"What, a meeting?"
Satoru was pondering how to deal with his precognitive abilities when an Anbu Ninja delivered a message.
He immediately stood up upon hearing it.
"Yes, Lord Satoru, is there something important?
But please, Lord, attend the meeting.
Because this matter concerns Konoha's survival."
The Anbu Ninja respectfully said.
This was the former Acting Hokage, a powerful Ninja.
However, with a mission at hand and important deployments concerning Konoha, he still explained the general reason.
"Ahem, I understand, I'll prepare immediately."
Satoru's eyes flashed with blurry white images, swaying back and forth.
His face, which hadn't blushed in over a decade, concentrated all its color on this day.
It was too embarrassing.
He had only just used the Psycho Mind Transmission, and the images in his mind hadn't faded yet, and now he was about to meet the main person.
He felt somewhat sorry for Ayame, who was at home with the children.
No, that's not right, I have nothing to be sorry for to Ayame, I just inadvertently glanced, and didn't do anything.
Why should I feel guilty?
It's all Jiraiya's fault, that pervert.
The Anbu Ninja felt that Satoru was a little strange, but hearing his words, he still retreated... At this moment in Ryūchi Cave, the White Snake Sage bit Kabuto.
A sinister natural energy injected into his body.
Then the White Snake Sage returned to her seat.
"Another Ninja seeking power, I wonder if you can withstand it?"
The White Snake Sage's eyes showed an interested expression.
It had been a long time since anyone could withstand the Sage power of Ryūchi Cave, and she was still very curious.
One must know that even Orochimaru, who had the strongest talent before, could not withstand the erosion of natural energy.
At the same time, the movements from all over the world entered her mind, and Jiraiya, the teacher of Mount Myōboku's destined child, also died as predicted.
"The turning point of fate is complete, I wonder if this guy in front of me can be of use."
White smoke billowed from the White Snake Sage's pipe.
She watched as the body below twitched continuously, seemingly showing signs of complete snake transformation, though it hadn't fully turned into a snake.
As the body's transformation completed, Kabuto had completely changed his appearance.
From beneath his robe, Kabuto slowly raised his head and looked at the White Snake Sage.
"Thank you for the Sage's gift, I will make good use of this power."
This power was too wonderful, was this the power that even Lord Orochimaru couldn't control? It was truly perfect.
Feeling the strength of his body, he could feel his vitality had made a qualitative leap.
All other aspects were enhanced in every way.
He felt that he had surpassed Lord Orochimaru, transforming from a snake into a dragon.
"Not bad, you are the first person in Ryūchi Cave to achieve Sage Mode in a hundred years.
Your luck and ability are both good."
Although the White Snake Sage felt she had lost a delicious meal, she didn't care much and praised him.
"And it's very perfect..."
...Satoru opened the door and quietly walked into the conference room.
He didn't know why, but he felt a sense of guilt.
He didn't even dare to glance at Tsunade, relying entirely on his senses to guide him.
"Satoru, why aren't you looking people in the eye?"
Just then, Tsunade's words reached Satoru's ears.
Satoru awkwardly turned his head.
The moment he saw Tsunade, it was as if something snow-white flashed before his eyes, followed by a powerful, heavy fist.
He quickly blinked his eyes to remove that image.
Looking at Tsunade's solemn face, he finally managed to dispel that image a little, and awkwardly chuckled: "Hokage-sama, I was just thinking about a new Ninjutsu problem."
"Is that so?"
Tsunade's solemn face turned suspicious.
She didn't know why, but she had that feeling of being spied on again.
Was it Satoru's sensory ability, so her intuition was thrown off?
"Yes, a very difficult problem to solve.
By the way, I heard that Lord Jiraiya died, killed by that person with the Rinnegan."
Satoru quickly changed the subject.
The Anbu had already roughly explained the issue.
Bang!
Tsunade slammed her hand on the conference table, her face showing anger.
Immediately startling everyone else in the conference room.
"Everyone knows now, Jiraiya has sacrificed himself."
After calming down, Tsunade said seriously.
All the high-ranking officials also fell into a heavy silence.
Even Lord Jiraiya...
"To prevent us from having time to prepare, I deduce that Akatsuki will move against Naruto within a short period..."
Tsunade explained the seriousness of the situation.
For a moment, the entire meeting entered a somber atmosphere.
Only Satoru and Danzo Shimura had relatively calm expressions.
Satoru looked at Danzo Shimura, this old fox, it seemed he wanted to return to the center of Konoha's power.
After being dismissed from his Root position by the Third Hokage, as a former high-ranking official, the power he held consisted only of the Shimura Clan, the remnants of Root, and hidden forces.
Now it seemed he was about to step back into the spotlight.
Indeed, the Shimura Clan is, after all, Konoha's largest clan besides the Hyuga and Sarutobi.
Even larger than Ino–Shika–Chō.
It could be said to be one of the best-developed clans, it's just that besides Danzo, no one else has stepped onto the main stage.
"But he'll die soon, so there's no need to worry too much."
"Perhaps this is an opportunity."
Danzo, listening to Tsunade's words, glanced at Satoru.
Pondering the possibility of that idea he just had...
Time passed.
Cloud Gorge.
Sasuke, carrying Killer Bee, walked out of the Cloud Gorge's range step by step.
His three teammates behind him were also quite weak.
In the distance, two figures appeared, watching the disappearing Sasuke's team.
"Damn it, quickly inform Lord Raikage."
Swoosh! Swoosh!
...Mount Myōboku.
Naruto created a clone, constantly trying to turn into a frog, only to have the natural energy knocked out of him by Fukasaku.
However, Naruto was mastering it very quickly, that state of emptying his mind, entering'stillness' to absorb natural energy.
It wasn't just the foundation Jiraiya had laid for him.
Naruto could feel that ability to empty his mind while still thinking intensely.
If given enough time, he could achieve the 'Heaven and Man as One' state that Uncle Satoru talked about, which is to say, in rapid movement, to feel the'stillness' that Sage Fukasaku spoke of, and thus absorb natural energy.
This way, he wouldn't need to use the Twin Sages Technique and could absorb natural energy and maintain balance while moving.
Although he didn't understand the principle, Naruto just felt it that way.
"Uncle Satoru knows so much, he even knows things like this!"
Naruto recalled the combat training he had undergone under Uncle Satoru in the previous days.
The words Satoru had told him.
"Combat requires thought, don't rely solely on inspiration, actualize inspiration, turn inspiration into instinctive combat experience,
And to do this, you must empty your mind during combat, in the midst of a heated battle, free your mind to think about the fight,
And not let your body stop..."
It was very similar to the 'motion' and'stillness' theories Sage Fukasaku spoke of.