The two toads and two humans soon arrived before the Great Sage of the Toads.
The Great Sage of the Toads seemed to have always looked ancient and frail.
But today, he was not dozing. Instead, he opened his cloudy eyes and looked at everyone.
"You may leave."
Gamamaru's voice was full of exhaustion, as though every word drained a great deal of his strength.
Fukasaku and Shima both bowed before retreating.
Jiraiya gave an awkward laugh. "Well, Natsuki, I'll head out for a walk too."
Natsuki nodded, and the two toads and Jiraiya quickly left.
Only Gamamaru and Natsuki remained.
"I truly never expected Lord Natsuki to ascend to the Star God Position."
Gamamaru sounded somewhat emotional. He truly had not expected it.
Others might not become Star Gods even in a million years, yet Natsuki had achieved it in just a few short years.
And he was an exceptionally rare Space Star God.
Natsuki's gaze narrowed slightly. Gamamaru actually knew about Star Gods. He was clearly no simple figure.
He sized up Gamamaru. "Why have you lost so much life force?"
In his eyes, Gamamaru was like an old man at the end of his life, as though he would die the very next second.
This was not a figure of speech, but a description. Gamamaru's life had reached its end. He would not live for more than a few minutes.
Gamamaru chuckled. "For the past thousand years, Mount Myōboku has continued to develop entirely because of my power of foresight."
"In the end, I could only rely on that power to save Mount Myōboku."
"But when I used my life force to foresee the future time and again, every outcome ended with Mount Myōboku's destruction."
"Later, I changed my approach. Only after adding you to the futures