Konoha's Mission Master

She stared in disbelief at her chapped hands…

The joy of surviving a disaster lingered in the corners of his eyes.

With a loud bang.

A blinding white light and scorching heat descended, shockwaves radiated in all directions, and raindrops began to flow backwards from the sky!

The old woman's kind smile floated into Yakumo's mind, and yet another innocent life was lost before his eyes... At this moment, he was filled with rage.

This anger was directed at himself, at Shinichi…

The mastermind behind this series of assassinations!

This rage was like wildfire that burned away Yakumo's reason. He swiftly slashed with his twin swords, unleashing a torrent of silver blade energy!

He was draped in countless bolts of lightning.

"Walking!" the boy growled.

The silvery-white blade energy swirled with a fierce wind, instantly evaporating raindrops into nothingness. The silvery domain, like a giant net, suppressed the explosive fire and light.

His domain extends beyond the front to include six directions: up, down, left, right, positive, and negative. In the eyes of the crowd, it forms a steel cage made of silver light, completely locking away the high temperature, flames, and shockwaves of the explosion.

Sudden.

A strikingly different silver light pierced through the cage!

It shot towards Kakashi Hatake; it was a silver worm about the length of an index finger.

Yakumo exerted force with his feet and slashed down fiercely!

"The Creation of Heaven and Earth".

With a clang, the blade collided with the insect, producing a sharp metallic screech. The next second, the blade fell, gleaming silver.

Divide it into two.

"Bah—!"

The silver insect emitted a piercing scream, and its body, severed at the waist, suddenly accelerated and crashed straight into Kakashi Hatake.

Kakashi Hatake immediately parried with his sword.

"Ding--"

A sharp sound rang out!

Yakumo burst through the air from behind, striking the silver worm once more. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kakashi took a half-step back and quickly formed hand seals.

"bump."

Kakashi Hatake used the Substitution Jutsu to escape.

The two blades overlapped, unleashing a dense net of blades.

Three breaths later, the silver worm was chopped into dust.

Yakumo pushed off with his feet and immediately arrived beside Kakashi, quickly forming hand seals that emitted a bright green glow.

Palm Immortal Technique, activate!

Swish.

Sakumo Hatake's true form returned, and the white fang in his hand emitted a cold, shimmering white light, yet remained completely unstained by blood.

"is it serious?"

Sakumo Hatake's voice carried a hint of nervousness.

Kakashi had fallen into a coma, and a hole the size of a thumb had appeared in the middle of the ninja sword in his hand.

"We can save her... Go find Sister Aoyama quickly, and don't let anyone near here," Yakumo said swiftly.

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, Hatake Sakumo quickly formed hand seals.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

The earthen walls rose from the ground, forming earthen huts to shield them from the rain, and also to block the view of Obito Uchiha and Masako Mori. Sakumo Hatake created shadow clones and rushed towards the direction of Konoha Hospital.

The main body, holding the white tooth, stood atop the stone house.

Yakumo used his knife to cut open Kakashi Hatake's upper body clothing and found a tiny wound in the center of his chest, with the surrounding skin already slightly purplish.

Poisoning.

Kakashi Hatake's breathing was barely perceptible.

Before dying, the silver worm successfully injected its venom, a deadly poison that kills instantly upon contact with blood.

If it were a different medical ninja, they might be helpless, but fortunately, Yakumo's Fine Ailment Extraction Technique and Palm Healing Technique have both reached perfection.

"Bang." "Bang." "Bang."

Three shadow clones appeared.

The Palm Immortal Technique controls blood flow to prevent the toxins from spreading further, while the Fine Ailment Extraction Technique is used to cleanse the body of toxins.

outside world.

Sakumo Hatake's main body spoke, simultaneously creating two shadow clones.

"Obito and Masako Mori, go home first. Kakashi is slightly injured and Yakumo is treating him."

"Is Yakumo alright?"

Masako Mori asked with a hint of worry.

Sakumo Hatake shook his head.

About a minute later, the on-duty secret service team arrived at the scene and saluted and greeted Sakumo Hatake.

"minister."

"The squad should split up and guard the surrounding area, and not let anyone get close. If the Konoha Guard arrives, tell them to turn back the way they came, and say it was my order."

"As ordered."

The rain was getting heavier...

The members of the Dark Division scattered and found their own hiding places. Hatake Sakumo sat quietly on the roof, silently watching the rain. His eyes were as calm as a lake, yet also like a surging torrent that was washing away everything.

When the ANBU members wearing demon masks arrived, they immediately saw Sakumo Hatake sitting on the roof. Due to the heavy rain, his silver hair was plastered to his forehead, making him look somewhat disheveled.

Although Sakumo Hatake had no expression, they could still sense the turbulent emotions surging within him, like a tiger that had temporarily lain dormant.

—Powerful yet incredibly lonely.

Chapter 103 Danzo, prepare to die!

The heavy rain has not yet stopped.

A Root ninja dressed in black and wearing a demon mask was slowly approaching the shrine, one step... two steps...

They cautiously approached to test the waters, but Hatake Sakumo did not react to their approach until they were within ten meters of the earthen house.

Hatake Sakumo suddenly made a move. Just a second ago he was a down-on-his-luck middle-aged man, but the next second he was like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath.

White teeth whistled, slicing through the air.

White Fang's slash, imbued with wind-style chakra, easily drew a straight, distinct line on the ground in front of the Root ninja.

"Those who cross this line will die."

Sakumo Hatake spoke calmly, then withdrew his white teeth and continued gazing at the rain, reverting to his former dejected and downcast middle-aged self.

The Root ninjas wearing the demon masks dared not move forward even an inch further, for they had clearly felt the pure and extreme killing intent that Hatake Sakumo had unleashed.

They were absolutely certain that if they crossed the line... Hatake Sakumo would really kill them!

"What should we do?" someone whispered.

"Wait... Lord Danzo."

In the sky, only the crisp sound of torrential rain hitting the stone slabs and the water droplets spreading and breaking apart on the ground remained.

Looking at the rain, Hatake Sakumo worried about Hatake Kakashi's safety and secretly regretted his negligence.

The bizarre details of the assassination kept replaying in my mind: two Jonin and sixteen Chunin... all for the sake of targeting a six-year-old child... Is this normal?

This is not normal... The person behind the scenes is plotting against him.

Is 25 million really enough for two Jonin to risk their lives...? And what role did the Daimyo of the Land of Fire play in all of this?

No... There must be some other hidden interests compelling them to participate in this deadly assassination.

Is there any third-party involvement behind this outcome? Is an explosion of this magnitude and a meticulously planned operation something that wandering ninjas could pull off?

Sakumo Hatake pondered the true culprit behind the scenes.

"Poison...explosion..."

Hatake Sakumo suddenly felt that the method of the person behind the scenes was very familiar, as if he had dealt with them before... but he just couldn't remember when he had formed a grudge against this enemy.

"Sigh, it's all because of youthful recklessness..."

Sakumo Hatake shook his head and sighed softly.

In his youth, he was reckless and ruthless in his missions, killing many core members of the ninja clan. However, those people couldn't defeat him... and the retribution fell on his own son...

"No martial ethics!"

Half a minute later, Sakumo Hatake's shadow clone carried Reiko Aoyama back to the location of the Tsuchiya.

Reiko Aoyama immediately jumped off Sakumo Hatake's back and entered the earthen house.

"how is the situation?"

As soon as Aoyama Reiko entered the earthen house, she asked a question and immediately took out surgical instruments from her storage scroll.

"It's almost fully recovered..."

Yakumo spoke somewhat awkwardly, he really hadn't expected that the combined effect of the Fine Disease Extraction Technique and the Palm Immortal Technique after both were perfected could achieve such a terrifying result.

Reiko Aoyama looked at Kakashi Hatake lying on the ground. He had a rosy complexion and was breathing steadily and strongly. The small wound on his chest had completely healed, and his eyelids were slightly fluttering as if he was about to wake up at any moment.