Ryūchi Cave.
The enormous White Snake Sage held a pipe in her mouth and watched Orochimaru approach step by step.
"You never come without a reason, Orochimaru. What do you want from me?"
Orochimaru wore a Konoha forehead protector and a Konoha flak jacket.
He raised his head to look at the White Snake Sage. "My companion once heard the Great Toad Sage say that a great calamity would befall the Shinobi World in the future, so I came to seek what I want from you, Sage."
Orochimaru was extremely serious.
The White Snake Sage was taken aback and exhaled a puff of smoke. "So that's what this is about. The old toad's prophecies are never wrong, and he has no reason to deceive you humans."
"Do you have more detailed information?" Orochimaru asked.
"Since you've investigated this far, I'll tell you a little.
It's been over a thousand years since I last had a proper conversation with a human, though there's never been much for us to talk about."
The White Snake Sage blew another smoke ring.
A thousand years ago, the old toad was a rising star of Mount Myoboku's sacred land.
He once prophesied that a powerful enemy would absorb the Natural Energy of the entire Shinobi World.
When that time came, the Shinobi World would wither away, its mountains and rivers would run dry, and darkness would blot out the sky...
And the Child of Prophecy he so often mentioned was that brat, the Sage of Six Paths.
In the end, just as the old toad had predicted, the Sage of Six Paths defeated the enemy that sought to destroy the world.
Then he founded Ninshu and passed down the method of chakra cultivation.
The White Snake Sage seemed to sink into distant memories. After more