area51novel Chapter 71 Signing the Contract
Chapter 71 Signing the Contract
After Naruto signed the contract with Mount Myōboku on the scroll, he excitedly ran to the side to prepare to cast the Summoning Jutsu.
Jiraiya smiled and shook his head, picked up the scroll from the ground, and said to Boruto, "Then... you should sign the contract here too."
"Really!?" Boruto pointed to himself: "I can sign a contract too?"
Jiraiya smiled and nodded: "Mm."
Boruto excitedly took the scroll from Jiraiya and unfolded it on the ground.
Boruto carefully examined the text above. These were the names of people who had once made contracts with Mount Myōboku. Among the familiar names, besides Jiraiya and Naruto, he also recognized his grandfather Minato Namikaze's name.
After a moment of silence, Boruto bit his thumb and wrote his name on the scroll.
After writing his name, Boruto rubbed his blood on his other fingers, pressed his bloody fingerprints onto them, and then returned the scroll to Jiraiya.
"Yes." Jiraiya took the scroll and nodded. From now on, Boruto and Mount Myōboku were also connected.
"Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!"
At that moment, Naruto, who was not far away, bit his finger again and used the Summoning Jutsu, and a cloud of smoke rose up.
Naruto shouted excitedly, "Wow! Look! I did it! I did it!"
"Where? Let me see!" Upon hearing the voice, Boruto immediately ran over to check the situation and saw a cloud of smoke rising from beneath Naruto.
"Look! Blue..." Before Naruto could finish speaking, the smoke dissipated, and a small orange tadpole was hopping on the ground. This orange tadpole only had a tail and no legs.
"Hahaha, isn't this just a tadpole? Where did this frog come from..." Boruto couldn't hold back any longer when he saw the orange tadpole at Naruto's feet.
"Wait! This doesn't count!" Naruto reached out and covered the orange tadpole in front of him, then turned to Boruto and said, "That was definitely a mistake, it doesn't count."
Boruto suddenly had a little idea: if he used only a little bit of chakra to summon, perhaps he could also summon a tadpole.
Thinking of this, Boruto immediately bit his finger and shouted, "Summoning Jutsu!"
As expected, after a puff of smoke, a small tadpole with a yellowish body appeared before us.
Upon seeing this, Naruto burst into laughter: "Haha, so you can only summon one tadpole too, and it's even smaller than mine!"
Jiraiya, standing to the side, looked at the scroll in his hand and slowly unfurled it. When he saw Boruto's name written on it, he paused for a moment, but quickly smiled and put the scroll away.
But he soon stopped laughing when he discovered that Boruto and Naruto had each summoned two tadpoles.
"You little brats!" Jiraiya roared, his face turning ashen with rage. His teeth were grinding, his fists clenched, and he shouted furiously, "Summoning Jutsu isn't something you can play around with!"
Boruto and Naruto were terrified when they heard this, and two big bumps instantly appeared on their heads.
"I'm sorry!" the two apologized in unison.
Jiraiya said angrily, "You two are really something! Instead of using ninjutsu properly, you're just playing around here. You all need to start over!"
Boruto grimaced and scratched his head, then stepped forward and cast a summoning jutsu.
"Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!"
After a puff of smoke, Boruto summoned a large, earthen-yellow toad.
Jiraiya looked at the giant toad in front of him and couldn't help but praise, "Wow, not bad, it's actually a powerful toad. To be able to summon such a big toad right from the start, Boruto, you're very talented."
Boruto humbly replied, "No, no, it was just a coincidence."
Jiraiya then looked at Naruto and said, "You're next, Naruto."
Naruto nodded, bit his finger again, and then chanted a spell to cast a summoning jutsu. As a puff of smoke rose, an orange tadpole appeared at his feet once more.
"Haha, how come it's another tadpole?" Boruto couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.
"No... this can't be! Why... why is this happening?" Naruto stared wide-eyed at the orange tadpoles at his feet, muttering to himself in disbelief.
As the sun gradually set over the next period of time, Naruto did not give up and continued to use the Summoning Jutsu again and again.
While Naruto was practicing his summoning jutsu, Boruto continued to hone his Lightning Blade.
Naruto has bitten his fingers so many times that they seem to be getting anemic.
However, no matter how hard he tried, only that little tadpole appeared after each hand seal. Naruto couldn't help but feel a little hopeless. Could it be that he really couldn't summon a frog?
Jiraiya's initial anticipation turned into a blank expression.
Jiraiya slowly walked to Naruto's side, gently patted his shoulder, and said earnestly, "Naruto, it seems I misunderstood you. You really aren't good at using the Summoning Jutsu."
After saying that, Jiraiya yawned widely, turned around and walked to a shady spot to find a comfortable place to lie down and rest.
Upon hearing Jiraiya's words, Naruto quickly shouted, "Wait! Please believe me! I will definitely be able to summon a frog!"
Jiraiya slightly opened his eyes, glanced at Naruto, and then gently shook his head, showing little interest in the matter.
He casually replied, "Oh..." and then closed his eyes to continue enjoying the moment of peace.
Seeing this, Naruto yelled at Jiraiya, "Hey! At least have some expectations for me, okay?!"
Jiraiya smirked, half-opening his eyes as he looked at Naruto, and teased, "When you can summon a complete frog, then I'll look forward to it." With that, he closed his eyes again, ignoring Naruto.
"Seriously..." Naruto looked at the tadpoles at his feet, a surge of anger rising within him. He gritted his teeth and said, "Ugh! This is infuriating! Summoning Jutsu!"
However, the result was the same this time; the tadpole, less than 10 centimeters away, once again appeared in his hand.
"Pfft..." Boruto stood to the side, unable to help but cover his mouth and chuckle, but still accidentally let out a laugh.
"Hey...you were laughing just now, weren't you?" Naruto suddenly turned his head, staring intently at Boruto.
When Boruto saw Naruto's gaze, he immediately pretended to be nonchalant and started whistling.
"N-no...no..." Boruto turned his head away guiltily, avoiding Naruto's gaze.
Naruto pointed at Boruto angrily and shouted, "You've been laughing at me the whole time, you haven't stopped!"