Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Kirito continued to answer with a smile, then easily removed the head of the Thunder God puppet.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel that these ninja toads from Mount Myōboku had extraordinary sensory abilities. Even Jiraiya hadn't noticed them, but these ninja toads immediately did.

Just as Gamagoro said, the Thunder God Puppet does indeed have a heartbeat inside her body. This is because she has a living heart inside her, which is constantly providing the Thunder God Puppet with Yang attribute chakra, providing energy to keep the bionic materials on its surface active.

The idea of ​​combining puppetry with Earth Grudge Fear was born unexpectedly while learning both puppetry and Earth Grudge Fear secret techniques at the same time.

Combining these two ninjutsu techniques is actually not difficult; in fact, it can be said to be quite smooth, with a sense of mutual complementarity.

All he needed to do was create an environment inside the puppet suitable for the black thread creatures created by the Earth Grudge Technique to live in, and then transplant the heart parasitized by the black thread creatures into the puppet's body.

In this way, the puppet itself has the ability to generate chakra on its own.

The black-line creatures created by the Earth Grudge Secret Technique are actually a special kind of summoned beast, similar in type to the Parasite Worms of the Aburame Clan. However, while the Parasite Worms form a symbiotic relationship with humans, the black-line creatures form a symbiotic relationship with the heart.

The black-lined creatures can provide the heart with the nutrients to continue living, and can also use the heart to generate chakra, thereby maintaining their own regeneration and forming a healthy symbiotic cycle.

The Thunder God Puppet is able to give people the feeling of being alive because it has the Earth Grudge Heart inside its body, so much so that Jiraiya initially mistook it for a real person.

Jiraiya was equally shocked when he heard Gamagoro's words, but when he saw Kirito casually remove the head of the Thunder God Puppet and confirm that it was a puppet, he completely dispelled his doubts.

He thought to himself, "Who did this kid learn puppetry from? He can create such exquisite puppets, and the internal structure is probably not simple. Gama Goro said that there is a heartbeat inside, so there is probably a heart inside."

However, there was no time for him to delve into the mystery now. He saw that Gamagoro had opened his mouth and then reached his hand inside.

The next moment, Jiraiya's entire body was sucked into the body of Gamagoro, who was much smaller than Jiraiya.

"Mr. Goro, now please jump into the river and hide, and then just follow Jiraiya's instructions."

Upon seeing this, Kirito was immediately struck by its wonder and spoke up.

Gama Goro immediately did as he was told, leaping into the river more than ten meters away with a frog jump.

Then, Kirito clapped his hands together while controlling the Thunder God Puppet, and the sealing barrier that covered a radius of fifty meters around it quickly disappeared.

The ninjas who had been lying in wait outside finally saw the Thunder God Puppet again.

Where is Jiraiya?

In the sky, on a large white bird with an artistic feel reminiscent of ink painting, a man in black wearing a bird mask looks down through binoculars and asks in confusion.

He is Rooster, one of the twelve Roots of the Root Corps. He is the only Root member who has mastered the secret technique of Super Beast Imitation Drawing, and one of the few Root members who has the ability to fly. He is skilled in reconnaissance and tracking.

With his rare ability to fly, he was able to secretly track enemies high in the sky.

Even if the enemy discovers he is following them, they are basically helpless.

He had received a message from the Rabbit and immediately began tracking the Thunder God Puppet in the air. However, just as he saw the Thunder God Puppet meeting Jiraiya, he was blocked by the shielding sealing barrier set up by the Thunder God Puppet and couldn't see anything.

Now that the sealing barrier has disappeared, but Jiraiya is nowhere to be found, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

Just as he was about to take out a scroll and use the Super Beast Imitation Painting to create a messenger bird to convey information, he saw the Thor puppet on the ground suddenly turn into a cloud of white smoke and disappear.

Where did this woman go?

Upon seeing the situation, the Rooster immediately took out binoculars and observed the surrounding ground.

Ninjas from other villages also emerged from the shadows and dispersed in unison to explore.

But like the Rooster, they ultimately failed to find even a trace of Thor's puppet.

A living person suddenly vanished from their sight, and after searching the surrounding area, they found no clues whatsoever. Many of them were ninjas who mastered various sensory ninjutsu, and they indeed discovered that the Thunder God Puppet had disappeared from their sensory range.

This strange situation has left many people baffled.

Meanwhile, in Kirito's room, the Raijin puppet stood perfectly in front of him.

Like the two sacred beast puppets, Kirito also inscribed a special summoning contract on the Thunder God puppet. As long as he uses the Thunder God puppet to complete what he needs to do, he can use the summoning technique to summon it back to his side from a distant place at any time.

"I hope everything goes smoothly in the next phase."

Kirito looked at the lifelike Raijin puppet before him and murmured to himself.

The next moment, he resealed the five humanoid puppets, including the Thunder God Puppet, into a storage-style summoning scroll. Then, he walked out of the room and used the Mountain Secret Technique: Mind Transfer Technique to tell Jiraiya what he had just discussed with him.

……

After all the ninjas who had been tracking the Thunder God puppet left empty-handed, Gamagoro jumped ashore from the river and, guided by Jiraiya, quietly headed towards the border town where Kirito was.

A short while later, Gamagoro arrived at the inn where Kirito was staying.

At this moment, all members of the White Fang Squad were ready, their true forms hidden within the sealing barrier temporarily set up by Kirito.

Once Gamagoro arrived, they sent out the shadow clones that were also in the sealing barrier. Among them were a large number of Kirito, Chizuru, and Sakumo Hatake, who were transformed from Nawaki's shadow clones and used to deceive the others.

In an instant, many members of the White Fang Squad emerged from the inn and scattered to escape.

The other ninjas from the other villages who were guarding outside all looked very grim. Because those who left were all shadow clones, they couldn't tell the real ones from the fake ones. But they weren't without a way to deal with it, so they also used shadow clones to track them down.

"Looks like these guys are trying to evade our pursuit, but you won't be able to escape."

In the shadows of a shop across from the inn, Usagi watched as a large number of White Fang Squad shadow clones left the inn and sneered.

Then he took out a small glass box from his person, inside which was a peculiar beetle with a long nose.

The fragrant insects are their trump card, allowing them to relentlessly follow the White Fang Squad.

This is a beetle with an incredible sense of smell. Because it only remembers one scent in its entire life, it has an extraordinary ability to perceive the scent it smelled when it was born, and it can smell the target no matter how far away it is.

"Huh? What's going on? Why aren't these fragrant insects reacting this time?"

Mao Tu looked at the fragrant insect in the glass box, but no matter how much chakra he used to activate it, it didn't make a sound, and he was immediately filled with suspicion.

The olfactory perception of the micro-fragrant insect has failed!

After realizing that the situation was starting to get out of control, Rabbit quickly went to find Rat, the true owner of the fragrant insect, to ask what was going on.

At this moment, an inconspicuous passerby glanced at Mao Tu's back and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Meanwhile, an inconspicuous green toad quietly left the inn, then the border town, and finally jumped into a large river and disappeared.

……

The next day, at dawn, in a small river on the border of the Land of Wind, Gamagoro jumped out of the river, opened his mouth, and the White Fang Squad and others crawled out of his mouth.

"We're already in the Land of Wind. There are no other ninjas around. Since the climate here isn't suitable for me to continue, let's part ways here."

Gamagoro said to the White Fang Squad and the others.

"Thank you very much for your help, Mr. Goro. This is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it."

Kirito expressed his gratitude, then handed a white porcelain medicine bottle to Gamagoro.

When Gamagoro saw that Kirito had given him a gift, he immediately stuck out his tongue to take the white porcelain medicine bottle. Then he took out the contents of the bottle and found that they were some black pills.

Although Gamagoro looks ordinary, he is actually a highly trained spiritual toad who can sense natural energy.

He then discovered that these black pills contained extremely pure natural energy.

"This is a new type of soldier's ration pill that I developed. Its chakra recovery effect is much stronger than that of ordinary soldier's ration pills. One pill is enough to restore the chakra of an elite Jonin within a few minutes. However, the side effects are a bit severe. After taking one pill, you cannot take another one for two days, otherwise your body will not be able to handle it. However, the physical strength of summoning beasts is stronger than that of us humans, so you may be able to take several pills in a row without any problems."

Kirito explains the origin and effects of the black pill.

Gamagoro knew his stuff and knew that these special ration pills containing pure natural energy were extremely valuable. He smiled with satisfaction and said, "Then I won't stand on ceremony. See you again sometime."

After saying that, he swallowed the white porcelain medicine bottle, then formed a hand seal and disappeared in a wisp of white smoke.

"He left so soon? I was thinking of getting him to sign a psychic contract with me."

When Nawaki saw Gamagoro leave so suddenly, he was dumbfounded and said dejectedly.

After witnessing firsthand Gamagoro's incredible ability to hide people in a different dimension within their bodies, he wanted to make a contract with Gamagoro. Along the way, he talked about this with Gamagoro many times, but was always rejected.

"It's not easy to sign a contract with the summoning toads of Mount Myōboku. As far as I know, only Jiraiya-sama in the ninja world has signed a summoning contract with this sacred land of summoning beasts. If you want to sign a contract with them, it's more reliable to go to Jiraiya-sama."

Seeing that Nawaki was still persistent in trying to establish a contract with Mount Myōboku, Kirito decided to point him in the right direction.

To be honest, he didn't quite understand why Gamagoro would refuse Nawaki's request. Putting everything else aside, Nawaki's status was terrifyingly powerful. If Mount Myōboku signed a summoning contract with Nawaki, it would bring them considerable benefits, at least in terms of gaining the friendship of the Senju clan.

He didn't believe that Gamagoro was unaware of Nawaki's identity, but on the way here, Nawaki had repeatedly refused his requests.

This really puzzled Kirito.

On the contrary, Gamagoro was interested in signing a spirit communication contract with him and Chizuru.

Chizuru clearly had no fondness for toads and refused without hesitation.

He neither refused nor agreed.

“You’re right. When I see Jiraiya again, I must make him write my name into the summoning scroll of Mount Myōboku.”

Upon hearing Kirito's words, Nawaki's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly.

"Hmph, toads and stuff are disgusting. What's so great about signing a contract with something like that?"

Chizuru, standing to the side, said disdainfully.

"What did you say?"

Rope Tree was immediately displeased upon hearing this.

"Alright, enough chit-chat. We're now within the Sand Village's operational area, so we must be careful. Our mission is to disrupt the Sand Village's supply lines. Remember, this is an extremely dangerous mission. From now on, no one is allowed to speak carelessly."

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Hatake Sakumo immediately put on a stern face and said.

Upon hearing this, Nawaki and Chizuru's expressions quickly turned serious, and then they shouted in unison with Kirito, "Ha~"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the White Fang Squad, led by Hatake Sakumo, swiftly ventured deep into the Land of Wind, venturing into the boundless sea of ​​sand.

……

At Mount Myōboku, Gamagorō quickly arrived at the residence of the hermit Fukasaku and loudly proclaimed, "Lord Fukasaku, I have something to report."

"Oh, it's Goro. What's the matter that's so urgent? Come in and have some water, then tell me slowly."

The next moment, the door opened, and Fukasaku the Hermit said with a smile, then handed a cup of green water to Gamagoro.

Gamagoro drank the water in his cup without hesitation, and even showed an expression of wanting more. But with important matters at hand, he immediately explained the situation of Kirito and Chizuru to Fukasaku.

He spent the entire night in the alternate dimension that swallowed the White Fang Squad and others, so he could naturally sense the natural energy emanating from Kirito and Chizuru. He even detected fluctuations of Sage Chakra within Kirito's body.

"You're not mistaken, are you? That ten-year-old human named Kirito Tohsaka really has Sage Chakra?"

The immortal was shocked.

As a highly accomplished sage who had taught the best human ninjas how to cultivate Sage Mode, he knew all too well how difficult and dangerous it was for humans to cultivate Sage Mode.

But today, Gamagoro told two 10-year-old humans that they had successfully absorbed natural energy into their bodies, and one of them had even successfully cultivated Sage Chakra. This news was simply too outrageous.