Inside the Ramen Shop, Jiraiya asked Naruto about the details of the attack he and the others had suffered.
Naruto answered in great detail, especially when it came to the man with the Rinnegan.
After all, Jiraiya asked more questions about that man than anyone else.
"What's wrong, Pervy Sage? You seem pretty interested in that guy with the ringed eyes."
Jiraiya smiled.
"Nothing. I'm just curious about his abilities. After all, I've never heard of anything like them before."
"That's true. He really gave me a scare when we first met. Luckily, my Flying Thunder God worked at the critical moment, and I managed to escape."
"Is that so? You really were lucky, then."
With that, Jiraiya stood up and took out some money, leaving it on the table.
"Keep eating. I'm heading back to work."
"Okay, see ya!"
"Yeah, see you."
As soon as he left Ichiraku Ramen, Jiraiya's expression turned grave.
The Rinnegan?
Jiraiya looked up at the sky.
As an inheritor of Mount Myōboku's teachings, Jiraiya had never forgotten his mission: to find the Child of Destiny.
But ever since the Old Man passed away, Konoha's many problems had forced him to put that search on hold.
Besides, after meeting Naruto and spending time with him, he had begun to think that perhaps Naruto was the Child of Destiny.
Yet the Rinnegan's sudden appearance had shattered that notion.
What was the Rinnegan? The eyes of a sage.
According to legend, those eyes belonged only to the Sage of Six Paths.
But now the Sage of Six Paths' eyes had appeared in the shinobi world. Could that man be the true Child of Destiny?
But if that man was the Child of Destiny, why had he joined forces with the Akatsuki?
At this point, whether the man