Naruto stood in a daze, somewhat at a loss, looking at the empty ground where the Great Toad had just disappeared, his mind still reeling.
Just now, Jiraiya had seen Naruto actually summon the Great Toad Sage, and he was so flustered that he immediately told Naruto to dispel the Ninjutsu.
The very next second after the Great Toad Sage's figure slowly dissipated with a puff of smoke, Jiraiya himself also vanished with a 'bang' in a puff of smoke, having been reverse-summoned—evidently, Mount Myōboku had urgently recalled him to explain why their patriarch had suddenly 'left home'.
Naruto hadn't expected that his first attempt at Mount Myōboku's summoning Ninjutsu would directly summon the Great Toad Sage... Did he really summon the Sage of Mount Myōboku?
One must know that even the Six Paths Sage from hundreds of years ago had his request to sign a summoning contract with the Great Toad Sage politely declined. So, did he... achieve something even the Six Paths Sage couldn't?
After a long while, Jiraiya's figure reappeared with a puff of smoke. He slumped to the ground, let out a long sigh, and raised a hand to vigorously wipe away the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.
"Seriously..." he muttered with lingering fear. Although the Great Toad Sage had only disappeared for a short while, the sudden disappearance of the leader had deeply worried Fukasaku and Shima, almost causing the entire Mount Myōboku to erupt! Jiraiya had to use a lot of words to explain clearly and also apologized on Naruto's behalf.
However, the two elders didn't blame him much; instead, they were more astonished. They were surprised by Naruto's talent and Chakra, that he could directly summon the Great Toad Sage... After all, this was an unprecedented event since Mount Myōboku's existence!
Fortunately, it was clarified that it was just a misunderstanding, not the Great Toad Sage disappearing into thin air, and the matter finally settled down.
Jiraiya refocused his gaze on Naruto, seeing the tense expression on his face, like a child who had accidentally caused trouble... His heart, instead, felt at ease. Good, it seemed that even with such power, his mentality hadn't become arrogant.
He slowly stood up and deliberately spoke in an exaggerated tone. "Naruto, Naruto, you almost gave me a heart attack, kid! I didn't expect that your first use of summoning Ninjutsu would summon the patriarch of Mount Myōboku! Even when I go to see the Great Elder, I can only be'summoned,' but you, you just'summon' him directly..."
His tone sounded more like astonishment than reproach.
"But then again, this matter can't be entirely blamed on you." Jiraiya returned to a serious explanatory tone, "The essence of summoning Ninjutsu is 'to exchange one's own Chakra for the descent of a summoned beast.' Your Chakra reserves... are truly ridiculous. I originally estimated that the Chakra needed to summon Boss Gamabunta might even be more than enough for you, and as a result, this excessive Chakra, by a strange coincidence, directly targeted and successfully summoned the highest-ranking entity in Mount Myōboku, which theoretically requires the most enormous Chakra to connect with—the Great Toad Sage."
He patted Naruto's shoulder, his tone filled with undeniable admiration and even a hint of envy. "To be able to summon the Great Toad Sage in one go... your Chakra reserves and potential, kid, are truly those of an absolute monster!"
Hearing Jiraiya's words, which were teasing but without any blame, Naruto's hanging heart finally settled. It seemed this accidental 'incident' wouldn't affect his subsequent training in Sage Mode.
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Next, unsure if continued use of summoning Ninjutsu would still summon the Great Toad Sage, Jiraiya decisively halted the summoning Ninjutsu training.
He mused to himself, if it was because Naruto's total Chakra was too vast that it directly locked onto Mount Myōboku's highest entity, then... perhaps if he depleted some of his Chakra first, he could normally summon other toads?
Thus, the training regimen naturally entered the phase Naruto had long awaited—forming Rasengan, or more accurately, the nature transformation training for Rasengan.
Due to its extreme compression characteristics, the Spiral Wheel Ring, apart from the Nine-Tailed Chakra itself, would forcibly crush and fuse other elemental Chakras into that destructive energy sphere, making it impossible to produce stable nature transformations, thus making it difficult to derive new Ninjutsu variants.
However, the Rasengan is different! As the epitome of form transformation, it possesses extremely high inclusiveness and plasticity. Naruto had long wanted to try incorporating various elemental Chakras into the Rasengan to see what wonderful combinations could be born.
Jiraiya watched Naruto immediately immerse himself and keep trying, feeling that he could finally rest a bit. He leaned leisurely against a large tree, pulled out a gourd from who knows where, and happily drank from it.
Meanwhile, after a period of focused attempts and precise control of Chakra nature, Naruto's first composite-attribute Rasengan was finally successfully created!
A Rasengan, with a core flashing with golden light and an outer layer resembling burning flames in a fiery orange, spun rapidly in his palm.
Emitting astonishing heat, tiny tongues of fire even flickered and danced on the surface of the sphere from time to time.
Naruto excitedly looked at this new Ninjutsu in his hand, imbued with the wild Fire Release power, and announced,
"I've decided! This Ninjutsu shall be called—'Blazing Dance Vortex Light: Crimson Lotus Soaring Wings Scorching Heaven Rasengan'!"
"Pfft—cough, cough, cough!"
Jiraiya, who was originally proud of Naruto mastering nature transformation so quickly, choked violently on his drink upon hearing this overly long and chuunibyo-esque name, coughing intensely.
Although Jiraiya was happy that Naruto inherited his father's talent in Ninjutsu development, this naming taste... let's just skip it! How did both father and son remember such long names?!
However, Ninjutsu is, after all, the 'child' of its developer. Although Jiraiya found the name ridiculously long, he resisted the urge to complain and said nothing.
Immediately after, he watched Naruto hurl the 'Blazing Dance Vortex Light: Crimson Lotus Soaring Wings Scorching Heaven Rasengan' towards an open space in the distance. The effect of the Ninjutsu was not a simple explosion, but rather, it first subjected the target area to terrifying crushing and tearing with the Rasengan's high-speed rotation itself. Then, the Fire Release Chakra, compressed to its extreme inside, fully erupted, instantly forming a small, continuously burning and expanding fiery tornado!
It's imaginable that in actual combat, this flame tornado would easily engulf enemies, subjecting them to continuous scorching and pulverizing blows.
Seeing Naruto enthusiastically begin to develop other elemental nature transformation Rasengan, completely engrossed, Jiraiya felt that his guidance might not be needed for a while.
A somewhat lewd smile involuntarily appeared on his face—since he wasn't needed for now... Jiraiya's return to Konoha this time was also because he missed the customs and people of Konoha.
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