A Farce

Above the boundless, emerald-green forest, three giant Toad appeared without warning. Their enormous bodies, as large as Sangaku, inspired awe and fear.

The appearance of three enormous creatures caused the earth to tremble as if an earthquake of magnitude ten or more had occurred.

In the past two days, due to the Chunin Ninja Exams, a large number of Anbu ninjas have been conducting a thorough inspection of the village, and this scene was witnessed by many ninjas.

"That's Lord Jiraiya's summoning beast. What happened?"

"Something must have happened, and it's something extraordinary, otherwise Lord Jiraiya wouldn't have summoned a summoning beast."

"Lord Jiraiya has most likely encountered some kind of enemy. I never imagined that such a powerful enemy, one that even Lord Jiraiya had to summon a summoning beast to deal with, would infiltrate our village."

"Three Toad summoning beasts? I've never seen Lord Jiraiya summon them before."

In an instant, a large number of ninjas rushed towards Jiraiya's direction, including Anbu and many Jonin conducting a thorough inspection.

This incident also alarmed the Third. While processing documents in his office, the Third felt the house shake. Just as he was wondering what was happening, Anbu appeared and reported that Jiraiya had summoned three summoning beasts.

"Three summoning beasts, what has Jiraiya encountered?" The Third, a powerful figure, could remain calm and composed no matter what happened.

The Third muttered something softly, and the next second Third disappeared from his chair, reappearing atop the towering Third Hokage Rock.

Looking at the three enormous creatures in the distance, his eyes narrowed slightly. At that moment, several Anbu belonging to the Hokage Guard Platoon leaped up from below the Hokage Rock and knelt down before the Third.

"Lord Hokage!"

The Third Hokage waved his hand and immediately issued the order, "Notify the Konoha Military Police Force to issue a Level 1 alert. Have the villagers return to their homes and maintain village discipline."

"Yes!"

Immediately, an Anbu received the order, his figure flashed, and he rushed down the Hokage Rock.

The Third turned his gaze to another Anbu member and asked, "Has the Anbu investigated and determined what exactly happened?"

"Time is of the essence, so we don't know yet. All we know Lord Jiraiya suddenly summoned three giant summoning beasts, which must mean he's facing some powerful enemy," the Anbu replied in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, the Third's expression changed, and he said with an air of authority, "As the force guarding the village, it is your dereliction of duty to allow such a powerful individual to hide within the village."

"Lord Hokage, our Anbu will take full responsibility," the ninja said, bowing his head even lower. Beneath the ruthless mask, this Anbu Ninja must have been filled with immense shame.

Guarding the village was originally their job Anbu, but now a powerful figure had infiltrated the village without them noticing a single clue. This was the biggest dereliction of duty since the Anbu was established.

The Third said, "Now is not the time to assign blame. Immediately notify all Anbu to go on high alert. Since they were able to break through the village's barrier and infiltrate the village, it's definitely not just one person; there must be other ninjas who have infiltrated."

"Yes!"

The Anbu were about to leave after Anbu when the Third suddenly remembered something and called them back, saying, "Also, notify Danzo and tell him to send Root to cooperate with your Anbu operation. You must find all those who have infiltrated Konoha."

The appearance of the Toad threw the village into chaos, with the Anbu and Konoha Military Police Force all mobilized, and even Root joining in. The entire Konoha was placed on high alert.

Our protagonist, unaware of all this, stares intently at the enormous creature he has conjured.

Staring at the three enormous Toad, each tens of meters tall, above his head, Yemo was dumbfounded. This wasn't the first time he had seen summoned beasts, but the ones he had seen before were nothing compared to these three giant Toad.

Judging by their enormous size alone, it's clear how powerful these three giant Toad are. A single slap from one of them could easily destroy more than a dozen houses, and Yemo had no doubt about that.

The moment the Toad appeared, the bright sky turned dark. Their enormous size even blocked out the sun, and the shadows they cast made it feel like nighttime.

On his first use, he successfully summoned three spirit beasts, and Yemo couldn't help but show a look of joy on his face.

Jiraiya's face fell Jiraiya looked at the three giant Toad he had summoned, as if he had committed a grave error. Turning around, Jiraiya, and exclaimed, "Gamabunta, Gamaken, and Gamahiro! This is really bad! This is trouble, this is trouble!"

When Yemo unleashed his Chakra, Jiraiya guessed that Yemo would summon Gamabunta and the others, and that it couldn't be just one. The size of the creature summoned by Summoning Technique depends on the amount of Chakra, and Yemo used nearly half of his Chakra to summon such a large creature for the first time, which shows how terrifying that amount was.

This is why we had to stop Yemo; just imagine the commotion that would be caused if three giant Toad suddenly appeared in the village.

Jiraiya unaware that the situation was far more serious than he had imagined. The two of them had stirred up the entire village, and now everyone in the village thought they were being invaded and was on high alert, with a large number of ninjas rushing toward them.

Hearing Jiraiya mutter, Yemo was stunned for a moment. He looked up and was excited, thinking, "Are these the three giant Toad from Mount Myōboku? I didn't expect to summon them on my first summoning attempt."

The Toad in the middle has light red skin with dark red markings on its face. It has a pipe in its mouth and wears a gray robe with a white collar. This must be Gamabunta.

Turning his gaze to the right, he saw a figure entirely emerald green, carrying two enormous swords on his back, and a deep red cloth strip resembling a bib around his waist—this must be Gamahiro. The last one was Gamaken, wielding a weapon resembling a harpoon, carrying a shield on his back, sporting a U-shaped tattoo on his face, and dressed in black clothing similar to a ninja outfit.

Yemo remembered that Gamaken was the most polite of the three brothers, and he liked to say "because I am clumsy" in his speech, but in reality he was very powerful.

The summoned Gamabunta were somewhat bewildered, clearly not yet reacting. Gamabunta holding a snow-white sword over ten meters long, with a huge piece of roasted meat hanging from it, emitting a faint steam. Gamaken and Gamahiro were each holding roasted meat from an unknown creature in their hands.

Clearly, before Yemo summoned them, they seemed to be gathered together grilling something to eat. Just as they finished grilling and were about to eat, Yemo suddenly summoned them.

Gamabunta looked around in confusion, then, upon seeing Jiraiya on the ground, roared, "Jiraiya, why did you summon me out? Don't you know I just caught an Orochi and was about to have a feast? You'd better give us a reason, Jiraiya!"

A gigantic mouth opened in the air, accompanied by a tremendous sound and a hurricane. It was actually the breath of Gamabunta, but it felt like a Category 5 hurricane, and Yemo was almost blown away.

Gamabunta shut his mouth, and the hurricane instantly dissipated. Only then did Yemo regain his balance, thinking to himself, "As expected of Gamabunta, the most explosive-tempered of them all. Seeing is believing."

"Hey, Gamabunta, I have to make it clear first, it wasn't me who summoned you, it was him." Jiraiya didn't want to clash with the hot-tempered Gamabunta, not to mention Gamaken and Gamahiro, so he betrayed Yemo without hesitation, and even pushed all the blame onto Yemo.

"That cowardly old lecher!" Yemo thought to himself, utterly despising Jiraiya.

"You?"

Upon hearing this, Gamabunta focused his gaze on Yemo, and Gamaken and Gamahiro also looked at Yemo. The three Toad looked suspicious, and even Yemo felt a little uneasy facing three pairs of eyes that were as big as a room.

Taking a deep breath, Yemo calmed down and looked up, saying, "That's right, it was I who summoned you all."

Gamabunta was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter, scoffing, "Where did you come from, brat, spouting nonsense here? Do you know who I am? I am Gamabunta Gamabunta toads! Even Jiraiya would have a hard time summoning all three of us, how could you, a mere brat, possibly do it?"

Although Gamaken and Gamahiro didn't say anything afterward, their faces clearly showed disbelief.

Gamabunta swallowed the roasted meat from the snow-white cleaver in one gulp, then sheathed the cleaver behind him and looked at Jiraiya, saying, "Jiraiya, you old lecher, what do you want from us? I don't want to hear your nonsense."

Jiraiya raised his hands in surrender, pointed at Yemo, and said, "Actually, this brat is right. The three of you were indeed summoned by him."

"What did you say, Jiraiya?!"