Chapter 325: Dana's Arrival
If Mount Myoboku were an island, it would make sense. The "ninja world" as perceived by ninjas didn't cover the entire planet; it only included a main continent and the surrounding seas. Perhaps beyond the vast ocean, there were various magical places?
After all, initially, even the Cloud Village hadn't heard of the resource-rich Eastern Archipelago.
Just as Dana was about to fly deeper into Mount Myoboku, a shadow fell over him.
Looking up, a mountain-sized red toad stared at him coldly.
"Trespassing into Mount Myoboku... It really is a disgusting snake. Ichikishimahime, are you here to pick a fight?"
This toad actually knew Ichikishimahime.
Ichikishimahime's face turned cold. "My husband and I go wherever we want! Are you looking for death?"
Dana interjected, "Don't spout nonsense."
Then he looked at the giant toad. Its appearance was very recognizable—smoking a pipe, carrying a huge sword.
Dana addressed the toad, "You must be Gamabunta?"
Although not as large as in Dana's memory, he was still very imposing. This must be a younger Gamabunta?
"You've heard of me? But don't try to get chummy. Who are you? As a contractor of Ryuchi Cave, why have you come to Mount Myoboku?"
"Me? I am Yotsuki Dana, here to find someone."
Gamabunta bent down to look at Dana, his giant toad face growing colder. "What did you say... your name was?"
"Yotsuki Dana."
In the next instant, without warning, the terrifying sword, tens of meters long, slashed down with unparalleled force.
Dana sidestepped slightly.
BOOM!
The sword struck the empty ground, cracking the earth open.
Dana didn't even look at the blade beside him. Narrowing his eyes with an unchanging smile, he said, "Can I interpret this as... you want to kill me?"
Ichikishimahime's face briefly morphed into a ferocious snake face, but remembering Dana was beside her, she reverted to her maiden appearance.
"Stinking toad! What are you doing?!"
Gamabunta growled, "You're the one who killed Jiraiya, right? And you dare come to Mount Myoboku!"
Decades ago, when Jiraiya first came to Mount Myoboku as a teenager, the first toad he met was Gamabunta. Back then, Gamabunta was far from this huge... Jiraiya was also the first and only human Gamabunta had signed a contract with.
That day on the isolated island (Qin Island), Jiraiya chose to summon the strongest Fukasaku and Shima directly, causing Gamabunta to miss Jiraiya's final battle, which he had always regretted.
Dana raised an eyebrow. "I see. I killed him because he killed my people. But you do have a reason for revenge. If you toads like playing the cycle of vengeance, I can accompany you."
As a ninja, who hasn't killed?
Did Jiraiya kill few people on the battlefield? Countless people had died at Dana's hands too. Those with reasons to seek revenge on Dana could probably line up from Konoha to Kumogakure.
Every powerhouse stood on a mountain of corpses, regardless of their personality or morality.
Even the so-called "Little Sun," Minato Namikaze, surely had plenty of blood on his hands.
This was the cruel ninja world.
Dana never felt he was more important than those who died by his hand.
He was just stronger than them.
But since you chose revenge, you must bear the consequences.
Like getting counter-killed.
"I just wonder... if I kill you, will another toad pop out?"
Dana extended a hand, touching the sword that was like a wall to him.
ZZZT!
Intense electricity surged along the blade. With just one shock, Gamabunta lost his grip on the sword, the smell of burnt flesh emanating from his hand.
In the next instant, Dana appeared in front of Gamabunta and kicked his massive body over.
BOOM!
The fall of the giant body crushed countless trees.
Despite the massive size difference, the visual effect was absurdly impactful.
Dana remembered when he was very young, seeing his Old Man shoulder-throw a giant Torifu Akimichi, he also felt it was ridiculous.
Now, dealing with an enemy of this level, Dana didn't even need Sage Mode.
Mid-air, Dana casually pulled up the giant sword stuck in the ground, shouldered it, and pointed it at the fallen Gamabunta, intending to nail him to the ground with his own weapon.
"Stop!"
A tiny shadow rushed over from the distance, shouting urgently!
However, Dana had already thrown the giant sword.
The tiny shadow leaped up. Despite being less than half a meter tall, it met the giant sword head-on, gathering massive amounts of Senjutsu chakra in its hands.
"Frog Kumite!" "Frog Strike!"
Two frog palms clamped onto the tip of the giant sword.
This was probably the history's greatest size-difference "catching a blade with bare hands."
Equivalent to a mosquito catching a flyswatter swing!
Unfortunately, although it was just a casual throw from Dana, and despite the high-level secret arts of Mount Myoboku and massive Senjutsu chakra, Fukasaku was still sent flying due to the weight difference.
Gamabunta was saved from being nailed to the ground but still suffered blunt force trauma and fainted.
The giant sword was tossed aside by Fukasaku.
Fukasaku wasn't feeling great either, panting heavily as he stood on Gamabunta's white belly.
"You! Do you intend to kill our toads as soon as you arrive at Mount Myoboku?"
Dana looked and saw another familiar face.
"He started it. Not finishing him off was already merciful."
Ichikishimahime chimed in, "Old geezer Fukasaku, this stinking toad sought death himself!"
Fukasaku glanced at Ichikishimahime clinging to Dana, didn't ask how he found Mount Myoboku, and asked gravely, "Why did you come to Mount Myoboku?"
Dana crossed his arms. "I saw a toad abducting a villager of mine, Minato Namikaze, to Mount Myoboku, so naturally, I came to check."
Minato was his intended candidate for the Fifth Hokage. He didn't want him brainwashed by these toads or used as a pawn.
The reason for coming was to see what Mount Myoboku was up to and verify if Minato was still usable.
If he was crippled by the Great Toad Sage's nonsense, aside from settling accounts later, the Fifth Hokage candidate might need changing.
Fukasaku was stunned. "Isn't Minato Namikaze from Konoha? What does he have to do with you? Did you join Konoha?"
"I annexed Konoha."
Fukasaku's brain jammed for a moment.
He suddenly felt his understanding of the human world over the years seemed invalid.
"Forget it. The Great Toad Sage knows you're coming. Follow me."
Dana was surprised and intrigued. "Oh? Is it the legendary prophetic ability? Did he foresee my arrival?"
Fukasaku glanced at Dana. "Not unforeseen, but sensed. All of Mount Myoboku is within the Great Toad Sage's perception."
Dana: "...That answer is really boring. What about this guy?"
Dana pointed at Gamabunta.
"He just fainted. There are no enemies of the toad clan in Mount Myoboku; he'll be fine."
Dana floated in the air, following Fukasaku deeper into Mount Myoboku.