Konoha's Mission Master

"clear."

Not long after, Yakumo left the Konoha Cemetery.

Behind him, You Gu Qianxue's gaze shifted from calm to fervent.

At this moment, there were few pedestrians on the street, and most of them were ninjas who quickly moved and leaped between the houses, leaving behind black afterimages.

The pedestrians around were already used to it.

Yakumo walked steadily and slowly, like an ordinary pedestrian, and soon he arrived near the Hokage Building.

Inside the Hokage's office, Yakumo found Tsunade and Jiraiya.

The three will team up and head to Ryuchi Cave.

Under the gaze of the others, Yakumo took out the disc.

It was a mysterious ninja tool, carved like giant scales, and also the key to Ryuchi Cave.

"Be careful, retreat immediately if we are outmatched."

Behind his desk, Sakumo Hatake twirled a fountain pen.

Yakumo: "Don't worry, Orochimaru is definitely going to die this time."

"You said the same thing twice before..."

Tsunade retorted mercilessly.

In the corner, Jiraiya stood up, and a transparent aura radiated in all directions. His face now displayed the Sage Mode mask.

Jiraiya: "Alright, we can set off now."

Because he had entered immortal mode, his voice was somewhat deep, like the sound of an ancient bronze bell.

"Hold on."

Yakumo took a step forward, and a sage's mark instantly appeared on his forehead.

"Let's go."

The three linked together with their hands, and Yakumo formed a barrier with his chakra to envelop the other two, their auras perfectly unified.

"Mark of Prayer, open!"

Yakumo thought to himself and began to channel chakra into the ninja tool in his hand. The tool immediately emitted a strong attraction, actively devouring Yakumo's chakra.

The aura of the White Snake Immortal emanating from the scales filled the entire conference room, and a gigantic phantom of the white snake seemed to appear before everyone's eyes, causing them to tremble with fear.

Judging from this aura, the White Snake Sage's strength should be at the pinnacle of the ninja world. The so-called pinnacle is the limit that ordinary people in the ninja world can reach, excluding members of the Otsutsuki clan.

As chakra was injected, the aura of the White Snake Sage in the room grew stronger, suppressing everyone's nerves, as if an incredibly terrifying beast was gradually awakening within its scales.

"Shh."

The three disappeared from the Hokage's office.

Longdi Cave.

The three opened their eyes; the air was damp, oppressive, narrow, and cramped.

The dim environment was filled with the stench of reptiles, causing the three to involuntarily frown. As far as the eye could see, there were colorful venomous snakes, intertwined... forming spheres.

Yakumo looked up but couldn't see the sun.

They finally confirmed that Ryuchi Cave was located underground, like countless caves and tunnels stacked together, and Orochimaru's aura was beneath Yakumo and the others' feet.

This feeling is like a video game I played in a past life, with countless monsters in front of me providing experience, and the final boss controlling the princess, hiding at the end of the maze.

But Yakumo doesn't need to fight monsters to gain experience...

"Sage Art: Wood Release: Sea of ​​Blood Thorns!"

Yakumo clasped her hands together, and blood-red thorns spread outwards from Yakumo, instantly... devouring all the surrounding snakes to death.

"Sage Art: Wood Release: Descent of the Tree World".

The ground beneath their feet trembled violently, as if a colossal dragon were traversing the earth. The ground cracked open, and Yakumo and Tsunade leaped down, their path cleared by thick tree roots.

Suddenly, a huge green snake emerged from the cave beside them. Its head was about two meters in diameter, its scarlet tongue flicked out, and its malevolent vertical pupils stared intently at the three of them.

The next second, thick tree roots surged out from the side, completely wrapping around it and pulling it deep into the ground, faintly emitting a tooth-grinding sound of bones cracking.

Yakumo crushed everything in his path with incredibly brutal methods.

Jiraiya and Tsunade could only follow along numbly. They had prepared for a tough battle, but now they had become dispensable spectators.

Beneath their feet lay a vast ocean of venomous snakes.

Jiraiya's expression turned serious as he began to mobilize the chakra within his body.

But in less than a second, crimson thorns surged out from all directions, strangling and crushing the snake swarm.

In less than half a minute, the blood-red thorns had cleared a path downwards.

"We've arrived, the last floor."

Along the way, Yakumo and his companions did not encounter any sages with sage chakra, but only a few raging serpents containing natural energy.

Unfortunately, it proved too fragile against the Wood Release technique at the Dao Transformation level.

"We are ready for battle."

"Let's go."

The three of them fell downwards, using chakra to cushion their fall to the ground.

This space is much more spacious than the previous ones, with a height of about fifty meters. There is no throne for the White Snake Immortal, only a technologically advanced platform.

A nine-headed serpent sleeps in the white square.

Three of its heads are white, three are red, and the remaining three have a wooden appearance. The massive body of these heads contains the aura of the white snake's entrapment.

This is clearly a product of Pinduoduo, probably composed of Hashirama cells, Okudo's heterogeneous chakra, and the White Snake Sage's cells.

Standing atop the giant serpent's head was a somewhat slender figure, dressed in a long white robe, looking rather refined, as if he were a researcher who had long resided in a laboratory.

"Yakumo-kun, you came so fast..."

Orochimaru guessed that Yakumo would one day find Ryuchi Cave, his secret base, but he did not expect that day to come so soon.

Tsunade: "Orochimaru, come back with me."

"Pfft, Tsunade, what do you take me for?"

"A child who ran away from home?"

Tsunade's expression was complicated as she sighed and spoke.

"Orochimaru, don't make any more mistakes!"

"Wrong? You're the one who's wrong!"

Orochimaru raised his head and burst into laughter.

Time flows on relentlessly, and the future is inevitable.

Tsunade, can't you see? You're getting old!

The things you can accomplish in this life are extremely limited, and the most real and cruel thing is... you will eventually die.

"No need for a thousand years, just a few hundred years, and you will be forgotten by the world!"

Orochimaru's tone softened slightly, but remained somewhat fanatical.

"But I am different. I have seen the path to immortality, the possibility of eternal life, and I am pursuing the mystery of immortality and the end of time!"

Orochimaru's words were like the whispers of a demon, carrying an irresistible allure; at that moment, he seemed like a god who controlled everything.

Tsunade retorted, "Birth, aging, sickness, and death are simply the natural course of life!"

“Haha, that’s right,” Orochimaru continued.

"So... I will no longer be human. Tsunade, Jiraiya, I will become a god, standing above billions of lives, overlooking the ninja world!"

Orochimaru's eyes were full of longing and ambition for the future.

"But you have no future, your life ends here!"

Yakumo chuckled. He had never intended to try to persuade Orochimaru; after all, he wasn't Naruto Uzumaki. The only people he trusted were...

"Oh la, oh la, oh la!"

"Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

The crimson tree roots slowly enveloped Yakumo, like a plant growing rapidly, gradually forming a gnarled skeleton and flesh of a giant.

In a few breaths, the skin of the crimson giant was constructed, along with a somewhat blurry face, which could be vaguely discerned as Yakumo's face.

"Yakumo-kun, you are always so impatient."

Orochimaru used his right arm to send the white scales flying toward Tsunade.

“This was sealed once, the Samsara Rebirth Technique. Tsunade, you can combine it with the Impure World Reincarnation Technique to revive Nawaki.”

Yakumo paused slightly as he looked at the silver scale that had flown into Tsunade's hand. Perhaps sensing his gaze, Tsunade instinctively hid the silver scale behind her back.

The aura of the White Snake Sage was very strong on that scale, and Yakumo guessed that it must be the most important reverse scale on the White Snake Sage's body.

Tsunade asked coldly, "You would be that kind?"

"I betrayed Konoha and failed my master. I plotted to steal the Rinnegan and schemed to make Yahiko betray Jiraiya. I was cruel and cold-hearted, sacrificing millions of people in the Land of Earth."

But I have never wronged you!

Orochimaru spoke these words crisply and sincerely.

When Jiraiya heard Orochimaru admit to plotting against Yahiko, anger inevitably showed in his eyes, but Tsunade's eyes held a hint of contemplation and emotion.

Yakumo: "Then how do you account for digging up the First Hokage's grave and desecrating his corpse?"

These words directly shattered the emotion in Tsunade's eyes.

Orochimaru...you deserve to die!

Tsunade was immediately enraged, but she did not launch an attack.

In fact, she really wanted to kill Orochimaru with one punch, but she was even more aware of the gap in their current strength.