"Boom!"
With a burst of light smoke, Watergate didn't even have time to see what the toad looked like before he sat down.
Just now, he released almost all the Chakra in his body, but even so, according to his estimation, he wouldn't be able to summon a decent summon beast.
This kind of high-level ninjutsu that only Jonins are qualified to master, it's too much for him to use with his current strength.
He raised his eyes, and what he saw was a toad with a very strange shape.
The toad in front of the water gate was extremely long, like a long scroll that had been rolled up.
"Toad Shadow?" Jiraiya's face jumped when he saw the scroll toad.
The scroll toad first looked around, but it didn't pay attention to Watergate. It looked at Jiraiya and said, "Since you are in the village, you shouldn't need me to pass any information, so why did you summon me?"
Toad Shadow looked a little impatient, but when Watergate saw it, his blue pupils subconsciously shrank.
"Key … Key …" He subconsciously muttered something, and his expression became dignified.
Just when Jiraiya was explaining to Toad Shadow, Watergate's voice suddenly became louder, and he said in a hurry, "Toad Shadow, can you open the scroll and let me see?!!"
Toad Shadow and Jiraiya were surprised by Watergate's tone, and they both looked at Watergate.
"Watergate, what's wrong with you?" It was the first time Jiraiya saw such an expression on Toad Shadow's face.
"Hey, little brat, who are you?" Yin Toad was a little annoyed, especially when he was called directly by a child like Minato.
Watergate's expression looked a little crazy. He dragged his weak body in front of Toad Shadow, and immediately noticed that his tone was a little inappropriate, but he still looked a little anxious.
"I'm sorry, can you let me see what's written on the scroll in your body?" Watergate pleaded.
Toad Shadow still ignored him.
At this time, Jiraiya appeared beside Watergate, looked at Toad Shadow, and said, "You are summoned by him, according to the contract, you must obey his orders."
"Are you joking with me?"
Toad Shadow snorted, Watergate in front of him is just a seven or eight-year-old child, although it's not a powerful summoned beast, it's impossible to summon it without the strength of a Chunin.
"I'm not joking with you, can't you verify it yourself?"
Jiraiya said. Because of the contract, the summoned beasts have a trace of the shaman's Chakra attached to them.
Toad Shadow felt the trace of Chakra on his body with suspicion, and found that it wasn't Jiraiya's, but the same as the blonde kid in front of him.
In other words, he was indeed summoned by this kid in front of him!
"Please, let me take a look."
Watergate's expression was still a little strange, and he ignored Jiraiya's inquiry.
Toad Shadow curled his lips in dissatisfaction, but he couldn't violate the contract. He immediately formed a seal with his hands, and his body opened like a scroll, but there was nothing, it was blank.
He's not a combat type, but a scroll toad, used to transmit information. The last information he transmitted was eliminated under Jiraiya's signal.
Watergate stared blankly at the blank scroll in front of him, and something seemed to surge out from his mind.
He squatted down, and his palm went through his bangs to support his forehead. The red-haired girl appeared in his consciousness again, but this time, there was a trace of blood on the corner of her mouth.
And it wasn't just her, there seemed to be another person behind her, but that person's figure was even more blurry.
Watergate could only see that it seemed to be a man, and there was also a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth. Not only that, there was also an indescribable emotion.
Reluctance?
Relief?
Sadness?
Watergate couldn't tell what kind of expression it was, but it made his body tremble uncontrollably.
"Key …" He kept muttering this word.
Gradually, the image in his mind faded away, and the struggling look on his face relaxed.
"Teacher." Watergate finally noticed that Jiraiya was looking at him from beside him.
"Are you okay?" Jiraiya asked.
"En, I've made you worry."
Just now, his consciousness was a little blurry, but his body seemed to be trembling, and he seemed to be in extreme pain.
He raised his eyes and found that the scroll toad he had summoned had disappeared without a trace.
"Where's Toad Yin?"
Jiraiya smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and said: "He was a little unhappy that you summoned him out, so he canceled the summoning and returned to Mount Myoboku."
Although the summoning had a contract restriction, and the summoned beast had to obey the summoner's orders, the summoned beast also had the right to choose. Toad Yin was still considered okay, but if some of the stronger summoned beasts refused to obey the summoner, the consequences would be quite serious.
After all, the summoner was usually in battle, and no mistakes could be made during the battle.
"I was indeed rude just now." Watergate also knew that there was something wrong with his appearance just now.
Jiraiya said: "Compared to this, what's wrong with you?"
Watergate saw his teacher's worried expression, and wanted to tell him about the strange things that had happened to him recently, but there seemed to be a force that bound his heart, not allowing him to say it.
It was an extremely gloomy feeling, and it came from the bottom of Watergate's heart.
Unexpectedly, Watergate blurted out, and said: "It's nothing, maybe it's because today's cultivation was too forceful, and coupled with the excessive use of Chakra."
However, how could these slightly perfunctory words be hidden from Jiraiya, but he saw the helplessness in Watergate's expression, and did not ask further.
"Then you should go home early and rest, you still have classes tomorrow." Jiraiya said.
"As for the matter of me guiding your cultivation, it's best not to tell outsiders … After all, this is a secret order from the third generation."
Hearing this, Watergate nodded.
"At this stage, I can only teach you this much, and your future training will require your own perseverance. Run at least twenty laps around Wood Leaf every day. As for the time, you can allocate it yourself, I will create obstacles for you from time to time, and you'd better be mentally prepared."
"Yes, teacher!" Watergate nodded. Jiraiya replied with a smile, and then watched Watergate leave.
However, after Watergate left, Jiraiya's expression gradually sank, and he thought to himself as he looked in the direction Watergate left.
"This child, what is he hiding from me?"
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