Hatake Ziyan arrived at a deserted spot in the Land of Iron!
Hatake Ziyan was no stranger to the Summoning Technique. He had learned his clan's Summoning Technique early on and had even signed a contract with its ninja dogs. His strength had simply grown so quickly that he had never needed to use them!
Hatake Ziyan silently circulated his chakra along the pathways required for the Summoning Technique. Then, carefully controlling his chakra, he stamped his foot against the ground!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Four clouds of smoke suddenly rose in front of Hatake Ziyan. When they cleared, he froze!
What he saw after the smoke cleared was three snake women and an old woman!
Hatake Ziyan rubbed his forehead. He had never expected that, even after controlling his chakra output, he would still summon the Three Divine Hime and the White Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave!
He had only wanted to summon a creature on Manda's level, then have it use Reverse Summoning to take him to Ryūchi Cave. He wanted to test whether the senjutsu chakra there would help him cultivate his practice!
After all, he did not need a summoned creature to help him fight!
Hatake Ziyan, the Three Divine Hime, and the White Snake Sage stared at one another, wide-eyed. No one spoke first!
All four of them had sensed someone trying to summon them, but they did not accept summons from just any contract holder. Each had tried to refuse!
Yet a moment later, they were dumbfounded. Hadn't they refused? How had they been dragged straight here?
"Are you the new contract holder?" the White Snake Sage asked Hatake Ziyan.
"Yes! Would you believe me if I said I hadn't meant to summon you?" Hatake Ziyan said awkwardly.
After all, he still wanted to