Konoha's Mission Master

She had many questions. In fact, when the mist burial spread, Yakumo had already sensed the fluctuations in Aoyama Reiko's chakra.

then…

He didn't understand why Aoyama Reiko hadn't left.

Fortunately, it was just a shadow clone...

An hour later, Aoyama Reiko's true form took the sleeping Yakumo and gently carried her towards the Land of Fire.

Jingchuan City.

When Yakumo opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a blue-green roof with a painting in the center depicting a woman emerging from a bath, a scene somewhere between art and eroticism.

The air was filled with a sweet and ambiguous scent, and the dim lighting amplified the atmosphere. Even Yakumo, a virgin in two lifetimes, could tell that this was a suite in a couples' hotel.

"Hiss..." Yakumo gasped.

At this moment, his entire body was enveloped in green and blue light, and blood clots and tiny foreign objects were continuously removed by Aoyama Reiko's shadow clones and thrown into the copper basin next to him.

The sweat on her forehead confirmed that the treatment had been going on for a long time.

My whole body aches, especially my chest, which feels like two blunt knives are cutting into it, and countless insects are biting and growing inside, giving me a strange, tingling sensation.

"You're awake? Actually, you didn't need to fight so desperately. You could have just fought and retreated as needed..." Aoyama Reiko said.

"Perhaps."

But if he did that, his strength would inevitably be exposed, followed by all sorts of troubles.

Yakumo has a theory... If he kills all the enemies who know his strength, it is equivalent to not revealing his strength.

Most importantly... he was confident of winning.

Even though Ye Yue Tianxin was very strong, even stronger than him... he still had strong confidence.

"Don't be so reckless next time..."

"Okay... Sister Qingshan, this environment...?"

Yakumo nodded in agreement, then looked around and changed the subject.

"The situation was too urgent... I had no choice but to..."

Aoyama Reiko's cheeks flushed a beautiful crimson at a visible speed, after all, this was her first time in such a place.

"Hahahaha." Yakumo chuckled a few times, but his expression gradually became distorted as he became too smug and aggravated his wound.

Seeing this, Aoyama Reiko smiled.

Yakumo opens the game interface…

What comes into view is...

May good fortune shine upon you, and may the Year of the Tiger bring you blessings.

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"hiss……"

Yakumo gasped, confirming that he hadn't misread it; the grind-heavy mini-game had an extra sub-interface.

[Lucky Tiger Brings Blessings] 23:58:36

This is a time-limited interface. Could it be that... it's the New Year in that world, so the mini-games are keeping up with the times?

With a slight thought, Yakumo opened the panel.

Wishing you a prosperous and auspicious Year of the Tiger!

After the eight-character blessing disappeared, what appeared before my eyes was an interface similar to a store, but unfortunately there were only four kinds of goods.

Master-level Breakthrough Scroll

Item Description: Perfection is the pinnacle of skill, while Mastery is the ability to imbue a skill with a completely new understanding beyond that pinnacle, resulting in a terrifying boost to all aspects of the skill's attributes. Using this item will upgrade a skill with Perfection proficiency to Master level!

Price: 5000 gold coins

[Grandmaster-level Breakthrough Scroll]

Item Description: Upgrades a Master-level skill to Grandmaster level!

Price: 15000 gold coins

[Same-type Skill Fusion Scroll]

Item Description: This item can fuse two skills of the same attribute, resulting in a revolutionary evolution and the birth of a completely new skill. The requirement to use this item is that both skills must be at the Master level.

Price: 8000 gold coins

[Refined Stone]

Item Description: When incorporated into a weapon, this item increases its sharpness, durability, and energy transfer ratio. Refining it beyond 100% will amplify its energy output. There is no limit to the number of uses this item can have.

Price: 1000 gold coins.

Remaining quantity: 50 pieces

Currently: 0 gold coins (overdraft of 4000 gold coins allowed.)

Essence Stones—I vaguely remember them being a material needed to enhance weapons in that mini-game; it seemed to increase weapon attributes by one percent with each enhancement.

Yakumo remembered that after the amplification was increased to 200%, each essence stone could only provide 0.5% of the weapon's attributes.

And so on, the amplification attribute of each essence stone decreases as you go on. He once had the highest amplification level in the entire game.

- 1096%

Now there's one bad news and two good news.

The bad news is that Yakumo doesn't have a single gold coin right now. The first piece of good news is that the system has kindly provided an overdraft limit of 4000 gold coins. The second piece of good news is that it's Sunday today and he will receive 1150 gold coins tonight.

and many more!

Yakumo realized the real problem: stimulating overspending seemed to be a common tactic used by Taobao. Could it be that mini-games have gone astray...?

Even with a credit limit of 4000 gold coins, his options are still limited: a Master-level Breakthrough Scroll worth 5000 gold coins and an Essence Stone worth 1000 gold coins.

Yakumo made a decision instantly, waved his hand to open his personal panel and found that all four attributes except for Intelligence had been reduced to varying degrees, and the extra status bar showed the words "Severely Injured".

Two hours later, Aoyama Reiko's treatment was completed.

To ensure that Yakumo would recover without any hidden injuries, she had gone to extreme lengths in every step of the process, and at this moment she was pale and her chakra was extremely depleted.

"I'm going back to my room to sleep for a while."

Reiko Aoyama stood up and added in a low voice.

"I booked two rooms, and there are more next door."

Aoyama Reiko had wrapped a thick layer of gauze around his arms and upper body, which made it quite difficult for Yakumo to get up; he could only struggle slowly to his feet.

Leaning against the soft cushions at the head of the bed, directly opposite is a huge double white porcelain bathtub with no obstructions in between, perfectly fitting the characteristics of a couples' hotel.

Yakumo formed hand seals, and shadow clones appeared.

Two assistants took out the notes and blank scrolls from the storage scrolls and placed them on Yakumo.

Weekly task... Diary begins!

Half an hour later... mission accomplished.

Constitution increased by 0.5!

[Player's constitution attribute has exceeded 30 points.]

[All resistances and defenses have been greatly increased.]

Lifespan slightly extended.

[Note: Due to the Constitution attribute triggering a second extreme value, weekly quests will no longer reward Constitution attribute points; instead, they will be converted into gold coins at a proportional rate. 0.5 attribute points equal 150 gold coins.]

The familiar warmth returned, and the wounds on my arms and chest began to heal faster. Unfortunately, this energy came quickly and went even faster.

Yakumo reopened his eyes, the stinging pain in his arms and chest lessening slightly. He reached out, unrolled the scroll, and began writing his reading notes.

The mission is never-ending.

An hour later.

Yakumo added the free attribute points he gained to his physique. Under the influence of that warm energy, he could clearly feel the wounds in his body healing rapidly.

Unfortunately... it wasn't enough.

Yakumo got up and put on his pants, while simultaneously sending a shadow clone downstairs to buy dinner.

It was 8 PM. Knock knock knock.

"Sister, it's me..."

Footsteps echoed from inside the house. Reiko Aoyama opened the door, her face still somewhat pale, but the fatigue between her brows had lessened considerably.

Why aren't you lying in bed obediently?

Reiko Aoyama spoke with a hint of reproach.

The shadow clone took two steps forward, letting Aoyama Reiko see the round plate in her hand with a sumptuous dinner on it.

"No matter how tired you are, you still need to eat. After all, health is the foundation for fighting," Yakumo said at the right moment.

"I even had my shadow clone buy my sister's favorite white sugar glutinous rice cakes. I tried one and it tasted pretty good."

"You're so considerate."

Reiko Aoyama rolled her eyes at Yakumo, but the joy in her eyes was impossible to hide. It wasn't just because she was moved by the meal, but because Yakumo remembered that she hadn't eaten when he was seriously injured and unable to move.

Yakumo casually turned on the light in the room, and the golden light instantly filled the entire room. Combined with the room's decor, it made people feel as if they were in a vast and desolate desert.

Several pieces of classical clothing from the Land of Wind hung on the clothes rack, but the materials used were very economical... The curtains of the soft bed looked somewhat like a desert tent, except that they were made of a semi-transparent material and white silk.

Yakumo placed the plates on the only normal table in the room without changing his expression, and the two of them ate their dinner heartily against the backdrop of the golden desert.

After dinner, Yakumo ate the complimentary fruit from the restaurant and asked in a very casual tone.

"Sister, when do you plan to return to Konoha?"

Reiko Aoyama remained silent for three seconds. She understood that the Third Hokage had sent her to Kumogakure with the intention of abandoning her, meaning she was a pawn to be discarded.