Mount Myōboku
Deep within it stood a temple, and seated at the very center was a massive toad.
He was Gamamaru, a toad over a thousand years old who had lived from Kaguya's era until the present.
Revered as the Great Toad Sage, he possessed extraordinarily accurate prophetic powers.
For a thousand years, the development of many major events in the Shinobi World had always been inseparable from Gamamaru's prophecies.
There were quite a few Summoning Beasts in the Shinobi World, but most could not withstand the passage of time and turned to dust for one reason or another.
Like a stabilizing pillar, Gamamaru protected Mount Myōboku and ultimately developed it into one of the Three Great Sacred Lands.
The Three Great Sacred Lands each followed different paths.
Gamamaru relied on his prophetic abilities, continuously placing his bets throughout history, allowing Mount Myōboku to stand firm.
What Gamamaru saw came in fragmented "dreams."
Thus, he could only tell others a few scattered words.
Therefore, every so often, Mount Myōboku would have a successor who would help bring those prophecies to fruition.
This ensured that Mount Myōboku would endure and prosper.
The successor of this generation was Jiraiya.
But seven years ago, the Toad Sage could no longer foresee the future.
Everything in the Dream Realm became chaotic and disordered images, eventually blocked off by a pair of blood-red eyes.
Gamamaru's prophetic ability was innate, and after gradually cultivating sage arts, he had continuously improved it.
He knew that those blood-red eyes belonged to someone who also possessed the ability to foresee the future.
Moreover, that person could change far more of the future than the Great Toad Sage could.
The Great Toad Sage was already nearing the end of his lifespan and had only wanted to protect Mount Myōboku one