"That was the earlier prophecy."
Ignoring the inexplicably excited Jiraiya, Gamamaru paused, then said in a very strange tone, "I also saw a new future. Under the influence of a mysterious power, the Blue-Eyed Boy and the Black-Haired Boy strayed from their original destinies..."
"A mysterious power?"
Jiraiya and Sage Fukasaku exchanged bewildered looks.
The Great Toad Sage's recent prophecies were getting more and more confusing. First there was a Blue-Eyed Boy, and now a Black-Haired Boy.
So what exactly was going on?
"It was a pair of eerie, blood-red eyes. I cannot see through him. He has disrupted fate, and the future has become a sea of chaos."
A profound look flickered through Gamamaru's ancient eyes as he slowly continued, "The owner of those eyes is no ordinary man. The entire Shinobi World will be shaken by him. This may well be the last future I ever see."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gamamaru closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
Seeing this, Sage Fukasaku made no further attempt to wake Gamamaru. He knew that once the Great Toad Sage entered this state of slumber, waking him was no easy task.
Besides, his task was complete. The new prophecy had been conveyed to Jiraiya.
"Little Jiraiya, did that new prophecy give you any ideas?"
Sage Fukasaku asked.
"What ideas could I possibly have?"
Jiraiya scratched his head in frustration and grumbled, "The Great Toad Sage's prophecies get stranger every time. How am I supposed to figure them out with my brains?"
Wait!
Eerie, blood-red eyes?
Could he mean the Sharingan...?
Jiraiya's heart jolted as he suddenly realized he might have caught on to something crucial.
Could it be him?
The more Jiraiya thought about it, the more shocked he became. No one knew better than he did how