Konoha's Mission Master

Yakumo looked up at the blue sky and sighed softly. As his strength increased, he became more and more aware of his own limitations, just like the eighth floor of the arena where he suffered a crushing defeat.

It even made him lose confidence in taking on challenges.

Masako Mori's breakfast consisted of ramen and grilled meat. The former was mainly to satisfy her taste buds, while the latter was to replenish her energy. Not long after, Yakumo smelled the aroma.

On the surface, he appeared to have become stronger, but his mind was exhausted, or perhaps his soul was full and needed time to digest the gains of the previous night.

Following his inner guidance, Yakumo closed the game panel and instantly appeared beside Masako Mori, offering his assistance.

"Could you please not show up so suddenly in the future? It's really scary."

Masako Mori was somewhat dissatisfied and gently punched Yakumo's shoulder.

"Okay, okay." Yakumo nodded in agreement immediately.

The two worked together to prepare lunch. Before long, a large pot of noodles was thrown into the hot water. Yakumo used his chakra to create a vortex in the hot water, preventing the noodles from clumping together.

Masako Mori was cooking hot soup nearby, and wisps of white steam mixed with aroma spread around.

Half an hour later, breakfast was ready.

The four sat around a wooden table, quickly finishing their noodles, occasionally taking a bite of a huge pork chop, their mouths glistening with oil.

Maggie couldn't eat as much as the three of them and quickly gave up, picking up a tissue to wipe the grease from her mouth.

Yakumo had a sudden inspiration and spoke up.

"Maggie, go to the lab and prepare for the fourth enhancement."

"it is good."

Maggie nodded, without suspecting anything... and got up to leave. Only after Maggie turned into the laboratory and disappeared from everyone's sight did Yakumo continue.

"The barriers this world has erected against us have disappeared. Starting today, we can begin to learn and master Haki and Devil Fruits."

"When I woke up this morning, I felt a stronger connection with this world. At first, I thought it was just my imagination... I never imagined that Master had broken down the barriers between worlds," You Gu Qianxue said in a low voice.

"We must not let Machi know about learning Haki. In any case, we must not reveal that we are from another world."

Yakumo put down his chopsticks and said seriously.

"clear."

The two answered in unison.

"Currently, we have the Dark-Dark Fruit, the Mythical Zoan Fruit, the Mammoth Fruit, the Speed-Speed ​​Fruit, and an unknown Paramecia-type Devil Fruit. We will acquire more fruits in the future. If Qianxue doesn't have a favorite fruit, she can wait."

"The Dark-Dark Fruit? The one Blackbeard had?"

Masako Mori asked in surprise.

"That's right, it's the Devil Fruit that Blackbeard has."

"Manipulate darkness, but cannot become an elemental; the pain is doubled."

A seductive blush rose on Masako Mori's cheeks, and she looked extremely excited.

"Are you planning to switch to the Dark-Dark Fruit?" Yakumo asked, then continued to remind him.

"Although the Dark-Dark Fruit can be used to steal a Devil Fruit, Blackbeard was able to swallow a second one because of his special body."

“I know that.” Masako Mori was clearly interested, her slender, long fingers tapping lightly on the table as she fell into thought.

Yakumo didn't urge Mori Masako, and lowered her head to continue slurping her noodles. The Dark-Dark Fruit belongs to the Logia type, so it naturally has a very high starting point and upper limit, and its strength is in no way inferior to Mythical Zoan types.

Of course, the abilities of that Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit are still unknown, while the Dark-Dark Fruit provides more stable rewards and is less prone to failure.

After about ten minutes, Masako Mori stopped pointing.

"I've decided to eat that Mythical Beast Fruit, and I plan to eat it after my meal."

“Okay.” Yakumo nodded in support.

"I must be present when we eat the fruit."

The two turned their attention to Yukotsu Chiyuki. Now that Mori Masako had decided on the fruit, it was up to Yukotsu Chiyuki to decide whether she was willing to choose the Dark-Dark Fruit.

"Master, according to my plan, I intend to choose a fruit that can enhance my physical strength, preferably a mythical beast or an ancient beast."

"This requirement is not difficult. Kaido's Devil Fruit is very suitable. It is the Mythical Zoan type of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon mode."

Upon hearing this, Yakumo immediately set his sights on Kaido. After being enhanced by the Soul-Soul Fruit, the so-called Four Emperors had become insignificant in his eyes.

He could have easily overpowered everyone with his own strength, but he didn't. He simply wanted to give Mori Masako and Yuuki Chiyuki some training so that their strength could improve significantly.

Yukotsu Chiyuki had no objection to Yakumo's proposal and nodded in agreement, as Kaido's Devil Fruit was exactly what she expected.

"I'm going to eat a Devil Fruit!" Masako Mori put down her chopsticks, stood up excitedly, and rushed towards the distant hillside.

Yakumo created a shadow clone and went to the laboratory to help Machi activate her fruit for the fourth time.

As the reagent was injected, Yakumo quietly left the laboratory. After he left, Machi transformed into a half-beast form, constantly strengthening herself amidst the pain.

The three arrived at the hillside, and Yakumo took out the pineapple that looked like a banana, the fruit that even Monkey D. Dragon hadn't been able to identify.

Beneath their feet... the wild grasses swayed vigorously in the wind, the longest of which was about fifteen centimeters long and resembled an extremely long triangular pyramid.

"Then I'll start eating!"

Mori Masako took the Devil Fruit without hesitation, took a small bite, and swallowed it directly. Almost instantly, her face turned deathly pale, and she knelt on the ground, retching.

At that moment, a wisp of white light entered Mori Masako's body from Yakumo's body and then quickly left. Yuuki Chiyuki, who was about a meter away from her, was unaware of the presence of that wisp of white light.

Two or three seconds later, the ray of white light returned to Yakumo's body. He estimated that the power called hope had removed the side effects of the Devil Fruit, and from then on, Masako Mori was no longer afraid of the ocean.

"It's...awful." Masako Mori groaned in pain.

Yakumo suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten to block Mori Masako's sense of taste. Or rather, Mori Masako ate too quickly, giving him no time to react.

As he pondered, the surrounding temperature rose rapidly, and the air became slightly distorted. Yukotsu Chiyuki subconsciously took two steps back, and a golden flame ignited on Mori Masako's body.

The temperature of this flame was extremely high, at least close to a thousand degrees. When Yakumo saw that flame, he naturally thought of the blazing sun hanging high in the sky.

This fruit is related to the sun.

Masako Mori stood up, and the wisp of flame moved smoothly to her palm, slowly expanding until it finally became a raging inferno.

This flame is completely different from the golden flame formed by Yakumo's compressed golden electric arc; it possesses the characteristics of high temperature and combustion.

The wild grass around them turned yellow and withered very quickly, eventually losing all moisture and turning into grayish-white ash. This fruit indeed possessed an extremely terrifyingly high temperature.

Even just from swallowing it, it is already terrifying.

"Zoan type, Bird-Bird Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Three-Headed Phoenix form."

"A three-headed phoenix?" Yakumo asked, somewhat surprised.

As Masako Mori snapped her fingers, a pale flame floated in the palm of her left hand, radiating a chilling aura that reminded one of the bright moon in the sky.

This is a power similar to the death flames, possessing an extreme low temperature that freezes bones and blood. Although it resembles burning flames, its characteristics are like eternal ice.

"A three-headed phoenix, three kinds of flames?" Yakumo continued to ask.

"That's right. The third flame is called Nirvana. It only erupts when the body is on the verge of death, and then repairs the body at an extremely fast speed. The Nirvana Flame can only be activated three times. If it is used a fourth time, the person will be seriously injured... and then they will really die."

Mori Masako withdrew the two flames and revealed a satisfied smile. Her insistence on the choice had not disappointed him. She was very satisfied with the fruit's ability.

"This is too strong!" Yakumo exclaimed.

Dual energy attack, plus a health lock?

"This fruit provides almost no enhancement to the physical body and does not have the ability to become animal. It's more like having three extra flames in the body, or rather, this fruit is incomplete and missing half of its components."

Masako Mori looked slightly confused, but she still expressed her most direct feeling: she could sense the incompleteness of the fruit.

"It's missing a part?" Yakumo asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Yes, that's how I feel... it's incomplete."

“I’ll contact Halong in a while and ask him if he knows anything about this fruit. If all else fails... we still have the library in Mary Geoise.”

Yukoku Chiyuki looked at the flame in Mori Masako's palm with genuine envy, and felt a growing eagerness for the Azure Dragon Fruit, though he skillfully concealed this eagerness.

"You two go back first. I'll find a place to familiarize myself with the abilities of the Devil Fruit," Masako Mori said to the two of them.

“Okay, I’ll go check on Machi,” Yakumo replied.

Masako Mori set off towards the other side of the deserted island, leaving behind only a layer of light gray dust, which completely dissipated in a gentle breeze.

Actually... Masako Mori lied to Yakumo.

It's true that this fruit isn't complete, but that doesn't mean she can't enter an animalistic state. She knows how to complete this fruit: by being severely injured countless times in battle and tempering her body with the fire of rebirth.

After being tempered on the brink of death three times, the fruit awakened. The problem is... the restorative effect of the Nirvana Flame is uncertain. The flame itself has an extremely high temperature and could potentially burn the fruit to ashes.

This is the price of this fruit, and the price she paid for choosing to gain power. Furthermore... even if she hadn't been on the verge of death, the flames of rebirth would have descended upon her in a few years.

The timing of its descent depends on how Mori Masako uses the fruit during battle; the more she uses it, the easier it is for the Nirvana Flame to descend, with the longest possible time being three years.

This is the phoenix rising from the ashes, reborn from the ashes... If the timing is unfavorable, this rebirth may fail.

Mori Masako had just escaped the shadow of death, but a new shadow followed closely behind, her life filled with misfortune...

On the other hand, the two separated immediately after returning to their residence. You Gu Qianxue took the experience manual of the Whitebeard's domineering cultivation and found a secluded spot to quietly begin her cultivation.

He chose to train Armament Haki first. In Yukoku Chiyuki's opinion, Observation Haki and sensory ninjutsu overlapped somewhat, and the highest level of predicting the future required too much time to train.

On the contrary, Armament Haki is better; learning it can increase combat power.

Yakumo was unaware of the price of the Three-Headed Phoenix Fruit, and was happy that Mori Masako had obtained a powerful fruit, but for some reason... he could sense that Mori Masako was deceiving him in some ways.

Inside the laboratory, Machi changed her clothes and successfully passed the fourth Devil Fruit activation. Cat ears reappeared on her head, and a long blue tail swayed in the wind behind her.

Six whiskers also grew on her cheeks.

Currently, the Devil Fruit activation rate is 61%.

The side effects from this activation experiment became more severe, meaning that Maggie would need more time to recover.

Yakumo estimates that the next two enhancements will reach Maki's limit.

It's roughly at around 65% activation rate.

Maggie clearly sensed her limits, and after successfully activating it this time, the joy on her face diminished considerably.

She began practicing martial arts directly in the nearby square, adapting to her increased strength and trying to eliminate the cost as quickly as possible.

Ba Suibian found a spot, sat down, and memories of Armament Haki flashed through his mind. He began to search for that flowing power within his body.