Unlucky Green Snake and Ten Thousand Snakes

As Yeyu spoke these words, Garaga, who was lying on the ground licking his wounds, gritted his teeth.

"Brat, you're too arrogant."

"Do you even deserve to summon us?"

Garaga had never witnessed Yeyu's strength.

He assumed the boy was merely prey for Tagorihime.

Yeyu glanced at Garaga, then ignored him.

He turned his head to look at Tagorihime. "Why were you so angry just now?"

Tagorihime raised her head and said haughtily, "Because you have learned Sage Mode, you are an excellent contractor of Ryūchi Cave, and White Snake Sage will not allow you to die here."

Yeyu nodded. "I see. No wonder you were so worked up."

"You must be worried about punishment from White Snake Sage, right?"

Tagorihime nodded. "Indeed."

However, Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime, standing to the side, looked at Tagorihime with expressions of doubt.

Yet, Tagorihime spoke calmly, showing no other emotions.

Tagorihime continued, "Besides, is your chakra volume really enough to summon us?"

"If you were to summon us, you would likely exhaust more than half of your chakra."

Yeyu was quite confident in his own chakra reserves. "That wouldn't be the case. As long as I enter Sage Mode, my chakra volume multiplies several times over. Summoning you should be quite easy; it won't require that much chakra."

Tagorihime rolled her eyes at Yeyu. "Boasting again. Summoning us requires several times more chakra than summoning Garaga and his kind."

Yeyu did not offer further explanation.

"But if I truly summon you when the time comes, you won't just stand by and watch, will you?"

"Although I haven't signed a contract with you, I have signed one with Ryūchi Cave."

"If I summon you by force, you will still have to go."

"It's just that the amount of chakra required is indeed much higher than if I had signed a direct contract with you."

Tagorihime frowned slightly.

She seemed to be thinking of something.

She said coldly, "Hand."

"What?"

"I said, hold out your hand." Tagorihime pulled Yeyu's hand toward her.

With a swipe, she cut a wound on Yeyu's finger.

A drop of blood quickly appeared.

Tagorihime then cut a wound on her own hand.

She mixed her blood with Yeyu's and took out a scroll.

She wrote Yeyu's name and her own on it.

Then, she put the scroll away.

"There. If you are confident you can summon me, then give it a try. But if your chakra isn't enough, it will drain you dry."

Yeyu looked at the wound on his hand.

"I thought you didn't want to be summoned by me?"

Tagorihime replied, "You are an excellent contractor of Ryūchi Cave. If you were to consume extra chakra because you hadn't signed a contract with us, White Snake Sage would surely blame us."

"I would never make such a mistake."

Yeyu nodded. "I see. You are quite afraid of White Snake Sage. Whenever she is mentioned, you become willing to do things you previously refused."

"Of course. White Snake Sage is the master of Ryūchi Cave."

Tagorihime explained.

Tagitsuhime and Ichikishimahime were left bewildered as Tagorihime also cut wounds on them and wrote Yeyu's name on their respective scrolls.

The two only reacted after Tagorihime had finished everything.

"Tagorihime, you—you—what are you doing?"

"We don't want to be summoned by this guy."

The two did not have a good impression of Yeyu.

The question Yeyu had asked the three of them in front of White Snake Sage earlier was truly lewd.

Deep down, the two still detested Yeyu.

Tagorihime smiled. "If you aren't afraid of White Snake Sage's blame, you can choose not to respond to his summons."

The two immediately fell silent.

The way they looked at Yeyu was far from friendly.

Yeyu was actually a bit surprised; he hadn't signed a summoning contract with Garaga, but had instead signed one with the even stronger Three Princesses.

At the very least, the strength Tagorihime displayed was absolutely at the level of a Kage-tier powerhouse.

Her taijutsu alone could crush a whole host of Jonin.

If Guy didn't open the Eight Inner Gates, he wouldn't be a match for Tagorihime.

And he would have to open at least the seventh gate.

The sixth gate wouldn't be enough.

Yeyu had essentially gained the support of three Kage-tier powerhouses; he had struck gold on this trip.

Since Tagorihime was so powerful, the other two princesses naturally wouldn't be any weaker.

In reality, the three princesses were equal in strength, only their specialized abilities differed.

Meanwhile, Garaga, wailing on the ground, was completely forgotten.

Yeyu and the three princesses even ignored its clamoring about going to tell White Snake Sage.

Since White Snake Sage hadn't said a word, it was a tacit approval of Tagorihime's actions.

Yeyu had originally intended to leave Ryūchi Cave once things reached this point.

However, after leaving Garaga's cave, he ran into Aoda, who was out foraging for food.

Although he had the three princesses, Yeyu still wanted a large-bodied snake to suppress the situation.

Thus, he made a move on Aoda.

Beaten until its face was bruised and swollen, a bewildered Aoda became Yeyu's summoning beast.

It wasn't until Yeyu and the three princesses had left that it finally came to its senses.

"I became that guy's summoning beast?"

"Then why did he beat me into this state? I didn't even say I was unwilling, damn it!"

Poor Aoda didn't even understand what had happened; it hadn't even attacked Yeyu, it had merely greeted the three princesses, only to be brutally beaten by Yeyu.

Aoda had a rather good personality.

If Yeyu had just said he was someone recognized by White Snake Sage, it would have willingly become Yeyu's summoning beast without needing him to lay a hand on it.

Its personality was the best among all the large snakes in Ryūchi Cave.

It was just that Yeyu had signed the contract with Aoda on a whim, so he had simply beaten it up to save himself the trouble of talking.

And when passing by Manda's cave, although Yeyu didn't sign a contract with it, he still gave it a sound beating.

The reason was that this guy had cursed Yeyu for no reason.

The three princesses didn't step in to stop him, merely watching from the sidelines.

Yeyu naturally knew the limits when he struck.

Although it looked a bit miserable, there were no fatal injuries.

With the powerful self-healing abilities of a summoning beast, it wouldn't take long to recover.

Manda was actually just habitually foul-mouthed.

It hadn't expected Yeyu to be someone who wouldn't indulge it like Orochimaru did.

He returned to White Snake Sage's cave.

Seeing that White Snake Sage was still sleeping, Yeyu didn't disturb her and used the Flying Thunder God technique to leave Ryūchi Cave.

Yeyu had gained a great deal from this trip.

The biggest harvest was learning the senjutsu of Ryūchi Cave.

After entering Sage Mode, Yeyu's chakra increased five to six-fold.

This meant that once in Sage Mode, Yeyu's chakra volume was comparable to that of the full-form Nine-Tails.

This was also the reason why White Snake Sage was so incredibly shocked when Yeyu entered Sage Mode.

The growth of Yeyu's chakra upon entering Sage Mode was truly terrifying.

In all the years of Ryūchi Cave, no one had ever achieved such a feat.

After Yeyu left, the three princesses came to White Snake Sage.

White Snake Sage, who had been sleeping just a moment ago, was now wide awake, coiled upon her stone chair.