[You know where you need to make your mark next: yes, it's that naming battle.]
[But before that, you still need to put in a considerable amount of effort.]
[Luckily, there is still a long time before that crucial battle, enough for you to train.]
[In this safe rear area, you don't need to worry about food for Konan and the others. Konan and the others even get training opportunities themselves.]
[To deliver a stunning performance in that future battle, you begin trying to summon multiple summoned beasts at once.]
[But you soon encounter a new bottleneck.]
[Summoning two toads simultaneously isn't very difficult for you.]
[However, when you want to summon two different types of summoned beasts at the same time, you encounter an obstacle.]
[You try many times. You can feel you are only a little bit away, but you just can't summon the second type of creature.]
['Maybe I still need to start small?' You realize that wanting to directly summon two powerful summoned beasts in one step is unrealistic.]
[You can only start over. This time, you choose to summon snake-type creatures.]
[First summon a toad the size of a human head, then try to summon a snake.]
[This time, although you still feel an invisible barrier hindering you, this barrier shatters upon contact. You successfully summon a green poisonous snake.]
[This result excites you. You know the path you are thinking of is correct, and it just needs more time and attempts.]
[So, apart from time for eating and sleeping, you constantly practice summoning in a small courtyard.]
[The size of the summoned beasts you can summon also increases bit by bit.]
[After spending a month, you can now simultaneously summon a person-height toad and a three-meter-long python.]
[But you soon feel that the rate of size increase is gradually slowing down.]
'Encountering difficulties is normal.'
'And being able to achieve this at such a young age is enough to be called a genius.'
'But he still needs to work harder.'
'After all, time waits for no one.'
'Judging by Konan and the others' ages, that battle probably isn't far off.'
'At most three or four more years.'
'Little Takumi must succeed in summoning three different types of summoned beasts simultaneously before then.'
'So.'
'Keep it up!'
Takumi could only support the Little Takumi in his heart.
[Although you sense trouble, you don't get discouraged.]
[Because you've experienced this feeling before. You just need to patiently continue, and sooner or later, you will achieve the result you want.]
[It's just a matter of time.]
[You continue immersing yourself in the training of the Summoning Technique.]
[During this process, you summon many familiar toads from Mount Myoboku.]
[For example, Gamaken, holding an iron fork, or Gamahiro, carrying twin swords on its back. They are Gamabunta's brothers and also outstanding members of Mount Myoboku.]
[Time flies by.]
[Another year passes, and you are six years old now.]
[Looking at the Gamabunta, now as tall as a small hill, and Manda, over twenty meters long, your heart is filled with emotion.]
[You haven't slacked off for a single moment this past year and have finally reached this point.]
[Controlling Gamabunta and Manda simultaneously.]
[You have achieved two-thirds of your goal.]
[You still have three years left, so time is very sufficient.]
'Hard work pays off.'
'If you work hard enough, you can grind an iron rod into a needle!'
'Well done!'
'Good job!'
Takumi was filled with satisfaction.
He watched as Little Takumi repeated the dull Summoning Technique training day after day.
And often suffered backlash from failed control attempts.
He could empathize with that feeling of headache and dizziness.
It was like the state after drinking ten bottles of beer plus three bottles of vodka, then waking up with a hangover the next day.
It made life feel not worth living.
[You soon begin trying for the third type of summoned beast: the slug.]
[With your previous experience, you still start by summoning the three types of creatures in small sizes.]
[But something surprising happens to you.]
[Even with three small-sized summoned beasts, you actually cannot successfully summon them.]
[This discovery makes you understand that wanting the plan to succeed within three years is now full of uncertainty.]
[You cannot be sure if three years is enough for you to simultaneously summon Gamabunta, Manda, and Katsuyu.]
[This is related to your grand plan. If one of them is missing, it will definitely be significantly affected.]
[Although there is still a high probability of success, it will also be full of uncertainty.]
[All you can do now is try your best, to summon and control all three of them simultaneously as much as possible.]
'It seemed like just adding one more, but the difficulty indeed increased exponentially.'
'However, this also makes sense.'
'Summoning the same type of summoned beast only requires opening one door.'
'Then you just keep summoning the creatures from it.'
'But to summon three different summoned beasts, you need to open three doors simultaneously.'
'This isn't as simple as 1+1+1.'
'It's more like 1x1x1.'
'The increase in difficulty is very dramatic.'
'Now, the plan is full of uncertainty again.'
But Takumi outside can't do anything.
He can only watch the simulation proceed, unable to perform any operations.
At most, he can cheer for the Little Takumi in the simulation.
[After spending a month, you successfully summon a human-head-sized toad, a one-meter-long poisonous snake, and a human-head-sized slug simultaneously.]
[This progress makes you somewhat anxious.]
[Because in three years, the size of Gamabunta and the others will undoubtedly be much larger.]
[This is another challenge for you.]
[Another month passes.]
[You successfully summon a person-height toad, a three-meter-long python, and a person-height slug.]
[The difficulty of simultaneous control also increases bit by bit.]
[But the good news is, perhaps because summoning three different creatures simultaneously has enhanced your talent, you find the barrier to summoning three different creatures is gradually decreasing.]
[This discovery pleases you. Although the reduction in the barrier is almost imperceptible, overall, things are moving in a good direction.]
'Hmm.'
'Thinking about it carefully, that makes sense.'
'The talent description said that at extremely high levels, you can simultaneously summon an army of summoned beasts.'
'Since it's called an army, the number certainly won't be small.'
'Perhaps after the initial hardship, the difficulty of summoning multiple types of creatures might become less and less later.'
[Half a year passes.]
[You can now summon a five-meter-tall toad, a ten-meter-long python, and a five-meter-tall slug.]
[Everything is developing in a good direction. You are full of hope for the future.]
[A year passes.]
[You successfully summon a ten-meter-tall toad and slug, and a fifteen-meter-long python, and can simultaneously control them with your mind.]
[Although there is still a huge size gap compared to Gamabunta and the others, you now believe you can successfully summon all three of them simultaneously within the time limit.]
[Another year passes.]
[Because there are no summoned beasts of suitable size from the Three Holy Lands for you to summon, you can only repeatedly attempt to summon Gamabunta and the others together.]
[You can always summon Gamabunta and Manda simultaneously, but trying to summon a slug of comparable size at the same time always fails.]
[Despite this, you still don't give up, because every time you use the Summoning Technique, you can feel that barrier blocking you decreasing bit by bit.]
[Although imperceptible, it is indeed decreasing.]
[Day after day, month after month, year after year.]
[Finally, in the third year of your attempts to summon three different creatures simultaneously.]
[You succeed.]
[You simultaneously summon Gamabunta, Manda, and Katsuyu, and mentally control them.]
[Now, with everything ready, you only need to appear at the critical moment, at the critical location.]
'Luckily he made it.'
Takumi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
'If he had failed at the critical moment, that would have been disheartening.'
Whether the plan succeeded or not was secondary… it was about having flaws on the path to perfection.
It's really hard to accept.
Luckily, he finally succeeded.
Takumi was already fantasizing about the scene when Little Takumi made his move.
'It must be very refreshing.'