Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 6 Invitation

When Akaishi and his two companions arrived at the classroom door, two ANBU members blocked their way. They could only see Mito and the red-haired girl talking to each other...

Chishi glanced at the masked men and curled his lip—he guessed that if it weren't for Lanwu, they wouldn't have stopped them at the door.

At this time, the Uchiha clan generally did not have a good impression of the Anbu. After all, the Anbu was originally established by the Second Hokage as a police force to supervise and restrict the Uchiha clan. Initially, the police force was not only responsible for maintaining order within the village, but also for tasks such as mission supervision...

However, nowadays, most of the oversight power outside the village has been secretly taken over.

"Hmm? It's Ranma... Are you and Kushina good friends?" Mito turned to look at Ranma.

"We..." Lan Wu wanted to be polite.

"Not familiar with her!" Kushina said bluntly.

"Haha, it's alright. Friends are never really close before they become friends," Mito chuckled, then said, "You're here to see Kushina, right?"

"Yes, it's Minato..." Lan Wu said, turning her head to look at Minato.

However, Minato then said, "That's right, Mito-sama, we're worried about Kushina. We wonder if she graduated smoothly?"

Akaishi glanced at him upon hearing this—what "we"? Isn't it just you? Why would I worry about her?

"It's not going well! I haven't even graduated yet!" Kushina said bluntly.

At this moment, Kushina even suspected that Minato was laughing at her, after all... she had never seen Minato care about her like this before.

Although she knew that Minato was always watching her, the problem was... when she was being bullied, Minato would always stand by with a smile on his face and watch!

Mito then corrected her, "Who said you haven't graduated? Kushina, you're already a genin in Konoha!" As she spoke, Mito took out a headband.

Akaishi then noticed that Kushina, for some reason, hadn't been assigned to a team. Instead, Mito-sama personally came to give her a headband...

Upon seeing the Konoha headband, Kushina, who had been stubborn, couldn't help but shed tears, whether from grievance or relief, it was hard to tell.

Seeing this, Lan Wu couldn't help but say, "In that case... let's go to Songlu Tower together later! To celebrate the graduation of the four of us!"

Although she didn't know why, Lan Wu's kind nature made her willing to bring one more person along.

"Matsuka-ro? Ranmai has saved up so much pocket money? Kushina must have a good meal!" Mito said deliberately.

"No, it's this Uchiha. He said he's super rich and can order whatever he wants!" Lan Wu pointed directly at Akashi.

"N-No, that's right!" Akaishi nodded, forcing a smile.

Mito glanced at Akaishi, especially at the palm-leaf fan on his clothes, and nodded as if she had thought of something. She then specifically corrected him, saying, "Ranmai, be friendly to your companions..."

……

Although Kushina wasn't very familiar with the Akaishi trio at this time, she still celebrated her graduation with them, encouraged by Mito.

In Konoha, Matsushiro is already considered top-tier luxury. A sashimi platter is worth the income of a C-rank mission. Four tall men and women can earn enough for a B-rank mission in one meal—and it has to be a very expensive B-rank mission, and that's the total price, not just what one ninja gets!

Lanwu is wrong about one thing.

Although Uchiha Akaishi was an Uchiha, he was an orphan and didn't actually have much pocket money.

Even though there is a monthly pension for the sacrifice of parents, all that has been saved over the years is only enough for this one meal!

In comparison, although Lanwu no longer bears the Senju surname, she inherited the assets left by Tobirama Senju, making her much wealthier than Akaishi...

Seeing Akaishi at the front desk, taking out the last coin from the inner pocket of his purse to pay the bill, Lanwu pouted and was about to step forward to pay for him, but was stopped by Shuimen, who shook his head at her.

……

After feeling the pinch, Akaishi turned around and reunited with everyone, now sporting a "magnanimous" expression.

Kushina and Ranma, reminded by Minato, both pretended not to notice his pretense of being more than he was...

"Well... I'll take Kushina back to Lady Mito's place! See you tomorrow." Minato bid farewell to Akaishi and Ranmai.

When we ate together before, everyone already knew about Kushina's situation.

Although it wasn't explained in great detail, we at least know that Kushina wasn't like an ordinary genin who would be "separated into a class" with two companions after graduation and receive guidance from jonin... Instead, she would go to Mito-sama to learn [sealing techniques].

As an Uchiha, Akaishi knew about the Tailed Beasts and had a vague idea of ​​what was going on, but of course he couldn't say it out loud.

"See you tomorrow." Namikaze said goodbye to Ranmai and Akaishi.

Afterwards, Akaishi looked at Lanwu, and the atmosphere between the two became awkward.

Chishi faced a choice—either go home himself or take Lanwu home…

"Then I'm going home too!" Akaishi decisively chose one.

Who wants to go to the house of that cunning Thousand-Handed Old Demon?

"Don't be late tomorrow." Lan Wu's attitude had improved considerably, probably because she had eaten a meal with Chi Shi.

……

After Akaishi returned to the Uchiha clan's territory, before he even got to his small house, someone informed him that the clan leader wanted to see him!

This was also within Akaishi's expectations.

Originally, a Uchiha clansman who had just awakened the Sharingan would definitely be summoned by the clan leader or elders. After all, the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan is not as cheap as the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan, which almost everyone has as long as they inherit the bloodline. Most Uchiha clansmen do not have the opportunity to awaken the Sharingan.

If no one awakens their powers for several generations, then that lineage is basically ruined.

Awakening at the age of twelve is already quite early, especially since Akashi awakened on such a special occasion as today, so it's only natural that he was personally summoned by the clan leader.

To Akaishi's slight surprise, the place he was asked to go was the front yard of the clan chief's mansion—a very private meeting place.

It's understandable, considering that this is a special meeting with Akaishi, and being in a private location makes it seem more intimate.

Akaishi arrived at the front courtyard of the mansion. Before he could even look around, the clan chief's voice came from inside: "Akaishi, you've arrived? Come in."

Akashi walked in somewhat nervously and found that in addition to the clan head Uchiha Kensuke, another clan elder, Uchiha Ranyu, was also there—that is, Kotomi's father.

Kenshin, Lanyu, and Kagami are known as the "Uchiha Three Treasures" and are the three strongest Uchiha ninjas of their time. However, although Kenshin and Lanyu are of the same generation as Kagami, they are more than ten years older and are already around forty years old.

Upon seeing Chishi enter, Clan Chief Jiancheng revealed a kind and benevolent smile. Even the usually stern Lanyu appeared somewhat gentler at this moment.

This is probably what "near-genius" is treated like.

"Akaishi, you've had your eyes opened today, haven't you?" Kensuke asked gently.

Mentioning this, Lan Yu's expression became even more serious—he had heard from his daughter about the timing of Chi Shi's eye-opening...

While criticizing Madara Uchiha is considered "correct in Konoha" and the Uchiha clan also joined in the criticism, you don't have to be this emotional, do you?

They were quite concerned about the ninja way this rising star of the clan chose.

After all, one Uchiha Kagami is enough...

If another person even more extreme than Uchiha Kagami were to appear, they wouldn't be able to handle it either!

"That's right, at the graduation ceremony today..." Akaishi said, his eyes reddening.