12 Katsuyu

The contract was signed, and just as Yuki was thinking about whether he should take advantage of the time to summon the slug.

Suddenly, white smoke appeared around his body.

"This is... Kuchiyose no Jutsu?"

Just as Yuki finished speaking, he disappeared from where he stood.

The next second, the fourth generation of Shadow Guards members rushed into the office. Seeing that there was no one inside, the pupils of Hayama Shirakumo, who was in the lead, shrank. He hurriedly said, "Quick! Go and call Hiruzen!"

He did not know that because of him, the next moment, the panicked Yuki in the building opened his eyes again and found himself in a strange place.

In front of him, he saw rows of trees piercing into the sky.

There were no branches or leaves on this tree. The bare trunks and branches were pale white, giving people a feeling of white bones.

But even so, the trees were filled with moist and refreshing air, especially with the enormous life energy he was very familiar with.

Yuki only took a light breath and felt that his limbs and bones were full of comfort.

"Shikkotsu Forest? It really is a treasure land." He sighed.

At this moment, he seemed to notice the person who had arrived. In the forest, a sea slug of varying sizes, blue and white, popped its head out and looked toward Yuki.

Very quickly, a sea slug that was a little bigger than the rest of its kind wriggled its body to the latter's side, using a gentle female voice that didn't match its appearance. "May I ask if this is Sir Yuki?"

"I don't dare to call you sir. The slug Immortal can call me by my name." Yuki hurriedly said.

He knew that the entire Shikkotsu Forest was just one slug Immortal. These seemingly small slugs in front of him were all its avatars.

This also meant that the one talking to him was the true body of the slug Immortal.

This was a thousand-year-old antique like that Sage Toad from Mount Myōboku. He had no choice but to respect him.

"I'm very sorry. I'm used to calling each of my contracted companions 'adults. I won't be able to change my tone for a while. In addition, I'm not immortal. I'm just a slug that has lived for a long time and knows some immortal arts. So, please call me 'Living Slug'. This is my name." The voice of the slug was still gentle and kind, and its words were remarkably humble and restrained.

Sure enough, just like in his memory, the immortal of the Shikkotsu Forest unexpectedly had a good temper.

In this place, Yuki had no choice but to mourn for Orochimaru, who had made a contract with Ryūchi Cave.

Now that the people had said so, Yuki no longer called out "live slugs".

Seeing this, the latter nodded happily and said, "Since Tsunade, no new people have come in for a long time. When I saw the name of Lord Yuki, especially one of the Senju Clan, I acted on my own initiative and summoned Lord Yuki. I hope Lord Yuki's business is not delayed."

For a living slug-like it, although it had a variety of contractors in its thousand years of life, the one who accompanied it the longest was still the Senju Clan, so it naturally had more feelings for the people of this race.

And through the narration of Tsunade in the past, the Senju Clan had withered to the point that they almost no longer existed, which made it very sad.

Because of this, after seeing the name "Senju" on the contract scroll that he placed in the outside world, he had this kind of rebellious behavior that did not match his character.

When Yuki heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said, "I won't delay. I have nothing to do now."

In any case, the Summoning Contract Scroll was in the Hokage's office. Even if other people did not know, the experienced Hiruzen could instantly understand what had happened.

Therefore, he was not worried about what would happen there.

Now that he had come to Shikkotsu Forest, he also took this opportunity to explore this holy land.

"Does Sir Yuki need to see my main body?" After a short while, the live slug that climbed onto Yuki's shoulder asked.

"Can I?" Yuki was very curious about the main body of the living slug.

According to his understanding, the living slug's main body had never been completely summoned from beginning to end.

Even if it was Tsunade, it only summoned a small part of the main body.

"Of course, no problem. Lord Yuki is my contractor. In the future, we will fight side by side. It is also right to understand each other more."

As he spoke, he led Yuki deeper into the forest.

Yuki looked around and saw that the ground and trees along the way were either big or small. They were blue and white, and their mouthparts were secreting transparent mucus.

It didn't look disgusting but had a cute and honest feeling.

Along the way, the live slug on his shoulder suddenly asked curiously, "Is this the Hokage God-cloak worn by Lord Yuki? Could it be that Lord Yuki is now the new Hokage?"

"Indeed, I am now the 4th Hokage." Yuki nodded.

"That's amazing! This reminds me of the 4th Hokage decades ago." The live slug sighed.

"Haha! I can't compare to the first Hokage!" Yuki smiled and waved his hand.

In this way, Yuki had unknowingly arrived at his destination.

He looked up when he passed through the last pale tree and arrived at an open space. Even though he had already mentally prepared himself, he still couldn't help but reveal an incomparably shocked expression.

It was too... too... too big!

Even though his vision had already experienced the baptism of various large buildings made of reinforced concrete in modern times, when Yuki looked at this enormous living slug that couldn't be described in words, he was still shocked and speechless for a moment.

At this moment, he finally understood the meaning of immortality.

Even if this person in front of him didn't use any Immortal Technique, as long as he slightly rolled his body, it would cause the earth to shake, and his power would probably not be weaker than S-level large ninja.

While Yuki was in a daze, the slug on his shoulder also jumped down and squirmed to the side of the living slug, then fused its small body inside.

In the next second, the huge head on the living slug moved.

It lowered its head slightly and looked at Yuki, who was only the size of a pebble in its eyes. It still spoke in a gentle voice like a spring breeze,

"Lord Yuki, this is our first meeting in the truest sense. Please take care of me in the future."

"Also, please take care of me in the future." Looking at the living slug that still treated others as before, Yuki felt slightly relieved and said solemnly.