"Lord Ryun, could you help this old toad cure its eyes..."
When the Great Toad Sage said this, Ryun was visibly taken aback. Only now did he notice the old toad had been keeping its eyes tightly shut.
"What happened to your eyes?" Ryun asked instinctively.
The Great Toad Sage then raised a claw and forcibly pried its own eyelid open.
The moment the old toad opened its eye, Ryun immediately saw a familiar deep purple gleam within it. Moreover, this faint light actually resonated slightly with his own eyes, causing his Nine Tomoe Rinnegan to involuntarily manifest.
"This is..."
Ryun's face was full of astonishment.
"As you can see, this is likely the blindness effect caused by your ocular technique..." the Great Toad Sage said with a bitter smile.
"Eternal Night..."
Frowning, Ryun strode forward. After a closer look, he confirmed the old toad was indeed afflicted by 'Eternal Night'...
"I don't remember using 'Eternal Night' on you. The only one in this world who has been hit by this move is the Sage of Six Paths. Did you get caught in it because you were parasitizing him?"
Eternal Night is a visual ocular technique. Theoretically, any person or animal who sees him perform this technique would fall into a state of blindness, and their ocular power would be forcibly sealed. Ryun thought the old toad might have been accidentally affected.
"No..."
The Great Toad Sage shook its head first, then actively explained the reason why it had been afflicted.
"A prophetic dream twenty six years ago? Peeking at part of my destiny? And then being injured by the 'me' in the dream?" Ryun could not help but frown as he spoke.
"Yes... So I wanted to ask, to see if you might have some method to lift this blindness curse..." The Great Toad Sage lowered its head, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"What did you see in the dream? Can you tell me in detail..." Ryun was not very concerned about its eyes, but rather more interested in his own future.
"My prophetic dreams are very fragmented. The vast majority are of your destiny within the Ninja World... Only a small part are fragments of your destiny leaving this world and heading to other realms..."
The great changes Ryun had caused in the Ninja World naturally needed no repetition. The Great Toad Sage could only tell him about some of the scenes it had seen, such as that unimaginably tall, sky piercing giant tree.
"I was fighting a demonic tree? A demonic tree that reached the heavens?" Ryun widened his eyes in surprise, then hurriedly asked exactly how tall and big that demonic tree was.
"I am not very clear either... It was too big, too tall. It looked like a pillar holding up the sky. I couldn't see the top at a glance. Clouds obscured my view. However, what I could know was that your Black Armored Deity also possessed the strength to fight it... Although the Black Armored Deity's size seemed far inferior to that demonic tree..."
The Great Toad Sage did not dare to exaggerate, nor did it dare to hide the truth, because this information might be very important to Ryun.
'Black Armored Deity... Susanoo, I assume...'
Ryun thought of this to himself. Then, he used the maximum height of the Susanoo he could currently unleash to estimate the height of that demonic tree.
To be honest, the Susanoo he could unleash now at full strength was much taller than the Ten Tails within him, comparable even to its Divine Tree state. If he entered Jinchuriki mode, this height could be increased further...
Yet the old toad actually said his Susanoo Deity was far inferior in height to that demonic tree...
'It must be that World Creation Divine Tree from the memories of Kaguya and Isshiki... Can the Otsutsuki clan use its power to fight me?' Thinking of this, Ryun's heart sank, and he suddenly felt immense pressure.
In Isshiki's memory, the World Creation Divine Tree was not controlled by anyone. However, judging from the old toad's prophetic dream, Isshiki's understanding was still greatly insufficient. At the very least, that World Creation Divine Tree would become Ryun's enemy.
Of course, it was also possible that Ryun wanted to cut it down, causing that World Creation Divine Tree to resist...
Silence fell within the hall for a moment. The two toads and the two people did not speak. Ryun was particularly lost in deep thought, his eyes sometimes hesitant, sometimes sharp...
The old toad said he would fight that nearly invincible World Creation Divine Tree in the future. His daughter Nanaise even said he would be killed by someone with a single slap in the future...
Whichever result, both foretold a very dangerous road ahead. The Otsutsuki clan was undoubtedly Ryun's destined tribulation in the future.
"Dad..."
After a long silence, Nanaise could finally no longer restrain herself. She tugged at her father's sleeve, bringing him back to his senses.
"Hmm..."
"Is that all you saw? Are there any other noteworthy future scenes?" Ryun asked, looking at the old toad on the main seat.
"No more... Your destiny appears very blurry. I cannot piece together any useful information..." The Great Toad Sage shook its head in response.
"Alright..."
Ryun nodded, somewhat helplessly.
"Regarding the 'Eternal Night' curse, even I cannot easily lift it... But I have a method to try. However, the risk is great. You might suffer mental trauma, or even lose your life because of it... It depends on whether you dare to try..."
Ryun returned to the topic of the Great Toad's blindness and gave it a choice.
The move Eternal Night 'injures the enemy one thousand, damages oneself five hundred'. Even Ryun himself had to bear the price of temporary blindness. This curse was not easy to lift, even with his current Nine Tomoe Rinnegan.
"Since Lord Ryun has a method, then please try it without hesitation..." The Great Toad Sage smiled as it gave its response, seemingly not taking the so called life and death risk seriously.
"Great Lord, are your ears failing? Did you not hear clearly the risk Lord Ryun mentioned? You might die!" Fukasaku could not help but loudly remind it.
"I heard clearly. He said the risk is great. I might suffer mental trauma, and I might die..." The Great Toad Sage repeated seriously.
"Then you still want to try? Perhaps it's better to..."
"I still want to see Mount Myoboku again!" Before Fukasaku's advice could finish, the Great Toad Sage interrupted him.
Seeing the Great Lord's determined expression and tone, Fukasaku knew he could not persuade him.
"Since you insist, then let's try... But let me be clear upfront, I have already warned you. If I accidentally injure, or even kill you, the toad clan cannot blame me for it..."
Ryun actually did not have great confidence in lifting the curse, and was not very willing to lift the blindness curse for it to begin with...
Because his future self attacking this old toad might also have been because it saw something it should not have, leading his future self to use an ocular technique to punish it.
Since this possibility could not be ruled out, Ryun was somewhat reluctant...
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