aircannonsinc Chapter 531 Prophecy about the Son of Darkness
Chapter 531 Prophecy about the Son of Darkness
Chapter 531 Prophecy about the Son of Darkness
Mount Myoboku is a damp, low-lying area surrounded by mountains.
Everywhere you look, there are huge leaves and mushrooms rising from the ground; there are hardly any trees, it's all herbaceous plants.
Many insects live there, and toads of all sizes also live comfortably in this area.
On the distant mountains, some temples or pavilions can be vaguely seen.
On the mountainside, trickling streams converge into rivers, and even form waterfalls, providing a continuous source of water for this sacred place.
Below the waterfall, countless toad-shaped stone statues sit around it.
The river converges into a lake in the valley, and on the stone wall beside the lake stands a temple with red tiles and white bricks, which is the residence of the Great Toad Immortal.
In front of the temple, two toads, Fukasaku and Shima, were summoned and pushed open the temple gate.
"I don't know why the master summoned us in such a hurry." Shima, the hermit with purple hair—or skin, I couldn't tell—complained, "The bugs at my house are stewing right now. If we get back late, they'll be overcooked and it'll be terrible."
"Oh dear, the master must have something urgent to attend to." Fukasaku urged his wife, "Don't worry about your insects. I have a feeling this matter is serious."
Two toads hopped and skipped through the temple grounds, their deeply furrowed brows never relaxing, looking worried.
"What's wrong? Ever since we came back from Amegakure, I've always seen you like this. It's so annoying." Shima saw her husband's sullen face and pouted his purple lips, saying, "Or is it that the news Jiraiya brought back from Konoha is giving that senile old man nightmares?"
As a high-ranking member of Mount Myōboku, and one of the two great immortals under the Great Toad Immortal, the immortal Shima, who has lived for over eight hundred years, has a bit of an old woman's nagging and even calls the Great Toad Immortal "senile old man".
However, Fukasaku, who always respected the Great Toad Sage, did not refute his wife's somewhat disrespectful words this time, but suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Shima-sensei leaped forward a short distance before noticing that his wife had stopped. She stopped as well, turned around, and asked, "Hey, honey, what's wrong with you? You've been acting all crazy lately."
More than half a month ago, Jiraiya came to Mount Myōboku to seek answers from the Great Toad Sage and explained the search for the "Child of Darkness" and the "Child of Prophecy".
At that time, Fukasaku and Shima were right there and heard with their own ears that the "Child of Darkness" prophesied by the Great Toad Sage to bring destruction to the ninja world was actually Naruto's older brother!
The sudden appearance of two extraterrestrials during the Chunin Exams deeply shocked both Fukasaku and Shima.
Although Kaguya had been sealed away for over a hundred years when they were born, they grew up listening to the legend of the goddess of the rabbit.
With Menma's self-disclosure, the connection between the Land of Stars, Shura, and Menma suggests that the Great Toad Sage's prophecy is being fulfilled, and the crisis in the ninja world is arriving as expected.
"Sigh—" Fukasaku sighed, then suddenly said, "Old woman, do you remember the battle we fought against Jiraiya in Amegakure five years ago?"
Master Shima didn't know why his wife suddenly brought up the events of five years ago, but for them, who had lived long lives, it felt like the events of five years ago had happened just yesterday.
Shima suddenly paused, frowned, and said, "Honey, are you referring to that mysterious person who fought against Shura back then?"
When Jiraiya stormed into Amegakure to investigate the Akatsuki organization, he encountered Pain. Even though he summoned the two sages and entered Sage Mode, he was still nearly killed.
At the critical moment when Jiraiya was in danger, two mysterious people suddenly broke in. One of them, whom they later learned from Jiraiya, was the mysterious Shura.
The identity of the person who fought against Shura has never been confirmed.
"The technique that person used is somewhat similar to one of the two Otsutsuki that appeared in the Chunin Exams, as Jiraiya mentioned some time ago." After Fukasaku finished speaking, he slowly leaped forward.
"Moreover, since that incident, the master has expanded the contract with Mount Myōboku and the ninja contract with Iwagakure. I don't know why—" As Fukasaku spoke, his unease grew stronger.
"It's nothing, is it? Haven't other humans always come to Mount Myōboku to learn sage techniques?" Shima the Hermit said, somewhat puzzled.
Beneath the waterfall of Mount Myoboku, there are many toad statues, including quite a few that are half-human and half-toad. These are the petrified humans who failed to cultivate the immortal arts of Mount Myoboku and were petrified by the erosion of natural energy.
Throughout its thousand-year history, countless humans have come to Mount Myōboku to learn immortal arts. Most of them have become stone statues, and only a few have been able to overcome the erosion of natural energy.
Even Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sannin and the most talented ninja of the previous era, could not fully master the Sage Mode of Mount Myōboku and needed the help of Fukasaku and Shima.
"Let's go, I think the master has figured it out by now." Fukasaku the Hermit sighed and jumped away.
As Shima watched his wife jump forward, his unease grew stronger.
Before long, deep within the temple, the hermits Fukasaku and Shima arrived before the Great Toad Hermit.
This is a very spacious area, where a huge toad immortal sits in a green pot, wearing a doctoral cap with a crystal ball on it.
Behind the Great Toad Sage on both sides are more than a dozen large scrolls, seemingly telling the story of the Great Toad Sage's erudition.
"Master! We're here!" When Fukasaku the Hermit shouted loudly and jumped in front of the Great Toad Hermit, he found that the Great Toad Hermit was still dozing off.
Shima the Sage leaped up and landed directly on the Great Toad Sage's hand. He took a deep breath, amplified his voice with Sage Chakra, and roared, "You senile old man! Wake up!"
"Honey, keep your voice down!" Fukasaku Senjin raised his hand, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped himself.
However, the Great Toad Sage seemed to have been awakened by Shima's loud voice. He moved his body and slowly opened his eyes.
"Oh, it's Fukasaku and Shima." The Great Toad Sage wasn't bothered by Shima's loud shouting; instead, he greeted her warmly.
"I say, sir, is there something urgent that you called us here?" Fukasaku the sage jumped onto the other hand of the Great Toad Sage and asked anxiously.
The giant toad immortal's wrinkled eyelids made it impossible to tell if he was awake or not. The toad sat in the cauldron as if dozing off, and slowly said, "I had some dreams again—"
Upon hearing this, both Fukasaku and Shima were taken aback.
Because the Great Toad Sage is in a constant state of drowsiness, he doesn't dream easily, but when he does dream, it often foreshadows something.
"Is it a prophecy about the Child of Darkness?" Fukasaku swallowed hard, feeling goosebumps all over his body, his already bluish skin becoming even more gloomy.
"Ah, it's him—" The Great Toad Sage exhaled, raised his eyes, looked towards the gate, and slowly said, "He—is coming."
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