Morning.
After a night's rest.
Jiraiya's injuries were recovering well.
When this Instructor Jonin taught Akihara Kagura, he seemed to become more serious: "First, what I want to teach you is the Summoning Jutsu..."
This was the first technique Jiraiya chose to teach Akihara Kagura. Rather than just teaching the Summoning Jutsu, it was more that Jiraiya wanted Akihara Kagura to sign a Summoning Contract with Mount Myoboku, thus establishing a connection with it.
Mount Myoboku is one of the three great Sage inheritance places in the Ninja World.
Only in a Sage inheritance place can one have the possibility of learning Sage Mode.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had Jiraiya teach Akihara Kagura with the most important purpose being to let Akihara Kagura learn Sage Mode, because some of the powerful Wood Release Jutsu of the First Hokage Senju Hashirama were recorded as Sage Art.
If they wanted Akihara Kagura to truly become as powerful as the First Hokage, they must let Akihara Kagura learn Sage Mode. Currently, in the entire Ninja World, the only known person capable of Sage Mode is Jiraiya.
Through yesterday's lesson, Jiraiya did not consider Akihara Kagura to be malicious, so he decided to allow Akihara Kagura to sign a Summoning Contract with Mount Myoboku.
"Summoned beasts can help ninjas with many things..."
Jiraiya had always been adept at using summoned beasts from Mount Myoboku.
These toads could not only assist him in battle but also help with disguise, communication, and concealment, greatly assisting Jiraiya.
"Now..."
"First, let you sign the Summoning Contract with Mount Myoboku!"
"Ninpo: Summoning Jutsu!"
Jiraiya quickly formed hand seals and slammed his palm onto the ground!
A black Summoning Array appeared on the ground, and a puff of smoke rose from the summoning array, revealing a large toad.
This toad wore a loyalty token around its neck, with a scroll in its mouth. It gently extended its long tongue to place the scroll in front of Akihara Kagura.
"This is the Summoning Contract Scroll we've signed with Mount Myoboku for generations. Write your name with your own blood on the scroll to establish a Summoning Contract relationship with Mount Myoboku, and from then on, you can summon the toads of Mount Myoboku to assist you…"
The scroll slowly unfolded, with many rows entirely blank.
At the front of this Summoning Scroll were five names, with Jiraiya's name ranked second-to-last, and a name called Otsutsuki Hagoromo written first.
Akihara Kagura bit his finger and wrote down his name.
"... "
Jiraiya watched Akihara Kagura's actions, quietly speculating: "The Summoning Jutsu is a Space-Time Jutsu, and it relies heavily on talent. But since you could learn the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, plus your Chakra, you should be able to summon Wen Tai easily, or even Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima..."
Gama Bunta.
Among the toads of Mount Myoboku, Gama Bunta has extremely formidable combat power and is one of Jiraiya's most important partners, having aided him in many battles.
Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima, the parents of Gama Bunta, are elder-level figures in Mount Myoboku, and both are capable of using powerful Sage Techniques.
Most importantly...
These two sages are true mentors, not only teaching ninjas how to compose Sage Art Chakra but also assisting them in entering Sage Mode.
If Akihara Kagura could summon Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima, learning Sage Mode or utilizing it in combat in the future would become much easier.
"Ninpo: Summoning Jutsu!"
Akihara Kagura swiftly folded his hands to form seals, unleashing the Summoning Jutsu for the first time in the Ninja World, immediately sensing the summoning beasts he could call forth!
Aside from the Ten-tails' carcass within himself, there were also many summoning beasts from a hidden place, of all sizes, and Akihara Kagura issued the summoning command!
Mount Myoboku.
This is the reclusive place of the Ninja World.
Deep within Mount Myoboku's temple, a gigantic orange toad sat on a huge chair, sleeping soundly with his eyes closed.
This gigantic toad wore a string of Buddhist beads around its neck, with a "oil" symbol on a token in the middle, and a hat symbolizing wisdom on its head.
The Great Toad Sage.
The founder of the entire Mount Myoboku inheritance land and the highest authority there, perpetually in dreams, foreseeing the future from his dreams.
"It seems... someone is calling me..."
The Great Toad Sage seemed to mumble some sleep talk.
Beside the Great Toad Sage.
It was Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima attending on either side.
These two sages are small-bodied toads who usually prefer to walk upright, and their way of thinking is very human-like.
"Have you muddled your sleep again, old fool?"
Sage Shima was never too polite to the Great Toad Sage.
"Could it be another prophecy..."
Sage Fukasaku shook his head, planning to say something when he sensed a Summoning Jutsu contract call directed towards them!
"This is..."
"Someone is summoning us!"
"Is little Jiraiya in danger?"
Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima both sensed the summon.
In the entire Ninja World, only Jiraiya could summon them!
However, it was quite difficult for Jiraiya to summon them, as most of the time, he needed their help to enter Sage Mode. For ordinary battles, Gama Bunta or other toads were usually sufficient!
Just as the two sages planned to respond to the summons, the summoning command suddenly vanished, seemingly replaced by another Mount Myoboku toad's response.