World Upheaval!

On the battlefield, inside a tent.

"Jiraiya! A letter from the sages!"

A frog hopped over to Jiraiya.

Jiraiya found it rather strange. He had not expected Mount Myoboku to take the initiative and send him a letter.

Jiraiya opened the scroll, and the instant he saw its contents, his eyes widened!

"Beware of the snake?!"

"Why did the Great Toad Sage tell me to beware of the snake?"

"Snake? Snake? Snake? Orochimaru?!"

At the mention of snakes, Orochimaru was the first person Jiraiya thought of!

In the entire Shinobi World, when it came to snakes, Orochimaru was undoubtedly the most representative figure!

"Snakes will bring unprecedented destruction to the Ninja World... Could Orochimaru be planning to destroy the Shinobi World?"

Jiraiya muttered, his pupils shaking violently.

He could not believe it. Although his close friend had become somewhat strange, with a darker personality, Orochimaru was still a hero of Konoha!

How could he possibly destroy the Shinobi World?

But when Jiraiya thought of all Orochimaru's actions—his madness, obsession, and somewhat evil ideas—he really did feel that Orochimaru might harbor thoughts of destroying the world.

"No! I need to ask the Great Toad Sage! The snake might also be referring to something else!"

Jiraiya shook his head. He found it difficult to accept this prophecy.

Jiraiya immediately used Reverse Summoning to travel to Mount Myoboku!

"Great Toad Sage! Please, you must tell me your prophecy! Especially the part about the snake—how exactly was it described?"

With a grave expression, Jiraiya knelt on one knee in the center of the magnificent hall.

The Great Toad Sage sat upon his throne like an enormous, ancient mountain, and his tightly shut eyes slowly opened.

When those deep, mysterious eyes fixed upon Jiraiya, an invisible pressure seemed to envelop the entire hall.

At that very moment, the entire hall seemed to have been enchanted, falling into deathly silence.

Usually carefree and uninhibited, Jiraiya was now so nervous that he barely dared breathe. He listened with utmost concentration, afraid of missing even a single word, wanting only to hear the prophecy the Great Toad Sage was about to reveal.

After all, this concerned his close friend!

He would never watch his friend walk down the path of destroying the Ninja World!

Standing nearby, Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima wore equally solemn expressions as they silently waited for the Great Toad Sage to speak.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall was oppressive to the extreme, as though even time had frozen.

Finally, the Great Toad Sage's deep voice, like the tolling of a great bell, slowly rang out. "Hmm..."

However, just as everyone held their breath in eager anticipation,

the Great Toad Sage suddenly paused. Then he blinked a few times and slowly asked,

"Uh... who were you again?"

The Great Toad Sage's sudden question struck Jiraiya, Sage Fukasaku, and Sage Shima like a bolt from the blue, instantly shattering their tense nerves!

Jiraiya's eyes widened. For fuck's sake!

Of course, Jiraiya would not curse at him to his face. At most, he would grumble a few words to himself.

After all, he still maintained the proper respect and reverence toward these two senior sages.

However, Sage Shima was not so patient. With fury written across her face, she said, "Oh, you old fool! You really are enough to give anyone a headache!"

"Our little Jiraiya has been coming to Mount Myoboku for decades! Yet every time, you old muddleheaded toad insist on playing this boring little game. Don't you ever get tired of it?"

Clearly, Sage Shima had seen through the Great Toad Sage's little "who is this visitor" act.

For thousands of years, whether or not the Great Toad Sage knew who had come, he would always ask, "Who are you?"

Hearing this, Sage Fukasaku hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over.

With a helpless expression, he advised, "Mama, how can you call the Great Lord a senile old man? That's far too disrespectful!"

Just then, the Great Toad Sage, who had been seated above them all along, slowly spoke. "All right, all right, you two should stop bickering! A husband and wife should live harmoniously and treat each other with respect..."

As the Great Toad Sage's words fell, the tense atmosphere immediately eased considerably.

Jiraiya stood in the middle of the hall, utterly helpless.

Obito Uchiha cultivated quietly in Ryūchi Cave for four years!

Over those four years, the entire Shinobi World had been engulfed by an unprecedentedly large and brutal war!

Like a raging inferno, the war burned ever fiercer, showing no sign of stopping!

After receiving urgent orders, Minato Namikaze and Kakashi Hatake rushed without pause to the Hidden Sand Village battlefield.

Minato, Jiraiya, and the others led Konoha's ninja in a fierce assault against the Hidden Sand Village.

However, to everyone's surprise, the Hidden Sand Village had produced an astonishing number of puppets from unknown origins!

These puppets moved swiftly and possessed immense power, placing considerable pressure on Konoha's forces.

At the same time, unusual news arrived from the Country of Roran, deep in the rear of the Land of Wind. Mysterious Chakra disturbances had appeared there!

This situation immediately drew the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi's utmost vigilance. He feared that the Hidden Sand Village was secretly developing some extremely dangerous classified weapon.

After careful consideration, Hiruzen Sarutobi decisively ordered Minato Namikaze, Choza Akimichi, Shibi Aburame, and Kakashi to form an elite squad and swiftly investigate the Ancient City of Loulan.

Meanwhile, on the eastern battlefield, Kirigakure still refused to back down, fiercely battling Konoha.

The two great Konoha clans fighting Kirigakure were the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan!

Neither side yielded, and the battle had reached a fever pitch.

Kirigakure was likewise brimming with talented individuals, with geniuses as numerous as carp crossing a river!

Among them were many ninja prodigies blessed with extraordinary talent.

For instance, the seven experts known as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, each wielding an ultimate ninja blade!

Kisame, Ao, Zabuza, Mei Terumi, and the others also began to distinguish themselves in this war.

Ao even successfully seized the Byakugan of a Hyuga Clan main family member during the war!

This once enraged the Hyuga Clan's main family beyond measure! Ao's bounty briefly soared through the roof!

The Land of Rain also underwent enormous changes!

Hanzo of the Salamander used a meeting as a pretext to threaten Konan!

Afterward, he killed Konan!

Yahiko and Nagato instantly lost control! They killed Hanzo of the Salamander!

The entire Land of Rain was sealed off by Akatsuki!

The outside world had no way of learning what had happened!

But none of this had anything to do with Obito Uchiha, because he had been cultivating in Ryūchi Cave all this time, beyond the reach of any events in the outside world.