"Uchiha Ronglin is back?!"
"Yes, he's back."
"It happened this morning. And he's furious—he seems to be looking for the entrances to the two great sacred lands."
"This is troublesome." Bunta held his enormous pipe in his mouth, took a deep drag, and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.
Worry appeared on the giant, exceedingly ugly toad face. This was not good news for Bunta.
"The biggest question is, why did the Toad Sage join forces with the Slug Sage to do this?"
Tsunade had that question, and so did Minato and Jiraiya.
They clearly knew they couldn't provoke him carelessly, yet they still did it. This was no longer simply a matter of provocation—they had practically driven him into a corner.
"This..." Bunta hesitated as he looked at Minato before answering, "Actually, I don't know either."
What the hell!
Minato nearly stumbled and fell flat on his face. What kind of answer was that?
Could there be a more cutting answer than that?
"The Fourth Hokage was tricked by the Toad Sage and the Slug Sage into a cultivation space once left behind by the Sage of Six Paths. He couldn't get out. For ten whole years, without food or water, he endured like that for ten years. This is a serious problem."
Helplessly, Minato explained the whole sequence of events to Bunta with a wry smile. Bunta's toad face grew increasingly grim.
"Ahh..."
In the end, Gama Bunta could only let out a deep sigh and say helplessly, "All I can do is go back and report this. I hope you can hold Uchiha Ronglin back. Doing this was truly a last resort."
"Bunta, I think you should tell us why the Toad Sage and the Slug Sage did this."
Jiraiya stepped forward and looked at Bunta.
After