Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Knowing that the little beast before him might be the last raccoon dog, Akaishi still spent some money to try and save it...

After the second use of "Big Red Mouth" on it, the raccoon woke up again. This time, it rushed to a mask.

"Raccoon! Raccoon..." After the raccoon barked twice, the mask that had been firmly fixed fell off and landed on its back.

"Huh?" Jiraiya asked in confusion.

Immediately, the little beast's steps faltered again, and then it slowly lay down...

"No way? Again?" Seeing this, Akaishi was about to feed him again.

But this time...

"Raccoon..." The raccoon shook its head, as if it wanted to say something, and then fell asleep.

Unlike its previous fainting spells, this time it looked relaxed, as if it had simply fallen asleep, unlike its previous fainting spells.

"Jiraiya-sensei, what is this...?" Akaishi was also confused.

"It looks like it's just tired, but this mask..." Jiraiya was puzzled and reached out to touch the mask on its back, but it seemed to be stuck to its back and didn't move at all.

The mask wasn't designed to fit a human face; instead, it had a long snout, as if it were made for a crocodile. It was decorated with red patterns and, like the mask that had previously concealed the small beast's hiding place, it had three eye holes!

The mask was originally quite large, even larger than a human face mask, but it became much smaller after being placed on the raccoon.

"Perhaps this mask is what it wanted... It seems you have a connection with this raccoon beast. Wear it from now on, and I'll teach you the Summoning Jutsu so you can summon ninja beasts anytime," Jiraiya said.

Akashi nodded upon hearing this—although he couldn't tell what kind of combat power this little beast possessed, it was still worth taking it back by Akashi simply because it was "the last ninja beast of the Uzumaki clan."

Especially since it's a dragon mask; as everyone knows, dragons are...

Putting aside the symbolic meaning, just consider how important it is that the bastard may have mastered some of the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques—Jiraiya just explained that.

Sealing techniques were originally a high-end technology in the "ninja world," and with the emergence of Jinchuriki, they are now urgently needed by all the major ninja villages.

However, just as Akaishi was holding it, about to leave Namendo with Jiraiya...

Raccoon dog

The raccoon struggled to wake up as it left the Namen Hall.

"Hmm? Are you going back?" Seeing that it kept twisting backward and looked like it was in pain, Akashi took a few steps back.

Sure enough, after returning to the Namian Hall, the little raccoon's expression calmed down again, but...

Just as Akaishi put it back in Namen Hall and was about to come out first, the little raccoon seemed to sense something and bit Akaishi's trouser leg in its sleep.

"Huh? What is this...?" Akashi was also puzzled—this little thing has become addicted to eating?

But getting addicted is useless. There are only ten... no, nine more portions of Red Stone, and it can't stay here with it forever!

By then, the sun had already risen above the horizon.

Akimichi Torifumi, Jiraiya, and Akaishi, who were at the Namendo, also came over to check.

"Jiraiya, what's wrong?" Akimichi looked at Akaishi, whose trouser leg was being bitten by the little raccoon, with a puzzled expression.

"It's like this..." Jiraiya explained the current situation.

"A raccoon dog?" Akimichi was also surprised upon hearing this.

Looking at the mask on the little raccoon's back, Akimichi murmured, "I remember... some of the raccoon dogs of the Uzumaki clan can use the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques through their masks. Could this one be similar?"

"However, it doesn't look too good. It was probably injured during the attack. Although it calmed down a bit after Akaishi's treatment, it doesn't seem to be able to leave Namendo yet," Jiraiya said.

Upon hearing this, Akimichi glanced at Akaishi...

"As expected of the Uchiha clan, they are also skilled in ninja beasts." Akimichi also clicked his tongue in amazement, after all, he had never seen any ninja beast abilities in Kagami.

"But now..." Akaishi looked at the little raccoon with a troubled expression.

Akimichi said without hesitation, "Then you stay here for now. No matter what, we can't just leave it unattended."

"Ah? But it's a mission from the Land of Waves..." Akaishi said, feeling embarrassed.

"It's alright, Jiraiya's team will split up with us later..." Akimichi Torifu said directly.

However, Jiraiya interrupted, "No, Toru, I'll go to the Land of Waves with you. Those three little ones can stay here."

Jiraiya knew, of course, that what was called "going it alone" was actually him leading three students to complete the mission.

Hearing Jiraiya say this, Akimichi looked at Akaishi and the other two, then nodded and said, "Alright, then you will be responsible for guarding this place."

Although Akimichi Torifu didn't think that a mere B-rank mission would be difficult for him, considering the nature of this mission, it was indeed better to call Jiraiya along.

On the one hand, it was to be on the safe side, and on the other hand, it was to show the Land of Waves that they valued the mission—Konoha dispatched two elite Jonin for a B-rank mission, which showed their sincerity.

"No, I can stay by myself," Akaishi quickly said.

Theoretically, the entire island is now designated as a forbidden area by Konoha, and no one would come here normally.

However, Akimichi Torifu shook his head and said, "No, the situation at sea is complicated right now. Although we are not far from the mainland, it is still better to be careful."

"Even putting aside the danger, if you can't leave here... even getting food will be a problem," Jiraiya added.

Seeing that Jiraiya-sensei and Jonin Akimichi had made their decision, Akaishi looked at Minato and Ranma with some embarrassment.

After all, everyone was really looking forward to the B-rank mission...

"You're not going to say anything cheesy, are you? We didn't stay because of you... This might be the last ninja beast of the Uzumaki clan, you have to protect it for me!" Lan Wu said directly.

"That's right, not only might the raccoon beasts inherit the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan, but... if any raccoon beasts survive, Kushina would be happy too," Minato added.

"Kushina? Ah...you mean that little red-haired girl? Minato, could it be that you..." Akimichi Choza looked at Minato in shock at how much he cared about Kushina and was "happy".

Minato, on the other hand, was quite open and easygoing, simply smiling slightly without showing any embarrassment. Choza then asked, "Would you like to eat Kushina's cooking?"

Otherwise, Choza wouldn't have been able to figure out why Minato was so "flattering" of Kushina.

Everyone: ...

"Alright, we've sailed away. We'll come back to find you after we complete our mission... If the raccoon recovers ahead of schedule, or if we haven't arrived in ten days, you'll have to figure out how to get back and gather intelligence yourselves," Jiraiya said matter-of-factly.

When everyone arrived, they were on the same boat, but Akaishi and his two companions were naturally "thrown off".

Although this is an isolated island, it is not far from the mainland. If a ninja can be trapped here, then he should forget about the Chunin Exams and go back to the Ninja Academy to retake the exams.