Konoha's Mission Master

Yakumo even speculated that Orochimaru might have already planned to defect from Konoha before signing the pledge.

Sacrifice... Otsutsuki clan... Chakra beast... Otsutsuki clan.

"The user of chakra...not its master."

Yakumo suddenly remembered this sentence.

Could it be... that he already knows about the Otsutsuki clan?

In his previous life, Yakumo had watched the anime, but unfortunately, he only watched it in snippets, and there were many omissions in the plot. Even though he pieced together the main storyline of Naruto almost perfectly through a certain forum and Douyin, he still dared not relax in the slightest.

Because...this is a real world.

It has now been proven that the evil god that exists in Hidan's faith is real, and has even descended upon the ninja world through Orochimaru's sacrifice.

The cells of Hashirama Senju.

Okudo's energy... and Ryuchi Cave snake cells?

Yakumo took out a scroll and began to analyze and record the characteristics of Orochimaru that he had observed.

…ten minutes later.

Yakumo wrote that it has extremely strong vitality and is difficult to kill.

The rest lack sufficient information.

He had a feeling that he and Orochimaru were destined to fight in the future.

As midnight approached, Yakumo put away the scroll.

He crawled into the wardrobe and entered the arena to hone his swordsmanship with Miyamoto Musashi.

The next day, early in the morning.

With the cooperation of Konoha's Anbu, Yakumo gained temporary command of the army and immediately ordered the Konoha army to begin an orderly withdrawal. Meanwhile, the Iwagakure army, led by Onoki, also began to retreat.

With that, Iwagakure retreated.

The Hidden Cloud Village sought peace with the Hidden Leaf Village and sent a delegation for negotiations.

That afternoon, the Konoha army left the Land of Grass.

Meanwhile, the Iwagakure army left the Land of Grass.

The Cloud Village army left the Land of Hot Springs.

The third war has now come to an end.

In this three-war series, Konoha emerged as the sole victor.

But everyone understands that the person who deserves the most credit in this war is not Sakumo Hatake, who oversaw everything from the rear, nor Hiruzen Sarutobi, the main commander of the Sunagakure battlefield, nor Jiraiya or Orochimaru.

It was him, that boy, Iori Yakumo.

From the beginning of the war, from Chiyo to the Third Raikage.

From the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to the 300-meter-tall Thousand-Armed Buddha.

Yakumo successfully ascended to the position of the strongest ninja in the world.

From then on, the strongest ninja in the ninja world had a new name.

With his blessing, Konoha achieved its only victory.

For the next thirty years, four major powers will live in the shadows.

The next day, Yakumo and the advance team had already returned to Konoha.

In Konoha Village, many women stood waiting for their families to return. As the advance troops dispersed, the dark clouds in some people's hearts dissipated, and smiles appeared on their faces, but others gradually despaired.

But when they heard that this was just the advance team, and that there were still logistics and wounded soldiers behind them, the flame of hope in their eyes was rekindled. But only Yakumo knew the truth.

Two-thirds of these people are destined to be disappointed. At least two-thirds of them will remain forever on that grassland, that plain, that battlefield in the great battle that took place in the Land of Grass and the Hidden Stone Village.

This is everything, because of Orochimaru.

As Yakumo walked down the street, many people were quietly weeping.

The joy in my heart vanished completely.

What has war ultimately brought to the world?

It seems that... it is always these ordinary people who suffer.

Yakumo even felt a pang of regret.

After all, he had the ability to stop Orochimaru's sacrifice in advance, but out of a desire to avoid trouble, he evaded potential responsibility.

There were two reasons why he didn't make a decision at the time.

Firstly, Orochimaru was the true commander appointed by Konoha.

Secondly, he did not know how to command a battle.

Suddenly, a game notification sound rang out.

[Hint: Third stage of the war mission, settlement complete.]

[First Ring, Sand Village War, Overall Rating: S]

[Second Ring, Cloud Shadow War, Overall Rating: SS]

[Third Ring, Iwagakure War, Overall Rating: SSS]

[Hint: Overall rating for the war mission: SS]

Congratulations to the player for obtaining the title: Battlefield Dominator.

Yakumo calmly pointed to the annotations of the game system.

Title Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.

"Is this...extra reward really reasonable?"

At this moment, the War Merit Shop reopens.

Yakumo now possesses…

Merit Points: 98750

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Chapter 193 Beauty and the Flames of Anger

Konoha Street.

Yakumo casually found a bench and sat down.

This bench is about three meters long and is made of wood. It looks very old, as if it existed when Konoha was first established.

On the wooden slats of the bench, confessions of young men and wishes of young women were written, as well as the sorrowful aspirations of frustrated ninjas.

Merit Points: 98750

At the same time, open the Battle Merit Shop.

Actually, there was something that Yakumo had been eyeing for a long time, but unfortunately, he was always a little short of the merit points he could get from the first two rounds of war missions, and at the same time, Yakumo had no intention of killing enemies to farm points.

Scroll directly to the last column of the Battle Merit Shop.

The Gift of the Lord of Despair

Item Description: Randomly increases 3-7 attribute points.

Item Price: 88888 Merit Points

Remaining: unique.

Yakumo makes a quick exchange.

The next second, a gray crystal appeared in my hand.

The Lord of Despair's Gift is hexagonal in shape, with a light gray, semi-transparent crystal exterior. Dark gray energy can be faintly seen flowing inside, but for some reason, Yakumo feels that this energy is extremely dangerous.

Yakumo flicked the surface of the crystal with his finger, confirming that the energy crystal had excellent hardness and would not break easily, before storing it in his storage scroll.

Merit points: 98750 - 88888 → 9862

Next, purchase 16 pieces of Essence Stone.

Merit Points: 262

Yakumo closed the game interface and quietly gazed at the sky.

"Meow meow meow~"

Suddenly, I heard a cat meowing.

That was the sound of the milk ball.

Yakumo turned her head to the side...

Under the sunlight, Masako Mori was running towards them at an extremely fast speed.

Yakumo subconsciously stood up, and the next second the girl's body crashed into his arms. Mori Masako hugged Yakumo tightly, tears involuntarily streaming down her face.

"You must never leave me again in the future."

"Okay...okay."

Yakumo whispered words of comfort, gently placing his hand on Mori Masako's back, his tears instantly soaking his shoulder.

Time passed slowly until Masako Mori stopped crying.

Yakumo gently pushed her away.

The two sat on a bench. Masako Mori glanced at Yakumo's shoulder, which was wet with her tears, and lowered her head in shame, looking at her toes.

“A few days ago I ordered two bouquets of flowers from the Mountain Clan’s flower shop. One bouquet is purple Phalaenopsis orchids, which are Uncle Jing’s favorite, and the other bouquet is carnations for Auntie.”

"Thank you."

Yakumo was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected that Masako Mori would remember that her father liked purple orchids. After all, there were dozens of different kinds of flowers planted in that small courtyard back then. Unfortunately, with the outbreak of war, those flowers lost their caretakers and gradually withered away.

"Hi...you're welcome."