Only the higher-ups of Konoha and a few Ninja knew the news of Jiraiya's death.
When the elders of Konoha heard the news, they all felt that the world was about to collapse.
They sat on the sofa trembling, their expressions sad, and they couldn't help but mutter to themselves:
"Jiraiya's dead, Jiraiya's really dead."
"This is the darkest era of Konoha. Who can stop Seireitei?"
They felt extremely guilty and ashamed.
Nidaime Hokage had entrusted Konoha to them, but now, they couldn't even defend Konoha.
Konoha has declined too much.
Right now, Kage-rank only had about two experts.
There were a lot of Jonin, but in front of Naruto, he was just delivering vegetables.
Kakashi, Orochimaru, Uzumaki Naruto, and Namikaze Minato.
Konoha had sent away too many talents.
"We are all sinners." Konoha's elders looked at each other and said bitterly.
In Uchiha's mansion.
Uchiha Itachi was in the middle of his daily training, his expression extremely grim, and could even be called gloomy.
The conversation between Hokage and him appeared in his mind.
"Itachi, Jiraiya is dead. He went to Seireitei to gather information and then..."
In his memory, he saw Godaime Hokage crying.
Itachi respected Hokage and Jiraiya very much.
Although Jiraiya's strength was not as good as his, after using Sage mode, he could be on par with him.
No matter if it was Kuchiyose no Jutsu, Sage mode, or all kinds of self-created Ninjutsu, they were all Jiraiya's trump cards.
Even if they were not as good as Seireitei, they would not die directly.
It seemed like this.
Seireitei was even more terrifying than he had imagined.
Uzumaki Naruto or perhaps this pair of eyes could not stop it.
Itachi subconsciously touched his eyes and pondered.
Now that he had grasped the power of this pair of eyes, his strength had almost stepped beyond Kage-rank.
He was confident that even in the face of Akatsuki's leader, Pain wouldn't care.
However, it was impossible to protect Konoha with just this.
He needed to learn from Senjutsu!
That might be the ability to compete with Reiatsu.
Right now, he had no chance to rest.
Because he wanted to protect the person he loved.
Perhaps he thought of something, but his expression became gentle.
A crisp voice rang out from within the mansion. "It's time to eat, Itachi."
In a distant village.
A few guards stood guard at the entrance of the village, their expressions solemn.
Previously, there was a bandit group that wanted to plunder the village. Fortunately, there was an expert in the village who attacked and repelled the bandits.
From then on, the master would give him pointers.
All the talented children in the village were accepted as his disciples and taught Chakra cultivation.
For the villagers, this was definitely a great gift.
And the master was Sasuke.
Sasuke sat next to the pond as usual, his mind moving slightly.
Then, he used the art of summoning and brought forth a small toad.
"Sasuke, something big has happened!" It was Gamaken.
"Wow, what a cute toad."
The children rushed forward with joy on their faces.
"Gamaken? How could you..." Sasuke was surprised.
The relationship between him and Mount Myōboku was a little subtle, and the toads would not come to disturb him.
Unless it was some major event.
This time, Gamaken had used the reverse Kuchiyose no Jutsu to come here. Something must have happened.
A sense of unease suddenly emerged in his heart.
"Jiraiya is dead." Gamaken raised his head and looked at Sasuke with eyes full of sadness.
"Dead? Dead? Perverted Sage is dead?" Sasuke took a step back in disbelief.
In his heart, he believed it. To be precise, when Jiraiya died, he seemed to have sensed something.
However, he did not expect that everything would come so quickly and so suddenly.
Sasuke was stunned on the spot. His eyes widened, his lips trembled, and his mind kept replaying the scene of him and Jiraiya.
Gamaken sighed and quietly accompanied Sasuke.
The children also realized that something was wrong. They obediently stopped messing around and sat to the side, watching Sasuke quietly.
In their minds, Sasuke was a very handsome and powerful big brother.
He was the hero who defeated the bandits and the one who guided them, Sensei.
All along, Sasuke had always been calm in their eyes.
This was the first time they saw Sasuke showing a sad expression.
Although Sasuke left Konoha, his feelings for Jiraiya did not decrease.
He respected Jiraiya very much.
Jiraiya did not refuse to teach because of his identity as Uchiha.
On the contrary, he taught him everything he had.
The bits and pieces of his past with Jiraiya appeared in his mind.
They ate ice cream together, took a bath together, and cultivated together.
Jiraiya made him feel that he was not alone.
It was also Jiraiya who made him more determined about his future.
"How did he die?" Sasuke asked softly.
"His heart was pierced by a sword." Gamaken said in a low voice.
"Is it Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes."
Hearing Gamaken's answer, Sasuke smiled miserably.
"Now, he can even kill his own master?"
"This is information about Seireitei." Gamaken took out the information from his bosom and handed it to Sasuke.
"This is the information that Lord Jiraiya obtained with his Life. I hope it will be of help to you."
Sasuke received the information and looked at it carefully.
It contained the cause and effect of Jiraiya's death.
First, it was Akatsuki's Six Paths that attacked, defeating Seireitei's experts in turn.
However, in front of Shion's Bankai, he was almost defeated. At the critical moment, Jiraiya interfered with Shion.
Receiving the backlash from the power, Shion lost her fighting strength.
At this point, all the experts of Seireitei were defeated.
The intelligence language was short, but one could see the intensity of the battle.
Akatsuki's leader, Pain, actually had Rinnegan, who surpassed Sharingan, and was even able to easily defeat Kage-rank, other than Shion.
Moreover, he had used Ninjutsu to catch Kyubi.
Although Kyubi's ability was completely restrained, it shouldn't be that easy.
Sasuke had a face full of fear.
He tried to take his place in the battle, but found that he might be at odds with Haku.
Not to mention with Pain.
He continued to read, and his expression soon became tense.
From Jiraiya's perspective, it was true that he acted out of helplessness.
Pain should be the strongest person besides Seireitei.
If even Pain died in Seireitei's hands, then Shinobi world would just surrender.
However, Sasuke still could not agree with Jiraiya's choice.
This action would undoubtedly lead to a huge crisis for Seireitei.
Judging from Pain's character, he was definitely not a good person.
It might cause Seireitei to suffer.
Sure enough, Pain floated directly above the sky, ready to use Super Shinra Tensei to directly destroy the entire Seireitei.
Behind it was the information of Naruto's appearance. The flaming Sword easily swallowed the exhausted Pain and killed the escaping Jiraiya.
The information recorded in detail about Pain and Seireitei.
After reading this information, Sasuke was silent.
Jiraiya's death was very tragic.
Even after his heart stopped, he wrote down the information.
Compared to Naruto and Sasuke who had abandoned Ninja's identity, Jiraiya was instead an outstanding Ninja.
In the end, he also carried out his own forbearance.
The intelligence also contained conjectures about Seireitei, and it was the same as what Sasuke thought.
The environment inside Seireitei was very suitable for Shinigami to grow up. Anyone who stayed inside Seireitei for a long time would likely lose their soul.
Just from the information alone.
Not just Seireitei, even Akatsuki could not be underestimated.
Why did Akatsuki want to collect tailed beasts? What kind of conspiracy did they have?
All of this was unknown.
But Sasuke knew.
He had to do something.
He had to start developing his own power!
He took a deep breath and handed the information back. He said lightly,
"I understand. Thank you, Gamaken."
Gamaken nodded with a worried expression.
"Sasuke, if you need my help, you must remember to communicate with the spirit."
All of Mount Myōboku's toads knew about the relationship between Sasuke and Naruto.
They were fellow disciples.
Sasuke was cold on the surface, but on the other hand, Naruto was.
Hot on the surface, cold on the inside.
After Naruto defected to Konoha, almost all of the little toads did not believe that the polite and gentle Naruto would kill Sandaime Hokage and defect.
It was enough to show how successful the establishment of Naruto was.
After Gamaken left, Sasuke looked at his hands and fell into deep thought.
Only with Reiatsu would he understand the horror of this energy type.
In front of the powerful Zanpakutō, even Rinnegan was not a match.
If he wanted to defeat Naruto, he could only rely on himself.
Sasuke clenched his fists, and the boiling Reiatsu surrounded him.
He also used Reiatsu to fight, but he did not have Zanpakutō's awakening.
Sasuke found that his control over Reiatsu and Shinigami were not necessary.
He was able to completely destroy his soul.
In a sense, he was standing on the opposite side of Shinigami.
This was the will of the heavens!
The information related to Pain and Jiraiya had not been blocked. Soon, the other villages also learned of the information.
In a battle between super experts like Kage-rank, even an expert like Jiraiya, who had been famous for a long time, died.
This was already a battle that could not be ignored by any Ninja Village.
"Jiraiya is actually dead?" Inside Kumogakure, Raikage was shocked.
"Who is that Six Paths Pain? The legendary eyes, Rinnegan?"
"The eyes that surpass Sharingan actually lost? How could that Uzumaki Naruto who betrayed Konoha be so strong?"
A similar scene played out in countless villages.
They all found out.
It turned out that the mysterious Seireitei actually had so many top-notch battle prowess.
"There's no other way. Let's start the Five Kage Talk!" For the first time, the various Ninja Village Shadows had the same thoughts.
Inside Mount Myōboku.
Naruto stepped in.
Once again returning to this familiar and unfamiliar place, the tip of his nose was surrounded by a natural fragrance. Everything was like yesterday.
However, his position had completely changed.
"Lord Naruto!!" The little toads jumped towards Naruto in surprise, "You finally came. We missed you so much."
The little toads were still ignorant and did not understand the complicated relationship.
They only knew that Naruto used to play with them often and was a very good person.
After catching up with the little toads, Naruto walked inside.
"Naruto, you're here." Fukasaku and Shima looked at Naruto with a complicated expression.
Their feelings for Naruto were very complicated. They watched Naruto change from a gentle and refined boy to a proud and indifferent king.
He even made a killing move.
Naruto's change was huge, but to be precise, this was the real Naruto.
In the past, Naruto hid everything. Every word he said and every action he did might be fake.
Then, his feelings for Mount Myōboku might also be fake.
The two Sage found it hard to imagine whether this possibility existed or not.
It must be known that they had already regarded Naruto as a part of Mount Myōboku.
Noticing the complicated looks in the eyes of the two Sage, Naruto did not care.
From the moment he betrayed Konoha, he knew that he and Mount Myōboku could not return to the past.
"I want to see the big toad, Sage," he said calmly, with an unquestionable tone.
The two Sage looked at each other, both seeing the doubt in their eyes.
Logically speaking, Naruto should be invincible to Shinobi world now. What else did he want to know?
Could there be an existence within Shinobi world that he was afraid of?
Or perhaps, he had come for the Great Toad Sage's prophecy ability?
The two Sage's expressions revealed hesitation.
Naruto was not in a hurry and quietly waited.
Soon, they received the message that the big toad Sage allowed Naruto to enter. The two Sage could not stop him and could only watch Naruto walk towards the palace where the big toad Sage was.
In the palace, a huge toad sat in the palace. His skin was wrinkled and his face was old.
"What a powerful natural energy." The moment he saw the big toad Sage, Naruto was shocked by the abundant energy in his body.
Sure enough, since Mount Myōboku was able to exist during the time of the Six Paths, there would definitely be experts that could not be underestimated.
While Naruto was observing himself, the big toad Sage was also observing Naruto.
The Reiatsu in Naruto's body shocked him. That familiar power reminded him of ancient history.
"Sure enough, what you have is that power." The big toad, Sage, looked deeply at Naruto.
Naruto was immediately confused.
"Why are you looking for me?" The big toad, Sage, said in a deep voice, echoing throughout the entire hall.
"I want to learn about the history of the ninja world, the tailed beasts, Mount Myoboku, and the Reiatsu within me," Naruto said.
Hearing this, the big toad Sage sighed, "Sure enough, this day has come."
The big toad Sage said,
"When I saw the power in your body, I knew that the master of the Pure Land had appeared, and Shinobi world would undergo a drastic change."
Under Naruto's puzzled gaze, the big toad Sage, continued,
"During the time of the Sage of the Six Paths, beings from the Pure Land once attacked the ninja world. At that time, the ruler of the Pure Land possessed power surpassing even the Sage of the Six Paths. The army he summoned was invulnerable, and even ninja techniques struggled to kill them," explained the toad.
"That was the history of Shinobi world being sealed, and also the darkest moment."
"In the end, with the cooperation of a priestess and the Sage of the Six Paths, the ruler of the Pure Land was sealed away. But now, I sense the aura of the Pure Land's ruler from you, not what you call Reiatsu," The Great Toad Sage looked deeply at Naruto.