After following Tsunade outside to look at the house, Tokiju immediately asked, "Sis, why did you call me out here?"
At that, Tsunade asked with a serious expression, "That puppet of yours is no ordinary thing. Tell me, where did it come from?"
"Uh..." Tokiju scratched his cheek awkwardly. He really didn't know how to explain it. He couldn't exactly say the system had given it to him, could he?
Seeing how reluctant Tokiju looked, Tsunade waved her hand and continued, "Fine, you don't have to tell me. But you do have to explain what you're planning to do with that puppet out there."
People tended to compromise, and Tokiju was no exception.
He really couldn't answer the first question, but he'd already prepared an explanation for the second.
Tokiju pointed to the eyepatch over his left eye and said, "Sis, you've seen my left eye. When I told you about its ability earlier, I left something out."
Tsunade immediately pressed him. "Oh? What ability is so secret that you'd hide it even from your own sister?"
Tokiju gave a theatrical sigh before continuing, "Actually, this eye can show me fragments of the future."
Tsunade's face filled with surprise.
She'd known that Tokiju's left eye might have an unusual ability, but she hadn't expected it to let him see glimpses of the future.
"What have you seen? Did you send out the puppet because of what you saw?" Tsunade asked eagerly.
Tokiju nodded and explained, "That's right. It's the main reason I sent the puppet out."
"The future I see is very fragmented, but I know that an organization will emerge from the Land of Rain and destroy Konoha."
"What?" Tsunade's expression immediately turned grave. She pressed on, "Can you tell when this will happen?"
She didn't doubt that Tokiju was telling the truth. The ability to foresee the future was rare, but it wasn't unheard of in the Ninja World.
That old Toad from Mount Myoboku had such an ability. One prophecy of his had sent Jiraiya wandering all over the Ninja World for decades.
The only thing she needed to know was when this future would come to pass. Then she could make plans to deal with it.
Tokiju shook his head. "I'm not sure. Maybe in seventeen or eighteen years."
He wasn't lying. He really couldn't remember exactly when Pain invaded in the original story.
Tsunade bit her nail, her expression troubled.
Seventeen or eighteen years wasn't a long time, but it wasn't short, either. If they started preparing now, they should still have time.
Tsunade turned to Tokiju again. "Did you send the puppet out to investigate that organization?"
Tokiju nodded. "That's right. If possible, I'd even like to have the puppet infiltrate them."
After a moment's thought, Tsunade said, "This is too important. We need to get back to Konoha and discuss it with Minato as soon as possible."
Tokiju hurried to stop her. "Sis, don't worry. With me as a variable, there's no guarantee that future will still happen."
"Besides, I don't want to expose my eye."
As if! If the Third Hokage learned about his eye and told Danzo, Tokiju would have to sleep with one eye open from then on.
He was already considering his sister's suggestion from a few days ago and wondering whether he should start wearing an eyepatch all the time.
He'd awakened the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, after all. Its range wasn't very large yet, but it was enough for everyday life.
After thinking it over, Tokiju gave up on the idea. Even with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, being unable to see would be a major inconvenience.
So he settled for wearing sunglasses. He only needed to hide his left eye; it didn't matter if his right eye was exposed.
After all, as long as his sister was in Konoha, no one could lay a finger on him.
As long as Tokiju didn't do anything reckless and leave Konoha, he'd be safe. Danzo couldn't touch him openly.
In any case, Tokiju had no plans to leave Konoha before the Night of the Nine-Tails.
He wanted to see if he could save the Fourth Hokage, Konoha's little sun.
And even if the Fourth Hokage still died sealing the Nine-Tails because of the world's attempts to correct itself, Tokiju had no intention of letting the Third Hokage and Danzo take power again. He was already working on that.
Hearing Tokiju's words, Tsunade furrowed her brow. She'd left Konoha because she no longer trusted the Konoha High Command.
Nawaki's death, Dan Katō's death, and even the annihilation of the Uzumaki Clan—all of them were surrounded by too many suspicious details for her not to have doubts.
At this point, perhaps only Minato and Kushina could be trusted in Konoha.
As for Jiraiya, who'd been brainwashed by those Toads, she'd never even considered trusting him.
After a moment's thought, Tsunade rubbed Tokiju's head and said, "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about your eye."
Then she paused and added, "Also, if you see anything else about the future, tell me right away."
Tokiju had no problem with that. The whole future-seeing thing was just a story he'd made up to fool her. He could decide for himself when he'd seen something.
Just as Tokiju and Tsunade were discussing how to infiltrate the mysterious organization, Shizune and Uchiha Hikari returned.
The first thing Shizune did was report to Tsunade. "Lady Tsunade, we've hired a carriage. They'll be here shortly."
The Land of Rain was a country where it rained all year round.
Back in the Land of Fire, the sky had been clear, without a cloud in sight. But as soon as Sigurd entered the Land of Rain, clouds began to blanket the sky.
The farther he went, the heavier the rain became. Sigurd struggled to keep up with it all.
The dense rain clouds overhead blocked much of the sunlight, making it difficult for Sigurd to replenish his various forms of light energy.
Fortunately, sunlight was strong enough to penetrate even the thick rain clouds.
Otherwise, Sigurd would have had to fly above the clouds just to replenish his light energy.
Moonlight and starlight, on the other hand, couldn't penetrate the clouds at all.
It wasn't as if he couldn't replenish any light energy, but absorbing it was still difficult, which left Sigurd extremely frustrated.
Why not use Earth Light?
Because Earth Light only had various functional properties after fusing with chakra.
When Tokiju and Sigurd had parted ways, Tokiju had replenished a great deal of chakra for him.
Even so, Sigurd couldn't escape the fact that the chakra inside him was finite.
Until he got more from his main body, every bit of chakra he used was gone for good.
So, for now, using Earth Light in battle was out of the question.
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