After crossing the bridge , Aoki entered inside the temple through the opened huge door. Soon he saw so the so called Elder Fox and was impressed.
" Welcome human." Aoki was surprised inwardly because he did not think that the Elder would be a female and her mature voice sounded elegant and gentle.
" Its nice to meet you Elder. My name is Kitamura Aoki and I'm a shinobi of Konoha." Aoki did not seem to be intimidated by her huge size and greeted her with a bow.
" What a polite young man. I heard that you were summoned to Shikkoku forest ?"
" Well.. I wanted to sign a summoning contract with a clan who has unique resonance with me but after coming here , I an confused instead." Aoki explained earning a chuckle from the fox in front of him.
" Haha... Here you can find many different clans after all. The three main clans of Shikoku forest are my Fox clan , Monkey clan and Slug clan. There are many others but they have few members of their own. " Aoki nodded and thought about Tsunade and Sandaime.
" I know two people who have signed contract with Slug and Monkey clan respectively. They both are powerful figures of Konoha. Sandaime Hokage sama summons Monkey King Enma who has special ability to transform into a staff and control its length at will. While Tsunade san summons Katsuyu sama who can split into countless body clones and have extraordinary healing powers ." Aoki commented and continued " The abilities are excellent but I'm not sure whether I really need them or not."
The Elder fox nodded and said " Our fox clan also have our own unique ability. We can transform into other species and use their basic abilities. For example, if I transform into a bird then I can fly in the sky like them. The stronger we get , the longer we can maintain the form."
" That's an amazing ability. " Aoki was truly impressed and was already set on signing a contract with the fox clan. He was going to ask but was beat by the Elder to it.
" Haha.. I know that. So, do you want to sign a contract with us? Think before you decide because we prize our loyalty and will not forgive betrayal."
Aoki understood the meaning of Elder. Basically he was not allowed to sign summing contract with another clan if he did so with the Fox clan. But he still did not hesitate to agree with the condition.
Aoki bowed and said " Please allow me to sign the summoning contract with Fox clan."
The Eldler Fox smiled after hearing the answer and nodded. She flared litte chakra and before Aoki could think anything , with a puff of smoke , the fox was gone and a beautiful busty milf with long white hair was standing there wearing a green kimono. Aoki almost choked on his breadth watching the scene.
" Hahaha.. you did not think of this, did you?."
Aoki coughed and got rid of the lecherous thought that had invaded his mind.
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The process of signing the contract was the same as the anime. Aoki left the blood imprint of his right hand's fingers on the scroll and smoothly finished signing the contract.
Next he came to know that these foxes were a joyful bunch and loved to eat. A small banquet was held as celebration and Aoki got acquainted with both young and adult foxes in that time. Of course he also ate a lot and was honestly not impressed with the dishes because there was nothing except grilled meat and fresh fruits. The sake tasted fine but beer could have been a better choice.
Aoki also came to know that the foxes need to lick a little blood of the species they wanted to transform into and not every animal was possible either. For example , they could not transform into an insect. Aoki was not that bothered though because it made sense that there would be limitations. If not, then the ability would be almost invincible. Well it was already almost perfect in Aoki's eyes though.
Late at night , Aoki returned back to the Training Ground 9 in Konoha using reverse summoning jutsu. He was beyond happy as he successfully signed a summoning contract and that too with an outstanding beast clan.
Moreover he completed a system quest and the reward was unexpectedly too good.
QUEST : SIGN SUMMONING CONTRACT WITH FOX CLAN.
REWARD : 1X S RANK NINJUTSU SKILL TOKEN
QUEST STATUS : COMPLETE
Aoki thought that system also thought highly of Fox clan's special ability like him. Thus the too generous reward. Aoki would definitely use this token to purchase Flying Thunder God jutsu from the system shop but not now as he needed to fulfill one important requirement before he could purchase it.
There were two requirements listed up by the system-
1. Affinity with space - this one was already fulfilled somehow and Aoki's guess was that it was because he could use system's inventory. Who cared as long as it was miraculously ready fulfilled anyway.
2. Fuinjutsu level 75 or above - This requirement was too much but Aoki did not bother cursing system and had already resolved his heart to level up his Fuinjutsu skill as soon as possible.
He would leave shadow clones in his apartment to practice only fuinjutsu while the real him would be busy clearing missions to earn shop points and convert them to skill points. It would take a while but the prize for the hard work would be too good. Besides Aoki always wanted to learn fuinjutsu to a respectable level and now with this newfound enthusiasm, he could definitely become a master in the art instead.
The scrolls of fuinjutsu could be acquired from Konoha by exchanging them with his credit points. These points were earned after completing missions and for other accomplishments which could be rewarded by Hokage in the form of credit points. Naturaly real money could be used for the exchange too but Aoki decided to use up his current credit points first because it would be foolish to not use them. He planned to buy amazing jutsu from the system shop anyways as the knowledge would directly be inserted to this mind.
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