A Sage's Conversation! Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki Appears!

Gamamaru was the name of the Great Toad Sage.

As the founder of Mount Myōboku, he had existed in the Shinobi World for a thousand years.

The long passage of time had merely made his body enormous. As for his prophetic ability, he had possessed it since he was young.

Back then, he had used the Telescope Technique to record Kaguya Otsutsuki's entire descent upon Earth and showed it to the brothers Hagoromo and Hamura. With his help, the two brothers joined forces and ultimately succeeded in sealing Kaguya.

From that moment onward, he and Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki had forged a deep friendship.

The elderly man with horns on his head looked at the Great Toad Sage and said, "Long time no see, Gamamaru."

"So it's Hagoromo. It really has been a long time—" Gamamaru recognized the visitor.

Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the ancestor of ninjas, had appeared in his dream just like that.

Gamamaru was an Immortal Species. When Hagoromo died, he had only been a small toad. A thousand years had passed, and he had now grown old and decrepit.

After the brief joy of reuniting with an old friend, Gamamaru quickly realized something was wrong.

Hagoromo had never appeared in his dreams before.

As a sage himself, he knew that even if Hagoromo's physical body had perished, his soul would remain in the world in a special form through Chakra.

However, such an existence was subject to strict limitations and could not casually leave the Pure Land to interfere with the living world.

His sudden appearance had to mean that something major was about to happen.

"Hagoromo, what happened?"

"There may be a problem with my mother's seal—"

With a grave expression, Hagoromo voiced that terrifying speculation.

His physical body had long since perished, while his soul existed in the