Konoha's Mission Master

“I know…the cemetery caretaker.”

"But he didn't tell me what was going on. He just said he would tell me in person when I returned with the army."

Yakumo nodded, a multitude of thoughts flashing through his mind.

The two arrived at their home.

Yakumo saw a figure squatting at the door.

It is indeed... a sorrowful heart amidst a thousand snowflakes.

Clearly, he had been waiting there for quite some time.

"Yakumo-sama..."

You Gu Qianxue immediately stood up, but her expression was somewhat complicated.

"Mori Masako, you should go home now..."

Yakumo withdrew his right hand and gently patted Masako Mori's back.

You Gu Qianxue's sudden arrival made him feel uneasy...

After Masako Mori turned into the courtyard, Yakumo gestured for Chiyuki to speak.

"Lord Yakumo, I discovered that your parents' graves appeared to have been robbed on a night several months ago..."

Yakumo remained outwardly calm.

"Let's go, let's go take a look at the cemetery first."

Yakumo did not hold a grudge against Yukotsu Chiyuki because of this.

On the way, Yakumo learned from Yukotsu Chiyuki that he had deduced that Yakumo's parents' graves might have been robbed by analyzing the extent of the soil subsidence, but he had not opened the cemetery to check.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at the small hill in the cemetery.

As night deepened, the temperature near the cemetery became rather chilly. This location was far from Konoha... with only a few sparse lights in the far distance. And... Yukotsu Chiyuki had lived in this environment for a long time.

Yakumo quickly jumped up the hillside and arrived at his parents' graves.

He pressed his hand on the tombstone... and an invisible wave spread out.

Subtly sensing the situation beneath the tombstone.

"It is completely empty."

A few minutes later, Yukotsu Chiyuki arrived at Yakumo's side, covered in sweat.

His face showed a mixture of anticipation and panic.

Yakumo gently shook his head.

He has confirmed that his parents' graves are empty.

His right fist clenched instantly, and anger gradually rose like flames.

With a thud, Yougu Qianxue knelt directly on the ground.

From the instinct of life... he sensed a terrifying pressure descending.

This feeling is like a young rabbit facing an elephant, even though... the other party doesn't show any malice, but is still afraid just because of its huge body.

"Lord Yakumo, please forgive me."

Almost instantly, his head hit the ground.

His face was filled with fear.

After calming down, Yakumo felt a little embarrassed. His anger was not directed at Yukotsu Chiyuki, but the uncontrollable pressure he unleashed still made Yukotsu Chiyuki kneel on the ground.

After all, the reason I paid Yougu Qianxue 200,000 was just to have him do some extra cleaning. As for other things... they were none of Yougu Qianxue's business.

Yakumo bent down to help Yukotsu Chiyuki up and used her palm magic to heal the wound on her forehead.

"I know this matter has nothing to do with you."

Yakumo looked at Chiyuki's face, which was full of guilt and sorrow, and comforted her.

"This is not your fault."

Yakumo turned around and followed the mountain path down the mountain. Finally, the two arrived in front of Yukotsu Chiyuki's wooden house, which was very dark inside.

"I think I should repay you..."

Yakumo spoke very seriously.

At the same time, he gently patted Yougu Qianxue's shoulder.

If it weren't for Yukoku Chiyuki's notification, he might never have realized this, since he wouldn't be so idle as to use sensory ninjutsu to check on his parents' ashes...

"This... I am unworthy of it."

You Gu Qianxue shook her head firmly and said.

"Want to become a ninja?"

"think…"

You Gu Qianxue raised her head again, and instantly felt a surge of pleasure.

Yakumo left a chakra refining scroll and a few simple ninjutsu techniques for Yukotsu Chiyuki before leaving.

Walking through the streets of Konoha, Yakumo's expression suddenly changed.

From indifference to anger and twisted emotions, a raging fire burns within.

This is an irreconcilable feud.

Yakumo confirmed…

This must have been Orochimaru's doing!

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Chapter 194 The Real Copy, The Sword of Glory

Go home.

Yakumo had already composed herself. After a quick wash, she immediately began completing her daily and weekly tasks.

early morning.

Yakumo lay on the bed and created shadow clones to keep watch.

He then took out... the Lord of Despair's Blessing from his storage scroll.

Under the light, the gray crystals on the surface were almost transparent, and Yakumo could clearly see the energy flowing slowly within them, as if this energy became more active at night.

Yakumo separated his chakra to contact the crystal.

The balance was instantly shattered, and the translucent crystals began to melt gradually.

The dark gray energy, like a wild beast unleashed, instantly entered Yakumo's body, spreading and permeating his limbs and bones.

The temperature of the body surface gradually rises and becomes scalding hot.

The skin turned red, like a roasted shrimp.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts..."

Yakumo gritted his teeth, curled his body into a ball, hugged his knees tightly with both hands, and bit a piece of the blanket in his mouth, his cheeks bulging with veins.

If there is a single, desperate situation, one must not have experienced the cycle of birth and death in all directions.

At this moment, Yakumo suddenly understood... the so-called power of desperate situations is the process of constantly facing death and being reborn. The more you can endure the pain of shattered bones, the more obvious the effect of this enhancement will be.

One minute, two minutes…

The pain of shattered bones gradually transformed into the pain of being bitten by countless insects.

Every second felt like an eternity to Yakumo, yet he still had no intention of giving up. The torment that couldn't kill him only made him stronger, and his stubborn and obstinate nature was fully unleashed...

His eyes gradually became bloodshot.

Three minutes later, the pain of being bitten by thousands of insects turned into the pain of having one's heart ripped out.

This pain is much more intense and unbearable.

After an unknown amount of time, Yakumo was drenched in sweat.

The physical torture gradually drove Yakumo into a daze.

"Give up, don't persist anymore..."

"It's only been a few months..."

"Why go through so much hardship? Why suffer so much pain?"

A seductive, illusory voice emerged from the void, constantly shaking Yakumo's will, and gradually increasing the pressure on his mind.

Yakumo seemed to be still alive, but he was living a life worse than death.

The endless torment led him to want to give up...

A thick, leaden-gray fog rose from inside the house, and an evil roar spread.

Fight poison with poison!

Under the influence of the dense fog, Yakumo's mind became clear, and even the intense physical pain seemed to lessen considerably; everything was moving in a positive direction.

Five minutes later, the pain suddenly doubled.

Heart gouged out, bones shattered, and countless insects gnawing at it.

Yakumo ultimately chose to give up…

The excruciating pain vanished in an instant, leaving only the sweat-soaked bed as a testament to what had just happened.

Yakumo sat up, first rinsing off the sweat, then changing the wet bedding on the bed and throwing it into a basin for her shadow clone to wash, while her real body lay back down on the bed.

He held his hands in front of his eyes, the torment still fresh in his memory, and he even somewhat loved the feeling of becoming stronger through pain. But the memory of that feeling was becoming illusory and blurry at an extremely fast pace.

Yakumo brings up the game interface.

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