Konoha's Mission Master

"According to the Shinobi World Convention, anyone who conducts human experiments and causes more than ten casualties must be imprisoned indefinitely," Hatake Sakumo reminded.

"What I meant to say was..."

"A beating isn't enough, I suggest just killing him."

Jiraiya sat down somewhat dejectedly. He now understood that the old man's decision to confine Orochimaru to his home was already a lenient act.

Yakumo continued eating his roasted chestnuts.

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Chapter 150 Sealing, Power of All Things

The Hatake residence, near the training ground.

Jiraiya ate dinner at the Hatake residence and got completely drunk. His strong sense of justice was severely shaken; Orochimaru, his close friend, had committed such an evil act.

He couldn't bring himself to sacrifice his own family for the greater good, and it was precisely because he couldn't that he felt pain. Eighty percent of the pain in this world comes from helplessness. The man who called himself a hero and a ninja ultimately couldn't stop his best friend from going astray.

Yakumo took the wool blanket handed to him by the servant and draped it over Jiraiya's shoulders. Beneath Jiraiya's relaxed appearance, however, lay a heavy burden. In his words, a ninja was someone who could endure pain and pressure that ordinary people could not bear.

Excuse me.

Yakumo rose and left the Hatake residence. The Third Hokage's act of sacrificing his own family completely eliminated the last obstacle to Hatake Sakumo becoming the Fourth Hokage, and from then on, the road ahead was smooth.

Kushina Uzumaki's family.

Yakumo obtained information about the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques. Currently, the Yin-Yang Sealing Technique has made remarkable progress and has already reached the threshold of successfully casting it.

This sealing technique caused Yakumo a great deal of trouble.

Rina Uzumaki apologized repeatedly. In the past two weeks, the words she said most often to Yakumo were apologies, ever since she learned that she had failed to keep the secret and had almost put Yakumo in danger.

"I really didn't... blame you."

Yakumo reached out and helped Rina Uzumaki up.

"But... I still feel so guilty..."

Rina Uzumaki answered, burying her head in her hands like an ostrich.

“You owe me nothing. I brought you back to Konoha and helped you find a place to stay. In return, you provided me with knowledge and the basics of sealing techniques. The two cancel each other out.”

Rina Uzumaki raised her head, her expression turning bitter.

"You mean this is a deal... right?"

"Well... you could say that. I've mastered the basics of all sealing techniques, so I shouldn't be looking for you starting tomorrow. I wish you a happy future."

Yakumo bowed deeply to Rina Uzumaki to express his gratitude. He had said what he needed to say many times, but obsessions are not so easily eradicated.

"Okay." Rina Uzumaki forced a smile.

"I'm leaving now. There are two things you need to remember."

"First of all, I have never blamed you."

"Secondly, diligently cultivate your skills."

Yakumo turned and left Rina Uzumaki's bedroom, going down the stairs to the first floor. Kushina Uzumaki was preparing food in the kitchen, and when she saw Yakumo coming downstairs, she quickly asked him what was going on.

"Yakumo, let's have dinner together later."

"No need, Kushina-neechan, I already ate at Uncle Sakumo's place before coming here."

Yakumo smiled and politely declined.

He quickly stepped forward, opened the door, and stepped into the night.

In fact, Yakumo is not good at handling interpersonal relationships. After all, he was a hardcore gamer in his previous life. Faced with Rina Uzumaki's repeated attempts to befriend him, he could only keep rejecting her.

But Rina Uzumaki became more determined with each setback. Knowing Karin Uzumaki's personality in the original work, he could somewhat understand Rina Uzumaki's obsession with him.

"I hope she can let it go soon."

On the other hand, after Yakumo left, Rina Uzumaki suddenly collapsed to the ground, wrapped her arms around her legs, buried her face between her legs, and began to sob softly.

When Yakumo bowed to him to express her gratitude, she suddenly had a feeling that she and Yakumo would not see each other often in the future.

That expression of gratitude stemmed from two reasons: firstly, his selfless teaching of sealing techniques during this period; and secondly, his thanks to her for her affection over the years. Unable to reciprocate her affection, he could only express his sincere and heartfelt thanks.

Having expressed my gratitude, I owe you nothing more.

"I must cultivate diligently..."

Rina Uzumaki repeated while crying.

"Rina, time to eat!"

Kushina Uzumaki called out from the second floor. Seeing Rina Uzumaki crying, she instantly understood what had happened. She then knelt down, hugged the crying Rina Uzumaki, and comforted her.

"Alright, alright, stop crying. If it really doesn't work, I'll help you bring Yakumo back in a few years. Then we'll just make it a fait accompli and he won't be able to shirk responsibility."

Okay.

Rina stopped crying and answered Kushina Uzumaki, saying she didn't want Kushina to worry about her.

"It's okay, in a few years we can just... hehe."

Kushina Uzumaki chuckled mischievously… and then added.

"At that time, you two should have more children to strengthen our Whirlpool Clan!"

"Let's go eat."

Rina Uzumaki didn't respond, but instead changed the subject.

She had once thought of kidnapping Yakumo a few years later and then directly... but soon she realized the vast difference in their strength.

"Sigh, if I weren't outmatched... I would have already..."

Rina Uzumaki shook her head in annoyance.

…………

Back home, Yakumo, as usual, gave Mori Masako a full-body warming treatment, and at the same time sent a shadow clone to send Mori Masako away.

Masako Mori left Yakumo's house somewhat dissatisfied. Lately, Yakumo's treatment had become increasingly perfunctory, giving her the illusion that he was collecting a debt on time every day. Most importantly, this treatment left her feeling unsatisfied, as if all the tired cells in her body had been revitalized.

Yakumo immediately returned to his bedroom, took out the scroll about sealing techniques that he had obtained from Rina Uzumaki, laid it flat on the surface of his desk, and began to read it carefully, organizing the key points.

The most important aspect of sealing techniques is the spell pattern. Various spell patterns combine to form special symbols, which will produce completely different effects.

For example, some can only seal chakra or the physical body, while others can seal tailed beasts, and some can even summon the Grim Reaper... to seal the soul.

However, Yin-Yang Sealing Technique is fundamentally different from traditional sealing techniques. Its creator attempted to seal all things in the world with a single technique... Unfortunately, it failed, as such a perfect technique simply does not exist in this world.

In the end… he made a decision that went against his ancestors’ wishes.

Abandoning traditional techniques, a completely new sealing technique was designed based on Yin and Yang chakra... Yin-Yang Seal.

The sealing techniques basics obtained from Rina Uzumaki were not entirely useless. At the very least, Yakumo confirmed that Yin-Yang Seal had absolutely nothing to do with traditional sealing techniques.

This technique requires a total of eighteen seals.

…It uses Yin and Yang to seal off all things.

Yakumo began forming hand seals, simultaneously channeling the Yang and Yin chakra within his body, controlling them to converge in his left hand, which he then placed on the apple on the table. Two lines, one black and one white, spread from his palm, enveloping the apple.

The next second, the white lines thickened, and the black lines broke at the same moment; Yakumo stopped chakra output.

failure.

"In that instant, the balance between yin and yang was broken."

Yakumo analyzed the reasons and tried to create shadow clones to test the method. Fortunately, the process was not complicated, but it was extremely tedious.

Failure, failure, failure, failure after failure.

"No, the way the two forces advance should still be a technique. Only in this way can it bear the chakra to produce a completely new change and generate the power of sealing."

"It's still not right..."

Yakumo experienced a series of failures and couldn't help but feel frustrated. The process of building something from scratch was always so arduous and difficult.

"Where is the problem?" Yakumo murmured.

Sealing technique, Yin and Yang severance...

A sudden realization dawned on Yakumo. Recalling the basic sealing techniques he had recently learned, he finally found the key problem preventing him from getting started.

Sealing techniques require a core.

The technique is indispensable; that is…

The core of storing and converting energy!

Yakumo formed hand seals again, using Yin Release and Yang Release chakra as ink to outline two characters on the surface of the apple.

One yin, one yang.

It stores Yin and Yang dual escape chakra within the two characters.

As the two characters reached their limits, Yakumo began to manipulate the chakra to continue flowing. Because of the two characters acting as a buffer, the difficulty of manipulation was greatly reduced. Finally, the two completely different energies merged and formed a brand new energy that outlined the character "封" on the surface of the apple.

The next moment, a new burst of energy erupted, and the black and white patterns released a faint light. In particular, the three characters composed of chakra were linked together to form a triangle.

With a thud, the entire apple was sealed into a small black and white sphere the size of a thumb. The character "Yang" was written in white chakra on the black hemisphere, and the character "Yin" was written in black chakra on the white hemisphere. At the intersection of the two hemispheres, a larger circle of the character "Feng" was outlined with two-color textures.

Yakumo understood, Yin and Yang were sealed, and he successfully entered the path!

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Chapter 151 Heading to Amegakure, Quarterly Mission

December 16th, Konoha Year 40.

Early in the morning, Yakumo and Jiraiya set off from Konoha, following intelligence from the Anbu that a girl had gone missing in Amegakure.

Most of the missing girls were girls with chakra talents, and some had even joined the Akatsuki organization as prospective members... It was impossible for the Akatsuki organization not to know about the disappearance of prospective members, but Yahiko did not confess in his letter.

"We absolutely cannot let them escape this time."

Jiraiya made a silent decision in his heart. The information from the Anbu reminded him of his experience in the Land of Hot Springs: the blood-robed priests, the bloody rituals, immortality... and the evil god.