Great Toad Sage The old and feeble voice echoed slowly in the hall, carrying a sense of exhaustion and distance that spanned time.
"You are the apprentice of little Jiraiya... and little Jiraiya... you are the son of Minato!"
The voice paused for a moment, as if it was struggling to salvage something in the murky river of memory, and then continued to speak after a moment.
"I remembered... little Naruto's son is an incredible genius..."
His huge head moved slightly, as if he was "looking" in the direction of Naruto, but in his half-opened and half-closed eyes, his gaze seemed to penetrate the Young Naruto in front of him, casting his gaze towards some distant and vague light and shadow of the future.
"You have to... train him well!"
These words were obviously spoken to Jiraiya, with a kind of entrustment from an elder to a younger generation, as if he was telling him to take good care of an extremely important "seedling" related to the future.
However, when these words were heard by other people present and Toad, they were nothing less than a thunder.
Naruto looked at Old Toads who was acting crazy and acting stupid on the high platform, Old Toads was really capable.
Did it Sensing to Boruto travel through this time and space?
Sage Fukasaku was the first to react. It suddenly raised its head and looked at Great Toad Sage who was obviously in some prophetic confusion on the high platform. Its voice involuntarily raised its voice and reminded him urgently:
"Great Toad, you... did you remember it wrong again?"
He reached out and pointed to Naruto, who had a calm face and slightly raised his eyes to look at Great Toad Sage.
"This Young Naruto, it seems like he is not old enough to get married and have children yet! Where did he get his son from?"
Sage Fukasaku feels that Great Toad must be very confused this time. Minato has only been dead for thirteen years. Even if this blond Young Naruto is the son of Minato, where did he come from?
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Sage Shima next to him suddenly stretched out a forelimb and pinched the skin on his back hard. The pain made Sage Fukasaku say "ouch" and almost jump up.
"Stupid old man!"
Sage Shima lowered his voice, with reproach and a deeper awe, and reprimanded. "Great Toad must have dreamed of something again! He saw something about the future that we cannot see, don't interrupt!"
"Little Jiraiya, little Fukasaku, little Shima..."
Great Toad Sage's old and slow voice sounded again. This time, it seemed a little more awake than before.
"You... leave first."
His huge head turned slightly in the direction of Naruto, and his half-open and half-closed eyes, which seemed to contain endless stars, seemed to be completely focused on this Blond-Haired Boy.
"I want... to talk to this Young Naruto alone."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the hall instantly became more subtle and solemn.
Talk alone?
Great Toad Sage wants to talk alone with Young Naruto, whom he met for the first time, whose identity is questionable, and who is not even strictly a formal member of Mount Myōboku?
This is an extremely rare honor.
In other words, it is an extremely unusual event.
Even little Jiraiya, who was predicted to be the disciple of "the son who leads the revolution", never received such treatment.
A separate interview with Great Toad Sage often means that the content involved in the prophecy is extremely important and secret, or that it has an extremely special relationship with the person concerned that cannot be known to outsiders.
"But..."
This time, it was the always decisive Sage Shima's turn to hesitate.
Her little eyes were full of worry and uneasiness.
Let Great Toad face alone an outsider Young Naruto who doesn't know the inside story at all?
What if this Young Naruto has evil intentions?
Moreover, Great Toad is old and lacks energy. If anything goes wrong during the conversation...
She looked at Sage Fukasaku and then at Jiraiya, obviously hoping they would say something, or at least show some concern.
However, to her surprise, Sage Fukasaku acted extremely decisively this time.
Sage Fukasaku stretched out his forelimbs and patted Sage Shima gently. "Damn it, since Great Toad has made it clear that he wants to talk to this Young Naruto alone, then we should comply."
He looked at the huge figure on the high platform, which seemed to be assimilated with time, and his eyes were full of unconditional trust and admiration. "Great Toad has its own reasons.
What he saw and thought was far more profound than ours.
Perhaps, there are some words that are really only suitable to be said to this Young Naruto."
He turned to Jiraiya again, his tone was comforting and urging. "Little Jiraiya, let's go out first.
Great Toad Since you want to talk alone, there must be an important reason."
Jiraiya opened his mouth, looked at Naruto who had a calm face, then looked at Great Toad Sage who had his eyes closed and meditated on the high platform, and finally swallowed the words that came to his lips.
The questions and worries in his heart are no less than those of Sage Shima, but he is also well aware of the majesty and wisdom of Great Toad Sage.
Now that this prophet who has lived for who knows how long Young Naruto has made a decision, as a junior, he can only follow it.
"Naruto..."
Jiraiya called Naruto in a low voice, with complicated eyes and worry.
"You... be careful yourself."
He didn't know what to "be careful" about, but he just instinctively felt that this conversation might be very... unusual.
Naruto turned his head slightly and nodded to Jiraiya, his eyes telling him not to worry.
Sage Shima saw that Fukasaku and Jiraiya both had the same attitude. Although his brows were still furrowed, he knew that no matter how hard he persisted, it would be useless.
She took one last deep look at Naruto, as if she wanted to see him through with her eyes, and then reluctantly snorted, "Okay, okay, I'll just listen to you. Little Jiraiya, let's go!"
After saying that, she turned around first and walked towards the outside of the hall with a skip and a jump, her back still feeling full of energy.
Sage Fukasaku bowed respectfully in the direction of the high platform again. "Great Toad, then we will leave first."
Then he signaled Jiraiya to follow.
Jiraiya glanced at Naruto for the last time, then turned around and left this empty and solemn hall with the two immortals.
The heavy palace door slowly closed behind them, making a dull sound, isolating the space inside and outside.
Inside the huge Palace, the light was dim, leaving only the huge orange figure on the high platform, and the relatively small but upright Blond-Haired Boy below.
The air seemed to have solidified, leaving only the long and slow breathing sound of Great Toad Sage.
After a moment of silence, Naruto standing below suddenly raised his head. His eyes were no longer as calm and reserved as before, but became sharp and clear, looking straight at the huge Old Toads on the high platform that seemed to be immersed in Eternity's dream.
His voice was not high, but it sounded clearly in the empty hall, with a penetrating power that was inconsistent with his age, breaking the solemn silence:
"Great Toad Sage, are you... not going to continue pretending to be stupid?"