"Nagato..."
"Ha, Xixi asked me to come out... What is it?"
Mirai looked around, but there was no one nearby. Then he said to Nagato, "About your eyes—your Rinnegan. Do you remember the legend about it that I told you before...?"
"Yeah. Xixi said that the ancestor of ancient ninja, the Sage of Six Paths, had eyes like these..."
"That's right! When I first saw your Rinnegan, I thought you might be the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths. Back then, I only told you the legend of the Sage of Six Paths, but there's something you don't know..."
"What is it?"
It was the prophecy of the sage toad of Mount Myoboku!
Mirai told Nagato what the immortal toad had said: that his disciple would become a ninja who would bring tremendous change to the ninja world in the future, while Mirai himself would serve as the reformer's guide.
"Nagato, I have a strong feeling that the reformer mentioned by the Great Toad Sage might be you!"
"Me???"
Nagato could hardly believe his ears. It was true that he possessed the Rinnegan. It was also true that he resembled the legend of the Sage of Six Paths. But how could he possibly change the ninja world? Even powerful ninja like Mirai and Xixi could not accomplish such a thing. How could he...
"Xixi, the prophecy you mentioned from the Great Toad Sage... Is it really true?"
"Ah, it seems so. The sage toad's dreams are genuine predictions of the future. It is said that the sage toad's prophecies have never been wrong since ancient times. So I believe the reformer is you... And I believe that if it's you, then it will definitely be possible! Hehe..."
Nagato fell silent, recalling the past three years of training. His abilities