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38. Creating The Manga Of Naruto On Naruto

Creating The Manga Of Naruto On Naruto World Become My Ultimate Goal!

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I, Akabane was graduated from the university of arts design in the 21st century then suddenly traversed into the Naruto's world, by bringing my knowledge of arts and my love of Naruto comic I decided to recreate Naruto comic here… [Ding! Comic System has been activated!] Great! Ninjutsu? Kekkei Genkai? As long as I can draw more comics, I would be unmatched! …Or am I?

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At the ninja academy of Konoha.

In the back row of the classroom, Akabane was engrossed by his drawing.

He drew lines and words on the back of his textbook.

After a while, he finally finished.

It was a short panel of comics that he drew, he felt satisfied.

"Hey, Akabane-kun! Let me see your drawing! Let me see it!" said the white-haired classmate of his excitedly.

"Don't bother him, let him be." as another of his classmates intervened.

"Oooi Akabane, are you listening!" The white-haired boy shouted at him again.

Akabane gave no response.

"Stop it, I said! if you disturb him again, I will beat you to the pulp Jiraiya!" His classmate shouted back at the top of his lungs

As Jiraiya finished speaking, several boys around them quickly made a fuss.

Unexpectedly, that white-haired boy was punched hard by a girl, thus returning silence to the back of the class.

…

After some time, the first lesson came to an end.

Akabane coughed a few times before giving his half-done comic panel to the white-haired boy as he said, "Here take a look, I'm going to take a nap now."

Suddenly, Akabane coughed violently again.

"Akabane, your body is pretty weak. You need to rest more so that you're able to draw better in the future." Said Jiraiya.

As Akabane reached out to take back the sketch from Jiraiya, someone else snatched it from the white-haired boy. That someone is the class bully.

"Hahaha, this drawing is stupid…" The bully said.

The class erupted in laughter at the snide remark.

Akabane leaned his back against the wall as he tried to catch his breath.

In front of him, a translucent panel emerged.

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Name: Akabane Kurama

Ninja class: Academy Student

Physical Strength : 3 ()

Chakra Strength : 34 ()

Main Chakra attribute: Yin

Equipment: Pen, Drawing board

Ninjutsu : [None]

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Points: 27

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"After working so hard to finish one chapter, I only got such a small amount of points."

Half a month ago, he graduated from the University of Arts Design in the 21st century. He dreamed of becoming a famous illustrator but was suddenly transmigrated into the Naruto world. (Sorry Truck-kun, not this time :3).

Trapped in a child's body.

The system was activated as he was drawing comics and he gained points by letting people read them.

It's already been half a month, yet he only managed to save 27 points.

Akabane couldn't help but be pessimistic about his situation.

There is no way he could actualize his dreams here, trapped in a child's body. Comic? He would be lucky to find a scroll with pictures. He had his work cut out for him before comics reached the level of his original world here.

Fortunately, he arrived after the first Ninja War. From what he could remember from Naruto, there was a short, but peaceful period that followed after the war. But long enough for Akabane to develop his skills at ease.

But…

That being said, with such a weak physique as his, he couldn't help but complain about his clan.

The main trait of the Kurama Clan is their potent chakra. But it came at the cost of their physique.

While he did indeed possess a slightly above-average chakra, that was outweighed by his abysmal physical attributes.

To put it simply, he was just like superman without his superpowers.

Fortunately, with some points, he can use the system's ability to awaken Five Senses Control.

Five Senses Control: The blood inheritance limit of the Kurama clan requires 30 points to be awakened.

Because of the cost of awakening Five Senses Control, he had been reluctant to spend points up until now.

"Hey, there is new ninjutsu on the exchange list…"

He just opened the list and immediately found that there were many types of ninjutsu that he did not have before.

[Transformation Jutsu: D-level ninjutsu requires 5 points.] [Clone Jutsu: D-level ninjutsu requires 5 points.] [Substitution Jutsu: D-level ninjutsu, requires 5 points] [Harem no Jutsu: Modified from the Transformation Jutsu and requires 5 points.] [Shadow Clone Jutsu: Level B ninjutsu requires 100 points.]

"If I remember correctly, this jutsu seemed to have appeared in the first chapter of Naruto… could it be that the ninjutsu appearing in my system is the same one?"

Yes!

Akabane just finished his first chapter of Naruto. He likes Naruto to the point he can roughly recreate it from memory.

For an art student like him, imitating manga is easy.

At first, he just wanted to try to see if his drawing could activate the Five Senses Control of the Kurama clan, but he accidentally awakened the system.

For him, the system is no different than offering help when he needs it the most, but the question is, why is he drawing Naruto?

I am in the Naruto world! What other reason is needed!

Fortunately, most characters in the early days of the comic are far from being born. No one would think that the manga would tell the future.

Everyone thinks it's just a story made by a child.

"Akabane, your story is so amazing."

"Hahaha, Naruto is so funny, who is that?"

"Is this the future?"

That's right, in everyone's eyes, these are nothing but fantasy in Akabane's head.

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Including his teacher Arata Sarutobi…

"Akabane, I do appreciate your passion for the arts, but pay more attention in class!"

As soon as the teacher entered the class, those boys ran away to their chairs.

He has scolded his student since the beginning of the year… Well, he only started scolding Akabane recently.

"I understand sensei, I will pay more attention." Akabane smiled awkwardly.

"Well, it's almost time for class. Give me your drawing, I'll return it to you after school."

With that said, Arata-sensei took away Akabane's comic.

"But sensei, I was just about to see it."

The girl who was just handed the comic pouted, her eyes were watery, almost on the verge of crying.

The girl has blond hair and red eyes and looks very cute, but her identity is scary.

It was the village's princess, Tsunade Senju.

"Tsunade, I only take it for a while, and I will give it to you after class."

Arata smiled, as he took the sketch and returned to the podium, officially starting class. Curious, the teacher began reading the manga.

Akabane observed that his points had risen a bit.

But…

This is weird. Didn't I gain points slower than this before?

Not only that.

After a few minutes, he gained another 2 points.

After Arata finished reading the first chapter, Akabane's total points had reached 31 points.

Crunching the numbers, Akabane realized that he gets 5 points when Arata reads the first chapter.

'Does it mean the higher the ninja level, the more points it gives?' he thought.

Akabane stared at the panel, thinking.

I need to try it out after school…

The Kurama clan has not produced promising young blood for many years, but they have pretty strong members.

If my theory is correct, then how many points can I get by giving the comic to the whole family?

I'm a genius!

It's already time to start the class, but Arata didn't seem to realize it.

He was completely addicted to the comic, as he sat there enjoyingly, and then…

He turned to the first page again and began to look.

His students were trying to take a peek, especially Tsunade, which showed a full of envy with her cute little face.

Realizing half of the minute has passed since the schedule, Arata-sensei suddenly snapped out," Oh shoot! It's time to start the class!".

"Now, I could get my first skill. Should I exchange it now?"

Akabane hesitated.

After thinking about it for a moment, Akabane couldn't resist it, and exchanged it for "Five Sense Control"

[30 Point reduction.]

[The point exchange success!]

[Awakened The Five Sense Control.]

The system notified him of his exchange.

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After the exchange was successful, Akabane opened his eyes.

He felt that his vision was still blurry, so he decided to take it slow. He also felt that his body became even more fragile.

Even so, he felt his awareness of the surroundings become sharper and clearer.

At this moment, he could "perceive" his surroundings even when his eyes were closed.

Of course…

Akabane knew that he hadn't reached that stage yet. This was just the illusion that appeared when his bloodline limit had been awakened.

After a few seconds, this irregularity gradually disappeared.

He opened his eyes again as he looked around.

Other than him, no one seemed to notice the change. After all, he slept earlier in class.

Everyone understands the circumstances around his weak physique.

His eyes focused on the paper as he picked up the pen and began drawing again.

In a few seconds, he drew Jiraiya's portrait on the paper.

Then on the other side of the paper, he quickly drew another image.

He drew a hand near Jiraiya's head and finished it with an exclamation, "Slap!"

As soon as the tip of the pen left the paper…

Slap!

The real Jiraiya uttered a pain, "Ouch!" he shouted in pain as he was covering his head, stared at Tsunade angrily: "Tsunade, was that you?!"

"What are you talking about?"

Tsunade is too lazy to care about him.

If she wanted to beat him, she didn't need to be sneaky at all.

"That means it's you, sneaky snake bastard!"

Jiraiya also turned to look at the back table.

"You are indeed a fool."

Orochimaru sneered, then looked at Akabane thoughtfully.

He saw it.

No one is doing anything from the beginning, so it could be he was only imagining things.

The Genjutsu that can make people feel pain is the signature move of the Kurama Clan. They can use their Kekkei Genkai to control the five senses.

With the control of the five senses ability, it can even turn "Imaginary" into a "real" thing.

Orochimaru could not help but show envy towards that ninjutsu.

"The next person to interrupt me will wait outside of the classroom!"

Arata scolded, but his eyes glanced at Akabane quietly.

Jiraiya also rubbed his head and looked around trying to find the culprit.

Akabane pretended not to have anything to do with him, but he couldn't help but felt excited.

With the Five Senses Control finally, it seemed that all his efforts were not in vain.

Looking at his attributes, he saw something that surprised him.

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Name: Akabane Kurama

Ninja level: Academy Student

Physique : 3 ()

Mental Power : 48 ()

Main Chakra attribute: Yin

Equipment: Pen, drawing board

Ninjutsu : (1) Five Senses Control

Points: 1

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What surprised him was not his new ninjutsu, but that his chakra had risen instantly rose by 14 points!

If Jiraiya knew, he would be jealous.

How troublesome…

Akabane rubbed his temples. The higher the chakra, the greater the strain it put upon his weak body.

After he awakened his Kekkei Genkai, he felt more tired. This was partly due to his instant increase in chakra.

"It seems that I must first increase my physique."

Akabane reached out and tapped the "," and immediately, a prompt appeared.

[Exchanging 1 point of the Physique will consume 1 point. Accept?] [Exchanging 1 point of mental power will consume 10 points. Accept?]

…

"It seems that as my stats increase, the cost it takes to upgrade does as well."

Akabane shook his head regretfully and exchanged 1 point for his body.

[Accept]

[1 Point consumed]

[Physique rose to 5]

However, Akabane did not feel anything, which proves that his chakra is still far beyond his current body limit.

Unfortunately, there are no points left.

Originally he also wanted to save and use points for Clone Jutsu,

It seems that to earn more points, he needs to work harder.

After all, there is the more precious Shadow Clone Jutsu on the list too!

The ninjutsu requires 100 points.

With the help of Shadow Clone Jutsu, he can divide the work to make his comic, giving him more time to sleep and recover.

The perfect plan for a lazy person like him.

This is the life that the traverser should have!

"Well… I must force my clan to read my comics when I go back, ahahaha."

To gain more points, forcing everyone is needed.

Akabane thought about the future, and the more he thought, the more excited he became.

After a while, class was over.

Arata-sensei kept his promise and returned the comic to Tsunade. He didn't dare to make her upset.

Tsunade placed it on the table and then read the first chapter intensely.

The other classmates might need to fight for their turn.

Just after she finished reading it, the comic was quickly swiped.

The culprit was Jiraiya, but he continued to act innocently.

As they read it one by one, the amount of points slowly increased..

Of course, the most important thing was that even Jiraiya had grabbed it, which meant this manga is very engaging!

Akabane's classmates bullied him before for being weak and for only drawing comics, but now they all but mobbed him for the chance to read his manga.

But this was needed.

"I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, but I might've damaged the future ninja of Konoha…"

Akabane couldn't help but shed crocodile tears and added the points he got to his system.

Now, he already has 5 points on his Physique.

Even if it wasn't a huge change, he could already feel a slight improvement in his body.

He needs to work harder to get a better physique.

As Akabane took the comic and prepared to go home, several classmates immediately surrounded him.

Of course, these children will be the strongest ninja from this era.

The "Three Legendary Sannin."

The "White Fang."

Alongside them was also Hibiki Yuhi, the father of Kurenai Yuhi, The Third Hokage Son, and so on.

…

"Naruto Uzumaki is from Mito-sama clan?"

"I can't imagine that I will be growing up with this great ninja generation…"

His classmates asked him an endless question.

Akabane kept smiling and ignored them.

Before crossing, he looked in awe and admiration for his classmates.

But after that, Akabane found that these people were just children. With a comic system, he could reach the same level as these people in the future and even better.

"Damn, Akabane, answer my question!"

Seeing that the boy didn't respond for a long time, Tsunade quickly stepped forward to block his way, and said with a sulky voice, "Hmph!".

Such an interesting person. She was the perfect combination of cute and terrifying that made him want to continue teasing her.

But with only 5 points from his Physique, Tsunade's anger was not something his fragile body could handle.

So for the sake of preserving his own life, Akabane decided to reveal something and appeased the little girl with a friendly tone "The characters in the comic are all my imagination, but Naruto Uzumaki indeed come from the family of Mito-sama."

Part of this answer was to please her, and the other part was to tell the adults that these things are just his fantasy and speculation; that it was nothing but make believe.

It was long before the timeline for the manga began, and Akabane's excuse just made them more convinced that this is just a manga story.

"Sure enough, I know it!"

Tsunade proudly said, "That was a lot of shadow clones to produce in his age. The only one who can do it has to come from Uzumaki Clan."

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At The Hokage Office.

Hiruzen wondered and sighed, "It is indeed an interesting story, the future of Konoha…"

His aging look in Akabane's comics didn't give him any negative impression.

Birth and death are the processes of life.

But the future Konoha stirred his mind.

Will there be peace in the future?

The Third Hokage knew that the tranquility of the five great powers at the moment was just because they had to recover from the recent loss.

In a few years in the future, whatever the reason, the war will continue.

No matter who wins, war means death on both sides.

"He's a smart and interesting child, also it seems he has awakened his Kekkei Genkai, but with the current traits of Kurama Clan…"

As Hiruzen continued to talk to himself, the paper before him showed three slots under his name, with the names of Tsunade and Orochimaru already filled in.

The third name has not been decided.

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Akabane naturally did not know that the list from Hiruzen will be taking part in his future.

He took the first chapter, and returned to his home, immediately forcing everyone to read his comic.

"Father, mother, this is the story I drew, please take a look at it…"

Akabane was handing the drawing, like a kid asking for money.

His father is Isamu Kurama, who is a particularly high rank ninja in Konoha, and his mother, Keiko Kurama, is the clan's mediator.

If his previous theory is correct, both of his parents can contribute a lot of points.

"Okay, let me see what my beloved son drew…"

Kurama Keiko chuckled and took over the comic from Akabane, "Hahaha, Naruto… Does Akabane want to be Naruto?"

"Of course, Naruto is a role model to me," Akabane responded.

"Hey, isn't that The Third Hokage?"

His mother glanced and was immediately attracted by the character in his comic.

To be honest, his parents took notice of one of the characters, since Akabane's drawing is good, and the clothes identification of the characters is enough to make people easily notice some familiar faces.

"It's a very interesting story. Look at the Hokage's Statue! Hahaha."

"How dare he damage the Hokage's monument, what a savage kid!"

Both husband and wife have different concerns, but the similarity is that they quickly immersed themselves in the story.

Akabane nodded in satisfaction.

The audience of Naruto were not only children but also adults in his previous world.

At the same time, he called up the system panel to check his current points, but his score shocked him.

[Points: 58]

"Why do I have so many points?"

The system has no record of points, so naturally, no details of these 58 points can be seen.

He recalled carefully that no one had read his comic since the class finished, so it could only be…

But then he thought about it again. He couldn't get these many points so quickly even if it was read by the elders, but if it's the Hokage then it's feasible.

Akabane guessed that 50 of the 58 points should be contributed by The Third Hokage, while the rest were contributed by his parents or his classmates.

In the end, his father contributed 15 points, while his mother contributed 5 points, exactly as he guessed.

At this time, Akabane already had a total of 71 points.

71 points is enough to exchange for lots of ninjutsu.

For example, redeeming more physique points to free him from his weak body.

Akabane looked at his parents, they seemed to be drowned in thoughts after reading the last page.

"I have to say, Your …Naruto comic is very interesting."

"But the real ninja is not as simple as you imagine."

His father's face was a little bit weird, but he immediately showed a cold face.

He was referring to the story of Naruto stealing the scrolls of seals.

In the eyes of ninjas like them, The Third Hokage is very wise, and he can't make such a mistake.

"Of course, it's only my first comic, and I am just a kid…"

Akabane didn't complain.

His age and childishness are his best shields.

"But still, the story is very interesting. You have a lot of cousins in the Kurama Clan. Would you like for me to share this with them?"

Kurama Keiko smiles gently.

"Of course!"

Akabane jumps out of excitement.

By doing this, I can get more points.

"By the way, father, I seem to have awakened our clan Kekkei Genkai."

Akabane managed to promote the comics, and timely threw out the matter that he had awakened Kekkei Genkai.

"What did you just say!?"

Isamu was baffled and looked at Akabane with a questioning look.

And his mother, Keiko was equally surprised.

Everyone in the Kurama Clan had a very high Genjutsu talent, but not everyone can awaken the clan's Kekkei Genkai, only a few manage to do it, and it seems that their son is one of those special ones.

Like Isamu, although he had a high position in their Clan, he has not awakened.

If Akabane awakened Kekkei Genkai, that would be big news for the entire clan.

"When I was drawing, I felt that there was a change in my body. When I finished drawing my comic today, this feeling became clearer."

As Akabane said, he picked up his pen and started drawing on paper.

He drew his mother's portrait.

Subsequently, filled its background with a grassland.

His mother didn't believe it at first.

The next second, her husband and son disappeared, and the surrounding environment suddenly turned into a grassland.

After a while, her husband joined her, they both looked confused.

With the touch of wind, floral fragrance, and the bright sun, everything looked extremely real.

"It's true! This is Kekkei Genkai!"

The next second, the illusion shattered.

Akabane put down the pen and took a few breaths in satisfaction, but in fact, he didn't feel it was a hard thing to do.

The 48 points of chakra made him more competent in manipulating the environment around him.

Even if the target has strong chakra, without a high-rank resistance, his Genjutsu is invincible.

"Akabane…this, I am so surprised, I don't know what to say."

His father's expression was excited and nervous at the same time.

"It's no wonder that you have been born with a weak body. It turns out that… you have our clan's inheritance."

His mother's tears were about to fall. She had always thought that her child was weak and could not be a proper ninja, but she did not expect him to be someone extraordinary.

This is too unexpected.

"I'm going to tell everyone. This will be big news."

…

Before long, the entire clan knew that the son of Kurama Isamu is a Kekkei Genkai user.

During the first ninja world war, it was only a normal thing to awaken Kekkei Genkai. At that time, the Kurama Clan was at its golden age.

But now, there are only a few awakened people in their new generation.

In Akabane's generation, he was the first to awaken.

Before long, several elders of their clan took a visit.

"Murano-san, look at my son…"

His father paid respect to Murano as the head of the Kurama Clan.

"This child is the one who awakened our clan Kekkei Genkai?"

Kurama's Patriarch asked doubtfully.

"Yes, we have experienced it. This is indeed The Control of Five Senses." Replied his father with confidence.

The rest looked at each other in confusion.

After all… the Kurama Clan has no current precedent.

"I'll take a look."

Murano Kurama is the oldest and well respected figure in the Kurama Clan. He has experienced the whole process from the clan joining Konoha to the end of the first world war.

No one knows better than him if it's about Kurama's Kekkei Genkai.

With the help of others Murano walked tremblingly towards Akabane.

"Grandpa…"

Akabane bowed respectfully.

Murano nodded excitedly, stretched out his hand, and said, "My child, we want to test your talent in Genjutsu, try to use it on me."

"Grandpa, I don't know how to use Genjutsu. I just like to draw."

Akabane responded.

He hasn't learned any Genjutsu so far, and he didn't have time to practice.

"Drawing?"

Everyone looked at each other and finally said unanimously, "Just give it a try."

"Alright."

Akabane nodded and immediately began to draw.

If he had known Genjutsu, he wouldn't have to be in so much trouble, so while drawing, he thought and resolved himself to learn some Genjutsu.

After more than a minute, the drawing was completed.

Murano was in it, and he was immediately affected by the ninjutsu.

While the patriarch and others were surprised, his parents couldn't help but feel nervous.

Any awakened person is the hope of the clan, but although the Kekkei Genkai of the Kurama Clan is strong, it is still a Genjutsu, it needs strong chakra to make use of its full potential.

After a few minutes, Akabane stopped. Then Murano broke free from Akabane's Genjutsu while panting and sweating.

"Murano-san, are you okay?"

His father's face changed suddenly, and he felt uneasy.

"Sit down and take a rest first."

The patriarch helped him to sit down, and even Akabane couldn't help feeling a bit worried about the situation

Did he accidentally hurt his elder?

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It would be bad for the family's reputation if everyone knew that some kid could hurt the Head of the clan.

"No, it's okay, I'm fine."

Kurama Murano was pleasantly surprised. He looks at Akabane with newfound hope.

After taking a few breaths, he said, "Akabane's talent is indeed legitimate. At such a young age, his chakra is slightly lower than mine."

Slightly lower than Murano?

Akabane estimated that grandpa Murano's chakra should be around 50. So, there is a ten-fold difference between his chakra and physique. This gives Akabane a hint of his clan's trait.

"At such a young age, his chakra can be compared to Murano-san's?"

"This is it! Our new clan successor!

The patriarch and several clan elders were pleasantly surprised. Some of them even cried in joy.

"Genius!"

"Our clan's future is now secure!"

They gathered to cheer on Akabane. With his talent at such a young age, he can be trained to improve his Genjutsu even more. Given enough time, becoming a top-tier Genjutsu was just a question of when.

"Akabane, you do have strong chakra, but with your current body, you need to train harder from now on," Murano said.

"I'll do it grandpa, but can I ask for something?" Akabane asked..

"What is it Akabane?" Murano responded curiously..

"I like drawing comics, here look at the first chapter that I drew."

Akabane showed his comic to grandpa Murano and the other elders.

"What is this?"

Murano took the comic in confusion and tried to read a few pages.

His eyes widened before laughing.

"This is an interesting story. Because I find this amusing, I shall fifty copies of this and send it to every member of our clan."

Murano would be more than happy to help his grandson for printing his first comic, even if he wasn't someone talented.

"It's a deal then!" Akabane excitedly accepted.

Everyone cheered up.

Akabane's talent is outstanding. From then on, he became the face of the Kurama clan. The entire clan would begin to devote more resources toward his progress. Reading his comic is a small matter for them.

This was the advantages of being a Genuis.

With the amount of people in the Kurama clan, letting them read his comic will increase his points significantly

"Jackpot!"

It would be easy now for him to exchange for stronger jutsu such as Shadow Clone Jutsu in a few days.

"Akabane, please take care of your body."

"Aren't you a good boy Akabane-chan? You'll be our clan's pride!"

"It's amazing to have awakened Kekkei Genkai at such a young age!"

The clan patriarch and other clan members couldn't stop their praise and gratitude for Akabane.

…

The next day in the morning.

Akabane set off to the academy when along the way, he received greetings from everyone he met.

He just replied with a smile.

It's just human nature. Before, they wouldn't even care for his existence. But now? They had no choice but to acknowledge his strength.

On the way to the academy, he took the time to look at his attributes.

"System!"

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Name: Akabane Kurama

Ninja level: Academy Student

Physique: 10 ()

Chakra: 50 ()

Main Chakra attribute: Yin

Equipment: Illustration Pen, Illustration board

Ninjutsu: (1) The Control of Five Senses, (2) Transformation Jutsu, (3) Clone Jutsu.

Points: 48

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Last night, Akabane improved his physique by 5 points, and his chakra by 2 points. This included the Transformation and Clone Jutsu.

It cost him a total of 40 points, but suddenly his points were raised by 17. A clan member most likely was reading his comic right now.

Closing the panel, Akabane started running in order to make it to class.

In fact, by the time he arrived, class had already started.

"I'm sorry sensei for being late."

Akabane simply apologized without any explanation.

Arata reluctantly instructs Akabane to just go to his seat.

Akabane has been late for some days, and Arata can understand it might be because of his weak body.

Akabane smiled and walked to his seat.

But…

"Hey, why are you next to me?"

He used to sit at the corner. Originally, it should be Shimi from the Nara Clan that sat next to him. But now he was sent to be with Jiraiya, and Tsunade moved next to Akabane.

"Shimi wanted to change positions with me. Being so nice, I graciously accepted his request." Tsunade proudly proclaimed.

Akabane looked towards Shimi as he walked towards his seat.

Shimi looked back with a helpless smile. It appeared that what Tsunade said may just not be the case.

Akabane sat down, ready to take a nap.

The curriculum at the ninja academy was fairly easy. Moreover, because he already learned Transformation Jutsu and Clone Jutsu, the graduation exam would be a breeze for him.

Ninjas are not like students from his original world, where one completed primary and secondary school with the option of continuing onto a tertiary education.

As a previous 21st-century college student, he was familiar with the education system.

But just as he was about to take a nap, he noticed Tsunade was handing him pen and paper.

With a cute and innocent smile, she said "Hey hey, Akabane, you must be forgetting your drawing tools, here I got this for you."

"I..."

Akabane looked at the pen and paper in his hand with a dazed expression.

"Yes, take it. I want to see the next chapter of your comic."

The other students were lurking around expectantly with their expectant eyes.

Akabane was speechless.

This is the request from the "princess" Tsunade. There is no way he could reject it.

"Fine, fine."

Akabane accepted his fate and started drawing.

"Yey.." Tsunade whispered excitedly while slightly pumping her fist in the air.

Tsunade watched Akabane drawing so intensely as if she was trying to memorize every little thing he wrote and drew. It is a bit creepy, to be honest, but how could he complain.

At this moment…

"Hey, you two at the back, don't get distracted during class, we will have an exam after this, take it seriously or you'll be forced to take remedial lessons."

Arata who took notice of Akabane and Tsunade berated them.

Many students in the front row turned around to see what was going on.

"Yes sensei, we're sorry!"

Akabane gladly put down his pen.

Arata talked about the main points of ninjutsu that a ninja must master for their graduation exam.

"Humph! I have learned all of it…"

Tsunade was a little upset. But since it's her uncle who asked her to be here, she had no choice but to pay attention in the class.

In this class, except for Jiraiya and Orochimaru, the rest are people from various Konoha clans.

Tsunade is a genius. Normally as long as you pay attention to the class and practice it every day, one could smoothly expect to graduate from the academy.

But that didn't apply to her.

She is a well-known granddaughter of the First Hokage, that is why everyone called her "Princess" with such great bloodline within her family, whether it's ninjutsu or physique, she mastered it in no time.

"I don't study much at home, so I have to listen carefully. I can alwaysl draw the comics later."

Akabane drew a few more strokes before leaning back in his chair to focus on Arata-Sensei.

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As the class continued, some students still didn't pay much attention to it. Some slept including Akabane.

"The use of Transformation Jutsu is versatile. It can be used for sneaking or disguising…"

"For example, in combat, The Inuzuka Clan's dogs actually use the Transformation Jutsu as well."

"There are also Clone Jutsu, Substitute Jutsu, and many more…"

Arata-sensei kept explaining the basic ninjutsu to his pupil.

"Wow! This is indeed interesting. Arata-sensei is finally teaching us the real ninjutsu, cool!"

Jiraiya weirdly listened to the lesson for the first time.

Usually, he couldn't understand any of the theories

"No, something is not right!"

Tsunade frowned confusedly.

It's not about the class, but that the knowledge of the three basic ninjutsu that Arata-sensei was explaining was too advanced.

To put it simply, much ninjutsu that Arata said, even a Chuunin would have a hard time mastering.

"This is Genjutsu! When did it happen?"

Her face changed, she looked around, and finally, locked her sight at Akabane.

"Is it Akabane?"

Tsunade was a little surprised.

There is no doubt that this is indeed Genjutsu.

"Therefore, this whole time, it is Akabane's words that sensei was using to teach us!"

"How can it affect all of us? Even if he learned it from the best user, it can't be this powerful.."

Tsunade was really shocked thinking about this.

Akabane was able to explain it clearly when creating the Genjutsu because he already mastered all of the three basic ninjutsu.

Orochimaru had already noticed Akabane's Genjutsu before everyone. The gap between him and Akabane in Genjutsu mastery made him jealous since he was always a top student in their class. It bothered him when someone is better than him.

But soon, he began to listen intently.

After a while, Shimi woke up and looked around

Seeing Tsunade being so serious listening to the class.

He immediately understood that his classmates were probably under Genjutsu.

"Akabane, did you use Genjutsu?"

"Psst, don't tell anyone. I only used it to help me get some rest from Tsunade and everyone else."

He casted a Genjutsu where Arata explained all the ninjutsu that he had acquired before, even if it is a Jutsu at the chunin level, it was enough to make his classmates listen to the lesson attentively.

However, Shimi managed to wake up and wasn't affected by his Genjutsu, which surprised him.

Akabane thought it might be because he was sleeping.

Arata continued his lesson, but he explained a more general topic.

It was hard to teach his students everything at once.

Akabane was about to continue his sleep when Orochimaru said.

"Akabane-kun, thank you."

Akabane froze for a moment, then replied with a smile, "Don't mention it."

For Akabane, this is just a small matter.

Transformation Jutsu combined with Clone Jutsu is easy for him to master, he only needs to spend 10 points in total to increase its attributes, but in the eyes of someone genius like Orochimaru, this lesson was already valuable information.

Knowledge for ninja such as him is equal to their lives.

Tsunade may beat him to a pulp at any second if she can break free from his Genjutsu.

That's why he tried to maintain his Genjutsu carefully,

But what he didn't expect was Tsunade breaking out of the Genjutsu earlier than he expected that made him hurriedly cancel the jutsu to save his dear life.

…

"Akabaneee! you bastard!! you tried to use your jutsu on me!"

Sure enough, her roar resounded throughout the whole school.

"Stop! Tsunade!"

Arata tried to stop her rampage, but it was too late.

BOOM!!!

With a loud bang, Akabane's table shattered into pieces. All of his classmates were shocked and were in a panic.

Within a few seconds, the entire classroom was a mess.

Akabane managed to dodge but almost failed to avoid her point-blank attack.

"Damn it! he fucked up, didn't he?"

Even Jiraiya looked pale and scared of her.

This is the first time he has seen Tsunade in full rage.

"Where is Akabane? Did he get killed?"

Shimi whispered.

"No, that one was his clone."

Akabane used Clone Jutsu just before Tsunade could land a clear hit on him.

"Akabanee! Come out! I promise to hit you gently!"

Knowing that she only hit his clone, Tsunade turned to look for Akabane's trail.

"Tsunade! stop messing around!"

Arata hurriedly tried to stop her from making more trouble.

"But it was… Damn it!"

He managed to stop her in time.

She just hated being fooled by Akabane.

Arata wiped his sweat, then looked around, trying to find Akabane. However, he was surprised to notice that he couldn't find Akabane anywhere.

"Did he use Transformation Jutsu?"

"How did he manage to use it?"

Arata was wondering, a ninja such as him couldn't detect the presence of one of his students.

After inspecting the whole classroom carefully, he found something strange, there were two brooms, one standing near the wall and the other lying on the ground.

"One of them must be Akabane!"

He signed in relief. Fortunately, Akabane was fine. If not, it might trouble him even more since Tsunade alone was hard to handle.

"Akabane, come out.." Arata-sensei scolded.

"Fine, fine." Akabane canceled his Transformation Jutsu and got up from the ground.

In an instant, Arata was surprised.

He thought Akabane was the other broom. How could someone like him couldn't distinguish a student's Jutsu?

"Sensei, do I still need to take my Transformation exam this afternoon? I can use the time to take a rest at the infirmary."

Akabane smiled.

Akabane used his jutsu in a hurry to avoid Tsunade. Otherwise, Arata probably couldn't notice him at all.

"Of course you do!"

Arata's face was stern, but couldn't lie that he was impressed by Akabane's application of Transformation Jutsu. It was flawless.

"Akabane, how did you dodge that…?"

Orochimaru asked.

Unlike Hyuga or Uchiha Clan, Kurama Clan isn't known for its physique.

Everyone in the class were speechless.

Akabane's comic was indeed popular, but they knew that among the students, his physique was the weakest.

In fact, everyone thought before that Akabane might not be able to become a ninja with his weak body.

But now everyone acknowledged his true power.

Transformation Jutsu, combined with his awakened Kurama Clan's Kekkei Genkai, he would be a formidable opponent especially in war.

If Akabane manages to improve his talent even more, in future, he might be stronger than the entire class.

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In the afternoon after the first break is over.

"It is time for the Transformation Jutsu exam."

"The first one will be Ryo."

Ryo Uchiha, the future leader of the Uchiha clan.

He was the best Uchiha of his generation. However, he has always been in second place right behind Orochimaru since second grade.

He walked up, confidently towards the podium.

In less than a second, he managed to cast Transformation Jutsu, imitating Arata flawlessly.

"Impressive!, next is Jiraiya. Come over here."

Transformation Jutsu used to be a weak point from Jiraiya, but weirdly enough, now he approaches the podium with his head high full of confidence. Is he planning something?

Arata gives him the sign to begin.

"Okay then, Transformation Jutsu!"

BOOM!!

A cloud of smoke filled the room.

After the smoke slowly disappears, a fair skin sexy woman with only a piece of bra and thong appeared.

"Hahaha, isn't it Harem Jutsu? I got caught off guard!" Akabane burst out laughing.

"Holy shit, Jiraiya is genius, this must be his ultimate jutsu," said his other classmates

There was an instant outburst of laugher in the class. Nobody couldn't imagine that such an awesome jutsu was performed in front of a kid's eyes.

"What are you doing idiot!!!"

Arata suffered the most blows with him being the closest to Jiraiya jutsu. He scolded Jiraiya as he tried to cover his nosebleed.

Even someone his caliber couldn't predict such a thing.

"Come down here Jiraiya. I'll give you an extra lesson." Said Arata with a sarcastic tone.

"Humph, it seems you are improving, creating a jutsu from a fiction book, not bad.

Orochimaru put a fair word for Jiraiya who seems not affected by the jutsu's charm.

"Sorry sensei, my bad, hahaha."

Whoosh!

His jutsu was canceled.

"Hah! That kind of jutsu is just for a kid."

Ryo just mumbled with himself, but Jiraiya could hear him.

"You!!!"

Jiraiya looked at him in annoyance, but he knew that Ryo's jutsu was better than him.

To be honest, Arata thought that Jiraiya's jutsu wasn't far from Ryo before. But that's just too much for this middle-aged man to handle.

Ryo smirked.

Offstage, Orochimaru licked his lips, his eyes fierce. He seems to enjoy the argument.

"Cough! Cough! Jiraiya, I'll punish you for making a review for today's lesson!"

Arata still couldn't keep his composure after that fatal blow.

"Yes sensei."

He glared at Ryo when he went down the podium, it seems there is a rivalry between the two of them.

"Okay, enough of it. Next is Akabane Kurama."

Akabane walks toward the podium with confidence.

without further ado, he begins "Transformation Jutsu!"

However, he chooses to become Ryo.

With the same arrogance and the same look. Just like the real twin of Ryo.

He tried to recreate some words that Ryo might say, "Hahaha… I am Uchiha Ryo, the strongest ninja here, hahaha, of course, just a little lower than Orochimaru…"

"Akabane! You bastard!"

Ryo rises from his table with anger, but for a moment, he was speechless again.

Because Akabane had become almost identical with him, and he couldn't deny that he had thought of something like that before.

"Sensei, how does my Transformation Jutsu compare to him?"

Akabane pointed at Ryo.

"Well done Akabane, I'll give you a perfect score."

He knew from before that Akabane already understood Transformation Jutsu better than any other student in his class.

Ryo was speechless. He needs to suck up his pride for now.

"A piece of advice for you, next time, don't underestimate anyone too soon. They might be better than you thought."

And Ryo's anger that was about to subside became like an active volcano when he heard Akabane's sneering voice.

"Hah! I admit your capability, but we, Uchiha Clan have more to offer at the real battle.

Another Uchiha tried to defend his clan's pride.

"Your Genjutsu is useless against our Sharingan. I'll prove it to you at the exhibition exam tomorrow!"

Ryo is still as ignorant as before.

"Fair enough, I'll be looking forward to it."

Akabane replied to their taunt.

It seems now there is bad blood between Akabane and Uchiha students.

"It will be a piece of cake to beat him. Just you watch Akabane."

Roy consoled himself in his mind.

On the other hand, Akabane didn't think about it.

Even if he might fight against someone from the Uchiha Clan, they are still only a kid and haven't awakened their Sharingan yet.

"Thanks, Akabane."

Jiraiya thanks Akabane for standing up for him. He knew he was not as strong as Ryo yet to defend himself.

"It's fine. We still got room to grow. You might be the strongest ninja in the future. In fact, I really liked your jutsu before."

"Hey, hey, Jiraiya teach me that jutsu another time, okay!" said one of his classmates.

"Hahaha, I knew it was a masterpiece. Line up, line up I will teach those who want to learn it."

Jiraiya's mood became happy again when he saw how eager his classmates were to learn his new Jutsu.

Akabane knew that Jiraiya would be one of the three legendary ninjas in the future, so he didn't mind helping him.

Akabane's table that was destroyed by Tsunade's punch earlier hasn't been replaced yet, so he simply leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs to watch the others taking their test.

At the same time, he flipped through his system panel.

"System!"

[Point: 94]

"Yes, almost there."

The shadow Clone Jutsu is getting closer within his reach.

This B-class ninjutsu is versatile in any condition, and he wants it as soon as possible.

Of course…

Even without Shadow Clone Jutsu, he still could manage to beat Ryou.

But with Shadow Clone Jutsu, he could open more windows to teach Ryo and his ego some respect.

…

Hokage's Building

"Akabane has awakened the Control of Five Senses?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama, not only that, but Kurama Akabane showed superb chakra control in the Transformation Jutsu, and from what I heard from Kurama Clan, his mental power is at the level of Chuunin."

A string of information leaped out of the Anbu's member's mouth, and The Third Hokage smoking motion faltered slightly at the words "Hmm, already at the level of chuunin".

"He might be a new genjutsu genius at this era."

Hiruzen thought, asked, "What does the Kurama Clan do after knowing about this?"

The Anbu answered in a confused tone.

"Well.. They fulfilled Akabane's request of printing his Comics and distributed it among their clan members."

"I see, thank you, you may leave now."

He motions him to leave his room.

He used his telescope jutsu to look at what Akabane was doing right now.

He sits alone in the garden with his pen and board; he seems drawing again.

Hiruzen frowned slightly.

"since when did he become this hard-working?"

With Arata as his class teacher giving him daily reports, he knew about Akabane's nature more or less.

Not a lazy student but also not a hard worker either.

"Does that mean…"

Not far away from Akabane, there is another him lazily sleeping on the grass.

The Third Hokage couldn't stop laughing. It seems true that someone's nature might never change,

But he was slightly in awe. "Shadow Clone Jutsu, huh?… At such a young age, he had already mastered B-grade ninjutsu and awakened the best gift from his clan."

"Hahaha, I couldn't deny his talent."

His opinion of Akabane grew slightly, but that was why he had an even bigger concern.

Suddenly…

A voice came from outside the door.

"Hiruzen, give me Akabane to be trained on Anbu root division, we could use someone like him."

"No, Akabane can't go to the Anbu root division."

The Third Hokage said decisively, "Moreover, The Kurama Clan is at their weakest states right now, there is no way they will allow him to go, and he is still a kid that needs to be trained.

"I'll take Orochimaru then…"

"Hmm, the Third Hokage must have heard something about me after the exam. And knowing his character, It seems he is going to monitor me for a while."

Akabane lay on the grass as he was secretly thinking.

After his outstanding achievement from the exam, no one will doubt his capability anymore.

Even so, Akabane didn't think or plan that he could become a Sannin.

Being on the list of The Third Hokage's team would still be hard for him, even if he wants it so badly.

There should already be the names of Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, just like in the anime.

Moreover, Hiruzen may not prefer a genjutsu user like him.

"It's almost impossible to become an apprentice of The Third Hokage." but as he thinks again, he realizes being a Sannin is very tiring.

He is not interested in standing on the top of the Ninja World, but this world is as harsh as his original world. He wants to have the strength to survive in this world, so Akabane still hopes to have a decent mentor.

"Hey! How many pages have you been drawn?"

"One third, if you want it to finish faster you should've drawn it yourself instead of complaining!"

His clone angrily replied

"No, no, keep up your good work."

Akabane has been working hard before he acquired Shadow Clone Jutsu,

Now that it has been learned, he will use it to the full extent.

"Damn, you need to summon another one. This is too much for me alone!"

The clone cursed and but continued to draw.

It seems it is too much for a clone to do all his work.

"Nah, I'm sorry I didn't have any chakra left, I might pass out if I summon another one."

Akabane said lightly.

After exchanging 2 points with mental power, he already has 50 points of mental power, which reaches the limit to become a Chuunin, but even so, it is still too much to summon two shadow clones for high-intensity work at the same time.

"But being able to halve the workload you used to do before, I think it's worthwhile."

The clone said as he continued with his work.

"Even if the war is still far away, we need to hurry up with the preparation."

After Akabane finished speaking, he ignored his clone and continued to lay on the grass.

He must be well prepared for what to come, or else it will be meaningless.

His body is better than before, and his efficiency increases drastically.

"I finally found you Akabane!"

At this moment, Tsunade's voice came from the direction of the Academy.

"Damn, here we go again."

Akabane sat up hurriedly, canceling his clone.

"You still lay here to draw. Aren't you planning to train for tomorrow's exhibition exam?"

Tsunade walked towards him, and when she saw many pages of Akabane's comic laying on the grass, she was surprised, "Oh! So you were drawing for the next chapter, not bad!"

"But I still wonder why you choose drawing rather than other things, do you think it is reliable?"

Akabane just smiled in response.

"You might beat Ryo at the exam, but you still at least practice more."

Tsunade knows Akabane has mastered his genjutsu and awakens his Kekkei Genkai.

"Well, I have my plan…"

Halfway through the conversation, he glanced and saw Tsunade dash forward to sneak attacked him.

BOOM!!

A big hole was directly hit on the ground. With this punch, he might need to be hospitalized for several days if it hit him.

"Don't you dare to use your genjutsu at me again!"

This girl is still holding a grudge!

Akabane ran to the forest. He wanted to find cover.

"Don't run!"

Tsunade quickly chases behind him.

Akabane made seals as he was running, and quickly set seals on the edge of the tree.

Tsunade jumped directly upon the tree. A few jumps close the distance, Akabane is no match for her strength.

But when Tsunade jumped over a few trees, she noticed how she couldn't catch up to him no matter how fast she was and immediately felt something wrong.

"How could Akabane, who have a weak physique, be so fast?

Genjutsu!

"When did it happen?"

Tsunade stopped and wondered.

"As you crossed that tree."

Whoosh!

A handful of kunai rushed towards Tsunade, she charged while dodging, but a strand of hair was cut down.

Subsequently, the genjutsu affected slowly disappeared.

Tsunade escaped from the genjutsu, but she found out… her hair fell off, and the cut hair was floating in the air.

"This is… Am I still in the genjutsu?"

"No, I have already canceled it

Akabane appeared from behind the tree and raised the torn paper in his hand.

"Then this thing that happened to me…I remember your Kurama clan can turn fiction into reality."

Tsunade squeezed her hair, but after a while, she felt something wrong again, "But the one I chased…"

"It's my shadow clone."

Akabane yawned. It seems he drained a lot of chakra for that arrangement.

"The Shadow Clone Jutsu…B-level ninjutsu!"

Tsunade was surprised, but also quietly relieved.

This is enough to show that Akabane still has a lot of cards, and it is not difficult to deal with Ryo.

Because all of Uchiha's jutsu is straightforward, but Akabane knows nothing about it.

"So don't worry about me, my opponent is only a kid from Uchiha."

Akabane packs up his tools and drawings board and prepares to go home.

"Cut it out, who is worried about you? I just want to beat you up."

Tsunade snorted coldly.

"Well, okay, I wanted to show you the comics I just drew…"

"Let me see!"

In an instant, Tsunade appeared to Akabane's side.

Akabane saw it through without saying it as he handed her half of the pages, and said, "Hey, You finish it here. I'll go back home after you finish reading and distribute it later for others to read."

"Hehehe."

Tsunade sat down as she was holding a stack of pages and began to read it.

The content of the second chapter is about Naruto and the Third Hokage's grandson, Konohamaru. But Tsunade didn't know that it was something about to happen in the future.

"Hey, Konohamaru… is it the grandson of Uncle Sarutobi?"

Seeing the new kid on the stage, Tsunade wondered, "Whose kid is this?"

"The father is Shinnosuke."

Akabane said.

Shinnosuke Sarutobi, the eldest son of Hiruzen Sarutobi, and their classmate.

At this moment, Asuma hadn't been born yet, Tsunade would naturally not think of someone who hadn't been born yet.

"Shinnosuke… I don't know what you're thinking, I thought your protagonist was stupid enough, but this time I thought of something even more ridiculous."

When she read that Konohamaru couldn't even grasp Harem Jutsu, her face showed an even more disgusted expression, "Stupid. He is even more stupid than Jiraiya."

"Jiraiya is also quite smart, but he still needs more time to learn."

Akabane shrugged.

"Yes, so I said that Konohamaru is more stupid than Jiraiya. I don't know if Uncle Sarutobi and Shinnosuke will beat you up after they saw this."

When Tsunade said this, his face was full of gloat.

"This is just a story. I think they will forgive a child's imagination."

Akabane explained calmly.

After reading half of the draft, Tsunade returned the draft to Akabane and said, "Akaba, you go back and print a few more copies. I will give it to let some of my family read it too. They might find it interesting."

"No problem!"

After hearing it, Akabane was ecstatic, so he answered quickly for fear of her backing out of her word.

If he remembers correctly, the current Jinchuriki in Konoha Village is Tsunade's grandmother, Mito Uzumaki.

Before the Third Hokage has contributed a full 50 points after reading his first chapter, how much will someone like Jinchuriki give?

Just thinking about it made him want to dance in anticipation.

"I'll finish this soon and go back home."

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Back at home, Akabane's father asked him to take it easy on the exam. He knew that Akabane has an exhibition exam tomorrow.

"I've spoken with the academy. Tomorrow is your first exhibition exam. You don't need to push too hard, as long as you barely pass it."

This was the privilege given by the Kurama Clan, as they were weak at the physique, thus they weren't strong in overall combat.

"It's fine father. I know what I'm doing."

Akabane leaned back on his chair and looked calm.

Ryo could be the second-ranked in class. In terms of academic performance, but his combat prowess might be on the top five at the academy.

Akabane already has a plan against Ryo tomorrow.

But what he was concerned about the most was that his points were only slightly increasing and another problem was that the ninjutsu and abilities that were on the page list will be refreshed and so that he needs to redeem it fast before they disappear.

"Looks like I'll have to work harder."

Akabane thought to himself, and after taking a rest for a few hours, he summoned his shadow clone to continue the next chapter.

Until midnight, his clone keeps drawing while complaining because Akabane leaves him and sleeps early for tomorrow's exam.

…

The next morning, there was a stack of pages on his desk.

Great!

From last night until this morning, the story had reached where Naruto and Sasuke kissing.

"My clone was indeed helpful. Just within one night, he could finish this much."

Akabane didn't regret his choice by using a lot of points on Shadow Clone Jutsu. His plan from before work exactly as he wants it to be.

"System!"

[No Ninjutsu Updated]

It seems he needs someone to read it first to refresh his ninjutsu list.

"Father, help me distribute my new chapter as well, please."

Leaving the draft on the table, Akabane went out to the academy.

On his way there, he saw a few of the regulars who were usually late to the academy come early today. They must be ready to take the exam.

"Yo Akabane! you came early today."

Shimi greeted him. His face looks like a person who just woke up and hasn't taken a bath yet.

Like Akabane, he was also known to always sleep in class.

But Shimi had always come to class on time.

"Yeah, I have shown to everyone today at the exhibition exam."

Akabane beat haste.

He went to bed early last night, but was probably affected by his clone before, he still feels tired and sleepy.

"Ah, I'll just take a nap on the exhibition exam until my name gets a call."

"That's right!"

Side by side, they paced towards the academy, getting to the classroom. Everyone was here before they arrived in the classroom one second in the end.

"Yo, everyone is early today."

Akabane greeted his classmates and sat down.

"You're only early today, but you've managed to keep up with Shimi."

Tsunade sarcastically mocked.

"But I have finished the second chapter. You want to see it, don't you?."

Akabane was ready to take a nap since the class hadn't started yet.

"Ah, that was quicker than before!"

Tsunade didn't know that Akabane was using his clone to do his work, and Tsunade was a bit in awe.

"New chapter? Where? let me read it!"

Jiraiya turned his head over excitedly.

Akabane ignored him and sat upright.

Arata happened to enter the class when Jiraiya was talking with Akabane.

"Jiraiya! What are you looking at the back?"

Jiraiya immediately turned back and looked scared.

Today's exhibition exam was very important, and everyone needs to behave and focus on their exam.

At this point, the whole class was quiet.

"Today's exam is an exhibition exam. The venue is the academy yard. Here I will say the rules of the exam."

Arata read the rules.

"First, you cannot use lethal ninjutsu."

"Second..."

After the first world war, the rules of the exhibition exam were more strict.

To sum up, the student is prohibited to Injure or kill their opponent.

Other than that, they can use anything else, such as kunai, shuriken, sword, etc.

Of course…

From the list of upcoming battles, Akabane also saw one of the unspoken rules.

To make it fair, students are going to fight someone on their same power level and combat prowess.

For example, Orochimaru, his opponent, was another member of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Kaki. Kaki's academic performance wasn't as good as Ryo's, but only slightly lower.

Akabane looked at Ryo; they glanced at each other.

"It seems that Sarutobi-sensei knew I awakened from the clan. Thus he dares to put me at the same level as Ryo."

If it's only by their physique, Akabane, who was from Kurama Clan, is inferior to someone from Uchiha Clan. But since Akabane awakened his Kekkei Genkai it would be a different story.

Arata knew if Akabane would be beaten up by Ryo into pulp, it was not his fault. But on the other hand, just like the Hokage, he wants to test Akabane's current power after he awakened his Kekkei Genkai, and he noticed that there was a problem between the two of them to solve.

Akabane thought carefully about his strategy.

"Alright, now the exhibition exam begins, the first match will be Orochimaru against Kaki."

Hearing his name, Orochimaru got up and walked towards the stage.

Uchiha Kaki also stood up and whispered as he walked past Orochimaru, "your academic grade doesn't mean anything on the fighting field, I'll show you what Uchiha is capable of."

Yes, the academic performance in the ninja academy wasn't correlated to overall strength, but alas… Orochimaru was called a genius, not just because of his academic performance.

In response to the provocation, Orochimaru didn't glance back at him and walked to the stage outside the door with coolness.

"Okay, everyone can watch from a distance and don't disturb the ongoing fight."

Arata waits for those two from the stage as a referee.

Many people, from students to some teachers, excitedly watched the exam, except for Akabane who sat in his seat towering over the others, even trying to sleep.

"Aren't you going out to see the exam?"

Tsunade was a little surprised.

"What's there to see in a fight where you know who is going to win."

Akabane replied impassively.

Tsunade couldn't agree more.

But she still wanted to go watch and see how Orochimaru teach Kaki some respect, but at the same time, she was a little worried about Akabane condition

"Are you.. going to be okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine, just a bit tired from finishing my comic last night."

Akabane was just sleepy. He might want to take a nap for a minute to regain his chakra.

"Okay, I'm going out first, after all, I'm next…"

Tsunade followed the rest of her classmates to watch from the side stage.

The classroom was suddenly empty, and Akabane decided to get down and take a nap.

As for the match… there was no point in watching it, and someone would notify him when it was his turn anyway.

On the stage, the battle was full of hit and dodge.

Orochimaru was indeed inferior to Kaki at the physique, Uchiha Clan's physique and ninjutsu couldn't be underestimated since they were one of the two clans who was the founding father of Konoha village, but Orochimaru is a genius strategist.

Within a few rounds, Orochimaru managed to execute his plan perfectly and put Kaki to surrender in shame.

"The first match, Orochimaru, wins!"

Orochimaru remained calm and walked straight down from the stage without even looking at Kaki.

Being put down easily, Kaki clenched his fists in anger and shame, but it was no use. The result has been decided.

Even though the exhibition exam at the ninja academy was just a practice match, he was bound by the Snake Bearer Jutsu without even dropping sweat, and after this match, I believe he wouldn't dare bother Orochimaru ever again.

"Next match, Tsunade against Sakumo."

Tsunade and Sakumo each had their distinctive ninjutsu, and their performance ranking in the class was quite close.

Boom!

Boom!!

The young Tsunade wasn't quite as terrifying as she had been during her time as a Three Legendary Sannin, but her punch was so strong that even Akabane, who was in the class napping, was awakened by the vibration.

"What a terrifying young lady."

How can he continue his nap with this noise?

"Ah, forget about taking a nap. This match is Tsunade against Sakumo. Since he hasn't been described much in the comic, I need to see his technique up close.

Akabane was in a complicated mood.

Since he couldn't rest, he would just have to go and enjoy the show. He noticed there is something between those two to settle down.

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"Stop avoiding and face me now!"

Tsunade stood at the center of the stage, and the ground around her was full of punch holes.

"Huh…huh…"

On the other side, Sakumo tried to catch his breath.

The two of them have the same power level on the paper, but Tsunade's brute strength couldn't be matched by Sakumo.

Although the Hatake Clan possessed a variety of ninjutsu, many of them are designed to injure or execute their opponent, which was a no-go by the rules.

Then again, Hatake Clan doesn't possess a large chakra pool, and his body and chakra are at his limit.

But Tsunade doesn't seem to have a problem.

He knew that he couldn't run anymore.

"Come on. Let's finish this once and for all."

There was only one last chance for Sakumo to turn the tide, and Akabane tried to pay close attention to what he was going to do next.

In a blink of eyes, the two attacked each other simultaneously.

They exchange punches and kicks. Some kunai were scattered all around.

The two tried to attack and defend at the same time.

Tsunade saw an opening from Sakumo and launched her attack directly.

"Not good!"

Sakumo senses the danger; he didn't expect that Tsunade could use a slight opening to attack him.

Although he miraculously managed to dodge her.

He landed awkwardly and lost balance for a second. Seeing this, Tsunade launches her second punch and directly lands a clear hit on him.

He has blasted off the stage, receiving that raw power as if got hit by a huge boulder.

…

"The second match, Tsunade wins!"

Arata quickly decided her as the victor and took a look at Sakumo's condition.

"That was our amazing Tsunade-hime!" the crowd exploded in excitement.

The two bowed at each other and then went back off the stage.

"The next match is…"

After her match, Tsunade didn't seem to break a sweat.

After coming down from the stage, she saw Akabane watching her match from the side stage.

There was a hint of joy on her face, as she slowly approached him.

"I knew you would come out to watch my match. What do you think?

Akabane didn't reply but instead, lay down and fell asleep.

"Hey, you!"

Tsunade frowned angrily, then sat down right next to him while pouting.

At first, she thought Akabane was only teasing her, but after a while, she found that Akabane was really asleep…

After Tsunade and Sakumo match, the excitement of the rest of the matches has dropped drastically, and there is no other big match to be excited about.

After the end of the seventh match, before Arata called Akabane's name, Ryo stood up and walked to the middle of the stage and seemed well prepared.

"Next, Ryo Uchiha against Kurama Akabane."

He looked at Akabane proudly,

But…

Akabane was still asleep.

"Akabane Ku..Ra..Ma!?"

Arata called him out a second time scolding.

He saw Akabane coming out of the classroom, sitting next to Tsunade. Then why when he called his name no one was coming up?

"Oy Akaba! Wake up!"

Tsunade shouted at him a few times, and Akabane still couldn't wake, so she slapped him.

"Whoa!" He was suddenly awakened from his lumber, Akabane's mood was still in a mess.

"It's your time, hurry."

Tsunade whispered, he stayed for a while, tried to regain his consciousness

Ryo was waiting for him while glaring at him maliciously.

"Come up. You can go back to your sleep sooner after your defeat."

Ryo tried to taunt Akabane, but he didn't listen.

Akabane, still sleepy, nodded as he walked and said, "since yesterday, it seems that you and I have something to talk about."

"Ah."

Ryo sneered.

Akabane walked to his position, holding his drawing tools in his hand, waiting for Arata to start the match.

…

"Ready?

3..,

2..,

1..,

begin! "

"Translocation Jutsu!"

Ryo disappeared in an instant.

However...

Akabane took notice of his location and threw a handful of kunai.

Ryo managed to parry it with his kick.

He thought it would be easy at first,

But the match has just begun.

Turning his head, he saw Akabane didn't move an inch from his position.

"Don't underestimate me!"

Ryo's made hand seals and turned around

"Fire Release: Fire Ball Jutsu!"

"What? He already learned Fire Ball Jutsu!"

"This is not good…" Arata was slightly surprised.

"Akabane!"

Some of his classmates watched with horror on their faces.

"Stop it!"

Arata hurriedly used Translocation Jutsu to stop it, but since he was also surprised that Ryo could use such ninjutsu, he was too late a few seconds.

The huge fireball swallowed Akabane in an instant.

"How does he already master this ninjutsu!"

"This is too dangerous for Akabane!"

The rest of the Uchiha clan reacted differently.

Although Fire Ball Jutsu was only a C-rank jutsu, its power is too much to handle for an academy student.

His classmates understood the situation, and they thought that Akabane was too late to escape.

They look at the stage in disbelief.

Except for Tsunade.

"Tsuna didn't you see that! Akabane was swallowed by the fireball."

Jiraiya was also terrified and puzzled.

Even Orochimaru was equally shocked but quickly analyzed that Akabane must have avoided it at some point. He immediately closed his eyes and felt it, but noticed that the body contained a lot of chakras that a normal clone couldn't have.

"Is he hit by that fireball?"

"No, he uses a shadow clone."

Tsunade said confidently.

"Also, the result has been decided. See it for yourself."

When everyone turned their heads and looked at Akabane, Arata who hurriedly came to the stage, discovered that there was only a piece of burned paper, and Akabane was nowhere to be found.

At the same time, Ryo fainted after using all his chakra to unleash his Fire Ball Jutsu

"I'm here, sensei."

Suddenly, Akabane walked out from the crowd on the side stage, holding his drawing.

It was a genjutsu!

"Shadow Clone Jutsu? When…"

Jiraiya was also shocked. He thought that Akabane was really hit by the fireball.

"Akabane-kun should use the Shadow Clone and Substitution Jutsu at the same time Ryo released his fireball, and instantly enters the crowd."

Tsunade slowly explained, but her expression was somewhat shocked.

It is a not difficult technique to execute, but the difficulty lies in that no one took notice of it until now.

To achieve this, he must be focusing his chakra and concentration to an extent.

"You went out of the stage!"

Kaki tried to defend Ryo by blaming Akabane.

"So what?"

Akabane sneered and didn't care at all.

"Stop, you…"

Kaki stood up to blabber more but was immediately interrupted by Arata.

"He didn't break any rules Kaki, he used a shadow clone and not a lethal ninjutsu, that is the purpose of the combat exam."

That explanation makes Kaki speechless.

Arata didn't say anything about entering the crowd.

Akabane cleans up his drawing tools, as Ryo soon regains his consciousness.

"Hahahaha, I won!"

Ryo's mouth was swollen by his Jutsu, but he was still laughing.

Because the last thing that he remembers was that he defeated Akabane with his Fireball Jutsu, but soon he realized that something was wrong. No one celebrated his victory, not even his clanmates. Some of them even laughed at him.

"Sorry boy, you have already lost. Besides, you used Fire Ball Jutsu, which was forbidden from this exam. Thus you will stay back at the academy for one more year as punishment."

Arata scolded him angrily, Akabane thankfully survived, but Ryo has already used a lethal jutsu that was forbidden for the exam.

"What? So I lose?"

Ryo's first concern was not about him repeating the grade, but about losing against Akabane.

"Brother, you have already lost the moment he uses his Genjutsu."

Kaki felt embarrassed for him. He witnessed Uchiha's descendants defeat so easily.

But thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If Ryo was winning, he would be the one scolded by the patriarch and elder when he returned home.

At least he felt better than before.

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The moment Ryo heard those words, he was petrified for a whole minute on the stage.

"I was affected by his genjutsu?"

Jiraiya was certainly happy with the result. It feels like he beat Ryo.

"Hahaha, he just went crazy after losing to Akabane."

"Are you ok my friend?"

Akabane stretched, "You seem to be happy Jiraiya? When is your match?"

"Yeah, I won't forget this, hahaha. I will be fighting at the 13th match."

Jiraiya had just finished answering and found that Akabane, Tsunade, and Orochimaru were all gone.

"Hey, don't you want to watch me too?!"

Akabane wanted to go back to sleep, but Tsunade and Orochimaru were simply bored.

"I'm sorry, my friend, I'm just too tired, good luck!"

Orochimaru suddenly approached Akabane and whispered,

"This is for your own sake, so be careful of the Uchiha Clan."

Akabane knew that the Uchiha Clan was known for their Curse of Hatred. And for the longest time, the two clans have some bad blood with each other.

At this time, Kagami Uchiha, who was there soon to be their leader, died in battle, and now the Uchiha clan has lacked a strong figure, and with that being said, it gives a lot of pressure on their youngster.

Orochimaru was worried after Akabane defeated Ryo.

Someone from the Uchiha Clan might get their revenge by planning something wicked.

"I have my whole clan backing me up. We wouldn't let them do anything without us noticing."

Akabane answered confidently.

Kurama Clan currently still have their influence on Konoha village, and it would be almost impossible for such a clan to go down so easily.

As for Orochimaru, he knew that a student as talented as Akabane wouldn't go unnoticed by the Third Hokage. Thus the Uchiha Clan wouldn't be so reckless as to do something to him.

"What are you worried about? After all of this, I don't think Uchiha's students dare to act snob again."

Tsunade curled her mouth. Her expression was not a bit worried.

As she knew that the Senju Clan slowly disappeared by becoming one with the Konoha village as expected by the First Hokage.

Since he thought of more of overall village development over their respective clan.

But the Uchiha Clan still thought of this as Senju's supremacy over the Uchiha, since the first and second Hokage are from Senju.

There might be some clash within the village, which includes Uchiha's grudge in the future.

…

Back in the classroom, Orochimaru took out his book to self-study. Akabane lay down and got ready to take a nap.

But as he was about to close his eyes, Tsunade held his chin with her hand and talked to him close to his face. "In a few days, everyone here will graduate and separate by groups, don't you have things to do other than sleeping?"

Akabane looked dumbfounded and tried to look away from her, but Tsunade insisted him to answer.

"What's wrong?"

Tsunade was very curious and didn't realize that they were way too close.

"I just want to sleep, Tsunade."

"If you didn't want to answer then start drawing or else.. Hmmp."

When he was threatened like that, Akabane became sober from his laziness.

"Okay, okay, I'll draw."

Akabane obeys her order helplessly, and begins to continue his comic.

He used an old leftover table from the warehouse since such an accident rarely happened.

If Tsunade is annoyed by any chance, this table won't last for long.

…

Akabane quickly formed hand seals, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

"Here, help me finish my comic."

Orochimaru and Tsunade were equally surprised.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu?"

Then they saw Akabane's shadow clone begin to draw.

"Awesome… I never thought that you could use it doing this kind of thing."

Orochimaru was sincerely in awe.

Tsunade was also stunned. Shadow Clone Jutsu is B-level ninjutsu. Even she currently couldn't use it.

But this ninjutsu was created by the Second Hokage. As his descendant, she has heard Senju Clan perform this ninjutsu.

Its original purpose was at spying and reconnaissance, but no one thought that it could be used to draw.

Besides, she noticed that the clone was swiftly drawing the comic.

"This shows…Akaba was always lazy!"

Tsunade was annoyed, but she couldn't get angry.

The pages were easily finished. At first, she was not used to such a hard-working Akabane, but later she didn't bother anymore.

After some time waiting, the volume has finished.

While happily reading the comic, Tsunade said.

"Akaba is a unique person to create such a way to use this Jutsu to his liking."

Akabane lay on the table and answered with eyes closed.

"Thank you. This is the first time I've received your compliment."

Even to Orochimaru, who had a much higher IQ than others, he still couldn't resist reading Akabane's comic.

His personality was relatively cold.

He rarely talks to others and spends most of his time reading books.

Akabane didn't say a word to Orochimaru before crossing over to start working on his comics,

Akabane suddenly missed his old life.

"My previous classmates would be jealous if they knew that my drawing was being complimented by Tsunade and Orochimaru." He secretly said it in his heart.

Tsunade watched Akabane's shadow clone drawing closely.

His shadow clone has the same quality of drawing as Akabane had.

However, after drawing a few pages, a lot of noise gradually came towards the class.

Akabane immediately wakes up and releases his clone. He didn't want his other classmates to see him using a shadow clone to do such a thing.

"It's probably Shimi. He must be tried and wanted to take a nap too since he was as lazy as Akabane."

In an instant, Shimi, Sakumo, and Chouki, who had just returned, were surprised. It seems they overheard Tsunade.

Even Shimi couldn't help being a little bit ashamed.

The Nara clan is one of many clans of Konoha village. They are known for their ability to manipulate shadows.

Shimi was also considered talented among his peers, and he hoped to take on the head position of the clan, but he was slowly given up because he was too lazy.

"By the way, Shimi, I remember that your family has a small store in Konoha, right?"

Akabane sorted out the sketches he had just completed and suddenly thought that there was a small store not far from their clan, which seemed to belong to Nara Clan.

Shimi sat down and thought, then asked, "Is that the small store near your house?"

"Yes, that's it."

Akabane had an idea to open his comic store, with that way he could earn more points and even money by selling his comic to the whole Konoha Village, imagine that!

"Ah, that store used to be a drug store, but it is currently unoccupied now."

Shimi explained as he tried to catch his breath.

He just had a heavy fight with Chouki of the Akimichi Clan, and it was indeed quite a long match.

"Um…will you sell it to me?"

Shimi hesitated for a moment and answered carefully.

"Uh, although it doesn't belong to me, I can help you make the request to my clan."

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Akabane didn't expect him to agree immediately. After all, he currently had no money.

Akabane gladly answered, "Thanks, please deliver my request to your clan."

So he had to go back and inform the clan.

But as for money, although he knew that it's not cheap, he was not worried about it.

Akabane recently became the precedent member of the Kurama Clan.

After the first world war, the ninja has ended, and the current state of the five major nations is temporarily at peace.

The Kurama Clan has been saving a lot of wealth for their clan growth.

Thus, Akabane believes that asking to buy a store wouldn't be a problem.

"Akaba-kun, you want to make a comic store?"

Shimi Nara asked curiously.

"Yes, of course, I want the entire Konoha village to read my comic, that is my goal."

Akabane said nonchalantly.

The truth is, he just wants to earn more points.

But it seems that everyone just believed in what he said.

Tsunade leaned on her chair and wondered.

Akabane noticed her expression and guessed something in his heart.

So he said with comfort: "My goal is to become a comic artist. Maybe I will be your rival in the future."

He tried hard not to laugh, as he knows what Tsunade will be in the future.

After becoming a ninja, she founded medical ninjutsu and later became the Fifth Hokage.

Shimi was slightly surprised. This is his first time seeing Akabane trying to comfort his friend.

Tsunade was equally surprised and quickly rectified her words "Of course, my goal is to become the fourth Hokage and inherit the will of grandpa to rule the village with a will of fire!"

Akabane didn't reply but continued to take the paper and kept drawing.

Will of Fire… He doesn't quite understand, because he is not a passionate person.

But the current Tsunade is full of spirits, and there is unspeakable heroism.

Orochimaru was silently listening to the conversation.

On the other side, Shimi was lost in thought.

"Dream, huh?

"What is my dream?"

To them, who is only a kid, dreams seem to be far within reach, but the world of ninjas doesn't care about age. If war comes, they will be sent directly to the middle of the battlefield

Akabane didn't know that the nonsense he talked made the mood in the room a little awkward And He just kept drawing.

Now that the third chapter has been completed, he planned to rush the fifth chapter soon before the store opens, and then sum it up as the first volume.

Akabane is lazier than his clone, so that the speed of his hands is not as efficient as the clone.

But now, as the exam is over, more and more students have returned to the classroom.

"Hey, who is this boy wearing a face mask?"

After she finished wondering, and taking a glance at what Akabane was doing, she saw the masked man leaning against the railing.

"you guess…"

Tsunade knew that it was Sakumo's descendant from it's hair alone and tried not to laugh.

She just tried to lighten the mood.

Orochimaru stretched out his head curiously, and after a few glances, he carefully looked at Sakumo,

"Could this be…"

At first, Sakumo was very calm

But Shimi's glare made him unable to hold back.

So he stood up and explained.

"Is it my son?."

"I know it was yours, Sakumo."

Akabane smiled without explaining the details.

His son, Kakashi Hatake, appeared in the third episode, but everyone hadn't seen it before, and it was only then that this new character was discovered.

"The Hatake Clan has white light chakra saber."

As Sakumo said, he showed the short saber on his hand.

"The Hatake's White Light Chakra Sabre could emit a streak of chakra upon a swing.",

Sakumo keeps explaining about his tanto origin as Akabane paints continuously.

To give something new, he drew one full-colored page of Kakashi Hatake.

The chapter hasn't been finished yet, and suddenly Jiraiya also jumped over the table and leaned over it.

After a few glances, he scratched his cheeks curiously: "You drew someone so mysterious with a mask, who is he?"

The rest of the fans gathered around, also curious about Akabane's answer.

"His persona is as mysterious as his mask."

Everybody was a bit upset about the answer. All of them frowned.

"But it could also be a big buck tooth, or a crooked mouth… who knows."

Akabane smirked.

Sakumo said angrily: "If it were my son, how could he have buck teeth and crook on his mouth!"

"well, that is just a joke. No one really knew the face behind the mask."

Tsunade smiled and spread the flames of rivalry as Shinnosuke Sarutobi entered the class.

Not long after coming back, Shinnosuke looked dumbfounded and asked without knowing why.

"Hey, you draw my son too."

"Take it easy Shinn-kun."

Shimi put down the pages and smirked.

"What does Shinnosuke's son look like?"

"What, didn't you bring the drawing?"

"Draw it on the spot, and let me have a look!"

Instantly, the classroom became rowdy, and the all-around Akabane was buzzing like insects.

He finally finished Kakashi's portrait. Seeing the enthusiasm of everyone, he said

"Don't worry. I will draw a painting of Shinnosuke's son later. You can wait for my store to open and buy it from there."

"Well, The first ten customers can get the full-colored portrait of Konohamaru that I drew myself."

Shinnosuke feels he was scammed. He just want to see his "son" portrait but he needs to pay for it.

"Damn, You!"

…

"I'll negotiate my clan's store for you, but what are you planning after opening your store?"

Shimi also thought about it and said in a discussing tone.

Akabane's eyes lit up.

Ding!

The membership system is the first thing that comes to his mind. You can read it in advance. And pay later…

However, he needs to establish a fan base first before he can implement membership.

Eureka!

The more Akabane thought about it, the more he felt that he might be able to build a comic culture in Naruto's World.

…

"Come on, stop bothering him, let him focus."

Tsunade waved away the "masses" onlookers.

"Ah.. haha.. you don't say."

Tsunade was the most calm of all children about the comics.

Anyhow, she had read all his latest chapter, and Akabane had promised to send her his next chapter.

The fierce Tsunade-hime drove everyone aside, and no one dared to interrupt her.

Sakumo sat back and looked at Akabane from time to time, with strange eyes that made Akabane a little uncomfortable.

After staring for a while, he leaned over and asked, "Akaba, what is his name?"

Akabane touched his nose, the current ongoing story was exciting, but everyone seems to focus on Hatake Kakashi.

Facing Sakumo's question, he answers directly with a giggle.

"Goju Hatake?"

"Gojuuu?! What kind of name is that!"

Hearing the name, Sakumo exploded instantly.

"Hahaha, Just kidding, I thought of him by a good name, Kakashi Hatake."

After mumbling the name multiple times, Sakumo was quite satisfied with the name

After all, that is his name given by himself in the future.

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Everything in the comic really evoked the story around his classmates' descendants.

After determining his goal, Akabane felt that he should be more diligent.

After the end of the ninja academy, the students are about to be separated into teams consisting of 3 students with 1 Jounin as their teacher.

He planned that the fifth and sixth chapters are the story based on Kakashi's bell test. In this story, a lot of new ninjutsu are being used. If the sixth episode is drawn as soon as possible, this ninjutsu can be available on his ninjutsu list.

"To unlock more ninjutsu, I have to work harder."

Akabane sighed in his heart. Although Genjutsu can be learned from the Kurama Clan, it is impossible to reach its full potential at a glance.

Thus, he is more willing to draw more chapters than to train.

But now it's the fourth chapter. Since he has nothing to do now, he can finish it in no time.

Before he could draw more pages, the students from the exam came back gradually, and Arata followed the last two students to the classroom.

"Today, the exam has been finished. Except for Uchiha Ryo, I will score the others as appropriate. For students who have passed all the courses, we will distribute our Konoha headbands."

"In the next few days, everyone can take a vacation."

Arata spoke nonchalantly, but he could still feel sad about their graduation . After all, he has taught them since they were little.

'Vacation!?' Akabane exclaimed in his mind.

In this way, he can continue to focus on his comic, and let the shadow clone do the rest.

If there is no one to disturb him, it would be a perfect vacation.

Cool!

"By the way, I will tell my parents at that time that I will refuse visitors."

Most people urged him to draw, but Tsunade was different. This girl has a short temper.

Meeting her is really bad luck for eight generation.

Akabane thought for a while, asking her not to come to visit him might not be enough.

"Okay, now everyone can go home."

After hd finished announcing, the classroom suddenly became rowdy, and everyone rushed out of the classroom altogether.

Within seconds, the crowded classroom became empty.

Arata put a lonely face, and most of these students probably wouldn't interact with him in the future.

When he was about to leave the class as well, he found that there was still a student sitting on his desk.

"Huh, Akabane, why are you still not leaving?"

"Umm… Sarutobi-sensei, don't think too much about it. I'm just going to leave as last."

Akabane got up and walked out slowly.

"By the way, sensei, when you bring new students in the future, don't forget to introduce my comic to them hehe."

Arata couldn't help but chuckle.

Akabane's comics are awesome…

"Maybe, Iruka was in the same mood as me at this moment."

He sighed faintly, feeling that he had a strong resonance with the characters in the comic.

…

After leaving the academy's gate, Akabane walks toward home with thoughts in his mind.

He was very fortunate that he had crossed into an era of relative peace, instead of going to the battlefield at a young age like Kakashi and the others did.

Akabane just wants to improve his strength steadily, so that he will be well prepared in the next war.

"Akaba! Right here!"

Akabane suddenly heard the voice of his parents.

Following the sound, he saw Isamu Kurama and Keiko Kurama rushing over after seeing him.

"I told you not to fight too hard, and why the heck were you fighting against Ryo Uchiha? Are you okay?"

On the contrary, His mother ran first, grabbing Akabane's shoulder and scolding. As for his dad, although he didn't speak, he couldn't hide his worry.

"I fought Ryo just fine. Look, I'm fine, aren't I?"

The match list came out very early, and three hours have passed since the first match. His parents must have already known who he is fighting.

"However, I didn't expect you to even defeat him. He was technically the successor of Uchiha Clan."

His father looked at him with pride.

Akabane replied with a smile and asked, "Aside from that, I want to make a request, father. Do we have some savings."

"Savings? As for me, yes, I still have some savings."

After hearing Akabane's question, he was a bit puzzled, so was his mother.

"Nara Clan has a small store near our home. I want to buy that store as my future comic store."

Akabane stated his purpose.

Since he is still a child and has no income, he can only ask it to his parents.

His father was confused for a moment. His request was a bit overwhelmed with them.

They are just an ordinary family of the Kurama Clan. If it were not for Akabane's Awakening of Kekkei Genkai, they might still be no one important.

If it is just toys or basic needs, his father might be able to grant it, but buying a store is a bit too much of a request from a child.

So Akabane's request made him startled at first, followed by the way to explain it.

"Son, you are about to become a ninja, and you'll have a lot of missions ahead of you. Maybe you don't have much time to draw in the future. Isn't it too much to open a comic store?"

Keiko saw her husband's difficulties too and explained their situation.

Akabane knew that they shouldn't have much money, so he stated his true purpose: "I'm sorry father, mother, I know my request is too much for our family…"

"…But since I have become the next successor of the Clan, if we deliver this request to the patriarch they might agree to it."

Akabane saw his father become more puzzled and lowered his voice.

"Is it still too much to ask?"

Both his parents hesitated.

"Umm, we will try to talk about it to the head clan."

Since their change of status has just happened a few days before, they haven't adapted to that, and it feels a bit awkward to ask the clan such a request.

Akabane's system relied on his point from the comics. Thus this is essential for him.

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"Son, you…"

His parents were shocked.

This kind of request wasn't normal for someone his age.

"Forget it, when a child grows up, they should have their own dreams…"

His father and mother weren't someone from a high-ranking position on Kurama Clan.

Therefore, in their hearts, Akabane's passion must be correlated with his awakening of Kekkei Genkai.

"Father, do you want to help me tell the patriarch?"

Akabane heard his tone, knowing that it was half-hearted.

His father nodded, touched Akabane's hair with concern in his mind, and said, "I will talk with the clan after this. If the clan refuses your request, I still have my savings to spare."

"I believe that the clan would accept it."

Akabane is very confident about this.

The three of them slowly walked back home.

…

As soon as he returned home, Akabane went back to his room to continue his comic.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

He immediately cast seals to summon a clone.

"I'll work hard today!"

Akabane chuckled and started coloring the pages from before.

"Oh, that's awesome…"

The shadow clone glanced at him and couldn't help but awe.

Not awe from his coloring but for how he didn't laze after summoning him.

As someone who graduated from arts design major, coloring is a piece of cake.

…

After finished his coloring pages, he got up and stretched.

"Haaah… it's done, up to the next one."

His clone was expressionless. He never thought that Akabane has such a talent.

"With your skill of drawing, then why bother learning about shadow clones? You could finish it by yourself faster.

"Don't say that I can't work all day and night. I want to take some rest too."

Akabane had really planned to rest for a while, but the cynicism made him feel bad to take a rest, so he changed his mind and sat cross-legged to restore his Chakra.

…

"[System!]"

He took a look at the system panel; his points rose to more than 50 points before.

But today, he only gained a slight point.

Akabane thought for a while and used all the remaining 50 points to increase his physical strength.

He needs to upgrade his physique to compensate for his chakra.

Of course, the main reason is that chakra is way too expensive.

Gradually, the point needs to increase one chakra equal to 50 points.

What can he do with that little improvement?

At his current five physiques, the effect was completely different.

Not only the body, but even the recovery and the number of Chakra seemed to have increased.

Afterward, Akabane sat down and began to restore his diminished chakra.

The shadow clone did not expect that Akabane didn't sleep after he finished coloring.

He thought that his original will laze around and leave everything to him so seeing him meditating surprised him a little since he didn't expect it at all.

He sighed slightly and then kept on working.

Although, as a clone, he also wanted to rest, to have more pages to complete, he felt that he needed to work harder.

At the very least, he needs to complete the fourth and fifth chapters so that he can print the first volume.

Of course…

With his physique now balancing his overwhelmed Chakra, his Chakra recovery is much faster than the most ninja.

It didn't take long for him to summon another clone.

"Here is your new companion. I'm going to sleep now."

Akabane lies on the bed to recharge his chakra. The two clones were tolling on his chakra. He is afraid that if he doesn't have enough chakra, he will pass out when he lifts his clones.

Akabane laid down, the two shadow clones looked at each other, and then looked at Akabane on the bed.

"Ahh. He's asleep."They Sighed at the same time, and continued to work.

…

On the other side, in the Hokage's office, Arata came to make a report on today's exam.

Hiruzen was listening one by one, But in fact, he saw more clearly than Arata.

After all, there are many details that a chuunin level cannot be seen clearly.

"Ryo will have to be punished as planned. As for the other, they all passed."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said.

"Yes!"

Arata received the order and left the office.

The Third Hokage takes out his smoking pipe and lit a smoke while thinking.

On his desk was a list of names, Kurama Akabane, Hatake Sakumo, and Mitarashi Murasaki in a row. The mentor's name in front was still blank and has not been filled in.

In the end, he filled in a name.

"Shimura Danzo."

"Let Danzo come here."

Before long, a figure knocked in, and it was Shimura Danzo.

He picked up the list, took a look, and said, "These three were the students you carefully selected…"

Right now, Danzo is the head of the Anbu, his "root" still belongs to the Anbu, and he is not completely independent.

"Yes, in the next year, you will be their team's mentor, but remember, do not influence them with your root training or any other that is related to Anbu."

Hiruzen was very clear about this.

There is no room for mistakes.

"You have nothing to worry about."

Danzo picked up the list.

and said "They are all geniuses. One year is enough."

"As for a year from now, I have another plan for them, you can go back and get your Anbu." Hiruzen said.

"One year is the same for you."

Danzo meant something that only those two knew. He turned and left the office.

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Boom!

When his last remaining chakra depleted, his shadow clones vanished into thin air.

Akabane, who was napping on the bed, woke up in surprise.

"Damn, I almost got a heart attack."

He feels drowsy and half-awake.

"Fortunately, I only summoned two clones; if they were more than that, I might pass out."

Just as he lamented, he heard his father come from downstairs. He could hear his father greeted with a light-hearted tone.

"I'm home!"

Akabane got up and recast his shadow clone.

"You continue here first. I'll go down and greet my father."

Although there is no point in saying it to his clones, getting accompanied by the clones has become his habit.

"Yeah yeah, just go. You're just an eyesore here."

Akabane was speechless for a while.

His clones have no sense of friendliness.

After all, it is his character that is then implemented into the clones.

He went downstairs and saw his father holding a piece of paper.

"This is the document for the store. Thus that store will belong to you from today."

Akabane was a little surprised. He never thought that his request would be granted this fast.

He walked over quickly and took over the documents. The address of the store was written on the top, and the Kurama Clan symbol was painted underneath.

"Thank you very much, father!"

Akabane still couldn't believe it, so he double-checked and confirmed that this was indeed Nara's store, and now it belongs to him.

As someone who is the only one from his generation who has awakened Kekkei Genkai, he will be the next clan successor for sure.

Akabane was daydreaming, put aside the thoughts in his mind, and focused on what to do next.

"Father, can you inform everyone to help me decorate my store? I will draw out what it will look like."

The store was originally a medicinal and pharmaceutical station for the Nara Clan, so the interior design would need a renovation.

"Now that you have your own comic store, but son, I hope you can focus more on ninjutsu training and don't waste your talent."

"Understood, father, I will not let you down."

Since no one knew that he could learn all that ninjutsu was because of his point from comics, he'll just agree to his father's terms.

Telling everyone to read his comics is a waste of time. Opening this comic store could solve his problem, and he could get money from the sellings. It is like hitting two birds with one stone!

Akabane returned upstairs, originally planning to sketch his comic store, but as soon as he picked up the pen, he heard a slight movement outside the window.

"Who's there?"

Akabane, his Shadow Clones, stood on guard at the same time, staring outside.

Then the window was knocked, and a delicate voice came from outside the window: "It's me, open the window."

"Tsunade?"

Akabane was shocked for a moment, got up, and opened the window.

As soon as he opened the window, he saw Tsunade standing upside down on his roof.

"Ehh What are you? Spider-Man?" He confusedly thought.

Looking up from his angle, he can just see through the gap of her clothes,

Get a close look at it.

"Where do you think you are looking!"

Tsunade quickly jumped down and entered his room.

Akabane was still speechless since he was caught off guard.

As for the current Tsunade, there is not much to see except her cuteness. You could say "Flat," but don't let her hear you say that, or else you'll be dead in a second, it's like a taboo word for her.

"Why come through the window if we have a front door?"

Akabane replied angrily, and then sat down, tried to calm himself.

Tsunade smiled and said, "Did you not see me standing there?"

"Oh, then you are really amazing."

Akabane thought that normal person would visit their friend through the front door. Does she want to show off her climbing skill?

"Ahaha yeah, so impressive Tsunade-sama."

Akabane gave a sarcastic compliment, but she didn't seem to get it.

"Hey, don't you have any other things to do? I will play with you after you finish your comic!"

Tsunade patiently sat down with a big smile, glanced at the clones who devoted himself to drawing comics, then looked at the stack of comic pages beside her, and immediately laid down excitedly.

"One, two, three… Whoaa, you've finished a lot of pages."

She has completely fallen in love with comics, and now she counts comic pages, like the way she counts money.

"It looks like you worked so hard today, and now you do some of the work by yourself."

There are a lot of pages there, plus the completed ones from the morning before. The Naruto fourth chapter has been successfully drawn.

"Of course! I am a hardworking person."

Akabane said shamelessly.

But he forgot that he was sitting next to his clone. As he finished speaking, the clone sneered: "Look who's talking, this was drawn by your clones before, you're just being lazy."

"Hahaha, no wonder you could finish this many pages."

Tsunade held the pages and sat on the floor to read them. Even if it still has a lot of revision, she seems to enjoy reading it.

Akabane decided to ignore his clone and sat there and began coloring.

Tsunade sat aside, quiet and cute.

With a single stroke, it didn't take long for the general shape of the store to be outlined.

While thinking about the decoration style, Akabane asked casually, "You came here to show that you have completed your training?"

"Of course not, Am I that kind of person to you?"

Tsunade put down half of the pages and said, "I just went to uncle Hiruzen for a stroll. Guess what I saw?"

"Assignment list."

Akabane said lightly.

Although the Senju family has faded out from governing Konoha village, Tsunade was called "Princess" by all the Konoha villagers. It was because of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, who was her grandfather, dotted her since she was very young. It is not surprising that she is allowed to accompany Hiruzen.

Tsunade was silent for a moment and then complained after a few seconds, "So boring. You guessed it all."

"You and Shimi look like an old man."

Akabane keeps coloring and answers at the same time.

"Well, I can't deny that, but you forgot to include Jiraiya!"

Speaking of Jiraiya, Tsunade complained again and turned a few pages of comics, suddenly reacted and said, "Every time you interrupted the topic, I just wanted to say, I saw your assignment. The list was up."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Your mentor is very strong, but he is someone the opposite of uncle Hiruzen. You should be mentally prepared."

Tsunade's tone was somewhat concerned.

Akabane paused his work. After watching her ponder for a while, he said

"Is it Danzo?"

Tsunade nodded.

Chapter 15

Title: First Fan

"Danzo has a different ideology from Uncle Hiruzen, but he is undoubtedly a strong ninja. Don't worry about that."

Tsunade thought Akabane was disappointed and afraid, so she offered comfort.

The main purpose of her coming here today was to talk about this, but she didn't know that Akabane wasn't really thinking about it.

However, as his mentor would be Danzo Shimura, he couldn't imagine how troublesome his future will be.

"Nah! Forget it; it's not like I could choose either."

Akabane sighed.

When Danzo Shimura was young, he was not as immoral as his old age. Now he at least is a decent person.

"It's good if you have prepared in your heart. Anyway, the teacher's assignment can't be changed."

Tsunade lay on the floor, treating it just like her home, completely disregarding her image.

Akabane concentrated on his drawing and didn't get bothered, but after about half a minute, someone suddenly opened his door.

"Akaba… Uh, this is…"

It was his mother. As soon as she was about to talk, she saw two Akabane who was drawing, and there was also a young girl lying while reading Akabane's comic excitedly.

Tsunade blushed, quickly sat upright, threw the sketch aside, and respectfully greeted "Hello Auntie, I am Akabane's classmate, Tsunade."

"Ooh Hello, Tsuna-chan. I'm sorry I didn't know that Akaba has a visitor."

".. By the way, when did you get in? I didn't see anyone knocking before."

"Ahaha… about that.." She laughs embarrassedly.

Keiko closed the door and left them alone. There was a burst of joy on her face.

"I never thought that my son was affiliated with someone like Tsunade-hime."

Akabane didn't know what his mother was thinking, but judging from her expression, he somehow felt embarrassed.

As for Tsunade, she awkwardly slumped on the floor.

"Regret coming through the window?"

Akabane couldn't hold his laugh to see someone like Tsunade acted so tomboyish.

"Aaargh.. It is about the time for me to go home, but next time when your comics are published, I will come to play with you again."

She might still have felt awkward after she met with Akabane's mother, so she put down the comics and quickly ran out downstairs.

Halfway through the downstairs, Tsunade came back and told him: "By the way, I'm going to visit grandma Mito soon, don't you want her to read your comics?"

"Great, I've got one finished!"

As soon as Tsunade heard Akabane's words, she was carefully searching for the comic.

"It was at my desk. That is all I can do in a short time. I can't say it's my best."

Akabane pointed out the location.

Tsunade saw the comic book with just a glance.

It looks very compact but fell in love at first sight with the cover

…

The cover is not made from hard paper, but it is framed delicately with colored drawings. It was The picture of Naruto Uzumaki running after vandalizing the Hokage statues with paints all over them.

"Ahhhh… such a lovely cover, is there any more?"

Tsunade held the book, excited and a bit upset.

"No, just this one."

Akabane directly counters the possibility of her acting like a crybaby to make her another copy.

"Is there only one?"

Tsunade carefully packed the comic, and then scanned Akabane's room with gleaming eyes.

Trying to find other things worth taking.

But only felt disappointed in the end that he doesn't have anything else worth her time.

"If you like my comic, come and buy it the next time when my comic store opens. I can save one copy for you before I run out of it."

"Really? Okay, don't lie to me, otherwise…"

Akabane immediately interrupts her.

"Don't worry, how dare I lie to you."

After all, Tsunade is his first fan, and she has never stopped chasing him since the beginning.

She smiled upon hearing this and went downstairs with joy. Akabane heard her greet his parents and said goodbye.

"That girl…is really easy to satisfy, and kinda cute."

Akabane sighed slightly, and when she grew up, she would not be the cute little girl anymore. After all, she would be one of three legendary ninjas.

But soon, he tried to get rid of such a thought. She will lose a lot of people that she loves along the way.

Seeing Tsunade left, Akabane was still distracted, and the clone couldn't help but said, "Everyone is gone, you should take it seriously? How long has it been for a drawing, hello!"

"What's the hurry? I have done it."

Akabane's thoughts were interrupted, and he had to concentrate on his drawing.

His first volume is almost done, but of course, he can't compare his knock-off comic to the real one. There are some mistakes here and there.

He glanced at it and nodded in satisfaction.

He felt exhausted and wanted to grab some drink, but as soon as he tried to get out of his room, her mother approached him casually.

Akabane asked, "What's the matter, mother?"

She said, "Ahh, nothing important since I just think that you will have a holiday from tomorrow, we have arranged your chakra training."

Genjutsu usage demands a lot of chakras, so training Chakra control is inevitable for him.

"Is it tree climbing and water-walk? I don't think this training is necessary."

Akabane said immediately.

These things must be clearly explained to them. Otherwise, they will have to randomly arrange his training.

"This training we requested for your foundation, the greater your talent, the better your foundations must be strengthened."

Kurama Keiko saw Akabane somewhat disapproving and insisted.

Knowing that nothing can be done by just talking, Akabane wondered for a moment and learned Tsunade to walk on the wall, and finally stood on the ceiling.

"If you still need me to learn how to water-walk to, I can now go to the bathroom to show it to you."

Akabane yawned and said.

Her mother was a little surprised, but also speechless.

She couldn't believe that her son has been developing this much in such a short time.

She thought that Akabane was only loafing around.

Remained speechless, she can only be assured by his talent.

Nothing more…

What a great boy, but there is still room for him to grow.

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After her visit, Tsunade comes back home while bringing along Akabane's comic.

The Senju Clan is currently small. Throughout the years, most of the families in the Senju Clan have merged within Konoha's clan through marriage. Only the direct descendants of Hashirama Senju still use Senju's name, and the leader of the Senju Clan is the Jinchuriki, Mito Uzumaki.

In the afternoon, Uzumaki Mito's eyes narrowed slightly, and she was basking from the sun in her yard, but it didn't take long for her to hear a voice coming from outside.

"Grandma! Grandma!"

As the sound was heard, a figure rushed from the roof not long after and stood in

front of her.

"Tsunade, What's the matter?"

Seeing her cute granddaughter, Mito smiled.

The war has taken away many of her relatives. That makes Tsunade someone precious to her. Ever since her childhood Tsunade has been causing a lot of ruckuses, then she will visit her grandma to settle it for her. So, whenever she saw Tsunade come to visit, she immediately thought Tsunade was in trouble.

Tsunade explained while pouting, "No, no I'm fine, I just want to give you something."

"Oh, what is it?"

Mito sat up straight, showing a curious look on her face.

Seeing that she took Mito's attention, Tsunade excitedly took out the comic book and gave it to her grandmother.

Mito thought it was something else. She saw it was a book cover portraying a naughty little boy with whiskey on his cheeks, drawn with an unprecedented art style.

"What is this?" She was puzzled.

She took a look on the next page but saw that the page was full of drawings added with a bubble containing words. It feels easier to understand the content than any other book she ever read.

"This book, what is this? I've never seen such a book before."

"This is what we called comic grandma! Look at this person on the cover, his name is Naruto Uzumaki."

Tsunade pointed out the cover, looking excited.

"Naruto Uzumaki?"

Mito was confused for a moment, then continued to read the comic.

Nine-tailed demon fox? The fourth Hokage?

After reading it, she got even more confused.

"Is this what will happen at Konoha in the future? Who drew this?"

She is well aware that the nine-tailed beast must be referring to the nine-tailed demon fox within her body!

"It was one of my classmates, Akabane Kurama."

Tsunade said.

"The Kurama Clan? Was he that first awakened Kekkei Genkai that everyone talked about?"

Mito asked since it sounded familiar.

"That's right! His Genjutsu can be annoying sometimes, but he is a good person."

Tsunade said honestly, As she was the victim of his Genjutsu.

"Hahaha.. so my beloved granddaughter has finally acknowledged someone her equal."

Mito tried to tease Tsunade.

Mito thought that all of this story came from a child's fiction since the history of Konoha village was easy to find.

With Naruto Uzumaki as the main character who holds the chakra of the nine-tailed demon fox, this story…I'm afraid it has something to do with the status of Jinchuriki.

Thinking of this, she continued to read. And she couldn't help but smile.

The first few pages were talking about how naughty Naruto was as a child. He painted the Hokage statues and tried to anger the whole village.

But because of this, Mito was more and more into the story.

Pages by pages, she enjoyed how the story was written. She even gives a little laugh at the part that Naruto uses his sexy jutsu to Iruka until he gets a nosebleed.

The next pages tell how Naruto failed his third exam while seeing everyone else passed it and celebrating with their parents. Naruto was the only one sitting outside, and she felt sorrow for the child.

She paused on this page for a moment. However, he is carrying the name of Uzumaki, as they have always had a good reputation in Konoha.

Why would Naruto be treated like this?

Mito only could feel upset about her grandson's wrong treatment.

But then tried to remain calm.

This is just a story. How could she think of it as her real family?

However, the more she read the first chapter, Her anger gradually intensified. Seeing Mizuki tell the truth behind his misfortune that he is indeed a Jinchuriki and let him know why everyone blamed the catastrophe that happened on Naruto, she almost spilled a trace of her Chakra from anger.

But she can't deny that the story was fascinating, and even a person like her who has experienced many vicissitudes of life was moved.

Uzumaki Mito sighed slightly after reading half the chapter, she stopped.

"Huh? Grandma, what's wrong?"

Tsunade asked plainly.

"I'm a little tired after reading this. Can you let me meet with the author of this book? I want to see the kid in person."

Mito said.

Tsunade hesitated for a moment, then said, "This…well, but it's already late today, I will invite him over tomorrow."

Mito nodded, took the comic, and walked inside the house.

She said, "Let me hold the book first. I'll read it again later."

"Ok… grandma."

Tsunade was a little lost. She wanted to ask a lot of details in the comic and might have a chance to get the comic herself, but she never thought that Mito was so distressed after reading it.

"But why did grandma need to meet with Akabane?"

She was puzzled for a while and then stopped thinking about it.

…

After showing his capability, his mother immediately went to find the patriarch to discuss his training more.

The mother's matter is just a small episode. Akabane didn't take it to heart afterward, the manga storeroom is his first task now.

Soon he will have to pass the test from Danzo. It might not be the same bell test that Kakashi gives to team seven thus, he needs to be prepared.

To secure his position, Akabane must at least be on Danzo's good side.

His other task is to finish his comic store drawing, then start to renovate it.

At this time, Konoha hasn't successfully adapted the wood release from Hashirama Senju as the latest user. so renovating his comic store would take at least three or four days.

This is still relatively fast, it may take a month or two for an ordinary person, but even after his store is done, Akabane has a bigger task.

How can he promote his comic store to the whole village?

"This has been a long day for me, and I am exhausted."

Lying on the bed, Akabane's thoughts spread, and remember the comic book that he had given to Tsunade earlier.

It would be about time that she should've given the comic to Uzumaki Mito.

I wonder how many points that he obtained.

"[System!]"

[Points = 60]

"Holy crap!"

Akabane was shocked.

"How many times has Mito Uzumaki read my comic? This point is just too much from a single person!"

But he was guessing that since Mito Uzumaki is a Jinchuriki, it might be the reason for all these points.

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Almost reaching his limit, the shadow clones disappeared instantly.

The exhaustion of using the Shadow Clone Jutsu over and over again made his head hurt.

"How strong was Naruto? He is continuously practicing with three shadow clones at the same time. If it was me, I would be hospitalized immediately."

Akabane felt more depressed knowing that he can only summon two clones for a short period.

Trying to let go of his jealousy against Naruto, he turned his attention to his points again.

"60 points huh.."

"Maybe Mito Uzumaki hasn't finished reading it."

Akabane comforted himself.

He woke up and cleaned up his work.

Even if he can't maintain both of his clones for a long time, they have finished the fifth chapter in only a few hours.

"Well done!"

This means that he can prepare his first volume to be released.

Another thing Akabane noticed was that there was a few more ninjutsu in his exchange list.

[Camouflage Jutsu: Basic ninjutsu, 5 points required]

[Substitution Jutsu: D-level ninjutsu, 5 points required]

[Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death, 0 points required]

"No… No points required?"

Akabane was speechless.

"Isn't One Thousand Year of Death just poking someone's butt hole with tiger seal pose? No wonder you don't need points…"

Although he still seems confused, looking at the number 0 on the price made him want to redeem it.

"It's free.."

"…Let's exchange it. I do have a feeling it would be useful in the future."

Akabane shamelessly convinced himself, so he chose to exchange it anyway.

Ding!

[0 Point reduction]

[Exchange successful!]

[Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death has been learned]

The system notifies his exchange.

The next seconds after learning it, Akabane immediately regretted his choice.

"Fu- ha..ha.. how on earth would I consider this ninjutsu useful.."

Information of how to use the said jutsu entered the mind that made him want to puke from how disturbing the use of the said Jutsu.

The system indicated how to use it and also mentioned the damage that it's done and also how it felt when the seal entered inside the anus of the opponent.

"What the hell?! Why do I need this kind of information?"

Akabane regretted it and quickly exchanged the other two ninjutsu to cleanse the memory of the 0 points jutsu.

And learning the two jutsu he also realized how useful the jutsu is even though they only need little points after the memory of how to use them emerge in his mind.

Camouflage Jutsu can be used alongside shadow clones to maximize its potential.

Substitution Jutsu, if used properly, can defend and counter-attack within short notices.

Akabane thought that although there might be better ninjutsu to offer, he felt satisfied enough with them.

This Jutsu that he just learned contains many practical usages if one masters it.

"I just don't know if Mito Uzumaki has finished or not… this troubled me."

He wants to ask Tsunade as soon as possible how far Mito has read the comics for the same as his points, but alas it's already dark outside.

…

The following morning.

Akabane almost couldn't sleep last night.

"Huh, Akabane, you got up so early today?"

"Is there something that happened?"

His parents were shocked.

This is the first time Akabane got up so early!

Akabane coughed awkwardly and said, "I have to go somewhere today."

"Eat your breakfast before going out…"

His father was just about to ask the detail, but Akabane had already left.

Akabane wants to understand how his system pointing works.

Akabane went straight to the Senju's household.

…

Their house is not as big as people might think. Only Mito and a few family members are staying here.

Before he entered the said compound, Akabane heard the sound of many people exercising and saw several figures training in the front yard, and one of them was Tsunade.

At this time, she was wearing a silk white martial arts uniform, with her long blonde hair fluttering, she looked heroic.

Seeing this, Akabane couldn't help but sighed, "I should be ashamed of myself, even if they the Senju Clan, they still have to work very hard."

He was very fortunate that he had a system, and he was from the Kurama Clan. Otherwise, he would get up early every morning for training, it could drive him insane with his lazy nature.

In the Kurama Clan, Akabane, who used to has the weakest physique, can already beat his peers, and who would dare to force Akabane to get up and train every day?

Not long after, Tsunade took noticed of Akabane.

She paused her training and quickly ran towards Akabane, with a bit of joy on her face.

"This is the first time you get up so early, right?"

Tsunade was a little happy. After looking around, she asked in a hushed voice "Why do you come here in the morning, what's the matter?"

"Um…I want to ask, has your grandma finished reading my comic book?"

Akabane directly asks his objective.

Tsunade couldn't hide her upset expression, then took a deep breath to ease her emotions.

Then she said, "No. Yesterday she said that she was tired after reading a few pages, and she also said that she would like to meet you in person. I was going to meet you again this afternoon if you didn't show up here."

"Ooh is that so.."

Akabane breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and felt confident that all the 60 points belonged to Uzumaki Mito.

"that's it?"

"Yes, after all, I do admire your grandma."

"Well, then, please wait a little longer. I'll finish my training soon."

Still felt dissatisfaction, Tsunade said with a curled lips, "I thought you come for another reason.."

She could be unpredictable all the time, and sometimes she is aggressive, but sometimes…

".. Was she angry with me?" Akabane wondered.

When he wants to ask more, Tsunade had already returned to continue training.

He didn't catch up fast enough but was slightly startled and lost in thought.

"..Forget it."

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Akabane shook his head slightly.

The ancestors said it well, a woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.

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After completing her training, Tsunade comes back to where Akabane's waiting for her.

"Grandma is having breakfast right now. I will take you to a stroll around our house while waiting for her." She said it while holding a half-eaten riceball.

Akabane was confused and muttered, "Actually…I can just wait from he—"

But obvious, Tsunade didn't listen and straight grab his hand to stroll around her house.

But either way, Akabane can only keep up.

Both of them walked along the path side by side.

"Our clan's house is huge. I hope you don't feel overwhelmed."

Tsunade said with a smile.

"I–"

Although Akabane wants to say no, she just cut him off from his reply and started to explain about her clan's history and so on.

"Well, as you see earlier, we didn't have a lot of members in the clan. Our goal now is to maintain Konoha's concord while live side by side."

"…"

Akabane decided to remain silent and listen to her chit-chat.

"The biggest one over there is my grandma's yard. I usually live there, but in fact, I have my own space, look this one.."

Tsunade pointed out for him one by one, basically explaining everything that they've passed.

However, Akabane noticed although the Senju Clan is small, the house was put hidden behind, and the Uzumaki clan's symbols were often seen in some inconspicuous places.

Akabane was secretly thinking.

Compared to the Kurama Clan, Senju's physical prowess might be comparable to a beast, and although Kurama Clan is big, comparing it to the declining Senju Clan they won't still stand a chance.

Kurama Clan only have their Kekkei Genkai as an inheritance but not all members can awaken it unlike Senju who have a different kind of sealing jutsu that any family members can use and adding their monster-like physic, Kurama Clan was just like an infant that just learned how to move while the Senju Clan Already know how to run.

"Nothing is interesting here to look. We can only just stroll around while we are waiting for my grandma."

In a few words, Tsunade has already said about the current situation of the Senju clan.

Akabane was slightly overjoyed upon hearing this, and said, "Well then, Let's find a place to take a re–."

"Nope! We can rest later. You need to strengthen those weak muscles of yours."

Tsunade pouted and refused his suggestion without fully hearing it since she knows that he just want to idle while waiting.

"Ah… I can do nothing, can't I?"

Akabane has just accepted his fate since he is the visitor here.

The two were wandering around for half an hour.

"Tsunade-sama, Uzumaki-sama is ready to welcome her visitor." Said a member of the clan.

…

In the yard.

Akabane beholds an elegant figure sitting on a chair. She is slowly reading a small colored comic book on her delicate white hand.

Uzumaki Mito was known to possess a unique chakra. This gives her the power to seal the Nine-tailed Fox within her, thus granted her the name "Jinchuriki," which means "The Power of Human Sacrifice." At this time, she just looks like an ordinary beautiful young woman in her thirties.

"Ah! You must be Tsunade's friend, Akabane. Please have a seat."

Uzumaki Mito arranged two chairs earlier, one near her and the other one was on her front a few distances from her.

Akabane respectfully sat on the chair opposite from her. Tsunade was about to walk over to sit on another chair, but Mito looked up and said, "My child, why are you sitting there? Come and sit next to me."

"Umm, I'm sorry.."

Akabane felt a little bad.

Mito smiled gently at him and then said to Tsunade, "I want to know more about Akabane, Tsunade, please change with him."

Tsunade was stunned for a moment, and her expression was a bit upset, she didn't expect the outcome at all.

"Is she jealous?"

Akabane sighed inwardly.

Since Mito is the first Jinchuriki and the heir of the Uzumaki Clan, Sitting next to someone that extraordinary makes him nervous and worry.

Therefore, after changing seats, both of them showed a confused expression.

"My child, is the book that you wrote about the future?"

Uzumaki Mito asked while reading.

"No, it's just my fantasy story."

Akabane has said this many times, and now he has reached the point where he even believes it himself. So it's hard to tell even from her caliber that he was lying about his answer.

"I don't know how long it's been but I've never seen a story this engaging. I thought about it last night. A lot of things from your story make me feel something familiar."

"That's why I asked Tsunade to invite you here."

Uzumaki Mito smiled gently at Akabane, "For example, in the first chapter, your description of the Nine-tailed Fox…"

Akabane suddenly feels waves of chakra fluctuate from Mito.

The feeling is unspeakable.

But before long, she stroked her belly, and the fluctuation disappeared.

"That must be Kyuubi.." Akabane secretly thought.

Akabane was sure that the fluctuations he felt earlier were from Kyuubi.

"From what I've searched and added, Jinchuriki is someone who sealed the Tailed Beasts."

Akabane took the initiative to answer before Mito inquired about it.

"Hahaha, I'll just say… your story is very interesting and very well drawn, but the real Kyuubi is a lot more gentler than what you depicted ."

Mito said.

Afterward, she pointed to the Hokage's Mountain that looks vaguely in the distance and asked, "Is the fourth Hokage the same as what you imagined?"

"Yes, Mito-sama, but I was taking the appearance from someone at my class as a reference."

"I see, hmm? Shinnosuke Sarutobi had a son named Konohamaru?"

"…"

Akabane was a little nervous at first, thinking that Uzumaki Mito was testing the authenticity of the characters within his comic. But after a few questions and answers about how the story progressed, his worry disappeared like smoke.

"Isn't this just a fan seeking spoilers?"

Tsunade felt jealousy at first, but later she listened carefully to Akabane's spoilers, looking curious and excited.

"By the way, will Naruto become Hokage? Or…"

Uzumaki Mito didn't say the second half, but he didn't need to guess the meaning behind her question.

After thinking about it for a moment, Akabane thought of answering honestly, so he coughs lightly, and said: "Mito-sama, this involves the subsequent plot, I can't give you the answer just like ."

Uzumaki Mito was taken aback by his reply, she pondered for a moment and nodded her head, understanding what he meant and said while glancing

at Tsunade.

"It's okay; you can just tell me alone."

Tsunade immediately became anxious when she heard that and said in a very direct tone, "Grandma, I want to know it too!"

"Mito-sama, if I tell you the story now, it would be less interesting."

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Akabane doesn't want to be the spoiler to the story. This must be done as he wants to be a famous cartoonist even if the one who asked it is none other than Mito Uzumaki herself.

Akabane's stand was firm and unwavering.

Mito sighed with regret and did not press any further questions.

In the small courtyard, Mito continued to read the comic all over again. At this time, Akabane noticed that she hadn't finished the first volume yet.

"In other words, 60 points before were only from a few pages!"

[Points: 88]

What!

Akabane moved for a moment, as he finally understands how his system works.

Kyuubi's chakra was always surging while Mito was reading his comic, which only means that Kyuubi also read it too.

That's twofold points from one of the strongest chakra users in the village!

After that, Akabane paid more attention to Mito. This is undoubtedly his best customer…

"Hahaha, Konohamaru is so funny."

Mito Uzumaki couldn't help but laugh a few times while reading the second chapter.

"Naughty boy, Where did you learn Sexy Jutsu! A young boy like you shouldn't know such a thing!"

"Cough..."

Akabane was caught red-handed. But, Sexy Jutsu plays an important role in Naruto, right? He can't just skip it.

There is no choice but to bravely put in on the story.

After reading the second chapters of the story, Mito Uzumaki suddenly stopped reading and closed the comics that baffled Akabane who was watching her.

"Grandma, what's the matter?

Akabane asked curiously.

"Oh, since you don't want to spoil the plot, If I read it all at once, there is nothing for me to read tomorrow."

Mito Uzumaki put away the comic and put it in her clothes gently like she was holding something precious.

For someone like her who has been through a lot of hard times and couldn't go far from her backyard, Akabane's comic is the only thing that accompanied her to get rid of her boredom.

This precious treatment from her almost makes Akabane move to tears.

Even if he isn't the original author of Naruto, all his effort recreating it seems to be paid. Akabane thinks that he might get a good rest tonight.

Tsunade saw this with the same mixed mood.

Seeing how her grandmother cherish a child's comic book, she was at lost

And jealous how Akabane wouldn't give her another copy.

"Grandma Mito, don't worry. My comics store will soon open. Then I will send you another copy plus a special hand-drawn poster of Naruto."

The gift of a copy and poster was a token of gratitude. But at the same time, it's also a form of advertisement for his comic store.

Mito Uzumaki is the most famous person in Konoha. If she becomes a fan, she might carry other significant figures to recommend his comic.

But when he finished speaking, Tsunade, who was also listening, asked him with a menacing expression on her face with a smile on her lips, "You'll make another poster for me, right? Right??"

"Umm.. yes, of course, how could I forget you.. haha…"

Akabane didn't dare to reject her. Otherwise, he might not be able to leave safely.

"Of course you are!"

Tsunade nodded in satisfaction.

"Well, thank you, I appreciate it."

Uzumaki Mito is also very satisfied. Then she offers him some help.

"Our clan has acquaintances that work on printings. If you ever need help, feel free to ask."

"Whoa thank you, grandma! Since I've finished the first volume, I require mass printing for my grand launch."

Akabane gladly agreed. It is the right call to come here early!

The Senju Clan no longer interferes in Konoha's internal affairs, but their reputation in Konoha is unparalleled. IF he can secure relations with the Senju Clan, opening the comic store is a piece of cake.

Mito nodded, with a faint smile on her beautiful face, then gave him a token saying: "This token represents my identity. You can use this token to ask for help in the industry under the Senju Clan. They will help you."

"Thank you, grandma Mito!"

Akabane smiled very sweetly, almost wanting to hug her.

Mito gives some advice while patting Akabane's head.

"Okay, but don't forget that you are still a kid, don't overwork yourself. You have a fragile physique, don't you? This is a holiday. After all, enjoy it while you can."

Looking at her face, Akabane felt that these words came from her experiences.

What Uzumaki Mito said to Akabane was right. He took it differently since Mito is a Jinchuriki, she must have trained her body to control Kyuubi's chakra, then he needs to do the same thing.

"I think there is nothing more to discuss grandma, please take a rest now. I'll accompany Akabane to play outside."

Tsunade motioned Akabane to get up.

"Grandma Mito, I'll see you later."

Akabane held the token in his hand, bowed to Mito, then left her the courtyard.

"Well, what polite little ones."

Mito delightfully narrowed her eyes and smiled.

The two of them left the Senju Clan and returned to the town.

When they got to the street, Tsunade looked around suspiciously, and suddenly walked to an alley.

Akabane wants to straight back home, but as Tsunade walked, he felt something was wrong.

These sides of the street…

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a store to appear in front of them

"Gambling Den."

"Tsunade, we are not supposed to be here."

Akabane immediately stopped her.

"Hehehe, I want to test my luck."

Tsunade took out the money from her wallet and smiled triumphantly.

"You want to waste your money on gambling?"

Akabane's face became more annoyed. Tsunade's habit of gambling will put the Senju Clan in a tough economic position.

Needless to say, the money must have been scammed from the comics sent by Akabane.

"No, I can win this."

Tsunade is full of confidence, "I have mastered the gambling skill."

After that, she cast hand seals and instantly changed into the appearance of a young lady, ready to swagger into the casino.

Akabane was speechless.

How could a little girl like her love gambling?

That's right. This trait was inherited from her grandfather, Hashirama Senju himself!

Akabane felt helpless, thought for a moment, and threatened her, "If you go inside, I won't give you my poster, and also the comic!"

"What?! That's not fair!"

Tsunade's small face was full of anger.

"She really loves you as her granddaughter, but you gamble like this behind her. I'll snitch you to Grandma Mito!"

Akabane put some sense into Tsunade.

"No, no, that's not what I want to do.."

Tsunade hurriedly denied it, but it was the turmoil on her face that confirmed Akabane's guess.

She is afraid of nothing other than her Grandma Mito.

"how about it? You still want to go inside??"

"Okay, I give up…"

Tsunade took a step back and looked back, her passion still boiled inside, but after Akabane took a few steps, she suddenly paused, followed by a swift cast of hand seals to create a clone, and quickly rushed into the gambling house.

With the same reflex, Akabane managed to catch Tsunade with the Substitution Jutsu.

"What!? But how are you so fast?"

Tsunade was surprised and a little upset.

She thought as long as Akabane finds out later, she will be able to take a gamble off the table, and even if she is caught by then, she will be satisfied.

Which is like now when she is one step inside the casino.

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"First, your reaction time is too slow, and second, I already knew you wouldn't listen to me. And It's easy to see your flaws."

Akabane grabbed her hand and left without saying a word.

"Noo… just one time!"

Tsunade arched and pleaded for his mercy, but her cat face won't work on him. He has built a wall of resistance already on her cute appearance.

The problem is, she was too strong, and Akabane couldn't move her an inch which made him embarrassed.

"Fine! Just get inside and gamble, but don't hope about getting your comic anytime soon."

Akabane let go of her hand, turned his head, and left her on the front door alone.

Tsunade almost cried hearing his reply, her heart is confused to decide between losing her chance to gamble or losing her chance to get a comic. It's a tough choice for a child like her!

She struggled on choosing between the two, she was just a child so her choice will obviously be influenced by someone.

Looking at the disappointed back of Akabane, Tsunade eventually got her choice and followed Akabane.

Akabane walked a few steps and felt relieved after hearing Tsunade's footsteps approaching him. As expected from his first fan!

Akabane just wants her to change her bad habit. Gambling wouldn't lead her anywhere.

"I promise you that I won't gamble from now on, now you're obligated to give me a reward!"

Tsunade said it while sobbing from her loss.

"Haha, aren't you shameless.."

Akabane sighed lightly.

"Humph! I'm not like Jiraiya."

Tsunade pouted.

After the quarrel, they arrived at his house.

From a distance, Jiraiya saw them and looked puzzled.

"what are they doing together? Come to think of it. I've always seen them together since the academy." Jiraiya secretly thought.

"Why would Akabane be that close to someone that brute? Is he charmed by her!?"

"Damn!! I'm jelly!"

Jiraiya thought of Tsunade as a cute angel even though she punched him a lot.

So basically, he is jealous of their relationship.

"In terms of handsomeness, talent, and ability, I am no worse than Akabane… Well, it must be because Akabane can draw comics! to change Tsunade's impression of me, I also want to learn how to draw comics!"

Jiraiya suddenly became passionate after he thought about it.

Akabane, who just had a long morning, didn't notice Jiraiya. He was so busy now dealing with Tsunade.

"Tsunade, can you take me to your clan's printing factory?"

"Of course! but you have to lend me the original poster…"

Tsunade was pointing at Akabane's posters looking sharply.

"No, I can't do it, I still need it."

Akabane refused without hesitation.

"No! They are mine!"

"Since when!?"

And they continued the quarrel.

After a while, Akabane became tired of her.

Tsunade was born with an enormous pool of stamina. She could babble all day.

Akabane finally gave up and tried to negotiate, "Well, you can choose three of these posters, but that's all!"

"Five posters!?"

"Two!" Akabane made a counter-attack.

"Fine, fine, I'll take three."

Tsunade mutters, and chooses her reward, while she leads their way to the printing factory.

Akabane sighed lightly, not because he was stingy, but he wants his posters to be the impressive prize for his store's grand opening. He would need to draw three posters again to fill up the quota.

Aince he doesn't want to waste too much energy.

They've been walking for some time, and Akabane suddenly reacted, "I haven't asked grandma Mito for how far the printing factory is?"

"Ehh, Tsunade, are we close yet?"

Akabane caught up and asked.

"Yeah yeah, just a little further."

Tsunade said nonchalantly.

At first, Akabane believed her words, but later, he regretted believing Tsunade's nonsense.

They've far away from the village and finally reached the factory in a small village under the mountain.

"hah.. hah… You called this "a little further"!?"

Akabane tried to catch his breath. This was the first time he traveled such a long distance!

"Yes, I used to jog farther than this every morning."

Tsunade said with an innocent look.

"Ahh, don't talk anymore.."

As someone who has a weak physique, he was speechless and felt scammed.

"But I thought that you couldn't walk this far, so always coming late to class because of your physique is just an excuse?! Aren't you the same as Jiraiya, huh?!"

Tsunade catches him red-handed.

Akabane was stunned for a while, not knowing how to reply.

Seeing his expression, Tsunade feels more satisfied. "Hmmm? What's your excuse now??"

"No, It's just… I just want to… don't compare me to Jiraiya.."

Akabane sighed as he couldn't explain his laziness.

They like to compare each other's bad habits and correlate him to Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya is the lazy one, not me!"

After sighing slightly, he shook his head and found that Tsunade left him a few steps away.

"Ey! Wait for me!" Akabane runs immediately.

After catching up with Tsunade, Akabane slowed his pace and observed the surroundings.

It is very quiet here, and a small factory can be seen under the mountain not far away.

"This factory doesn't belong to our clan. But we have a good relationship with each other. As long as you show the token, they will gladly help.

Tsunade pointed at the factory and said,

"You might want to deepen your relationship with them for your mutual benefit."

Akabane speeds up and heads to the factory.

Tsunade, follow him slowly since her responsibility was to lead him here, and there is nothing to do with her.

Entering the factory, Akabane found that this was not just a printing factory.

While holding Mito's token, he immediately saw a lot of kunai, shuriken, and many other weapons were being made..

Therefore, this factory seems to not only be responsible for printing but also to produce weaponry.

"This is not only a printing factory, this is an arsenal! would they accept to print my comics?"

Akabane looks back at Tsunade, and felt a bit overwhelmed.

"What's the problem? it's okay, you don't' have to worry about your comic content leaking."

Tsunade took it normally but instead thought Akabane acting strangely.

Akabane was startled for a moment, then nodded and said, "No, I was wrong. This factory is the best!"

Yes, who would dare to steal comics in such a factory?

Then he glanced at the token in the palm of his hand and thought inside.

Mito Uzumaki recommended him to come here for a reason, right?

"Ah, let's just do it."

Akabane shook his head, no longer thinking about meaningless things. He only needs to know how he is going to talk to the owner.

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.Clank! Clank!

Akabane could hear the echo of forging iron from the factory.

Not long after, a man hurriedly over. It looks like he is the man in charge here. He notices Tsunade, then suddenly put a guard.

By the look of it, Tsunade has a great reputation here, and it's probably negative.

Akabane took the initiative, he handing him the token while saying, "Excuse me sir, my name is Kurama Akabane. I have some business here."

"The Kurama Clan?"

He thought, what a little kid from Kurama Clan was doing here? Then he reached out his hand to take the token from Akabane and closely examine it.

After a while, he introduced himself, "Well kid. My name is Izumi Yamano. I am the director here."

"Yamano-san, I came here to ask for your help to mass print my comics."

Akabane took out his comic book and handed it to Yamano Izumi.

"Are you the one who made this?"

Yamano was even more suspicious, then took a look at the comic book.

Different from the rough hand-painted version before, this fix version has more delicate touched here and there, which can be said to be Akabane's best works.

At first glance, he surprisingly in awe of the work.

"What were you called it again? A comic book?"

He found it incredible than different from any other book. It has drawn pages with a bubble text narrating the story from the character's perspective.

"Hey, Uncle Yamano, you heard right, this is called comic."

Tsunade reached out and clarified.

"Comic?"

Yamano turned the first page to looked at the next one.

Time has passed for a few minutes. He didn't realize he read it too long.

Then he closed the comic book with excitement and regret.

Yamano Izumi is just an ordinary blacksmith who is proficient in iron forging. But after reading Akabane's comic, he suddenly remembers his childhood dream to become a Hokage.

"Ah, I remember when I was a kid like you, I used to play-acting like a ninja, such a nostalgic."

"It's a shame that I can't qualify to become one."

Yamano looked upset and sighed.

Akabane smiled lightly and secretly called up the system interface.

"System!"

[Point increase by 1]

"It's up by 1 point!"

"In other words, even ordinary people will give points from reading it."

Akabane thought excitedly.

Although Yamano gave 1 point even after reading a few pages, the point is still a point! Imagine if a hundred peoples read it at once.

"Such a shame… Uh, umm sorry. So, Kurama-san, is this the comic you want to print?"

Yamano asked Akabane could saw his eyes teary.

"Yes, but not just this one, I'll publish my volume from time to time, so I would like to make a cooperative agreement with you Yamano-san."

Akabane said seriously.

He knows that it must be weird such a request was made from a mere child, and it is true that he has nothing to offer as an assurance. He can only try to convince Yamano with his works.

If Yamano hadn't read the comic before, maybe he would sneer, but now he has to think deeply about the agreement that Akabane mentioned.

"What benefits from a comic could bring me?"

Yamano was very clear that the market for selling comics is narrow, and the benefits are slim, but after reading the comic, he feels that he just read a masterpiece and can imagine what everyone is going to do just to get a copy.

"This book could be a breakthrough!"

Without another thought, he immediately asked, "I'm interested! How do you want to arrange our agreement?"

"I know that the factory is not owned by Yamano-san alone, so I offer two options here. One is that I'll pay a fixed amount, or second, I'll pay you 10% of the comics income every month.

Akabane gave a moment for Yamano to the thought of it.

"Humm interesting… I need to discuss it with others."

Yamano hesitated. This kind of negotiation is beyond his knowledge, and it would be a good idea to discuss it with the other first.

"I understand very well, and please take your time Yamano-san, if you want, I can lend you this copy for the other to read it, but please take good care of it."

Akabane smiled kindly.

Yamano nodded and put took the comic book.

This matter is about printing a book, so he most likely will be asked the opinion from someone in charge of the printing division.

Tsunade has been listened from the start and didn't say a word.

She might felt a bit awe on how Akabane managed to handle a business matter with an older person smoothly.

After Yamano left, she asked, "Why don't you just straightly decided the remuneration?"

"Of course, the fixed amount will make me take advantage of it, but I don't know how popular my comic store might become? After all, I'm just a kid who wants to open a comic store."

Akabane explained humbly.

He didn't finish, but he believed Tsunade could understand the meaning of it.

Sure enough, Tsunade pondered for a few moments, and then quickly said, "I understand, but I never knew that you're this well prepared."

Akabane wants to finish his negotiation right here right now, so he planned out two options at the beginning, let these people understand his value, otherwise, his comic would be underestimated.

Now that these are all laid out, even if he gets into trouble with the printing, it's their representative that comes to him in person, not a group of angry workers.

After a while, Yamano came back, brought someone with him, who seemed to be the person in charge and workers from the printing division.

"Yamano-san is there a problem?"

Akabane was shocked a little. He didn't expect than he would deal with this many people.

Yamano looked behind him with some embarrassment. and said, "This man is Noda Ichiro, he is the chief from the printing division, and these men are his worker."

"Hello Kurama-san, I am very grateful for giving us this opportunity. But unfortunately, we couldn't agree with your options, can we negotiate it again?"

Noda Ichiro was a little bit cautious about his gains and losses.

He has read the comics and knows the value better, otherwise, he won't be so excited, and the workers behind him should also understand.

"Of course, let's make another negotiation, for there will be less trouble in the future."

Akabane said inwardly.

…

After negotiating a while, they both agreed to the same terms.

6For there will be a stable salary and loyalty on every month from the selling income.

"With this way, we agreed that I could pay you the salary and share some of my profit. The specific numbers can be discussed in detail later." Akabane explained the terms.

"Great, thank you for your generosity."

Noda Ichiro kept bowing. He looked very excited.

At the same time, the worker was suddenly noisy.

"Great, we have a business!"

"I can finally buy my kids new clothes."

"I can't thank you enough, Kurama-san! Thank you!"

Although Akabane was still young, He just got the respect from the worker and Noda Ichiro himself.

The respect is mutual. He felt much better, knowing that his deal would help other people that he never think of. Akabane was satisfied, but also a little surprised.

From their reaction, it seems that the printing division was desperate for the time being. This agreement could help them more than Akabane thought. It's a win-win solution after all.

There are a lot of things to do!

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Tsunade was silent and looked a bit upset.

Akabane took notice of it. It just felt weird how she became silent all of a sudden. Akabane couldn't hold it anymore and glanced back at her and asked.

"What happened to my sassy friend?"

"Uhh, annoying."

Tsunade came back to her normal self, then sighed softly.

The way Akabane handled things from the factory before was just like how her grandpa and father acted.

She was bothered by some thought and suddenly asked, "Akaba, have you ever dream of becoming a Hokage one day?"

"Hokage? I've never thought about that, but I know that becoming Hokage is a tiring task, especially for someone weak like me. All I want is a peaceful life while I run my comic store."

The way Akabane explained his dream was not a child that could be understood, especially Tsuna. With how chaotic the world currently is, he didn't know if his dream would be fulfilled.

"Hahaha, you sounded just like an old man, but I can imagine such a dream coming from you."

The tender and cheerful laughter resounded through the woods.

Akabane felt a bit embarrassed.

At this time, Tsunade's younger brother had not been born yet, and she hasn't known the tragedy that she has to suffer from. But Akabane knew it well. He could only enjoy her laugh for now.

Akabane slightly smiled a little.

"When we go back, where should we go next?"

Tsunade regains her good mood, she immediately becomes chatty again.

"This is enough for me today, this past two days, I haven't taken a good rest, and I still need to re-draw other posters that you just took from me before.."

Akabane refused with a hint of annoyance.

When they left, the factory had started printing his comics. Once he came back home, he could finish his decoration sketch and headed straight to the preparation.

"What, Akabane became a hard-worker.''

She said that with a teasing tone.

"…yeah, whatever."

Akabane sighed helplessly.

His comic store needs to sell not only the comic book but also various posters and merchandise, so he must work harder than before.

He was lucky enough to be reborn again in Naruto's world. This one-time opportunity must not be wasted.

"Well, I can see you're tired. We should go back to your home now and let your clone help you work."

"Uhh yeah.. you're rig—wait, we?"

Tsunade tried to smile as cute as possible while looking at Akabane's annoyed expression.

Akabane took a deep breath and said, "Huuh… Okay, your majesty, we'll do it your way."

Akabane has grown an immunity from Tsunade's presence, after all, he didn't intend to be lazy anyway because there are a lot of things to do.

Both of them walked slowly towards his house.

…

As soon as they went back, Akabane immediately took his tools and left again in a hurry.

They planned to work in the woods near his house. If it wasn't for Tsunade, he wouldn't go to the woods at all. The reason was that Tsunade still felt embarrassed from her last night's visit.

It took a few minutes to arrive at the place from his house, although not physically he was already exhausted from walking back and forth from different places.

Of course he want to complain but he knows it's impossible with Tsuna on his side who will beat him to pulp if he utter a word.

…

After they arrived, Akabane created a clone, then both of them started working together.

He drew large posters, but not all the paintings are from Naruto. Akabane also drew posters from other comics, such as One Piece, Bleach, and any other that he could remember.

Tsunade was supervising him at first but noticed that he was really into his drawing, so she decided to practice on a grassland a bit further from him.

Akabane spent the whole morning drawing.

However, his big posters took him a long time to finish. By the time his mother came to deliver his lunch, Akabane only managed to complete two posters.

As for Tsunade, she hasn't come back until noon.

During the afternoon, both of them are still busy with their things.

Until the evening, he took notice of a familiar figure.

On the roadside chair, there was Jiraiya deeply thinking about something. It must be something important because he looked somewhat depressed.

"Oy! Jiraiya-kun! What are you doing there alone?"

Akabane asked curiously.

Hearing his friendly voice, Jiraiya immediately stood up and said, "Akaba-kun! you finally come back!"

Then he ran towards Akabane excitedly.

"You've been waiting for me?"

Akabane put his pen down and stopped drawing. Then he looked at Jiraiya suspiciously.

Later, he found that Jiraiya was holding two pieces of crumpled paper in his hands.

"I… I tried to draw some pages but only managed to finish two. Do you mind taking a look?"

Jiraiya showed Akabane his drawing looking timidly.

"Your drawing?"

Akabane was shocked for a while then replied.

"It seems that you want to follow my path to become a cartoonist?"

Jiraiya would be a great author in the future, but to make good comics needs more than a good story.

Akabane took a look, and suddenly felt and suddenly felt shocked

He breathed deeply, then slowly continued to read it.

"What do you think of it?"

Jiraiya curiously asked.

"Jiraiya, have you shown this to Tsunade?"

Jiraiya confidently said.

"Yep.."

Speaking of Tsunade, Jiraiya could not help but sigh.

"She hit you, didn't she?"

"..yep."

"Jiraiya, the story that you told in these pages was indeed good, even I want to know what happens next. But your drawing is the problem…"

Akabane carefully chooses his words because he didn't know how to put them.

To put it short, how Jiraiya made a story from only two pages is astounding. The problem is how he drew it. There are messy lines everywhere and hard to see as a comic.

Well, his drawing skills are normal at his age.

"But I also think I've drawn it very well. It must be Tsunade's ego that just couldn't accept my art."

After hearing this, Jiraiya took back his pages with excitement, then laughed wildly with a smug face.

He didn't even notice that Akabane was giving him a critique.

"No, what I'm saying is.."

Akabane was about to explain his flaws, but when he looked up, he found that Jiraiya had already run a dozen steps away triumphantly.

Ah.. well, after all, he is the one who wrote the legendary series of the erotic book in the future.

Akabane stayed for a while, then sighed and sat down on the grass.

Jiraiya is somewhat a talented author, but there is a lot to polish.

Fortunately, his ninjutsu is at least relatively normal…

"Yeah.. normal for the current time.."

Akabane was startled for a moment.

Soon enough, he will come to learn about the seduction of ninjutsu, and it wouldn't be the same again.

"Gosh, what did I do!"

"I should've not daydreaming while having a lot to do. I'm sorry, Jiraiya."

Akabane sighed and continued his work.

If Jiraiya wants to learn to make comics, he needs to practice from now, or else it would be a waste of talent. But then again, after all, Jiraiya would release his book and become the three legendary ninjas.

But there's a catch, what if Jiraiya was too addicted to comics and the whole history of being "the child of prophecy" will change?

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"Yes, place it right there.."

"Be careful, please, place it symmetrical on both sides."

"…"

Akabane was busy ordering his workers to decorate his store.

"It looks like your hands are full? How long will it take to finish?"

Just when Akabane was busily ordering, a voice came from above him.

He looked up and saw Tsunade in her training uniform standing on the ceiling.

"I'm occupied right now."

Akabane swept his temples. Akabane has been renovating his store for a few days now. He had to use Shadow Clone Jutsu at least three times a day to reduce the workload. For these past two days, he had used more than 100 points to increase his chakra by 1 point and his physique by 5 points.

"I'm here to see your progress. Uhh, by the way, has Jiraiya visited you recently?

Tsunade's disdainful expression was somewhat worried.

She hasn't seen Jiraiya for two days since she last hit him after he showed her his comic.

"Jiraiya?"

Akabane was startled slightly, and he also misunderstood what he said last time when he parted and left with a look of excitement, did his feelings just disappear?

Tsunade noticed that Akabane's expression was slightly different, and immediately asked him again, "Have you seen him?"

"Yes, I've seen him, he showed me his drawing of two pages, and I tried to explain that he still has a lot to learn, but it looks like he misunderstood my words."

Akabane pondered for a moment and decided to tell his guess, "If you want to find him, you might as well check every woman's bathhouse in Konoha."

"Women's bathhouses?"

Tsunade was stunned for a few seconds. After thinking about it for a moment, she clenched her fist and said angrily, "That pervert! I must teach him some sense!"

Then she left angrily.

Akabane was speechless for a while.

He didn't expect that Jiraiya would be so enthusiastic after hearing his comment.

"Ahh! Forget it. I have other things to handle right now." Akabane thought for a while and decided to ignore it. He was already full at hand. Why bother thinking about anything else.

Besides, Jiraiya would still be fine even if he got caught.. right?

After a few hours of renovating, the store gradually became tidier and slowly getting closer to what he had planned.

"Akabane, there is a cart waiting outside that brought hundreds of your comic books. It looks like it wasn't sent from our clan."

Akabane's father notified him about his comic book shipment.

"Oh, it finally arrived! Thanks, father, would you help them to put the stuff inside please?"

Akabane looked overjoyed.

The printing factory delivered his order in time, which excites him a little. He wants to open the boxes immediately.

After a while, Ichiro Noda from the printing factory greeted Akabane personally while bringing boxes of books behind him.

Noda Ichiro bowed and greeted Akabane sincerely. "Nice to meet you again, Kurama-san, I've brought your order as we agreed upon. Where do you want us to put this?"

"The feeling is mutual, Ichiro-san, please arrange them accordingly at the cabinet over there."

Akabane talked as he pointed out the cabinets.

The word "draw" was written on the cabinets.

My greatest knowledge that I brought from my world was this draw method. This allows the customers to spend their money more than they should have.

"Understood, please let me and my workers do the unload, and you can rest assured."

Noda Ichiro nodded again, and the other workers started actively unloading his comics to the cabinets.

Akabane took a moment to observe their works. They have unloaded the boxes swiftly. After all, they are the printing agent that grandma Mito herself recommends.

Only by looking at how delicately they worked, Akabane felt relieved. Otherwise, It would take him more time if he does it himself.

Once they've finished unloading, Akabane has just finished arranging various rewards for the lottery. It will take a while for so many people to help. Once the comic books are all on the shelves, Akabane has just finished the various prizes in the lottery.

…

At this time, his comic store is fully decorated and ready to open.

Akabane once more checked his list, but he saw a figure slowly appear in front of his door.

It's Shimi!

As he approached, he looked up and saw Akabane holding a wooden sign.

"Akabane's Comic Store, huh? It seems that I'm your first customer then."

Shimi then greeted him.

"Yoh Shimi! Why are you so well-timed?"

Akabane wondered why Shimi always came at the right time.

"Yeah, I saw your store yesterday and decided to take a look."

Shimi answered honestly that when Akabane put up the sign.

He walked into the store, picked up a comic from the shelf, then brought it to the cashier.

"The total is 100 ryō, and there is a prize of a poster as you're my first customer, and you'll get one shot at the draw to get a chance for another prize!"

Akabane explained the detail as he thought of what poster he was going to give Shimi as his first customer prize.

Then he found a rolled-up poster of Shikamaru Nara, which he thought would be the most suitable for Shimi.

Shimi just came to the store to check how Akabane is doing and buy a copy of his comic. He didn't expect that there was another prize, so he took it by surprise, and then saw Akabane take out a box with "Draw" written on it.

"Should I take something from inside?"

Akabane replied with a nod.

Shimi froze for a moment and then reached out his hand for the lottery box.

Since he didn't hope much, he just takes the first thing that his hand touches and takes it out.

It was a piece of paper, Shimi curiously opened the paper, and there's a letter written on it that said: "Thank you for your patronage."

The letter doesn't satisfy his curiosity. He glanced at the text on the side of Akabane's cardboard box.

50% probability: Thank you for your patronage.

30% probability: a small poster

10% probability: a medium poster

1% probability: a special poster

"In other words, there is a 50% probability that I wouldn't get anything?"

Shimi felt somewhat upset and helplessly put away the note, then took out his first customer prize and spread it out.

It was a young boy with dreadlocks and a lazy face, and his appearance somehow resembled him.

"Who is this?"

Shimi was a little surprised, "This looks like someone from my clan, but I never knew him?"

"Ah, I created that character based on your look. Thus I thought that you might want it as your prize."

Akabane pointed to the lower right corner of the poster.

Here, the name of the character "Shikamaru Nara" is written.

"Shikamaru…huh? Well, thanks, I guess."

Then Shimi carefully rolled up and thanked Akabane.

After that, he turned and walked away slowly, as he hurriedly opened the first page and read it while walking home.

To be honest, Akabane did not expect that Shimi would be his first costume because he has someone else in mind that would rush as soon as he opens the store.

"Sure enough, it might be nice to have a teammate like Shimi.."

Akabane sighed slightly, and then he cast his seals to summon a clone.

"I'll leave it to you. I want to take some rest."

"I.. don't have a choice, don't I?"

The clone helplessly accepted the order. Although there was another staff in the store, they didn't know how to use the lottery.

Anyway, this was only the first day.

The clone sighed slightly and sat down and waited for the next customer.

There was a good chance of big waves of customers coming very soon.

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"Oh, Shimi, Where are you from? And what are you reading?"

Chouki met Shimi on the streets. It felt a little weird that Shimi would go outside during the holidays instead of staying home.

"Oh Chouki, I just visited Akabane's comic store and went to buy his comic. Surprisingly I got a poster as a reward for being his first customer or something like that."

Shimi showed his poster to Chouki.

"Let me take a look."

Chouki leaned forward curiously. Although Shimi was in a hurry to get home, he didn't mind a chit-chat with his best friend.

Chouki's eyes widened.

"Wow, is there still any poster left?"

"I think so, but a lot of people might be there already."

Shimi seemed to get a little impatient.

"Ah, okay, then bye Shimi!"

After hearing it, Chouki hurriedly left Shimi and ran to Akabane's store.

It wasn't hard to found the comic store since Chouki knew where Shimi went before.

Not long after he arrived near the store, he saw several figures passing away behind him.

"That's…Sakumo? And, Orochimaru too!?"

Chouki became anxious and immediately quickened his pace.

However…

If it's about speed, Chouki has a disadvantage over his classmates, and he can only see both of them disappear out of his sight.

"Is this buying comics or competitions? Why are there so many people!?" he thought.

On the street, he saw another classmate run in the same direction.

Sakumo, Orochimaru, Murasaki, and even Ryo himself! They were like competitors that won't fall behind.

"Ahem… Ryo-kun, let's go get Akabane's comic!"

Chouki coughed excitedly.

"Hmph, I didn't go there for comics. Kurama Akabane has dishonored me last time, and I demand a rematch!"

Ryo said angrily while clenching his fist.

But soon, he noticed that it was just a distraction from Chouki to surpass him in an instant.

"Damn it, don't cheat!"

He hurriedly chased him.

Ryo had forgotten his first intention to take revenge on Akabane and only thought of competing with the other to get to the store as soon as possible.

This meaningless competition continued until they reached the store. After Shimi left, Akabane immediately received his second customer.

Unlike the first customer, the second one is someone who has the highest authority in the village.

"Hokage-sama, why are you here too!?"

Akabane was baffled by the fact that the Third Hokage himself became his second customer.

"Hahaha, I grew to like your comic and decided to come and buy one. And also Shinnosuke asks me so."

Hiruzen lighted his cigarette and said with a smile.

"Yeah, very convincing Sarutobi-sensei.."

Akabane complained silently.

As a high-ranking ninja, Hiruzen could arrive faster than his son Shinnosuke.

"Shinnosuke, he umm.. asked me to buy one copy and the poster.."

Akabane who was listening to the Hokage suddenly took notice of some commotion in the distance.

He saw Sakumo was in the lead, followed by Orochimaru, Chouki, and Murasaki. Behind them were also Akabane's classmates who he didn't recognize.

Shimi was the first one to arrive, as he was about to ask Akabane for a copy. He saw the Third Hokage walking out of the store.

"Uhh… Sarutobi-sensei?"

Then, Orochimaru and the other arrived together

Hiruzen paused for a moment, then he lifted his smoke pipe and cleared the way for Sakumo and others to enter.

"Is Sarutobi-sensei here to buy Akabane's comic?"

Orochimaru asked lightly

Hiruzen looked embarrassed, and he didn't know how to reply.

"Do you still want the poster prize Sarutobi-sensei?"

Akabane's clone enjoyed the scene in front of him, he saw how an old man came to the comic store to buy a comic and fight for the prize poster with other children.

Hiruzen coughed and said hesitantly, "Of course not. I just came to buy a comic for my son and support Akabane. I.. I'm not… going to take the poster.."

"As expected from the Third Hokage, here is your comic Hokage-sama."

Akabane's clone smiled and gave the comic.

Hiruzen took the comic and left silently.

As a highly respected Hokage, he can't be seen snatching a poster from a bunch of children.

After watching him leave, Orochimaru glanced at Sakumo, then looked back at Akabane. Then he said, "I've managed to save one poster from getting snatched by Hokage-sama. Do I get a reward for it?"

"Of course you can't!"

Sakumo rebukes him.

"Please remain calm… I'll consider the Third Hokage as a special guest, and the next customer must still obey the rules that the first come first to serve."

Akabane's clone said.

Orochimaru nodded silently and said with a disappointed tone, "Well, then that makes me the third customer. "

Orochimaru accepted it without resistance. At least he was in the top three…

Since when did this become a competition?

Chouki coughed a few times before he could argue, but Orochimaru had already stepped forward to get the comic.

"Line up one by one, don't worry, there is plenty for everyone."

If these people make trouble, the store will become very noisy.

As a clone, he can't waste his energy to stop them.

"Huh!? I don't care about any of your rules. Akabane, come out and have a rematch with me!"

Ryo finally arrived and shouted from the front door.

Akabane's clone frowned slightly.

He is a clone after all, but just like the real Akabane, he didn't like trouble, and Ryo Uchiha was indeed a big trouble.

"Akabane, don't pretend you didn't hear me! Come out and fight with me. I didn't prepare well last time, and I wouldn't lose this time!"

Ryo continued to exclaim.

Sakumo and Orochimaru looked back on Ryo.

The two didn't interfere because this was Akabane's store, but if he asks for their help, they will stop him without hesitation.

"What's the matter? I'm here for a rematch, not making trouble!"

Whether Sakumo or Orochimaru, they had the best at combat prowess. Even if Ryo was from the Uchiha Clan, he has no confidence if he has to fight with either of them.

"Um… I don't mind the rematch, but since you've already here, why don't you buy my comic first? I'll treat you the same as the other customer."

Akabane's clone pointed to the comic shelf.

"what?"

Ryo didn't expect this kind of response and didn't know how to reply.

The clone smiled inwardly while Ryo sat on the ground, thinking about his request.

"If I bought your comic, you would fight with me?"

Ryo looked fierce and murderous.

"Yep.."

The clone nodded lightly.

Anyway, he was only a clone, and when the time comes, Akabane himself will have to deal with Ryo.

At this time, Orochimaru and Sakumo had picked their comic and asked for the prize poster.

"Since you both are the top first three, you will get a free medium-size poster, umm… wait, let me see…"

The clone chose what poster was suitable for the duo, then finally gave Sakumo and Orochimaru their prize poster.

Sakumo excitedly took it over.

He had been waiting for it from the first he heard about the prize and rushed as soon as he knew that Akabane's store had opened.

"Come come! Open it now!"

Murasaki ranked fifth, and when he saw Sakumo get the poster, he immediately asked him to show it.

Sakumo planned to open it at home, but since the store has hyped up for a few days now, everyone wants to take a look at everyone's prize.

Ryo looked disdainful, but he couldn't help to also look curiously.

The poster portrayed a masked man leaned against a big tree while reading a book called "Icha-Icha Paradise."

On the lower right, there was his name.

"Kakashi Hatake!"

"This… this is awesome!"

Exclaimed all the children who saw the colored pictures of Kakashi.

"Orochimaru, let us see yours."

Chouki looked at Orochimaru expectantly, but what he got was

"Nope, I'll go back and open it alone."

Orochimaru kept the poster unopened and shook his head.

Hearing this, everyone was disappointed, including Ryo, who couldn't help but felt disappointed too.

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Orochimaru wasn't affected by their curiosity. He knew how to endure his urge to open it. Although the others were upset, they couldn't force him.

Akabane's clone smiled faintly and tried to lighten up the mood.

"The first 100 customers got a chance to win another prize at the lottery."

"Lottery?"

Orochimaru saw the text on the box and understood it quickly.

"I wish you good luck!"

He doesn't know what the other poster is, but the portrait of the painted person has aroused his heartstrings.

"I wonder who is in his poster..?"

Ryo was secretly curious but didn't dare to ask.

He hadn't read Akabane's comic because he was too busy underestimating him until he realized he was the one who took the loss. But after seeing the poster of Kakashi Hatake, he suddenly forgot his revenge and also got carried away by the situation.

Orochimaru reached in and took out a piece of paper quickly from the box.

"Third prize, small poster…"

Akabane's clone congratulated him. He took out a small size poster from the shelf and handed it to Orochimaru.

This time it was a truly random selection, without prior thought.

This time he couldn't help but take a look. Rolling down the poster, Orochimaru saw a fairly handsome male. He had jet black hair and red blood eyes. He wears a symbol of a red fan with a white handle. Orochimaru searched for his name.

Itachi Uchiha.

The clone glanced at it and looked confused. Among many other posters, Orochimaru got him by pure chance?

"what happened?"

Orochimaru found that Akabane's face was a bit strange, and thought there was something wrong with this poster, so he took the drawing of Uchiha Itachi and looked at it carefully, but couldn't see why.

"Nothing, this is a picture of Itachi Uchiha…"

Itachi Uchiha?

The name grabs Ryo's attention, but he tries so hard not to get noticed. Otherwise, they would think that he took an interest in comics.

"Well, I like it a lot, thank you."

Orochimaru bowed politely.

Looking at Orochimaru's poster, Sakumo became excited and also took out his lottery expecting to get something, but unfortunately, it wrote, "Thank you for your patronage."

"I'm sorry, Sakumo, and thank you for your patronage."

Hearing Akabane, Sakumo took out his comic, and the prize poster then stepped aside.

He was jealous of how lucky Orochimaru was, but looking at the poster he got, he didn't think too much about it anymore.

Then, it was Ryo's turn.

He struggled for a long time; there is a clash in his heart.

Look, why was I here again?

I didn't come to buy a comic, and now I felt stupid.

"Look, I'll read it first if I'm not satisfied, I won't pay for it!"

Ryo said with arrogance.

He took a copy from the shelf and turned the first page.

Nine-Tailed Fox!?

"Nine-tailed fox? Isn't this the strongest tailed-beast in the legend?"

Ryo was baffled and couldn't help but keep reading.

On the second page, there was the Third Hokage.

"Is this… an imaginary character?"

Looked uncanny!

The Third Hokage has aged in the comic.

How did he do that?

Ryo was easily absorbed by the story, and he continued for a few pages, didn't bother by his surroundings.

"Ryo-kun, could you first pay for that?"

The clone asked with a smile.

"Ah… right!"

Ryo responded subconsciously and then tried to maintain his calm. After a bit of thinking, he said, "Remember, I came here to challenge you not to buy the comic!"

"Well, then, Ryo-kun, you can still draw a lottery, do you want to use it?"

Akabane's clone pointed to the box.

"I… I'll buy it!"

Ryo shamelessly took out his money and paid the comic.

Please, please let me win a poster…

"Please…"

Ryo reached out and took out a piece of paper.

"Third prize: small poster."

Ryo almost jumps in excitement, but he holds it for fear of being seen by the other.

Akabane handed him the poster.

Ryo opened it up and his eyes gleaming, it was a poster from the same Uchiha Clan, a boy somewhat has a similar face with Itachi Uchiha, and his name is,

Sasuke Uchiha.

"Sasuke?"

Ryo was dazed for a moment, as this is his first time seeing Akabane's drawing.

Was he from the Uchiha Clan?

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I hate a lot of things and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream, because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan and destroy a certain somebody."

"what did you say?"

Ryo looked blank.

"It's nothing. Just a line suddenly came to mind."

Akabane's clone said lightly.

"Kill?… by the way. Now you should accept my challenge!"

Ryo suddenly remembered his original purpose and quickly put down the comic and poster he just bought, with a solemn expression on his face.

"Hey, you've read the comic right, don't you have any insight? For example… a peaceful talk?"

The clone sighed, a little helpless.

"Peaceful, my ass! I want to challenge you!"

His tone became firmer.

"All right, all right, but fighting is not my job task. Wait a minute. I'll bring you to the real Akabane."

Ryo followed the clone unwillingly.

Orochimaru and the others were planning to leave, but seeing there is a drama going to happen they hold their step and follow the two.

Then…

"Well, Ryo-kun, since you've bought my comic, I'll accept your challenge."

Akabane came out from inside. He still looked half-awake and yawning.

Ryo already put his fighting stance.

'Now is the time to witness Akaba's true prowess.'

Orochimaru thought inwardly.

He acknowledges Akabane as his dearest friend and also a strong opponent. This interesting match was the one he couldn't skip because Akabane has never shown strength.

If he can, Akabane doesn't want to get into trouble this time. He just finished opening his store and hasn't had a good sleep the past few days.

That damn clone, why did he allow this kid to cause trouble?

Akabane glanced at the clone and sighed inwardly.

After being humiliated in front of everyone from their last battle, Ryo took a cautious approach. He wouldn't let Akabane take advantage of him this time.

"let's start…"

As soon as Akabane said it, Ryo threw his kunai swiftly.

"Gotcha!"

He saw an image of Akabane taking a clear hit with his kunai.

However, Akabane's body disappeared instantly.

what?

Uchiha Ryo was baffled and watched the surroundings closely

Behind!

He noticed Akabane's position, quickly turned around.

The atmosphere suddenly changed, then he saw Akabane holding kunai, ready to kill him. He felt the pain but no marks or scratches appeared.

"This. this must be an illusion!?"

Ryo was a little too late to notice.

When?

They rushed toward him from another direction, slashing at him with his kunai dreadfully.

"Argh!…"

Feeling the touch of death slicing through his throat, followed by fear, pain, and agony. He couldn't help but scream.

The situation suddenly became silent…

He slowly opened his teary eyes, saw Akabane standing in front of him.

"This is… Hell Viewing Jutsu!"

Ryo's face was pale, and his legs trembled.

The Genjutsu itself was the three basics of chakra usage that lies on yin release, but since Ryo just found that out, he couldn't cancel it immediately.

The Kurama Clan, who has these traits as they are a Kekkei Genkai user, is rare.

" I lost.."

Everyone looked surprised.

"As I said earlier, I don't want to fight.."

Akabane handed over Ryo's comic and posters and lent his hand.

The fight was too fast. He lost again in mere seconds for the second time.

Shame and embarrassment filled his heart, Ryo picked up his comic and posters silently, nodded in thanks, turned around, and hurriedly left the store.

From the very beginning, Akabane had already cast his genjutsu. That's why he accepted the match lightly.

"Akaba-kun… when did you learn Hell Viewing Jutsu?"

Orochimaru was baffled.

"I just learned it.."

Akabane didn't tell a lie. He just finished chapter six and exchanged his points for Hell Viewing Jutsu.

{TL note: I don't know the true name of the Jutsu so name it as such, but what Akabane used was the one Kakashi used on Sakura on their assessment tests}

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How did he become this strong in a short time?

Everyone secretly thought in their hearts.

"Akaba-kun, you are a prodigy."

Orochimaru sighed lightly.

He used to be the most talented student among his peers, but now he acknowledges someone equal or even above him. It was Akabane Kurama. That's why he needs to work harder.

"Hey, let's go back."

After the rematch, Chouki and Murasaki prepared to leave.

Akabane turned around and was about to go back to sleep, but he heard a cough: "Cough cough…Did you forget, I haven't drawn a lottery yet!"

Yoriko Gekko, A petite girl, was dressed in black that made her look gloomy, and she also doesn't speak that much, and also the reason why she is easily forgotten.

Like a certain someone from a certain. Anime who have close to zero presence.

"Ah, haha… sorry about that.. come and take a draw."

Akabane's clone awkwardly took out the box and let her take her chance…

Yoriko grabbed a paper and read it with a disappointed tone.

"Thank you for your patronage…"

"Well… if you are willing to buy another copy, I can give you another chance."

The clone shamelessly tried to persuade her to buy another copy.

"Huh? Really?"

"Yep."

He nodded.

He is not certain of her luck, but that's the purpose of his lottery, to let people buy comics more than once.

Yoriko hesitated for a moment, then took out another hundred taels.

The clone handed the box again, and she got another one,

"Thank you for your patronage…"

Yoriko looked over him, her eyes full of sorrow. She is almost about to cry.

"Ah, this… I tell you what, if you buy another copy, I'll give you a small poster as compensation."

The clone said awkwardly.

Her luck must be at rock bottom…

"Ughh, why do I need more comics?"

Yoriko sighed. But she still paid although a little grumpy.

Akabane, who was helping to load the goods, heard this and nodded with a look of approval.

However…After her third chance, she finally won the third prize.

"Yeay! This means I get two posters, right? Cough.."

Akabane handed her poster himself.

After taking a look at her posters, she cheerfully smiles.

"Thank you, Akaba. I'm leaving too."

Holding the posters, she turned to catch up with the others.

One of his staff, who was loading the goods on the side, looked at them. He hesitated for a while but then asked: "Akabane-sama, why did she want to buy more than one copy?"

"Of course, one comic is enough for her, but after seeing her friends get another prize from the lottery, she couldn't help but feel jealous of them. It's just human nature."

Akabane knew it well.

Every game that he played in his previous life had this kind of marketing strategy to let people spend their money more than they should have."

Besides, 100 Ryō per copy was already a low price for a comic.

Before long, many customers came to buy his comics, and soon there were only a few more left for the 100th first customer.

…

Until the last moment, Akabane was there waiting for his last customer for the day.

The moment he was about to fall asleep due to waiting, but he heard footsteps coming at him…

The last customer?

Wanting to greet the person, Akabane slowly saw the person from the bottom to the top. He saw a pair of wooden sandals that were worn by a black-coat man.

Slowly moving his gaze to his face, he saw a man with a cold and fierce face.

Who is this?

Akabane felt familiar, but couldn't remember who he was.

"I want one."

His tone was indifferent.

Akabane immediately picked out a book and handed it to him, hoping that he would leave soon, but unfortunately, the man didn't intend to leave, so he took the book and stood by the door quietly reading it.

After reading a few pages, he closed the comic and coldly asked "Is this telling about Naruto Uzumaki or yourself?"

"Of course, it is about Naruto Uzumaki, and I am not a Jinchuriki."

Akabane answered with a smile.

But at the bottom of his heart, he became more and more certain that this man is not a good person.

"Not really, there is history about the Kurama Clan having a monster of their own."

He replied aggressively.

Akabane suddenly felt a terrifying chakra rushing toward him, making him unable to move.

Is this a murderous intent?

"My clan having a monster?"

"Yes, I'm aware that you knew about it."

The man's eyes became firmer. "looking at you, and knowing that you're not a hardworking person, why did you spend your time on such a useless thing as drawing a comic?"

"How can it be useless? This is a form of culture and moreover.."

Akabane finally understood the identity of the man whom he talked to and dared not to open his mouth again.

"You need a strong physique and mind to control your chakra Akabane Kurama! Why are you slacking like this?"

He sharpened his eyes and scolded Akabane.

At this current time, there is only one person on Konoha who was this stiff and bloodcurdling, the founder and the leader of Roots and notorious as the Darkness of the Shinobi.

Danzo Shimura.

Of course…

At this period, Danzo hasn't gained such a reputation as the Darkness of the Shinobi.

But his characters were always the same, cold and stiff.

"To be honest, I just have a passion for drawing and story-telling."

"If you want to make a scene, I already wasted my stamina on the previous one."

Knowing that he was talking to Danzo, he could uncover any layer of his heart, so it was better to just tell the truth.

"You are smarter than I thought."

Danzo nodded approvingly.

Then, he dropped a hundred Ryō, took the comics, and left the store.

Danzo did not reveal his identity, nor did he say everything, but he seemed certain that Akabane would notice to whom he talked to.

"huh.. not that I have genius friends now I have a genius mentor. I just want to live at ease…"

Akabane lamented in his heart.

Now that he had seen Danzo in person, he must agree that the rumor was precise, and the name of the Darkness of the Shinobi for him was well deserved.

But Danzo didn't come for his comic. He just wants to see his new student.

"Forget it, take one step at a time, you want to do something to me, don't blame me if I take it personally."

Akabane said secretly.

His idea is very simple. Just for the sake of having a peaceful life, whoever tried to cause him trouble, he'll take it seriously.

"That comic would be the 100th sale today, Tsunade, I'm afraid you won't be able to get your prize.."

Akabane glanced at the lottery box.

"Ahh, but yeah… I forgot I promised her one extra lottery…"

There was only one lottery left, which was specially left for Tsunade.

Hmm… this would only mean cheating.. but after all, she wouldn't care.

However, the longer Tsunade left, the more worried he was for Jiraiya. If he did according to what he guessed, Akabane must soon visit him at the hospital.

"Poor Jiraiya.."

As Akabane was about to sigh, suddenly, there was a figure in green clothes leaping down from above.

"Gyaaah!"

Tsunade jumped in front of Akabane and almost gave him a little heart attack.

Judging from the bloodstains on the corners of her clothes, Jiraiya must've been sent to the emergency room.

Akabane didn't dare to ask the details, but smiled slightly and said, "rest assured. I left one for you. It's your turn to draw."

"Really?"

"Yep, you happened to be the hundredth, because the last person didn't take his lottery."

And there indeed was one last lottery. When she took her lottery aggressively, Akabane almost dropped the box.

At first glance, she couldn't help exclaiming, "Only one last poster left!?"

But when she saw the prize…

"Wow, you are really lucky. Congratulations on your first prize."

In an exaggerated tone, Akabane gave her his biggest poster that was stored on a paper tube looking fancy.

"Woaaw.."

She just stared at the rolled-up poster for a while. Just by looking at the size of it, she knew that the poster was special.

She spread it out, and her eyes were gleaming in excitement.

"This.. this is!!!"

The poster was huge. She spread it out all over the tabletop.

It was a gigantic thousand hands of the wooden statue, covering almost all the poster portion. It looks even more terrifying against the mountains. Underneath the statue stands the God of Shinobi proudly.

Hashirama Senju.

The title: Sage Art, Wood Release: True Thousand Hands.

"I heard that the First Hokage had this jutsu as his distinctive features, so according to my research, I drew this. I hope you like it."

Akabane certainly was a fan of Hashirama Senju. It showed how he delicately drew the poster.

Tsunade retracted her poster with excitement.

"Akaba-kun, thank you, this means a lot to me."

"It's just your lucky day today. This is your comic book."

Akabane gave her the comic.

Tsunade took it but remains speechless.

The poster was made only for her, so the lottery was just Akabane's idea to hide his purpose. After all, Tsunade was his first fan and was the one who accompanied him from time to time. Thus it just felt right to give her something like gratitude.

She held the poster and remained silent long enough for Akabane to feel a bit awkward.

Since childhood, Hashirama Senju has been her favorite ninja and a beloved grandfather. Tsunade thought that her grandpa would always stand tall on the Ninja World.

However, one day, the hero she admired fell in a battle…

"Since I was a child, I haven't seen my grandpa on the battlefield, so I don't know if his ninjutsu would look like this, but I'll ask grandma Mito."

With such a gift from her friend, Tsunade will be forever grateful for his kindness.

"Well, bring another copy for Grandma Mito."

Akabane handed over another copy, "Take it as my thanks to her."

"Heh, you sure are a grateful person.."

After being moved for a while, Tsunade returned to her original nature, loaded the comic, and the posters then left happily.

"Kasumi, the lottery is over, so I just need to collect the money…Well, if some children come to want to buy the comic but don't have the money, just give them some copy for free. It's just 100 Ryō, I've sold enough for today."

Akabane stood up and explained, ready to get back some sleep, it has been a long day for him.

"Yes, Akabane-sama."

Kasumi Kurama nodded and knew how to serve customers.

Moreover, as Akabane said, even if they're giving some comics for free, it's only just 100 Ryō.

In the past few days, Akabane was indeed tired.

These are the few days he has worked hardest in Naruto's World, comparable to the previous exam period. He would pass out anytime soon.

…

At Senju's courtyard.

"This day should be the opening day for his comic store. Why hasn't he sent me his comic? Did he forget something?"

Uzumaki Mito reclined her chair as she waited for Akabane to send her his comic.

Even though she was patiently waiting, she had already finished reading the first three chapters within three days.

"Grandma, look what I brought you!"

Hearing her granddaughter's voice from outside, before Tsunade entered the door, Mito got up and snatched everything on Tsunade's hands with her ninjutsu, and sat back again in a blink of an eye.

"Grandma, that's mine! How are you stealing from your granddaughter!"

Tsunade got anxious and rushed in to take back her belongings.

They both shamelessly fight for the comic and poster.

"Tsunadeee! Grandma just wants to take a peek.."

"woo woo woo woo..."

Tsunade wanted to talk, but she was hit by Mito's sealing Jutsu, and she couldn't talk properly or use her chakra.

Uzumaki Mito ignored her granddaughter, wailing, and continued to read the comic pages by pages. Then she carefully opened the poster tube.

A roll of posters came from the tube.

"Oh… there is a poster inside this. I'll gladly accept the gift."

Uzumaki Mito deliberately teases Tsunade.

Tsunade was still struggling to open her mouth, but the seal was too strong even for her.

Without Tsunade noticing, the sealing jutsu has been lifted.

But when she witnesses her grandma looking at the poster with appreciation, she no longer wants to vent her anger.

"He used this jutsu in the Valley of the End, exactly like this."

Her voice was slightly sad.

Now that Hashirama Senju has gone, leaving only a lingering memory of his glory days. No one on Konoha understood about him more than her, his beloved wife, Mito Uzumaki.

And she knew that his Jutsu, the wood release Jutsu was only possessed by him and no one else.

"At that time, grandpa was at his peak of handsomeness.."

Tsunade said it as she wants to lighten the mood.

And Mito couldn't help but giggle. After a moment, she rolled it up and stuffed it back to the tube, then handed it to Tsunade.

"Please take it. I'm afraid I can't keep it myself."

Tsunade took the poster happily.

Uzumaki Mito picked up the comic and read it all over again from the beginning. Reading is just a regular thing in her daily life, but for Akabane's comic, she felt something special about the book.

It's different for Tsunade.

This is Akabane's gift!

"Grab the bell… Tsk, it's an old trick, but Akabane knew this trick."

"By the way, who is Kakashi Hatake?"

When Uzumaki Mito reached the fourth chapter, she suddenly asked.

"He is the son of Sakumo Hatake."

"Sakumo? Isn't that the boy from your class?"

Mito laughed. As expected, he used the character's appearance based on his classmates.

For her, this comic is just to kill boredom, this kind of fun she rarely experienced after the death of her husband.

"By the way, I heard that you put a classmate into the hospital today?"

When Mito saw Naruto being beaten, she suddenly thought of the news just now.

"Yep, just an idiot friend of mine, who went to the woman's bathroom just to do something perverted, so I couldn't help but knock some sense into him."

Tsunade clenched her teeth when she started talking about Jiraiya.

Of course, she admires how mentally retarded Jiraiya was, but his ninjutsu can't be underestimated. On the earth release jutsu, he has well mastered.

"Tsunade, when Hiruzen Sarutobi was a kid…well, this guy knows how to use his telescope jutsu… Forget it. I don't want to badmouth him since he is now the Hokage."

Uzumaki Mito stopped midway.

"What do you mean?"

Tsunade couldn't understand at all.

It is a pity that Uzumaki Mito has no interest in continuing to explain and concentrates on her comic.

The Third Hokage… Telescope Jutsu?

Tsunade didn't quite understand and didn't want to think about it anymore. She packed her things and wanted to read the comic in her room.

She carefully took the comic and especially the poster.

After all, this was the first gift she received from Akabane.

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Ahh.. what a great sleep I had.."

Akabane slept until morning and skipped his dinner.

When he got up, he glanced at his system panel.

[Points: 646]

646 points in one day!

Akabane jumped up from his bed after he saw the points. He could hear his heartbeat so fast.

This is only the first day since my comic store opened…

"But yesterday there was Danzo, the Third Hokage, and Uzumaki Mito bought it on the same day, the points might gain slower next time."

Akabane carefully planned his points gaining.

While wondering, it might be cool to gain 1000 points every day.

I might not need to train anymore!

But all ninjutsu on the exchange list has been learned. Thus he needs to start working on chapter 7, which has a lot of ninjutsu used. But since he just got his rest time after the comic store opening and a rematch against Ryo Uchiha, Akabane just wants to slack for the time being and doesn't want to fight anyone.

Besides, I am going back to the academy today to get assigned to a new team, so it's impossible to draw chapter 7 today.

Rather than waiting for the next chapter, he exchanged it for stats instead.

[Successfully Exchange!]

[Chakra has increased 12 points!]

[Physique has increased 4 points!]

Akabane spent all his points at once.

[Physique: 24]

[Chakra: 63]

Wow! I didn't notice it. My chakra level already surpassed a Chuunin that has an average of 50!

Akabane got up early, and after eating breakfast, he went out to the academy.

On his way to the academy, he met Shimi on the side of the street.

"Hello, Shimi!"

Akabane greeted him, and they both walked together to the academy.

As always, Shimi is never late, even on the last day.

Shimi glanced at Akabane and asked.

"Akaba, have you finished your next chapter?"

"not yet, maybe next week."

Akabane had finished the sixth chapter, but since he wants to sell per volume that consisted of five chapters each, he doesn't want to spoil the plot.

Even Tsunade hasn't read the sixth chapter.

"That's it… I'll give you a suggestion. Next time, don't cut the story halfway, it's bothering me you know!?"

Shimi said angrily.

The story of chapter five ended where Kakashi handled Naruto and Sakura and faced one by one with Sasuke, so people normally couldn't help but wonder what happened next.

But the reason was to let the reader get excited and made them buy the next volume.

It seems that Shimi did not sleep well last night…

Akabane whispered secretly, even though he said that he had planned to change it.

The two walked slowly towards the academy. When they got to the class, they saw the class had already started, and Arata Sarutobi stood on the podium and looked at them with an angry look.

"How dare you come late on the last day!"

Akabane was taken aback for a moment and then remembered.

Shimi was in a bad mood and had poor sleep quality last night. I'm afraid that he miscalculated the time.

"How long are you two want to stand there!? Hurry up!"

On their last day at the academy, Arata didn't want to be harsh but seeing some students were still late, he couldn't help but sigh.

As a ninja, punctuality is very important.

Akabane bowed slightly, and then quickly ran to his seat with Tsunade sitting next to him, and Jiraiya also came to class and sat in front of him. He looked miserable that his arm was in plaster, and the part of his face was wrapped as well.

…

"Everyone has officially graduated today. This is your headband. Now I will announce the team."

"The first team, Shimi Nara, Chouki Akimichi…"

"Second Team..."

The list goes on until the sixth team

"The sixth team, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and lead by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Arata paused when he said that, and there was a commotion in the class.

"What? Hokage-sama as the leader.."

"This is too much!"

Many students are shocked, and many others are envious and jealous.

A good teacher can give open the full potential of his students. For now, the strongest teacher is undoubtedly Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Moreover, he was the current Hokage of Konoha, what an honor it is!

Everyone couldn't help but look at Shimi and Akabane. They are also amongst the geniuses in the class, but unfortunately, they didn't get the chance as the Third Hokage students.

"The seventh team, Sakumo Hatake, Murasaki Mitarashi, Akabane Kurama, lead by Danzo Shimura."

As Arata continued to assign, there was silence in the class.

Danzo Shimura is another big boss!

"No wonder they got a genius mentor, but…"

Many people looked at Jiraiya with jealousy. Among the six people, only Jiraiya was the one that everyone thought didn't deserve his place.

Jiraiya, who overheard his classmate talking about him, made him angry and wanted to throw a tantrum. But someone from behind punched him on the head, causing him to cry in pain.

"Don't act recklessly!"

"Aghh, you flat chest, I'll beat you 10,000 times after I become stronger, just you wait.."

Jiraiya cursed Tsunade with a low voice.

All because of Tsunade that he got hospitalized and failed to take a peek at the bathhouse.

Akabane knew from Tsunade's prior information that his mentor would be Danzo, so it didn't surprise him.

Sakumo and Murasaki will soon be his teammates, with a strong ninja team like them wouldn't need him to take the fight hand to hand, and just stay back with his genjutsu.

Hmm… this is not bad at all…

Thinking about it, Akabane felt that being a disciple of Shimura Danzo wasn't so bad.

At least Danzo was a ninja with high capability, although he has a dark philosophy for now.

When Akabane was paying attention to his teammates, Shimi and Murasaki were also looking at him at the same time.

"Team 1, follow me."

"Team 2..."

Several teams were called by their teacher for a briefing.

In a short time, most of the classmates had walked out with their teams, leaving only a few teams left—the Sixth and the Seventh.

"Speaking of which, why should I be on the same team as the flat-chest Tsunade?"

Jiraiya also sighed helplessly.

"Come on, Jiraiya, do you want to be beaten again?"

Orochimaru put down the book and stretched.

"It is normal for Jiraiya to be selected. As far as the ability to get beaten, no one in the class is better than him."

Akabane joked lightly and said, "For example…what happens if you get a few punches from Tsunade?"

Hearing these words, everyone glanced at Tsunade.

They looked at her face, then at her hands, and finally shook their heads together with a terrified expression.

The strength that the Senju Clan inherited couldn't be tolerated by someone ordinary, you must be dead by now if you took the same damage as Jiraiya, but he survived, barely…

"I am indeed impressed by his will to live ahahah…"

Even Tsunade herself couldn't help but agree that no one could handle her punch better than Jiraiya.

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"Gather up, team 7!"

Danzo Shimura walked to the class and yelled briefly.

Sure enough, it was the angry man who bought my comic yesterday.

Akabane sighed lightly, feeling sad for the days to come.

"Come, hurry up!"

Murasaki got up and walked out first.

Danzo didn't wait for them and he disappeared at the end of the corridor when he got out of the class.

"Uhh, where he could be?"

Akabane sighed helplessly.

"This must be our test. We need to pass this test if we want to be in this team."

Murasaki said in a deep voice.

"Let's take a look ahead; there will be clues."

Akabane said calmly.

Danzo can't leave unsolvable problems, because this was just the way to test their teamwork, rather than deliberately rejecting them.

When they reached the top stairs, Murasaki glanced around and quickly fixed his eyes on a corner, saying, "Here look! This must be our clue."

"There's a piece of cloth here, obviously left deliberately."

Sakumo bit his finger, and then with both hands, he pressed it on the ground.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

Puff!

A cloud of fog came out, followed by a dog in front of everyone. Although it was still very young, it was indeed a ninja dog.

"Kenma, help us find the owner of this cloth."

"Oof."

The little dog was swiftly searching for the owner of the cloth.

Akabane felt relieved about how reliable his teammates are. Now he felt less worried about finding Danzo's trances. He could rely on them for now.

Going to the second floor, Kenma stopped.

"Hold on. There is probably a trap set here. Please be careful."

Murasaki put up his guard, and immediately Kenma got up again and went upstairs.

"It seems to be an illusion. Let me handle this."

Seeing his capable teammates, Akabane volunteered himself. He took one step into the trap, then in an instant, dozens of shuriken flew up towards him.

"Genjutsu Cancel!"

With Akabane's powerful chakra he easily canceled the genjutsu on their way.

"Let's move on."

The academy consisted of 5 floors, and they estimated that there would be one clue on each floor. If they can solve it all, they can find Danzo and pass the test.

The third and fourth floors are all traps, and everyone passed them easily.

"The third floor is the shuriken trap. The fourth floor is Genjutsu. The traps gradually increase in difficulty. We must be prepared on the fifth floor and might be more dangerous."

Murasaki explained the possibility calmly.

The first four floors are not difficult with their current strength and teamwork. But the fifth floor might be the real deal.

How strong Danzo Shimura is?

During the First Shinobi World War, Danzo and Hiruzen were side by side and fought in the same team, and still survived despite all the horrible things that happened there. Then he became the leader of Anbu, the secret operative ninja of Konoha, which should tell how strong he is.

Akabane seemed lazy, but in fact, he was extremely vigilant.

When they got to the fifth floor, which was the rooftop, they only saw one man carrying his kunai. They saw No traps or genjutsu around.

"My test is very simple, those who can survive to fight against me will pass the test."

Danzo said in the end. His tone was cold and murderous.

With terrifying killing intent, the three of them feel like there's a knife on their neck, and fear crept into their hearts.

"Now!"

Murasaki shot several shurikens instantly, flying towards Danzo.

However…

"Wind Release: Vacuum Blade."

Suddenly Danzo turned into three and parried all the shuriken.

Smoke Bomb!

Akabane and his two teammates threw smoke bombs simultaneously.

Then the rooftop was covered by a thick cloud of smoke.

"Silly."

Danzo's voice came from outside the smoke.

Such smoke may be able to obscure the sight of ordinary ninjas, but for someone like him, such a smoke bomb was too simple and they can't hide from his vision.

He could sense that a figure was moving upward.

However…

On the ground, there is still the presence of three people.

Shadow clone?

Only one of the three would use the shadow clone. Danzo knew what was going on, but didn't flinch at all.

Akabane's Genjutsu was indeed strong, but that doesn't mean he can't be found, but Danzo had a better plan. He didn't target Akabane first.

Slowly the smoke disappeared. Three figures were standing in the middle and another one was hiding in the dark, not sure which one is real or clone.

"Your ninjutsu usage was commendable."

There was laughter, but in an instant, it became a fierce killing intent.

Danzo was observing his surroundings.

Those kids might already set one or two traps, but as their teacher, I can't hold back, can I?

Kunai strikes like lightning.

He was targeting his three students.

He has a good chance to kill more than one person by a single kunai thrown. He intended to kill them all, there are no lies about it.

But at the moment when the kunai was thrown, Akabane cast hand seals "Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Jutsu!"

The ninjutsu hits Danzo in an instant and pushes the other two to make their moves.

Now!

When the kunai fell, the shadow clone that was replaced turned into dust.

At the same time, Sakumo unsheathes his saber, and he attacks Danzo with flashy lighting.

Murasaki was stunned for a moment, before making a move without any hesitation, making seals on both hands.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Jutsu!"

Sakumo's saber, Murasaki's fire dragon, and Akabane's genjutsu attacked Danzo at the same time, wishing that they could make slight damage to prove their strength.

But for Danzo, he has been through hundreds of life and death battles. This fight was only a small matter.

"Wind Release: Great Breach!"

Although it's only C-level ninjutsu, it was like a terrifying tornado when it came to Danzo's mouth, with a wind that cut like a blade.

It Swept everything, and was unstoppable, Sakumo and Murasaki wanted to dodge, but it was too late.

Akabane was using his genjutsu and unable to move. Although it was released in time, suddenly, a kunai was directly pointed to his throat.

Just when the three of them

thought that they were about to get hit, all of this disappeared in an instant.

"All of you passed the test."

The clone disappeared, and the wind release that was cast by Danzo also disappeared.

Sakumo and Murasaki stood speechless.

Madman!

Akabane's forehead was sweating bullets. At the moment when the Kunai was on his throat, he could feel the coldness of the knife and the killing intent on it.

"Thank you, sensei."

Murasaki bowed respectfully to Danzo.

Akabane appeared from the dark, standing in a row with his teammates.

"Just now was my first lesson. Never believe the rules the enemy said because they can overthrow the rules at any time."

Danzo said lightly.

"The rules are determined by the upper rank."

Sakumo learned something from their fight.

"I can take back my rules and make a move that can kill all of you, but I cannot kill you because I am under Konoha's rules."

Danzo continued.

Akabane nodded gladly and said that he understood that Danzo at this time was indeed different. He still had the will of fire in his heart and the bottom line, instead of the dark and unscrupulous person in the later period.

"Take your rest today. We'll start the mission tomorrow."

It ended unexpectedly for Akabane.

Unlike Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo's teaching was simple and ruthless, which impressed him.

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"It seems I need to train more when I get back."

Murasaki sighed lightly

Just one lesson was enough to tell them their level differences and see that their teacher was not like any other, he is dreadful and ruthless.

Sakumo was speechless. His hand holding his saber was trembling, obviously wasn't satisfied with his current power.

"I have to go back to rest and draw comics. I'm beat.."

Akabane yawned and said lightly.

"Don't you two want to train too?"

His other teammates were speechless for a while.

Akabane's shadow clone wasn't a secret anymore within Konoha because the Third Hokage had told the other clans beforehand.

Not only his Jutsu but his physique and chakra as well are strong; otherwise, he couldn't withstand using his clones for a long time.

Even Murasaki and Sakumo felt jealous of his talent.

…

Back home, Akabane's clone works on chapter seven, while Akabane laying on his bed with his eyes closed, thinking about the previous battle.

"If it was a real fight, I should be dead by now. Being in the Naruto World is really dangerous."

Akabane sighed lightly.

At this moment, he finally knows the severance of being a Ninja. This is the real battle. Usually, those competitions are small fights…

"What I'm facing before was just a clone but it could beat the three of us easily.."

"I need to become stronger!"

He made up his mind secretly.

Akabane imagined his future that he would be one of the legendary shinobi like Hashirama or Madara.

"Ahh, stop daydreaming! Let's draw some posters."

Akabane struggled to sit up and helped draw a few posters with a pen.

Today is the second day after the opening of the comics house, and Kasumi has been helping him to sell his comics as a clerk, so today, there are more than 300 points he earned.

As long as chapter 7 finishes today, he can exchange the points for two new ninjutsu- Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu and Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu.

…

The next day, in front of the Hokage Building.

Murasaki and Sakumo arrived earlier than the allotted time, but Akabane hasn't come yet. It was only until half an hour later that they saw Akabane's figure in the street in the distance.

"Today is our first day, and you were late again…"

Murasaki was a little helpless.

"Practicing ninjutsu last night was too tiring, I got up a little late."

Akabane yawned and said.

"Liar…"

Sakumo sneered, obviously not convinced.

"it is true..."

Akabane was helplessly explained his late since he was well known to everyone as always late, no one would buy his words.

Yesterday until late at night, he cooperated with the clone to complete chapter seven. With the points added yesterday, he has now exchanged Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu and Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu.

The extra points are all exchanged for chakra.

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[Name: Akabane Kurama]

[Rank: Genin]

[Physique: 24 ()]

[Chakra: 70 ()]

[Chakra attributes: Yin, Fire, Earth] [Equipment: Drawing pen, Drawing board]

[Ninjutsu:

(1) Five senses control,

(2) Three-body Jutsu,

(3) Substitution Jutsu,

(4) shadow clone Jutsu,

(5) Demonic illusion: Hell viewing Jutsu, (6) Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu,

(7) Fire Release: Fireball jutsu.]

[Points: 7]

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Once he learned two new ninjutsu, Akabane automatically gained a lot of information and learned the two chakra attributes of fire and earth.

The fire release is extremely destructive, and each type of fire release ninjutsu has extremely powerful destructive power. At this stage, five senses of control alone are enough to complete most of the attacks.

But the more ninjutsu he possessed, the greater his chance of surviving the mission.

…

"So, everyone has gathered up.."

"This is your first mission, go to the location I order."

"Beat everyone that you see there."

Danzo walked to their meeting place, dropped a note, and then left with the Substitution Jutsu.

Murasaki took it, and a coordinate was drawn on it, showing a certain location.

Akabane knew that his teammates would be able to handle it, and he was too lazy to lead. Sakumo took note and watched carefully. After a moment, he said, "Forest of Death."

"Off we go!"

Murasaki swiftly went to the Forest of Death.

"What the hell is this our first mission.."

Akabane was helpless, and on the first day, he had an inexplicable mission.

Sakumo kept up and followed the route to the Forest of Death.

…

The Forest of Death.

Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya sat on the ground, waiting boredly.

Jiraiya couldn't help but say, "Could the old man be late today too?"

"The bell test is a tradition in the teacher's line, and it is probably unavoidable today."

Tsunade lay on the grass while entertaining herself out of boredom.

Orochimaru was the least bored, since he was reading a book quietly, and said, "Not really.."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Jiraiya immediately got up and looked curiously at Orochimaru, who was the most talented student amongst them.

"If I Explain it to you. It would only waste my time."

Orochimaru did not look at him, but said to Tsunade, "Team 7 had completed the test yesterday. The teacher hasn't been here yet, so there might be a chance that we need to fight them as our test."

A few unrelated words, but Tsunade understood clearly.

"That being said, we are likely to meet them soon, I've wanted to fight them for a long time."

The will of fire was flowing in her body, Tsunade can't wait to test her strength.

"I just hope that this pervert wouldn't cause us more trouble.."

Orochimaru put away the book and sighed softly, "I was just guessing before, but now I'm sure that they are here."

"I'm not troublesome! Look at me. I will defeat them…"

Jiraiya said angrily.

As soon as the voice fell, he disappeared in thin air.

"This idiot!"

Tsunade froze for a moment, then couldn't help but yell.

"You look for Sakumo, I look for Akabane, be careful."

Orochimaru's face was solemn, and immediately got up and ran towards the sound.

"Sakumo…huh, I must teach him some lessons."

Tsunade hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she made the decision.

Although she was reluctant, she has to admit that she has no way to counter Akabane's Genjutsu, and perhaps Orochimaru was better at this field.

On the other side, Akabane and the other two entered the Forest of Death boundary together.

"Be careful. I feel a hint of chakra."

Akabane notified his teammates.

His perception of his surroundings has increased since he improved his chakra.

The other two nodded to express their understanding, and after a few steps forward, Murasaki also felt something.

"This dumbass.."

Sakumo's voice was indifferent and made an accurate evaluation of Jiraiya's actions.

"He didn't try to hide his chakra and want to attack us upfront?"

Akabane covered his face and felt ashamed for Jiraiya. For a shinobi, he has many other options to launch an attack but instead conspicuously attack them upfront.

"We handle him first."

Murasaki's tone was cold and merciless.

"They are all our old classmates, don't you have mercy?"

"We put our mission first."

Sakumo also agreed with Murasaki's words, making Akabane helpless, and he seemed to be out of options.

"Fine."

The three moved together and were not prepared to divide their forces.

Of course…

Every one of them had a different reason.

Murasaki believes that teamwork in combat is the most important, and Sakumo puts the mission of accomplishing the top priority. As for Akabane, he simply doesn't want to be left alone.

Those who are alone will be ambushed, just like Jiraiya.

"I don't want to be the bad guy.."

Akabane sighed inwardly.

Jiraiya was also ahead. I hope he will not be too stupid to be alone…

"Gotcha!"

At this moment, a loud shout came from the ground, and a figure jumped out from the ground, attacking Murasaki from the bottom up.

He was extremely fast, and instantly stabbed Murasaki

However...

Poof!

"ah? damn! Substitution jutsu!"

Jiraiya jumped his feet with anger and turned around to retreat, but at this time, Murasaki blocked his way out, Sakumo and Akabane were on his side each, and Jiraiya was stuck between those three.

"Jiraiya, I have to say you are so stupid. This will cause Sarutobi-sensei a lot of trouble to send you back to the academy on your second day."

Akabane sighed softly.

"You are so cunning. You ambush me!"

What???

Murasaki, Sakumo, and Akabane looked dumbfounded. This boy was indeed stupid!

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"Ughh… Let go of me!!"

Jiraiya, who was being tied like a caterpillar, shouted angrily.

"Let's find his other teammates."

Murasaki then tied Jiraiya onto the tree.

"I'll stay here to keep watch on him so he won't get rescued by his team."

Akabane knew that Tsunade and Orochimaru wouldn't take a risk to rescue Jiraiya knowing that it is only meaningless, that's why he wants to stay here to take some rest while the two work their asses off.

"Don't try to fool me Akaba.."

But it seems Sakumo knew his true intention.

"Okay, okay, you caught me. In that case, let's not waste any time. Otherwise, they might plan one step ahead of us."

Akabane got up reluctantly since his true intention was seen through. He could only settle the battle as soon as possible.

"Let's go!"

Hearing the signal, and team 7 disappeared deeper into the forest.

"Hey, wait! let me down, don't go!"

Jiraiya who saw them disappear begged desperately for mercy because he knows that it's possible that after the test, he could be sent back to the academy.

"Aaah! damn Murasaki, you tied me too tight!"

…

Within the forest of death, Orochimaru began to continuously set his traps.

"Aren't we going to save Jiraiya?"

Tsunade was a little worried. According to that idiot's character, he would face team 7 alone and will fail miserably.

"It's useless to save that idiot. Our best chance is to counter their attack when the opportunity comes."

Orochimaru said lightly.

Tsunade was speechless for a moment, and thinking about it for a second she still then agreed to Orochimaru's plan since it's the only plausible plan for both of them.

Now that they are at disadvantage, even if they're technically two of the best students in the academy, but since Jiraiya acted on his own, they need another plan.

…

"I could detect some traps. We are getting closer."

Akabane warned and stopped on a branch, Murasaki and Sakumo also stopped and listened to his warning.

" The ground below us must be full of traps.

Who knows how many traps there are here? In the academy, Orochimaru scores perfectly in all subjects. Thus his knowledge and ability on traps can't be underestimated." Murasaki explained.

"I go first."

Without hesitation, Sakumo approaches forward.

"I'll follow Sakumo from behind. You can support us, depending on the situation."

Murasaki said calmly.

After their test against Danzo yesterday, they've grown better at teamwork with each other. Sakumo is flexible, swift, and has great offensive prowess. He is suited for reconnaissance.

Murasaki is versatile and a jack of all trades. Akabane, on the other hand, is passive and lazybones but has the strongest ninjutsu and a great tactician.

"Okay, I'm fine with that.."

Akabane responded, secretly rejoicing in his mind.

The position assigned to him is his favorite, as long as he stays in the back and doesn't need head-to-head combat. It's the best position for someone slacker like him.

Sakumo ran between the trees swiftly, looking for the traces of Orochimaru and Tsunade.

After a while, he stopped, he looked around with his keen eyes and made use of a jutsu.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

Poof!

"Kenma, help me scan the surrounding."

Kenma is a young ninja dog that Sakumo contracted, and it's been specially trained since he was a child and had considerable abilities.

Kenma started sniffing around for scent and quickly found something after a moment.

Woof! Woof!

"That direction? Thank you!"

Sakumo sent Kenma back, carefully holding the handle of his sword that was on his back, he cautiously moved where his ninja dog smelled something.

Akabane who was waiting yawned lazily, but his eyes suddenly became serious the moment he instinctively felt someone coming at him.

"Come, let's s…"

Before Akabane managed to finish his words, Orochimaru suddenly appeared using substitution Jutsu and tried to give him a surprise attack.

"Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu!"

"Damn.."

Orochimaru didn't expect Akabane to learn it and felt that he was one step behind,

and knowing that he failed his surprise attack, he escaped with substitution Jutsu the moment Akabane tried to drag his body on earth.

"What a fast reaction!"

Akabane was shocked by Orochimaru's fast reaction.

But even if he got a surprise attack, Akabane managed to inject chakra into Orochimaru's body. Normally to cast a genjutsu he didn't need to use it, but since Orochimaru wasn't an ordinary person he needs to add insurance for his genjutsu to work.

"Genjutsu: Five sense control!"

Orochimaru fell within his Genjutsu in an instant. However, Orochimaru had an experience of breaking free from his Genjutsu, so without delay, Orochimaru forced himself to become comatose so that he can be free from Akabane's Genjutsu.

And besides him was the clone that he prepared before he lost his consciousness to drag his body to a safe position first.

"Shadow clone!"

'So he already planned ahead before he attempted to ambush me. What a cunning move' Akabane thought.

Akabane rubbed his temples, he didn't want to fight again since he was lazy…

"It's really difficult to deal with an opponent, who knows how to break my Genjutsu in one try."

However, since Orochimaru attacked him, he needed to fight back. So Akabane used his clones to block their escape route and follow them in a haste.

"Don't chase after him; we need your help to handle Tsunade."

Murasaki wanted to ask for help from Akabane but he was too late since Akabane was already gone chasing Orochimaru.

"Ughh.. well, change of plan, me and Sakumo will handle Tsunade."

Murasaki fastly adapted to their situation and continued to hunt Tsunade.

…

Akabane used Body Flicker Jutsu to chase them, but for a moment, he saw

Orochimaru Clone stopped running because the real body had awakened.

Akabane also stopped on his track and stared at his opponent who was still groggy from being awakened.

Seeing Orochimaru who finally got his bearings Akabane couldn't help but praise Orochimaru with emotion.

"You can learn the shadow clone in a few days. You are indeed a talented person."

"Ahh… that goes the same for you."

Hearing Akabane compliment Orochimaru couldn't help but smile bitterly. He thought that although Akabane was good at genjutsu, his weakness would be his physique and other ninjutsu, but Akabane had improved tremendously within just a few days that it almost led him to his defeat earlier.

If it wasn't for his cautious personality, the move Earth Release Akabane used almost made him buried and lost.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With a loud noise, a tree in the distance trembled three times and almost fell.

"Tsunade is also in trouble."

Orochimaru licked his lips, his fighting intent surge, "It seems that I must settle with Akaba-kun first."

"Keep fighting with you has wasted my chakra a little too much."

Akabane sighed lightly, and then continued, "But if I go to Tsunade, you will save Jiraiya."

Even if Jiraiya is an airhead, his physique and earth release would be troublesome if he managed to escape.

"Go on."

Orochimaru dispatched his clone instantly, heading towards Akabane to kill.

Here he comes!

Akabane was not so foolish to let his opponent attack him first. In fact, what stays in place is just a clone, not even a Shadow Clone.

"Something felt wrong.."

After a few steps, Orochimaru noticed something was wrong and immediately jumped back towards where his traps were set.

However...

Suddenly, two figures shot out from his side.

"Why is Murasaki here? He should be fighting Tsunade right now…No! It's Hell Viewing Jutsu!"

Orochimaru immediately tries to break the genjutsu.

But nothing has changed, the two figures in front of him did not stop, and continued to run towards him.

"Body Substitution Jutsu!"

Orochimaru's instinctive reaction to the crisis caused Orochimaru to avoid the attack, but the next second he saw the two of them run past his substitute.

Is it Clone Jutsu?

But at this moment, a kunai came from behind.

"Still clone?"

Orochimaru thought to himself, but before his eyes, he realized that it was not.

This is real!

Substitution Jutsu! Smoke bomb!

Combining ninjutsu and smoke bombs, Orochimaru panted and fled away from his original position,

"Agh… I don't know which one is real or not."

Orochimaru was hiding with cold sweat on his face.

He knew that Akabane had combined his Shadow Clone Jutsu and his Genjutsu to attack him. But all he could do was receive it without fighting back.

Genjutsu is to produce an illusion, while the Kurama Clan could amplify its effect using their five senses control, which turns the illusion into reality.

When facing Akabane, it's too difficult to distinguish between the two, but what about my teammates who are still out there?

Orochimaru couldn't help but feel worried.

"En? The movement stopped, did Tsunade get caught?"

"No, this must be an illusion!"

He immediately reacted.

But Orochimaru suddenly becomes worried. And though "Is this an illusion or a reality!?"

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"Akabane's understanding of genjutsu is beyond my imagination."

In Hokage's office, Hiruzen watched the test using his crystal ball, while holding his pipe.

At first, he was confident enough with his team's skill, even if he knew that Jiraiya would be captured, Orochimaru and Tsunade must have another way to plan a counter-attack.

But with this current situation, it would seem impossible for them to turn the table.

"The basic usage of genjutsu was to deceive, using genjutsu and combined with shadow clones and Kekkei Genkai at the same time was unnecessary.."

Danzo had a very subtle expression of admiration on his face, and then he sighed lightly, "It's a pity."

"Maybe after more experience, he will change."

Hiruzen said lightly.

In their view, Akabane's laziness was his biggest enemy.

At this time, the battle situation they saw in the crystal ball changed again, and the unmoving Orochimaru in the image finally took action, but he was facing a different enemy.

…

Murasaki!

"Is he real or not?"

Orochimaru snaps out of his mind. He doesn't have much time to think and must react with his instinct.

Murasaki launched towards him swiftly.

Following his instinct, Orochimaru threw multiple shurikens, and the shuriken shuttled past Murasaki.

"Clone!"

Orochimaru got up and wanted to escape to a better spot, but another Murasaki appeared, stopping his plan.

What is it now?

There was a continual perception bending of which one was real and which one was not, without the slightest room for respite.

"Wind Release: Great Breach!"

A strong wind came from his mouth.

However, Murasaki, whom he thought was a clone, jumped up to the branches and prepared to cast hand seals

"Damn.. that one's real?"

Orochimaru panicked, suddenly he felt a presence below his feet.

"Earth Release: Headhunting Jutsu!"

Earth Release!?

"No wonder Akabane managed to follow me closely."

"Substitution Ju—"

Before Orochimaru managed to use his substitution Jutsu, he was dragged down to the ground, leaving only his head outside.

Poof!

"It was a shadow clone all along!? Ahh… I lost badly.."

The one figure that he thought was Murasaki was only a shadow clone, that's why it managed to avoid his ninjutsu, and the real and only opponent he had has always been Akabane, who lurked underground.

"Uhh, hello there, my friend.."

Akabane smoothly greeted Orochimaru, who was stuck halfway in the ground.

Orochimaru hasn't learned any earth-release ninjutsu. Thus he could only stay there and wait.

He looked up as if he was thinking deeply, then sighed and said, "The choice I made to fight with you was a mistake. If I prioritize saving Jiraiya first, we won't necessarily lose this test."

"You do underestimate our team 7, but I've almost depleted all my chakra. If you could hold on to the fight a little longer, maybe it will be my loss."

Akabane smiled lightly.

Orochimaru closed his eyes. There was a lot to learn from this battle.

In that short time, Akabane had used two shadow clones, two genjutsu, two kekkei Genkai, demonic illusion, and finished it with earth release. That amount of chakra used has far exceeded the scope of an ordinary genin.

Hah.. he is indeed a prodigy…

As for Tsunade, she gave up her chance of attacking to save Jiraiya, but her strength alone couldn't pass Murasaki and Sakumo easily, and she will eventually run out of stamina.

"Don't think too much about it. It will be very troublesome for you to run away. It would be better for everyone to stay still."

Akabane glanced at Orochimaru, not wanting him to escape.

Orochimaru is still very immature now, but he will have a high probability of trying to escape.

"Akaba-kun, you are a tough one to fight, it's lucky that we're from the same village.

Orochimaru sighed lightly.

"Same goes with you.."

The praise from someone who would be the Three Legendary Shinobi made Akabane a sense of satisfaction, but that was it.

A compliment is completely out of proportion to the hard work they have done today.

"Let me come out. I won't try to escape."

Orochimaru's head moved, "It's uncomfortable to stay here any longer, and I can't read my book."

"Um… wait a minute."

Akabane got up, looked at the sky, then waved his hand, and said, "Sarutobi-sensei, are you seeing us? I've made Orochimaru admit defeat. I'll get him out, okay?"

After saying this, he pulled Orochimaru out of the ground.

Orochimaru looked up in surprise, then asked, "Is Sarutobi-sensei here?"

"Not here, but he can see us."

Akabane sat down and explained.

"Through the telescope Jutsu? I thought it was the ninjutsu you made up?"

Orochimaru only has seen the Jutsu from Akabane's comic, so he thought it wasn't real.

Then Orochimaru sat down and started to read seriously.

"Why are you studying every day?"

Akabane was a little curious. He glanced at Orochimaru's book, but he immediately avoided it, staggering his eyes, as if he didn't want him to see the title and content of the book.

"It's just some knowledge of ninjutsu."

Orochimaru's eyes were a little flustered, but his voice was still calm.

"Okay.. fine."

Akabane does not need to continue to dig deeper. After all, he was just simply curious.

One reads a book, and the other one is resting. They wait quietly to get called.

They don't know how long but a sudden call was heard.

"Orochimaru, Akabane, come here."

The sound of Hiruzen Sarutobi spread throughout the forest, and the final battle seemed to have ended.

"Then again, being Shinobi is a troublesome profession."

After finally having time to rest, He was called up again.

"Come on, Akabane.."

Orochimaru put away his books and went out to search for Hiruzen, which was where they gathered the first time.

Akabane followed Orochimaru slowly from behind.

"Give it to me. I haven't had breakfast… Ahhhh, Tsunade, you flat-chest!"

Before they arrived, Akabane heard Jiraiya's voice from afar.

Orochimaru left the forest and saw that Jiraiya was tied to a wooden stake, while Tsunade was eating a boxed lunch, teasing Jiraiya while eating.

"Orochimaru, this is yours."

Tsunade pointed her finger to a lunch box lying on the ground. Beside her, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura had already been waiting for them.

Hiruzen did not speak a word, but Danzo smiled coldly and said, "Do you think you are qualified to eat?"

"I…I'm sorry, I'm not.."

Orochimaru said with a shame expression.

"Hahahaha, The mighty Orochimaru seems to be scared of Danzo-sensei."

Jiraiya laughed wildly, and then struggled on the stake, "So give me the box lunch, I'm so hungry."

"Oh, why should I?"

Hiruzen asked curiously.

Orochimaru didn't expect that Hiruzen would question that because, according to the rules, people tied to a tree would be sent back to the academy.

The box of lunch represents not only a meal but also an apprenticeship.

"Umm…"

Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya but hesitated again.

"I will speak on his behalf. Simply put, he thinks that Jiraiya is so stupid that it is understandable, and he cannot be forgiven for being defeated carelessly."

Akabane explains for Orochimaru.

"What??"

Jiraiya confused for a moment and glanced at Orochimaru, his face undoubtedly agreed.

"That being said, so was I. After all, I was defeated."

Tsunade hesitated for a moment.

"The mission is over. Team 7 can go back and self-train."

Danzo turned and left coldly.

"This…well, let's go back."

Murasaki understood that this was the internal affair of team 6 and had nothing to do with them.

Akabane was so happy that it finally finished, and he could take some rest. And The rest was not his problem.

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{[Mission for all readers[Sir, Yes Sir!!]}

{[•1st Mission[1st on Monthly Ranking = 1 chapter]} Status: Complete.

{[2nd Mission[500 stones]} Status: 98%

{[3rd Mission[1k Stones]} Status: 45%

{[Last Mission[Being 1st for a whole week without dropping from the 1st rank]

Status: -1%

[Doing this for fun. So don't mind me.[

I know we can reach the first three mission.

But for the fourth one, I'm still worried since one rank down means no 5 chapters.

The enemy is strong. It seems we will lose xD.

btw, not me but you guys. ??

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