The two toads and two humans soon arrived before the Great Toad Sage.
The Great Toad Sage seemed to have always looked ancient and frail.
But today, he was not dozing. Instead, he opened his clouded eyes and looked at them.
"You may leave."
Gamamaru's voice was full of exhaustion, as though every word cost him a tremendous amount of strength.
Fukasaku and Shima bowed, then withdrew.
Jiraiya gave an awkward laugh. "Well then, Shamu, I'll head out for a walk too."
Shamu nodded. The two toads and Jiraiya soon left as well.
Only Gamamaru and Shamu remained.
"I truly never expected Lord Shamu to ascend to Star Godhood."
Gamamaru sounded somewhat emotional. He genuinely had not expected it.
Others might not become Star Gods even after a million years, yet Shamu had achieved it in just a few short years.
And he was an exceptionally rare Space Star God.
Shamu's gaze narrowed slightly. Gamamaru actually knew about Star Gods. He was clearly no simple figure.
He looked Gamamaru over. "How did you lose so much vitality?"
In his eyes, Gamamaru was like an old man at death's door, ready to breathe his last at any moment.
That was not a figure of speech. Gamamaru's life had truly reached its end. He had only minutes left to live.
Gamamaru chuckled. "Mount Myōboku has continued to develop over the past thousand years, all thanks to my power of foresight."
"In the end, I could only rely on that power to save Mount Myōboku."
"But every time I used my vitality to foresee the future, the result was always Mount Myōboku's destruction."
"Later, I changed my approach. I added you to the future I foresaw, and only then did Mount Myōboku gain a sliver of hope."
"Therefore, I had to follow the