"Hahaha, Gamabunta, you are still so funny." Minato scratched his hair awkwardly and chuckled. This scene... well, it was a bit unexpected.
According to his plan, Gamabunta would help him to stop the Earth Release Rock Trail Jutsu launched by the three Iwagakure ninjas, and then Takeshi would quickly approach the enemy as a springboard for him to utilize the Flying Thunder God, and then Minato would go for a quick kills of the Iwagakure ninjas. But what happened is that Takeshi defeated all the enemies with his Human Boulder, and it seems that he doesn't need to take action now.
"Huh~ How should I put it? This cat is quite annoying. I really want to teach him a lesson that wouldn't forget. Maybe a black cat fur coat would look good on me." Gamabunta said as he saw what the cat was currently doing, the cat playing with Iwagakure Ninja in the distance, and not far away from that, Kakashi was fighting fiercely with another Iwagakure ninja.
Obviously, that person was the Iwagakure Jonin, but it looked like he was severely injured and he wouldn't likely survive his fight with Kakashi. He was getting beaten and couldn't get an opportunity to retreat.
"Stop it! No matter how much you torture me, I won't be able to tell you any information."
"..."
Takeshi stopped his paw from smacking the Chunin again and glanced at the ninja who was at his mercy, and couldn't help but think in his mind.
He glanced around at the other two bodies and found that the two Iwa ninjas had been killed by his enlarged claws - did he need to be so violent? It was not necessary for him to kill them. 'What am I thinking about ? they are the enemies, their death doesn't matter, cat's dont need to be bothered by human morality.'
Takeshi thought for a moment, put these messy thoughts away, and looked at the third and only Iwagakure Chunin survivor who was held by him.
"You- you damn cat, don't go too far. I- although we are missing ninjas of Iwagakure Village, we still have... ugh!"
"You talk too much." Takeshi squished his head with his claw. Firstly, he is a little tired of playing, and secondly, the fatigue of opening the first gate has begun to catch up, and then his strength will be greatly reduced, so it is better to deal with his enemies decisively.
As for the Iwa Jonin fighting Kakashi... Although that guy is strong, he was run over by his kitty boulder and was pursued and beaten by Kakashi.
Now his injuries are very serious and there is basically no possibility of counterattack. Victory is theirs, he can rest now. Takeshi walked back tiredly.
But when he saw Gamabunta, he suddenly remembered something, Gamabunta seemed to hold a grudge as Takeshi had clawed his head, and causing him to smacked Takeshi away, with such force that he flew out, which gave the Kitty Boulder jutsu extraordinary impact, and was able to cross over the big Rock Trail Jutsu, 'I'm afraid I'm going to be beaten by this Giant toad if I get close!'
Thinking of this, he looked at Gamabunta's body language. Him holding the handle of the knife was obviously with intent to kill this cat!
'Hmm, eight thousand five hundred total points? That's not bad.' Wealth comes from risk. Although he don't know how many of the extra two thousand points belong to Gamabunta, it is obviously meagre, Gamabunta must've contributed a good chunk of it.
The rest should have come from these Iwagakure ninjas, Kakashi's ninja dogs and abit from Minato. Increase revenue and reduce expenditure, that's the motto of great business. Can he turn them into consistently recurring revenue? It is worth thinking about.
Takeshi cheers himself up inside his mind, thinking of ways to mess with Sandaime, Minato, and Gamabunta as Gamabunta is added to the list too.
Forget it, isn't this just a toad? We are fellow summon beasts and we will have to face eachother sooner or later, summon beasts here are like pokemon they are often called for fighting. 'Hopefully we would face off later rather than sooner, when I am stronger and more stamina. '
He mustered up the courage to move forward, but when he saw the mountain-sized body of Gamabunta, he took a large detour to reach Rin's side.
Gamabunta took a puff of his pipe, slowly exhaled some smoke, and then couldn't resist commenting: "You kitten sure knows how to avoid danger. This time seeing that you saved me a lot of energy, I will let you go. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let you go, I still need a black cat fur coat... Humph!"
"Hahaha~" Minato didn't know what to do for a moment, so he could only laugh awkwardly in attempt to diffuse the situation.
"Meow~" When Takeshi heard that Gamabunta was not going to pursue him this time, his paws became itchy again.
'If I strike while the iron is hot now, I should be able to get more points, right? No! That is just asking to die, and I have to be careful in my efforts. Otherwise, sooner or later, I will be trapped by the desire to keep making points from the system before I become stronger.' Takeshi warned himself seriously.
On top of that, he is currently in a tired state due to opening the Gate of Opening. If he was still full of energy, he feels that he does not need to be afraid. No matter how strong Gamabunta is, he is just a huge and bulky toad, so he just needs to avoid it. Takeshi feels confident in his own agility.
Thankfully, Gamabunta didn't know this, otherwise he would have taken out his sword from his waist without any hesitation and killed Takeshi with one blow.
"By the way, please help me create proper passage for the caravan." Minato pointed to the mudslide from the Rock Trail jutsu in front of him that had not been properly cleared for their caravan.
"Are you kidding me?" Gamabunta froze while holding the sword. 'Should I really allow myself to do such kind of work ? I am the Great Gamabunta, of Mt. Myoboku...' Sigh, he glanced around then at Minato, Minato is his friend.
Why did he have to care so much for Minato? Moreover, Minato also cared for him and his family and had always tried to help them anyway he could. 'It's just giving abit of help, it's no big deal.'
He pushed the dirt away to the side with both of his hands as he moved forward, and within a few seconds he cleared a passage on the road.
Kakashi, who had just defeated the enemy Jonin in front, was in process of capturing and coming back with him, when he turned around and saw a huge blocks of soil rolling over... If he knew the Eight Inner Gates, he might have been able to open the First Gate, to escape but sadly he didn't yet.
Fortunately, Kakashi is proficient with Lightning release. After using Lightning chakra to stimulate his body's muscles, he avoided the bombardment of the mud slide with speed.
'It's miserable to be so big, fortunately I am out of chakra otherwise it would've been me clearing the road...' Takeshi was secretly happy. If he hadn't been in a state of chakra exhaustion, he would have been grabbed by Gamabunta and Minato to create a proper passage.
Which he didn't doubt Minato and Gamabunta would do, Minato for his snitching and Gamabunta for being scratched. Fortunately, he didn't need to worry at all for now. Minato was a good guy and would not force an exhausted kitten to handle these chores.
But life had different plans...
"Takeshi here, take a soldier food pill and then go help Sensei." Takeshi turned around and stared blankly at Rin's hand that was handing over the soldier pills and her serious face, and couldn't help but feel annoyed, 'Is someone plotting against me ? Who put her upto this!? Was it Obito? Besides, isn't Gamabunta handling it?'
"It's hard to sure whether there are other Iwagakure Ninjas nearby, and the caravans are all horse-drawn carriages that need a smoother road...So, we should clear it out early and pass this area quickly." Rin explained in a low voice.
'While what you said makes sense, but why is life so unfair ?' Takeshi swallowed the soldier pills in one gulp. After resting for sometime, the fatigue caused by Gate of Opening has gradually receded.
Coupled with the effect of the soldiers food pills, although it would be difficult to use ninjutsu such as Rasengan, the Multi-size Jutsu is not that chakra intensive, it mainly requires minimum amount of physical strength for body to be able to handle it.
He grew larger, and walked along the road behind Gamabunta, he pushed aside some rock chunks and gravel, clearing a path large enough for the carriage to pass safely.
This process is quite fast, after all, the Takeshi is just doing some finishing touches, bigger rocks and soils were already handled by Gamabunta.
Rin and Obito protected the caravan, carefully observing the surroundings, while the caravan slowly advanced behind Takeshi.
He noticed something, it seems that the goal of these Iwa ninjas was not to ambush and kill, but to destroy terrains as much as they could, to prevent Konoha from transporting weapons and resources to the Land of Grass.
As for them being missing ninjas, obviously that was a lie. Generally, when ninjas perform such espionage and sabotage missions, they will often say that they are traitors...
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