Naruto : Minato back to the past

"Great Toad Sage!"

Minato immediately bowed down with great respect, even though he was now the Hokage of Konoha.

Only then did the Great Toad Sage completely raise his extremely heavy eyelids.

He still looked drowsy, as if he would fall asleep at any moment.

"Minato, you're here," said the Great Toad Sage.

Minato nodded, then said, "Great Sage, what exactly did you want to tell me?"

"Remember what I once told you, that you have the opportunity to stop the disaster that will sweep the entire ninja world in advance?" The Great Toad Sage stared at him and said.

"Um."

Minato nodded. In fact, he had already had some guesses in his mind before coming to Mount Myoboku.

At the beginning, he believed that the man who could bring disaster to the entire ninja world was the masked man who released the Nine-Tails and attacked Konoha while Kushina was giving birth.

And the opportunity to change was this time—he could change history by defeating the masked man.

In fact, this time the masked man attacked Konoha again, but the difference from before was that he did not come alone, but brought many powerful assistants.

But Minato was not the same person he was back then. After a fight, the masked man still found a chance to escape.

Yet Minato had still changed history. Kushina was not separated from the Nine-Tails, and he never died by using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.

So, he didn't have to give everything to his newborn child.

Although until now, he still believed that the child of prophecy mentioned by the Great Toad Sage and Jiraiya-sensei was most likely that child.

"You failed, right?" The next moment, the Great Toad Sage said again.

Minato's pupils shrank slightly when he heard that.

"Great Toad Sage, what exactly did you see?"

Although he failed to defeat the masked man this time, Minato still had a long time to make up for it.

So he wasn't trying to defend himself, he just felt that success or failure was still uncertain.

"I didn't see anything."

The Great Toad Sage said, and then his voice sounded extremely long and somewhat filled with the vicissitudes of life.

"It's just... recalling some past events."

"Past?"

Not only Minato, but also Fukasaku and Shima beside him were slightly stunned.

Because the Great Toad Sage was the ancestor of Mount Myoboku, no one knew exactly how long he had existed.

"A long, long time ago, I met a person in the outside world," the Great Toad Sage continued.

"Hmm?" Minato and the others all looked at him.

"It's been so long, I can't remember his name, but he did have a title, I still remember it."

"People at that time seemed to call him the Sage of Six Paths."

"Sage of Six Paths!?"

Fukasaku, Shima, and Minato were all shocked, because the Sage of Six Paths was the ancestor of all ninjas in legend.

According to legend, he discovered chakra, invented the method of using it, and passed it on to the people of that time.

But the time was too long ago. Even among the most historically prominent clans in the ninja world today, the name of the Sage of Six Paths could only be regarded as a legend.

No one was really sure whether the Sage of Six Paths had ever existed.

Even though Minato and Jiraiya knew that there were indeed people in this world who possessed the legendary eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, no one could confirm the identity and authenticity of the so-called Sage of Six Paths.

However, if these words were spoken by the Great Toad Sage, the existence of the Sage of Six Paths would be confirmed.

Because the Great Toad Sage, who had existed for who knows how many years, may have indeed experienced that era.

"He also came to Mount Myoboku, and I gave him the power of the toads."

The Great Toad Sage went on to say what he described was most likely the power to manipulate natural energy—Sage Mode.

The ancestor of ninja, the Sage of Six Paths, actually also came to Mount Myoboku?

"So, old geezer, what exactly do you want to say?"

Although Shima, Fukasaku, and the others were shocked by the confirmation of the Sage of Six Paths' existence, was Minato called over just for such an ancient matter?

No matter how powerful the Sage of Six Paths was, he no longer existed in this world.

The Great Toad Sage pondered for a moment, and Minato, Fukasaku, and the others could only wait quietly in front of him.

Just when his huge eyelids gradually became heavy and were about to droop, the sage finally spoke again.

"I remember that time, I also made a prophecy to the Sage of Six Paths."

"The content of the prophecy is..."

"In the distant future, there will appear a blue-eyed boy who laughs and calls out the names of the nine great beasts. He will..."

The words stopped abruptly here. The Great Toad Sage lowered his eyes and fell into sleep again.

"What on earth is this old geezer talking about? He stopped mid-sentence. Blue-eyed boy, what does that mean!?"

Shima on the side complained that the Great Toad Sage was always like this.

Once he fell into a deep sleep, it was unknown when he would wake up again.

Maybe it would be several months later, or maybe dozens or even hundreds of years later, but this incomplete sentence caused a huge wave in Minato's heart.

No one knew what era would be in the distant future after the era of the Sage of Six Paths.

But the blue-eyed boy reminded Minato of the conclusion he firmly believed in at that time.

The young man in the prophecy must not be himself, but there was a great possibility that it referred to his newborn child.

And the so-called nine great beasts were the nine tailed beasts?

Everyone knew that any tailed beast was full of hostility towards humans, and humans' feelings towards the tailed beasts were a mixture of exploitation and fear.

The blue-eyed boy who playfully called out to the nine great beasts—could he be referring to the future Naruto?

In the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage, the person who could bring great changes to the ninja world and save it from future disasters, the so-called Child of Prophecy...

The Sage said that he had the opportunity to prevent the disaster in the ninja world from happening in advance, but he had failed.

So what he didn't accomplish would be achieved by his child?

And calling the names of the tailed beasts with a smile meant that Naruto could improve the relationship between humans and tailed beasts.

Could he use their power to prevent the disasters that would happen in the ninja world in the future and change the world?

"That is to say..."

"Even with this changed history, does Naruto still need the power of being a Jinchuriki?!"

After pondering for a while, Minato could only come to this one conclusion!

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