Inside the hall.
"Gamamaru..." Hagoromo looked at the enormous toad sleeping above him and murmured softly...
"Mm... hm? Hagoromo? You're here." The enormous toad slowly opened his eyes, looking weary.
"Pfft... hahaha! Looks like you knew I would come." Hagoromo burst out laughing.
"Mm... I saw it in a dream. The Sage of Six Paths would return, the Child of Destiny's fate would change, and the one who would change the shinobi world would arrive, bringing new vitality to Mount Myōboku." Gamamaru yawned and spoke slowly.
"You've grown old too. You used to be such a tiny little thing. Now you're so big, and so old." Hagoromo smiled and spoke slowly.
"Ahh~ I reckon I can live another few thousand years." Gamamaru smiled and shook his head.
"By the way, Dave, did you come here to discuss something with Gamamaru?" Hagoromo turned to Dave and asked.
"Yeah, well... Great Toad Sage, you already prophesied it. I'm here to bring new vitality to Mount Myōboku! What do you think?" Dave asked with a chuckle.
"Hahaha! Discuss the details with Fukasaku." Gamamaru laughed heartily.
"Sure thing! Oh, and one more thing. Jiraiya is learning senjutsu, right? Could you take on another student?" Dave continued with a smile.
"No problem. He was always going to learn it, wasn't he? But you should know the dangers of learning senjutsu. He doesn't have enough chakra yet, and he's too young, isn't he?" Gamamaru waved a hand and spoke slowly.
"Yeah, he definitely doesn't have enough chakra right now. I just want him to go through the preliminary conditioning and training stages to get familiar with it. The later stages can wait until he's older." Dave nodded.
"No problem. Shima, I'll leave Little Jiraiya and our young guest's senjutsu training to you." Gamamaru nodded and looked