Chapter 99: Gamabunta.
Clack—
The main door opened, and Tatsuro, covered in slime, walked into his home. Shura dashed straight into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and began to rinse off.
After bolting the door, Tatsuro took off his slime-covered pants and underwear, tossed them into the washing machine, and then quickly rinsed his body. From the fridge, he took out some backup instant noodles; this was today's meal.
Shura also sensibly started preparing its goat milk.
"Isn't the Sage Mode of Mount Myowa different from yours, Lady Katsuyu? Are you sure there won't be any problems using toad oil for training?"
"It is different, but toad oil merely forces the body to absorb natural energy. Essentially, it's an auxiliary item, so there's no significant difference."
"Is that so?"
Tatsuro lifted his mattress and took out the 'Universal Summoning Scroll' stored underneath. This bed was originally solid, but Tatsuro had now chiseled a hole in it with a Rasengan to store the scroll.
"Then, Lady Katsuyu, when do you estimate I'll be able to instantly activate 'Sage Mode'?"
"Instant activation? That would probably take a year or two of practice. After all, it requires extremely high control over natural energy. Without the help of my slime, it's very difficult for you all to sense the natural energy in the air."
"A year or two, huh..."
Tatsuro looked at the instant noodles steeping in hot water, lamenting inwardly how difficult this thing was to train.
After finishing his instant noodles, Tatsuro unrolled the scroll. Placing his right hand on the "Summoning" characters, his consciousness gradually faded. When he opened his eyes again, he was already inside the scroll.
The sound of heavy breathing came from a nearby gate. Tatsuro carefully moved away. After all, the Nine-Tails could roar him out with a single sound, making him wonder who the true master of this scroll was.
He hadn't walked far when he saw Lady Katsuyu's division standing before an iron gate. He asked:
"Lady Katsuyu, who is locked up in here?"
"It's Gamabunta, Tatsuro-kun."
"Kid, I'm not a chatterbox like that slug. If you want to make a contract with me, you have to show me your strength. Otherwise, I'll kill you!" a deep voice boomed from within the gate.
"Ah, I know. But today, I'm just here to borrow some toad oil. We can talk about fighting some other day," Tatsuro called out.
"Fight me. If you win, I'll give you the oil."
"..."
"Let's go, next one."
Tatsuro turned to leave without the slightest hesitation. Are you kidding? This is my territory. If you're not willing, I'll lock you up for a lifetime. Contract or not, I don't even want it. Who do you think you are? Even Lady Katsuyu is here with me.
"There's really no helping it. Looks like Bunta, you're going to be lonely for a lifetime." Lady Katsuyu sighed with emotion and also began to leave.
"..."
Gamabunta fell silent for a moment, then shouted, "Damn brat, I'll give it to you! Open the gate!"
"Oh-ho."
Tatsuro turned back the way he came and asked, "Why give it now?"
Clang—
Gamabunta rattled his iron chains and said, "I'll make a contract with you, and you let me eat that damned slug."
"Huh!?"
The slug looked as if it had seen a ghost and said, "You can't make this contract, Tatsuro-kun."
"Isn't your main body here? What are you afraid of him for..." Tatsuro finished complaining, placed his right hand on the iron gate, and shouted:
"Open sesame!"
"Oh right, my main body is here, what am I afraid of him for?" Lady Katsuyu, having come to her senses, quickly called her main body over.
Due to the rock-paper-scissors relationship of Toad > Slug, Slug > Snake, Snake > Toad, when Lady Katsuyu heard Gamabunta wanted to eat her, her first instinct was to flee. But this restraining relationship only applied when they were of similar size. Her main body was more than five times larger than both of them combined; naturally, she wasn't afraid.
As the iron gate slowly opened, a massive long sword, dozens of meters long, came into view. Its sharp blade emanated waves of cold air, plunged directly into the ground.
Gamabunta was currently holding a pipe in his mouth, his four limbs tightly bound by iron chains. His yellow frog pupils stared intently at Tatsuro and Lady Katsuyu at the entrance. He wore black clothes, a black sword hilt at his waist, a scar over his left eye, exuding a domineering aura from his very being.
"Kid, I agree to make a contract with you. But when you summon me out, I'll fight you first."
"Alright."
Tatsuro also agreed readily. After all, who knew when he'd even be able to use him. Once he mastered 'Sage Mode,' he'd directly summon Lady Katsuyu's complete body. Wouldn't that be more awesome than this toad?
As Gamabunta lowered his head, Tatsuro jumped onto it. After writing his name, the iron chains on Gamabunta's body also vanished.
"Ah well, haven't moved these few days, my body is getting rusty. Let's have some slug to whet the appetite!"
Gamabunta directly pulled out the short sword stuck in the ground and swung it at Lady Katsuyu standing at the entrance.
(PS: From Tatsuro's perspective it's a long sword; from Gamabunta's, it's a short sword.)
"Help me!"
Lady Katsuyu turned and fled. Clearly, her main body hadn't arrived yet.
"Don't run! How dare you mock me, your great Lord Bunta! I'm going to make slug sashimi out of you today!" Gamabunta leaped several tens of meters with a single bound.
"Nooo!" Lady Katsuyu screamed. "Save me quickly, Tatsuro-kun! This stinky toad wants to eat me!"
"Hahaha!" Tatsuro laughed heartily; he didn't stop them. Instead, he found this situation quite amusing. Although Gamabunta said he wanted to eat her, he wasn't actually swinging his blade, just chasing her playfully.
As Lady Katsuyu's main body arrived, Gamabunta stopped chasing. He sheathed his short sword, rolled his neck, and said, "Damn brat, how much do you need?"
"Not much," Tatsuro thought for a moment and said, "Lady Katsuyu, split off a portion five times the size of the one outside. That's already my limit for summoning."
"Okay." A small slug split off from Lady Katsuyu's main body.
"Alright, then fill it up with toad oil, and I'll summon you out. I'll go out first to find a container. You can fill it up when it's ready. Sorry to trouble you, Lady Katsuyu."
After speaking, Tatsuro instantly vanished, his consciousness returning to the real world.
He immediately got out of bed and went to the bathroom to get an extra-large washbasin. He said to Lady Katsuyu, who was lying on the bed, "It's ready."
"Good, summon that part of my body over. It's already filled with toad oil."
"Alrighty then!"
Tatsuro bit his thumb and dripped blood onto the scroll. His hands quickly formed seals. He splayed his five fingers on the "Summoning" characters and shouted, "Summoning Technique!"
System prompt: [Points -1 (forced consumption), Cursed Energy -100 (forced consumption)]
With a "poof," Lady Katsuyu, her body filled with toad oil, appeared on the bed. She slowly crawled to the edge of the washbasin and spat out all the toad oil from her body.
After spitting it out, she said, "That was truly disgusting. Toad oil actually comes out of his mouth. I really want to slaughter that dead toad."
"..."
"You're not much better yourself..." Tatsuro complained internally.
Honestly, the 'Sage Modes' cultivated by toads, slugs, and snakes were all different, but they were all quite disgusting. One involved slime on the body's surface, another saliva. He didn't know about snakes, but it probably wouldn't be much better.
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