Konoha's Mission Master

"Let's test the waters again."

Ultimately, the desire for revenge overcame Scorpion's cautious nature, and he decided to take the risk, while secretly preparing for a retreat.

Swish!

The next moment, countless kunai and thousands of kimonos flew out.

Yakumo leaped in front of Jiraiya, his twin swords flashing at incredible speed. In an instant, the raindrops were repelled by the rampant wind of his swords and scattered in all directions.

The speed of the sword swings gradually increased, from ten strikes per second to twenty strikes per second, until forty strikes per second. The golden sword energy eventually formed a disc resembling a golden ocean. For some reason, this time Jieyu did not turn the lightning into black ink.

At this moment, the raging lightning transformed into a docile sheep in Yakumo's hands, and strands of lightning gradually wove together to form Yakumo's most solid defensive barrier.

It radiates golden light and is dazzling.

Yakumo suddenly had a feeling that the defense formed by this sword could withstand all attacks, unless the enemy violently tore it apart.

Yakumo was bathed in golden lightning, with golden arcs of electricity leaping across his body. The next second, his azure wind-style chakra gradually merged into the golden ocean.

The two merged into one in an instant.

"Waltz".

The flying weapons were submerged in a golden sea, then sprayed back and splashed at an even faster speed in the next second.

At the same time, Yakumo's moves began to change. Golden sword energy detached from the blade, forming a golden storm or torrent, which swept up more than a dozen puppets like a crusher. The puppets were gradually torn to pieces by the golden sword energy in the storm. Sasori's proud puppet was easily destroyed by Yakumo in one move.

"This person is not someone you can defeat by force!!"

The next second, Sasori, driven by a strong will to survive, threw out dozens of puppets. Of course, he didn't intend to fight to the death, but rather to buy time. The dozens of puppets rushed towards Yakumo.

This time, the puppets he threw out were no longer wooden puppets, but corpses. As the puppets flew, cracks appeared on their surfaces, emitting high temperatures.

The next second, the explosion becomes art.

"Grandma is so thoughtful."

Sasori... rushed off into the distance without looking back. At this moment, he didn't care about Kakashi's life or death at all. All he could think about was to escape as quickly as possible.

At this moment, thirteen-year-old Scorpion had no idea that the golden figure would become a nightmare for the rest of his life.

Faced with the continuous explosions, Yakumo adopted a defensive stance, blocking Jiraiya and Kakashi with his swords, rapidly slashing out invisible boundaries.

Concentrate and calm your mind.

The endless light and heat could not advance even half an inch further. The dark red blood was evaporated into nothingness in the high temperature. Rhomboid pale bone fragments flew everywhere, but they could not shake the golden defensive barrier.

This scene reminded Yakumo of the time Kakashi was assassinated inside Konoha, which was almost the same self-destruction method.

Yakumo increased the speed of his sword swings, the blade light like a golden ocean, even beginning to press forward and compress the shockwave from the explosion.

The explosions stopped half a minute later.

The earth was scarred and riddled with deep pits, some large pits containing smaller ones, the deepest of which was about twenty meters deep.

Yakumo shook off the mud, looking rather disheveled. He had indeed blocked the power of the continuous explosions, but what was infuriating was that the ground beneath his feet hadn't provided any protection. In the final few seconds, Yakumo was still covered in mud.

At this moment, Kakashi lay in Jiraiya's arms, his face a strange bluish-purple, his breath barely a whisper, as if he would pass away at any moment.

Yakumo quickly created a shadow clone, while his main body immediately began using Healing Palm Technique to examine Kakashi's body, and the shadow clone treated Jiraiya, whose condition had improved considerably.

"How did it get like this?" the shadow clone asked.

"The enemy's poisoning skills are simply... indescribable. They are incredibly difficult to deal with, hard to defend against, and extremely cunning. They are virtually everywhere, and the poison is extremely potent..." Jiraiya explained.

On the other side, Yakumo's expression darkened slightly. The toxins in Kakashi's body had already invaded his internal organs. One of the toxins, a gray one, was actually suppressing the operation of Kakashi's chakra, making it difficult for his body to form an effective defense. This also caused the other two toxins to exert their maximum effect.

Mixing drugs is the most deadly and complex method of drug use.

Back in the City of Fire, Yakumo witnessed the difficulty of dealing with two layers of mixed poison, but today he will face three layers of mixed poison.

The current level of fine ailment extraction technique is simply not enough to solve the problem in Kakashi's body.

Yakumo gritted his teeth, created another shadow clone, and released the Palm Healing Technique to temporarily suppress the poison and ensure that Kakashi's condition would not continue to deteriorate.

Yakumo needs to break through in the heat of battle.

"Lord Jiraiya, I'll be thinking about how to treat Kakashi in a bit. There might be a few minutes of mental blankness, so you'll need to be on guard while you're enjoying the treatment," Yakumo instructed.

“No problem…” Jiraiya formed hand seals and released a shadow clone.

Uneasy, Yakumo formed hand seals and released a milk ball.

"Protect me."

Milkball nodded, its body began to swell, and its muscles became full and huge. In a dozen breaths, Milkball transformed into a behemoth with a height of fifteen meters and a shoulder width of about four meters.

Jiraiya looked surprised; this bear was only a few meters shorter than Gamabunta. But one should never forget that bears are one of the apex predators of land animals.

Yakumo leaned against the fluffy belly of the milk ball, brought up the game interface, and quickly found the skills that needed to be improved.

initiative:

The technique for extracting minor ailments is now at its peak, reaching 600/600 (breakthrough).

Yakumo made a light breakthrough.

[Note: This action will consume two Master-level Breakthrough Scrolls. Please choose carefully.]

Yes or no!?

Yakumo immediately clicked... "Yes".

With a loud bang, Yakumo fainted.

Milkball let out two soft howls. Looking at the unconscious Yakumo, a hint of confusion appeared on the bear's face. But it still thoughtfully raised its tire-sized paw to shield Yakumo from the raindrops falling from the sky.

Time passed little by little.

Five minutes later, Yakumo sat up and opened his eyes.

Having successfully reached the Master level in the technique of removing minor ailments, the acquired skill is "Meticulous Treatment," which allows for more precise encapsulation and removal of foreign objects and blood clots within the body.

Yakumo came to Kakashi's side, and dark blue light emanated from his hands, covering his chest. The blue light slowly seeped into his body.

At that moment, Yakumo seemed to sense the existence of every cell in Kakashi's body. Of course, he knew it was just an illusion, but he instinctively understood that he could now cure the poison that Kakashi was suffering from.

The blue light cluster envelops the toxins, preventing them from growing further. At the same time, the blue light cluster begins to gather the toxins, which are eventually expelled from the body through the wound on the chest.

After several repetitions, Kakashi's complexion became healthy and rosy. Yakumo stood up and created a shadow clone to continue treating the remaining poison in Kakashi's body.

The main body then came to Jiraiya's side and began to treat him. Yakumo discovered that Kakashi only had injuries from poisoning, meaning that during the long battle, Jiraiya had not allowed Kakashi to be injured in the slightest.

Jiraiya kept his promise. Before he fell, the puppets, explosions, raging flames, and cascading water jets all failed to touch Kakashi, but his own body was covered with all sorts of new wounds.

That's why he's so unforgettable.

"Kakashi's condition has stabilized," Yakumo said.

"That's good. If something had happened to him, I wouldn't know how I would face Shuo Mao."

Jiraiya sighed with lingering fear.

"As for your situation, you'll probably need to rest for a while before you can return to your peak condition."

"A true hero is not defeated by pain!"

Jiraiya raised his right thumb and said in a very arrogant tone.

"Yes, yes, yes... A true hero is not afraid of pain."

With a little mischief from Yakumo, Jiraiya's expression visibly contorted.

"Hiss... No!"

Yakumo smiled and continued the treatment.

The rain finally stopped.

Yakumo rubbed his sore wrists, then stood up and turned to look in the direction Sasori had retreated.

"I'm planning to hunt him down."

"Forget it, you're not in good shape. He must have a few trump cards up his sleeve."

Jiraiya spoke up to offer some advice.

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Chapter 158 Conflict Erupts Between Konoha and Sunagakure!

Although the rain had stopped, the air remained cold and damp. The water on the ground gradually flowed into the large pit, and it was estimated that the battlefield would soon become a lake.

Yakumo created shadow clones to clean up the battlefield, mainly packing the puppet parts into storage scrolls. These were all solid evidence, and valuable at that.

"With this evidence, we can reason with Sunagakure," Yakumo said with some confidence.

“Those guys from Sunagakure will never admit it, and they won’t reason with you.”

Jiraiya shook his head, thinking to himself, "Yakumo is still young after all. What good is his strength if he still has such naive and simple thoughts?"

Yakumo gently patted the twin blades hanging at his waist.

"They are responsible for getting Sunagakure and me to reason with each other."

"Well, so this is how you try to reason."

Jiraiya was somewhat speechless.

"Um--"

Kakashi struggled to open his eyes. His dark eyes were somewhat dim, and his face was still pale, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

"My whole body aches..."

With the slightest breath, unbearable pain surged from every corner of my body, as if I had been torn apart and dismembered, only to be pieced back together into human form.

"It's just a minor poisoning, nothing serious."

"Hiss—a little poison?"

Kakashi gasped, and as he regained consciousness, an even more intense pain surged through his body. Yakumo swiftly injected Kakashi with painkillers and anesthetics.

Kakashi's eyes gradually closed.

On the other hand, Yakumo's shadow clone returned with a storage scroll filled with puppet parts.