"By your logic, as long as someone is stronger than you, they don't have to listen to reason?"
Shinichi blinked as he asked.
"The strong have the right to control the lives and deaths of the weak. That's the natural order."
The hellhound nodded.
Though it didn't look particularly intelligent, its pursuit of strength was no different from that of any other species.
"Well, that makes things much simpler."
Shinichi stretched and chuckled. "As long as I beat you, you'll give me a satisfactory explanation, right?"
"An interesting human. If you really can defeat me, forget giving you an explanation-I'd even apologize directly to those lowly ninja dogs."
The hellhound sneered.
How could the naturally arrogant Hellhound Clan ever lower their proud heads?
It only said such a thing because it had absolute confidence in its strength.
Besides, how could this pathetic human, whose entire body was smaller than its claw, possibly defeat it?
"No!"
Looking at the hellhound's enormous body, Shinichi thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "I'm raising the stakes! If I lose, you can do whatever you want with me. But if I win, you not only have to apologize to those ninja dogs, you also have to accept me as your master and become my summon!"
Wouldn't taking such a huge summon out for a stroll make him look that much more impressive?
Who could turn down a hellhound mount?
Speaking of summons, the Sannin's summons had to be mentioned: Orochimaru's Manda, Jiraiya's toads, and Tsunade's Katsuyu all came from the Three Great Sage Lands.
But Shinichi knew perfectly well that, however cool the Sannin looked when summoning those three great beasts, they had only signed cooperative Summoning Contracts with them. Both parties were actually equals.
In other words, if they casually summoned those beasts