Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 183 The Sealing and Modification Plan of Kumogakure

Because the Cloud Village ninjas were attacked by Rain Ninjas on the way, and all of Doctor Tessai's group's luggage was destroyed, they had to replenish their medicine supplies.

After Orochimaru prepared the list of necessary medicinal ingredients, he handed it over to Shizuma. Kumogakure took this very seriously, and most of them were delivered on the same day. Some of the rarer ones were delivered the following day.

Of course, Yunyin had no idea that these medicines would bring them a great surprise later!

"Dr. Tessai, how long will it take to prepare the medicine for Lady Burubi?" Akaishi asked with great interest.

"Don't rush, Genta, Lord Bubi hasn't been treated yet—these are just the most basic medicinal ingredients." Orochimaru glanced speechlessly at the anxious Akaishi.

Akaishi showed no restraint whatsoever, even excessive enthusiasm, regarding "sending a big gift" to Kumogakure.

Upon hearing this, Akaishi understood Orochimaru's meaning: the materials were insufficient, and he still did not understand Burubi's condition.

With Orochimaru's expertise in medicine, he could easily mix hallucinogenic and destructive drug ingredients into normal medical ingredients without being detected by the people of Kumogakure.

but----

You have to put on an act at least!

They've been in Kumogakure for two days, but Burubi hasn't come at all. At this point, Orochimaru's request for too many obscure medicinal materials could easily arouse suspicion.

Moreover, we need to see Bubi's condition to determine exactly how to prepare the medicine.

It's unclear whether it's because Burubi is reluctant to seek medical help or because there are some concerns within the Hidden Cloud Village, but Tessai has not yet seen the patient.

That afternoon, someone finally came to visit, but it wasn't Brubi, but two middle-aged men from the Night Moon Clan.

"Hello, who are you two?" Orochimaru looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression.

"Dr. Tessai, we are advisors to Kumogakure. I am Yotsuki Sariga, and this is Yotsuki Kurata. We have some things we would like to discuss regarding Brubi's condition," Sariga said with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru quickly invited the two in: "Please come in, both of you—Lord Burubi, are you unavailable lately?"

After Orochimaru led the two middle-aged men from the Yotsuki clan to sit down, Akaishi, seeing this, also came to pour them tea.

"Don't rush, before that, we need to say a few words to you—Burubi is just too nervous right now. That's how young people are, always suspicious." Salya said, sounding like a parent who was very reluctant to take their child to see a psychologist.

"Yes, Lord Raikage told me that Lord Burubi has been experiencing mental disturbances due to the seal—" Orochimaru nodded seemingly in agreement, but in reality, he was refuting it.

"It has nothing to do with sealing or anything like that!" Gu Lan interrupted rudely. "It's just that recent events have made him paranoid. Doctor Tessai, you're a renowned doctor from the Land of the Sea, but there are some things about us ninjas that are inconvenient to discuss with you in detail. As for a psychiatrist—we understand. Just comfort him and that's enough. There's no need for any medication. Brubi is very important to our Hidden Cloud Village, and you don't want anything to go wrong, do you?"

Orochimaru understood what these people meant, but—

"This—I was invited by Lord Raikage. He asked me to treat Brubi, so I have to be responsible for the patient. If you don't need me, you can send me back." Orochimaru became serious, adopting the demeanor of a rigid doctor.

"you----"

Sha Lieya and Gu Lan were annoyed upon hearing this.

"Hmph, Dr. Tessai, you probably don't understand what a Jinchuriki means to a ninja village. If you mess this up, it won't be something that can be solved by simply sending you back." After warning Tessai, Shara left with Kolando.

"What are these Night Moon Clan people doing? They're acting all crazy," Akaishi wondered after they left.

"It seems they've made significant changes to the seal, perhaps even—they're unsure if they can make such drastic changes, maybe even replacing the Jinchuriki." Orochimaru already had a guess.

"Change it? Aren't the current Jinchūriki also from the Yotsuki clan? Can't they even reach a consensus among themselves?" Akaishi wondered.

When Akaishi heard Orochimaru's words, his first reaction was, "Burubi doesn't want to be replaced."

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but----

In Akaishi's view, it's one thing for different factions within the village to have disagreements, just like the current Jinchuriki of Konoha. If it were the Uchiha clan, and Shimura Danzo wanted to replace him, the Uchiha clan would definitely not agree.

But they are all from the Night Moon Clan, and the change of personnel was for the purpose of improving the "Sealing Technique." Can't they even reach a consensus on this?

Orochimaru glanced at Akaishi and said, "Akaishi-kun, there's something you need to know: even in Konoha, even with Lord Mito—we cannot replace the Jinchuriki with someone else while ensuring the Jinchuriki's survival. Extracting the Tailed Beast would mean the Jinchuriki's death."

Akashi was stunned when he heard this. Good heavens, is it that the personnel have been completely replaced?

Akashi didn't really know much about Jinchuriki, since it was a taboo topic in any ninja village.

"From the perspective of sealing techniques, it is extremely difficult to maintain the original seal while improving it, much more difficult than re-casting the seal."

"Even the Uzumaki clan might not be able to do it, let alone the Hidden Cloud Village, which isn't that skilled. If they really had that much technology, they wouldn't have set up such a flawed seal before and now they want to replace it," Orochimaru said matter-of-factly.

Although Orochimaru was unaware of the Cloud Village's thoughts, when it came to "sealing techniques," Orochimaru was an expert.

Orochimaru has long surpassed his master in the art of sealing techniques. If anyone in Konoha is more skilled in sealing techniques than Orochimaru, it could only be Mito—or perhaps no one!

Therefore, even though the people of Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village) were secretive about the matter, Orochimaru could still guess the crux of the problem.

To put it bluntly, the seal used by the Hidden Cloud Village was too rudimentary, which limited the Jinchūriki's ability to exert their power and also posed a safety hazard.

The Hidden Cloud Village had previously "reaped a great harvest" in the Land of Whirlpools. Although the Uzumaki clan preferred to be sealed in the Pure Land of Elysium rather than submit, they had gained a lot of low- to mid-level sealing techniques, as well as fragments of high-level sealing techniques. More importantly, they also had a large amount of research materials!

Although they didn't have any advanced sealing techniques that could be used directly, they had inherited so many achievements from the Uzumaki clan that they were bound to have come up with something.

Now, more than half a year has passed, and the sealing team of the Hidden Cloud Village has made progress and has applied multiple times to rebuild the [Iron Armor Seal]. They have even made some minor adjustments. However, the result is that Brubi has run into problems!

"What does the Third Raikage mean? Did he really call us here to treat Brubi, or... to give him end-of-life care?" Akaishi wondered.

"Akaishi-kun, people have many facets." Orochimaru did not answer directly.

Just then, Orochimaru looked towards the door again, and Akaishi, seeing this, also fell silent listlessly. A moment later, the knocking sounded again.

Akaishi opened the door again, this time to a young man who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. However, he was unusually tall and strong, with dark brown skin, grayish-yellow hair, a dark upper lip, and a slicked-back hairstyle—he looked exactly like a young Raikage.

"You are—" Akaishi said, acting like a junior assistant.

"I'm Ai. Is Dr. Tiezhai here?" the young, dark-skinned man asked in a gruff voice.

"?" Akaishi was taken aback upon hearing this—Eh? You're the Raikage? Your age doesn't seem right.

"You must be Lord Raikage's son? Please come in."

The voice of "Tessai" came over, and when Orochimaru spoke, Akaishi invited the man in.

In Kumogakure, there has always been a tradition that "the Raikage changes his name to A after taking office."

However, after the previous coup, the Third Raikage vigorously purged the doves and the remaining followers of the Gold and Silver Brothers among the hawks. At that time, in order to avoid instability, the Third Raikage directly announced that he would designate his son as the next Raikage and had already changed his name to Ai!

Firstly, it was to ensure the continuity of the lineage even if something unexpected happened to him; secondly, it was also to draw out all those who were dissatisfied with the Yoruzuki clan, to learn from the Second Raikage's lesson, and to maintain high pressure to the very end.

Therefore, Ai can now be considered the youngest candidate for the film award.

"Dr. Tessai, I know that someone from the Night Moon Clan must have come to see you before, but—I hope you can not be affected by the rumors. Just focus on treating Fukai—Bubi. Everything should be based on Bubi's health!" Xiao Ai spoke very directly.

Fukai is Brubi's real name; Brubi is the name she took after becoming a Jinchuriki.

"Don't worry, this is what I should do as a doctor," Orochimaru said matter-of-factly, without the slightest guilt.

"That's good—as for the rest, you don't need to worry. I promise you that even if something really happens, I will send you back to the Sea Kingdom safely. As for the rest, remember that the person who invited you is Lord Raikage, and the patient you will be in charge of is Brubi," Xiao Ai said firmly.

Orochimaru naturally made a promise, and—

"Yes, I will definitely prioritize the patient's interests, but—I still haven't met Lord Burubi." Orochimaru said somewhat anxiously—this anxiety was just right.

"I'll bring him tomorrow, please take care of everything!" Xiao Ai sat on the sofa, her hands supporting her knees, and bowed to Tie Zhai.

"Don't worry," Orochimaru assured him confidently.

After A left, Orochimaru revealed a satisfied smile: "It seems that this future Raikage is quite the caring young man, hehehe."

Brubi is Ai's distant cousin.

His attitude also reveals that even within the Night Moon Clan, opinions on this matter are divided.

Young Ai was clearly dissatisfied with some of the decisions made by the higher-ups!

"Genta, don't you have some talent in sealing techniques? Lord Burubi's psychological problems are ultimately related to sealing techniques. As his assistant, you can show some of your talent. I don't think Kumogakure will mind if we just peek into Kumogakure's sealing techniques in order to treat Lord Burubi. After all, their sealing techniques are still in the experimental stage." Orochimaru said matter-of-factly.

"Yes!" Akashi replied.

Teaching sealing techniques to Genta is impossible, but under the guise of "facilitating treatment," telling the people of Kumogakure that their "assistant" has a talent for sealing techniques and that some understanding of "sealing techniques" could be done for the sake of treatment would likely be welcomed by Kumogakure.

Dongdong: To put it simply, this is all based on the original plot, just with slight extensions.

1. In the original manga, when Brubi was talking to A (the Fourth Hokage) about Killer Bee, he mentioned, "You heard something from the higher-ups, didn't you?" and "If things continue like this, he'll follow in my footsteps." Although it wasn't explicitly stated here, it can be inferred that if the "replacement" was a decision made by the higher-ups, then Brubi's death was not an accident, or at least not entirely an accident. It was probably a failed sealing modification, but the Hidden Cloud Village had anticipated this failure.

2. In the anime original content, which is not from the manga, the Eight-Tails' rampage was caused by Orochimaru disguised as a doctor. However, the anime set it during World War III, which is definitely wrong because Killer Bee's age is fixed, and he became a Jinchuriki (a target of bullying) at a very young age, so it must have happened at the latest during World War II.

The current events in the book are simply a combination of these two settings, without much elaboration.

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