Konoha's Mission Master

Under the torrent of the soul, those deeply hidden animalistic wills are quickly eliminated.

Yakumo didn't need to precisely search for targets; he directly used the simplest and easiest method to deal with the animal will that remained in the cells.

Soul energy is truly a dangerous form of energy; it is invisible, intangible, difficult to observe, and very difficult to defend against.

If Yakumo harbors ill intentions at this moment, he could simply change direction and directly wash away and destroy Machi's spirit.

Let her become a vegetable that can breathe on its own.

Yakumo's energy cleansed her left arm four times, and then she used her Soul Eye to examine it again.

There was no trace of animal will left on the entire left arm.

This means that his idea seems to be the right decision. There is no need to search for those animal wills. They are like moths, actively colliding with Yakumo's soul power and being directly destroyed.

The soul energy reversed its direction and moved to other parts of Machi's body, carrying out a very thorough cleansing.

From shallow to deep, from inside to outside.

Yakumo wants to completely eradicate the animalistic will.

As he moved, Machi's body began to change. Her blue tail gradually disappeared into her body, her two cat ears slowly vanished, and six whiskers appeared on her cheeks.

All the animalistic features disappeared, and her body became increasingly relaxed. Maggie's face showed an expression of enjoyment, as if she were receiving a full-body massage.

Half an hour later, Yakumo opened her eyes. The remaining animal will was very weak and could not make Yakumo feel mentally exhausted. This was also because her intelligence attribute had broken through eighty.

"How are you feeling?" Yakumo asked Machi.

"Relaxed, more relaxed than ever before, relaxed from the inside out, in short, extremely relaxed. It felt like my mind had taken a half-hour hot bath."

Yakumo seemed to be thinking about what he had just heard. He had only cleansed the residual will in Maki's body and had not touched her soul in her mind. So why did she say that it felt like she had taken a hot bath in her mind?

Perhaps we need to compare different perspectives to find the answer to this question.

With a clap of his hands, a shadow clone appeared.

In less than ten seconds, a golden light flashed, the air temperature rose several degrees rapidly, and the shadow clone appeared in the laboratory with Masako Mori.

"What's wrong? What do you want?"

"I encountered a minor issue and need to make a comparison."

Yakumo grabbed Mori Masako's right hand, and his soul energy directly probed into her body, quickly scanning her right arm.

Half a minute later, Yakumo found the answer he was looking for: Masako Mori's body was completely clean, with no trace of animal will remaining.

This lingering will is like an impurity, hindering the soul's control over the body, much like large boulders appearing on a highway, affecting the speed of vehicles.

Furthermore, these stones also emit their own vibrations, rewriting the surrounding cellular tissue and causing them to exhibit different morphological variations.

Whitebeard's problem lies here: even the will rooted in his flesh and blood has begun to fight back against his brain, influencing or rewriting his character.

This also proves from another perspective that the remnants of animal will are not something beneficial to the body, but rather a kind of impurity that can reverse itself, removing and cleansing away what is only good for the body.

"Comparison complete."

Yakumo released Mori Masako's right hand, and his shadow clone extended its hand with a flash of golden light before disappearing from the laboratory.

"Observe for two days. If there are no problems, proceed with the fifth activation enhancement and take the first drop of blood. I need to re-prepare the reagents."

“Oh…okay…thank you, Lord Yakumo.” Machi hesitated.

Yakumo put the Demon-Subduing Sword back into the Glory Sword Box, while Machi skillfully picked up a test tube and a knife, squeezed a drop of blood from her finger, put it into a quartz test tube, and then activated her Devil Fruit power to directly heal the wound on her finger.

"I feel like we can proceed with the fifth enhancement now."

Maggie said excitedly that she felt great, especially with her energy returning. Even with a 5% activation level challenge, she was confident she could overcome the animal's will.

"No, we need to observe for a few more days."

"I feel fantastic right now!"

Maggie remained steadfast in her opinion.

“If you lose your way due to unforeseen circumstances during today’s enhancement process, and completely lose yourself and become a beast, I will take responsibility for it. Moreover... being more cautious will never be a big mistake,” Yakumo explained very seriously.

The difference between him and Orochimaru lies here: he conducts experiments only when safety is guaranteed, and he will not refrain from conducting dangerous experiments in order to achieve results.

"Aren't you being overly cautious?"

Maggie was somewhat moved, but she concealed her feelings well. She never forgot her identity; she was a cold-blooded spy chief.

“I acted impulsively once before, which resulted in a very regrettable outcome. Since then... I have thought things through carefully before doing anything.”

Yakumo looked up and saw through the window that Shyvana was practicing her swordsmanship with Yuuki Chiyuki.

If he hadn't revealed his name, or had left immediately after obtaining the location, she might still have had a wonderful family.

This is Yakumo's regret; the essence of his character and the underlying nature of his soul reveals him to be a very kind person.

"Then I'll be going now?"

Maggie grinned and tried to stand up, but her legs gave way and she slumped back into the chair. After struggling a few times, she finally stood up, blushing slightly, and quickly left the experiment.

"He can't even stand up anymore." Yakumo's tone was somewhat sarcastic.

Yakumo used his life force to envelop the drop of blood, examining the location of the recessive gene and continuing the activation process... This time, the proportion was 3%.

Currently, the activation progress is 61%.

A few minutes later, after mixing with two other liquids, the reagent was ready. Inside the transparent glass test tube, there was a tricolor spiral, with only a blood-red staircase at the center.

"This thing looks a bit like a biological virus."

Yakumo muttered a soft complaint, then put it into a test tube and extracted blood from Mori Masako and Shyvana for experiments.

In three years, Shyvana's fruit activation rate is around 10%. At this rate, even disregarding the implicit limitations like bottlenecks, it would take at least thirty years to complete the fruit's awakening.

However, in Yakumo's hands, this time can be shortened to one hundred days.

The test tube in Yakumo's hand contained Shyvana's blood. He planned to perform the activation and enhancement for the first time tomorrow. Machi had already shared her experience with Shyvana over the past two days.

Most importantly, Shyvana's determination to become stronger has become even more resolute. The hatred hidden in her heart is like a hammer, repeatedly forcing her will to become extremely solid and hard.

After awakening the Soul-Soul Fruit, combined with the ability of the Soul Eye, Yakumo is able to determine the soul strength of other people.

Among them, the one with the strongest soul is Masako Mori. Her bloodline and past experiences have forged her powerful soul and indomitable spirit.

Furthermore, physical pain actually excites her mind, amplifying the strength of her mental state.

Although that state was morbid, it was a very strong amplification.

Secondly, there's Yuuki Chiyuki. When he holds the Nile Sorrow, his soul strength is greatly amplified, making him no less powerful than Mori Masako. However, if he loses his weapon, the difference becomes slightly noticeable.

Next up are Shyvana and Machi, who's at the bottom.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Shyvana isn't good enough; it's just that both of them are exceptionally talented.

The former refers to the Otsutsuki bloodline at its fully developed stage... equivalent to the Six Paths level. The latter, however, is a lower-grade Otsutsuki bloodline.

Not long after, Yakumo finished adjusting the reagent to an activation level of 15%. It was still a three-colored spiral with blood of altered activation level in the center.

From a soul's perspective, he could see the weight of the earth and the hardness of metal contained in this blood, and from a soul's point of view, he could depict a golden rhinoceros roaring to the sky.

It is about thirty meters tall, with thick scales that carry a metallic sheen and cute conical horns.

Yakumo suddenly remembered that he had once seen this golden-horned rhinoceros roaring to the sky. He recalled briefly… he remembered…

That was a wondrous sight revealed under the reflection of the eternal slumber mist.

As Yakumo's strength continued to improve, he hadn't used the Eternal Sleep Mist in battle for a long time, and thus forgot about its ability to reflect Devil Fruit powers.

Therefore, the unknown Paramecia-type Devil Fruit is about to be unveiled, and even a simple display of energy can reveal the fruit's abilities.

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Chapter 346 Proof of Hegemony: A Sudden Outbreak of Battle

Inside the laboratory.

Just as Yakumo was about to take out the mysterious Devil Fruit for testing, the Den Den Mushi, which had been dozing off, suddenly became active on the silver-white experimental table.

"Pop pop pop..."

Yakumo stood up, picked up the Den Den Mushi... and answered the call. This was the first time Dragon had taken the initiative to contact them through a Den Den Mushi. Could it be that the Revolutionary Army's situation had become even worse and they needed his help?

"Bro, this is incredible news!!"

As soon as the call connected, the Den Den Mushi made an exaggerated expression. This was the first time Yakumo had seen such an obvious change in emotion on Ryu's face, but this change was not due to fear, but excitement.

Yakumo asked, "What news?"

"On their way back to the New World, the Whitebeard Pirates encountered the Navy's elite forces, including the three admirals, Garp, and Sengoku!"

Dragon spoke extremely quickly, directly revealing the core information. Upon hearing this, Yakumo's expression changed several times.

The Navy's elite forces certainly didn't come to the East Blue to hunt down the Whitebeard Pirates, so... their target was naturally Yakumo, but they just happened to run into the Whitebeard Pirates.

The Whitebeard Pirates' flagship, the Moby Dick, was simply too large to pass through the Dip-Drop Mountain.

This time they were traveling on a medium-sized sailboat, and their only companions were Ace, Marco, and the crew member who steered the boat.

"So the navy is coming for me?" Yakumo asked knowingly.

This was truly unexpected news. Yakumo is not the main character after all, and the world's progress will not follow his plan. He originally intended to formally become an enemy of the Navy when he seized the Celestial Gold.

Unfortunately... things didn't go as planned.

"That should be right, but we ran into the Whitebeard Pirates."

Monkey D. Dragon replied that he could think of the same questions as Yakumo.

Most importantly, the navy made no attempt to conceal its intentions. Using its highly maneuverable warships, it directly evaded the Revolutionary Army's intelligence network.

Initially, they planned to appear in the East Blue unnoticed and launch a surprise attack on Yakumo on the deserted island, but they ended up coincidentally encountering the Whitebeard Pirates who had returned to the New World.

All of this can be described as a wonderful twist of fate.

"What should I do if Garp gets in my way?"

Yakumo stood up, put away the wooden box containing the Devil Fruits, quickly pushed open the laboratory door, and headed to the area where the others were cultivating.

He planned to head to the battlefield to participate in this top-level battle.