Chapter 290
Quiet.
Dead silence.
After those words, the entire shinobi world fell utterly silent.
No one had expected that at such a tense moment, the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku would actually back down—declaring that he would not pursue the matter of the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Yuta, killing Fukasaku and Shima. Instead, he placed the blame on the two fallen sages themselves for having provoked Yuta first.
Shocking.
Utterly shocking.
The Great Toad Sage, who had been revered for centuries, had shown no toughness at all. Instead, he surrendered immediately, excusing Uchiha Yuta's actions and shifting responsibility onto his own followers.
"Great Toad Sage… is this all you amount to?"
He had been humiliated, slapped in the face, and even had his two closest attendants slain before his very eyes—and yet he expressed no anger, no retaliation. Instead, he meekly shifted the blame.
It was shameless beyond belief.
Countless shinobi watching across the world felt contempt rising in their hearts. Some could hardly believe what they were seeing, while others sneered openly.
Perhaps if Fukasaku and Shima had known that their master would speak this way, they would have clawed their way out of their coffins in fury.
The Great Toad Sage—once seen as a godlike being of Mount Myōboku—now looked more like an old toad groveling for survival. His words dripped with cowardice, his every move betraying fear of offending Uchiha Yuta.
"Hahaha… how embarrassing for the Great Toad Sage."
"Not only embarrassing—he's groveling. Terrified out of his wits."
"The Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Yuta, crushed him completely. To the point where he dares not even speak harshly, and instead blames the dead."
"This is the great sage of Mount Myōboku? What a disgrace."
Uproar swept through every corner of the shinobi world. The image of the revered sage was shattered. People who had once longed for Mount Myōboku's blessings now looked on in scorn.
So this was the Great Toad Sage? Terrified of death, groveling before the Fifth Hokage, living in constant fear of provoking him further. A disgrace to his own legacy.
Even in Konoha, shinobi and civilians alike sneered openly at the display. The sage of legend now appeared more like a "Big Dog Sage," vividly embodying cowardice.
He had allowed his followers to be slain without lifting a finger, and dared not utter a word of defiance.
"I've finally seen the truth," one villager scoffed. "The Great Toad Sage should be renamed the Big Dog Sage. Incompetent, greedy for life, afraid of death."
"Forget it. He's not even worthy of being Uchiha Yuta's opponent," another said coldly.
"Pathetic. A so-called sage reduced to this."
Even those who had once respected Mount Myōboku now looked upon the sage with ridicule.
The most shaken among them was none other than Jiraiya.
He had once seen the sage's power firsthand on Mount Myōboku, had believed his words, and had revered him as a guiding force. Now, in front of Uchiha Yuta, the Great Toad Sage revealed his true face—bullying the weak, fearing the strong, and crumbling under pressure.
"Disgusting," Jiraiya muttered bitterly.
"Hahaha! As expected—the Great Toad Sage is nothing but a coward afraid of death!"
At the front of the square, Hyūga Hiashi couldn't help but laugh loudly. "Over the years, the Great Toad Sage has lived like a dog, without a shred of backbone."
"What use is backbone?" scoffed Uchiha Fugaku, his eyes cold. "As long as you survive, even if it means kneeling, it isn't shameful. To the Great Toad Sage, life is worth far more than pride."
Hiashi shook his head disdainfully. "From today onward, the Great Toad Sage's name will echo across the shinobi world again—not as a revered figure, but as a joke."
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