People in the ninja world, interpreting the coming of the myth

Fire Country, in Konoha Village.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who received the letter from the Daimyo of the Fire Country, couldn't help but fall into silence with a pipe in his mouth.

Jiraiya, who skilfully climbed through the window and entered the Hokage's office, looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen's unhappy face, smiled and teased: "Old man, look at your sad face, could it be that Kumogakure or Iwagakure are preparing again? Are you attacking the Kingdom of Fire?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi puffed his lips out and handed the letter from the daimyo to Jiraiya, saying, "It would be great if that's the case."

Jiraiya glanced at ten lines and read the above content in an instant. His originally frivolous expression turned solemn: "The witch from the Kingdom of Demons made the latest prediction of disaster... In the near future, an evil god with an eight-headed snake will come to the Kingdom of Demons. ?”

Naturally, I have heard about the witches in the Kingdom of Ghosts. I heard that they are mysterious witches who can predict the future. Every prophecy they make will eventually come true. The witches of all generations have inherited such miraculous abilities. The most important thing is that the other party has sealed the ancient wonders. The main core strength of the world monsters.

I once curiously read the information about the demon monster. According to the above records, the existence of the monster can be traced back to the period of the Six Paths Sage. Legend has it that it was jointly sealed by the shrine maiden of the first ghost country and the Six Paths Sage. The sprite has a power comparable to that of a tailed beast, but it is even more terrifying than the tailed beast's intimidating power.

The monster sprite itself has the ability to be immortal, and is immune to most ninjutsu, illusion and taijutsu attacks. It is basically a passive and invincible rogue existence, and it also has an army of undead warriors as war weapons.

According to classic records, monsters in history have broken their seals three times, each time causing large-scale casualties and destruction. Countless powerful ninjas could not cause any threat or harm to them.

If it weren't for the dozen or so elites of the blood successor clan who pledged their lives to protect the demons and cooperated with the witches of the Kingdom of Demons at that time to find the right time to sacrifice their lives to seal the sprites, it is estimated that the world would have become a plaything in the palms of the monster sprites.

Although I don't know how true or false the descriptions in those classics are, it can also be seen from the side that the threat of monsters and sprites to the ninja world is great.

Looking at the source of the future disaster mentioned in the letter, Jiraiya couldn't help but think of the phantom of the Yamata no Orochi that materialized behind the ghost king Shuten Doji who killed Uchiha Madara: "The evil god of the eight-headed snake..."

"Could it be that one?" Jiraiya raised his head and looked at the silent Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of him with some uncertainty.

Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up the scroll that was sent with the letter from the edge of the table, unfolded the scroll to reveal the portrait inside: "This is the scroll that the miko asked the artist to draw by dictating it."

The eight-headed purple snake covered the sky and blocked out the sun. Its blood-red eyes were staring down with interest. Groups of black-purple clouds surrounded it and guarded it. Below were rolling mountains and a building. A small house building and countless small black dots representing human beings.

Looking at the lifelike figure of the big snake on the scroll, which gradually overlapped with the shadow of Yamata appearing behind the ghost king Shutendouji in his mind, Jiraiya smacked his lips: "It's true!"

"This time the five major countries will send their most elite ninjas to solve the source of the disaster predicted by the witch of the Kingdom of Ghosts. And Jiraiya, you will be the leader of this force. If you are unable to defeat that ignorant monster, Yamata no Orochi took the miko and quickly fled the country of ghosts."

Ever since he witnessed the great power of Oni King Shutendouji, facing the crisis of Yamata no Orochi, Sarutobi Hiruzen basically had no hope of solving it, but simply wanted to test the god's power. The depth of strength.

Listening to the tasks assigned to him by Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jiraiya's mouth twitched slightly, and he said with a strange expression: "Old man, are you sure you want me to deal with the disaster, not to die?"

If the son alone is so powerful, wouldn’t the father be in trouble?

After seeing the terrifying power of Shuten-Douji on the spot, Jiraiya was very attentive and did not want to face the Yamata no Orochi who was countless times more powerful than Shuten-Douji.

Faced with Jiraiya's reluctance, Sarutobi Hiruzen had no choice but to explain: "Tsunade is busy dealing with the affairs of the Ninja Medical Institute and Orochimaru has been buried in the laboratory all day without a trace. I have been thinking about it. You are the only one in Konoha who is qualified to be the captain of this operation."

Jiraiya immediately pushed his senior Hatake Sakumo out, trying to refuse this mission: "What about Sakumo-senpai, as Konoha White Fang, he should be more qualified than me to be the leader of this mission. Bar?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Jiraiya with strange eyes and asked: "Have you forgotten that Sakumo's wife just died of illness not long ago, and now he is dealing with the funeral and taking care of his three-year-old child? , do you think it’s appropriate to call him to perform a mission at this time?”

After thinking about it for a moment, it seems that this happened. No wonder I haven't seen Sakumo-senpai in the past few days since I returned to the village. Everyone in Konoha is busy with their own affairs now. It seems that I am the only one who has free time at the moment. With.

Jiraiya let out a long sigh and replied depressedly: "Okay, don't say any more, I'll just accept this mission."

After receiving Jiraiya's consent, Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded slightly and asked casually: "That's right, how are Minato and those two crotches getting along now?"

After Jiraiya returned to the village, he took the initiative to tell Sarutobi Hiruzen about his encounter with Shuten Gua and Ibaraki Gua, including the secrets from the ancient times that were extracted from the mouths of the two Guatai.

As if he understood the underlying meaning of Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, Jiraiya replied: "Now those two crotches are teaching Minato how to use demon power more effectively. From the looks of it, they should have become good friends. "

"That's good, be sure to have a good relationship with those two crotches. The ninja world today is already a fog. No one can say for sure what will happen in the future. Konoha also needs allies who can rely on its shoulders to survive the future. Possible existential crisis.”

From the incident of Oni King Shuten Doji to the appearance of Ibaraki and Shuten Gua, as well as the arrival of Yamata no Orochi predicted by the shrine maiden of the Demon Country, it all shows that the future of the ninja world is no longer within the control of ninjas like themselves.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew very well in his heart that if the future was as terrible as what Tsukuni Enichi and the two Gutai monsters said, then the era of ninjas might come to an end.

The mind kept flashing to Uchiha Madara, who violently beat up the elite ninjas including the Five Kages, and then easily killed Uchiha Madara, the Ghost King Shuten Doji. That was simply not a realm that ninjas could reach.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was unwilling and helpless. It was the first time he was so unfamiliar with this ninja world that was gradually turbulent.