The enormous python stretched out its neck, opened its cavernous jaws, and lunged down to bite Tetsuya.
Its jaws were so enormous that everyone thought Tetsuya had nowhere to run.
But at the critical moment, a gigantic furry claw seized the python at its weak point and flipped it to the ground.
The Konoha shinobi looked up and saw an enormous furry creature.
He had yellow fur, sharp claws, and a long, slender tail tipped with a tuft of white.
"What is that thing? A tailed beast?!"
The sight of the gigantic yellow, furry creature frightened the Konoha shinobi. The impression the Nine-Tails had left on them ran far too deep.
He was just as enormous, just as furry, and yellow too, with an equally long tail.
It was hard not to think of the Nine-Tails, who had returned with Madara Uchiha to destroy Konoha all those years ago.
"No, it probably isn't a tailed beast. It's some kind of Summoning Technique beast."
"Well now, I haven't seen a snake this big in ages. Looks like one of those snakes from Ryūchi Cave. Nowhere else could raise one this huge. Kid, you finally called me out for a fight! I've been waiting for this day for ages.
"But how did you end up fighting the fellows from Ryūchi Cave?"
Tetsuya smiled from his perch atop Huang Bai's head.
"Nothing much. I came to Konoha to borrow a few things, but they weren't too keen on lending them, so we started fighting."
Not far away, Jiraiya stood atop Gamabunta's head. Seeing Huang Bai subdue the giant snake with one paw gave him a fright. How could a Summoning Technique beast be that huge? And the natural energy radiating from him was incredibly dense.
"Gamabunta, do you know that fellow?"
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