World-Shaking Changes!

On the battlefield, inside a tent.

"Jiraiya! A letter from the Sage!"

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. The instant he saw its contents, his eyes flew wide open!

"Beware of snakes?!"

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

"Snakes? Snakes? Snakes? Orochimaru?!"

At the mention of snakes, Orochimaru was the first person who came to Jiraiya's mind!

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

"Snakes will bring unprecedented destruction to the ninja world. Does that mean Orochimaru is going to destroy the Shinobi World?"

Jiraiya muttered to himself, his pupils shaking.

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?

Yet when Jiraiya thought of Orochimaru's behavior—his madness, his obsession, and some of his rather evil ideas—he truly felt that Orochimaru might harbor thoughts of destroying the world.

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

Jiraiya shook his head. In his heart, he could not accept that prophecy.

Jiraiya immediately used Reverse Summoning to travel to Mount Myoboku!

"Great Toad Sage! Please, you must tell me about your prophecy! Especially the part concerning 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 immense, ancient mountain. His tightly shut eyes slowly opened.

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

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

Jiraiya, who was usually carefree and uninhibited, was so nervous that he barely dared breathe. He listened with rapt attention, afraid of missing even a single word, wanting only to hear every part of the prophecy the Great Toad Sage was about to reveal.

After all, this concerned his closest friend!

He would never stand by and watch his friend embark upon the path of destroying the Shinobi World!

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

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

Finally, the Great Toad Sage's low voice, deep as a great bell, slowly rang out. "Hmm..."

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

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

"Uh... who are you again?"

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

Jiraiya's eyes widened. You son of a bitch!

Of course, Jiraiya would not actually curse out loud to the Great Toad Sage's face. At most, he would grumble a few words to himself in his heart.

After all, he still maintained the proper respect and reverence toward these two sage elders.

However, Sage Shima was not nearly so even-tempered. With anger written across her face, she said, "Oh, you old fool! You really are a headache!"

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

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

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

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

With a helpless look on his face, he advised, "Dear, how can you call the Great Lord a senile old man? That is far too disrespectful!"

At that moment, the Great Toad Sage, who had been sitting above them all this time, slowly spoke. "All right, all right. You two should stop bickering! Husband and wife ought to be harmonious and treat each other with respect..."

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

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

Obito Uchiha cultivated quietly in Dragon Cave for four years!

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

Like a raging inferno, the war only burned fiercer and fiercer, with no sign of stopping!

After receiving urgent deployment 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 produced a staggering number of puppets from unknown origins!

These puppets were swift and powerful, placing considerable pressure on Konoha's forces.

At the same time, strange news came from Loulan, deep within the rear of the Land of Wind. A mysterious chakra disturbance had appeared there!

This immediately drew the close attention of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. He feared that the Hidden Sand Village was secretly developing some extremely dangerous classified weapon.

After careful consideration, Hiruzen Sarutobi made a swift decision. He ordered Minato Namikaze, Choza Akimichi, Shibi Aburame, and Kakashi to form an elite squad and quickly investigate the ancient city of Loulan.

On the eastern battlefield, the Hidden Mist Village still refused to yield, stubbornly fighting Konoha in fierce conflict.

The ones fighting the Hidden Mist Village were two great Konoha clans: the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan!

Both sides traded blows without giving an inch, and the battle had reached a fever pitch.

The Hidden Mist Village was likewise brimming with talent, its geniuses as numerous as carp crossing a river!

Among them were many extraordinarily gifted ninja.

For example, the seven masters known as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, each wielding an unmatched ninja blade!

Kisame, Ao, Zabuza, Mei Terumi, and others also rose to prominence during this war.

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

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

The Land of Rain also underwent immense changes!

Hanzo of the Salamander used a meeting as an excuse 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 the Akatsuki!

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

However, none of this had anything to do with Obito Uchiha, because he had been cultivating in Dragon Cave the entire time. Nothing happening in the outside world could interfere with him.