"Phew!"
Shukaku blew a puff of black smoke into the air.
Uchiha Mikoto, who had been shielded behind him, watched the smoke-belching tanuki in Asuka's hand, and her eyelid twitched.
She had never expected that tiny thing from earlier, smaller than a bean, to possess such terrifying power.
If it had exploded on her... "Hmph!"
After snorting coldly, Uchiha Mikoto shot Asuka a fierce glare before turning and leaving.
A moment later.
"Bastard, you actually used me to block a Tailed Beast Bomb!"
Hearing Shukaku's gritted voice, Asuka explained as he headed home.
"Who could've known you'd spit it out directly? Besides, I didn't have a suitable weapon on hand at the time, so I had no choice but to inconvenience you."
Remembering how dangerous the situation had been, he shook the tea kettle in his hand and warned it.
"Don't go randomly firing that thing in the future. It'll be a real pain if you hit someone!"
Shukaku disdainfully watched Mikoto's departing back and spoke with utter conviction.
"When dealing with angry human women, one shot makes everyone equal. It's the best way to solve the problem."
"Heh."
Seeing that Shukaku clearly still had no idea what was going on, Asuka shook his head and lost the desire to keep talking nonsense with it.
He should figure out how to draw some erotic manga instead. Hinata Hyuga, Sakura Haruno, Anko... After shaking those images from his mind, Asuka rubbed his slightly flushed cheeks, secretly glanced around, then hurried home.
Erotic manga that glorified the clan would not be easy to draw.
On the afternoon of the third day.
Asuka weakly walked out of his house and arrived at Konoha's largest bookstore.
Three straight days of hard work had nearly wrecked his body. All he could say was that drawing