I'm drawing manga in Naruto

Kurama Chiaki and Kurama Saki were not there, but he went upstairs and saw that his clone had already finished the second volume of One Piece.

The little girl didn't make a fuss; instead, she picked up the completed first draft and looked at it—even though she hadn't read the first volume of One Piece at all.

She glanced at it for a few moments, then suddenly asked, "Brother, why can Zoro talk while biting a knife?"

"Professional training is all that's needed, like what I do."

Akabane pulled out a kunai and put it in his mouth, yet he was still able to speak freely.

"Amazing……"

The little girl looked at Akabane, and then tried it herself.

But she's still young, and it's hard for her to speak, let alone talk about kunai, or even just hold a chopstick in her mouth.

She read it once and gradually grew to like the art style and the manga. She even went to Akabane's room and dug out the original manuscript of the first volume of One Piece.

These comics should keep her occupied for a while.

Akabane reassigned tasks to his clone, then cooked some food for himself, ate with the little girl, washed up, and went to bed.

Until the next day.

He didn't see Kurama Chiaki until he woke up at noon.

"Get up. Yunlang came by this morning and took the two comic books you left downstairs."

Upon seeing Akabane, Kurama Chiaki immediately spoke up.

Akabane nodded and came downstairs. He sensed that Kurama Chiaki had something on her mind.

"Eat something first, I have something I want to tell you."

Kurama Chiaki pushed the unfinished rice ball towards Akabane, letting him eat it slowly.

Akabane did not refuse.

The rice balls tasted good, but being stared at by others made them taste bland, no matter how delicious they were.

He ate some, then wiped his mouth and said, "Father, please speak frankly."

“I have been appointed as an elder.”

Kurama Chiaki's tone was heavy, as if this was not a good thing, but a great burden.

The position of elder?

Akabane thought for a moment, puzzled as to why he was so downcast, and couldn't help but ask, "Is this a good thing?"

Previously, there were fourteen elders, but they didn't have much power.

Now, including Kurama Chiaki, there are only five, making their achievements far more prestigious.

"I have no special talents, and my combat ability is not strong. I even got the position of Jonin by chance on the battlefield."

Kurama Chiaki rambled on, "There are plenty of people in the clan who are better than me and know more about management, so why did I become an elder?"

Akabane didn't say anything.

In terms of ability, Kurama Chiaki is indeed lacking.

Perhaps because of this...

"Later I realized that I had given birth to a good son."

Kurama Chiaki sighed.

He never imagined he would become an elder, but inexplicably became the youngest elder in the family.

This feeling is just too subtle.

"So, what happened between you and Mother last night?"

"I spent the whole night socializing."

Kurama Chiaki said irritably, "Ten elders were expelled from the family, and their descendants caused some trouble, so Elder Shinji kicked them all out."

"Throughout the night?"

Akabane was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, Elder Zhenyi said that our family is small and doesn't need too much noise."

Kurama Chiaki said.

That's why Kurama Chiaki was dragged into it, which is obviously more because of Akabane.

“Telling me all this…”

"Actually, it doesn't mean anything else. I think Elder Zhenyi, the clan leader, hopes to communicate with you through me."

Kurama Chiaki smiled and said.

"Well, I can't be bothered with something so troublesome."

Akabane ate a little more, then waved his hand, indicating that he was going out to check out the comic book shop.

I fell asleep yesterday and didn't really know how many shadow clones I drew.

I need to go and find out what's going on.

As he stepped out of his house, he frowned slightly.

One, two, three...

The moment they saw Akabane, they all hid and refused to come out again.

A murderous glint flashed in his eyes, and he pressed his hands together in a seal, causing a paintbrush and drawing board to emerge from the sealed scroll.

"Lord Akabane, please don't do it!"

Seeing his movement, the men quickly turned back and jumped out from the shadows.

He wore the uniform of the Dark Guard, but only one called him "Lord"—Root!

Akabane frowned slightly.

"Go out and talk."

He packed his things and left through the main gate.

As they walked into the woods, three Root members appeared and knelt before Akabane.

"What do you want from me?"

Akabane asked.

"Lord Danzo left a message: if you cannot return within three days, please temporarily take charge of the Anbu."

The root members knelt down and said.

Judging from his voice, he should be the one from the Aburame clan.

"what?"

Akabane was a little confused. What did Danzo mean?

"We don't know the specifics. Please come with us to the secret location to investigate."

"That's what the Root members said."

"That's...ok."

He didn't understand what was going on for a moment, but it had gotten to such a serious point that it wouldn't be right not to go and check on it.

The root member bowed slightly, then took out a set of clothes from the sealed scroll.

The clothing of the Dark Division.

Akabane changed into his clothes and followed them to the Anbu.

The Anbu base is quite far from here, but given the speed of a ninja, it won't take long at all.

The base was dark and winding, like a maze.

After walking for a while, he arrived at Danzo's office.

"You wouldn't have tricked me into coming here and then locked me up, would you?"

Akabane was somewhat wary.

Mito Uzumaki's dark room was just a threat, but the room in front of us was a real dark room, the kind you can't get out of once you go in.

"You're joking."

The Aburame clan's Root gave an awkward laugh. Unless Danzo personally intervened, who would dare to imprison him?

He opened the door for Akabane.

Inside was a small room, filled with many items, all of which appeared to be things Danzo used regularly.

Not only that, there was also a sealed scroll in the corner.

Gen led the way in, then picked up the scroll.

"Lord Danzo said that you will understand once you see what's inside."

After he finished speaking, he bowed slightly and left first.

Akabane picked it up and glanced at it. The sealing technique on it was very simple. He could easily remove it by using a little chakra.

Then he picked up the scroll.

"Of the five great villages, only the second Hokage of Sunagakure is still alive. The situation in the Land of Whirlpools is critical, and the attitude and strength of Sunagakure are unclear. Just in case, we must find out enough information about Sunagakure."

Whether we like it or not, there are some things that have to be done.

It was just a few simple words, but the meaning was very clear.

Even facing the Second Kazekage and Sunagakure, Danzo himself wasn't entirely confident.

However, intelligence must always be gathered. For example, in Naruto, Jiraiya died in Amegakure while gathering information about Pain.

Of course, the last sentence also meant that Akabane would temporarily take over the Anbu.

With the assistance of the Yougen squad, it was easy for him to take charge of the Dark Division.

After all, Root is not yet an independent department; it is just a small team composed of elite members of the Dark Division.

On the table, there was also an open scroll.

Several names were written on the scroll, the most recent being "Shimura Danzo".

It looks like a spirit scroll.

Next to the spirit scroll, there was a piece of paper with the key points of the contract spirit scroll written on it.

Danzo's summoning beast is the legendary Baku!

"That hint is quite obvious."

To be honest, Akabane was genuinely surprised.

Perhaps it was his biased perspective from his past life that made him feel something was off about Danzo, but this time, power, spirit scrolls, and so on were all placed here.

Danzo was truly prepared to die as he went to gather intelligence.

Is this really Danzo?

Surprised, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Baku, should we sign it?

The Baku appears too infrequently in the manga, making it impossible to assess its overall strength and specific abilities.

In addition, the appearance of the Dream Eater seems somewhat bizarre.

"However, the dream-devouring creature seems to have the ability to devour dreams. Could it be combined with illusion magic?"

Thinking about it this way, Akabane became even more conflicted.

To be honest, Baku was definitely not his ideal summoning beast, but upon closer inspection, there didn't seem to be any other summoning beasts worth signing. On the contrary, Baku had the potential to complement his abilities.

After thinking for a long time, he signed his name on the spirit scroll.

The next moment...

Akabane felt a wave of dizziness and then fell asleep.