"I'm not fighting anymore!!!" Lady Tsunade threw down the Chakra spiked club in her hand and plopped down on a large, exposed rock on the ground.
In the distance, Miki rose from underground and slowly approached Lady Tsunade.
"Now that you've had your fun, let's get down to business."
"You make it sound like I'm being unreasonable, but it's clearly your fault!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Miki nodded.
"Damn it!" Lady Tsunade jumped up and pounced on Miki.
This time, Miki didn't dodge, allowing Lady Tsunade to tackle her to the ground.
Now Lady Tsunade was at a loss. Pinning Miki down, they stared into each other's eyes, and their movements stopped.
After a while, Lady Tsunade let go of Miki, huffing, "I'll forgive you this time."
She scrambled to her feet, her face flushed, and feeling a bit hot, Lady Tsunade pulled at her collar and fanned herself.
That's it?
Miki got up and said, "Now that you've had your fun, let's get to work."
"Alright." Lady Tsunade held out her hand, taking the Slug Miki offered, and asked, "What do we do next?"
"You go to Shikkotsu Forest first. My Slug will act on its own after that."
"It's *my* Slug!!!" A vein popped on Lady Tsunade's forehead. She gritted her teeth and said, "You thief!"
Miki pretended not to hear and said, "Hurry up, we'll be back for dinner later."
Lady Tsunade grumbled, bit her finger, and began forming hand signs, then used the Summoning Technique to summon a Slug.
"Lady Tsunade? Is something wrong?" the Slug Sage asked after it appeared.
Lady Tsunade's gaze wavered slightly. She quietly hid Miki's Slug in her pocket and said, "I'm going to Shikkotsu Forest to learn Sage Mode!"
"I understand." Hearing this, the Slug Sage said with solemn gentleness, "I will go prepare immediately, Lady Tsunade, please wait."
With that, it was reverse summoned back.
It intended to use reverse summoning to bring Lady Tsunade over.
"Miki, if you go like this, will the Slug Sage really not kill you?" Lady Tsunade asked.
"What do you think the Slug is? A human?" Miki said, "Don't impose human morality and good-evil concepts on beasts. Their only purpose in life is to perpetuate their species. Everything else is meaningless."
The Slug Sage might be very gentle, but it wasn't human.
Its actions couldn't be judged by human standards.
Whether it was gold or silver, honor or mission, everything that was important to humans was meaningless to it.
The most reliable explanation Miki had for why it became a Summoning Beast was that it wanted to communicate.
And for a species like the Slug, where one individual is the entire species, a fragmented small individual was like a single insect under Miki's command.
If it was accidentally stepped on and killed on the road, it wouldn't be particularly bothered.
"Is that so?" Lady Tsunade didn't quite understand. She had never tried to guess the Slug's thoughts, because the Slug was too obedient.
The Slug moved quickly.
As they spoke, Lady Tsunade was reverse summoned and arrived at Shikkotsu Forest.
At the same time, Miki's Slug began the Summoning Technique after arriving.
Following that, Miki arrived at Shikkotsu Forest.
What met her eyes was a swirling acid mist, an endless lake, and a forest of sharp, spiky bones all around.
What a land of death.
Miki looked down at the Slug Sage, whose body was partly visible in the water.
Its head alone was already enormous, and Miki was currently standing on it.
"Oh my, we have a curious new guest." The Slug Sage said gently.
"Great Slug Sage, this is Miki, my friend." Lady Tsunade said at this point, "I brought her."
"Little Tsunade, I haven't seen an unexpected guest in so long, so I'm just a little surprised, no need to worry." The Slug Sage said gently, its antennae rotating, looking towards Miki's position.
Then its retractable eyes emerged from within the antennae. The tiny black eye spots normally seen on ordinary Slugs now reflected Miki's entire figure like a giant mirror.
It didn't usually use its eyes much.
"She is a friend who makes the Slug marvel." The Slug Sage said, "Her size is not much inferior to mine."
There's something to this guy.
It must be referring to the swarm.
Miki wasn't being arrogant; she was confident that her swarm was definitely larger than the Slug in front of her.
However, who said that the Slug in front of her was the entire size of the Slug Sage?
Miki realized this when she saw the Slug.
"Slug Sage, we're here to learn Sage Mode." Miki said directly.
"Sage Mode, huh…" The Slug said, "Such a simple thing can be learned naturally in a few hundred years. You shouldn't be short on that much time."
It seemed there was a misunderstanding.
"Humans can't live for hundreds of years!" Lady Tsunade said from the side, "Are you getting senile too, Slug Sage?!"
"Is that so." The Slug Sage looked at Miki.
Although there was no expression, Miki sensed its suspicion.
It didn't speak.
Indeed, the small Slugs only inherited a very small portion of the main body's power and experience.
"Little Tsunade, let me see that child in your hand."
Hearing this, Lady Tsunade was startled. She had clearly hidden it in her pocket without letting the Slug Sage see it, so why was it exposed?
"Show it to her." At this moment, Miki said bluntly.
Lady Tsunade took out the small Slug from her pocket.
And the Slug Sage's first words were…
"This child is so beautiful…" After carefully examining it with rotating eyes, it looked at Miki and asked, "How did you do it? It looks just like a child of the two of us."
"Wh-wh-wh-what?!" Lady Tsunade stammered excitedly, asking, "What do you mean, 'looks like a child of the two of us'! We haven't even met!"
"Don't get excited, Little Tsunade, it just looks like it." The Slug Sage said, "This child is not my child. It's no longer the same species as me."
With that, the Slug Sage looked at Miki and said, "Can you tell me?"
"It's a bit complicated to explain." Miki said, "Please wait a moment."
With a thought, the swarm began to move. After about a few minutes, Miki clapped her hands.
The Winter Storm Chariot's Barrier appeared with a summoning.
The two small Slugs inside looked bewildered. When they saw the large Slug, they burst into excited tears!
The Slug Sage was full of question marks.
Miki released the Barrier, and the two small Slugs fell from the air, then merged into the Slug Sage's body like water.
Almost immediately, the Slug Sage's body trembled.
Lady Tsunade, caught off guard, lost her footing, then stabilized herself with shinobi footwork.
What happened to the Slug Sage?
"Wah!!! You really are a devil! How could you do such a thing?!"
The Slug Sage's gentle voice trembled with grievance, "Tsunade! Save me! Quickly make this guy get out!!!"
"I won't do anything to you!" Miki said, displeased.
"No! Just seeing you scares me!!!" The Slug shrieked.
No matter how powerful a creature is, it has something it fears, as long as it is still a living being.
This was not a disgrace to the Slug.
It was like encountering a natural predator.
The Slug Sage's confidence came from being invincible; others couldn't do anything to it.
But the guy in front of it could not only do something, but could do all sorts of things!
Who could handle that?!
The Slug shrieked, wanting to dive to the bottom of the lake and hide.
But it couldn't!
Its home had been exposed!
Given enough time, this guy would definitely find it!
The Slug believed she had that ability.
After calming down, the Slug said aggrievedly, "What else do you want to do to me? I am the magnificent Slug Sage! I will not bear children for you! Absolutely not! Otherwise! Mutual destruction!"
Bear, bear, bear children!
What on earth happened?
Lady Tsunade was completely bewildered.
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