When the people outside the cabin saw the commotion inside, they wanted to come down and help. But the thick toad stomach wall left them unharmed even as they hacked at it wildly. On the other hand, one of those standing nearby was wrapped inside the toad's stomach wall.
"Ah...!"
Where had those fanciful fools ever seen anything like this? They cried out randomly for "Daddy" and "Mommy." Two ducks and one duckling—the duckling ran away! Who cared about the captain's companions? Saving themselves was what mattered most!
Mirai signaled for the father and daughter to stay quiet. He went to the other side alone and used Mount Myoboku's unique secret technique—Frog Transformation—to turn the five people in the cabin into little toads.
He knew there was still one man outside the cabin. In order to create an atmosphere of terror aboard the ship, Mirai deliberately left one behind. Then he removed the toad's stomach wall, hid it together with the father and daughter, and released the soldier.
Batman had been covered by the stomach wall for a while. As soon as he came out, he coughed violently and gulped down the sea air.
"Cough, cough..."
"My mother... damn, what kind of ghost was that..." Batman trembled in fright, lying on the ground and not daring to move.
"Captain... Captain?"
Batman called softly into the cabin. All he heard were a few croaks from frogs, with no other movement.
The soldier thought, Maybe we ran into a toad demon!
He called for the captain several more times. Still, only several toads croaked loudly. Then one suddenly leaped out of the hatch, frightening the soldier into stumbling backward.
"Ah...?"
With a scream, he scrambled and rolled all the way back to the shore.
Mirai could not help laughing. He poked his