My Life as Itachi's Crow

Chapter 142: You're Gathering Material Every Night, You Have Time to Eat Dinner with Me?

Surrendering was impossible.

Putting other things aside, Jiraiya hadn't achieved his goal yet. Besides, if the fight continued, and he put his life on the line, there was a high probability he could defeat Uchiha Itachi. It was just that his intuition told him something wasn't quite right…

"Is this still about stealing the bell... Why is it different from other bell-stealing tests?"

Jiraiya stared blankly at his disciple's small right wing, which was glowing with green medical ninjutsu light, and muttered, "Isn't it always the disciple who must have the resolve to risk their life? How come it's the teacher who has to risk his life now..."

The old man's mind was in a mess. He thought about the times he had seen other ninja teachers testing their disciples by stealing bells while gathering material in Konoha. The scenes were so harmonious…

He also really wanted to rough up his disciple once, then pat his disciple's head, tell him his shortcomings, and then take his cute disciple out for barbecue or something. Why was it so difficult in actual practice!

"Little Jiraiya, don't be discouraged!" Fukasaku quickly encouraged him, "If you lose to your own disciple, you will become the shame of Mount Myoboku!"

Shima also cheered for her contractor, "That's right, little Jiraiya! Bunta will laugh at you!"

Jiraiya: "..."

Don't you two sages have any sense? Other people's Sage Modes get inexplicable power-ups, while Mount Myoboku's Sage Mode is simply the shame of sages!

Uchiha Itachi's thinking was simply bizarre!

Who would have thought this little fellow would find another way? His own Sage Mode didn't have sages like Fukasaku and Shima to help, so he just sealed an offensive Sage Art himself, and incidentally sealed a healing medical ninjutsu as well!

Fukasaku stared at the youth for a moment, then spoke, "Little fellow, to absorb natural energy to maintain Sage Mode, you should only be able to use the technique of one of the wings, right... In that case, it seems you can't fly either."

"It can't be helped... But, I think it's worth it." Uchiha Itachi glanced at the two sages on Jiraiya's shoulders. Occasionally, he also felt envious!

Look at Mount Myoboku's Sage Mode, adding two powerful combatants on the shoulders. How comfortable is a three-on-one fight? Looking back at his own Great Sage, to be fair, it was indeed excessively strong…

The problem was, it might be taking a "second sleep"... it might be taking an afternoon nap... If it didn't wake up in the afternoon, there was basically no counting on Kitahara at night.

A ninja's job isn't a desk job!

Battles could break out anytime, anywhere!

"Alas, I just wanted you to steal a bell!" Jiraiya took the bell out of his pocket with a sad expression, thought for a moment, and then had to stuff it back in.

Uchiha Itachi raised the ninja sword in his hand, his eyes showing determination, "As long as I defeat you, Teacher, I can get it."

"Actually, it's not that troublesome..."

Jiraiya's expression was still not very good, "If I had known earlier during the graduation test, I shouldn't have let you attack me with all your might, but should have taught you what the correct posture for stealing a bell is..."

Uchiha Itachi looked at him with confusion.

However, Jiraiya's fighting spirit was instantly reignited, "Then there's no other way. It's time for you to see how hard your teacher's fist is! Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld!"

As the ground turned into a swamp, the young ninja reacted quickly, forming hand seals, "Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

Itachi's target was the mud swamp that had suddenly appeared under his feet. A giant fireball shot out, melting the swamp's moisture. The ground under his feet became hard again, barely giving him a foothold.

The moment Uchiha Itachi released the ninjutsu, the medical ninjutsu on his right wing suddenly stopped, and the feathers on his left wing abruptly turned into senbon, shooting towards Jiraiya under the cover of the water vapor!

Poof!

A puff of smoke exploded!

The instantly-fired Hair Needle Senbon from the left wing didn't require his hand seals at all and wouldn't hinder the master from releasing ninjutsu. It could be cast simultaneously with the master. Even Jiraiya and the two sages wouldn't have thought of this!

It was unknown which sage, Fukasaku or Shima, was hit…

Uchiha Itachi cautiously walked out of the range of the water vapor. Jiraiya was nowhere to be seen. The tear troughs on his face wrinkled as his brow furrowed, "Under the super perception of sage art chakra, dodging is a meaningless act... No, wait!"

The super perception of Sage Art swept over the entire training ground again and again, but couldn't find Jiraiya's chakra at all!

"..."

Kitahara, watching the battle, was dumbfounded, "..."

Has this fellow Jiraiya truly stopped being human?

Because Fukasaku was injured by the Hair Needle Senbon and had to return to Mount Myoboku, Jiraiya's Sage Mode could not be maintained... As a result, the old man actually instantly summoned the Gourd Toad!

The Gourd Toad was unique to Mount Myoboku. It had a barrier inside its body that allowed Jiraiya to hide within, making it the perfect choice for infiltrating enemy countries... The problem was, using this trick in a disciple's assessment mission, wasn't that going a bit too far!

Moreover, in order to hide the Gourd Toad's figure, Jiraiya had summoned a group of toads of varying sizes to appear and create confusion!

Uchiha Itachi could only search the entire training ground over and over again, with a string of toads following behind him... It also made the cub feel a bit helpless. If these were summoned from Mount Myoboku, they seemed harmless, so he could only endure it.

Fortunately, Jiraiya still had some integrity. The moment the five-hour assessment mission was about to end, he appeared at the entrance of the training ground, sitting lackadaisically on a large tree…

The white-haired old man looked at his running disciple with satisfaction, raised his hand, and tossed the bell over, "Itachi, you pass!"

In the future, I'd better not conduct this kind of assessment mission again...

While resting inside the Gourd Toad, he had also thought about relying on the Rock Lodging Toad to try and trap Itachi or something, but his Sage Mode had already been broken, so just trapping him was meaningless.

"Teacher, you clearly won..."

Uchiha Itachi caught it with one hand, looking up in confusion.

Seeing a teacher in perfect condition, the youth was suddenly filled with admiration. Whether it was the various counters to his Fire Style during the battle, or the hiding ability that even super perception couldn't detect.

Jiraiya chuckled and jumped down. He didn't hide it, waving his hand to summon the Gourd Toad and dispelling the summoning jutsu in front of Uchiha Itachi.

The old man smiled and said, "That was the Gourd Toad just now. It has a barrier inside that allows me to hide, which can't be detected by anyone..."

Uchiha Itachi was stunned for a moment, not knowing if it was because he was shocked by his teacher's shamelessness or for some other reason.

Jiraiya didn't mind, his face was still very happy, "Itachi, want to go for barbecue tonight?"

"I'll have to trouble Teacher."

Uchiha Itachi remembered something and touched his pocket. The wings on his back lit up slightly, and the healing ninjutsu activated, slowly restoring his stamina.

Jiraiya looked over with envious eyes and asked softly, "Itachi, I didn't expect your chakra reserves to be so astonishing!"

"Perhaps a little more than average. And in between, I also used the Clone Jutsu to dodge Teacher's toad swarm and took a break to adjust."

"A very smart approach."

Jiraiya nodded. As master and disciple were in a state of harmony, he reached out, wanting to habitually stroke his disciple's smooth long hair.

The youth turned sideways to avoid it.

Jiraiya looked at him doubtfully, "Is there a problem?"

"There is."

Uchiha nodded, slowly took out the bell from just now, and blinked innocently, "Teacher, I want to know, why didn't you dispel this one's summoning too?"

As he spoke, the bell in Itachi's hand shook for a moment, rolled from his hand to the ground, and turned into a small toad, hopping away…

Jiraiya: "..."

While he was still trying to find a way to explain, the youth's small palm had already landed on his body, "Sealing Jutsu: Four Limbs Heavy Seal!"

The sealing jutsu, glowing red, instantly sealed the flow of chakra in Jiraiya's body. Uchiha Itachi calmly extended his hand, "Thank you, Teacher..."

The disciple's acting skills seemed to be even better! The white-haired old man dejectedly took out the real bell from his pocket, "How did you find out?"

"Teacher said you have other activities tonight."

The youth tilted his head and explained seriously, "And during the time we were together, except when camping in the wild, no matter what small town we were in, because of gathering material, Teacher never had dinner with us... This point, I remember very clearly."

(End of this chapter)

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