I'm drawing manga in Naruto

Since the last hot pot dinner, the teacher seems to have taken a liking to this drink. Although she drinks tea regularly, she drinks it much less often than before.

He then looked at the other things on the table.

As usual, the table was piled high with scrolls of information from all over the country. As the head of the Dark Bureau, his job was to sift through these messages to identify those that might be useful or harmful to Konoha, and then process and investigate them.

That must have been really tough!

Hokage and Anbu Chief are professions I will never consider in the future.

Akabane thought to himself.

"Zixiao's mission this time was actually to investigate the situation in the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind. It wasn't until you guessed that Sunagakure might launch a war against the Land of Birds that I temporarily transferred Zixiao to the Land of Birds to infiltrate and observe."

As Danzo spoke, he took out a scroll and handed it to Akabane.

A fairly advanced sealing technique has been applied to it.

Akabane glanced at it, hesitated for a moment, then formed hand seals to open the scroll and read the information inside.

This is just one of the reports, but it's the most important—

"The Sand Village dispatched Shukaku, which shattered the rocky mountain into a sand dune with a single blow, thus subduing the Bird Country without causing any damage."

He was startled for a moment, then looked up at Danzo.

"Although Shukaku is only a one-tailed beast, its strength is quite strong among the tailed beasts. It also has a very violent temper. Even if an ordinary person becomes a Jinchūriki, they would not be able to unleash such power."

Danzo spoke to Akabane while handling his work.

Monk Fenfu.

Akabane recalled the information about this Jinchūriki.

He was a great monk who advocated the unity of humans and animals. Though weak in strength, he possessed a great heart of love, which led Shukaku to accept him to some extent.

That attack was definitely not the power controlled by Bunpuku, but rather Shukaku himself.

"Give your opinion."

After finishing with the documents at hand, Danzo sat up straight and looked at Akabane.

Akabane thought for a moment and said, "I think the Jinchuriki of Sunagakure have many limitations and are not as powerful as they seem. If the Land of Wind could really control Shukaku perfectly, they wouldn't need to fight only the Land of Birds."

Danzo listened in silence for a moment, then nodded and said, "I think so too, but he really did exert the power to destroy a mountain, and I can't understand it."

"I noticed that Zixiao mentioned the Jinchūriki was a monk. Teacher, do you know anything about monks?"

"Monk?"

Danzo was genuinely stunned for a few seconds.

His mind was focused on ninjas and Jinchuriki, and he paid no attention to the monk's question. But when Akabane brought it up, he remembered some key points of the Second Hokage's analysis—profession.

Monks do indeed think differently from ordinary people.

He quickly picked up the scroll of information and looked at it again.

Stone Mountain!

Deliberately choosing a rocky mountain with few living creatures is truly the style of a monk. No wonder the Shukaku Jinchuriki didn't actually participate in the battle, and his intervention reduced the casualties on the Bird Country's side.

The real casualties in the war actually came from the battles between Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Amegakure.

That's really the style of a monk.

Danzo still found it unbelievable: "Shukaku takes orders from a monk? Is he a ninja monk?"

"You'll probably have to ask your old friend about that."

Akabane rubbed his temples.

"You brat, how dare you talk like that..."

Heartbroken!

This series of actions was undoubtedly the work of Shamon. The old man was not dead, and Danzo's one-for-one exchange did not yield a great profit.

Of course, there is some profit to be made.

If Shamon had combat capabilities, this war wouldn't have been fought by Shasuke.

Although Suna is strong, he is still just a young man. Compared with strongmen like Onoki and Hanzo, he is definitely much weaker. However, the two of them were afraid that the abdication of the third Kazekage was a conspiracy and were wary of the Shamon in the shadows, so they did not dare to take action themselves.

The story of "the dead Zhuge Liang scaring away the living Zhongda" probably refers to this.

However, Akabane felt that the Sand Village's actions were most likely related to him—the original Bunpuku never took action until his death, let alone participated in the war in the Land of Birds.

This includes the war against the land of rivers.

Although Sunasuke's actions were initially covert, it was clear he intended to take action against the Land of Rivers, but he later changed his mind...

Could it be that Shamen read his own comics?

"What are you thinking?"

Danzo is a bit strange.

"Hmm, why did Shamon cancel the offensive against the Land of Rivers back then? At that time, most of Konoha's manpower was in the Land of Whirlpools. If Sunagakure wanted to attack the Land of Rivers, we could only have some reconnaissance teams to engage them; it was impossible for us to send a large force into the Land of Rivers..."

Akabane pondered for a moment and said, "They've always been rather rigid in their thinking about Shukaku. This time, their actions are quite strange. So I wonder if he read my manga and came up with these ideas, but at the same time, he was also frightened by the techniques in my manga?"

It's not that he's narcissistic or shameless, but the possibility is very high. Naruto is not banned in the Land of Fire, so it's easy to buy it privately. The probability of Shamon getting the Naruto manga is very high.

Therefore, the guess is logical.

"Scared?"

Danzo was taken aback, somewhat confused by Akabane's line of reasoning.

"I remember that it had been not long since I finished drawing the Konoha Crush Plan..."

Akabane explained his speculation.

Danzo didn't believe it at first.

How could someone like Shamon be so foolish as to change his strategy because of a manga? So he angrily drove Akabane away.

But after Akabane left, I thought about it carefully—

If he were the ruler of Sunagakure, and a manga appeared claiming that Konoha possessed certain techniques when there was a complete lack of information, would he believe it or not?

For the sake of stability, believe it first, just in case the other party really does have it!

Chapter 243 Akabane, you're a connoisseur of good food!

"Well, to be honest, my teacher must be jealous of my talent."

Akabane walked out of the Anbu headquarters, inwardly complaining.

However, he didn't care much. It was better to leave the Dark Division early to avoid being held back to deal with the pile of documents on the table.

While intelligence processing can reveal a lot of gossip, such as the details of the Bird Country War, it would be very difficult to know such details without reading the scroll.

But dealing with these things is really brain-draining. If I were to help with them, it would be more than just this one incident. There would also be the aftermath of the War of the Land of Whirlpools, some of the decisions made by the Third Hokage of Kirigakure, and so on.

It's all brain-draining work. Sometimes Akabane really admires Danzo. Why doesn't he lose his hair in the manga, despite working day and night like that?

Could it be that interstitial cells have this kind of effect...?

As Akabane pondered these things, his thoughts began to wander. As a later-stage all-powerful artifact, the abilities of Hashirama cells were truly worthy of in-depth study.

However, the Third Hokage is unlikely to agree to this research unless Orochimaru can come up with a detailed and reasonable plan.

He returned to the comic book shop, ready to participate in the One Piece manga project.

I was lazy about updating for the past two days, but to avoid being pressured by Kakuzu to update more, I'm going to try to update more this time.

However, the renovation next door makes it a bit noisy to stay in the comic shop, which seriously "affects" my performance and makes my drawing efficiency quite slow.

Akabane decided to sit outside and draw updates on the street.

It had been a long time since I'd experienced this feeling, and it was quite nice, especially with so many customers browsing and discussing comic books; the atmosphere was very comfortable.

Once you sit down, you inevitably have to chat with them, which Akabane is happy about, as it's a good opportunity to be lazy.

Of course, judging from his posture alone, he was quite serious.

"Speaking of which, Akabane, your updates these past two days have been fantastic. I only just learned about the Akimichi family..."

"Shh!"

Just as someone was about to say the word "fat," another person covered their mouth.

Akabane turned his head and saw a burly "strong man".

Is this person Akimichi Tokifu?

He immediately stood up and didn't continue sitting.

"Lord Qufeng, I'm sorry."

The Chunin who was about to mention the Akimichi clan stood up and bowed deeply in apology.

"It's alright, this is just how the Akimichi family is."

Akimichi Torifu guessed what he originally wanted to say, but if he didn't even have the demeanor of Choza in the manga, how could he be worthy of the title of clan leader?

"Thank you, Lord Qufeng."

The Chunin sat down and continued reading the manga, but even if he had the guts, he wouldn't dare say those things about the fat man to Akimichi Torifu's face.

"Lord Fengfeng..."

"Hahaha, you're Danzo's disciple, just call me uncle."

Akimichi Torifu sat down generously. He was clearly familiar with the local practices. He took out some money and said to a child who was hiding to the side and dared not come over, "Could you please buy me some grilled meat, sushi, and juice? Consider the extra as my reward to you."

"Yes, thank you, Lord Qufeng."

The child was probably in his early teens and wasn't even a ninja yet. He held Akimichi in awe of a powerful clan leader like Akimichi, but he never expected Akimichi to be so kind.

After receiving it, he quickly ran out into the street and began searching for the food that Akimichi had mentioned.

"Uncle Qu Feng, I apologize for drawing your family's secret technique without your permission."

Akabane and Akimichi Torifu had never met, but Danzo's network of connections allowed him to easily mingle with Akimichi Torifu without any barriers, though the necessary pleasantries still had to be exchanged.

“You’re just as hypocritical as Danzo. We Akimichi people are all straightforward and don’t play those games.”

Akimichi Tokiyuuki made a sarcastic remark about his old teammate.

Akabane chuckled awkwardly, too embarrassed to reply. After all, one was his teacher, and the other was himself; it didn't really matter how he answered.

Qu Feng clearly didn't expect Akabane to take this line, and continued, "Our Akimichi clan's Multi-Size Technique is actually a chakra nature transformation. It consumes a lot of chakra after use. However, we have another secret technique that can directly convert fat and calories into chakra, which is why we deliberately eat more to gain weight."

"I didn't expect it to be like this."

The ordinary onlookers around them all showed expressions of "I see".

"The Akimichi clan ninjas are all like Choji; they may not look impressive, but they are all trustworthy partners on the battlefield."

A few ninjas who had cooperated with the Akimichi clan shared their thoughts.

“Hahahaha, thank you for the compliment.”

Akimichi was having a great time.

Although he was a "clan member" in the manga, he felt honored that the ninjas were being praised as an honor for the entire clan.

"Lord Akimichi, when the Akimichi clan goes to the battlefield, will they really transform into something as handsome as Choji?"

A villager who wasn't a ninja asked.

"Handsome? Hahaha, of course! All the young men in our family are handsome, though a little plump. But the Butterfly Transformation is a secret technique we keep under wraps and won't use unless it's absolutely necessary."

Akimichi Torifu did not look down on the other party because he was an ordinary person, and still answered kindly.

As a result, the others became bolder, and they started chatting and exchanging ideas as comic book readers, gradually forgetting the difference in their social status.

Akimichi Torifu chatted while reading the manga, occasionally sharing his insights on the Naruto manga plot.

Akabane noticed that this guy had started watching from the very first episode...

In other words, you were chatting so enthusiastically with others, but you've never actually watched Naruto, and you probably only know about Choji and the others from your clan.

A true fan of cloud comics.