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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