On learning at school that not only Ranma is absent, but also Ukyo, Akane pays a visit to Ucchan's restaurant. There she finds a notice that the restaurant is temporarily closed and where Ukyo is currently located. So Akane packs a backpack, and heads off to join them in Yomogi Valley (the moxibustion capital). Ranma and his father are out there training in an attempt to find a way for Ranma to recover his strength. Ukyo was asked along to cook for them, since she's a chef (and happy for the chance for some time with Ranma). Naturally they wouldn't have asked Akane to come for such a reason, since her cooking tends to be poisonous.
Genma concludes that their training there is useless, and they need to focus on getting the chart back from Happosai. He trains Ranma in a new technique to do so, called the Crouch of the Wild Tiger. It turns out to be a technique for apologizing. Ranma is incensed. At that point Cologne shows up, also wishing to cure her future great-grandson-in-law (we earlier learned that her great-granddaughter Shampoo is currently back in China on a visit).
Cologne proceeds to demonstrate a technique she thinks Ranma could use, even in his weakened state, to defeat Happosai. It is called the Hiryū Shōten Ha, and it goes on in the manga to become one of Ranma's strongest techniques in its various forms. Akane sees a blast in the distance, and Ranma lands hard right in front of her. Ranma leaps to his feet without noticing her, saying how amazing that technique is, and that he'll be able to defeat the old pervert. Cologne informs the charred Genma that she applied the technique at 20% of full power, and that the power of the technique is dependent on the power of the opponent. (Happosai is very powerful.)
Ranma announces that he'll master the technique in three days.
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