Ninja Art: Realm of the Underworld!
In a dense forest on the outskirts of the Death Forest, Shinji quickly performed hand seals, then slammed his hands onto the ground.
Two streams of Chakra flowed on the ground, instantly forming a reverse-rotating barrier around him.
The Fuinjutsu that Minato had given Shinji to isolate himself was used once more.
Shinji stood up, looked around, and only then felt at ease releasing the Summoning Scroll he had kept in the system.
Boom—
The giant scroll created a pit.
Shinji untied the ribbon binding the Summoning Scroll and pulled it open.
"What is this?"
The long scroll page was covered with tadpole-like runes, and in the very center was a large character that read 'Summon'.
Shinji already knew how to use it, but this kind of Summoning Scroll was a bit different.
Swish—
Shinji cleanly cut his palm, and his blood dripped directly onto the character.
As soon as the blood made contact, the scroll seemed to come alive, glowing brightly, and then absorbed Shinji's blood. The giant character slowly disappeared, replaced by a palm print.
"This thing makes it seem like it needs fingerprint information." Shinji mumbled, looking at the scroll, a little speechless.
Without overthinking it, he quickly performed hand seals with both hands.
Boar, Dog, Rooster, Monkey, Ram.
"Summoning Technique!" Shinji's palm pressed onto the pattern on the scroll, and he shouted loudly.
Boom!
A huge sound erupted. Then, a column of white smoke shot into the sky, its vast range encompassing the outskirts of the Forest of Death where Shinji was located.
"No way, it's only the first time, could I have summoned the boss of this lineage of Summoning Beasts?" Shinji murmured in the white smoke.
After all, the larger the Summoning Beast that appeared, the larger the smoke that erupted.
The smoke gradually dispersed, and a lazy, mischievous voice rang out. "I say, kid, what are you looking up at, and where is this?"
Shinji was startled, then looked down at the ground.
At this moment, a creature resembling a cat and a tanuki, entirely white, with two colors of fur on its head extending to its back, was present.
And, had it gotten fat?
It was squinting its eyes, sizing up Shinji, occasionally licking its fur.
Shinji stretched out his hand, pointing at the mass of a creature lazily licking its fur, and said with a vacant look in his eyes, "That's it? This is the Summoning Beast that only a Jonin can summon?!"
"Hmm?"
The cat-like creature, which had been licking its fur, heard this. It looked up at Shinji, and roared with an annoyed and fierce expression, "Kid, are you looking down on me?"
"Yes, I am." Shinji nodded in response.
The disparity was too great. He had been looking forward to it so much, and this was the result?
"Hmph. How ridiculous, a mere human dares to look down on me like this."
"How arrogant..."
Before he finished speaking, Shinji sensed a dangerous aura gradually emanating from the white cat in front of him.
He squatted down, reached out, and slapped the head of the cat-like creature in front of him, slowly saying, "What? You were summoned by me, are you trying to kill me or something?"
As Shinji's palm came down, the cat-like creature, which had been radiating a dangerous aura, instantly froze.
"My demonic power, how was it suddenly suppressed?"
The cat's face was filled with a human-like look of disbelief as it stared at Shinji, who was pressing down on it with his hand, and shouted, "Kid! What did you do!"
"I didn't do anything, but you, aren't you going to introduce yourself?"
Shinji had already gotten over his initial disappointment. After all, the aura this cat had just released, and the demonic power it spoke of all indicated that it was not simple, no matter how harmless its appearance.
As for why he could suppress the cat-like creature in front of him.
How could the Summoning Scroll given by the system be just any ordinary item?
If the Summoning Beast dared to resist, Shinji could suppress it with a single hand.
Looking at Shinji's dismissive expression, the white cat's face gradually darkened, and its entire face displayed a strange expression.
"My name is Madara, as my servant, how dare you be so presumptuous!"
Slap—
Shinji, annoyed, slapped the fat cat.
Who gave you the right to call me a servant?
The cat-like creature, which had been looking gloomy, instantly became dazed after Shinji's slap.
"Madara? You actually have that name? Aren't you afraid someone will ask if you want to dance?"
Shinji reached out and grabbed the cat Madara by the scruff of its neck, bringing it to eye level to stare at him.
"Dance? Who?" The cat-like creature asked with a puzzled expression.
Shinji asked, "Hmm... your name is Madara?"
"That's right, genuine." The cat-like creature nodded, still in a state of mental shutdown from the previous slap.
Shinji asked with a speculative tone, "Can you transform into another form? Like a very large one?"
"Hmm? How did you know?!"
Smoke erupted from the cat-like creature's body.
Shinji felt the fur he was holding gradually slip from his grasp, and he immediately stood up and took a few steps back.
The smoke slowly dispersed, and a giant beast, like a small mountain, was looking down at Shinji. Its enormous size blocked Shinji's vision. He couldn't even see the sky when he looked up.
Shinji observed the giant beast in front of him. Its entire body was covered in long white fur, which glowed, making it appear somewhat sacred and majestic. Most importantly, a red flame pattern appeared on its forehead, giving it an eerie feeling.
"Indeed..."
Shinji's lips curled into a slight smile, it was our Nyanko-sensei after all.
"Hmm? Kid! I feel like you're thinking something offensive about me."
The giant beast sensed Shinji's gaze, baring its fangs and showing a ferocious expression.
"No, but for the specifics, you can look at this." Shinji shook his head and threw the Summoning Scroll lying on the ground towards the giant beast's forehead.
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Inside the Training Ground.
Shinji was sitting cross-legged on the ground. After his confrontation with Guy, the current training ground was almost unusable, so Shinji and Hiruzen applied for a larger training ground for Naruto and the others to use.
"So, I am now your Summoning Beast, and I can't go back?"
In the open space in front of Shinji, Madara, who had transformed back into his cat form, was cutely holding a dorayaki in one paw and a bottle of sake in the other.
"This is a one-way passage. Once summoned by me, you can never go back." Shinji nodded, no longer having any objections to the Summoning Scroll.
Indeed, none of the rewarded items were useless. Even if the fat ball in front of him was just a yokai, it was a great yokai, and one infinitely close to the realm of gods.
"Hey! Kid, what rude things are you thinking about again?"
Because of the Summoning Scroll's binding, Madara could vaguely sense Shinji's thoughts.
"That's right, you're already fat as a ball, and you still dare to eat dorayaki." Shinji nodded without reservation, admitting it.
"Damn it! You bastard!" Madara pounced towards Shinji with a fierce expression.
Slap—
Shinji slapped him, and instantly, Madara's expression became dazed again.
"Your name feels unlucky, you'll get stabbed in the back. How about I just call you Mimi?"