Konoha's Mission Master

It all felt like a nightmare from which I could never wake up.

Senju Nawaki's tone was very sincere, as if he had entered Yakumo's memories, allowing Yakumo to perceive the boy's initial confusion and constant anxiety.

"I sympathize with your situation. You're a pretty good, sunny young man, and you've been influenced to this extent by Orochimaru."

Would you be willing to let me help you get out of this situation?

The rope tree's taut body remained impassive.

"I'd like to ask how to resolve this?"

"Sending you to your death will end your life of sin and lies."

Yakumo could sense the malice hidden beneath that genuine emotion. Nawaki's words sounded touching, but they were only half true, especially the crucial parts, which were full of lies.

"You must be joking..." Rope Tree stood up with a smile.

"I never joke around, and I hate being lied to."

In an instant, Yakumo condensed a long sword with golden arcs of electricity and slashed directly at Senju Nawaki's neck. The latter seemed to be prepared and used his legs to propel himself about three meters away.

As it ran, Senju Rope Tree raised its head and let out a shrill scream that echoed through several courtyards.

"Sister, someone's trying to kill me!!"

Yakumo stood up, and the golden arc of electricity in his hand quickly dissipated.

Unfortunately, he found out too late; that strong, kind, generous, and sunny boy was already dead.

Within him lies an extreme egoist; for his own transcendence, he is capable of scheming and sacrificing everything, even family ties.

This is practically the second Orochimaru.

Yakumo speculated that Orochimaru's actions were not aimed at seizing the body, but rather at leaving behind a successor.

When he failed several times and even became somewhat desperate.

He wanted to leave a backup plan, a way to ensure that after his complete defeat, someone would inherit his beliefs. Orochimaru chose his first disciple, Nawaki, as that successor.

Not long after, Tsunade stormed over.

Fine cracks appeared on the bluestone floor beneath her feet.

“You should know that if I really wanted to take action, he wouldn’t be able to make a sound for help,” Yakumo explained.

"Then what did you mean just now?" Tsunade was still furious. Her anger stemmed from Yakumo taking out his sword to scare Nawaki.

Yakumo replied, "Let's test it out."

"test?"

"The sunny and kind younger brother you remember is completely dead. His current personality is like a carbon copy of Orochimaru."

Tsunade said, "I understand."

Yakumo thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "I really suggest killing him now, otherwise the thousand-year glory of the Senju clan will surely be destroyed in his hands!"

Tsunade: "Are you suggesting I kill my own brother?"

Tsunade asked incredulously.

"Even if his personality was influenced by Orochimaru, don't forget... he hasn't committed any crimes yet!"

Beside him, Senju Nawaki's expression also turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Yakumo, I hope you won't harm Nawaki before he makes a mistake," Tsunade said after taking a deep breath.

"Okay, I promise you."

This was destined to be an unpleasant conversation, and not long after, Tsunade asked Yakumo and Jiraiya to leave the Senju mansion.

Jiraiya: "What you said is really outrageous. How can you discuss killing your own brother in front of your sister?"

“You can’t imagine how much malice Nawaki harbored towards me after we met. If he ever becomes stronger than me, he will not hesitate to attack me.”

Jiraiya could only shake his head and sigh.

"Hey."

He really couldn't make a judgment on this situation. Just as Tsunade said, Nawaki hadn't done anything immoral.

We can't just kill him because of one sentence from Yakumo.

After exchanging a few words, the two went their separate ways.

Yakumo returned home and retrieved the ninjutsu scroll from Orochimaru's legacy, beginning to diligently study it.

Half an hour later, Yakumo closed his eyes and began to digest the knowledge.

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Secret Technique: Impure World Reincarnation (Introduction) 10/800 [Speed ​​Up]

Yakumo felt that Orochimaru had tricked him and was annoyed.

Two hundred shadow clones appeared, practicing the Impure World Reincarnation together.

By 10 p.m. that night, he had already moved from beginner to expert.

Yakumo took off from the bedroom.

In the blink of an eye, the speed was increased to the limit, and in less than half an hour, Yakumo landed on the main road of the Land of Fire.

At that moment, a band of mountain bandits was robbing a caravan under the cover of night.

Yakumo casually flicked out a water droplet, eliminating most of the bandits and successfully rescuing the caravan. After knocking out two strong men, he teleported to Ryuchi Cave.

Under Yakumo's control, the crimson vines grew and transformed into runes of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, slowly enveloping one of the burly men.

The burly man let out a painful roar, and a cold, evil aura slowly spread around him. Yakumo took out Orochimaru's ashes as a medium.

Yakumo began to form hand seals, completing them in an instant.

"The Impure World Reincarnation Technique!"

As the ashes dispersed, the burly man's agonizing screams abruptly ceased.

Grayish-white fragments appeared in the void, swirling around the giant man's body, layering together and beginning to invade the center.

Yakumo sensed Orochimaru's soul aura and immediately manipulated the surrounding blood-red tree roots to tightly bind the descending recipient, especially focusing on the hands responsible for forming hand seals.

Black and white chains weaved through the tree roots as Yakumo strengthened the seal against Orochimaru with the Yin-Yang Absolute Seal.

"I didn't expect to succeed on the first try," Yakumo sighed softly.

The blood-red vines erased another prepared recipient in the corner. These two were bandits from the mountains who had robbed caravans and killed dozens of people.

Yakumo killing the two men can be considered as eliminating a scourge for the people.

"I didn't expect to see Yakumo-kun so soon."

Orochimaru slowly surveyed his surroundings, but the next second a heavy punch landed on his face, and a soul-tearing pain immediately struck, causing him to let out several painful growls.

"I thought that killing you would settle things once and for all."

"But I never expected you to be so persistent."

Yakumo delivered another uppercut, causing Orochimaru to cry out in pain.

"Haha, Yakumo-kun, it seems... you really like the gift I gave you, and you're so eager to find me... to share your joy."

Orochimaru, enjoying the excruciating pain of his soul being torn apart, laughed and shouted.

"Only by completely obliterating your soul can I truly relax."

Yakumo ignored Orochimaru's taunts and focused on obliterating Orochimaru's soul, yet he could not sense Orochimaru's fear.

"Death is merely a state, and I will return!"

Orochimaru let out a final, frantic roar.

His soul was completely obliterated, and even his body, reborn from the dead, turned to ashes and vanished, leaving only the corpse of that big man in the original spot.

"Huhuhu..."

Yakumo's mental energy was severely depleted.

Looking at the white ash on the ground, Yakumo did this not simply to vent his anger, but to test whether... obliterating the main soul would affect the part of the soul mixed into Nawaki's body.

For the next few days, Yakumo used the Impure World Reincarnation technique every night to gather Orochimaru's soul.

Furthermore, by using the power of soul-slaying to wear down Orochimaru's soul, it became increasingly scarce and weak, which manifested directly as a dull gaze.

Each time they gathered, the words they spoke became increasingly ancient. I remember one time when Yakumo gathered Orochimaru, who only had memories from when he was seven years old.

Yakumo learned a secret from the younger version of Orochimaru: when he was seven years old, Orochimaru had a crush on Tsunade.

This is undoubtedly a very exciting secret.

Who would have thought that Orochimaru would be so cold, effeminate, and obsessed with science?

He had feelings of love for Tsunade when he was seven years old.

After learning this secret, the terrifying image of Orochimaru in Yakumo's mind became much more vivid.

Although he was still a madman who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, at least he had once been moved by someone.

Yakumo concluded that this weakening of Orochimaru's main soul could not affect Nawaki.

Finally, at the end of May, even the Impure World Reincarnation could not gather Orochimaru's soul, and Yakumo completely severed the possibility of Orochimaru's resurrection.

Now, only the rope tree makes him feel a little wary.

Orochimaru's soul has perfectly merged with his, becoming inseparable.

Although Tsunade saw him as just an obedient younger brother, Yakumo had a vague feeling that he would eventually follow a path similar to Orochimaru's.

As time went by, Yakumo and Tsunade's interactions gradually decreased, after all, the incident at the Senju mansion had not been pleasant.

Tsunade voluntarily resigned from her position as head of medical affairs, devoting more time to Nawaki in an attempt to restore his former sunshine and kindness.

Yakumo once talked to Sakumo Hatake about the Nawaki tree.

His thoughts were similar to Jiraiya's; they couldn't erase Senju Nawaki's life just because there was a possibility that he might make a mistake in the future.

Sakumo Hatake ultimately decided that he would send an undercover agent to track Nawaki and monitor his every move.

Yakumo tried to dissuade him, but was refused.