"No, no, I just wanted to ask about the Sage Eye."
Jiraiya hurriedly shook his head.
"The Sage Eye."
Gamabunta blinked his enormous eyes and tilted his head in thought. "I think I've heard of it. Right, the Great Toad Sage mentioned that term before. If you want to know about the Sage Eye, you'll need to ask the Great Toad Sage."
"I'll go ask him."
Hearing Gamabunta say that the Toad Sage knew about the Rinnegan, Jiraiya turned and ran.
He did not have much time. He could not leave the three kids alone in the base for too long.
Luckily, the Toad Sage was not asleep today.
If the other party had been asleep, Jiraiya would have had no choice but to return disappointed.
"Great Toad Sage!!!"
Arriving at where the Toad Sage lived, Jiraiya shouted loudly.
"Who goes there?"
The Toad Sage stared at Jiraiya with a puzzled look.
Jiraiya halted, staring speechlessly at him.
Here we go again!
He always asked that first.
After staring at Jiraiya for a while, the Toad Sage finally reacted.
"So it's little Jiraiya. Did you need something from me?"
Whether he was truly too old or doing it on purpose, the Toad Sage was always falling asleep, and he spoke strangely too, as if he had dementia.
Jiraiya had experienced all of that before.
"Great Toad Sage, do you know anything about the Sage Eye?"
Worried that the old ancestor's dementia might suddenly act up, Jiraiya did not even bother with pleasantries and immediately asked his question.
"The Sage Eye?"
The Toad Sage looked puzzled.
"Do I know about that?"
"..."
The anticipation on Jiraiya's face froze slightly.
But the Toad Sage, who had looked as though he did not know a thing just a moment ago, seemed to sink