Could their relationship possibly be bad?
Throughout Mount Myōboku, aside from the Great Toad Sage who slept all the time, nearly every toad with a name had received gifts from Hawking, probably more than once.
Moreover, many of those gifts did not exist in their world, and they had all been chosen according to their preferences.
As the saying went, accepting favors made one beholden. The toads of Mount Myōboku were no different.
Thus, although Hawking was a human who had accidentally formed a contract with the Toad Clan, everyone liked him. As long as his requests were not excessive, they basically never objected.
For example, when he wanted to officially sign his name on the contract scroll.
To Hawking, those were all things that could be bought with a little money. They were not worth mentioning.
If he wanted to build goodwill without spending money, Hawking was not smooth-talking enough for that. So he used the simplest and most effective method.
"Hey, Naruto, you're here so early?"
Seeing Naruto sitting cross-legged on a rock, deep in thought, Hawking walked over and greeted him.
The moment Naruto saw Hawking, he jumped down from the rock.
"Hawking, you came at the perfect time. I'm still not very good at using that Afterimage Fist you taught me last time. Teach me again."
"Sure. For the Afterimage Fist, you need to do it like this..."
Hearing Naruto's request, Hawking patiently began explaining.
Mount Myōboku was located in an extremely remote place. Even if Hawking flew at full speed using the Sky Dance Technique, with his current speed, he would not get very far in an hour, let alone have time to do anything else.
So if he wanted to leave Mount Myōboku and learn more ninjutsu, Naruto's value went without saying.
As long