Wang Ming's probing went very smoothly.
Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima had no idea that Wang Ming was probing them, and directly revealed the depth of the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.
Hearing this, Wang Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If he had exposed his true identity at this moment, it would have been a huge loss.
He didn't want to be marked by the will of the world.
The will of the world was not heaven's will; it was simply a pure instinct of the world.
Once marked by the will of the world, a person would feel as though the entire world was going against them, and all sorts of unlucky events would occur one after another, to the point where even drinking a sip of water could cause them to choke to death.
Since he now knew that the Great Toad Sage had only foreseen that his alias, Setsuna Uchiha, wanted to seize the tailed beasts, Wang Ming had nothing to worry about.
With the intelligence in hand, he naturally wouldn't continue chatting idly with Jiraiya, and immediately made his move.
Wang Ming drew a long, narrow sword from the wooden cane stuck in the ground. The blade was covered in mottled rust, and ordinary people would unconsciously look down upon it upon seeing the sword, but when Jiraiya saw the long sword being drawn, his heart suddenly thumped and cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
Before succeeding to the position of Hokage, Jiraiya had read the intelligence reports on Wang Ming's battle outside the gates of Konoha back then.
After understanding that fierce battle record, he completely abandoned the idea of avenging his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, because he simply couldn't beat Wang Ming, and he still wanted to live a few more years.
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