Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

Chapter 479: The Light That Devours Everything

In front of the Mizukage Building, Kaito originally wanted to go up directly to meet the Konoha messenger.

But he suddenly remembered his original plan for today, and then looked at Zabuza beside him.

"Zabuza, you don't have to follow me. Transplanting the Byakugan isn't a major surgery, and I don't know when this will be finished, so I won't come."

"Go to the hospital and ask Dean Nakamura to help you."

As he spoke, Kaito took out a small scroll with the word "Byakugan" printed on it and threw it to Zabuza.

What is contained inside is naturally one of the two Byakugan that Team Ao had seized in the Land of Hot Springs.

One of them is now placed in Ao's eye socket, and the remaining one has been kept by the village and has not been used.

After much thought, Kaito decided to just give it to Zabuza.

It just so happens that Zabuza is also a perception ninja, so this makes the master and disciple a wonderful combination of both Byakugan and Jinchuriki.

It's just that originally Kaito was planning to perform the surgery on Zabuza himself today, but now that someone from Konoha has come, he simply lets Zabuza go to the hospital and let Nakamura Keiko do it.

Zabuza saw Kaito throwing such an important thing around, and he was so scared that he hurriedly and carefully took it over.

Although he knows that the Byakugan is placed in the sealing scroll, it will not be damaged even if it falls to the ground.

But this is what he will have to bear in his eye in the future, and Zabuza turned around and looked at the Kirigakure Hospital, which was in the opposite direction of the Mizukage Building.

'You didn't need me to come, you should have said so earlier!!!'

Fortunately, Zabuza still had his sanity and knew who was the king here.

He didn't dare to speak out loud the complaints in his mind, but just looked at Kaito with resentment in his eyes.

However, Kaito had no time to pay attention to the resentful look of a grown man. He turned around and said to Little Utakata who was following him closely.

"Utakata, go play with your Blue-sensei. By the way, let Kabuto go with Zabuza to the hospital to watch the transplant surgery. This kind of surgery is not common in our village, and it can be considered as gaining some experience."

When Zabuza, who was standing by, heard this, his eyes almost rolled up to the sky even though he hadn't even undergone the transplant surgery yet.

After simply arranging this little episode, Kaito looked at the silent Terumi Mei beside him.

After thinking about it, he waved and said,

"Come on, Mei, come up with me."

Upon hearing this, Terumi Mei raised her chin towards Zabuza, then followed Kaito with brisk steps.

Inside the conference room of the Mizukage Building.

Elder Genji and Ao faced the envoy from Konoha, and the three of them just sat there in silence, looking a little awkward.

The main reason was that they had already talked about most of the things that needed to be talked about, and since the Mizukage, Kaito, was not present, it was not easy for the three of them to start talking about the so-called business directly.

The visitor probably didn't expect that Kaito, the Mizukage, would not sit in the office like an NPC and wait for the task to be issued.

Instead, he dropped his work in broad daylight and went out to exercise.

Before, when he heard the villagers' discussions outside, he thought that Kaito was just a clone fighting in the training ground outside the village.

Fortunately, the awkward atmosphere did not last long.

With a creaky sound, the door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside.

As soon as Kaito entered the room, he saw a tall, burly, white-haired man wearing a red vest, sitting in the conference room in a somewhat awkward manner.

Although the man was wearing a ninja forehead protector, it did not have the logo of any ninja village on it. Instead, it had a big "Oil" character printed on it.

However, given the man's reputation in the ninja world, even if no ninja from Konoha showed up, I think no one would fail to recognize his identity.

This person is none other than Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, a best-selling novelist in the ninja world, the great toad sage of Mount Myoboku, commonly known as the Toad Sage.

Kaito did not expect that the so-called Konoha envoy who came today was actually this person.

'Come to think of it, it seems that among all the high-ranking officials in Konoha, the only one who has never dealt with me is this lecherous sage, right?'

'But according to the intelligence, didn't he travel the ninja world alone after Orochimaru defected? Why is he appearing as a Konoha messenger now?'

Recalling the information that the Anbu had recently gathered in his mind, Kaito smiled calmly and greeted him.

"I didn't expect that the famous Jiraiya would come to visit me in person. I have heard of you for a long time."

What Kaito said about 'having heard of you for a long time' was not a lie, he had 'known' Jiraiya for a much longer time than this body had even aged, so naturally there was a bit of sincerity in his words.

However, his greeting, which was somewhat sincere, made Jiraiya in front of him a little confused. He looked at Kaito with surprise.

Fortunately, it is customary not to hit a smiling person. The intimacy in Kaito's words also made Jiraiya more confident about the purpose of this trip.

After another round of polite greetings, Kaito finally sat down and looked at Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya-sama, what exactly brought you here this time? It hasn't been long since the last Chunin Exam. It's a pity that I didn't get to have a good conversation with Minato-senpai."

Seeing that the topic was getting on track, Jiraiya straightened his posture slightly.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he received surprised looks from everyone present.

"Mizukage-sama, do you believe in the prophecy?"

The sunlight coming in through the office window shone brightly on Jiraiya's long white hair, making him look like a charlatan at the moment.

Kaito was stunned when he heard this, and then immediately thought of the spiritual holy land of Mount Myoboku behind Jiraiya.

Thoughts raced through his head.

'Why is this guy here spreading feudal superstition instead of looking for the legendary son of prophecy?'

Not knowing what tricks the other party was trying to play, Kaito simply asked in a calm tone.

"The prophecy of the Great Toad Sage? What if I believe it? What if I don't believe it?"

Jiraiya obviously did not expect that after hearing the word prophecy, Kaito would immediately reveal the existence of the Great Toad Sage.

His expression was slightly stunned, and he recalled the scene when the Toad Sage summoned him some time ago.

The big toad sage, who usually appears to be in a daze and looks a bit like he has Alzheimer's, called out Jiraiya's identity when they met for the first time.

His figure was no longer as tired as before, and he spoke in a very serious tone.

"Little Jiraiya, I dreamed of an unprecedented change in the ninja world..."

When Jiraiya first heard the words of the Great Toad Sage, he didn't realize anything was wrong, and just asked anxiously.

"Has the child of prophecy appeared? Is it Nagato or Minato?"

The Great Toad Sage once predicted that his disciples would bring changes to the ninja world.

Jiraiya has also been following the prophecy, and regards finding and guiding the child of prophecy as his life's mission.

However, among his current disciples, Jiraiya believed that only Nagato and Minato had such potential.

However, when the Great Toad Sage heard Jiraiya's question, he just shook his head and spoke slowly.

"It's not the Son of Prophecy. It's a light that will devour everything."

(End of this chapter)