Signing In at Mount Myoboku's Toad Sanctuary! [Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands (Upgradeable)]

Kamizuki Yu's words scattered in the wind sweeping through the ruins, yet they landed like crushing boulders in everyone's hearts.

Nagato, Fugaku, and Kisame wore different expressions, but they all converged into the same emotion—confusion.

"A more direct ticket?" Fugaku's brow furrowed deeply. "Other than Lord Jiraiya's summoning contract, the path to Mount Myoboku was severed long ago."

"A path is made by those who walk it."

Kamizuki Yu offered no further explanation and closed his eyes.

In an instant, the entire world transformed into something else within his perception.

It was no longer an accumulation of matter, but an ocean of energy. The flow of wind, the pulse of water, the stillness of the earth... and a faint yet exceptionally unique current of energy.

Like streams merging into a great river before all waters returned to the sea, it flowed slowly but steadily toward some unknown coordinate.

This energy brimmed with vitality and carried an ancient, wondrous rhythm.

It was natural energy.

The unique natural energy that belonged to toads.

"Found it."

Kamizuki Yu opened his eyes and walked toward the empty east.

"Follow me."

The three did not hesitate and immediately followed in his footsteps.

Kamizuki Yu's pace was not quick, yet it was as if he stepped upon invisible nodes. With every step, imperceptible ripples spread through the surrounding space.

After walking roughly a hundred steps, he stopped before a dead tree.

He reached out and pressed his hand against its rough trunk.

There were no hand seals, no violent surge of chakra.

He merely gave it a gentle push.

Buzz—

The space ahead rippled like the surface of water. The desolate ruins vanished, replaced by a distorted barrier.

Through the barrier, they could see an utterly different sight on the other side: disproportionately enormous plants, brilliantly