After a casual chat with the Great Snake Sages, the Giant Snake Sage led Chinatsu, Naruto, and Sasuke to the White Snake Sage.
The White Snake Sage did not reprimand the three sages for this. Bringing outsiders before their leader so casually made Ryūchi Cave seem rather lax, but considering how unusual this guest was, she let it slide for now.
The White Snake Sage sat coiled atop a raised platform, looking down at Chinatsu, Naruto, and Sasuke. Unlike the Katsuyu Sage and the Great Toad Sage, she was far more haughty.
"Human, what is your purpose in coming here?"
As she spoke, the White Snake Sage flicked her tongue with a hiss. An ordinary person might have been scared out of their wits by the sight, but Chinatsu, Naruto, and Sasuke barely reacted. After all, a snake's head on a snake's body was much easier to accept than a human head on a snake's body.
"I mean no offense. I only wish to learn your land's Senjutsu. And although I arrived unexpectedly, I didn't trespass. I came here through the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku's Reverse Summoning array."
"Gamamaru? That old fool sent you?"
The White Snake Sage frowned in displeasure, then continued, "You couldn't learn Mount Myōboku's Senjutsu, so that old fool sent you to learn ours instead? As you humans would put it, you're 'settling for second best'? Is that old fool mocking me?"
The White Snake Sage's eyes widened in anger. Chinatsu immediately raised an open hand and explained, "No, no, no, that's not it. I've already mastered Mount Myōboku's Senjutsu."
With that, Chinatsu instantly activated Mount Myōboku Sage Mode on the spot. When the White Snake Sage sensed that her Sage Mode was perfect, she grew even angrier.
"A perfect Sage?! That old fool