Konoha's Mission Master

"The battle is over. The victor is Iori Yakumo!"

Silence fell as everyone stared incredulously at Yakumo's frail body. His sudden outburst had surprised them, but they still didn't believe that Hiratani Haru would lose. The title of the number one commoner was a glory earned through countless battles.

However, Yakumo's ranking had always hovered near the bottom. It was this unassuming person who suddenly burst onto the scene, defying the odds and defeating the number one commoner with lightning speed.

At this moment, Yakumo undoubtedly became the center of attention on the training ground, even though his face was somewhat pale and he looked as if he had exhausted his chakra.

However, he still genuinely defeated Pinggu Yuanchu and reached the pinnacle of commoner ninjas, while the ranks above him were divided among various ninja clans.

On the other side, Hiratani Haruichi, who had collapsed on the training ground, became a mere foil. Even his usual underlings did not come forward to help him up. The prestige he had carefully built up was destroyed by Yakumo in front of everyone.

"Cough cough."

Pinggu Yuanchu spat out a mouthful of blood. Although Yakumo's final elbow strike was fierce, it did not render him unable to move. He struggled to his feet and looked at the figure in the center of the training field, his eyes flashing with anger and resentment.

But he could only stagger back to his seat, like a stray dog ​​that had lost its territory. Yakumo shook his head and slowly walked off the training field, his face pale but his steps steady.

The students on both sides subconsciously made way for him, and Yakumo sensed fear in their eyes. Mori Masako in the second row smiled.

In her heart, Yakumo should always be like this, using his fists to silence those who looked down on him and mocked him…

Shut up, all of you!

Chapter 25 Opportunity

In the following days, the impact of Yakumo's defeat of Hiratani Haruichi finally subsided. Many people looked at him with more respect and recognition. He continued to read books during the day and practice swordsmanship at night, without letting the changes in the outside world affect his rhythm. Nothing was more important than cultivating himself to become stronger.

These next few days he will dedicate some time to practicing the Mist Concealment Technique, striving to master it as soon as possible. The Four Stars Alignment can no longer be improved through practice, which provides him with time to learn other skills.

After Tuesday, Yakumo began to systematically accelerate the chakra refining method to increase his chakra. Now, each time he spends 100 gold coins to accelerate, he can gain 0.8 units of chakra.

July 25th, Sunday.

After submitting all the tasks, under the influence of the warm energy, his strength officially broke through 10 points, and all his attributes were already above 10 points. His body seemed to have ushered in a new round of transformation.

[Personal Panel]

Name: Jing Bayun

Age: 7

Constitution: 12.6 (Endurance, Resistance, Recovery)

Strength: 10.2 (Weight, Attack, etc.)

Agility: 10.1 (Neural reaction, running speed)

Intelligence: 10.5 (learning ability, mental resilience)

Chakra: 19.6 (30 points to advance to Chunin)

Gold coins: 550

After all his attributes broke through 10 points, he felt his body inexplicably unified, presenting an incomparably perfect harmony.

Yakumo secretly resolved to maintain the balance of attributes as much as possible when allocating points in the future, so that his body would always maintain this perfect harmony and unity.

In recent sparring sessions, he has been able to easily handle Mori Masako's attacks, but in order to prevent her from discovering the truth, Yakumo has to pretend to be struggling every time they spar.

He didn't want to reveal the secret of his rapid improvement in physical attributes, even if the person was Mori Masako. Some secrets should always be kept hidden in one's heart.

Yakumo studied the panel and then looked at the remaining gold coins, as if another skill could also be improved today... Hatake Secret Manual.

Regarding the Hatake Secret Manual, he only used the gold coin acceleration once; the rest of his proficiency was gained through his tireless practice day and night.

Active: Hatake Secret Manual Beginner 380/400 'Acceleration'

Yakumo put on his shoes and came into the courtyard. He sat cross-legged, placed his ninja sword on his lap, and slowly closed his eyes to adjust his breathing.

He always felt that having a knife by his side would make it easier to understand the various mysteries of the Hatake Secret Manual, though this might just be his illusion.

"accelerate!"

Gold coins have been deducted. Enjoy the game!

Swish!Swish!Swish!

The image in his mind swung his sword year after year, day after day, until he began to control the chakra within his body in coordination with his sword techniques, thus creating a ninjutsu.

Yakumo opened his eyes, and just as he had expected, the accelerated flow of gold coins completed the section on chakra flow in the Hatake Secret Manual. Now he could finally be considered to have mastered the entire Hatake Secret Manual.

I'm really curious to see how Kakashi will react when I use the complete Hatake Secret Manual. I'll tell Kakashi that I'm a swordsmanship genius!

"call…"

Active: Hatake Secret Manual Proficiency 0/800 『Accelerate』

Yakumo wielded his sword and danced in the courtyard, the flashing blades forming an impenetrable net, no less imposing than Kakashi's display of power at the school training grounds in June.

Just then, a leaf drifted down in the wind. With a quick step, Yakumo arrived at the spot where the leaf had landed and slashed horizontally with his sword!

The leaf was cleaved in two by the blade, the cut smooth, while the rest of the leaf, even the fine veins, remained undamaged. This was truly a perfectly controlled slash.

To control the power of a single strike within a narrow margin.

When he stopped, he realized that due to the breakthrough of the Hatake Secret Manual, his agility had increased by three points, while his strength attribute had increased by one and a half points.

This scene confirmed his guess: the improvement of ninjutsu proficiency is due to the increase in power, while swordsmanship, taijutsu, and even ninjutsu will increase the corresponding attribute points according to the type of manual.

After a short rest, Yakumo began to swing his sword again. True proficiency comes from repetition, allowing the movements to become muscle memory, achieving perfect precision…

The process of becoming proficient is bound to be tedious and boring, but only in this way can one possibly reach... perfection.

Only then did he realize the true purpose of gold coins: they should be used when one cannot break through or gain proficiency through practice, rather than to save time.

Both the beginner and proficient levels can be improved through practice, without needing to spend precious gold coins. Only at the Perfection, Master, and above levels, where proficiency cannot be gained through cultivation, is using gold coins the most correct method.

Yakumo decided that from now on, of the 150 gold coins he would receive each day, 100 would be used to accelerate chakra refining, and the rest would be temporarily stored away.

In other words... using 700 gold coins per week will yield 5.6 units of chakra, with the remaining 1300 gold coins to be used in a unified manner when upgrading proficiency beyond perfection in the future.

Amidst the glittering stars, a young man wields his sword in the training field, his movements seemingly endless, like dance steps imbued with the essence of nature.

Over the next few days, Yakumo continued his training as planned. He began to spend more time on medical care, but also used more time after school to practice swordsmanship. Although he worked hard every day, his progress was quite remarkable.

The Ninja Academy had its usual three-day holiday in July. After the team had another meal together, they started training together. However, Obito Uchiha's Fireball Jutsu still hadn't made any progress, and Yakumo spent most of his time practicing the Hatake Secret Manual alone at home.

August arrived in the blink of an eye.

August 1st marks the start of a new month.

"Conquering Nature"

Venture deep into the Forest of Death and defeat the black and white giant bears.

Task Rewards: 3 attribute points, 1000 gold coins

Bonus Reward: Master Breakthrough Scroll

After a moment's thought, Yakumo decided to wait until the end of August to go to the Death Forest alone to look for the black and white giant bear. With another month to develop, he would be more confident in defeating the black and white giant bear.

Meanwhile, homeroom teacher Keisuke Shimizu announced some good news in class: with the help of Lady Tsunade and the Konoha Hospital, they decided to recruit a group of medical specialists from the Ninja Academy.

Requirements: Chakra nature can only be water or earth; candidates must possess some medical knowledge and be willing to forgo class time to study in-depth medical knowledge in the future.

After passing through layers of tests, these students will receive special subsidies and the qualification to train in medical ninjutsu, but they will also need to do internships at Konoha Hospital. In the future, they may even be accepted as disciples by Lady Tsunade.

This was the opportunity that Yakumo had been waiting for. Without any hesitation, he went directly to Shimizu Keisuke to register.

That afternoon, he received a notification that a test would be held on Tuesday morning, August 3rd, and the test content would involve basic medical care.

Nohara Rin and a very inconspicuous classmate also signed up at the same time as the first graders, and together with Yakumo, they were all the first graders who participated.

Chapter 26 Test

For the past two days, Yakumo has been reviewing books on basic medical care. The term "basic medical care" was coined by Tsunade and includes common medications, rapid hemostasis, battlefield emergency rescue, and rapid suturing.

These emergency rescues do not involve chakra; mastering these skills makes one a typical medical ninja.

Tuesday, August 3rd.

After his morning run, Yakumo asked Shimizu Keisuke for leave in the classroom office, explaining that he had taken a test and might not be able to return to school for classes that morning.

"Okay, go ahead." Shimizu Keisuke's reaction was as indifferent as ever, exuding an aura that kept people at arm's length.

The exam was held in a classroom on the second floor of Konoha Hospital.

Around 8:30, Yakumo arrived at the examination venue.

Nohara Rin waved her hand to indicate Yakumo's location, then went directly to her seat and began to close her eyes to rest.

At nine o'clock, two proctors entered the classroom.

"Ding ding ding."

Both examiners were wearing white doctor's coats. One of them was wearing a mask so her face couldn't be seen, but Yakumo could tell from her eyes and the skin around her eyes that she was not very old.

The other woman wore very thin frameless glasses and had a voluptuous figure that even a white coat couldn't hide, but her eyes were cold... sending chills down one's spine.

"Hello everyone, my name is Aoyama Reiko, and I am the chief proctor for this exam. There are twenty-three participants in this exam, and only the top eight will be able to participate in the next round of testing. In other words, no matter what your relationship is usually, when you sit here, you are only competitors." Her cool and calm voice echoed in the classroom, and everyone subconsciously remained silent.

"First, cheating on exams is allowed, provided I don't catch you. Otherwise, you'll be expelled immediately and it will affect your graduation grade from the Ninja Academy."

"Secondly, the person with the highest exam score will receive an A-rank ninjutsu as a reward, but the difficulty of the second exam will be increased."

"Thirdly, if the first place in the first test and the first place in the second test are the same person, there will be an opportunity to become Tsunade's apprentice!"

The third point immediately made everyone's eyes burn with fervor. Anyone who aspires to become a medical ninja would undoubtedly admire Tsunade the most.

She is the princess of Konoha, and the pinnacle of medical ninjas in the entire ninja world, a legend with the title of "Medical Saint".

"Now... I will distribute the test papers."

Aoyama Reiko moved with graceful steps, revealing a section of her smooth, flawless calf beneath the hem of her white coat, like the most beautiful scenery of summer.

Yakumo remained calm and composed, his gaze fixed straight ahead.

Pick up the exam paper directly.

The entire test consists of eight pages of basic medical knowledge, covering almost all aspects of basic medical knowledge. In other words, it's easy to get a high score, but very difficult to get a perfect score. Therefore, the purpose of this test is to select the eight people in the Ninja Academy with the most solid foundation in basic medical knowledge.

Yakumo began to write furiously. This level of exam was far too easy for him. The enhancement of his intelligence attribute gave him a memory ability far beyond that of ordinary people.

The image of a doctor with extremely strong medical skills but weak combat abilities is a good disguise, right...?