"Mount Myoboku has lovely scenery. It feels much more alive than Ryūchi Cave."
Fugaku admired the view around him. After all, a ground crawling with snakes was hardly pleasant to look at.
Ryūchi Cave followed the law of the strong devouring the weak, and bones and corpses lay scattered throughout its mountains.
Mount Myoboku was different. Everywhere he looked, he saw all kinds of toads. The sight did nothing to dampen his mood, and the scenery was far more colorful, with plants of every kind vying for attention.
"Please wait here, Clan Head Fugaku. I need to report to the two Sages first. They'll pass word to the Great Lord.
"The Great Lord spends most of his time asleep. Unless you happen to catch him while he's awake, I'm afraid you may have come all this way for nothing," Gamarin said.
"Haha, that's all right. If I can't see him this time, I'll find another chance. I'm sure the Great Toad Sage will meet me."
The Great Toad Sage often claimed he could foresee the future and glimpse fate. Fugaku was certain the Sage had seen him in a dream.
The Great Toad Sage might usually act confused, but Fugaku believed that was largely a facade. The White Snake Sage's opinion of him was enough to suggest as much.
The White Snake Sage and the Great Toad Sage both led one of the Three Great Sacred Lands. They likely understood each other's condition better than the ordinary Sages of their own lands did.
Besides, Fugaku could not believe that someone who had helped the Sage of Six Paths seal Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and had lived for over a thousand years, was growing more muddleheaded with age.
Just as Fugaku arrived at Mount Myoboku, the Great Toad Sage slowly opened his eyes