A few days later.
Deep in the forest behind Konoha, a thunderous bout of "demolition" was underway.
A tremendous crash rang out.
Several trees so thick it took three people to encircle each one snapped under the weight, sending dust flying.
Amid the dust, a massive orange-red toad held a giant pipe in his mouth, looking thoroughly annoyed.
A short sword was strapped to his back, and his body was practically the size of a small mountain.
Gamabunta was in a foul mood.
He had been summoned just after waking up, and his summoner was a brat who looked like he had barely hit puberty.
"Hey! Brat!"
Gamabunta exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, his booming voice making the surrounding leaves tremble.
"You're the one who summoned me?"
Naruto Uzumaki desperately clung to a bump on Gamabunta's forehead, his whole body being tossed around until he was dizzy.
"Of course I am! I'm Naruto Uzumaki, the man who's going to become Hokage!"
Naruto shouted, trying to find his footing.
"Hokage?"
Gamabunta scoffed and gave his head a violent shake.
"With that scrawny body of yours, you'd better learn how to keep me from throwing you off first!"
With that, he was about to launch into another round of wild bouncing.
Just then.
A burst of hurried footsteps came from the edge of the woods.
Then a dark, skinny figure emerged.
Son Goten carried two freshly roasted pheasants, chewing on a drumstick with grease all over his mouth.
He stared at the enormous creature before him, completely stunned.
The roasted drumstick in his hand dropped to the ground with a plop.
"Oh my God..."
Son Goten swallowed, his eyes gleaming green.
He looked like someone who had been starving for three days and had just spotted an imperial banquet.
Actually, his