Ninja World Live Stream: My Pet Rabbit is Kaguya?!

"Hagoromo… it's really you…"

"You… weren't you supposed to be dead?!"

The Great Toad Sage immediately leapt down from his throne.

His mind went blank, even feeling terrified.

Because he had just dreamed that the Sage of Six Paths had invited him into a Chibaku Tensei…

What the hell was that!?

Sealed and still asking others to join the fun?

That made no sense at all!

So of course, the Great Toad Sage thought it was just an ordinary nightmare.

But now…

Oh no.

The Sage of Six Paths really appeared!?

Which was why he blurted out—"Weren't you dead?"

"Mm…"

"I was gone, but what you see now is my soul form."

"When I died, I prepared two safeguards."

"The first one was this—if the seal of Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei ever weakened, I would reappear."

"And the second is to support the descendants who inherited my power in resealing her… or at least figuring out how to face Mother."

The Sage of Six Paths explained.

"I see…" the Great Toad Sage—蛤蟆丸—breathed a sigh of relief.

"So then, the situation now is…"

"I sensed a disturbance in the seal of Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei."

"Mother is unlike me. She is immortal."

"If the seal is undone…"

"Then the ninja world will face disaster," the Sage of Six Paths said solemnly. "And that's something no one wants to see."

"Since my reappearance is only temporary, I need to quickly learn the situation from you."

"Gamamaru, this time, I ask for your aid again," said the Sage.

"…" The Great Toad Sage paused.

"…Alright," he nodded.

"I see, I see… so Kaguya's seal has been broken, and you've appeared as the contingency…"

"..."

"..."

"Huh!" The Great Toad Sage's toad-eyes suddenly widened.

"G-Gamamaru?" the Sage of Six Paths asked, confused.

"..."

"..." The Great Toad Sage muttered, "Am I… still dreaming?"

"Because this is way too real."

"What a terrifying dream," the Great Toad Sage muttered.

"Ancestor!"

"Ancestor!!" Fukasaku and Shima the Toad both jumped in.

"This isn't a dream!"

"..." The Great Toad Sage.

"..." The Great Toad Sage sighed. "So… the seal really has broken?"

"My sensing tells me so. Otherwise, I wouldn't have reappeared as a contingency."

The Sage even adopted the "contingency" term Gamamaru used earlier.

"..." The Great Toad Sage. "Then this really is terrifying."

"No—terrifying for toads!" he exclaimed. "Kaguya… Kaguya's actually escaped!?"

"..." The Sage of Six Paths.

"Right…"

"So, since Kaguya is your mother, why did you seal her?" Fukasaku asked, puzzled. "And why did you do it immediately?"

But—

"Oi… Dear, what are you saying?" Shima gave him a solid smack.

Because this was a conversation between their ancestor and the Sage of Six Paths—how could they cut in?

However, the Sage didn't mind.

Instead, he responded.

"I had no choice," he said.

"Mother…"

"She has an insatiable hunger for chakra."

"If she returns, she will consume all the chakra in the world."

"That would be catastrophic for the entire ninja world."

"And then there's the Divine Tree…"

"With its presence… the ninja world will be finished," the Sage said with grief. "So we must find a solution immediately."

"..."

Chakra… consumption?

All of it?

Then everyone's in danger—not just people, but even toads!?

So that's what's at stake.

"..." The Great Toad Sage.

"Hagoromo… how confident are you this time?" he asked anxiously.

After all, the Sage mentioned resealing Kaguya—again.

And while Gamamaru was bold in the past… now, he was old and frankly, kind of scared.

Because long ago, he was the one who told Hagoromo the truth about Kaguya.

That she wasn't fit to be called "human," that she devoured chakra and brought destruction.

So Hagoromo, who cared for the people—along with a personal grievance involving his lover being turned into a White Zetsu by the Divine Tree—was pushed to act.

Together with his brother, he sealed her.

That was a thousand years ago.

So now—

If Kaguya could be re-sealed quickly, then it should be done immediately.

At this age, Gamamaru was worried about being held responsible.

What if Kaguya suddenly arrived and said, "So it was you who taught Hagoromo and Hamura to seal me?"

Then Mount Myōboku would be her first target.

It would be obliterated.

So… to the present-day Great Toad Sage—

There was only one thing to do: cooperate with everything he had.

"Hmph… Fukasaku, Shima—go call Jiraiya back!"

The Great Toad Sage commanded.

"Eh?"

"Weren't we letting him go back to Konoha…?" Fukasaku hesitated.

"Call him back," the Great Toad Sage said firmly.

There were some things he couldn't personally handle outside, but Jiraiya's skills and position made him trustworthy.

"But little Jiraiya was meant to handle prophecy and peace for the ninja world…" Fukasaku tried to reason.

"Just call him back!"

"Right now this takes priority!"

"What's more important than preventing another world-ending crisis!?" the Great Toad Sage shouted.

"Er… understood." Fukasaku lifted his scarf and clapped both toad palms on the ground.

"Reverse Summoning Technique!"

The Summoning Technique allows toads to be summoned to the human world—but Reverse Summoning allows them to summon their contractor back to Mount Myōboku.

However—

Poof!

"Eh…"

Fukasaku was stunned. "Little Jiraiya… refused to respond to the reverse summon."

"..." The Great Toad Sage.

"..." The Great Toad Sage.

"Forget it—then I'll explain it myself," the Great Toad Sage quickly turned to the Sage of Six Paths.

He explained everything—starting with Uchiha Madara, then the unlikely Rinnegan holder Nagato that Jiraiya trained, and finally Kitahara Kaede's Rinnegan.

"..." The Sage of Six Paths.

"Uchiha Madara…"

"Uchiha…"

"That's the reincarnation of your eldest son, Indra," the Great Toad Sage added quickly. "Looks like not just the chakra, but the rebellious attitude carried over exactly."

"..." The Sage of Six Paths.

That remark was a little much.

It sounded like a jab at Hagoromo's parenting.

But…

Hearing the name "Indra," the Sage's brows furrowed.

"Indra…"

"Then…"

"Yes," the Great Toad Sage confirmed. "He came to Mount Myōboku just yesterday and stole our greatest treasure—the Sage Spell Scrolls."

"Then shortly after… you sensed the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei seal weakening. So it's very likely he did it."

"The Susanoo he created could split Mount Myōboku in two."

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