Konoha's Mission Master

Extraction and granting of two abilities, yet no target can be found.

Although animals do have souls, the quality and strength of their souls are far inferior to those of humans, making it impossible to verify the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit.

However, Whitebeard would be a good choice.

Yakumo is now eagerly anticipating his reunion with Whitebeard, whose torment has been agonizing due to the corrosive will of the Otsutsuki bloodline, originating from Hashirama's cells.

initiative:

Soul-Soul Fruit - Awakening 'Breakthrough'

Awakening is not the end, but another beginning. Yakumo placed his finger on the word "breakthrough" and tapped it lightly.

[Note: This upgrade will consume 160000 gold coins. Due to insufficient gold coins, the breakthrough has failed.]

Without other missions, Yakumo can earn around 180,000 gold coins per year, which means... it would take about a year to reach the level above the Soul-Soul Fruit Awakening.

If there are levels above that, it would take two years.

Wood Release: Secret Technique, Flying Thunder God Technique, and Soul-Soul Fruit are all major consumers of gold coins. Now we need to think about how to increase revenue and the amount of gold coins we can earn each year.

Besides him, there are three other emperors on the sea. Luffy is worth two Dao Transformation Scrolls, while Kaido and Shanks are equivalent to 50,000 gold coins.

Wait... Whitebeard also has 25,000 gold coins moving around!

Unfortunately, he couldn't easily attack anyone except Kaido, which limited Yakumo's own growth.

We will never waver in upholding kindness as our bottom line.

About fifteen minutes later, Yakumo sat up again. He had fully mastered the Soul-Soul Fruit's abilities and reached a level of consummate skill.

There's also some good news.

Intelligence: 83.5 (learning ability, mental resilience)

This is the boost brought about by the awakening of the Soul-Soul Fruit. The 140,000 gold coins were well spent. In fact, Yakumo's 80-point limit on his physique was also broken by some special items.

In this way, he could save tens of thousands of gold coins, but unfortunately, with his current physical strength, he cannot accommodate a second fruit in a short period of time.

Yakumo stood up. In the distance, a speedboat sped across the sea, leaving a trail of burning blue flames. Behind it... was another speedboat engulfed in flames.

Those were old friends I hadn't seen in a long time.

Marco, Ace, Whitebeard, Shyvana.

Yakumo sensed their presence, took Mori Masako's hand, and moved closer to the shore, explaining as he did so.

"Those people are high-ranking members of the Whitebeard Pirates, as well as my apprentice in this world, Shyvana."

Masako Mori nodded obediently, and the two quickly went to the shore, quietly waiting for the two motorboats.

Accompanied by the evaporation of water vapor and the roar of rapidly spinning turbines, two motorboats carrying waves arrived at the shore.

Four figures quickly jumped off the speedboat. This was the first time Mori Masako had seen Whitebeard, and she felt an overwhelming pressure and a very familiar aura.

“Bloodline backlash.” Yakumo spoke softly, but his voice reached Mori Masako’s ears very clearly.

Shyvana walked the fastest, her golden hair fluttering in the air, its surface seemingly shimmering, her long, straight legs moving swiftly like a nimble deer in the forest.

Her eyes looked so helpless, brimming with tears, filled with deep longing, and as overwhelming as a tsunami of joy.

Masako Mori subtly blocked Yakumo's path, and when she looked at Shyvana, she seemed somewhat wary.

"Master, it's been a long time."

"Shivana, it's been a long time."

How have you been these past few years?

Yakumo asked naturally, his voice very gentle.

"I've had a very happy two years. Lord Whitebeard has taken great care of me and taught me very diligently."

Yakumo can confirm from Shyvana's answer that she did not join the Whitebeard Pirates, but Whitebeard must have invited her several times in the past two years.

After exchanging a few simple pleasantries, the two fell silent. In the end, their communication lasted only about thirty days, followed by nearly three years of separation. As the longing faded, they felt somewhat estranged.

Of course, it was only a slight sense of unfamiliarity.

Ace walked over from a distance, wearing a loose blue vest that revealed his slightly protruding abdominal muscles. He had a dagger with a smiley face hanging from his waist and an orange sun hat slung over his back.

After three years apart, he had become less frivolous and more grounded and steady, and his strength was now comparable to that of a royal-level figure.

Indeed, Ace had broken that boundary in the past few years. Although his body was not huge, it gave Yakumo a rather frightening sense of threat.

Marco, standing next to him, had cut his hair short and wore gold-rimmed glasses. He looked very easygoing, with a scar a few centimeters long on his left cheek.

"Long time no see, Yakumo-kun," Whitebeard said.

The shadows enveloped Yakumo's body. Whitebeard's body remained upright, but the right half of his body exhibited a petrified quality, and Yakumo could sense that he was suppressing excruciating pain.

"I warned you... not to use the sealed power."

Yakumo looked up at Takagi's white beard and reminded him that if the patient had followed the doctor's orders, this wouldn't have happened. In a sense, they were friends.

"There's no other way. The sea is full of ambitious people. Only the power to deter others can bring stability and peace."

Whitebeard shook his head, his voice tinged with bitterness.

He also wanted to lead his pirate crew away from the noise and war, but he was Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, one of the Four Emperors of the New World.

Throughout history, no emperor of the seas has ever met a peaceful end. Most emperors are beheaded by newly rising emperors in their old age... without exception.

Whitebeard knew his fate would be the same, only it was delayed a little because of Yakumo.

"Even the four emperors, who were once powerful, were not in control of their own destiny."

Yakumo sighed softly, realizing once again that only unparalleled strength could bring true freedom, and in order to make choices more convenient, he could only choose to become stronger.

"Yakumo, I hope you can save my father one more time!"

Marco bowed very low, as Ace added from the side.

You can name your conditions, any conditions, and the Whitebeard Pirates will agree to them, even if it means facing mountains of knives and seas of fire and becoming enemies of the World Government!

Yakumo was somewhat surprised by Ace's boldness in saying that he was willing to be an enemy of the World Government, but in essence, they were already enemies of the World Government.

Saying this now means that the Whitebeard Pirates are willing to ally with the Revolutionary Army. Yakumo was about to agree, as his initial decision was to give it a try and gain some experience in this area.

Seeing Yakumo's expression, Marco already knew that the matter was about 80% settled, and all that was needed was for him to take action... that would be good.

Suddenly, black energy gathered in front of Yakumo and formed characters.

Name: Edward Newgate

Sin Value: 2378 (Extremely Evil)

Yakumo's smile froze instantly. He remained steadfast in upholding the bottom line of justice, while the decision to exterminate pirates with a sin value of seventy or more was his own creed.

He shifted his gaze to Ace, and the black mist twisted, changing the text.

Name: Portgas D. Ace

Sin Value: -321 (Extremely Good)

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Chapter 344 Proof of Hegemony: The Two Sides Break Apart

The slightly salty sea breeze caressed their faces, and everyone keenly noticed the change in Yakumo's attitude, which gradually shifted from closeness to a faint sense of estrangement.

Whitebeard's sin value exceeded Yakumo's expectations. Even if Whitebeard had several hundred sin values, Yakumo was willing to flexibly adjust his bottom line.

"What's wrong?" Marco asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I have the ability to determine whether a person is kind or evil, and the degree of each."

"For example, Ace was kind and probably did some things to fight evil and save the weak."

Yakumo explained to the group, his tone revealing a sense of closeness to Ace, but this closeness vanished immediately when he looked at Whitebeard.

"I just used this ability to examine Whitebeard and found that his sin value is extremely high, comparable to Blackbeard's."

After Yakumo spoke, Ace and Marco's expressions changed several times because neither of them realized when they were being scanned.

This power to judge good and evil was beyond their comprehension, and most importantly, their Observation Haki failed to detect any change whatsoever.

When Yakumo finished speaking, Marco and Ace fell silent. They more or less understood why Yakumo was cracking down on the pirates.

If Whitebeard really is burdened with sins, then he has become Yakumo's target, and today's treatment is probably in jeopardy.

"What do you mean by that? Are you planning to attack Dad?"

Ace stood in front of Yakumo, asking hesitantly.

"I wouldn't dare to take action. I'd rather hear... why Whitebeard carries such a heavy burden of sins."

Yakumo gave a calm and collected reply.

When he first met Whitebeard, he would affectionately call him "Grandpa Whitebeard," but now he just calls him Whitebeard.

This is because the two have become strong at the same level.

When asked, Whitebeard did not answer immediately. Instead, he slowly raised his head and gazed at the distant sky with a hint of reminiscence.

A dozen seconds later, he answered Yakumo's question.

"That was many years ago, when I was a member of the Rocks Pirates. Back then, we were running rampant in the New World, and Captain Rocks wanted to be the King of the World."

"Not just the new world, but the king of the whole world."

"When faced with a nation that refuses to submit, the captain will order us to massacre the kingdom’s capital to instill fear in other kingdoms and force them to submit."

Whitebeard, in a deep voice, recounted his experiences in his youth to Yakumo and the others. Yakumo pieced together the personality traits of the great pirate Rocks from his words: powerful yet extremely cruel, intelligent yet extremely arrogant.

He is an arrogant and unparalleled overlord, the strongest Conqueror's Haki user who has seen the ocean for a hundred years, because his actions show that he is an overlord who lives if he follows the crowd and dies if he goes against it.

This also contributed to his unparalleled tyranny.

Unfortunately, it ultimately became a stepping stone for Roger to become king.

A dozen minutes later, Whitebeard finished recounting his past, revealing the immense sins he had committed due to his numerous massacres.

Although he was following Rocks' orders, the killings were attributed to him, especially the destruction of the island with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, which caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people.