Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku in a daze and returned to Leaf Village.
The Great Toad Sage had thoroughly confused him.
What evil power from the past, what was still weak in the present, what would destroy the world in the future.
The information the Great Toad Sage had given him was abstract, but not too obscure. At the very least, Jiraiya could still make out a few things.
"If he has the Sharingan, then he's from the Uchiha Clan."
"But that isn't right either. Kakashi isn't one of the Uchiha people, yet he has a Sharingan too!"
"If this... Demon of Old is one of the Uchiha people, then there are two people we can identify for now."
Jiraiya had summarized the evil power from the past mentioned by the Great Toad Sage as the Demon of Old.
As far as Jiraiya knew, only Sasuke and Itachi remained of the Uchiha Clan in the current Ninja World.
"No, Kakashi can be included too!"
"But Great Lord also said this person came from the past!"
"What does that mean... Could this Demon of Old have traveled through time from the past to the present?"
"Time travel? Isn't that something out of a fantasy story?"
"And the Rinnegan!!"
Jiraiya's expression became serious. Once, he had left behind three disciples in the Land of Rain.
One of them was named Nagato, and he possessed the Rinnegan.
Jiraiya had regarded him as the reincarnation of the Six Paths Sage, the Child of Prophecy spoken of by the Great Toad Sage.
Jiraiya had placed great hopes on Nagato, hoping he could break the Ninja World's eternal curse and fill the world with love.
After Jiraiya left, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan established an organization in the Land of Rain to spread the ideal of peace.
But