Konoha's Mission Master

"The Hokage of Konoha should not place his hopes on external forces."

Hiruzen Sarutobi is expressing his dissatisfaction at being kept in the dark.

"The Third Hokage is right. Why don't you lead the team to retrieve the Rinnegan?"

“I think…this is very unreasonable.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately shook his head, his face showing despair, or rather, anger.

He knew that the mysterious force that could force Madara Uchiha to retreat was naturally far stronger than a normal Kage-level being, and that leading the team to retrieve the Rinnegan was practically the same as sending himself to his death.

Sakumo Hatake... he's ruthless.

"Lord Yakumo, we need to stay in Konoha to guard against the Uchiha attacks. That other mysterious force is very powerful, and sending people to investigate rashly could easily result in losses."

Fugaku Uchiha played the peacemaker and broke the tense atmosphere between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Sakumo Hatake.

"Since that mysterious force has removed all traces of the battle, it is clear that it does not want to easily expose its presence. It is probably too late to search for it now."

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately replied.

Sakumo Hatake nodded noncommittally.

That last sentence was just something I said offhand.

Although he had many conflicts with Hiruzen Sarutobi in the past, they had not reached the point of harming anyone's life.

"What are Konoha's thoughts on this mysterious organization?"

Yakumo asked casually.

Sakumo Hatake pondered for a few seconds before speaking.

"Let's put it on hold for now and not try to find any trace of it."

Yakumo and Fugaku Uchiha nodded.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, however, raised an objection.

"The secret service should be tasked with investigating traces of the mysterious organization."

"I will not give such a death order to the Dark Guard."

Sakumo Hatake refused the cold drink, clearly recalling some unpleasant memories; his words were tantamount to sealing the fate of the meeting.

Sakumo Hatake is now the Hokage of Konoha.

"Hmph." Hiruzen Sarutobi snorted coldly, somewhat dissatisfied.

He got up and left immediately.

Yakumo immediately followed with a smile, and the two arrived on the streets of Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi headed towards his clan's territory.

Yakumo followed silently from behind.

After the number of passersby around them dwindled... Yakumo spoke up.

"It seems that the Third Generation Lord is hiding something?"

Yakumo spoke from behind Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately turned around to look.

Only then did he realize that Yakumo had been following him the whole time, like a silent ghost... He couldn't help but think to himself.

He became stronger, stronger than he could comprehend.

"This is a serious accusation. Although I have resigned from my position as an elder of Konoha, I am not someone you can easily manipulate!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped and responded coldly, his previously unfocused gaze sharpening, and his amiable face taking on a colder edge.

"When you mention the mysterious organization handling the battlefield..."

Yakumo lowered his head, staring defiantly at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Your expression changed, though only for a moment..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a half step back.

When faced with Yakumo's indifferent gaze, he suddenly felt somewhat insecure, as if he were facing an incredibly terrifying beast.

Most importantly... Yakumo did indeed catch the moment of his emotional change.

"I'm getting old, I'm getting old."

"Are you planning to confess?" Yakumo pressed, his tone very soft.

Hiruzen Sarutobi could sense that the atmosphere around him was becoming increasingly dangerous.

Hiruzen Sarutobi withdrew his gaze and fell silent.

Pedestrians watched the standoff between the old man and the young man from a distance of a few meters.

Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared quite serious, while Yakumo merely chuckled.

Orochimaru is used to using Earth Release ninjutsu to erase traces of battle.

After saying this, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around and left.

Orochimaru?

Yakumo turned and headed home.

The battle in the Land of Earth back then.

Yakumo used kerosene and lightning to strangle all of Orochimaru's cells, leaving not even ashes, and killed all the little white snakes that tried to escape.

Orochimaru shouldn't be alive...

But he also felt that Hiruzen Sarutobi's words made sense.

"If you are really alive... I will kill you again."

Yakumo sighed inwardly.

The grudge of grave robbing and corpse theft must be avenged!

It seems that... I will need to go out and investigate the mysterious organization in a while.

If Orochimaru truly did not die, then the reason why Madara Uchiha became younger is explained.

Yakumo exerted force with both legs and disappeared from the street in a few breaths.

At night, under the lamplight... Yakumo was working on his mission.

The increase in his gold coin balance brought him great joy.

Late into the night, the scroll was unrolled and laid flat on the table.

Those are realistic human figures.

Yakumo is studying the essence of physical attribute breakthroughs.

Although he was passively responding to the breakthrough process of the game system, he did not completely lose control of his body. At that time, he personally witnessed the chains existing within his body.

On the scroll, the human figure was depicted with three chains outlined in three colors, located in the brain, flesh and blood, and abdomen respectively.

Originally, these three chains were invisible and could not be observed with the naked eye, but under the influence of that blue energy, they temporarily revealed themselves.

When the constitution attribute reaches 70 points, the flesh and blood chain has already broken.

Yakumo estimated that the Chain of the Brain would break when the Intelligence attribute reached 70 points, but the chain in his abdomen was the only one that puzzled him.

Neither strength nor agility has anything to do with the abdomen.

If each time the limit is broken, it means breaking the chains, could it be that, without his awareness, several small chains were already broken by the game system in the first few instances of breaking the limit?

Does this chain represent the limit?

Do chains also exist in other people's bodies?

How can we help others break through these limits?

Can gene editing push this limit?

Unfortunately, these questions are destined to remain unanswered. Without the assistance of the game system, Yakumo is completely unable to perceive the existence of the chains, and naturally, he is unable to study their existence.

Finally, Yakumo used a pen next to the human figure drawing…

A huge question mark was drawn.

For now, keep it on file and archive it.

……

PS: Please vote for me! I didn't update much today, I'll make up for it tomorrow.

Chapter 275 Memorial Ceremony, Dungeon Draw

During this period, the ninja world fell into a rare period of peace.

Although the three major ninja villages have joined forces, they have yet to finalize a specific timeframe for killing Uchiha Madara.

Most importantly, no one could find Madara Uchiha's whereabouts, so the specific encirclement and suppression plan could not be determined.

During this time, Yakumo continued to hone his flying skills.

By the end of May, Yakumo had finally mastered flying completely.

Furthermore, Yakumo noticed the changes in his character's game panel.

The original age column has been changed to lifespan.

This entry should have appeared after the breakthrough in physical attributes, but at that time Yakumo did not notice the subtle changes.

Lifespan: 14/278

This entry is very straightforward: the former represents his age, and the latter is his theoretical lifespan limit.

Breaking through the limits of physical attributes did indeed... make Yakumo's lifespan far exceed that of ordinary ninjas, but this length disappointed him somewhat. Two hundred and seventy-eight years is a lot, but it cannot represent immortality.

In June, the game's dungeon access permissions will be reset.

Yakumo has not yet used the permissions this year.