In the room, Tōji also left, preparing to gather a suicide squad to protect Shion on her journey to the shrine and accompany her.
Hinata was the first to speak, asking worriedly, "Kakashi-sensei, um, what the priestess said just now..."
Kakashi explained, "You mean the prophecy. That's right. The priestess of the Land of Demons' prophecies are always accurate without exception. She's nothing like those ordinary frauds."
"What? Kakashi-sensei, are you serious? Then that means..." Sakura had initially treated Shion's prophecy as a joke, but upon hearing Kakashi say that, she looked at Naruto with deep concern.
Naruto said, "I'm not going to die in Shion's prophecy. I'll break it and prove that nothing is ever one hundred percent certain. I'm the one who'll become Hokage—how could I possibly die before that?"
"Prophecies cannot be changed!"
Shion had changed into a new outfit: a pale yellow jacket, a white undershirt, and red shorts. The impressive cleavage on her chest dealt Sakura such a devastating blow that she lowered her head, looked down at herself, and angrily turned away.
Unaware that she had left Sakura utterly dejected, Shion extended a slender white finger and lightly poked Naruto's chest. "Everyone dies eventually. I don't know where you copied that line from, but you only copied half of it. If you insist on coming with us, don't blame me if you die."
"Let's go, Konoha ninja. We're setting off!" Shion headed for the door, leading Kakashi and the other three toward the rear of the priestess's palace.
Hinata asked anxiously, "Um, shouldn't we wait for Mr. Tōji and the others?"
Shion said arrogantly, "I'm the priestess. What I say goes!"
Following Shion, they arrived at a waterfall. Sakura asked, "Isn't this a dead end?"
Shion said, "This is the waterfall where generations of