When the Three Snake Princesses arrived at the cavern, shock covered their faces.
What were they seeing? Garaga, the most unruly giant snake in the depths of Ryūchi Cave, whom even the White Snake Sage admitted she could do nothing about, was now sitting meekly beside Zou Hyuga.
They could not understand any of it, but they were deeply shaken.
Soon, they noticed the dark red reverse scale at Zou Hyuga's feet and immediately understood everything.
They had realized how serious the situation was and hurried over, worried that Garaga would swallow their guest. Yet in that brief interval, the ill-tempered snake had already been subdued.
At that moment, Zou Hyuga looked toward the still-invisible snake maidens and slowly asked, "Did I pass the trial?"
Tagorihime was the first to dispel her invisibility. With a helpless expression, she said, "You passed the trial perfectly. You may now learn Ryūchi Cave's senjutsu."
"Looks like I got lucky..." After a brief pause, Zou Hyuga pointed at the giant snake behind him. "Then what should we do about him?"
Tagorihime glanced at Garaga. She had no way of keeping this giant snake in line.
Garaga, however, looked at Zou Hyuga and said rather coldly, "Since you defeated me, under Ryūchi Cave's rules, I can become your summoning beast! But don't think you can order me around so easily."
Zou Hyuga smiled at Garaga and shook his head gently. "You're too weak. You don't qualify to be my summoning beast..."
Garaga snorted softly. "I may not be able to beat you, but I'm still stronger than most ninja beasts in the shinobi world."
Zou Hyuga did not dispute that. Apart from Bell Cat, the only summoning beast he currently had a contract with was that giant hamster. Because it did not fit his style,