Katsuyu Was a Smooth Ride

Gamaken could cover nearly a hundred meters in a single leap.

Sitting on his head, Kushina Uzumaki and Yoshino Nara felt as though they were on a roller coaster, racing up to the peak before plunging back down.

The air pressure was especially fierce on the way down.

The rushing wind blew both their hair into a mess.

They cheered with delight.

But whenever Gamaken landed, the impact sent a tremendous jolt through them.

Both girls took the full force of it.

With her Uzumaki Clan blood, Kushina Uzumaki was sturdy, and she loved the jolting sensation.

Yoshino Nara, however, belonged to the Nara Clan and was naturally more delicate.

The violent bouncing left her bottom aching.

The feeling of weightlessness as they dropped from high above frightened Yoshino Nara, too.

Unlike Kushina Uzumaki, who shrieked with excitement, Yoshino Nara screamed in terror.

Gamaken weighed more than three African elephants. When he slammed down from dozens of meters up, the ground shook like a miniature earthquake, accompanied by a thunderous crash.

The commotion startled the Ino-Shika-Cho trio training farther off in the woods.

Boom!

Shikaku Nara reacted the most strongly. His heart lurched, and he stumbled to the ground.

Lying there, he asked in a panic.

"What's going on? Are ninja from an enemy village attacking?"

Inoichi Yamanaka was nervous too. He immediately ducked behind a tree.

"Probably. Let's meet up with our fathers first."

Choza Akimichi was on guard. He looked up, spotted the cause, and said,

"It's not an attack. A giant summoned toad is jumping around over there."

"A giant toad?"

Puzzled, Inoichi Yamanaka and Shikaku Nara looked up.

They saw two small figures sitting on the toad's head.

They were too far away to make out their faces, but one had long red hair, while the