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]
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.
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.
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."
…
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.
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?
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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."