"Hey! You, Yahiko!"
Kakashi urgently shouted towards Yahiko in the howling wind, "What kind of Jutsu is this? Is there any way to break it?"
"I don't know!"
Yahiko was absurdly sprawled on the rubble, hands and feet touching the ground. While maintaining his Chakra adhesion, he shook his head and yelled, "In my world, Nagato never used this Jutsu!"
Speaking of this, he seemed to recall something. His already solemn expression darkened, and he continued, "I remember him mentioning it."
"This Jutsu, called 'Chibaku Tensei', consumes, even burns, his life force. It's one of his last resorts, but he never had the chance to use it."
"He also said that this is actually an extremely powerful sealing Jutsu. Once you are completely sucked up and sealed by those rocks, it's completely over!"
His words carried a trace of disbelief and gravity, clearly not expecting this world's Nagato to be so resolute.
Jiraiya, nearby, was firmly stuck upside down on the rubble. The sword 'Sloth' behind him had long been drawn, and he was using his 'Time Domain' to slow down the surrounding time.
If it weren't for the ability of 'Sloth', the four people who were deliberately targeted would have been sucked up already.
However, this method could only delay the inevitable.
"Burning life force? Sealing Jutsu?"
Hearing Yahiko's words, Jiraiya spoke with a dark sense of humor, "Tsk, Nagato is truly becoming more capable."
"To pull out this trump card, this mutual annihilation technique, to welcome his teacher... Seriously, he has no respect for his elders..."
Although his tone was light, the cold sweat constantly sliding down his forehead and his tense body betrayed his gravity and seriousness at this moment.
A powerful sealing Jutsu with such an astonishing range was practically unheard of. Is this the true power of the Rinnegan?
"It seems my choice back then was wrong," Jiraiya sighed, looking up at the colossal, still-engulfing boulder, his mind a turmoil of thoughts.
Then, as if he suddenly realized something, he violently lowered his head, his gaze piercing through the chaotic airflow, the flying sand and stones, to look at Hyūga Kawa, who was also struggling against the gravity below.
Almost simultaneously, Hyūga Kawa also violently lifted his head, and their gazes met in the air.
No words were needed. The understanding between intelligent people made them instantly grasp each other's thoughts.
"Attack the core," Hyūga Kawa's voice was calm and clear, cutting through the howling wind.
However, Jiraiya did not respond immediately.
His gaze seemed to be fixed on Hyūga Kawa's face, or more precisely, on his eyes!
Only now, at such a close distance, did Jiraiya truly see that Hyūga Kawa's eyes were absolutely not the familiar pure white pupils of the Hyūga clan!
What strange and magnificent eyes they were.
The base color was still a pure white, but within that pure white, countless fragmented, shimmering deep-blue light points were dotted and flowing!
Those blue light points were not static; they were slowly circulating, emanating a sacred, deep, cold, and vast beauty!
It was as if the entire boundless starry sky had been condensed within those eyes...
Wait!
Starry Sky?!
A thought struck Jiraiya's mind like lightning!
He violently trembled. An indescribable shudder shot straight up his spine, making his scalp numb, and his blood seemed to freeze at that moment!
"Kawa! Your eyes..." Jiraiya cried out, practically losing his voice, which slightly warped with excitement.
He remembered!
He finally remembered!
Fukasaku and Shima, the two elders who had remained silent on his shoulders, also seemed to have realized something, instinctively exchanging glances.
The Great Toad Sage's ambiguous yet crucial prophecy!
—The Child of Prophecy has eyes as "bright as the starry sky", and is wearing a Konoha headband!
"Jiraiya, you mean..." Fukasaku's expression became solemn and serious.
"My eyes?" Hyūga Kawa seemed confused. He paused, apparently unaware of his own change.
But soon, he noticed his reflection in Jiraiya's eyes and the strange, brilliant star-sea within his own.
He instinctively raised a hand and touched his eye socket, his tone carrying a trace of bewilderment, "How did my eyes become like this?"
"You... don't know yourself?" Jiraiya was also momentarily stunned by the reply.
"I..."
Hyūga Kawa pursed his lips, trying hard to recall, "I just... when I saw the tragic state of the Hyūga clan and Konoha, saw the destruction caused by Neji and those invaders..."
"I felt extremely angry, extremely sad, and then, my eyes became very swollen and painful, and after that..."
Listening to Hyūga Kawa's description, Kakashi looked bewildered, completely unable to understand why Jiraiya had suddenly become so excited.
But Jiraiya's body was uncontrollably trembling slightly!
This was not from fear, but from the ecstasy in his heart!
How long had he been searching?
Ever since he learned of the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, knew that the "Child of Prophecy" was likely a Konoha ninja with distinct eye features, he had been secretly observing and searching.
People with blue eyes were not few, like Minato's child, Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but none of them deserved the description "bright as the starry sky"!
He had almost given up, thinking that the "Child of Prophecy" might not have been born yet...
But now!
"Kawa! Hahaha!"
Jiraiya suddenly erupted in a near-frenzied burst of laughter. The laughter sounded exceptionally jarring in the howling wind.
"I found him! I finally found him! You are the Child of Prophecy! You are the Child of Prophecy!"
"Lord Jiraiya!" Kakashi finally couldn't stand it and shouted.
Looking at the star-like entity overhead that was getting closer and beginning to devour their companions, he anxiously yelled, "At a time like this, stop joking around!"
"No, no! Kakashi, you don't understand, you don't understand!"
"The last Child of Prophecy was Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan."
Jiraiya was practically sprawled on the rubble, staring fixedly at Hyūga Kawa below, his eyes burning with fervor. He urgently pressed the question:
"Kawa! Your eyes, these eyes, must have some other miraculous aspect! Think quickly! There must be more!"
Hearing this, Kakashi was startled, instinctively swallowing, and looked at Hyūga Kawa's eyes.
The Child of Prophecy...
Did the Child of Prophecy really exist?
Could it be that Hyūga Kawa, who possesses these eyes, also has a power as great as the invader who possesses the legendary "Eye of God"?
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