truly required his approval.
"I understand. Then... I’ll have to trouble you, Boss and Big Sis, to take me to see the Great Toad Sage."
In front of Naruto, he called these two "Sages" because Naruto wasn’t a contractor of Mount Myoboku.
Privately, Jiraiya still preferred to call them Boss and Big Sis.
"Mm, no time to lose, let’s go now..."
Fukasaku Sage was about to get up to lead Jiraiya deep into the Holy Land where the Great Toad Sage usually slept.
"Grandpa! Grandma!"
A crisp yet somewhat boisterous voice suddenly came from the entrance of the cave.
One person and two toads looked toward the sound.
They saw an orange toad, slightly larger than Fukasaku and Shima but still small and dainty compared to an adult toad, hopping over in a rush.
It was Gamakichi, the son of Gamabunta.
Gamakichi arrived in a few hops; he seemed to have run in a hurry, panted a few times, then raised a small claw, pointed at Jiraiya, and said to Fukasaku and Shima:
"The Great Lord... The Great Lord just woke up for a moment. Gamatatsu and I happened to be playing hide-and-seek nearby, and he told me to come and tell you."
Gamakichi mimicked the Great Toad Sage’s slow and somewhat slurred tone, but he didn’t do it very well, making it look a bit comical instead.
"’Bring that... what’s-his-name... Jirai... Jirai...’"
Gamakichi tilted his head, trying hard to recall the somewhat tongue-twisting human name.
"Oh, right! ’Jiraisui’! The Great Lord said, bring that guy named ’Jiraisui’ over to see him immediately!"
Jiraiya facepalmed.
The pronunciations of Jiraiya and Jiraisui weren’t similar at all, okay?
Jiraisui?
Gamakichi must have remembered it wrong; of course, there were plenty of times when The Great Lord was senile and said the wrong thing.
"It’s ’Jiraiya’! Gamakichi!"
Fukasaku Sage irritably tapped Gamakichi on the head with his small claw and corrected him.
"Eh? Jirai... ya? Oh, oh, right, right! It’s Jiraiya!"
Gamakichi finally realized, scratched his head with his claw, and smiled sheepishly, "Hehe, sometimes it’s hard to hear what The Great Lord is saying."
Shima Sage also shook her head helplessly, but a thoughtful look flashed in her eyes: "The Great Lord actually woke up on his own and specifically asked to see little Jiraiya..."
Fukasaku Sage’s expression turned solemn: "It seems The Great Lord... has indeed foreseen little Jiraiya’s intention and might have even seen fragments of the future related to this matter!"
The two toads didn’t delay any longer.
"Little Jiraiya, come with us quickly. The Great Lord has managed to wake up for now!"
Fukasaku Sage urged.
"Gamakichi, you go play for now, and don’t run around everywhere."
Shima Sage instructed her grandson.
"Yes~"
Gamakichi agreed, gave Jiraiya a curious look, and then hopped away.
Fukasaku and Shima, the two Sages, flanked Jiraiya and brought him to the Great Toad Sage’s palace.
"The Great Lord, we’ve brought little Jiraiya."
Fukasaku Sage stepped forward and shouted loudly to the half-asleep Great Toad Sage on the platform.
After Fukasaku and Shima shouted several times, the Great Toad Sage finally opened his eyes a sliver in a daze.
"It’s little Fukasaku."
"I had a dream... Gamahiro was holding a huge potato..."
Fukasaku:...
Shima:...
Jiraiya:...
"Hehe, just lightening the mood!"
The Great Toad Sage laughed rarely.
"I had... a dream..."
"The Pure Land... the existence that governs the Pure Land..."
The Great Toad Sage’s words were somewhat intermittent, as if he were trying hard to recall and piece together fragments from the dream.
"He... set a trial... for Naruto..."
"A trial?"
Jiraiya’s heart jolted, and he quickly held his breath, not daring to miss a single word.
The Great Toad Sage’s massive head seemed to nod extremely slightly as his voice continued to flow:
"The Pure Land... is not a place for the living to tread... forcing one’s way in... will surely lead to death..."
These words were identical to Fukasaku’s previous warning, making Jiraiya’s heart sink.
But immediately after, the Great Toad Sage’s words took a strange turn:
"However... that existence seems... not to have forbidden it entirely..."
"He is waiting... waiting for Naruto... to truly possess... power of his own..."
The Great Toad Sage’s voice became even more ethereal, as if reciting an ancient prophecy:
"The eyes that control life and death... are the key... and the threshold..."
"One’s own... what fits oneself... external power is ultimately external..."
"When the blue eyes turn red... the eyes that control life and death will be born..."
"When one returns after experiencing everything... only then will they know that what they seek is at the Mirror Stand..."
The Great Toad Sage’s half-open eyes seemed to pierce through the palace’s dome, looking toward the infinitely distant Void Realm, toward a certain established future:
"When he... can don the feathered robe..."
"He will... naturally... know..."
The Great Toad Sage’s voice paused for a very long time, so long that Jiraiya almost thought he had fallen asleep again.
Finally, the last few words were softly uttered, like dust settling:
"...how to go to Izanami Slope."
After saying this, the sliver of an opening in the Great Toad Sage’s eyes slowly closed.
His massive head rested back against the headrest, and his long, heavy breathing became even again, as if those words just now had exhausted all his "waking" strength, and he had sunk back into that eternal, prophecy-filled dreamscape.
In the palace, only Fukasaku, Shima, and Jiraiya remained, still immersed in the immense shock and contemplation brought about by those words that seemed like divine revelation.
"When he possesses the eyes that control life and death... he will know how to go to Izanami Slope..."
Jiraiya murmured, repeating it as his mind suddenly cleared, yet even more questions surged.
"Are the so-called eyes that control life and death the Rinnegan?"
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