"No!"
Jiraiya shook his head, a sudden fighting spirit rising on his face: "We must stop him! We absolutely can't let Kagura get the Rinnegan!"
"I'm leaving first."
Orochimaru ignored Jiraiya, intending to leave here first.
Although he doesn't know what the future holds, Orochimaru thinks he should take the opportunity to escape the danger; he doesn't really want to return to the Root lab.
"Then do me one more favor..."
Jiraiya remembered the previous matter and continued: "Help me inform Tsunade of something; the village's past Hokages are all controlled by Kagura. They've always been under Kagura's manipulation, so they must be cautious..."
"..."
Orochimaru was silent for a moment before suddenly asking, "Jiraiya, do you think taking this information back would be of any use other than causing Tsunade greater fear?"
"If I had reincarnated the past Hokages with the Impure World Reincarnation, perhaps we'd still have a chance. But now Akihara Kagura has resurrected and controlled them first..."
"Akihara Kagura and the past Hokages..."
Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya and softly stated a fact: "Jiraiya, do you think there's anyone in the Ninja World who can stop him?"
"..."
A sense of fear gradually arose in Jiraiya's heart.
"No way..."
Jiraiya suppressed the panic in his heart and forced a smile: "How could it be? The Great Toad Sage once told me it had a prophecy about a Child of Destiny who would bring change to the Ninja World..."
"I used to think this Child of Destiny was Nagato because Nagato always wanted to bring change to the Ninja World. But when I asked the Great Toad Sage how to bring Nagato the correct choice, to bring about the right change for the Ninja World..."
The more Jiraiya spoke, the calmer he became, as if firmly believing that there was still hope for the future: "The Great Toad Sage told me that as long as I travel the world and write books for material, I'm doing the right thing. When I returned to the village to gather material, I met Naruto, and when I was nearly killed by Nagato, I guessed Naruto might be the true Child of Destiny..."
"There is still hope for the Ninja World..."
Jiraiya waved his fist and loudly declared: "No matter what, I believe Naruto can definitely resolve the Ninja World's crisis!"
"..."
Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya, seemingly feeling this dear friend had his life turned upside down by a so-called prophecy, his expression calmly piercing a truth.
"Jiraiya."
"Naruto Uzumaki, that brat, is just the Nine-tailed Jinchuriki..."
"Even if Naruto Uzumaki can wield the Nine-tails' power, to Akihara Kagura's Wood Release, the Nine-tails is merely a toy..."
"You're wrong..."
"Something's not quite right!"
Jiraiya rubbed his forehead, frantically thinking, always firmly believing in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, trying to figure out what he truly should do!
"Alright, if you really believe in the prophecy..."
Orochimaru looked at his friend, only able to sigh; his peripheral gaze suddenly saw Nagato and Konan, and he abruptly proposed another possibility: "Hey, Jiraiya, is there any chance that Nagato really is the Child of Destiny?"
"As long as his Rinnegan is still there..."
Orochimaru vaguely considered a possibility, suddenly finding his speculation very intriguing: "If The Hidden Cloud Village's Eight-tails and Konoha's Nine-tails were given to him, allowing him to resurrect that War Weapon, it could stop Akihara Kagura..."