Uzumaki Naruto tried to ask Mount Myōboku for aid, but failed. Facing the puppet army closing in on him again, he had no choice but to activate the Four-Tails mode he still could not fully control, sinking into one last desperate struggle.
Meanwhile, after narrowly escaping with his life and returning to Mount Myōboku, Gamabunta calmed his wildly pounding heart just a little, then hurriedly limped off to find the two sages in charge of Mount Myōboku.
"Lord Sage Fukasaku, Lady Shima, this is bad!"
Gamabunta's voice was filled with uncontrollable panic.
"What is it, Bunta?"
Sage Fukasaku, whose entire body was only about the size of one of Gamabunta's toes, frowned. "Why are you in such a panic?"
Gamabunta had originally been the leader of Mount Myōboku's younger generation of toads. Though he usually carried a bit of a gangster air in the way he did things, both his talent and strength were considerable. If nothing unexpected happened, then several hundred years later, he might even have become Sage Bunta.
But ever since he lost a leg, he had grown more and more dispirited by the day. Fukasaku and Shima had tried to talk him around before, but it had not worked very well.
Now, seeing him in such a flustered state, the two of them shook their heads inwardly even harder.
"Lord Sage Fukasaku, I think our Mount Myōboku summoning contract has been leaked!"
Gamabunta stopped in front of the two toad sages and spoke while panting heavily.
"Hm? How is that possible?"
Fukasaku was instantly startled. "Where did you hear that?"
"It's like this. Today, I was resting as usual when I suddenly sensed a call from the summoning contract..."
Gamabunta carefully described everything he had just experienced, then said with lingering fear all over his face,