Born with a great love for the Uchiha

So the moment he returned to the village, he rushed to the Hokage Building to deliver intelligence!

Minato Namikaze looked at Jiraiya, who was standing still and not saying a word, and then he looked at the Fifth Hokage's expression.

Jiraiya-sensei...

Although I already knew you weren't very reliable, I couldn't possibly be using this "special intelligence" to fool people too...

Minato Namikaze, ultimately mindful of their past relationship, took the initiative to speak up and smooth things over.

"Jiraiya-sensei, haven't you figured out how to say it yet?"

"Ahem! That's right!"

Jiraiya coughed twice forcefully and said in a pretentious manner.

“I was just thinking about how to say it, after all, this information... concerns an old friend.”

"Old friend?"

Gen Uchiha leaned back in his chair, his hands resting on his abdomen, and watched Jiraiya "perform".

"Lord Jiraiya, there's no one else here. I don't think the 'old friend' you're referring to is yourself, is it?"

"Of course not! It is..."

Jiraiya thought about it and decided to use a true "old friend" as a shield.

Orochimaru.

"The information I'm about to share concerns Orochimaru and the special ninja organization he currently belongs to."

"Oh?"

Gen Uchiha feigned surprise.

"Is the name of this organization 'Akatsuki'?"

"You know the Fifth Generation?"

Jiraiya was genuinely surprised at this moment.

"The organization Orochimaru joined was indeed Akatsuki."

After providing this information, Jiraiya dumped out the rest of the information all at once.

"Over the years, ever since Orochimaru defected from the village, I've been secretly tracking his whereabouts and discovered that he's been colluding with the Akatsuki organization..."

So that's why...

Gen Uchiha immediately understood, then shook his head and said.

"Lord Jiraiya, your information is outdated."

"As far as I know, Orochimaru has now left the Akatsuki organization."

"What?!"

Jiraiya was startled once again.

He had been wandering outside the village for so many years, gathering intelligence for so long, and finally managed to catch Orochimaru by the skin of his teeth, but he hadn't even had time to determine the specific relationship between Orochimaru and the Akatsuki organization.

The Fifth Hokage is now saying Orochimaru has left the Akatsuki?!

"Fifth Hokage, are you sure?"

"Ah."

Uchiha Gen nodded and recounted how he had infiltrated an Akatsuki meeting last time. He also showed the Akatsuki member's official ring to the master and disciple opposite him.

"...I did witness Orochimaru voluntarily leave Akatsuki that time, but the possibility that he is still colluding with some members of Akatsuki cannot be ruled out."

Uchiha Gen placed the three rings, [Crimson], [Three], and [Blue], on the table.

"These are the identification documents of the Akatsuki members. These three rings belong to Obito Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Juzo Biwa, respectively."

Jiraiya leaned closer, examining the three rings on the table, a complex emotion flashing across his old face.

He even thought that Uchiha Gen was not very familiar with the Akatsuki organization.

I never expected that the other party could even produce such an important token of the Akatsuki!

We really underestimated their intelligence network...

"There's one more thing."

Gen Uchiha then smoothly brought up the topic.

"The leader of the Akatsuki organization is named Pain, and his eyes are the Rinnegan."

[Rinnegan]! ! ?

Jiraiya's gaze immediately shifted from the three rings to Uchiha Gen's face, his sharply contracted pupils reflecting his inner turmoil.

Gen Uchiha naturally wouldn't miss the subtle changes in the other party's expression.

Even Minato Namikaze, who was standing nearby, noticed Jiraiya's emotional fluctuations.

But he only thought that Jiraiya had been hit by an intelligence attack.

Minato Namikaze was also shocked by the appearance of those Rinnegan eyes.

"The Sage of Six Paths' eyes... are they actually real...?"

"The Tailed Beasts are all real, so why doubt the Sage of Six Paths' authenticity?"

Gen Uchiha responded to Minato Namikaze's comment, then looked at Jiraiya.

"Lord Jiraiya, do you have any 'special information' about those Rinnegan?"

Gen Uchiha emphasized the words "special intelligence".

He was also waiting for Jiraiya's reply.

If Jiraiya is willing to tell everything.

So, Gen Uchiha could still accept this former Sannin.

But what if the other party refuses to disclose the relevant information?

Gen Uchiha will have to consider whose side this legendary Sannin is on...

"I……"

Jiraiya's expression was clearly conflicted, but after hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke.

"I'm not sure about the origin of the Rinnegan that the Fifth Hokage, whom you mentioned, possesses."

"However, I did encounter a pair of Rinnegan once."

"Um……"

Gen Uchiha nodded.

It seems this toad immortal's buttocks haven't gone astray after all.

This is also a true inheritor of the Will of Fire...

Some people were led astray by the real Great Toad Sage...

Just as Uchiha Gen was thinking this.

Jiraiya has already recounted all the information he had about the Rinnegan he encountered.

During the Second Shinobi World War, on the battlefield of the Land of Rain, three orphans were left destitute: Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, along with those deep purple Rinnegan eyes...

As Jiraiya was speaking, he suddenly changed the subject.

"Fifth Boss, you must have heard about the 'Child of Prophecy,' right?"

"Ah."

Gen Uchiha nodded again, while glancing at Minato Namikaze beside him.

“I’ve heard that the Fourth Hokage was considered by many to be the ‘Child of Prophecy’.”

Minato Namikaze gave an embarrassed smile, a smile full of self-mockery.

What kind of prophetic child is he?

The true child of prophecy would not die in the chaos caused by the Nine-Tailed Fox.

“Yes, I did once consider Minato to be the child of prophecy, but unfortunately…”

Jiraiya shook his head, not finishing his sentence, and instead returned to talking about Nagato.

"Before Minato, I considered Nagato to be the child of prophecy because he possessed the Rinnegan."

Uchiha Gen asked, "So, what about now?"

"Now……"

Jiraiya was taken aback, then simply shook his head without saying anything more.

Now, he feels that the Fifth Hokage is the "prophesied child" that the Great Toad Sage spoke of.

However, this contradicts the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage.

Because the Great Toad Sage explicitly mentioned in his prophecy—

The prophesied child is Jiraiya's disciple!

Before today, Jiraiya had never even met Gen Uchiha.

Therefore, the Fifth Generation could not be the child of prophecy.

But then again...

Jiraiya already knew about the Fifth Hokage's illustrious achievements from his appearance to his rise to become Hokage.

Suppress other ninja villages, collect multiple tailed beasts, and make Konoha even greater...

said with no exaggeration.

Even Minato Namikaze's work back then wasn't as good as Gen Uchiha's!

If even the Fifth Hokage wasn't the Child of Prophecy...

So who else in the ninja world is qualified to be the Child of Prophecy?