Then someone else who had seen the future footage on the Sky Screen spoke in a subdued voice, silencing the entire crowd with a single remark.
"But then again... don't forget what the Sky Screen showed during Sarada's segment."
"The peace Nagato gambled on never came true in the end, either."
"The Land of Rain didn't improve afterward. Instead, it grew more chaotic and miserable, and life became even harder than before."
At those words, everyone fell silent.
That was right.
Nagato had sacrificed himself to atone for his sins, staking everything on the peace he entrusted to someone else, yet it had still come to nothing.
Konoha.
Watching the villagers of Konoha return to life all around her, along with one ninja after another, Tsunade couldn't help sighing softly.
"Jiraiya, I never imagined that a novel you casually wrote would end up saving the entire Shinobi World."
Jiraiya instantly puffed up with pride, throwing his head back and roaring with laughter, his face positively glowing.
"Of course! I spend years traveling around gathering material and witnessing every facet of human life. Naturally, my stories have power!"
Tsunade's expression darkened on the spot, the corner of her eye twitching uncontrollably.
As if she didn't know what Jiraiya meant by "traveling around gathering material."
It was nothing but peeping on people wherever he went.
Yet somehow, a novel born of that nonsense had redeemed Nagato after his fall into darkness and changed the fate of the entire Shinobi World.
Tsunade couldn't be bothered to call him out. She merely shook her head helplessly, with just one thought left in her mind-Life really was unpredictable.
The Land of Rain.
Watching his future self on the Sky Screen sacrifice his life for so-called peace and meet his end, Nagato sighed softly.
"So that's