Konoha's Mission Master

Yakumo gently touched the Ring of the Void Emperor, but the item panel failed to display; that unreliable game system had been completely shut down.

"Where were you just moved to?" Masako Mori pressed, her eyes wary. No one could be sure that the Aoyama Reiko in front of them was the same Aoyama Reiko they remembered.

"She and I were transferred to the crimson space and fought a life-or-death battle, but she wasn't very strong, only her life force was extremely complete... that's why things were delayed for a few minutes."

Reiko Aoyama understood their wariness and tried her best to explain.

Then, she looked at Yakumo.

"I gained some of her memories."

"Is there anything particularly special about it?" Yakumo asked.

"No, her life is no different from mine."

Yakumo quietly observed Aoyama Reiko and saw that she did not seem to be lying or pretending, and her attitude and tone were no different from the Aoyama Reiko he remembered.

Only then did I gradually believe that... Sister Aoyama had not been replaced.

"Then why did she attack you?" Masako Mori asked again.

"To complete it."

"Complete it?" Yakumo asked.

"It's roughly saying that there are many Aoyama Reikos in the universe. When the two meet... they fight to determine a winner. The winner can absorb everything from the loser. This process is called completion," Aoyama Reiko continued.

Yakumo nodded and did not ask any further questions.

"Let's go, let's go to my place to rest for a bit today."

The four of them opened the window and quietly left Konoha Hospital.

Three minutes later, the group arrived at Yakumo's house.

It was still the same two-story building I remembered, but the interior was full of cobwebs, and it looked like it had been uninhabited for a long time. The furniture was covered with a white cloth... and on the white cloth was a thick layer of ash.

"Chiyuki and Mori Masako, please tidy up first."

Yakumo then turned to look at Aoyama Reiko.

"Sister Qingshan, I want to talk to you about those memories."

The two of them used their legs to propel themselves onto the roof.

The sun was setting in the west, turning the sky orange-red.

"Do you have any doubts about me?" Reiko Aoyama asked.

“Of course not, I just wanted you to compare your memories and look for things that are slightly beyond the norm,” Yakumo asked.

"Well..." Reiko Aoyama closed her eyes slightly upon hearing this.

A few seconds later, Reiko Aoyama spoke.

"Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze did not get married. Although Minato Namikaze still loved Kushina Uzumaki, Kushina Uzumaki loved Aoki Tsukumo. She even turned white overnight when he defected."

"Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze..." Yakumo pondered for a moment.

This plot is a bit outrageous.

"Minato Namikaze's master was not Jiraiya, but Danzo."

"But Danzo was killed by Aoki Pakuso..."

"Is there anything else?" Yakumo continued to ask.

Sure enough, the bookstore's brochure contained only basic information; the real information resided in the memories of those powerful individuals.

Minato Namikaze becomes Danzo's apprentice, a combination of a little sun and a schemer.

This is yet another outrageous plot that little genius came up with. Has he never watched Naruto before?

Clearly, Aoki Trump was also a time traveler, so Danzo's top spot on the time traveler kill list is well-deserved.

"Aoki Paku has a deep debt of gratitude to Hatake Sakumo."

"The grace of saving my life, the grace of spreading my teachings..."

Yakumo categorized these memories in his mind.

There are three people in Konoha who have the deepest connection with Aoki Saku...

Kushina Uzumaki, Minato Namikaze, Sakumo Hatake.

These three people are... the clues that Yakumo is going to visit next.

In the blink of an eye, the sky gradually darkened.

The four of them sat on the sofa in the living room, hungry.

Originally, Masako Mori planned to go to the Forest of Death to find some prey, but Yakumo stopped her, as he always felt that the world was not so simple.

The four of them closed their eyes and adjusted their state.

Masako Mori and Chiyuki Yukoto were constantly observing Reiko Aoyama, and even though Yakumo had decided to imagine Reiko Aoyama, the two of them remained wary.

As night fell, Yakumo turned off the lights.

The room became pitch black.

Suddenly, Yakumo opened his eyes. He heard footsteps, which were neither fast nor slow, very light but with very powerful steps, without any attempt to slow down.

He came, and openly told Yakumo and the others... He's here!

This person must be extremely confident in their abilities.

Mori Masako, Aoyama Reiko, and Yukotsu Chiyuki all regained their senses and gathered their strength to launch an attack.

Clearly, although the visitor chose to come late at night, they might be a guest who could offer assistance.

"Who is it?" Yakumo stood up and asked softly towards the door.

"It's me, your great master, the Toad Sage... Jiraiya!"

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Chapter 476, the grand finale.

A familiar voice rang out from outside the door, and Yakumo felt boundless joy from his tone.

It was a chance to reunite with an old friend in a foreign land.

Yakumo was taken aback. This was clearly not the situation he wanted to see; someone had actually come to his door.

He did not answer his question immediately, but instead pointed his finger to signal everyone to be on guard. Yukotsu Chiyuki clenched his fist slightly, and an invisible pressure spread from him to the surroundings. Aoyama Reiko manipulated a dense colorless airflow in her palm.

Everyone was ready for battle.

"Please come in," Yakumo replied.

With a creak, the wooden door was pushed open from the outside, and the person who entered was none other than Jiraiya.

Her long, white hair was extremely disheveled and almost touched the ground. Her clothes were wrinkled, and she carried a huge scroll on her back, while holding a food box and a bottle of liquor in her left and right hands.

"Oh, are there four people this time?"

"I'm not going to change my shoes."

Jiraiya seemed oblivious to the others' hostility, and sat down beside them without a care.

This person was almost identical to Jiraiya in Yakumo's memory, except that his cynical eyes were mixed with a hint of weariness and despair, as if he had traveled tens of thousands of miles alone in a deserted sea of ​​sand, never having seen a soul, and seemed on the verge of collapse at any moment.

"What brings you here?" Yakumo asked, a hint of something stirring in his mind. Jiraiya's gaze lingered on Aoyama Reiko for less than a second.

"I am your contact person. Runyu likes to call me NPC."

The name was earth-shattering; it greatly shocked Yakumo.

"Runyu?"

This person is the source of everything, the creator of the system.

“That’s right, it’s him.” Jiraiya nodded.

Masako Mori and Reiko Aoyama were somewhat stunned and did not speak rashly, remaining on guard.

In everyone's observation, the Jiraiya in front of them was no different from the person they remembered. The strange thing was that they also sensed a sense of crisis from Jiraiya.

"He will send you into this world, and I will be responsible for telling you the goal of the final mission."

Yakumo is now 60% convinced of Jiraiya's identity, since he is the only one among those present who knows the meaning behind the name Uchiha Juntama. Everything seems to have come full circle.

"The objective of the mission is...?" Yakumo asked.

“Sakumo Hatake, Kushina Uzumaki, and Minato Namikaze each have a key. If they are all collected, a passage can be opened, and at the end of the passage lies a door,” Jiraiya replied.

"Our mission is to push open the door?" Yakumo asked rhetorically.

"Destroy the door," Jiraiya replied, without offering any further explanation.

"I understand." Yakumo instinctively wanted to believe Jiraiya. He never expected that fate would be so magical. In the beginning, it was Jiraiya who led him to explore the ninja world, and in the end, it was Jiraiya who accompanied him on his final journey.

"Do you have any other questions? Reiko should have filled in the gaps, right?" Jiraiya asked tentatively, placing the food box on the table in front of them. He picked up the sake bottle and took a small, blissful sip, a happy expression on his face.

"What will be the price for completing it?" Yakumo asked, confirming his suspicions.

"Completing the universe enhances strength, talent, and potential. It is an evolutionary path from flaw to perfection, with the ultimate goal of reaching the level of the universe's strongest."

By harvesting countless versions of himself from parallel universes to complete the self, the ultimate result is transcendence.

"What will be different in this world?" Yakumo sensed Jiraiya's unspoken meaning.

“There’s only one thing: that person will be bound to this world,” Jiraiya said.