Naruto's Trash Station

Ren narrowed his eyes and remained cautiously on guard. Though the so-called Dog Sage had supposedly told him to come today, who knew whether danger might appear?

His newly awakened sensory ability spread out, while he linked his mental power to the Trash Station. If anything went wrong, he could instantly retreat into the Trash Station.

After a moment of silence, no danger appeared. Instead, Ren saw a vast grassland, like a primordial prairie.

Ren looked up and saw blue skies, white clouds, and bright sunshine.

"What is going on? It should be nighttime right now. Why is it daytime here?" Ren asked in surprise, unable to make sense of it.

Suddenly, a gentle breeze swept over, carrying the scent of the grassland as it slowly drifted around Ren.

The breeze was filled with the breath of life, and the entire grassland brimmed with rich vitality.

Feeling that dense vitality, Ren said, "What kind of Summoning Beast clan has such abundant life force? And where is this so-called Dog Sage?"

As his words fell, the silent grassland slowly trembled, and then a creature appeared.

Ren's gaze froze slightly. "No way... It's actually a Tibetan Mastiff. Could the Summoning Beasts of Beast King Mountain be the Dog Clan?"

Ren was astonished as the Tibetan Mastiff before him, as huge as Bunta in the original story, let out a roar. "Woof, woof..."

The roar whipped up a fierce wind, and Ren brought his hands together, instantly preparing to form hand seals.

With such a strange scene before him, who knew whether more danger was lurking? Ren formed hand seals, ready to leave this place!

At that moment, an aged voice rang out. "Contractor... do not be afraid!"

As the voice fell, the enormous shadow before him slowly vanished, transforming into an ordinary-sized Tibetan Mastiff. Then, a small white dog appeared standing on the mastiff's head.

Ren could not sense any danger, so he carefully observed the small white dog before him.

The small white dog stood upright on two legs like a person, leaning on a little cane. Its dense white fur hung down like an old man's beard.

Ren fell silent for a moment before saying, "You are the Dog Sage!"

"Cough, cough..." After coughing lightly a few times, he said calmly, "That is right... I am the Dog Sage. After decades, a new contractor has finally appeared!"

As his words fell, the Dog Sage pointed his cane at the ground. Ren immediately discovered that he had vanished from the grassland and appeared in a brightly lit hall.

The Dog Sage sat inside the grand hall like an old man in his twilight years. Beside him were two not-so-large dogs: one resembling an Earthly Ghost-Faced Tibetan Mastiff, the other resembling an Alaskan Malamute from Earth.

"Cough, cough..." After coughing a few times, the Dog Sage said calmly, "New contractor, although you are still from the Uchiha Clan, success comes from the Uchiha Clan, and ruin comes from the Uchiha Clan. So be it, so be it... I hope you can become the hope of the Dog Clan!"

Hearing this, Ren spoke solemnly. "Success comes from the Uchiha Clan, and ruin comes from the Uchiha Clan. What exactly does that mean? Also, my grandfather once said that Madara Uchiha had slaughtered all the summoning clans of Beast King Mountain. Why do you still exist?"

Somewhat puzzled, the Dog Sage revealed a weathered expression. "Cough, cough... It seems you know quite a lot. Madara Uchiha could not kill off the Dog Clan completely, but that battle still severely damaged us. Every clan member capable of fighting was killed by Madara Uchiha. Those left behind were newly born pups that had not grown up at all. Madara Uchiha originally intended to wipe us out completely, but because this hall existed, he could not exterminate the Dog Clan. In the end, I traded a secret for the Dog Clan's chance of survival!"

As those words fell, Ren pondered slightly. "A secret in exchange for survival... It seems that secret must have been quite significant, enough to make Madara Uchiha abandon his killing. And Dog Sage, you should be a sage, right? Yet you were no match for Madara Uchiha?"

"Cough, cough... Naturally. Cultivating Natural Chakra is powerful, but it was still not enough to deal with Madara Uchiha. Of course, if it had only been Madara Uchiha alone, that would have been one thing. The key was that Madara Uchiha had also brought the Nine-Tails. Thus, the Dog Clan of Beast King Mountain was nearly exterminated. For the sake of my descendants' survival, I told Madara Uchiha the secret the Dog Clan had treasured in the past and exchanged it for a chance to live!" As the Dog Sage spoke, his eyes dimmed.

Ren said in surprise, "I see. But according to what you said, Dog Sage, there is barely any fighting strength left in Beast King Mountain now!"

At this point, Ren felt somewhat disappointed. The Dog Sage before him called himself a sage, so he should possess a method for cultivating Sage Mode. But if this summoning clan had no fighting strength, forming a contract with them would be of little use. Fortunately, he could still contract with other clans, or Ren would truly have suffered a huge loss.

The Dog Sage shook his head. "That is right... Beast King Mountain has little fighting strength now. Even the massive Tibetan Mastiff that appeared earlier was merely transformed under the influence of sage power. Sigh... Their true forms are actually what you see before you, but they possess the potential to grow. As long as their intelligence is awakened, they can grow rapidly and restore the former prestige of Beast King Mountain and the Dog Clan!"

As he spoke, the Dog Sage even became somewhat excited.

Ren was rather surprised. He stared at the two large dogs in the hall, one Tibetan Mastiff and one Alaskan Malamute. They looked adorably foolish, yet they had no intelligence. What was going on? Kakashi's seven dogs in the original story all possessed intelligence.

As if seeing Ren's confusion, the Dog Sage let out a long sigh. "Sigh... So be it. I will tell you everything. If no one supports the Dog Clan, our clan will truly perish. There will be no point in keeping that secret anymore!"

As those words fell, Ren said, "A secret? It seems the Dog Clan has truly reached a moment of life and death!"

The Dog Sage nodded and said, "The Dog Clan originated from a single dog. That dog was my father. My father was called Xiaobai, and he was once Asura and Indra's pet. However, he once saved Asura, was severely injured by a wild boar, and then died. Indra even awakened the Sharingan because of that."

Legendary Origins

"This... this... this is too unbelievable!"

Ren was somewhat shocked. The Dog Sage before him actually had such an origin. The Dog Sage's father had once been Indra and Asura's pet.

Ren knew that Asura and Indra had once raised a dog when they were young. Then, because of Black Zetsu's scheme, it was killed by a wild boar. In the end, Indra killed the boar and even awakened the Sharingan.

Ren narrowed his eyes and continued looking at the Dog Sage. "So because of your father, you became what you are today!"

The Dog Sage silently nodded and said calmly, "That is right... Because Father Xiaobai saved Asura, Indra later saw me shortly after I was born and infused Chakra into my body, allowing me to comprehend Chakra and awaken my intelligence. Asura even stole a method of sage cultivation from Mount Myoboku, allowing me to transform into Sage Mode."

"Especially during the selection of Ninshu's successor, Asura brought back some God Tree Fragments and fused them into my body. That allowed me to create the Dog Clan. My descendants continued reproducing, and their bloodlines continuously evolved, eventually forming many different breeds. With Asura's help, I established the Dog Clan of Beast King Mountain and became one of the foremost summoning clans.

"However, after Indra and Asura died, I chose to help Indra, since Indra had helped awaken my intelligence. I gave the core Summoning Scroll to the Uchiha Clan of that time and aided the Uchiha Clan. As for the Senju Clan of that era, many clans supported them, so I did not care.

"As time passed, the Dog Clan eventually entered the Warring States Era. Madara Uchiha formed a contract, and I discovered that he was Indra's reincarnation. Yet I never expected Madara Uchiha to seek even greater power and choose to force the Dog Clan into submission. Madara Uchiha knew that the Dog Clan hid a secret that could make the Uchiha Clan stronger.

"As a result, Madara Uchiha came to Beast King Mountain with the Nine-Tails to pressure us. I originally refused, but because of my clansmen's deaths, I ultimately compromised and told him the secret of fusing Asura and Indra to awaken the power of the Six Paths. I had accidentally overheard these things from the Six Paths, but I never expected Madara Uchiha to be so mad that he would choose to seize Asura's Chakra. I knew nothing of what happened afterward. The Dog Clan's descendants had their intelligence sealed by Madara Uchiha's Genjutsu, and that seal was even passed down through their bloodline.

"I was also severely injured in that battle and have never been able to recover. Besides, I was originally just an ordinary mongrel. I only grew stronger through external forces. Without those external forces, I could never have grown to this point. Thus, after such a long span of years, with my life already running dry and with Madara Uchiha's severe injuries added on top, I could no longer hold on. The only reason I am still alive is because of the Natural Chakra method Asura stole from Mount Myoboku and the God Tree Fragments Asura fused into me, which barely sustain my collapsing life.

"Before I die, I do not want the Dog Clan to perish like this. Nor do I want these descendants to live on in such muddleheaded ignorance!"

At this point, Ren's heart was deeply shaken.

He had never expected the Dog Clan before him to possess such an extraordinary origin.

At that moment, the Dog Sage lay back in his reclining chair and said, "I cannot hold on much longer, but I cannot watch these descendants remain muddleheaded. Unfortunately, I have no ability to undo their seals. This Genjutsu seal originated from the Uzumaki Clan and is a special type of Sealing Jutsu. Moreover, the Dog Clan's foundation is too shallow, especially when it comes to the collection and understanding of Sealing Jutsu.

"Therefore, I hope to find a powerful contractor who can restore the Dog Clan to glory. You should know that although I fused the God Tree Fragments Asura brought into my body, when I created the Dog Clan, I continuously passed the God Tree's inheritance within me down to the next generation.

"It could be said that in terms of foundation, the Dog Clan of Beast King Mountain cannot compare with Mount Myoboku. But in terms of numbers and overall quality, Mount Myoboku's Toad Clan absolutely cannot compare with the Dog Clan. Furthermore, those large dogs with mutated bloodlines—such as the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King among Tibetan Mastiffs, Huskies, sled dogs, Bulldogs...—far surpass the Toad Clan."

Hearing this, Ren smiled inwardly. I never expected the Dog Clan to have such huge numbers. Basically, every kind of dog from Earth is gathered here.

Ren muttered to himself, deeply interested in the dogs the Dog Sage had mentioned. After all, Ren had also been a dog lover on Earth. Although he was not the kind of fanatic who took action over everything, he still liked some relatively cute dogs, such as Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes... Those fun-looking yet fierce dogs. It was not that he disliked Tibetan Mastiffs and the like; they were simply too expensive on Earth, and Ren could not afford them.

Ren narrowed his eyes and stared at the Dog Sage. "So... I need to look after these dogs whose intelligence has been sealed and help them grow?"

The Dog Sage silently nodded. "In the end, our foundation is too shallow. We cannot compare with the Three Sacred Lands of the Summoning Beasts. What the Dog Clan of Beast King Mountain can offer, aside from the sage cultivation method I modified from Mount Myoboku's sage cultivation method, is the number and variety of dogs. But now their intelligence has been sealed as well. If I had the ability, I would have removed their seals long ago. Unfortunately, I do not have that ability. I hope you can help the Dog Clan and prevent these dogs from declining."

Hearing this, Ren nodded. "I will cultivate the Dog Clan."

As those words fell, Ren's expression became resolute. When choosing Summoning Beasts before, Ren had already considered raising them himself. In the original story, Kakashi's dogs had been Summoning Beasts raised by Kakashi himself.

Ren could raise them as well, and he possessed a special cheat. Trash from countless dimensions might yield a spirit item from an immortal cultivation world, or even immortal beast meat, immortal beast blood, discarded pills... Those things could cultivate Summoning Beasts and allow them to grow.