What the Heck is a Crow Sage!

Chapter 43: Crow Sage... What the heck!

When children make serious mistakes at home, parents usually give them a good beating. The outcome of the event might be irreversible, but it certainly makes the elders feel better.

Perhaps this is also a form of filial piety... touching.

Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima saw Gamabunta lying there, covered in wounds, and temporarily let it go. They had more important matters... like recalling Jiraiya, lest that spokesperson die!

"Huh? Reverse Summoning Technique?"

Jiraiya lowered his head and returned the Kusanagi Sword in his hand to Uchiha Itachi. "Itachi, take them back. I need to go to the Sage's Land!"

"Teacher?"

The little boy tilted his head and watched Jiraiya suddenly disappear... He could only pick up his crow, drag a string of children, and rush back to the town overnight.

Rescuing the town's children made Uchiha Itachi very popular in the town. It seemed like people invited him over for meals and visits every day... It was a very novel experience... until one day, a little toad found him.

It handed Itachi a scroll, claiming it was from Jiraiya... The next morning, Uchiha Itachi had to leave the warm town.

The kind person who had told them to get lost immediately upon meeting them was on duty at the town entrance. Seeing Uchiha Itachi leaving with his crow, he called out loudly, "Good morning, Lord Itachi! Are you going out to train again today?"

"...No... Alright, yes." Uchiha Itachi thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "I'm leaving today! If you need anything, you can find me in Konoha!"

"Caw..." Beiyuan called out listlessly. It hadn't been sleeping well these past few days, always having dreams about people saying that crow soup didn't taste good...

Hiss, it sounded quite terrifying.

The two of them were going to a new place today, the Land of Wind, where Jiraiya said in his letter that he would be waiting for them.

The problem lay with the Land of Wind. Strictly speaking, it was crossing the national border, and they would almost certainly be questioned by Sand Ninja, right? If they didn't want that, they would have to find a way to enter secretly...

"I thought we could go back to Konoha!"

"Caw..." Beiyuan gave him a sideways glance, its meaning clear: are you thinking about that ill-mannered brat back home again?

Uchiha Itachi nodded without hesitation. "Besides Sasuke, there are also Mom and Dad... Hey, don't you want to go back and see them, Beiyuan?"

"Caw..."

Sorry, I miss them, but seeing that little brat Sasuke would ruin my mood for returning... Is the purpose of a younger brother's existence to turn his older brother into a siscon?

It seems so.

The brotherhood in the ninja world was truly outrageous. Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna's relationship almost destroyed his relationship with Senju Hashirama... Senju Hashirama also went to great lengths for his brother.

Something feels very strange... Beiyuan has reason to suspect that Indra's reincarnation has something going on. Did he think his younger brother, Asura, was too pathetic, so he tried every means to reincarnate into a family with a good brother...

As a result... no matter how he tried to escape fate, he could never escape.

When Uchiha Itachi and Beiyuan arrived at the border of the Land of Wind, they saw Jiraiya waiting for them.

The old man's injuries had improved, and he was smiling smugly, chatting with two ancient toads perched on his shoulders. Upon seeing Uchiha Itachi, Jiraiya rushed forward in surprise, "Itachi! Finally..."

Bang!

Sage Fukasaku on his shoulder punched Jiraiya on the head, interrupting him... Then, he and Sage Shima landed on the ground and bowed humbly:

"Lord Beiyuan, we are Fukasaku (Shima), attendants of the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku. We are deeply honored to meet you here..."

Uchiha Itachi: "...I..."

Jiraiya: "...It..."

Beiyuan: "...Caw..."

How come it doesn't know it has any connection to Mount Myōboku? Could it be... the Great Toad Sage knows the hidden hand that sent it to the ninja world!

But honestly, raising a cub is a very interesting thing...

If I could go back, that would be great, but before I go back, I need to clear up future dangers for the cub, and also find a way to isolate Sasuke...

Beiyuan was being a bit wishful. The purpose of the two sages from Mount Myōboku was only one: "The Great Toad Sage sent us to verify whether the chakra within you only belongs to the Yin and Yang attributes..."

Beiyuan looked over in confusion: "Caw?"

"I told the Great Toad Sage about Beiyuan, and the Great Sage once foresaw fragments of the future..." Jiraiya stood up, touching his forehead, and explained, "He thought the crow might be the fourth Sage to appear... or perhaps not..."

"You could say that, little Jiraiya." Sage Shima nodded. "The moment we saw you, we believed the Great Toad Sage's prophecy of the future was accurate..."

"Caw..."

Beiyuan suddenly became a bit confused. How did it suddenly become a Sage? If it were the kind that could summon wind and rain and ascend to heaven instantly, that would be acceptable... But the art styles of the three great Sages in the ninja world were truly hard to describe!

The Great Toad Sage was drowsy every day and didn't know when it would wake up, but knowing that it was asleep most of the time, Beiyuan really worried it would suddenly ascend...

The White Snake Sage, no one knew its abilities, nor what it actually did... If not for the genius Kabuto Yakushi, it was purely a bit player... Even with Kabuto Yakushi, it was still a bit player.

The Great Slug Sage, it was said that only one creature lived in Shikkotsu Forest. Such a large slug could be considered a protected animal of the ninja world!

"The Great Toad Sage's prophecies have never been wrong..." Sage Fukasaku suddenly said. "It believes that you might become a Great Sage who masters all the secrets of the ninja world in the future... What you know is the truth of the ninja world."

Beiyuan: "...Caw..."

That thousand-year-old toad is no simple creature! It actually discovered me?

That's right, I do possess all the secrets of the ninja world, but don't ask me about anything other than Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. I don't know anything else...

Jiraiya asked curiously, "...It doesn't look like it at all! This crow can't even speak our human language..."

"Jiraiya! What do you think a true Sage is? Are all the secrets of the ninja world something you can just blurt out!" Pa berated Jiraiya, which made Beiyuan very happy.

No wonder I can't speak... it's because I know too much... so why the hell am I happy about it!

Isn't the greatest pleasure for humans to share the little secrets they know with others?

Moreover, there is indeed a problem.

Beiyuan couldn't tell Uchiha Itachi anything about the future. Strictly speaking, it didn't even have the intention of leaking secrets, but rather wanted to change things with its own strength... Has its thinking changed?

Or is it... fatalism?

The two Toad Sages came for many reasons, one of which was to check the Yin and Yang chakra levels of the crow and determine if the crow was truly a Sage...

After just a slight sensing... it seems there's no need for confirmation, right? That feeling of being like an abyss that it gave to others... it also felt like a Sage who could keep secrets!

As for Yin and Yang attributes...

"Absolute Yin and Yang attributes can neutralize natural energy to the greatest extent, which means the infinite continuation of Sage Chakra..."

The crow realized for the first time that it could absorb natural energy, as if the Sage Chakra aspect had been unlocked... Beiyuan's body suddenly began to swell!

It's so late today... feeling drowsy... The second update will be in the afternoon or evening... Shamelessly asking for votes?