Uchiha Fucheng was fighting lively outside the village, but Konoha Village was unusually calm.
However, recently, fallen Ninjas have been buried one after another, leaving many Konoha families in sorrow.
Orochimaru possessed a fairly large underground laboratory in the east of Konoha Village, and he was currently conducting a special experiment.
Unexpectedly, Tsunade managed to find this secret base and showed up without any warning.
Orochimaru operated the equipment and shook his head helplessly. "Tsunade, I cannot help you."
He looked at Kato Dan's body, which Tsunade had sealed in a coffin, and refused her directly.
"You haven't even asked me what I want to do yet?" Tsunade stared stubbornly at Orochimaru.
A strange look rippled across Orochimaru's snake-like eyes.
"Rebirth? Revitalization? Sealing a soul?"
Orochimaru's face turned cold.
"Tsunade, give up. You have also researched the human body in depth. Even if Kato Dan's body is still alive, his soul is gone. He perished together with the enemy! The body now is just an empty shell."
Tsunade touched the coffin with a look of desolation.
"I know, but looking at Dan still breathing, it's as if he is just asleep."
Orochimaru pointed to the human cultivation tanks behind him.
Inside were two human bodies, completely naked, floating in a pale green liquid.
"If it is just to ensure the cellular activity of Kato Dan's body, even if he cannot eat, I can achieve that with nutrient solution. But what is the point of doing this? He is still just a shell."
Tsunade nodded, but then shook her head vigorously, staring at Orochimaru with determined eyes.
"I just want Dan to wake up temporarily, or rather, I feel that one day Dan will wake up."
Orochimaru was stunned for a moment, and what appeared in his mind was that grinning, white-haired Jiraiya.
Orochimaru looked down at Kato Dan, then at the stubborn Tsunade, and sighed with deep emotion.
"When one is alive, being too stubborn is sometimes not a good thing."
Tsunade did not speak, she just looked at Orochimaru firmly.
At this moment, Jiraiya did not feel the impending crisis.
Instead, because of a rare long vacation after the war, he had gone to Mount Myōboku for Sage Mode training.
Mount Myōboku was great in every way; the air was fresh and there was plenty of natural energy.
The only unpleasant part was perhaps the feasts made of various insects.
"Little Jiraiya, the Toad Sage is looking for you!"
Sage Fukasaku hopped onto a stone pillar and waved his claws to greet Jiraiya.
Jiraiya wondered, "Does the Toad Sage have a new prophecy again?"
Sage Fukasaku nodded, "Yes, he said he just dreamed of you."
Jiraiya and Sage Fukasaku came to the Toad Sage's great hall together.
On the huge throne, the Toad Sage looked like a mountain of flesh, nodding off with his head bobbing.
Jiraiya covered his mouth, turned his head, and asked Sage Fukasaku, "Has the Toad Sage fallen asleep again?"
The Toad Sage on the throne seemed to hear Jiraiya speaking, and his eyes opened a tiny slit.
"Finally here, finally here!" The Toad Sage looked at Jiraiya and actually showed a confused expression, "Eh? Who are you?"
Sage Fukasaku quickly reminded him, "Great Elder, it's Jiraiya, it's Jiraiya."
The Toad Sage immediately mumbled happily, "Oh, yes, yes, it's Jiraiya, you've grown up."
This Toad Sage's memory was getting worse and worse.
The Toad Sage, as if recalling something, said stumblingly, "Little Jiraiya, I told you, the Child of Prophecy seems to have undergone a new change."
Jiraiya straightened his posture.
The Toad Sage continued, "A Ninja whose eyes contain power will bring about a huge change to the Ninja World, and will also bring unprecedented stability or destruction to the Ninja World."
Jiraiya frowned.
"What do you mean by stability or destruction? Is this not certain?"
The Toad Sage lowered his head and looked at Jiraiya with his poor eyesight, "I hope you can become the guide for this person of change. Perhaps your choice will bring a different future to the Ninja World."
"My choice?" Jiraiya widened his eyes, "Then, what should I do?"
The Toad Sage tilted his head, "I didn't dream about that. Perhaps your choice is destined."
After saying this, the Toad Sage began to snore again.
Jiraiya looked helplessly at Sage Fukasaku and cast a look for help.
But Sage Fukasaku also couldn't answer, "Little Jiraiya, the Toad Sage's prophecies have never been wrong. Perhaps you really need to make the choice yourself."
Land of Fire, Stardew Valley.
Beside a river running north to south, more than twenty children were playing happily by the water.
Orange-haired Yahiko, blue-haired Konan, and red-haired Nagato appeared a bit distinct among the group of children with black and brown hair.
These children were all war orphans collected by the Uchiha.
Their similar backgrounds made them look out for each other. With the support of the Uchiha Clan, they had all gained some weight recently.
Yahiko, with his social butterfly personality, was like a sunny little sun, happily playing in the crowd.
Shy Nagato, like Yahiko's little brother, devotedly protected Yahiko from being targeted by the other side in the water fight.
"No cheating! It's a foul if you use Water Release!" Yahiko shouted loudly, stopping the children on the other side who had learned Water Release.
Seeing that it was Yahiko, who was the best at using Water Release, who spoke up, the other party immediately gave up forming hand seals; he was afraid that Yahiko would use Water Release to counterattack.
"When we are playing, no one is allowed to cheat with chakra, or else no one will help him with farm work tomorrow." Yahiko laughed and slapped a large splash of water.
Taking advantage of the fact that the other side hadn't had time to counterattack, he hid behind Nagato.
Splash!
A large basin of water from the counterattack splashed onto Nagato's head, and Yahiko laughed and continued to counterattack.
"If only we had been born in Konoha, how good that would be."
Konan, who didn't like playing with water, just sat on the bank watching everyone, nimbly folding a beautiful paper boat in her hands.
The playing children did not notice that a humanoid creature with a pure white body was approaching silently.
In the gaps of the tree canopy, a White Zetsu was secretly observing Nagato.
This White Zetsu was a brand-new White Zetsu individual born after Black Zetsu expanded production again.
Having just been manufactured from the Ten-Tails husk, he was sent toward Konoha to further expand the search.
Black Zetsu, unable to find the Rinnegan, had gone mad in the Land of Rain.
He began to release White Zetsu on a large scale not only in the Land of Rain but also in the surrounding countries, searching for clues about Nagato.
The scouting White Zetsu cautiously changed positions three times, repeatedly confirmed Nagato's appearance, and then slowly sank into the ground.
"It can be confirmed that this is the red-haired boy."
The White Zetsu did not leave to report; instead, it used its spore release ability to spread its pheromones with the wind.
It intended to summon other White Zetsu to gather.
There should be three or four more White Zetsu distributed in this area.
Facing the foolish White Zetsu, the orders Black Zetsu gave them were very strict.
Find, then monitor; once the location is determined, do not let Nagato out of sight.
Wait until enough White Zetsu have gathered, then attempt to capture him, or send a White Zetsu back to report to Black Zetsu.
A single White Zetsu is absolutely not allowed to expose itself, to prevent Nagato from escaping surveillance again.
A Ninja wearing wooden sandals and strange attire appeared in Stardew Valley.
And this Ninja was naturally Jiraiya, who had just left Mount Myōboku.
Since the Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku had given a prophecy, Jiraiya certainly could not slack off.
He started from the Land of Fire to search for the Child of Prophecy predicted by the Sage.
"Stardew Valley?"
Jiraiya looked at the inconspicuous road sign and scratched his head, feeling a bit strange.
"I've been here before, but I don't think it was called this name?"
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