Sage Mode

"Hmph, don't think I don't know what you're plotting, kid!"

Jiraiya wasn't stupid either; he had his own calculations.

"It's fine if you want me to teach you the Summoning Technique, but we need to make a bet!"

Seeing Jiraiya's smiling face, Mirai smiled as well.

Damn it, this guy wasn't a good person either.

He was sly as a fox, just like that old man, the Third Hokage.

"What kind of bet?"

But in order to achieve his goal, he could let it slide.

I'll endure it. Enduring for now will make me even more awesome later.

Jiraiya said with a grin, "If you can't summon a two-meter-tall summoned beast the first time you use the Summoning Technique, then you'll take me as your master!"

"If you do summon a two-meter-tall summoned beast, then once you've mastered the Summoning Technique, I'll teach you a powerful secret technique!"

Jiraiya waggled his eyebrows, clearly convinced that he had Mirai completely figured out.

Jiraiya was extremely confident in this regard.

"What? There's an even stronger secret technique? Pervy Sage, you never told me about that!" Naruto protested.

Jiraiya shot him a glance, then ignored him.

"Oh?"

Mirai appeared to ponder it, but inwardly, he was overjoyed.

Isn't this exactly what I wanted? Jiraiya was being way too cooperative!

Damn, how did that saying go again? Jiraiya, you're my lucky charm!

Though he was bursting with joy inside, Mirai still wore a disdainful expression on the surface.

"Tch, you think I'm scared of you? Bring it on! I'll show you what a genius is—and what an idiot is!"

Naruto's face darkened at those words.

He understood this one. Mirai was indirectly calling him an idiot.

"Good!"

Jiraiya happily took out the summoning scroll and spread it open on the ground.

Mirai hardly needed any instruction; he had seen it done countless times before.

And Naruto had used it so many times just now—how could Mirai not know what to do?

Mirai bit his finger, then scrawled his name across the scroll before pressing his handprint onto it.

Once Mirai had finished writing, Jiraiya promptly said, "Form the seals: Boar—Dog—Rooster—Monkey—Ram!"

After saying that, he added, "Before forming the seals, gather as much chakra as you can. Otherwise, you'll only be able to summon little tadpoles!"

Mirai curled his lips into a smirk. Heh heh, watch me hit a grand slam!

The chakra within Mirai's body began to churn wildly as he mobilized it all.

As Mirai gathered his chakra, Jiraiya secretly speculated to himself.

What would he summon?

Gamabunta?

Probably not. Judging by his strength, he shouldn't have enough power to summon Gamabunta.

Feeling that victory was already in the bag, Jiraiya suddenly said to Mirai, "Mirai, this is your first time summoning a summoned beast, so don't put too much pressure on yourself!"

"As long as you can summon a one-meter-tall summoned beast, you're already a genius."

Mirai curled his lip. One meter tall? And he had the nerve to say that?

I'll open your eyes and show you what a genius is—what a true genius is.

At that moment, Mirai had finished gathering his chakra.

This time, Mirai had gathered nearly two-thirds of the chakra within his body.

One had to know that Mirai's total chakra reserves were now enough to crush even Kage-level experts.

Therefore, those two-thirds of his chakra were already an incredibly massive amount.

Mirai felt that with this enormous amount of chakra, he would definitely summon something extraordinary.

"Hmph, a one-meter-tall summoned beast? You're insulting me. If I'm doing this, I'm going big!"

Mirai slowly began forming hand seals.

As Mirai formed the seals, Jiraiya and Naruto both fixed their eyes on him.

After completing the seals, Mirai slammed one hand onto the ground and declared word by word, "Summoning Technique!"

As Mirai's words fell, a vast array of runes began spreading outward from beneath his palm.

Bang!

A sudden explosion rang out, and white smoke billowed everywhere.

Naruto and Jiraiya stared intently at the white smoke, both eager to see what Mirai could summon.

As the white smoke slowly dispersed, a miniature green frog appeared before them.

Naruto took a closer look, then burst out laughing.

"What? It's just a little green frog. What's so impressive about that?"

Jiraiya secretly rejoiced at his words.

Looks like I've won the bet for sure.

However, when Jiraiya turned his gaze toward that so-called little frog, he was so frightened that he nearly collapsed.

As for Naruto, he was still standing there, laughing foolishly.

He really had no eye for things.

The little green frog sized up the three oddballs before him and impatiently shouted, "Little Jiraiya, why did you suddenly summon me? What is it?"

Naruto, who had been grinning foolishly, jumped in fright when he heard the frog speak.

"Holy shit, the frog can talk!"

At once, an angry cross appeared on the little green frog's forehead.

With a kick of his legs, he leaped onto Naruto's head.

Waving his froggy palm, he launched a flurry of smacks at Naruto's head.

As he smacked him, he shouted, "You little brat, I'm a toad! A toad!"

After taking that barrage from the little green frog, Naruto howled in pain.

Meanwhile, Jiraiya was trembling.

In a somewhat hoarse voice, Jiraiya said to the little frog, "F-Fukasaku Sage, y-you're here!"

Jiraiya was completely dumbfounded.

How could Mirai summon him on his very first attempt at the Summoning Technique?

One had to know how enormous an amount of chakra was needed to summon him.

Could Mirai really gather such a massive amount of chakra in such a short time?

"A sage? Isn't he just a frog? What sage?" Naruto said unhappily, even less willing to believe it.

However, all he got in return was another smack.

Another bump rose on his head.

"Tell me, why did you suddenly summon me here?" Fukasaku Sage looked at Jiraiya. Seeing his awkward expression, he became even more puzzled.

"Well... Fukasaku Sage, actually, I wasn't the one who summoned you!"

"Oh! Then don't tell me it was that kid over there!"

Fukasaku Sage looked at Mirai behind Jiraiya, finding it hard to believe.

He could not believe that someone Mirai's age could summon him.

At that moment, Jiraiya nodded firmly.

"That's right. He was the one who summoned you!"

"What? It really wasn't you?" Fukasaku Sage was truly shocked.

"It really wasn't me," Jiraiya confirmed firmly once more.

Then, the man and the sage stared fixedly at Mirai, their eyes filled with disbelief.