"Sure!"
Akira nodded in agreement. "Here! The cultivation principles and method for this technique are all inside. Lord Hokage can take a look."
The Third Hokage quickly accepted it, impatiently opened it, and roughly skimmed through it once. He immediately confirmed that the contents inside were genuine.
He forcibly suppressed the urgency in his heart to start learning it, put the scroll away, and enthusiastically said to Akira, "There's no problem with it! I'll let you see the Spirit Transformation Technique now!"
As he spoke, the Third Hokage once again brought over the Scroll of Seals, opened it to the section containing the Spirit Transformation Technique, undid the seal, and placed it in front of Akira. "This technique is relatively difficult. You can study it for one day."
This service, this attitude—where had the previous version gone?
As expected, he really was a pragmatic old thing.
However, Akira did not care.
He immediately began reading.
This time, he spent ten minutes finishing it.
Then he tried it slightly. Naturally, he did not succeed.
However, he already had some faint clues.
In addition, he had already memorized all the contents, so he immediately stood up and said to the Third Hokage, "I've finished reading it! This one needs to be carefully pondered over and tested. If Grandpa Hokage has nothing else, I'll head off first."
Akira put on a look as though he could not wait.
Seeing this, the Third Hokage was also amused. He immediately nodded. "Go on! Go on! Rest properly for this period. You won't be assigned any missions in the short term. Don't worry."
He was also eager for Akira to leave sooner.
That way, he could go study and learn the Railgun.
"Understood!"
Akira nodded. Then he left the Hokage's office and headed home.
Once Akira left, the Third Hokage impatiently took out the scroll containing the Railgun and opened it, seriously reading through it.
With this one look, he became completely absorbed.
On Akira's side, before long, he returned home. But he discovered that his house was not dirty at all. There was almost no dust.
"Someone often came over to help clean? Looks like it was Kurenai!"
Thinking this, Akira revealed a happy smile.
Having a girlfriend really was great!
Since the house was clean, there was no need for him to clean it. He immediately turned around and went out again. "I should replenish some high-quality steel ingots and chakra metal! I also need to restock a batch of medicinal herbs. Perfect timing to make some medicine and hand it over to Kakuzu to sell in exchange for money."
Otherwise, he basically would not have missions for a long time to come, which meant his source of income would be cut off.
That would not do.
He had planted many medicinal herbs in the Beast Taming Space too, but the area was limited. For some cheaper medicinal herbs, he had only kept seeds and had not planted them on a large scale.
Instead, inside the Beast Taming Space, he had planted some older and more valuable medicinal herbs for making higher-grade cultivation medicines and the like.
Akira immediately made a trip to Tenten's Ninja Tool Shop and bought two tons of high-quality steel ingots, as well as ten kilograms of chakra metal from the future Tenten's father.
It cost him several million.
"Little brother, why are you buying so many steel ingots this time? Are you planning to learn forging yourself?"
The future Tenten's father asked Akira curiously.
"Something like that!"
Akira nodded and had no intention of explaining.
Fortunately, the future Tenten's father was only slightly curious and casually asked. Seeing Akira answer like this, he did not ask any further.
It was better to ask less about ninja matters.
Otherwise, touching upon someone else's secrets could bring disaster.
Of course, Akira was not buying steel ingots to learn forging, but to make Flying Thunder God short swords.
Melting kunai was too extravagant.
The price of kunai and steel ingots was completely different.
Steel ingots were still more cost-effective.
In any case, he had Lightning Metallurgy and could hand-make Flying Thunder God short swords. It was fast too. Saving wherever possible was still good.
After that, he went to the herb shop run by the Nara clan and bought a large number of medicinal herbs.
Including the money he spent earlier on steel ingots and chakra metal, the money in his hands was nearly depleted. He felt somewhat poor again.
Fortunately, he basically did not need to spend much money on food unless he went out to eat. With the Gourmet Tablecloth and the high-grade ingredients he occasionally exchanged for, he had more than enough.
"Akira!"
Just as Akira was preparing to head toward Kakashi's house, he suddenly heard Kurenai's familiar voice behind him.
He hurriedly turned around and looked back, only to see Kurenai running toward him with a face full of joy.
Then, under Akira's somewhat astonished gaze, she directly threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly, pouring out her feelings. "It's been so long since I saw you! I finally get to see you again! I missed you so much!"
When Akira heard this, he was stunned again.
He had not expected that after several months apart, Kurenai would become so proactive and bold.
She actually dared to throw herself into his arms and confess directly.
Akira immediately wrapped his arms around her waist, gently stroked her back, and said, "I missed you too! Don't you have class today?"
It was only three or four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Pfft… dummy! Today is Saturday!"
Kurenai raised her head from his arms and replied with a light laugh.
"So that's how it is!"
Akira immediately understood. "I've been outside for so long that I've lost track of the days!"
"Can you two not see us?"
At this moment, Nohara Rin, Asuma, Obito, and the others nearby all looked at the two of them speechlessly.
"Ah!"
Kurenai's face immediately turned red. She broke free from Akira's arms and buried her head in Nohara Rin's embrace.
Nohara Rin could not help finding it amusing.
"Yo! It's you guys! Long time no see! What are you all gathered together for?"
Akira was not embarrassed at all. He smiled and waved to Obito and the others in greeting.
At the same time, Akira paid attention to Asuma and discovered that his expression was very natural. He did not seem affected at all by the intimate behavior between him and Kurenai.
Moreover, his demeanor had matured quite a bit too.
"Oh? Looks like Asuma has already recognized reality and changed his goal? That's good!"
Akira thought to himself.
Although he did not like the Third Hokage, once Asuma's original identity as a love rival was removed, Akira actually had no ill feelings toward him.
In the original story, after Asuma grew up and experienced many things, he ultimately died at Hidan's hands in order to protect Shikamaru and the others. That scene had moved many people.
At that time, he did have a certain personal charm.
Of course, the perverts were very displeased that he had won Kurenai.
Everyone wanted to be Cao Cao, so that was understandable.
Of course, in this real world, Kurenai belonged to him, Akira. On this point, he would not give way.
"Idiot! I already said it's the weekend, so of course we're going to train! Akira, you've become stupid!"
Obito shouted noisily after hearing this, mocking him.
Nohara Rin: "…"
Kurenai: "Obito! You bastard…"
Akira did not waste words at all. In an instant, he appeared in front of Obito, raised his hand, and smacked him on the top of the head, nearly causing Obito's eyes to pop out.