The figures of the Fourth Hokage and Kushina Uzumaki slowly dissipated into space.
Shinsei spread his spiritual energy, enveloping the four of them. The scenery changed, and they were back in the Konoha office.
Naruto's face still bore traces of tears. He raised his head and solemnly looked at the crowd before him:
"I am not a child without parents. My father is the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki."
Of everyone present, only Sakura was unaware of Naruto's true identity; she never imagined he was the son of the Fourth Hokage.
Shinsei looked at Hokage Tsunade and asked, "Should we announce it?"
Hokage Tsunade rubbed her temples. "Let's release it. The Fourth Hokage sacrificed too much."
Shizune asked cautiously, "But should Naruto's identity as a Jinchuriki also be revealed?"
Hokage Tsunade on the table. "Is there anyone else who doesn't know?"
Regardless of what the Third Hokage thought, since he was the Hokage, he would act according to his own ideas.
Shinsei strongly agreed with Tsunade's words. Naruto's identity as a Jinchuriki was hidden like a joke. He was regarded as a demon fox from childhood, and thus suffered alienation and discrimination. Any intelligence officer with a brain would have guessed Naruto's identity.
Young Minato put his hand on Naruto's shoulder. Naruto turned his head and looked at him. Minato gave him a gentle smile.
Kushina glanced at Minato, then at Naruto. She was unsure how to face her son in this world, but she wasn't one to dwell on things. Naruto:
"Hey, Naruto, I've thought of a way to make something delicious. Do you want to try it?"
Naruto wiped away his tears with his sleeve and nodded heavily:
"Um."
Everyone had their own business and left, except for Jiraiya, who remained in his office.
" Shinsei!" Jiraiya called out to Shinsei.
" Lord Jiraiya, is there something you need?" Shinsei asked.
"Have you become an immortal?" Jiraiya looked at Shinsei with a somewhat solemn expression.
Tsunade crossed her arms and said with a cold smile, "Do you think my disciple would be an idiot like you?"
Jiraiya was not convinced by this, after all, even Orochimaru had not successfully mastered Sage Mode, but he dared not refute Tsunade's words, and could only cautiously reply:
"Although my cultivation progressed slowly, I still succeeded, unlike some people..."
Jiraiya's voice trailed off, and his gaze involuntarily drifted towards Tsunade.
Tsunade crossed her arms, making her chest appear even more constricted. Jiraiya's gaze involuntarily shifted downwards from her face, and his words naturally ceased.
Tsunade looked down at her chest, her gaze turning cold and indifferent, and punched Jiraiya on the head.
With a loud crash, Jiraiya's head slammed into the floor, creating a large hole.
With a creak, the door opened, and an Anbu poked his head in. Seeing Jiraiya pulling his head out of a hole in the floor, he immediately pulled his head back in and closed the door.
Jiraiya stood up nonchalantly, wiping the blood from his nose with his hand, turning his face into a mess.
As expected, Jiraiya's nickname was correct; Shinsei really admired Jiraiya's audacity.
"Speak, what business do you have with my disciple?" Tsunade stopped Shizune from treating Jiraiya with a look.
"Oh, oh," Jiraiya snapped out of his reverie, "A few months ago, the Great Toad Sage asked me to find the faceless sage, and it turned out to be your disciple, Shinsei."
The Great Toad Sage? Shinsei knows this old Toad; it's said to be able to make prophecies through dreams. Did it have a prophetic dream about me?
"Oh," Tsunade raised an eyebrow, "What does that old Toad want with my disciple?"
Jiraiya looked seriously into Shinsei's eyes. " Shinsei, does your Sage Mode really have no face?"
Shinsei nodded. He had not cultivated any of the Sage Mode from the Three Great Sage Lands; he had relied on the Natural Energy he sensed.
"Can I see your Sage Mode?" Jiraiya asked again.
Jiraiya's request wasn't much, but it was certainly rude; it wasn't something a senior should say to a junior.
Tsunade noticed Jiraiya's unusual behavior. She braced herself on the table, leaned forward, and frowned. "Does that old Toad have something to say?"
Jiraiya shook his head. " Sage Shima didn't say much, but it should be related to Ryūchi Cave."
Shinsei was a little confused. How did his cultivation of a Sage Mode lead to Ryūchi Cave?
However, since he hadn't stored up Senjutsu Chakra today, Shinsei sat down on the ground, closed his eyes, regulated his breathing, and cleared his mind.
Three minutes later, Shinsei suddenly opened his eyes, his skin appearing as if covered with a layer of white light.
Jiraiya noticed Shinsei's transformation. Shinsei's face no longer displayed the Sage Mode makeup; instead, his skin was radiant and translucent, with a thin layer of white light covering his body, making him appear like a deity descended to earth.
He could sense the immense power contained within Shinsei 'Shinsei Chakra, a power that was far stronger than his own Sage Mode.
Jiraiya had never heard of this Sage Mode Jiraiya. Even the Perfect Sage Mode described by Fukasaku and Sage Shima involved changes in the eyes and eyeshadow.
" Shinsei, can you come with me to Mount Myōboku?" Jiraiya asked.
Shinsei raised an eyebrow. " Lord Jiraiya, do you think that the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku is a sage who can order others around, while I, as a sage, have no temper?"
Tsunade fist on the table and roared, "Whatever it is, let's talk about it in Konoha!"
"Alright," Jiraiya stroked his hair, "I'll ask Sage Shima."
Jiraiya took out a pen and paper from his desk, wrote a few lines of text, formed a hand Hand Seals, summoned a small Toad, and put the paper into the Toad's mouth.
A puff of smoke dissipated, and the little Toad vanished.
Shinsei wouldn't go to Mount Myōboku with Jiraiya. From Jiraiya's attitude, it was already clear that the old Toad of Mount Myōboku weren't exactly friendly towards him.
That oldest Toad is from the same era as the Sage of Six Paths. It must have unique abilities to have survived to this day. Shinsei is unwilling to rashly visit someone else's territory.
The room became unusually quiet.
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with a cold expression. She had long been annoyed that Jiraiya had been completely fooled by his so-called bullshit prophecy.
Finally, Jiraiya bit his finger and pressed it against the desk.
A puff of smoke dissipated, and two humanoid Toad, each about a foot tall, appeared on the desk.
"Oh, it's Tsunade." The green Toad Sage, whose voice sounded like an old man's, wore a brown robe and had a tuft of white hair on his head. He immediately greeted Tsunade upon seeing Tsunade.
The other Toad Sage had strange purple curly hair and wore a straw hat, resembling an old woman. " Tsunade, it's been a long time."
Tsunade sat in a chair, resting her chin on her hands, looking directly at the two Toad Sage on the table:
" Sage Fukasaku, Sage Shima, what is it that you wish to invite my disciple to Mount Myōboku?"
Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima exchanged a glance, looked around, and saw Shinsei standing next to them.
"It really is the legendary Sage Mode."
"May I ask your name?" Shinsei asked the Toad Sage with purple curly hair.
"Just call me Shima. The man next to me is the child's father, Fukasaku," Sage Shima said kindly.
" Sage Shima, is there any explanation for my Sage Mode?"