Konoha's Mission Master

"biu~"

Yakumo raised his hand to form a hand seal, and at the same time took half a step back to dodge Shinotori Eihachiro's attack. His full head of black hair pierced out like a spear, and blood splattered in an instant.

Shinotori Eihachiro numbly looked down at the wound that pierced through his chest, his eyes filled with intense disbelief.

"How is that possible...?"

The next second his body collapsed with a crash.

"Ah~" the women watching screamed.

"Murder!!" someone shouted.

Some were terrified, some screamed, and many more scattered and ran, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.

Yakumo stood still, pulling his hair back, letting Shito Eihachiro's blood gradually stain the pooled water. In that instant, he felt as if he were cut off from the world around him. People's joys and sorrows are never shared, and Yakumo only felt that they were very noisy.

A few seconds later, all the onlookers had left.

"Okay, it's alright now."

Yakumo turned around and comforted the woman.

"Thank you," the woman said, bowing her head in gratitude.

“I wish you… peace,” Yakumo said.

With Hanzo of the Salamander dead, the number of people who trample on order will only increase, and one day this place will become another Kusagakure.

Yakumo returned to the inn with Rina Uzumaki.

However, he found it difficult to calm down. If he hadn't happened to appear, this woman would never have been able to escape the clutches of that Amegakure ninja.

Yakumo got up and looked out the window at the rain. He suddenly remembered the joke he had told Jiraiya a while ago.

"The one that's wrong is...this world!"

"Has this kind of thing that we encountered today been happening frequently these past two days?" Yakumo asked.

Rina Uzumaki possesses a perpetual Kagura Mind's Eye, which passively surveys a large area around her every day.

"What is it?" Rina asked, puzzled.

“Ninjas oppress civilians,” Yakumo replied.

"This kind of thing is normal. When I was in Kusagakure, it happened several times almost every day. In Amegakure, this kind of thing has indeed increased in the last few days."

Rina Uzumaki paused for a few seconds before answering.

"Is this kind of thing normal?" Yakumo asked rhetorically.

"Nobody cares about the lives of ordinary people. For example, although human experimentation is explicitly prohibited by major countries, the head of medical affairs in Kusagakure Village has been conducting human experiments in secret for three or four years without being arrested or executed," Rina Uzumaki replied to Yakumo in a very calm tone.

"I see."

Only now does Yakumo understand why Jiraiya, after merely going out to investigate, harbored such pure murderous intent towards Ishihara Naoki, the head of the medical department of Kusagakure.

“Nobody cares…” Yakumo pondered Rina Uzumaki’s explanation, feeling a chilling fear behind those four words.

"How did you know that Naoki Ishihara was secretly conducting human experiments?" Yakumo asked casually.

"That's because the person he's researching... is me. He plans to replicate the physique of the Uzumaki clan through some kind of technique, but he doesn't understand at all that the power of the Uzumaki clan comes from their bloodline," Uzumaki Rina said calmly.

But there was a hint of sadness in her words; being used as an experimental subject must have been an unpleasant memory.

"It's bloodline again..." Yakumo muttered to himself.

"Never mind, never mind... Cultivate, cultivate."

Yakumo then began to adjust his mindset.

At the same time, he created shadow clones to practice ninjutsu, while his main body lay on the bed and accessed the game interface.

[Personal Panel]

Name: Jing Bayun

Age: 8

Constitution: 40.9 (Endurance, Resistance, Recovery)

Strength: 30.4 (Weight, Attack, etc.)

Agility: 35.4 (Neural reaction, running speed)

Intelligence: 33.6 (learning ability, mental resilience)

Chakra: 536.4 (650 points to advance to Kage level)

Free attribute points: 2 points

Gold coins: 14900

Without hesitation, I increased my intelligence by two.

But he overlooked something very important.

A cool energy appeared in his brain, nourishing every cell. The instant comfort made Yakumo subconsciously want to groan.

Yakumo immediately gritted her teeth. Such a shameful sound absolutely, absolutely, absolutely could not be heard by Rina Uzumaki!

Absolutely not!

"Hmm~"

Yakumo let out a suppressed groan.

That's it... My image is completely shattered.

The game system has misled me!!

Yakumo died directly, utterly ashamed.

Ugh! It's my fault, it's my fault! I knew this was how it would be when I was leveling up my stats, I should have just gone out in the rain like last time…

Yakumo awkwardly opened his eyes and found that Rina Uzumaki was refining chakra and seemed not to have heard the groan that Yakumo had made.

Yakumo breathed a sigh of relief.

After a moment's thought, Yakumo got up and pushed open the door.

After Yakumo left, Rina Uzumaki blushed instantly.

Everything is left unsaid.

He rolled onto the roof and lay down again.

In the rain, summon your [Personal Skill].

Active: Palm Immortal Technique Perfected 800/800 『Breakthrough』

Concentrate and calm your mind, then gently tap "Breakthrough"!

A breakthrough requires meeting the following conditions.

『1. Constitution: 40 points or above, already satisfied』

『2. Two Master Breakthrough Scrolls, fulfilled』

[Note: This upgrade will consume two Master Breakthrough Scrolls. This process is irreversible, please consider carefully.]

Yes or No

Is there even a need to consider this?

"yes"!

With a loud bang.

Yakumo fainted again.

Vibrant green specks appeared in the air and quickly merged into Yakumo's body, appearing from a distance as if forming a green storm about two meters wide.

Yakumo's breathing was steady, and his face was natural, as if he were falling into a long sleep he didn't want to wake up from.

This breakthrough was much easier and more enjoyable than before. In the dream, Yakumo transformed into a seed, taking root, sprouting, and growing.

Initially, it rivaled the wild grasses, but before long, all the surrounding wild grasses withered and died. They lost to Yakumo in the competition and also lost their lives.

Competition among plants is often even more brutal.

The tree that Yakumo transformed into continued to grow, its annual rings increasing layer by layer, its canopy growing larger year by year, and its trunk constantly growing towards the higher sky. At this time, its enemies became other large trees, competing for sunlight and continuing the cruel law of the jungle.

The more a tree yearns for the light, the closer its roots must go to the deep underground, desperately drawing nutrients from the tree's growth with their robust roots.

Yakumo suddenly remembered Danzo's classic quote.

At this moment, the tree he had transformed into began to extend its roots downwards, becoming a terrifying predator, devouring groundwater and various nutrients and supplies.

In the end... Yakumo became the king of trees in the forest.

Suddenly one day.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and a strong wind was blowing.

Sand and stones flew everywhere.

When the natural disaster struck, the great tree that Yakumo had transformed into was so outstanding that it became the focus of the storm. After several rounds of devastation, most of its canopy disappeared.

But it didn't die; it just suffered another serious injury.

At this moment, Yakumo understood more deeply than ever before…

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

The next day, Yakumo, covered in wounds, changed his strategy, first expanding his root system and then extending it upwards.

And so... it survived the second wave of the storm.

Ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years.

As the tree rings grew longer, Yakumo became increasingly lush.

It grew increasingly arrogant and even began to defy the might of Heaven.

The storm... was conquered by it.

The torrential rain... was conquered by it.