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

"Isn't Jiraiya doing a pretty good job here?"

The Great Toad Sage thought to himself.

Then he clapped his webbed hands together, activating the crystal ball once more.

Flashes of light.

Until finally, the image stabilized—and what appeared was the interior of an aged building.

Inside the room was the emblem of the Hidden Leaf.

Which meant… this must be the Hokage's office in Konoha.

"What we're about to see now is the second wielder of the Rinnegan," the Great Toad Sage introduced.

"Although I initially thought it might not be Kitahara Kaede, but rather Minato's child…"

"But since you sensed Indra's chakra from Nagato, and he possessed the Rinnegan…"

"Then the symbol of your descendants should still be the Rinnegan, right?"

"In that case…"

"Our second target is a shinobi of Konoha—his name is Kitahara Kaede," said the Great Toad Sage.

"Konoha?" The Sage of Six Paths had never heard of this term.

"Mm… how should I explain this? The current era is already a thousand years after your time. The people you once granted power became shinobi, and in pursuit of peace, the shinobi formed villages."

"One of the first villages was called Konoha."

"Its founder was Senju Hashirama, the rival of Uchiha Madara."

"Judging by his power, he should be the inheritor of Ashura's chakra," explained the Great Toad Sage.

"I see…"

Hearing the Great Toad Sage praise Ashura, the Sage of Six Paths stroked his beard.

"I knew it—Ashura truly inherited my strength and my compassion."

"Even his descendants—those who inherit his chakra—would carry the same qualities."

The Sage seemed to relax a little, his previously tense mood easing.

"So, the village founded by Ashura's successor must be peaceful, right?" The Sage appeared hopeful. "The shinobi world finally found peace."

"Peace was fleeting," said Fukasaku. "After Hashirama's death, chaos broke out between the villages. In the sixty years that followed, more shinobi died than in the days before the villages existed."

"Jiraiya was heartbroken about this, which led him to travel the world in search of the prophesied child of destiny…" Fukasaku explained.

"Eh?" The Sage of Six Paths blinked in surprise.

Then Fukasaku got smacked by Shima.

"Ugh…"

"Wait…"

"That was…" Fukasaku finally realized he might've said the wrong thing.

"…" The Great Toad Sage sighed. "Let's set that aside for now. What's important is resealing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya."

"You're right," the Sage hesitated, then nodded.

The Great Toad Sage glared at Fukasaku, and Shima quickly shoved him to the back.

Compared to Fukasaku, Shima had more tact—clearly understanding that this was not the time to start dropping uncomfortable truths.

Better to just fade into the background.

So—

Everyone's eyes returned to the crystal ball.

The Telescope Technique had now locked onto the second Rinnegan wielder—Kitahara Kaede.

Kitahara Kaede.

Short black hair, handsome features, dignified and refined, with golden irises in his eyes.

Expressionless.

"This child looks rather elegant," the Sage of Six Paths remarked. "But… no Rinnegan?"

"Uh…" The Great Toad Sage froze.

"But Jiraiya said he had it…"

"Hmm, maybe he deactivated the Rinnegan?" the Great Toad Sage quickly suggested.

"You think I can deactivate mine?" the Sage of Six Paths asked calmly.

Indeed—as the Great Toad Sage had seen, the Sage of Six Paths had always appeared wrapped in purple energy—Rinnegan activated.

Plus, he had a third Rinnegan—the Rinne Sharingan—on his forehead.

And since the Sage was the very origin of all chakra and bloodlines, if his Rinnegan couldn't be deactivated, then…

Could it mean that the Rinnegan Jiraiya reported seeing on Kitahara Kaede… was fake?

Jiraiya… did you really gather the wrong information after 50 years of investigation?

The Great Toad Sage quickly spoke up,

"So that means we might've gotten false intel—"

"Then we need to re-evaluate…" he added quickly.

"Gamakichi, I'm only a soul now. I can't linger much longer," the Sage of Six Paths said with a trace of annoyance. "So we need to move quickly—faster—on confirming the inheritor of Ashura's chakra."

"Right, give me a moment…" The Great Toad Sage nodded.

"Wait!"

"Maybe my initial assumption was right after all."

"I once had a prophetic dream," the Great Toad Sage said. "I foresaw a great war that could destroy the shinobi world—and a child of destiny who would resolve the crisis."

"Looking at it now, that great war might very well be this one…"

If so, then the identity of the other child of destiny should be Minato's child.

Which meant Jiraiya had messed up.

"Oh," the Sage of Six Paths said, "Then why didn't you stop it?"

"By your original claim, the last reincarnation of Indra's chakra was Uchiha Madara, correct?"

"He died, and resurrecting him would require Sage arts and special seals."

"So if you had destroyed those seals in advance, wouldn't that have stopped his revival?"

"And if he couldn't be revived, then the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei seal wouldn't have been broken either," the Sage pressed.

It was a fair and logical question.

But—

The Great Toad Sage was stunned.

That… was an option? That logic makes sense?

Now I have to take the fall for Madara's resurrection too!?

No way—he refused to shoulder that responsibility!

"I'm already old, my friend," the Great Toad Sage immediately pleaded. "Look at me—how could my old mind stay sharp enough for that?"

"And besides, it was only in recent years that I began having those prophetic dreams. I even dreamed that you were sealed by Chibaku Tensei and wanted to drag me along too!"

"So…"

Cough cough… The Great Toad Sage quickly faked a few coughs.

He knew the Sage of Six Paths was merciful.

"Hmm…"

"You're right."

"I was out of line earlier. Don't take it personally, Gamakichi," the Sage nodded. "You're just a toad after all."

"You don't have that kind of power."

"You already did more than enough by saving my brother with the Sage seal talisman."

"And in the end… it's still Indra and his descendants who keep stirring up trouble."

With a long sigh, the Sage fell silent.

"Let's set all that aside for now. Let's focus on what we can do right now," the Great Toad Sage picked up the mood. "We've already confirmed Nagato has the Rinnegan."

"But I also found another Konoha shinobi—Uzumaki Naruto—who very likely inherited Ashura's chakra."

… … …

"His nature is compassionate, and he embodies true kindness."

"In Konoha, he was shunned by ordinary people, but he never turned bitter—he endured and stayed on the right path."

"He's been through so much," the Great Toad Sage quickly shared everything he'd seen in his prophetic dreams. "Someone with that kind of spirit—I believe he's Ashura's successor."

"Oh…" The Sage of Six Paths stroked his beard again.

"Oh?"

"The successor of Ashura… lived like that? Why would others reject him?" the Sage asked.

"Uh…" The Great Toad Sage choked for a moment.

Why does everything feel so difficult today?

But what did Naruto's suffering have to do with him?

So he quickly said, "I'm not fully sure either. But right now, the main thing is that Uzumaki Naruto is very likely Ashura's successor."

"…" The Sage of Six Paths remained silent.

Though he sensed the Great Toad Sage's words were a bit evasive compared to the past, for now, the most important thing was resealing his mother, Kaguya.

According to Gamakichi, it had already been a thousand years since the Sage's time.

So Kaguya—after a thousand years of revival—would no doubt act to absorb the chakra of the entire world.

In that case, there was no time to waste.

"And now…"

The Great Toad Sage quickly rubbed his hands together, and the crystal ball changed once again.

What appeared this time was… Konoha's Hokage office.

And once again, the image of Kitahara Kaede appeared inside.

"…" The Great Toad Sage.

"…" The Sage of Six Paths.

"Gamakichi?"

"Uh… maybe a ninjutsu failure… I haven't used this jutsu in a long time."

"Ninjutsu: Telescope Technique!"

The Great Toad Sage frantically rubbed his hands again. The image vanished and reappeared… showing the Hokage office again.

Kitahara Kaede was still sitting in the chair.

"…" The Great Toad Sage. "This is strange…"

"Why is the Telescope Technique only showing Kitahara Kaede…"

"Could it be… genjutsu!?"

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