"Summoning?" Minato asks with curiosity.
Minato has a little understanding of this type of ninjutsu from Shirota-sensei, but he only knows about it. As for the specific implementation methods and principles, he has no way of understanding them.
"The so-called summoning technique, as the name suggests, is to summon a certain animal to assist in combat through the use of chakra," Jiraiya explains. If it were someone else, he would not explain this summoning technique in such detail, and would just teach it directly.
But Minato is different. At the age of only seven, he has the talent to comprehend the Body Flicker Technique on his own. If he is deliberately guided to understand the essence of ninjutsu, in the future, he might be able to develop a ninjutsu that belongs to him alone. Even Jiraiya now does not have the ability to develop ninjutsu on his own.
"Summon? Living creatures?" Minato's eyes widen slightly. Just based on the teacher's simple introduction, it is not difficult to judge the difficulty level of this summoning technique.
Ordinary low-level ninjutsu would not have such an effect. But he finally understands what the teacher said before, why even if he loses control, this summoning technique would not accidentally hurt people.
"The creatures summoned by the summoning technique are called summoned beasts. These summoned beasts are just like us, living in this world. The reason why ninjas can summon them is due to the power of the contract," Jiraiya continues.
As he says this, Jiraiya takes out a ninja tool scroll from the ninja bag hanging on his waist behind him. He quickly makes a few hand seals with both hands, and then presses on the ninja tool scroll, and a larger scroll appears in Jiraiya's hand.
"If you want to perform summoning, you need to sign a contract with a certain summoned beast. The more powerful the summoned beast, the rarer it is, and the more difficult it is to find. So although the summoning technique seems to be only a B-level ninjutsu, its power is much more than that," Jiraiya says with a hint of pride.
"Among the summoned beasts known in the current ninja world, the strongest summoned beast is the Monkey King Enma that has signed a contract with the Third Hokage, and its strength is definitely comparable to that of an S-class ninja!" Jiraiya adds.
Minato takes a breath of cold air when he hears this. The so-called S-class ninja is also a popular strength classification in the ninja world. And ninjas of this level have extremely powerful strength, even comparable to the Kages of major countries.
Even Jiraiya-sensei may not be called an S-class ninja. The summoned beast of the Third Hokage actually has the strength comparable to that of a ninja of this level.
Jiraiya laughs and says, "I'm afraid that only the Third Hokage has a summoned beast of the level of Enma, which is enough to be called the strongest summoned beast. Ordinary summoned beasts don't have this strength."
Minato nods. If powerful summoned beasts were everywhere, the level of this technique would definitely not be just B-level.
"Teacher, do you mean that I need to find a powerful summoned beast myself to sign a contract?" Minato asks.
"Haha, it's not easy to find a powerful summoning beast. What's more, if you are not strong enough, how can a creature of that strength be willing to sign a contract with you?" Jiraiya smiles and shakes his head, but the confidence on his face never fades.
"But, you are my disciple. If there is nothing special about you, wouldn't it be a dereliction of duty for me as a teacher?"
"In addition to Enma, there are three legendary holy places in the current ninja world. There are very powerful summoning beasts living there, and the one I signed a contract with is Myoboku Mountain, one of the three holy places!" Jiraiya puts the huge scroll in his hand on the ground and spreads it out. Minato casts his eyes on it. There are names written in blood, and the teacher's name is also on the list.
"Write your name with blood, sign a blood contract, and you can use the summoning technique to summon the toads of Myoboku Mountain to fight. As for the level of creatures that can be summoned, it depends on the amount of chakra you release," Jiraiya explains.
Looking at this scene, Minato feels a little familiar, and the name of Myoboku Mountain, which he hears for the first time, does not feel strange. Just when Jiraiya says that the summoned beast of Myoboku Mountain is a toad, he does not look surprised at all.
Minato squats down, bites his right thumb, and then writes his name on the summoning scroll. Jiraiya smiles, then puts the scroll away and says, "Now, I will teach you how to make hand seals for summoning." Then Jiraiya demonstrates the hand seals to Minato, and Minato nods, indicating that he has completely memorized it.
The hand seals for summoning are Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, and Ram. Minato has learned these basic hand seals in the ninja school and can remember them after seeing them once. He practices making hand seals privately, and he doesn't know how many times.
"Summoning is a space-time ninjutsu, so a medium is needed when summoning, and this medium is one's own blood when the contract is made," Jiraiya explains.
When hearing Jiraiya mentioning space-time ninjutsu, Minato's heart shrinks a little, as if he is inexplicably familiar with this kind of ninjutsu.
"Now, I'll show you once, watch carefully," Jiraiya says. He bites his right thumb, smears the blood on the palm of his left hand, quickly makes the five hand seals just now, and then suddenly presses his left hand on the ground. From his palm, patterns formed by chakra emerge, as if forming a magic circle.
"Bang!" A puff of smoke fills the air. Jiraiya is standing on a large toad that is taller than Minato. Its skin is dark red, and there is an oil plate with the word "loyalty" on its neck.
Most children would be scared when they see such a large creature, but Minato is very calm.
"This is Gama," Jiraiya says.
Minato nods after hearing this, but he doesn't know how to address the large toad in front of him. Gama looks very docile and doesn't say a word when summoned by Jiraiya.
"Do you understand?" Jiraiya asks as he jumps off Gama. The toad disappears in a puff of light smoke.
"Yeah," Minato nods. He understands the basic principles and methods. Next, he just needs to control the output of chakra as Jiraiya said before.
"Then you can come and practice," Jiraiya says, and Minato looks eager to try.
Immediately, Minato follows Jiraiya's example, wiping the blood on his other palm with the finger he bit when signing the contract. He then forms the five seals very skillfully and quickly, pressing his palm on the ground. At that moment, Minato suddenly outputs all the chakra in his body. He wants to see what kind of summoning beast he can summon now.
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