Just then, Jiraiya seemed to think of something. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked eagerly at Shin Uchiha, his voice trembling slightly as he said:
"Shin Uchiha, if your ability is the same as the Great Toad Sage's, and, from what you just said, possibly even more accurate and clearer than his, then... then do you know who the Child of Prophecy really is?"
That so-called Child of Prophecy had become something of an obsession for Jiraiya. Otherwise, he would never have traveled across the entire shinobi world just to find some trace of him.
But Shin Uchiha did not answer Jiraiya directly. Instead, he asked:
"Jiraiya, didn't you already find a student with the Rinnegan? Why are you still searching for the Child of Prophecy?"
At Shin Uchiha's words, Jiraiya's eyes lit up, and he hastily pressed:
"Shin Uchiha, are you saying... are you saying Nagato is the Child of Prophecy?"
Unfortunately, just when Jiraiya thought Shin Uchiha would nod, he shook his head firmly and rejected the idea:
"Nagato isn't. He didn't even awaken his Rinnegan himself. How could he possibly be the Child of Prophecy?"
Jiraiya was startled by Shin Uchiha's words and asked in astonishment:
"Nagato didn't awaken his Rinnegan himself?
That's bad. If that's true, someone may already have set their sights on him."
At that, Jiraiya's brows drew together tightly. It seemed he would have to visit Amegakure as soon as possible. Although he had lost contact with Nagato and the others years ago, he still had reason to believe that the little house where they had once lived held clues to their whereabouts.
Shin Uchiha noticed that Jiraiya was distracted and continued:
"Jiraiya, do you know the name of the boy beside you?"
At Shin Uchiha's words, Jiraiya instinctively looked at