The Nobles' Grand Blueprint

"The troubled times are approaching, and the Son of Destruction will rise amid chaos."

After returning from Mount Myoboku, Jiraiya had kept muttering those words, the worry on his face growing ever heavier.

Of course, he had asked the Great Toad Sage what those words meant, who the Son of Destruction was, and what would happen in the coming war.

But the Great Toad Sage's answer had been as ambiguous as ever. He had merely offered a vague prophecy, and no matter how Jiraiya pressed him, he could not get a clear answer.

Left with no choice, Jiraiya returned home and sent the Great Toad Sage's prophecy back to Konoha.

He then threw himself wholeheartedly into Konoha's cooperation with Sunagakure, determined not to make a single mistake in the battle against the Jashin Cult and to strangle the unrest foretold by the Great Toad Sage in its cradle!

While Konoha and Sunagakure's forces were actively preparing, Konoha's Fifth Hokage had already successfully arrived in the Land of Fire's capital and met with the Land of Fire's Daimyo.

To welcome Danzo's arrival, the Land of Fire's Daimyo had prepared an exceptionally grand reception.

However, the large number of samurai on the capital's streets still caught Danzo's attention.

"What is this?"

Danzo looked at the Root ninja beside him with one eye.

Back then, in order to keep that fellow Shikaku Nara from suspecting him, he had painfully gouged Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan straight from its socket and used a Sealing Technique to bury it underground.

Since [Kotoamatsukami] had consumed too much Eye Power, Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan would enter a lengthy cooldown period.

Thus, beneath the bandages on Danzo's face was only an ordinary Sharingan.

Even so, he had no intention of revealing that Sharingan, so he continued dressing as before, concealing most