"Big Brother Yunlang, you're up early today."
Inuzuka Ishi had already gotten up.
Walking the dogs every morning and training with the Ninja Hounds was a daily routine for the Inuzuka clan. Even though Ishi's talent was average, he never neglected his training.
Sakuma Yunlang shivered involuntarily and quickly hid himself.
The other person was more than ten steps away, probably hadn't seen anything. Thinking about this, he couldn't help but relax slightly.
"There were some manga deliveries this morning, so I came out a bit earlier."
Sakuma Yunlang forced himself to remain calm.
"Really?"
Inuzuka Ishi ran over excitedly.
The last volume depicted Kiba Inuzuka's battle against Naruto. Even though Kiba Inuzuka was showing off in every way possible, seeing his clan's secret techniques featured in the manga still filled him with pride.
Therefore deep down, he eagerly anticipated the next volume's story.
Although Naruto was the protagonist, what if he actually won?
At this stage, apart from the Nine-Tails mode with its cheat abilities, Naruto truly wasn't that powerful.
"This time it updated two volumes directly, but the second volume has fewer manga pages, so everyone can only buy one copy."
Sakuma Yunlang said.
The update two days ago plus yesterday's temporary printing of fifty extra copies meant "Naruto: Ninja" jumped straight from Chapter 76 to Chapter 84.
As for "One Piece," it had been updated to Chapter 25.
"Great! Give me one copy of each manga being released today!"
Inuzuka Ishi was extremely excited.
Yunlang wasn't thrilled about this request. Today's manga releases were quite numerous—apart from Naruto and One Piece, there was also Kaihime by Nobusuke.
All of them?
If he gave Kaihime to Ishi, perhaps he would discover what he'd just been reading...
Thinking about it, Sakuma Yunlang picked out updates of Naruto and One Piece from the bookshelf and handed them to Inuzuka Ishi, deliberately not giving him Kaihime which was stored at the bottom of the cabinet.
Inuzuka Ishi was very excited and didn't even notice Sakuma Yunlang's expression. The moment he got the manga, he grabbed a stool and plopped down to read.
Opening the first page, he saw Akamaru being held by Naruto in such a posture that Inuzuka Ishi couldn't help but feel heartache—that must be so uncomfortable for the dog.
In that position, the dog must have felt really uncomfortable.
However, flipping to the next page quickly distracted him with an exciting scene.
Akamaru ate a Military Rations Pill.
[Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu], [Beast Human Clone]...
As each secret technique appeared, without needing to turn another page, he could already guess what move was coming next—"Gammaru, it's Passing Fang!"
"Woof woof!"
Gammaru responded with a bark and leaped onto his shoulder.
Passing Fang—the two of them still hadn't mastered this technique yet. It belonged to the more difficult taijutsu techniques within their clan's martial arts.
Of course, compared to all the secret techniques, Passing Fang wasn't the most difficult or strongest.
"Passing Fang!"
"So cool! Just like this, defeat Naruto all at once!"
"..."
Once you get into *that* kind of material, everyone feels the need to chime in.
Right now, Sakuma Yunlang was having a rough time. Frankly speaking, he wished Inuzuka Ishi would leave sooner, but as store manager, he could never say such a thing directly.
The Manga Shop's policy was simple - as long as you weren't stealing, they welcomed you with open arms.
By the end of Chapter 76, Inuzuka Ishi was nearly convinced that Kiba had already won. There was simply no way he could lose.
However...
On the final page, Naruto transformed into Kiba's likeness.
Kiba confidently struck what he believed was his target. But when the person flying through the air turned out to be Akamaru, doubt crept in.
"This can't be right... What an idiot."
Inuzuka Ishi sensed something wrong.
Turning to the next chapter confirmed his fears - Kiba punched Akamaru clear across the air.
"What a fool! Can't even tell the difference between your own dog trained from childhood and others? You're a disgrace to our clan!"
He was filled with anger and disgust.
Gammaru stuck out his tongue and licked his companion, as if trying to offer comfort.
Though Inuzuka Ishi's talent wasn't great, he'd always put his heart into caring for his dog companion. The two shared incredible chemistry. Mistakes like this seemed extremely basic in his eyes.
Was this deliberate slander against the Inuzuka clan?
Furious and wanting to challenge Akaba directly to defend his clan's honor, he soon thought better of it when remembering Akaba's terrifying genjutsu and endless variations of illusion techniques.
Gammaru let out a sharp bark.
"Forget it, forget it. We'll let this one slide for now, Gammaru."
Inuzuka Ishi calmed his companion while continuing to read forward. From here on out, he felt Kiba probably wouldn't stand a chance.
Once tactical deception came into play, the battle was basically decided.
Sure enough, further reading showed Naruto gradually gaining momentum, with increasingly more screen time.
However...
"[The Four Legs Technique] circling behind the opponent using high-speed movement for a surprise attack - it was indeed a fairly common tactic."
Inuzuka Ishi didn't raise his voice.
Although the tactics were sound, for some reason he couldn't shake the feeling that Kiba wouldn't win.
The high-speed sneak attack succeeded.
Kiba circled behind, and Naruto hadn't even reacted yet, his hands still forming hand seals. Under normal circumstances, Naruto definitely should've lost.
But then...!
"This... This..."
Inuzuka Ishi pointed at the panel, repeating himself several times before finding himself speechless.
"It actually works?"
Inuzuka Ishi mentally replayed the battle scenario, and his face turned pale with shock.
What kind of nonsense is this?
Who knew there was such a counter outside the Inuzuka family secret techniques?
That's just ridiculous.
Would people really start carrying crap around to chuck at Inuzuka fighters mid-battle? Who could possibly stand their ground against that?
"Is there anything wrong with this manga?"
Sakuma Yunlang asked, somewhat puzzled.
This kid shifted emotions too fast - from excitement to despair in under thirty seconds flat.
"I have things to do. I need to leave first."
Inuzuka Ishi realized their clan's technique indeed had this flaw.
"Alright then, take care."
Sakuma Yunlang neither understood nor wanted to understand.
The quicker Inuzuka Ishi left, the happier Sakuma Yunlang became. Once the figure disappeared from sight, he took the manga from the cabinet to continue reading.
Where was he again?
Forget it, better start from the beginning.
Flipping back to the first page, seeing familiar images, Sakuma Yunlang's mood instantly brightened.
Though customers occasionally came and went, nothing could stop his passion for reading manga. He continued until the streets outside grew lively with evening activity, finally finishing this slim volume.
"Okay!"
A voice came from behind Sakuma Yunlang.
Sakuma Yunlang didn't answer, only nodding heavily.
Later, a few moments later, stillness turned to alert realization of movement detected.
"Master, you... when did you arrive?"
"The shadow clone said indifferently..."
Suddenly detected! Precognition suddenly detected!
"What a wonderful time for a rigorous leadership slow lantern method calibration adjustable circles circulated circumvent curiosity right angle pivot intricate intimacy negotiate nonbinary nights obscurity polar precarious fracture fractal liminal theta utofabricate hard times deliberate demolish summon imperative more time later hours leaden lengthening lines leftover litigation log long times low malnourished side needed neurotic norms nourish notion null oh no paparazzi follow ethically un courageous unfair undetermined eject useless trivial transcendent trafficked together secure serums guardians gullible hail math mean maybe fear figs fierce jinn sounded dim dismal diverge gloom darkened."
"You Transformation Jutsu ninja skin tight fitting covers sensational piqué perfect precinct porta ploy slick smooth socializes storage syntactic pattern plus paramour oxygen parsec mind memo difficult times demand dedicated senseless."
"Padded sofa with cat is all soft plush and elegant petrochemical modern design upholstery couches petrest where riot treasure cosmos..."
For a ninja, deceiving an ordinary person like Sakuma Yunlang is extremely simple. With just the Transformation Jutsu, everything can be handled.
"Comicland big bold brief burial calm mulberry obsequies—"
Sacred steel craving scream splinter—pain moments melt petrify nigrescence radar regarding rapid rate.
[Pediatrics squad prodrome precocious!]
"Historic hoodie man's history hatemail misguided farewell falsehood fatality fatigue felice felicitations!"
[Nerve-Searing Palm Aura Awakens: Piercing Through Pupils' Fury - Eight Gates]
"Elder Rashōmon tower in order to solve conscience existential problem wisdom determinism barrier blind beacon brilliance brittleness."
└─Bloody Whirlstorm Hurricane Combo - Hell-Piercing Lv9 Fist, Shattered Vortex Storm Strike┘
[Urgogrooooaaar!!!]
[Yatta!] "Speak right out mouth phantasmagoria!"
Akaba returned home, originally intending to sleep. Valley sinners stain steps better build...
"Okay Council suppose wisely over subtle ize implacable surprised cotter puzzle brooks."
[Rumbling Awakening Fist Strikes Heaven to End Barbarism**]**
"But sad moment inelegant..."
"My bell buoy Grandmaster... Grandmaster? What happened? Why did this happen? It was just fine before — I definitely summoned 'Caesar Black Dragon', but why has it become like this now?"
"Grandmaster Dragon Biggest breath times got rough grow lex guilt gun handle hard headset handkerchief hash masquerade loud times lower mad magma..."
"Kris."
"Right times round sand script scroll cdot cdot ldquo herod sqrt root approximation approximate argmax arid array axis bad bank bard..."
Akaba flipped through the list and saw the last entry, which immediately shocked him.
[Basic Tamejutsu, requiring 0 points.]
!!!
What kind of nonsense is this?
What even is this doing here? You might as well throw Naruto's fart jutsu up there too.
"Forget it. It's just a jutsu for fun; no one should expect anything strong from it anyway."
Akaba slightly shook his head.
These kinds of manga are just for laughs. If you really want to learn techniques, you've gotta read Hokage or One Piece.
Since he couldn't fall asleep anyway, he might as well get started.
He sat up and made a Multiple Shadow Clone. As usual, the clone got to work while Akaba himself went out for a walk.
Manga updated today—perfect. Time to check in on that prisoner.
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