Konoha's Mission Master

Luffy suddenly raised his head and gave a hearty and sincere smile. He used his leg magic to leap up and disappear in front of the two of them like a spring.

"What did he understand?"

Yakumo asked Mori Masako with some curiosity.

"Hehe, I don't know, don't ask me."

Masako Mori shook her head.

The following day, Kakashi once again sought out Zoro for a sparring match. From Zoro, he found a sense of evenly matched strength; the enemy was not so strong as to make him despair, and he could also gain many interesting insights from the battle.

He and Zoro verified each other's abilities, and their strength was increasing rapidly.

In addition, Chopper accepted his bet and brought out three Rumble Balls, also acting as a translator between Yakumo and the Rumble Ball.

"Meow meow meow meow!"

Yakumo looked at Chopper.

"This cat is saying it's hungry..."

"Meow meow meow?"

"The cat is wondering why I can understand it."

"This cat wants to eat barbecue."

"This cat wants to drink milk tea."

......

Yakumo finally confirmed that Milk Ball was indeed a glutton.

In the following days, Zoro often sparred with Kakashi, while Chopper kept pestering Yakumo to learn medicine, as he wanted to become a world-renowned doctor.

Yakumo studied the effects of the Rumble Balls and concluded that they likely promote the growth of Chopper's genes through specific herbs, but have no effect on others.

In addition, Dragon had contacted Yakumo, the strongest scientist with a brain that was 500 years ahead of the world, whose whereabouts were still unknown. He speculated that the Celestial Dragons had even more secretive strongholds besides Yakumo.

Yakumo said he was powerless to do anything about it.

A few nights later, Yakumo led Masako Mori, Chiyuki Yukotsu, and Reiko Aoyama down the stairs to the core area beneath the island's surface.

In fact, this island absorbs nutrients and grows every day. Instead of expanding outwards, it explores the space beneath the sea surface, just like an iceberg floating on the sea, hiding its larger size and secrets beneath the sea.

Yakumo transformed this place into an underwater residence, using special plants as lighting and high-strength resin as glass. Not only can you see the fish swimming in the sea through the windows, but you can also dive in the unique space.

The group of people entered their respective rooms one after another.

"Tonight we'll enter a completely new world, so stop messing around."

Yakumo warned Mori Masako, who had followed him into the room.

"Okay, okay, I know, I know."

The two lay side by side on the wooden bed, gazing at the ceiling.

"Enter the instance."

Yakumo spoke softly, then drowsiness washed over him.

[Hint: Entering a dungeon.]

[Hint: Entering Dragon Lord's Arctic Feast.]

As light and shadow shift, the world is reshaped.

Yakumo appeared inside the transparent barrier. Outside the barrier was an endless expanse of ice and snow, with the snow estimated to be about half a meter deep. As far as the eye could see, it was all endless white.

Since the instance had not yet been officially opened, the snowflakes in the sky were frozen in mid-air by the game system's ability.

No, it should be said that time does not pass in the space outside the barrier.

Yakumo patiently waited for the other team members. Before the number of members arrived, the game system did not provide any information about which attributes would be restricted.

Ten minutes passed, and then a flash of light appeared.

Yukotsu Chiyuki appeared beside Yakumo and almost instinctively drew her weapon.

"We can only officially begin once everyone is here."

Yakumo gave a simple explanation to the person in front of the soothing bones.

"The snow is so thick."

Yukoku Sen looked around and sighed softly. He had seen snow before when he lived in the Land of Fire and traveled through the ninja world with Yakumo, but such thick snow was completely beyond his comprehension.

"This environment is not favorable for Masako Mori."

Yakumo was thinking of something else entirely: the extremely low temperatures and snowfall in this world were very unfavorable for the use of fire.

"Master, have we identified the enemy this time?"

Yukoku Chiyuki turned her gaze away from the surrounding snow.

"The boss is a dragon, but I don't know about the minions. It can't be a polar bear, can it?"

Having been immersed in the world of One-Punch Man, Yuuki Chiyuki is now able to understand most of the game's terminology.

"You won't die here, it really feels like a game."

Yukotsu Chiyuki sighed aloud, while extending her hand to Yakumo.

"The Blood Burning Elixir can only be used when fighting a boss."

Yakumo took out a vial of blood-burning medicine from his ninja tool pouch and handed it to Yukotsu Chiyuki, giving her instructions aloud.

"clear."

You Gu Qianxue carefully put away the Blood Burning Reagent, and at the same time swung her weapon, cutting off her waist-length pink hair, leaving less than three centimeters.

"I plan to use one of the remaining two myself, and the last one... I'll give it to Mori Masako." Yakumo put the two vials of reagents back into his ninja tool pouch.

Ten minutes later, Masako Mori's figure appeared.

"This game system is so unintelligent; it takes so long to match a player," Yakumo couldn't help but complain to himself.

"What an amazing world."

Masako Mori punched the transparent barrier in front of her, the impact causing ripples to spread, but it remained undamaged.

“It’s no use, it can’t be broken,” Yakumo said.

"Have you tried it?" Masako Mori asked in return.

"This one is not available."

"Then fight with me."

Yakumo drew his Fuma sword and slashed fiercely at the barrier. With an even more terrifying force poured in, denser ripples appeared on the surface of the barrier, and countless ripples were created and destroyed, colliding with each other.

The transparent barrier became illusory and hazy.

"It seems like it really can be broken."

Yakumo planned to continue his attack. He knew that the barrier in front of him was formed by the rules of the system. It seemed that the system could not represent true invincibility. Now he wanted to see if he could shake the limits of the system.

"Extreme Blade Slash!"

The terrifying slash landed on the barrier's surface, causing more ripples to spread. Some cracks even appeared where the blade struck, but the cracks and ripples disappeared in the next second, as if the barrier had regenerated itself.

[Note: Replenishing the security barrier consumes 1000 gold coins.]

"Stop, stop, stop right now!"

Yakumo's expression changed rapidly as he quickly stopped Mori Masako.

"You're really ruthless."

[Note: The game reserves the right of final interpretation.]

"......"

"What's wrong?" Masako Mori asked curiously.

"This barrier will draw energy from me to repair itself."

Yakumo shrugged and came up with a more reasonable explanation.

"This barrier is so cunning."

Upon hearing this, Masako Mori stopped making a move and patiently waited for time to pass.

A few minutes later, Reiko Aoyama arrived.

At this moment, a blood-red countdown appeared in the sky.

"There's no death restriction within the instance, and there's this countdown timer..."

"This really feels like a game."

You Gu Qianxue gazed at the blood-red countdown and sighed softly.

Is it possible that life is a game that can never be replayed?

You Gu Qianxue said in a pretentious manner.

At the same time, the countdown in the sky reached zero.

A fierce, cold wind, mixed with snowflakes, descended from all directions, blurring their vision. Almost instantly, they felt the biting cold.

"I kind of regret not bringing a pair of windproof glasses."

Masako Mori opened her eyes with difficulty and complained helplessly.

"I prepared in advance."

Just as Yakumo was about to take out the items he had prepared in advance from the storage scroll, he suddenly realized that... the storage scroll that was originally placed in his ninja tool pouch had disappeared.

Not only that, but the winter coat she was wearing also disappeared at that moment.

The group changed into thin short-sleeved T-shirts of various colors.

Yu Gu Qianxue is dressed in a girlish pink, and her lower body is covered by white shorts.

In addition, Masako Mori was wearing a blue sun hat, but the most outrageous one was Reiko Aoyama, who was wearing a black one-piece swimsuit and shivering in the cold wind.

It gives you the illusion of traveling from a beach vacation to the Arctic.