Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

"Don't be impatient, my enemy, wait until I return from hell."

"Then, let's be enemies again in a joyful way!"

call out!

The pink light exploded, and the black thorns of the Hell Path continued to pierce through the body of the Human Path, while the Human Path's hand crushed the neck of the Hell Path.

Amidst the chaotic scene, yet another voice filled with anger echoed.

"Sakura Haruno!!!"

Chapter 58 A terrible prophecy comes from Mount Myōboku?

Inside the space filled with fleshy walls, Jiraiya was leaning against the rock wall, panting heavily. He had just been hit by a missile from the Asura Path during the evacuation, leaving a large gash in his back.

Beside him, the hermit Fukasaku was carefully cutting open his clothes to prevent the shards from congealing and sticking to the wound.

call out!

As the chakra light faded, Sakura Haruno's figure emerged from the void and crashed to the ground.

Blood flowed from the pierced chest, quickly soaking the stomach wall of the giant toad.

"cough cough"

Sakura smeared some blood from her chest onto the toad's stomach lining.

—The art of spirit communication!

With a bang, chakra smoke billowed out, and she summoned a slug as tall as a person.

"Sakura-sama, you....Aaaaaah!"

The slug's soft body thrashed wildly, its screams echoing incessantly.

"Why, why am I inside a toad's belly?!"

"Slug, heal it, heal it!"

Sakura, trembling slightly, raised her hand, trying to awaken even a sliver of conscience in this cunning immortal.

"Oh my god, I didn't see it~"

Tilting its head, the slug swayed its tiny tentacles before crawling over and covering Sakura.

The Sage Chakra, brimming with natural energy, combined with Sakura's Palm Healing Technique, quickly repaired the wound pierced by the Yin-Yang Release creation, Black Thorn.

Beside them, Shima and Fukasaku, the two toads who were watching this great immortal play tricks on people, sighed at the same time.

"Sigh, this great immortal of Shikkotsu Forest still has the same wicked sense of humor as always."

"Hey you two, I can hear you!"

A sinister voice drifted into the couple's ears, sending a chill down the spines of both toad immortals.

"Ahem, Slug Immortal, the master wishes to meet your contractor and hopes to obtain your permission."

The two embarrassed toads quickly spoke up to change the subject, lest the other take notice of them.

The slug that was treating Sakura raised its head and touched its two small tentacles together in front of its mouth.

"Then go talk to Sakura. Shouldn't you get her consent for this? Why are you asking me?"

Fukasaku and Shima both opened their mouths, but hesitated to speak.

—Who doesn't know that you, Slug Immortal, are petty and never hold grudges!

You might not care if I told you, but if I didn't tell you, you would definitely remember it!

Why is it that you're the only slug left in the Holy Land of Shikkub Forest? Don't you have any idea?

"Sakura-chan thinks that if you don't like that old toad, you can refuse it~"

The slug's two eyes stood up, bobbing like two pendulums.

Although it was phrased as a question, Sakura sensed a urge to immediately refuse.

"Slug, the other party has the ability to predict the future. The fact that they suddenly asked to see me must mean they saw something! I don't want to miss out on this kind of information."

After her body was repaired, Sakura sat up, patted the slug's body, and looked at her intently.

"Hmph, it's just a prophecy. I have special abilities too. I can survive, I can survive longer than both of them!"

The slug's two antennae intertwined like hands, held against its chest, and twisted its body to the side.

A pair of eyes quietly opened, tilting to look at Sakura behind her, as if waiting for someone to go up and comfort her.

"Alright, alright, I'm your contractor now, are you still worried that I'll be kidnapped by Mount Myōboku?"

Sakura sat cross-legged next to the slug and stroked it gently along its soft body.

It took a long time to calm the slug down, and finally, after much pleading and instruction from her, the psychic connection was broken and she was sent away.

Sakura got up and went to Jiraiya, took out a roll of bandage from her ninja tool bag, and skillfully wrapped it around Jiraiya's neck.

After finishing, I used the Palm Healing Technique to stimulate Jiraiya's cells through the bandage to promote wound healing. The whole process made Jiraiya extremely itchy, so he simply started wriggling on the ground.

Sakura had no choice but to hold Jiraiya down to prevent him from scratching his wound, and then asked the two toad sages nearby.

"So, when do we set off?"

"We've arrived now!"

Master Shima jumped forward and patted the stomach lining of the toad.

Then, under the effect of the transformation spell, its esophagus slowly changed shape, becoming a staircase leading to the outside world.

Passing through the giant mouth of the toad, the sunlight outside brought little warmth due to the refraction of the mist. Huge leaves cast shadows on the earth, and massive rocks stood up like the tails of insects, with groundwater constantly gushing from their tips.

The fresh air, mixed with the cold mountain wind, blew across Sakura's cheeks, making the girl shiver and invigorating her spirits. Only then did Sakura realize that she had arrived at the legendary sacred land of immortal arts—Mount Myoboku.

"Honey, take Jiraiya downstairs to rest, and prepare some food for the two of them. I'll take Sakura to see the master."

Fukasaku waved his hand, signaling Shima to carry Jiraiya away, while he himself jumped in front of Sakura to lead the way for her.

"Come with me."

With a wave of his hand, Fukasaku led Sakura toward an underground palace on Mount Myōboku.

After passing through steps and slippery stone paths, the two arrived at an empty hall.

At the far end of the main hall, there is an old toad sitting on a stone chair, with many huge scrolls covered with writing behind it.

"Master, Great Immortal Master!"

Fukasaku jumped to its side and called to it in a very loud voice.

Seeing its aged and weary appearance, and its complete lack of reaction to such a loud noise, if it weren't for its still slightly heaving abdomen, Sakura would have almost thought that the toad in front of her was already dead.

"Um, ah!"

After a long while, the giant toad sage, awakened from his slumber, twisted his head.

The rosary beads around its neck creaked with this movement.

Slowly straightening up from the backrest, the giant toad, which was five times the height of Sakura, finally opened its eyes.

"Oh, it's Fukasaku. What's up?"

"I've brought you the person you're looking for."

Unlike Shima, Fukasaku has a more peaceful temperament, which is why he can have a calm and peaceful conversation with the Great Toad Sage who is always making mistakes.

"Oh, I called you here today because of something. Well..."

The giant toad sage lowered his head and looked at Sakura Haruno.

Suddenly, a pair of cloudy eyes froze, and she remained stunned for a long time.

"Um, um... who are you again?"

The immortal Fukasaku, standing beside him, awkwardly covered his face, inwardly complaining that this ancient old man always pulled this stunt.

However, it still moved and went forward to introduce itself to the giant toad immortal.

"My lord, this is the one you instructed us to see before, the contractor from the Wet Bone Forest! Her name is Haruno Sakura!!!"

The giant toad sage, having been reminded, slapped his head and made a sound of sudden realization.

"Hahaha, is that so! He's the inheritor of the Shikkotsu Forest!"

Then, the Great Toad Sage coughed slightly and said in a deep voice:

“O inheritor of Shikkut Forest, I have a prophecy concerning you.”

Sakura nodded, pretending to listen.

"What prophecy? Please tell me."

The shadow cast by the doctoral cap obscured the toad's face, but its open, horizontal pupils emitted a different light.

"O inheritor of the Wet Bone Forest, whose body is entwined with the energy of multiple time and space, I have seen the sea swallow everything!"

"Your figure appeared amidst the flames burning in the water, flames that stirred up giant waves, and then everything was swallowed by the sea!"

!!!

Sakura and the guard standing beside her were both taken aback, and then Fukasaku spoke in disbelief.

"Huh? How is that possible? Great Toad Sage, you must be joking again!"

"Sakura is a good kid, how could she possibly want to destroy the world?"

However, instead of his usual joking expression or apology, the Great Toad Sage answered Fukasaku very seriously.

"I don't know, but that's what I saw in my dream."

"Furthermore, I can no longer see the more distant future; all that remains to be seen is the sea."

After saying that, the giant toad sage stared intently at Sakura, anticipating her reaction.

"I see, I understand now, thank you for your prediction."

Sakura's emerald eyes met the giant toad sage's gaze without fear.

"Aren't you curious? All the predictions I've made so far have come true?"

Sakura's reaction was unexpected by the Great Toad Sage, who had envisioned various possible reactions from Sakura under such a prophecy.

But I never imagined that Sakura would be so... indifferent!

It was as if the prophecy had nothing to do with her, or even as dust rising on the street, which she had inadvertently trampled over.

"You said it yourself, that's the future, so why should I be affected by things that haven't happened yet?"

"And I don't accept any prophecies or destiny! I will create my own future!"

"Whether it's destroying the world or saving the world, the only reason I would want to do it is because I want to, nothing more."

Sakura crossed her arms and hugged them to her chest.

"If people become my obstacles, I will be their enemy; if fate becomes my obstacle, I will be its enemy!"

"I will gladly accept everything I have, and then fight it until I achieve complete victory!"

The matter-of-fact manner even surprised the Great Toad Immortal and Fukasaku, and a kind of enormous, unrestrained spirit echoed in the empty underground palace.

This was a will of unbridled power from the end of the sea that the ninja creatures, who had been suppressed and ruled for over a thousand years since the arrival of the Divine Tree and the establishment of the Daimyo system, had never seen before!

"What if we fail?"

The Great Toad Sage couldn't help but let out a soft groan, which, though faint, was still picked up by his Observation Haki.

Sakura put her hands behind her back, turned her head gracefully, and her emerald eyes, backlit by the light from the exit, looked incredibly dazzling.

"At least I tried, and I gave it my all! I have no regrets!"

After saying that, Sakura stepped onto the passage leading to the outside world.

The two toads that remained in the dark underground palace remained silent for a long time.

Chapter 59 The Deep Writer's Meal

After leaving the underground palace of the Great Toad Sage, Sakura followed Fukasaku to their home.