Konoha's Mission Master

Yakumo's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, as if she had fallen into Hatake Sakumo's trap. But as Kakashi's shadow clone brought out the fruit platter, Yakumo immediately forgot about what had just happened and started eating the watermelon with gusto. Fortunately, her stomach was strong enough that she didn't have to worry about stomach pain caused by the sudden change between extreme cold and heat.

After chatting for a few minutes, Yakumo got up and went to the training ground to spar with Kakashi. After Sakumo Hatake became the Fourth Hokage and stopped going out on missions, the Hatake family heirloom, the Short Blade White Fang, was completely handed over to Kakashi. At this moment, the two sparred quickly in the training ground. Sparks flew from the point where the two short blades clashed, briefly illuminating the night sky. Kakashi became stronger, and the transitions between his sword moves became more fluid. He grasped the timing of his thrusts, stabs, and slashes perfectly.

However, Yakumo remained completely calm in the face of Kakashi's attacks, as if he were guiding Kakashi in his training. Yakumo's composure in advancing and retreating, as well as the nonchalant look on his face, greatly stimulated Kakashi's proud heart. However, he relied on his willpower to forcefully calm his impatience, and his White Fang swung with even greater power.

The two separated, and Kakashi bent down slightly, lowered his center of gravity, and started running with his legs, leaving thin white lines in the void. During the run, Kakashi suddenly changed his move, abruptly transforming his original slash into a straight thrust aimed at Yakumo's shoulder.

Yakumo naturally saw through Kakashi's little trick. He suddenly raised his Jade Pendant and blocked Kakashi's charged attack. The blades of the two weapons clashed heavily, scattering bright sparks. At the same time, Yakumo exerted his strength to make the Jade Pendant entangle White Fang. He suddenly swung it and threw Kakashi's body away. Unexpectedly, Kakashi used his legs to propel himself up with the force of Yakumo's strength, leaping high into the air, creating a silver arc in mid-air.

The next second, Kakashi gathered his strength in mid-air, gripping the White Fang with both hands and slashing down at Yakumo. In mid-air, besides the silver arc, a straight silver line appeared. Yakumo exerted a slight force, raising the Jade Sword one notch, placing it precisely in the path of the silver line. The blades clashed again, the sparks illuminating Yakumo's face. Kakashi once more saw those calm, still eyes, gleaming with golden light in the night.

With a powerful swing of his right arm, Yakumo flung Kakashi away once more. Kakashi adjusted his stance mid-air, landing smoothly, and propelled himself backward into the darkness to hide. Yakumo, gripping the jade pendant, stood calmly in the center of the training field, seemingly unconcerned by Kakashi's attack. His imposing figure was like an unshakeable mountain, silently lying in wait, yet also like the breath of waves.

Suddenly, a dark figure appeared behind Yakumo, thrusting a bright white short blade at his back without hesitation. Yakumo countered with a backhand strike, using the Jade Blade to strike the White Fang Blade. An immense, terrifying force was unleashed, sending Kakashi flying. This time, Yakumo used a force slightly exceeding Kakashi's tolerance, causing him some pain. Kakashi's body crashed to the ground, covered in dust, but he quickly got back up.

In the distance, Sakumo Hatake, who was watching the battle, gently shook his head. Kakashi was still somewhat immature. In Sakumo Hatake's opinion, Kakashi's talent had already surpassed his own when he was young. However, Yakumo, who was sparring with Kakashi, had talent and strength that were somewhat unusual.

In the training ground, Yakumo and Kakashi clashed once again. Kakashi launched continuous attacks while Yakumo defended with his sword. However, Yakumo firmly controlled the rhythm of the battle, and Kakashi never had a chance. A few minutes later, Kakashi took an unexpected turn, brandishing his White Fang and charging into Yakumo's defensive circle. The distance between the two became extremely close, which could be described as hand-to-hand combat. The frequency of their weapon clashes gradually increased, while Yakumo simply defended. His black Jade Sword formed an invisible barrier that was impenetrable.

The sparring session became somewhat dangerous at this moment. Even Sakumo Hatake, who was watching the match, subconsciously stood up and even moved closer to the training ground, intending to save Kakashi at the crucial moment.

Ding!Ding!

The crisp sound of weapons clashing was continuous, sparks swirling around their bodies, and both could feel the deadly sharpness of each other's weapons, as if they were dancing on the tip of a blade.

This was a breathtaking dance. Yakumo controlled Kaiyoku like superglue, sticking it to Shiroya, while simultaneously influencing Kakashi's attacks with her swordplay. Under this guidance, Kakashi was forced to begin to comprehend Yakumo's swordplay and attack patterns, and unconsciously, he seemed to sense the possibility of further advancement in his swordsmanship.

Yakumo sheathed his sword, but Kakashi didn't stop, continuing to swing his sword rapidly on the training ground.

"Let's go."

"Thank you."

Sakumo Hatake could naturally see Kakashi's unusual state, after all, he had experienced this state before. This was a sign that the Hatake Secret Manual had reached a new level. Back then, he had comprehended the Sharpness of the Wind in this state. He wondered what Kakashi, whose talent surpassed his own, could comprehend.

Sakumo Hatake's eyes lit up with anticipation.

Yakumo waved to Sakumo Hatake, then abruptly stopped.

"I'm taking leave next month."

"how long?"

Sakumo Hatake immediately suppressed his smile and put on a businesslike, ugly face. As the strongest fighting force of Konoha and the Fourth Hokage, Sakumo Hatake naturally did not want Yakumo to leave the village rashly.

"About a month."

Yakumo instantly vanished, giving Hatake Sakumo no chance to refuse.

Go home.

After a quick wash, Yakumo began her daily and weekly tasks.

It wasn't until 2 a.m. that Yakumo lay down in bed to rest, while simultaneously planning the next day in his mind.

In the corner, the shadow clone was reading a book about cell culture. This was a valuable database left by Orochimaru, containing all the knowledge he had accumulated over the past twenty years. Yakumo was studying it voraciously, as if standing on the shoulders of a giant, quickly mastering the medical knowledge related to cell culture and proliferation.

The next day, early in the morning.

Yakumo stood up and dispelled his shadow clone.

Suddenly, Yakumo had many more memories. These memories were like colorful building blocks, which eventually piled up in his mind to form a castle called cell proliferation, cultivation, and fusion. With his eyes closed, his straight body gradually lay back on the bed. He was experiencing and absorbing this castle, but the complexity of this castle far exceeded Yakumo's imagination. At this moment, he had to admit that Orochimaru was a genius, but it was this knowledge that became the cornerstone for building that bloody ritual.

Knowledge is both a blessing and a curse.

Half an hour later, Yakumo sat up again. He planned to compile this knowledge into a book for Tsunade and Reiko Aoyama to study. After all, knowledge itself is not wrong; it is only when people who possess knowledge use it in completely different fields that knowledge is divided into good and evil.

After a simple breakfast prepared by his shadow clone, Yakumo left home and resumed his regular and rhythmic life. He used his shadow clone to classify and treat patients at Konoha Hospital, and at night he gave guidance to Yukotsu Chiyuki at the Konoha Cemetery. After returning home, he had to undergo about half an hour of physical treatment and examination with Mori Masako, and finally had a half-hour sparring session before starting to complete his daily and weekly tasks.

Three days later, Yakumo compiled Orochimaru's knowledge into a book and gave it to Aoyama Reiko and Tsunade to study. The effect of this knowledge was indeed remarkable. Soon after they started studying it, the three of them began to rapidly increase their research speed on life cells.

With the efforts of the three, success was within reach.

In the last ten days of the 43rd year of Konoha, the research and development of life cells was nearing completion thanks to the efforts of the three. After all, Aoyama Reiko, Tsunade and Yakumo basically represented the pinnacle of medical ninjutsu in the ninja world. With the three of them working together, they were creating another miracle on top of the pinnacle!

From compatibility to cultivation speed, from side effects to skeletal connections, countless problems were overcome under the master-level Palm Healing Technique. During this period, Tsunade's Palm Healing Technique achieved a breakthrough, reaching the master level.

Furthermore, with the Yin Seal as its core, Tsunade began to refine her combat system, and her strength gradually developed towards its peak. However, according to Tsunade, the remaining two core ninjutsu still need about two years to be perfected.

Tsunade generously shared her thoughts and ideas with the two of them, and during this time, Aoyama Reiko, with her powerful chakra manipulation ability, successfully mastered the extremely difficult Yin Seal, and her strength was also improving rapidly.

At the same time, he smiled much more often.

As Yakumo's research on life cells came to an end, he chose to retire gracefully. After all, there was still one goal he had set after defeating Orochimaru that he hadn't completed: the exploration and development of the dungeon world. The Dao scrolls obtained from the dungeons were directly related to the improvement of his future strength.

Currently, Yakumo has two directions of exploration.

Firstly, there's the Sea Overlord Series III: Redemption of the King, which he recently acquired. However, what puzzled Yakumo was that this Series III couldn't be previewed beforehand. The specific mission requirements and rewards could only be obtained after entering the instance. In other words, the difficulty and rewards of this instance were unknown, making it a gamble.

Secondly, there's the remaining dungeon draw privilege, which Yakumo plans to use tonight. After obtaining the new dungeon, he'll decide which quest to explore.

After saying goodnight to Masako Mori, Yakumo returned to her room and began her daily and weekly tasks at the table. After completing the tasks and quickly washing up, she lay in bed and opened the game system interface. The New Year's event popped up instantly, but unfortunately, it didn't offer much new content; it was mostly repetitive items and props.

Yakumo still clicked the button for the New Year's limited edition. The moment she clicked it, colorful flashing lights came into Yakumo's eyes. As the lights gradually dimmed, familiar words popped up instantly, full of sales pitch.

"Brand new rewards, generous items."

"No being fooled, no losing out, everything is discounted."

[New Year Limited-Time Shop Opens!]

At this time, it was already the forty-fourth year of Konoha.

Yakumo's six months of accumulation...

Gold coins: 105800.

Nowadays,

He wants to give it a try, spending 100000 a day!

He wants to see the limits of the New Year's store!

PS: Requesting monthly votes.

Chapter 212 Game Bug, Demon Slayer

Calmly, Yakumo focused his attention on the New Year's shops.

Start shopping, with a big wave of the hand.

Two Grandmaster-level Breakthrough Scrolls available. Take them without hesitation.

Gold coins: 105800 → 79800.

Blood Enchantment Stones, six in total, I'll take them, though it hurts a little.

Gold coins: 79800 → 19800.

Twenty-four essence stones, take them, we're completely exhausted.

Gold coins: 19800 → 600.

At that moment, Yakumo felt like he was just a poor guy.

So, Yakumo simply closed the New Year's shop.

Under the warm orange light, Fumo was drawn from its scabbard, and a silvery glow quietly filled the bedroom. Yakumo placed Fumo on the table beside him.

At the same time, he took out six blood-red crystals, Blood Enchantment Stones.

You can use up to ten enchantment stones.

This represents an upper limit, but also a limitation.

Yakumo's mind stirred slightly, and he lightly tapped "Use" on the weapon interface.

The six enchanted stones gradually dispersed, enveloping the Demon-Subduing Blade in a thick, viscous blood-like liquid. Strands of crimson energy seeped into the blade, and a faint stench of blood permeated the bedroom. As time passed, the crimson liquid thinned and eventually disappeared completely into the Demon-Subduing Blade.

On the blade, the original four bloodstains seemed to come alive, twisting and deforming, eventually forming a somewhat ferocious blood hand pattern on the back of the blue star, together with the newly generated six bloodstains.

Yakumo stared at the blood-hand pattern with a sense of curiosity.

[Hint: The player gains the Blood Shadow's Praise effect.]

[Blood Shadow's Praise: When a player is near death from damage, a temporary invulnerability effect is triggered, increasing their lifesteal percentage to 80% for the next three seconds. Damage dealt during this time is converted into energy in proportion, healing the player's body.]

[Note: This ability can only be triggered once a month.]

This is the skill derived from the perfect enchantment. It is extremely powerful and can be called an invincible skill. However, it also has some flaws. If you fail to attack the enemy and absorb energy within three seconds, you will still be low on health or on the verge of death after three seconds, unless you have a highly effective potion.

Bali immediately thought of Hashirama cells. After the will was removed, the life cells showed extremely strong healing and repair capabilities. Perhaps they could be developed into a powerful drug with instant healing capabilities. At present, the healing effect of the life cells did not meet expectations and still needed further research and secondary processing.

Of course, the most important thing right now is the amplification of the Demon Subduing skill.

Yakumo took out 24 refined stones and arranged them in a row against the blade of the Demon-Subduing Plain White Blade.

Accompanied by commands.

The black, coal-like stone melted into jet-black energy, which swirled around the blade and eventually merged into it.

A few minutes later, the amplification was completed.

It was as if by illusion that the blade of the demon-subduing sword had become even more translucent.

[Subduing Demons]

Weapon type: Long sword (75.3 cm)

Increase rate: 218%

Increased value entry:

[Breakthrough: Increases destructive power against energy defenses by 15%.]

Enchantment: Tribute to Blood Shadow

The next day, Yakumo went to Konoha Hospital to share her thoughts and ideas with Aoyama Reiko and Tsunade. She immediately gained their support. After careful consideration, Tsunade sent three shadow clones to assist Yakumo in the experiment. As for the other forty-seven, they needed to undergo new differentiation and cultivation of life cells so that they could grow into the arms or organs they needed.

This research on life-giving reagents was not as simple as Yakumo had imagined.

Before we knew it, it was the end of January.

Yakumo failed.

The research on life reagents is far more complex than he imagined. For example, the normal storage of living cells to prevent them from deteriorating and becoming inactive is something that Konoha's medical conditions can achieve if it is only that. However, if we add the condition of convenient use, Konoha's current medical conditions simply cannot do it.