The Bad-Tempered Little Female Snake Has a Screw Loose

After spending the whole morning studying the scroll that recorded the Summoning Technique and trying it several times...

Finally...

Summoning Technique.

Bang.

A cloud of white smoke rose.

"I did it."

Looking at the white snake before him, Miya broke into a delighted smile. Its pale body was as thick as an adult's fist and four or five meters long, coiled up with a hint of confusion in its eyes.

"From now on, you're my summoning beast."

Hands on his hips, Miya made the announcement to the white snake in an utterly overbearing manner.

"You're the new summoner?"

The doubtful voice coming from the white snake's mouth immediately caught Miya's attention.

"Huh?!"

"You're a female snake!"

"I thought you were male!"

Miya would have been better off keeping his mouth shut. The moment he spoke, he enraged the white snake.

"Male? You're male! Your whole family is male!"

"I'm going to eat you."

The little female snake was furious.

A cold light flashed in her eyes as she opened her mouth and lunged at Miya.

Who knew what she had gone through in Ryūchi Cave? She seemed to hate being called a female snake.

Bang.

"How dare you!"

Miya cursed as he kicked the white snake away, then his figure flashed.

Bang.

With another kick, Miya pinned the little female snake's head under his foot.

"Let me go, you bad guy! Let me go, now..."

With her head pinned beneath Miya's foot, the little female snake writhed, trying to wrap herself around him and squeeze him to death.

But Miya showed no mercy. He grabbed her by the vulnerable spot behind her head, leaving her unable to exert any strength.

"Still making threats? Just watch me turn you into stew today."

The little female snake seemed frightened by Miya's vicious words. She fell silent at once, her snake eyes brimming with tears, looking utterly aggrieved.

"No crying. If you keep crying, I'll stew you too."

"Boo-hoo-hoo..."

Seeing that playing pitiful was useless, the little female snake started acting cute instead, leaving Miya's face instantly covered in black lines.

Who knew where a snake had learned to go "boo-hoo-hoo" like that?

"Believe it or not, my fists are as big as sandbags. One punch for every boo-hoo monster-bah, I mean boo-hoo snake."

After delivering his threat, Miya lifted his foot off the little female snake.

The aggrieved little female snake timidly coiled up, facing Miya and looking just like a child who had suffered every grievance.

"Heh heh~~"

Snakes were cold-blooded by nature, and Miya wasn't about to believe the fierce but cute little female snake before him.

Sneering, Miya stared at the little female snake and said:

"Tell me, what's your name?"

"Susu."

The little female snake answered quietly.

"Susu? That's a good name."

"My name is Hanama Veigar. From now on, you're my summoning beast. If I tell you to go east, you can't go west. If I tell you to chase a dog, you can't eat a chicken."

"Got it?"

Susu drew back her head. It was hard to tell whether she had really understood, but she answered quietly:

"Oh!"

"Lord Miya."

Miya was quite satisfied with Susu's response. He kept sneering, but inwardly he was delighted.

His summoning beast was a little white snake. She was much better-looking than the Manda Orochimaru summoned, and now he could count her as subdued.

As for Susu threatening to eat him just now, Miya wasn't going to hold it against a little female snake like her.

He walked around Susu and looked her over, making her snake heart grow uneasy.

After a while, just as Susu thought Miya was going to do something to her, he spoke.

"Susu, let me ask you something!"

"Are there any snakes in Ryūchi Cave that you can eat? The kind that look a lot like you, but are much smaller and especially nutritious?"

The moment Miya opened his mouth, he revealed his true nature as a foodie.

Look a lot like me?

Smaller than me?

Especially nutritious?

Are you sure you're not talking about me?

Susu, the little female snake, was almost frightened to tears again. Her summoner was so scary, always thinking about eating her.

Didn't I just find an excuse to put him in his place? So that when he summoned me in the future, he wouldn't dare order me around as he pleased!

I'm still an underage little white snake. I don't have a single bad thought.

Do you have to treat me like this? It's so scary. I want to go back to Ryūchi Cave.

After a flurry of thoughts, Susu cautiously met Miya's greedy eyes. Curling her tail up to point at herself, she whispered:

"Me!"

Miya froze.

"Does this little female snake have something wrong with her head?"

But when Susu saw Miya freeze, she was frightened into tears again, thinking he was about to eat her.

"Lord Miya, Susu doesn't taste good. Don't eat Susu. I'll be good and do as I'm told..."

The mournful look on Susu's snake face made Miya realize that this little female snake had a bit too much going on in her head. Her snake brain was too small to handle it-in other words, she was the kind of snake people said had a screw loose.

"All right, all right, I won't eat you."

"I mean, are there snakes in your Earth Dragon Cave that are specifically meant for eating?"

But just as Miya finished speaking-

Bang.

Susu turned into a cloud of smoke and vanished before Miya's eyes, returning to Earth Dragon Cave.

"Uh! Was her summoning time up?"

He scratched his head and thought for a moment, then decided to summon Susu again. Miya was just about to bite his finger, but after another thought, he gave up.

"Forget it. I'll go ask Orochimaru."

The summoning beast realm, Earth Dragon Cave.

Deep inside a small snake den, Susu, whom Miya had just summoned away, returned home in a puff of white smoke.

"I-I'm back."

Still shaken, Susu bobbed her head as she spoke.

Her expression made it look as though she had encountered something terrifying and only just managed to escape.

Hiss~~ Hiss~~

To soothe her wounded heart, Susu flicked her tongue and slithered out of the cave, planning to hunt a few meat snakes to nourish herself.

Before long, Susu returned to the cave with a similarly sized spotted snake in her mouth. Opening her jaws wide, she easily swallowed its head.

Eat your fill and grow up strong.

Only by eating lots can you grow fast!

Susu was in a wonderful mood at that moment.

After leaving Konoha Training Ground 40, Miya went to Orochimaru's house again and barged straight into the underground laboratory.

"Teacher Orochimaru, I've learned the Summoning Technique!"

Miya's shouting made Orochimaru's small hand tremble as he conducted an experiment. He then looked up at Miya and said:

"You've already learned the Summoning Technique, so why are you still coming to me?"

Miya was very much disliked by Orochimaru right now. He was too annoying.

"Didn't I come to share the good news with you?"

Looking at the smiling Miya, Orochimaru could tell at a glance that he had something to ask.

"If you have something to say, say it quickly, then get lost."

"Hee hee~~"

An ingratiating look appeared on Miya's face. Rubbing his little hands together, he asked:

"Teacher Orochimaru, where did the little white jade snakes you gave me last time come from? Why did my summoning beast say there weren't any when I asked her?"