Yes.
Placing his hopes in prophecy, in finding that so-called "Child of Destiny."
From Minato to Nagato.
Jiraiya was like a gambler, betting all his chips on others.
And what about himself?
He was merely a guide, an observer.
Wasn't that another form of running away?
Jiraiya had never considered using his own hands to create the peaceful world he had dreamed of.
Because Jiraiya knew it was too difficult.
It was a task that was almost impossible to accomplish.
Uchiha Yao slowly turned around and looked calmly at Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya."
"This world is sick."
"Gravely sick."
"The root of its illness is the so-called Five Great Nations and Five Great Shinobi Villages."
"As long as this structure exists, war will never end."
"Because suspicion, hatred, and self-interest will spread wildly in everyone's hearts like weeds."
"To cure this world, there is only one way: use the sharpest blade to cut away every tumor, then use the strongest power to establish a brand-new, unified order."
Jiraiya's body suddenly trembled.
"Unify... the Shinobi World?"
He stared at Uchiha Yao in disbelief.
"That's right."
Uchiha Yao did not conceal his ambition in the slightest.
"I will accomplish the great undertaking that even the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, failed to achieve."
"I will end this troubled age and grant the entire Shinobi World eternal peace under my will."
"You..."
Jiraiya instinctively took a step back.
He looked at Uchiha Yao as though he were looking at a complete madman.
"You've gone mad!"
Jiraiya's voice grew intensely agitated.
"This isn't peace at all!"
"What you're doing completely violates the original intent behind the First Hokage's founding of Konoha and the one-country, one-village system!"
"That kind of world runs completely contrary to the peace the First Hokage desired, where everyone could understand one another!"
"Original