Wordless Warning

The instant he saw Sasuke, the Great Toad Sage's half-lidded eyes flew open, and an inexplicable gleam flashed through his already somewhat cloudy gaze.

There was no doubt that the Great Toad Sage possessed a certain ability to foresee the future.

Back then, the Great Toad Sage must have seen some future development and learned that only Hagoromo and Hamura, the two brothers who shared Kaguya's immense power, could resist the cruel rule of Kaguya, who had reached the realm of Kekkei Mōra. That was why he had approached Hagoromo and guided him.

As for why he had given Hagoromo the Sage Talisman, Mount Myoboku's secret treasure capable of reviving the dead, beforehand, he had likely foreseen that Hamura would die by Hagoromo's hand at the start of the final battle.

The reason he had not made this clear and allowed Hagoromo to prepare in advance was most likely because, in the future he had seen, Hamura had to die by Hagoromo's hand. Only then could the immense grief spur a mutation in Hagoromo's eyes, transforming his Byakugan into Sharingan, and eventually elevating them into Rinnegan, granting him the means to fight his mother, Kaguya.

Likewise, sending Jiraiya across the ninja world in search of the "Child of Prophecy" was powerful proof of the Great Toad Sage's ability to foresee the future.

Thus, when the Great Toad Sage's gaze fell upon Sasuke, he immediately sensed that Sasuke was the reincarnation of Indra Ōtsutsuki, the son of the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo, in this generation.

After all, the Great Toad Sage was intimately familiar with Indra and Asura, the pair of brothers who had plagued the ninja world for centuries.

At the same time, the Great Toad Sage saw several fragmented, blurry glimpses of the future within Sasuke and learned