Chapter 105: Gamabunta
"Naruto, how about I teach you a very powerful Ninjutsu today?"
"Not interested!"
"That is a hand-signless Ninjutsu! It once resounded throughout the entire Ninja World!"
"You?" Naruto turned his head and looked Jiraiyaup and down. Although his expression looked very serious, the craftiness in his eyes couldn't be faked. "I don't believe you!"
Jiraiya put on an expression of being utterly dejected, but then immediately revived, full of energy. He struck a pose he thought was very cool and began his boring self-introduction.
"I know, I know!" Naruto said with a look of disgust. "Perverted Old Man is the Toad Messenger, the number one handsome guy in the Ninja World, but where is your toad?! Where is your Immortallook?!"
"I..." Jiraiya was momentarily speechless. He grabbed Naruto's wrist and dragged him toward the outskirts of Konoha. "It's not convenient to show it here, come with me!"
Although Jiraiya's behavior in front of Naruto was always that of someone whose brain wasn't working very well, Jiraiya was actually very clear-headed, and his observation and investigation of Naruto had never stopped for a moment.
Jiraiya's judgment actually coincided with Kakashi Hatake's; Naruto was indeed too perfect, perfect to the point of being unrealistic. But after spending time together recently, Jiraiya had dispelled his own suspicions.
Because Naruto was not a perfect person; he was a bit black-bellied, a bit sharp-tongued, and even loved to play pranks.
As the primary victim of these small shortcomings of Naruto, Jiraiya undoubtedly had the most say, because the area around the women's bathhouse and the walls were plastered with big-character posters by Naruto, all filled with words criticizing Jiraiya.
Because of this, Jiraiya hadn't been able to properly gather research material for several days. Even if he did go, this guy Naruto would coincidentally appear to sabotage him, and then coincidentally let Jiraiya be discovered by the female victims...
Although Naruto used this to clear the "peeping pervert" label from himself, Jiraiya's reputation had become even worse among the female groups.
Since the suspicion of Naruto in Jiraiya's heart had dropped to the minimum, such a Genius Narutonaturally gained Jiraiya's regard, and many key Ninjutsu should be taught to Naruto.
"Watch closely!"
On a cliff on the outskirts of Konoha, Jiraiya bit his thumb and slammed it onto the ground. As a puff of smoke rose from below the cliff, Jiraiya spread his arms and dove headfirst off the cliff!
"Perverted Old Man! Have you got a death wish?!"
It was unclear whether Naruto's nervousness was real or fake, but the moment Jiraiya jumped off the cliff, Naruto launched a rescue.
But whether to save him was one thing, and whether he needed saving was another.
When Naruto rushed to the edge of the cliff, a giant toad, half a head taller than this hill, appeared before Naruto's eyes, and Jiraiya was standing on top of this toad's head, striking a rather flamboyant pose.
"Jiraiya, what is the matter that you summoned me?!"
The thunderous-voiced Gamabunta was puffing on a large pipe, his fierce-looking Face crawling with displeasure. After seeing there were no enemies around, his displeasure grew even further.
"If there are no enemies, I'm going back. Don't bother me if there's nothing going on!"
Gamabunta had a fiery temper. Even though his relationship with Jiraiya was quite good and they had been partners fighting side-by-side for years, it was only natural that he would be in a bad mood if he were summoned for no reason.
"Boom!"
With a puff of smoke, Gamabunta disappeared. Jiraiya naturally couldn't maintain his flamboyant pose, and after flailing about in the air, he was saved by Naruto using a Kunai tied with steel wire.
"Hey! Is this the toad you were talking about?" Although Jiraiya didn't need Naruto's help, since Naruto had already saved him, his attitude was naturally even more arrogant. "To be honest, other than its size, I don't see where your Summoned Beast is powerful. If you count its temper, then just pretend I didn't say anything."
"Naruto, you know this is a Summoned Beast?"
"Tch! I was first in my class when I graduated, okay?" Naruto said with a look of disdain. "Besides, Hokage Grandpa taught me long ago. If it weren't for Hokage Grandpa saying there was a more suitable Summoned Beast for me, I would have contracted the Monkey King Enma clan when I graduated!"
After hearing Naruto's half-mocking, half-explaining words, Jiraiya's gaze toward Narutobecame even more fervent. He took the huge Sealscroll from his back without further ado and spread it on the ground in front of Naruto.
"See that blank space at the bottom? Sign your name, and a powerful Summoned Beast will belong to you!" Jiraiya pointed to the blank corner at the end of the huge scroll, urging Naruto.
Naruto's gaze followed the direction of Jiraiya's finger. After seeing the name that appeared in the last line, the grief in his heart suddenly resurfaced, and his heart skipped a beat.
"Did Father also contract a Summoned Beast from the Toad clan back then?"
Naruto felt his vision blur. After holding it back, he gave up on teasing Jiraiya further. He bit his finger, lay on the scroll, and right next to the four characters "Minato Namikaze", he wrote his own name below.
"Didn't you say you didn't like it?!" Seeing Narutowrite his name, Jiraiya was first invigorated, but then remembered Naruto's previous actions, so he wanted to tease Naruto. "In the end, you still have to drink this Immortal's foot-washing water!"
"Someone drinks that foot-washing water themselves!" Naruto retorted. "It's just that someone is too pitiful, and I couldn't bear to watch it anymore!"
"You and that mouth of yours..." Jiraiya knew he couldn't beat Naruto in a verbal argument, so he gave up the idea of continuing to bicker with Naruto. "I will teach you..."
Before Jiraiya could finish, Naruto used the blood still on his finger, slammed his right palm onto the ground, and a pitch-black summoning formula instantly began to spread. With a puff of smoke, Gamabunta was summoned again.
"Jiraiya! I've said it before, don't summon me casually when it's not time for battle!"
"This time it wasn't me..."
"If it wasn't you, could it be that brat?" Gamabuntapuffed a large cloud of smoke from his nostrils. "I think you're getting more useless as you age, Jiraiya. Can this brat's Chakra level handle the Chakra consumption required to summon me?"
"Can you use your brain when you speak?! Jiraiya!" Whenever Gamabunta's fiery temper exploded, he wouldn't give Jiraiya any Face at all.
"Although you are quite right, Big Toad, you were indeed summoned by me." Naruto took a step forward, standing parallel to Jiraiya. "My Chakralevel is more than you can imagine!"
"You let this brat sign the contract scroll?!" Gamabunta's expression was even gloomier than before. "Even if you let him sign it, I won't acknowledge this kind of brat!"
"He is very likely the person in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy!" Jiraiya explained.
"This..." The previously furious Gamabuntainstantly went silent. Although it had a big temper, the Great Toad Sage was not someone it could lash out at casually.
"In the future, if there is no battle or emergency, don't bother me casually!"
After dropping this sentence, Gamabunta turned into smoke again and returned to Mount Myōboku.
"Are all toads this bad-tempered?" Naruto asked Jiraiya.
"Gamabunta is an exception; the other toads have very good temperaments." Jiraiya had a headache; he had really embarrassed himself today.
However, who was Jiraiya? He was powerful, bold and meticulous, lecherous, and thick-skinned!
Soon, Jiraiya's state of mind returned to normal. After laughing it off, a deep blue sphere suddenly appeared in the palm of his right hand.
Under a thin layer of Chakra blocking it, the compressed, rotating, and violent Wind ReleaseChakra inside the sphere was clearly visible. If it hit a human body, it would definitely cause disability if not death!
"Want to learn it? I'll teach you!"