Seeing Orochimaru rarely wear such a grave expression, Kabuto quickly said, "Orochimaru-sama, rest assured. With Kimimaro and the others taking action, the mission will definitely be completed smoothly."
Orochimaru urged, "Tell them to hurry!"
"Yes!" After bowing and nodding, Kabuto asked in confusion, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Orochimaru waved his hand impatiently. After a long silence, he finally explained, "I have a feeling that something major is about to happen in the Ninja World. I must recover as quickly as possible!"
Kabuto adjusted his glasses. "Something major?!"
"You'll know soon enough."
Orochimaru offered no further explanation, because this was more of an instinctive feeling.
Of course, his intuition was not entirely without basis.
Years ago, he had learned from Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku, one of the Ninja World's three great sacred lands, had once made a prophecy concerning the survival of the Ninja World.
According to the prophecy, the Ninja World was about to undergo a tremendous upheaval. Only by finding the "Child of Prophecy" could they protect the Ninja World and bring peace to it.
That was why Jiraiya had traveled throughout the Ninja World, searching everywhere for the "Child of Prophecy."
Previously, he had not taken the Great Toad Sage's prophecy too seriously. He felt that it was far too alarmist. Whether the Ninja World would be destroyed or not was up to the Five Great Shinobi Villages, not some "Child of Prophecy."
That was until Akatsuki and the God Organization appeared one after another, and more and more bizarrely powerful individuals emerged in the Ninja World. Not long ago, it had even been revealed that Yama, the leader of the God Organization, was a sage on the same level as the legendary Sage of Six Paths.
Only then did