Leaving Naruto at Mount Myoboku, Jiraiya returned alone to the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters.
Worrying about the new prophecy of the Great Toad Sage, Jiraiya told Tsunade about the prophecy in full detail.
Learning that the Great Toad Sage predicted the destruction of the Ninja World, Tsunade was also quite shocked, frowning: "Even if we lose this Ninja World War, the Ninja World shouldn't be destroyed because of it, right? Could it be the Ten-Tails?"
Jiraiya nodded lightly: "That's my guess too. If there really is something that can destroy the Ninja World, I'm afraid it's only the legendary Ten-Tails."
Tsunade then asked: "What does that 'Light' in the prophecy refer to?"
Jiraiya shook his head: "I don't know either. However, Sage Fukasaku speculated that the 'Light' should be the only hope to stop the destruction of the Ninja World. So no matter what, we must find that 'Light' as soon as possible!"
"How to find it when we don't even know what it is?"
Tsunade was somewhat irritable.
The passivity of the war situation and this prophecy of the Great Toad Sage made her mood drop to the bottom.
"Although don't know who it is, this 'Light' should be a ninja!" Pausing, Jiraiya said: "He is the existence resisting evil to the last moment for the entire Ninja World, so his strength must be very strong!"
"A very strong ninja?"
Tsunade thought along this clue.
'Strong' itself was a very significant feature, especially being able to become the last guardian of the Ninja World, must be strong beyond ordinary Kage level.
In this way, the range was narrowed down a lot.
Just as Tsunade was screening ninjas who might be the 'Light' in her mind, Jiraiya added: "It's also possible not strong right now, but a young man who hasn't grown up yet and has great potential!"
Tsunade's mind instantly thought of her disciple Kurama Yakumo.
Yakumo, just graduated from the Ninja Academy, aged only thirteen or fourteen, was already a strong person who could stand on her own.
In the danger encountered by Kakashi's squad this time, if not for Yakumo, the entire squad might even have been in danger of annihilation.
It could be said that whether comparing with geniuses inside Konoha or young geniuses of other Ninja Villages, Yakumo was the most dazzling.
What flashed through Jiraiya's mind was Naruto still cultivating in Mount Myoboku.
He watched Naruto grow up bit by bit, from the dead last mocked by everyone in the Ninja Academy back then, now becoming a dazzling young man who subdued the Tailed Beast and mastered Senjutsu.
The sparring with geniuses of other Ninja Villages in the headquarters training ground yesterday was the best proof. Darui and Gaara went down successively and were defeated head-on by Naruto, proving once again that Naruto was the strongest among the new generation ninjas!
Moreover, Jiraiya knew very clearly that as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto's potential was far beyond what ordinary ninjas could compare with. So Naruto's advantage over other geniuses of the new generation would only become bigger and bigger, finally so big that people would even lose the courage to catch up!
So if there really was a 'Light' that could save the Ninja World, he believed it must be Naruto!
Neither Tsunade nor Jiraiya easily spoke out the candidate in their hearts, because they didn't want the 'Light' saving the Ninja World to receive too much attention in advance, causing accidents.
Of course.
Besides the candidates they firmly believed in, they were also secretly paying attention to other possibilities. After all, this concerned the entire Ninja World!
Land of Rain.
A huge fortress was flying slowly above the cloud layer.
Undoubtedly, this flying fortress was the last relic flying fortress of the Sky Ninja Village that Shinji snatched from Zero-Tails!
After two weeks of emergency renovation, although this flying fortress couldn't look brand new, the hidden dangers in the internal structure had been eliminated one by one and could be used normally.
Therefore, Shinji drove this flying fortress to the Land of Rain, becoming his temporary command post.
Because floating at high altitude, plus the Land of Rain was rainy all year round, and the sky was densely covered with rain clouds blocking the line of sight, the flying fortress basically shielded all ground reconnaissance.
And Shinji utilized Zero-Tails' chakra to set up a barrier on the flying fortress, which could interfere with the detection of sensory ninjutsu. So as long as not very unlucky to be accidentally bumped into by a ninja with flying ability, his flying fortress was almost equivalent to invisible.
At this time, Shinji in the bridge command room was listening to Karin's report.
"Itachi Uchiha still has wariness towards us. Several contacts sent only ninja crows, and the original body didn't appear. However, through ninja crows, it can be confirmed that he has fused a pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan according to our requirements. Just whether he has transplanted White Zetsu cells, this point has not been confirmed yet."
Shinji nodded: "Urge him again, solve that fake as soon as possible!"
It was normal for Itachi to be wary. As long as he could solve the fake 'Itachi Uchiha' materialized by the Hegemon using fear projection, it was enough for Shinji.
And that fake's efficiency in chasing Orochimaru recently was getting higher and higher. Even someone as experienced as Orochimaru was quite embarrassed in dealing with it, so Shinji could only urge Itachi.
Karin responded: "Yes, I'll go urge immediately!"
Shinji continued asking: "How is the situation on Shion's side?"
Karin answered: "According to the report from Yakumo's blood clone staying there, the struggle between Shion and Moryo is still ongoing, and the chakra fluctuations are getting more and more intense. She has retreated from the original observation position to a place closer to the cave entrance."
Shinji sighed.
He really wanted to help Shion, but had nowhere to start.
Restraining his thoughts, Shinji asked again: "How are Ryuzetsu and Chino recovering?"
Karin answered: "Yesterday I met them secretly and transmitted some chakra to them. Now their bodies have completely recovered!"
Ryuzetsu and Chino were both experimental subjects injected with 'Blue Spider Lily No. 1', having extraordinary constitutions. Plus Tsunade's treatment, actually the injuries caused by 'Amaterasu' had already recovered mostly.
Yesterday they received Karin's chakra again, so the last bit of remaining injuries naturally healed completely.
One must know that in the original timeline, Sasuke was on the verge of death several times and was saved by Karin's chakra. And now the Yang Release chakra in Karin's body far exceeded Karin in the original timeline, so the healing effect was only stronger, not weaker than the original timeline!
Shinji instructed: "Let them heighten vigilance!"
He knew Chino exposed herself as Akatsuki's 'K' in front of Hidan, so he deliberately let Chino stay in the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters to lure Akatsuki to take action.
"Yes!"
Karin nodded, turning to execute.
And just as Shinji was handling affairs, nine Akatsuki members lined up in a row under the gloomy rain curtain, gazing at the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters in the distance...