"Summoning Technique!"
Akaseki summoned an unusually large Cursed Seal pattern. Then, from the character "Vermilion Bird," a beak-shaped mask emerged—one of the masks that had previously been on Tanuki Treasure's back—followed by the body of a bird of prey...
"Eh? Wait... this is... You have other Summoning Beasts?" Ranwu stared in stunned disbelief.
Ranwu knew that Jiraiya had only taught Akaseki the Summoning Technique before leaving.
And besides...
From what Ranwu knew about Summoning Techniques, a ninja either formed a one-on-one contract with a single Ninja Beast or a cooperative contract with an entire clan of Ninja Beasts. It was rare for one person to sign contracts with multiple Ninja Beasts—after all, Chakra connections could interfere with one another.
No matter how she looked at it, the enormous bird before her was not a Tanuki...
Could Akaseki be the type who could connect with many of them?
"No, this is Tanuki Treasure," Akaseki said as though it were obvious.
"Tanuki!" The great bird actually spoke Tanuki language, then raised one of its talons...
Ranwu immediately saw several soft pink pads in the center of that claw, which otherwise possessed the biological structure of a bird of prey. They looked exactly like Tanuki Treasure's paw pads.
Ranwu: ...
"This..." Ranwu still could not accept it—did that prove it was Tanuki Treasure? It had changed far too much in such a short time!
"Didn't I say Tanuki Treasure has mastered nine Sealing Techniques?"
"You call this a Sealing Technique?" Ranwu mocked him at first, then seemed to think of something and muttered, "Wait... I guess that does make sense..."
"It does?" Akaseki raised his voice several notches.
"So you didn't understand it yourself either, did you?" Ranwu shot back without hesitation.
"Well... it's that, you know... Hahaha." Akaseki looked around, trying to