"What's so great about Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave?"
"Uh… this…" Neji didn't know how to answer, Kuroto's question.
In Neji's understanding, Kuroto should know the meaning of Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave better than him, therefore, he couldn't figure out why Kuroto asked such a question.
And before Neji could answer him, Kuroto asked another question, "Garaga… And Gamabunta… do you think they are strong?"
"Sensei…" this time, Neji was taken aback, and quickly replied, "Sensei… maybe you haven't seen Naruto's summon Garaga… and Sasuke's summon Gamabunta… both of them are strong Summons!"
At the time of Combat Assessment at the Forest of Death, Kuroto arrived only after Garaga left the scene, therefore, Neji thought that Kuroto had never seen Garaga, nor has he even seen Gamabunta, so he doesn't really know how strong the two of them are?
Hearing Neji's question, Kuroto chuckled, "Is that what you think?" and turned his eyes towards the horizon.
It was already evening, only the afterglow of the setting sun was visible on the horizon, and the bright moon loomed in the sky. Staring at the looming moon, Kuroto said lightly, "Whether Mount Myōboku or Ryūchi Cave or Shikkotsu Forest, these places are nothing compared to–…"
Before Kuroto could complete it, suddenly a lot of noise came from the other side of the corridor. Kuroto paused and looked in that direction only to find the trainees of Neji's class coming towards him.
The ones leading the trainees were none other than Sasuke and Naruto, while the other trainees like Shikamaru, Rock Lee, Kiba, and the others followed the two. They seemed to be arguing something and looked extremely excited.
Kuroto and Neji were confused.
Soon, they came closer to Kuroto, and greeted him with a respectful bow, "Good Evening, Sensei!"
Kuroto nodded lightly, "Good evening." Then asked curiously, "What are you kids doing?"
Sasuke quickly replied, "Sensei, I am going to challenge Naruto!"
Hearing Sasuke's answer, Kuroto couldn't help but think, 'It has only been a few hours since he signed the contract at Mount Myōboku, and now he has rushed to challenge Naruto. It seems Sasuke is really in a hurry to restore his reputation.' And turned towards Naruto.
Naruto held his hands at the back of his head and seemed carefree about the entire situation, it was as if he didn't take Sasuke's challenge to heart. Naruto seemed to have confidence.
Seeing Naruto's indifferent and carefree expression, Sasuke snorted, "Humph… I am going to beat the crap out of you today!"
Naruto smirked, "Just try… I am not afraid of you!"
For a moment, sparks appeared before Sasuke and Naruto's eyes, fighting intentions were clearly visible.
The students behind the two were either supporting Naruto or Sasuke.
Seeing the heated atmosphere, Kuroto said, "Well that's good to know that you want to challenge Naruto, however, you don't have to come to me for that. The Ninja Academy doesn't prohibit challenging others… so how come all of you are here?"
Sasuke hurriedly replied, "The academy's training field would be too small, and we won't be able to use everything… so we want to go outside the village or to the forest of death, Sensei… please give your permission!"
"Oh… so that's the case." Muttered Kuroto in realization.
It requires the principal's permission for the trainees to step outside the village or to go to the Forest of Death, so it makes sense that these children are here.
Sasuke and the others nodded, "Yes."
Kuroto waved his hand, "Go… but don't run too far."
He had no reason to stop them, as for the matter of their safety? Kakashi, and Shisui were following these children from the shadows, even Itachi seemed to be keeping an eye on them with his crows, so there was nothing to worry about, therefore, Kuroto immediately agreed to Sasuke's request.
Seeing that they got the permission, Sasuke's face brightened, and he thanked Kuroto "Thank you Sensei." After that, he turned towards Neji who was quiet for the entire time, and said, "Neji… you also come with us!"
"Me?! Uh… let's forget this time… maybe next time." Knowing that Sasuke and the others were going outside the village, Neji understood that they would definitely use their powerful Summons, so he refused without thinking about it too much.
Neji is very clear that his current self can't fight Sasuke and Naruto, both of them seem to have surpassed him, so there is no point in fighting and embarrassing himself.
Naruto–who couldn't read Neji's thoughts–was confused, and asked, "Why?"
Sasuke also stared at Neji with a doubtful expression.
"I…!" As Neji was about to give an excuse, he saw Sasuke and Naruto's expressions and realized that the two of them weren't inviting him to spar, rather, they were inviting him to watch them spar, just like the rest of the children behind them.
Knowing that he had mistaken their intention, Neji was embarrassed, at the same time, he felt bitter in his heart. Before the Combat assessment of the Forest of Death, Neji was considered one of the top two, even Sasuke had to be extremely cautious against him, and now… Sasuke doesn't seem to think the same anymore.
Kuroto guessed Neji's embarrassment, and said to Sasuke and Naruto, "You kids go first, Neji will catch up later, I have something to discuss with him."
Knowing the Sensei-Shishō relationship between Kuroto and Neji, Naruto and Sasuke nodded, "All right Sensei." and then excitedly went towards Konoha's gate.
After everyone had walked away, Neji sighed quietly, and said to Kuroto, "Sensei… thank you… if not for your help, I would have made a fool of myself."
Kuroto shook his head, "I didn't do that just to save you from embarrassment, I really have something to tell you… so come with me." Then without giving Neji any opportunity to think, he picked up Neji and disappeared from the Ninja Academy.
Whoosh!
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In just a few flashes, Kuroto crossed the outer wall of Konoha and brought Neji to an open grassland.
Looking at his surroundings, which changed in less than a second, Neji was taken aback, and exclaimed, "So… so fast!"
Neji knew that Kuroto was fast, however, to what extent, he realized only now. In the blink of an eye, they were outside Konoha, and this is not a joke! 'Can shinobi really be so fast?'
Before Neji could ask his doubt, Kuroto looked at him, and asked, "Do you… really want a Summon?"
Recalling the scene from a while ago, Neji nodded, "Although, I don't want to be left behind by Sasuke and Naruto… I… I don't want to put you through that embarrassment again Sensei… I am sorry."
Kuroto nodded, "If that's the case… then." Then he bit his thumb, and while forming the hand signs, he said, "There is no need to ask anyone's help."
Neji was confused by Kuroto's words, and recognizing the order of hand signs, he was surprised, "Sensei… do you… do you have a Summon too?"
"I guess you can say that." Said Kuroto, and shouted, 'Summoning Jutsu!'
Poof!
Instantly, white smoke surged, covering the surroundings.
The sky was already dim, and as the white smoke billowed up, the surroundings immediately darkened.
What is strange is that, even after the smoke disappeared, the surroundings still remained dark. Neji was confused for a moment, and as he felt a behemoth-like presence behind him, he was taken aback, "Se… Sensei…!"
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Because it was already dark, and the presence appeared behind Neji, so he wasn't able to see the behemoth-like existence for a moment, however, he was able to sense the sudden appearance of a very strong oppression from behind him.
This sense of oppression was not inferior to Gamabunta and Garaga that Neji had already experienced, taking a deep breath, Neji turned around and looked above as he saw the appearance of the creature, and couldn't help but mutter in astonishment, "It's… it's so big!!!"
It's a giant creature that appeared behind Neji, with a humongous body not inferior to the size of Garaga and Gamabunta, it has a pair of sharp tusks, a messy mane, and several scars on its body. The wild boar is none other than Okina Buta.
"But… how could a wild boar?" Neji was at a loss, he couldn't figure out how could a boar be so big.
The giant wild boar lowered its head, and while exhaling hot air from its nostrils, it looked lazily at Neji, then looked around, wondering how it got here.
The pressure produced by the light exhale of the giant wild boar caused Neji to take a step back, he can't help it, he is nothing but an ant in front of the giant wild boar.
Of course, even if overwhelmed, Neji didn't particularly feel threatened. This is because he noticed that although the boar looks ferocious and not someone you would want to mess with easily considering its wild mane, scars, and large body, he didn't show any particular killing intent. Rather, the wild boar appeared to be lazy and confused about something.
At the same time, Neji could sense a very familiar chakra inside the wild boar, therefore, his instincts didn't warn him of any danger, and this greatly surprised him!
Not only Neji, but even Kuroto–who is standing on top of the wild boar–is also quite surprised, and muttered, "Well… well… well… Buta… who would have thought that you would grow this large…"
Kuroto had expected it to grow relatively large, but he didn't expect that it would grow this big in such a short period of time.
In the beginning, when Kuroto first saw Okina Buta in the forest of death, its size was only as big as a wild baby boar. It didn't even reach his knees, but half a year later when he saw the wild boar again, it seemed to have become the final boss of the Forest of Death, and it was affecting the food chain of the Forest of Death which left Konoha with no choice but to issue a mission of eliminating it. Kuroto saved the boar from death and transported it somewhere else, to a more dangerous forest in the land of Fire, unexpectedly, Buta preserved there and continued to grow in size and strength. The next time Kuroto met it, it was after his battle with Sasori when Buta helped him escape that battlefield. After that, Kuroto didn't see it for quite a lot of time, and the last time was after the death of Miko-same… at that time, Buta was already as big as a house of several floors.
And now that Kuroto has seen Buta again after a few years, he has grown as big as a hill. The speed that Buta has displayed in growing its size is really amazing. Right now, its size is not inferior to Gamabunta, and Garaga, some of the most powerful and large creatures of the unexplored Sage Regions.
Of course, even if Buta's size has grown, its IQ doesn't seem to have changed all that much, it still appears to be somewhat dull, as it has yet to figure out how it appeared in the middle of nowhere.
Sighing slightly, Kuroto tapped the head of Buta with his feet, and called out, "Hey Buta… don't tell me you still don't understand what's going on?!"
As soon as it heard that familiar name and familiar voice, Buta's eyes widened, and sensing the presence of Kuroto on top of it, he jumped up and down in affection.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
As Buta jumped up and down in affection, the whole ground shook.
Looking at the giant boar jumping up and down in front of him, Neji was horrified as he struggled to stand and not fall. The entire grassland was shaking as if an earthquake had come. He couldn't figure out what caused the boar to suddenly jump up and down!?
"Alright… alright… I get it you are happy to see me again." Said Kuroto, and warned, "But calm down, or I'll send you back…!"
Kuroto's warning caused Buta to calm down, and after that Kuroto observed it carefully. He could see a lot of scars on its body, meaning this guy continued to cause a lot of trouble wherever it went, and as a result, it suffered a lot.
Of course, Kuroto also discovered that the scars on Buta's body were quite old, meaning that it has been a while since he got injured seriously, this implies that in the past few years, Buta hasn't had any difficulty prey, and thought, 'He must have gotten quite strong.'
With such a thought, Kuroto activated his Byakugan and observed the chakra flowing through Buta's body. He was quite surprised to find a huge reserve of Tenseigan Chakra in Buta's body that seemed quite strange to him, and he couldn't help but think, 'This is quite weird.'
Unable to figure out the exact problem, Kuroto put his hand on Buta's back and drew some chakra out of its body. After drawing out enough chakra, he played with Buta's chakra as he tried to learn, what was going on.
And it didn't take him long to figure out the problem.
Back when he was learning to create poisons, Kuroto tested all his poisons on the young Buta, and after he was done with that, Kuroto rewarded Buta by forcibly opening the network of Chakra veins in its body. Although the process was very painful for Buta, the result that appears now seemed to be worth the effort and suffering.
In fact, Kuroto never imagined that his actions back then would produce such a fruit. The fact that Kuroto opened Buta's chakra veins using his Tenseigan Chakra caused Buta to gain a chakra type with characteristics of Tenseigan Chakra, although the density of Tenseigan Chakra in Buta's body is very dilute, it is there… of course, this is not the best part, the best part is, over the course of years, the Tenseigan Chakra in Buta's body fused with the Natural Energy in its body which caused the dilute Tenseigan Chakra to mutate and produce a new type of a very strong chakra.
"No wonder it could continue to survive! Heck, I never imagined that Buta had such adaptability to Natural Energy… But now that I think about it, it does make sense, how else could it continue to survive all those deadly poisons and injuries? Having such a high healing factor is impossible without a reason… it seemed Buta was a little adapt to Natural Energy… and I never figured it out because I couldn't sense Natural Energy at that time. But to think that the little guy from back then could fuse Natural Energy with the Tenseigan Chakra… although you are a dumb guy; it seemed you are also one of a kind genius!" muttered Kuroto with a thoughtful expression.
It must not be forgotten that fusing Natural Energy and Tenseigan is a very difficult task, even Kuroto has not been able to accomplish it so far, but Buta did… if this doesn't make Buta a genius, then what else does?
"Well, I guess I have found a way forward." Muttered Kuroto, and thought, 'Of course, I'll focus on that later, first let's solve the problem that I came here for.' As he disappeared from his place and appeared before Neji.
Seeing Kuroto, Neji hurried to him, curiosity and anxiousness clearly visible on his face as he asked, "Sensei… this boar… is it your Summon?"
"Yes." Nodded Kuroto.
Kuroto's affirmation caused Neji to become more curious as he asked, "How come I have never heard of it?"
"It's just a summon, nothing to brag too much about." Answered Kuroto.
"Just a summon?" Neji was taken aback by Kuroto's casual way of referring to Buta, and asked, "Just a summon? Sensei…! It's… it's so big! How can it be 'just a Summon?'"
Neji didn't think that Buta was an ordinary Summon. He could see a very powerful chakra inside Buta's body with his Byakugan, therefore, he knew very well that the wild boar was definitely not 'just a summon'!
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