Konoha's Mission Master

"Well, well... You're only this young and you're already siding with outsiders. What will you be like when you grow up? You'll probably cause a huge uproar."

Yakumo ate the rice ball in his hand with a calm expression.

After the meal... Mori Keiji led Mori Masako and Yakumo to the edge of the training field, his broad face full of indifference.

"Masako has been having some health problems lately, so I think it would be better for the two of you to reduce your contact."

“Father…” Mori Masako began to speak, surprised that her father had invited Yakumo to dinner for this reason.

"It's settled then," Mori Keiji interrupted.

"Leave it to me," Yakumo said to Mori Masako.

Immediately... Yakumo smiled, bowed slightly to Mori Keiji, and said.

"Since everyone has just finished eating..."

"Why not get some exercise..."

"Uncle Mori...please enlighten me!"

Chapter 97 Slaying the Future Father-in-Law

Masako Mori's house, next to the training ground.

As he finished speaking, a smile appeared on Mori Keiji's face.

"Yakumo... actually intends to challenge me?"

Just then, he wanted to beat up Yakumo, and this kid so readily offered himself up. He looked at Yakumo's smiling face and slowly spoke.

“It wouldn’t have been a big deal if she liked you; it’s just a child’s business… As an elder, I had absolutely no need to get involved. But she almost died because of your old injury, so I have to see if you’re worth my daughter’s sacrifice!”

“I’ve been observing you ever since you walked in. You’re so cautious, timid, reserved, silent and cowardly. I really don’t understand what it is about you that attracts Masako Mori so much and makes her like you so much.”

Keiji Mori's words answered all the questions. From a father's perspective of protecting his daughter, he wanted to see if Yakumo was the person Masako Mori could entrust everything to.

"I was so cautious and reserved just now because I respect Uncle Mori from the bottom of my heart, but I found that there seems to be some misunderstanding between us... So I have no choice but to use the way men do it... to make Uncle Mori believe in my sincerity."

Yakumo responded with a smile, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Then let me see how well you water flowers."

With a burst of speed, Mori Keiji leaped across the field like a giant bird, covering more than ten meters before landing in the center of the training ground.

"Yakumo, be careful!" Masako Mori called out encouragingly.

In the center of the training field, Mori Keiji's expression grew increasingly unpleasant.

"Go ahead and make your move."

"Hey... Uncle Mori, watch out!"

Yakumo took out two long swords from his storage scroll, his eyes gradually sharpening. After all, it involved a mission and his lifelong happiness... he would definitely put in 300% effort.

"Come on." Mori Keiji warmed up slightly, his muscles and bones crackling as his dormant power gradually awakened.

Yakumo crouched down to control his center of gravity, and with a sudden burst of power from his legs, he was already in front of Mori Keiji in half a breath, his hands crossed in a cross shape.

"Reverse-positive-cross slash".

Two pure white slashes remained in the air. Although Mori Keiji did not feel any fluctuation of chakra, he felt a pressure that he had not felt in a long time.

"You've hidden it so well!" Mori Keiji exclaimed in amazement.

"what!"

With a soft shout, Mori Keiji's right arm muscles suddenly bulged, and his right fist, gloved with silver, slammed into the point where the double blades crossed.

Immense strength! Unimaginable force surged from his fist into the twin blades, ultimately acting on Yakumo's body. This was the Senju secret ninjutsu... Superhuman Strength!

Yakumo reversed his twin blades, causing Mori Keiji's attack to miss, and the blades moved in the opposite direction.

"Reversal - Cross - Vibrating Blade!"

Mori Keiji continued to punch at the point where the two blades met, but was easily knocked away by a tremendous force, and subconsciously took half a step back.

"How is that possible..."

Mori Keiji exclaimed in surprise, "If Yakumo's first attempt to deflect the attack relied on his quick reflexes, then the second one was pure, extreme violence!"

"Waltz!"

The vast Milky Way descends, and the aura of swords sweeps across the four seas.

Like a silver disc with a radius of about five meters appearing in the training ground, the electric current carrying the blade energy cut through Mori Keiji's outer chakra armor. Just as the waltz was about to begin, Mori Keiji immediately unleashed his chakra, thus avoiding injury.

"break!"

Mori Keiji's right arm, enveloped in a blue chakra orb, slammed down in a circular motion, tearing the Waltz Domain to shreds.

“This is difficult…” Yakumo shook his head.

"But when it comes to missions... I take them extremely seriously!!"

"A alignment of four planets!"

With a wave of his hand, four azure water spheres shot out rapidly.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Without hesitation, Mori Keiji threw a punch straight at him!

"What incredible strength!" Yakumo exclaimed.

"Such a powerful impact!" Keiji Mori exclaimed.

"How about using this ninjutsu to water the flowers?"

Four shadow clones simultaneously fired sixteen water bullets!

At the same time, Yakumo began to concentrate and mobilize his chakra.

"bump!"

Instead of taking the hit head-on, Mori Keiji formed hand seals and moved to a different position. When he looked up again, sixteen more water bullets came hurtling through the air.

Mori Keiji looked somewhat disheveled, but the chakra fluctuations he displayed throughout were around Chunin level, probably because he wanted to test Yakumo's limits.

"Since you want to see my limits... then..."

"Open the heavens!"

Yakumo roared, unleashing his speed in an instant!

In an instant, Yakumo leaped up and spun 360 degrees in mid-air, using centrifugal inertia to amplify the power of his instantaneous strike.

That's scientific!

Keiji Mori's eyes were filled with expectation.

An invisible wind, and incandescent electric arcs coiled around the blade!

The blade sliced ​​through the air, carrying a chilling, murderous aura.

A blue fist-like aura surged forth…

"Drink!" Mori Keiji roared softly, his right arm muscles bulging!

Boom! The two collided.

The two only lasted for less than a second before Yakumo flew backward at an even faster speed until he finally regained his balance at the edge of the training field.

"I'm not fighting anymore, I'm not fighting anymore."

Realizing he couldn't win... Yakumo immediately chose to follow his heart.

Of course, the most important thing is that the mission... has been completed. During the competition, his final strike, which contained all his strength, opened the heavens, earning him Mori Keiji's approval.

Yakumo stored his twin swords in a storage scroll. To prevent Uncle Mori from attacking again, Yakumo quickly ran out of the training ground area.

Mori Keiji stood there, staring blankly at his right fist. A five-centimeter-long gash was clearly visible on the silver glove, his weapon cut open by extreme sharpness... This reminded him of White Fang.

"I lost." After many years, Mori Keiji experienced the feeling of defeat again, and Yakumo was now so amazingly talented in his eyes.

"Wind, lightning, water, chakra nature transformation... a Jonin who is only seven years old?" Mori Keiji suddenly discovered the unbelievable truth.

Looking at Yakumo's back on the sidelines, he felt a sense of unreality. Was this still the same timid and cowardly boy who had been so timid since childhood?

He couldn't help but sigh softly.

"This child may have the potential to become the God of Ninjas."

In the end of the battle... Yakumo was knocked away because Mori Keiji instinctively used 100% of his chakra the moment he was about to be injured.

"At that moment, I saw an ocean of chakra."

Standing beside Masako Mori, Yakumo thought to himself, "That's an even more terrifying amount of chakra than Tsunade-sama, probably about five times his amount, which is equivalent to the amount of chakra at the Kage level."

"...Why did you conceal your strength to get close to Mori Masako?"

Mori Keiji suddenly appeared beside Yakumo, his face showing a mixture of wariness and scrutiny. He was quite shocked by the strength Yakumo had displayed.

"I've always known about Yakumo's strength, I just didn't tell you or Mom." At this crucial moment, Masako Mori stepped forward to explain for Yakumo.

"Sigh." Mori Keiji looked at Mori Masako with a slightly shocked expression, his eyes seemingly genuine, and felt a pang of bitterness in his heart. His little darling had completely let in the wind... the kind that couldn't be contained no matter what.

“But I still don’t agree with Masako Mori continuing to have contact with you.” Keiji Mori shook his head, his tone firm.

"Why?" Masako Mori asked in shock.

Mori Keiji's words struck Yakumo like a bolt from the blue. Although he had gained approval, the issue of his marriage seemed to remain unresolved. After all, love that is not blessed by parents is unlikely to last!

Chapter 98 I promise I will heal her!

Inside the training field, Masako Mori's face was contorted with anger.

"He's not mediocre, he's not cowardly, and he'd even do anything to protect me, so why are you against us continuing?"

She began to question Mori Keiji.

“You don’t understand…” Mori Keiji said slowly.

"Do you think a seven-year-old Jonin can achieve that level just through talent? People like him are born with a destiny, they have their own fate, and their lives are destined to be full of troubles, to experience life and death, and then to dominate the ninja world for a lifetime."