Konoha's Mission Master

Blue energy is gathering in mid-air from Sonic's body, gradually forming a blue energy cluster.

[Congratulations to the player: You have defeated Sonic the Hedgehog!]

[Note: Congratulations, player, you have gained four points of Agility.]

Yakumo was slightly taken aback. The blue energy ball had already rapidly merged into his body. At the same time, pure white steps emerged from the shattered earth beside him, the steps emitting a lustrous white light as if reminding Yakumo to embark on a new journey.

Looking at Sonic, who only had one line throughout the entire game, Yakumo felt somewhat fortunate that his thick hair had prevented Sonic from going into overdrive, otherwise the outcome would have been uncertain.

Yakumo gently tapped "Exit".

Light and shadow twist, time and space intersect.

Yakumo opened her eyes inside the wardrobe, got up, and lay down on the bed.

In his mind, he recalled the battle with Sonic. From the start of the battle, Yakumo had set the tone: ranged attrition, never a head-on confrontation. And he did indeed defeat Sonic the Hedgehog through attrition. Any mode of battle is a form of growth, and growth is about accumulating experience. When encountering such enemies again in the future, he can deal with them more calmly.

Yakumo recalled every detail of the battle, from the initial passive defense to the gradual counterattack, from Sonic's overwhelming strength to his gradual decline. The whole process lasted for three hours, which was a huge drain on both mental and physical strength, because between the two, whoever reached their limit first would lose.

Yakumo was able to sustain the battle and achieve final victory thanks to the low cost and high return of Compassion, which proves that Yakumo's initial choice was not wrong.

Water Bullet, this family-inherited ninjutsu, has indeed brought Yakumo great benefits. Although it is inconspicuous, it has played a role in turning the impossible into the possible in many battles. From Yotsuki Tenshin to Sasori, Chiyo, and the Third Raikage, this ninjutsu has had an unexpected effect.

Half an hour has passed.

Yakumo sat up, opened the game system, and began to improve his attributes, adding four points to his agility.

This will be a huge boost, and my heart is gradually becoming warm.

Agility: 51.2 + (Neural reaction, running speed)

After calming down, Yakumo subtly moved his fingers and pointed to the plus sign in the void. In fact, if he wanted to add points, he only needed to imagine it in his mind. Yakumo did this just to add some sense of ritual.

After all, life needs some sense of ritual.

The next second, a surge of warm energy suddenly appeared in his body. This energy flowed into his leg muscles and nervous system, gradually strengthening them. His leg muscles became firmer, as if they were made of steel when taut, and his nerve reaction speed also increased rapidly. At this moment, the movement of everything around him became extremely slow in Yakumo's eyes.

Most importantly, this process of improvement is extremely comfortable, making one gradually forget oneself, feeling as if floating on air. The warm energy does not dissipate, but seems to be gradually becoming surging and powerful, turning into a torrent that impacts the muscles and nerves in the body.

After about ten minutes, once the body has calmed down.

With a slight effort, Yakumo leaped several meters, almost crashing into the wall. This was a side effect of his agility being greatly enhanced. Yakumo jumped from the window into the courtyard and began to throw punches simply. There were no special moves; he was just getting used to his body. Sometimes slow, sometimes extremely fast, sometimes as slow as a snail, sometimes as swift as lightning.

A joyful smile spread across Yakumo's face. This power was the driving force behind his continuous efforts to complete game missions, and the feeling of constantly becoming stronger was truly captivating to him.

As time passed, Yakumo's punches became incredibly swift, golden lightning igniting his body and illuminating the night sky. His punches lacked any set pattern; he simply threw punches at will, creating continuous sonic booms.

This kind of punch should be called "blindly hitting around".

In the courtyard, Yakumo practiced his fist techniques for about ten minutes and regained control of his body. Of course, he was still quite far from fully mastering it. He planned to practice with his sword for the next few days to gradually refine his skills. After a few days, perhaps he would be able to unleash his full fighting power.

As the electric arc dissipated, Yakumo exerted a little force with her feet, intending to jump directly into the bedroom through the window. However, she accidentally used too much force and her body crashed straight into the wall on the window frame. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Yakumo grabbed the windowsill with her hands and used her arms to forcefully hang herself in mid-air, finally swinging into the bedroom.

"What a pity, what a pity that my boxing skills are destined to be lost."

Yakumo lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, her heart filled with overwhelming joy.

Overnight, his agility attribute increased by seven points!

Moreover, half of the original goal has been achieved, and now only the exploration of the dungeon remains. So Yakumo sat up, went to the desk, and took out a blank scroll.

Yakumo began to organize the knowledge and skills about the Hatake Secret Manual in his mind. He planned to deliver the scroll to the Hatake residence tomorrow and give it to Uncle Sakumo and Kakashi. It was with Uncle Sakumo's permission and Kakashi's help that Yakumo was able to obtain the precious inheritance and eventually improve it to the Hatake Secret Manual we have today. After all, we should not forget the people who dug the well when we drink the water.

As the sun rose on the horizon, announcing the arrival of a new day, Yakumo stretched and put down his pen. The revised Hatake Secret Manual had reached a staggering 50,000 words, incorporating almost all of Yakumo's sword techniques and skills.

The shadow clone served breakfast at just the right time, and Yakumo began to enjoy it at his desk, regaining his energy.

After lunch, Yakumo got up, washed up quickly, and went out for his daily morning run.

After my morning run.

Yakumo returned home and lay down on the bed to sleep.

When I got up again, I was full of energy.

When one possesses extraordinary strength, one can control oneself to enter a deeper state of sleep, which is two to three times more efficient than normal sleep. It is extremely useful, but the downside is that one will temporarily lose awareness of their surroundings and can only use it under the cover of shadow clones.

After getting up and washing up, Yakumo changed into her lab coat and headed to the medical research lab on the fourth floor of Konoha Hospital. If nothing unexpected happened, Tsunade had already joined this groundbreaking research project at Reiko Aoyama's invitation.

Yakumo pushed open the door to the research lab, and the two people inside immediately looked up.

"Oh no, there's murderous intent!"

Yakumo immediately became alert, looked at Tsunade whose face was frosty, and immediately began to explain in a somewhat obsequious manner.

“Master, although this research is somewhat disrespectful to the First Hokage, you must believe that this research will benefit the entire Hidden Leaf Village, and even the entire ninja world.”

"Um... Yakumo, you've misunderstood."

Reiko Aoyama adjusted her glasses and spoke with a hint of helplessness.

"Misunderstand?"

"Why are you only inviting me to join this experiment now, which would be of great benefit to Konoha? Do you think of your teacher as someone who lacks a sense of the big picture and cannot distinguish right from wrong?"

Tsunade asked coldly, and the air in the room seemed to drop several degrees because of her anger.

"How could that be! Of course not! It's just that the research we did some time ago was something that my sister Qingshan and I could have solved quite well. Now we've hit a bottleneck, which is why we had to ask our master for help."

Faced with Yakumo's slightly ingratiating words, Tsunade's anger subsided slightly. In fact, she wasn't that angry; she was just annoyed by Yakumo and Aoyama Reiko's secret plotting and abandoning her.

Now, all Tsunade remembers is that Yakumo and Aoyama Reiko have once again hidden something from her because of something. One is her apprentice, and the other is her best friend. The two closest people... are treating her like an outsider?

"Shall we...continue our research?"

"Let's begin." Tsunade snorted coldly.

In the research lab, the three began working on different tasks, and Tsunade quickly understood why Reiko Aoyama called this research a miracle.

After Yakumo removed the residual will of Hashirama's cells, the most direct benefit was the reduction in the barrier to entry for their use. Originally, only those with Kage-level strength could afford them, but now they are suitable for almost everyone.

This is a miraculous cell that is versatile and has very few side effects.

By afternoon, Tsunade had begun grafting experiments on mice, while Reiko Aoyama was cultivating the missing left arm of the first volunteer, Ryosuke Yoshimura, based on his cell sample. This volunteer had lost his left arm and his ability to be a ninja during World War II, and spent his days drinking and being depressed.

When he heard that there was a way to restore his lost arm, he rushed to sign up almost without hesitation. There were many such people in Konoha Village. Since the news was released in the morning, the number of people who signed up for the first round has reached three hundred. Yoshimura Ryosuke is one of the lucky ones among these three hundred people.

Tsunade estimated that it would take about fifteen days to cultivate the life cells in the arm. During this time, everyone could confirm whether the life cells were absolutely safe by examining the mice. However, it would be hard on those cute mice during this period.

After leaving Konoha Hospital, Yakumo first went to Konoha Cemetery to guide Yukotsu Chiyuki's training. Under his encouragement, Yukotsu Chiyuki made remarkable progress and had reached the threshold for formally training the Hatake Secret Technique. Yakumo decided to spend another thirty days or so to solidify his foundation before formally beginning to teach him the Hatake Secret Technique.

At 9 p.m., Yakumo went to the Hatake residence as planned, intending to have dinner there and give Kakashi the improved version of the Hatake Secret Scroll. At that moment, the Hatake father and son were having dinner at the stone table, and Yakumo skillfully added a bowl and chopsticks for himself.

Dinner at the Hatake family's house was very simple.

The ceramic pot contained only simple green vegetables, enoki mushrooms, mushrooms, and a small amount of beef. Around it were two soup bowls containing miso soup and a large pot of rice.

This was the dinner of the Hatake father and son. It was relatively simple, but it was Hatake Sakumo's consistent style. He used his extra money to help his subordinates who were struggling financially. He always kept a low profile and was very modest when it came to himself. This was the reason why Yakumo respected him so much.

Yakumo took out the beef he had prepared in advance from his storage scroll to give the father and son an extra meal, but no one spoke. This was also a characteristic of Hatake Sakumo: taciturn.

Half an hour later, Sakumo Hatake finished the miso soup at the bottom of his bowl, wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth with a tissue, turned to look at Yakumo, and calmly began to speak.

"You're here?"

"coming."

Upon hearing this, Yakumo slowly swallowed the beef in his mouth, raised his head, and replied.

Their gazes quietly converged on the beef in the pot.

The war is about to start.

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Currently, only Yakumo and Kakashi are still eating. The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously began a speed contest, their bamboo chopsticks flashing in and out of the pot like sharp blades. Kakashi and Yakumo were locked in a fierce battle, but Yakumo's speed was clearly superior, with almost 80% of the beef in the pot ending up in his mouth.

Yakumo put down his chopsticks with satisfaction, then looked at Kakashi with a hint of provocation, as if to say that he was still a long way from competing with him.

With a snap.

Kakashi piled the dishes together and began to clean. It was said that the old lady who was in charge of cleaning had fallen while cleaning the dishes a while ago, so Sakumo Hatake relieved her of her job and let her enjoy her old age in the Hatake mansion. Since then, the job of washing dishes has fallen to Kakashi.

"The shadow clone can do the dishes, so the main body can use the time to cultivate for a few more minutes."

Upon hearing this, Kakashi's eyes lit up, as if a new world had opened up in an instant. He quickly formed hand seals, and a shadow clone appeared. He reluctantly picked up the bowl and chopsticks, while looking at Yakumo with some resentment.

A few minutes later, the three of them drank barley tea brewed by Kakashi's shadow clone, and gradually lay down.

Sakumo Hatake, holding his teacup, looked at Yakumo, indicating that he could begin to get down to business.

"bump."

A huge scroll was placed on the table by Yakumo. The ink on the vertical seal of the scroll was fresh, and it read "Hatake Secret Scripture".

Yakumo pushed the scroll in front of Hatake Sakumo and began to speak.

"This is my improved version of the Hatake Secret Manual, incorporating some of my own understanding." Upon hearing this, Kakashi's expression became somewhat strange. He recalled the secret manual of less than five thousand words passed down in his family, and looking at the huge scroll in front of him, he felt a sense of unreality. By conservative estimates, the scroll contained at least twenty thousand words.

"Okay, then I'll take it."

Sakumo Hatake spoke first, without much formality.

Before Yakumo rose to prominence, Hatake Sakumo taught him the Hatake Secret Manual without reservation, saving Yakumo more than 10,000 gold coins in the early stages when gold coins were extremely important. Now that Yakumo's strength has increased, it is only natural that he would help Hatake Sakumo in return.

"The bounty on Orochimaru from Iwagakure has been sent to Konoha's finance department. After deducting Konoha's share, there should be around 150 million left. You said you would donate 90 million to Konoha's finance department, so what do you plan to do with the remaining 60 million?"

Sakumo Hatake said solemnly, "As for the scroll containing Yakumo's complete understanding of swordsmanship, he did not look at it immediately. For him, such precious knowledge naturally requires studying it all night long."

“In that case, let’s give 30 million to help Anko. After Orochimaru’s death… she probably doesn’t have much money left.” Yakumo thought for a moment and said to Hatake Sakumo.

"Mitarashi Azuko?" Sakumo Hatake asked.

"Yes."

"If I'm not mistaken, she should be richer than you, after all, her father was once an elite Jonin of Konoha."

Yakumo was a little stunned; he had forgotten about that. After thinking for a moment, he continued.

"Then let's donate 30 million to the Konoha Orphanage."

"On behalf of Konoha, I thank you for your contributions."

"......"