Dave smiled and stood up, then shoved the man in front of him out of the bus. Black Zetsu slowly followed behind Dave.
They slowly stepped off the bus.
"Kid, you've got some skills," the bandit chief said with a sneer as he watched his underling get thrown out of that big iron box.
"But I'd still advise you to hand over everything you and all the old men and women on that thing have. Otherwise, you'll have a hard time leaving here alive today. Don't doubt whether I can back that up. I used to be a Chunin," the bandit chief declared arrogantly.
"Oh? A Chunin? How impressive. Got a name people know you by?" Dave asked with a smile.
"Heh, let me tell you, my name will scare you to death!" the bandit chief said smugly.
"Go on, then. Scare me." Dave nodded.
"I am Jijibo, renowned throughout the shinobi world—Pig Hero!" the bandit chief bellowed.
"..."
Silence... Dead silence... Utter stillness...
"Ahahahahaha... Hahahaha... Hahahahaha... What do you gain by making me laugh myself to death? Hahahahaha!" Dave suddenly collapsed onto the ground, trembling with laughter.
Veins bulged on the bandit chief's face... This damned brat...
The bandit chief really did have a reputation as Pig Hero. Back when he was young, during the Warring States Period, he had swept floors for a small clan in the Land of Fire. When that clan was wiped out, he had survived by sheer luck and found a Summoning Scroll in its ruins. Having already trained in chakra, he had learned the Summoning Technique from it.
What he summoned was a wild boar two or three meters tall. It had the strength of a Chunin but little intelligence, and it would help him as long as he fed it. That had