The Ninja Way That Pierced Through

Living by his own ninja way, Jiraiya had traveled the Shinobi World after receiving the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, searching for someone who could change it.

Unfortunately, he had found nothing over the years.

But he believed he would find that person someday.

The two quietly listened to the rain when a tiptoeing figure emerged from the house behind them, followed by two little kids.

"Why aren't you asleep?"

Jiraiya draped his coat over them and tried to usher them back inside, but Yahiko interrupted him.

"I heard what you two were talking about. I believe there will definitely be a day of peace. Just as I protect my younger brother and sister, Lord Hanzo protects the village, and we protect one another!"

The determination in Yahiko's eyes left Jiraiya momentarily stunned.

"That's a very good answer. It's also the ninja way I follow."

Jiraiya patted his shoulder and gave him an approving response, but Uchiha Yuu shattered that illusion the next second.

"Lord Jiraiya and Yahiko both believe in moving others with love, where the strong protect the weak."

Yuu looked toward Nagato, then walked straight over to him and quietly voiced his own ideals.

"I'm different from you. I want to unite everything through absolute strength, seize control of all Five Great Villages, and make this world one without ninja!"

"The First Hokage and Uchiha Madara were only one step away back then, but unfortunately, they established the Five Great Shinobi Villages."

"In the end, the conflict between clans became conflict between nations and villages."

Yuu's words were earth-shattering. Jiraiya saw immense ambition in him, but it was not an ambition to rule others—it was an ambition to rule force itself.

He could not say which viewpoint was right. In the end, he led the children back into