"Ribbit, ribbit... Honestly, I was getting intimate with Frog Madam."
Pop.
After sending the toad away, Jiraiya motioned for Naruto to try the Summoning Technique.
Naruto copied him, biting his finger and drawing it across his palm before rapidly forming hand seals. "Summoning Technique!"
The first attempt produced a tadpole.
The second produced two tadpoles.
The third produced a tadpole with two legs.
Who am I? Where am I?
Seeing Naruto actually show off the legged tadpole he had summoned, Jiraiya angrily pointed at his face and warned him.
"I'll give you ten more chances. If you still can't summon a talking toad, I'll give you a hand."
"Awesome!"
Of course, Naruto had deliberately failed all those summoning attempts.
He understood Jiraiya's mood perfectly. The Eight Trigrams Seal had been loosened, yet the Nine-Tails remained quiet, with none of his chakra leaking out as expected. That development had slipped somewhat beyond Jiraiya's control.
Of course, Naruto also wanted to know just how powerful a toad he could summon if he went all out.
Sure enough, another ten attempts passed, and Naruto's summons grew increasingly absurd. On the final attempt, he actually summoned a fertilized toad egg.
Jiraiya's face darkened as he thought, Looks like this kid has exhausted his chakra. Time to squeeze out his potential. If the Nine-Tails is still there, he definitely won't let Naruto fall to his death, if only to save himself. But if...
At that thought, Jiraiya grabbed Naruto and sped into the depths of the forest.
Before long, Jiraiya had carried Naruto to the edge of a deep chasm.
"Kid, do you really want to master summoning ninjutsu?"
Naruto looked at the narrow fissure beside him, where only a sliver of sky reached the depths, and felt a cold gust strike his face.
"Of