Konoha's Mission Master

Sada Sotaro gripped the middle of the stone spear tightly in his right hand, his feet firmly planted on the ground, his muscular body poised to throw, like a taut bow.

The next moment, the stone spear was suddenly hurled!

In mid-air, the stone spear spun rapidly, like a shooting star.

Accelerating continuously...until only... in mid-air.

A fleeting, earthy-yellow phantom.

Small stone cones swirled around the spear, flying swiftly toward Yakumo!

At this moment, Matsushita Akira roared, his long sword carrying immense force. A deep blue tiger-shaped phantom detached from the sword and pounced on Yakumo. Rock spikes grew like a surging jungle, further compressing Yakumo's space to dodge. A spear shot through the air, the sound of it tearing through the air...!

With three forces surrounding him, Yakumo seemed to be in a desperate situation.

Sada Sotaro's face was full of ferocious smiles, as if he was looking forward to the moment when Yakumo died. Matsushita Akira's face was full of anger, and he continued to increase the power of his slashes.

Calm your mind and concentrate...

"melt!"

With a soft shout, Yakumo channeled the sharpness of the wind and the fury of the lightning into his twin swords. At that moment, Yakumo was unstoppable, his chakra surging forth and bursting forth from his body.

It surged wildly, like an angry dragon...

The next moment, unrestrained chakra flowed into his body.

The demon-slaying aurora burst forth, dazzling and colorful.

Jade was unearthed, giving birth to a black hole, with black lines drifting about.

Finally... rock spikes spread down from the ground, stone spears pierced the air and struck in front of Yakumo. Matsushita Akira suddenly broke through his limits and slashed at an even faster speed.

"Rebellion - Shaking Blade".

Yakumo brandished his twin swords, creating a black and white cocoon that enveloped him. The spreading earth spikes collided with the black and white cocoon first, instantly turning into powder as if struck by thousands of swords.

But this was just the beginning... At the same moment, the jungle-like stone spikes gradually spread outward and all turned into dust.

The stone spear descended from the sky and collided with the black and white cocoon, along with four half-meter-long stone cones.

With a deafening roar, the terrifying impact caused dense ripples to spread across the surface of the black and white cocoon, like a boulder being thrown into a calm lake.

However, the stone spear had already lost its momentum and shattered into small stones on the surface of the giant cocoon.

The deep blue tiger was flattened the moment it collided with the object; its roar lasted less than a second before vanishing without a trace.

The deep blue tiger looks very powerful, but its energy is too dispersed... it will shatter at the slightest touch.

"This swordsmanship... has gone astray."

Yakumo Shindo.

The next moment, the ninja sword in Matsushita Akira's hand was knocked away by a powerful force. The black and white cocoon remained standing in place, like an impregnable fortress.

The three intense collisions did not penetrate the black and white cocoon in the slightest, so how could they possibly harm the master standing inside?

This is just the beginning…

The black and white cocoon dissipated, and Yakumo charged forward, his twin swords reflecting a dreamlike galaxy of light and annihilation. Two-colored arcs of electricity flowed wildly, like a spider spreading a large web, enveloping the weaponless Matsushita Akira... The hunt was about to begin!

An arc of electricity crackled, and Yakumo's figure vanished.

"Open the heavens!"

The two-colored sword dance emitted a sharp whistling sound.

At this moment, Matsushita Akira was powerless to resist.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

As the rock wall rose, at the crucial moment, Sada Sotaro stepped forward. The three-meter-high rock wall blocked Yakumo's view and hindered his attack.

"Not enough!"

With a swift swing of his twin swords, Yakumo drew a cross in the void!

The two-colored blade energy tore through the rock wall.

Yakumo strode towards Matsushita Akira, who had lost his weapon.

"Earth Escape: Earth Current City Wall!"

One, two, three... rock walls rose up... reaching a thickness of fifty centimeters, hindering Yakumo's advance. Such a fast hand seal speed.

Three loud booms...

Yakumo wields his blade and unleashes a rapid series of slashes...

They forcefully broke through three rock walls.

The rock face was damaged, kicking up dust.

At this moment, the distance between Matsushita Akira and him was a full fifteen meters, and he had completely broken free from the lock of the black and white sword net. Yakumo had lost the opportunity that he had worked so hard to create.

Fortunately... he still had a trump card.

He originally didn't intend to use... his trump card.

Yakumo turns his right hand...

"mercy."

Yakumo flicked out sixteen transparent water droplets while the smoke was still billowing out.

Water droplets burst through the air, disappearing almost unnoticed as they sped through the electric arc, eventually merging into the night.

This was the truly deadly weapon that struck Matsushita Akira.

In the blink of an eye, the water droplet covered a distance of fifteen meters.

Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff... puff.

Blood gushed out from his body...

A series of impact sounds rang out.

Matsushita Akira's figure... suddenly stopped.

Matsushita Akira had no time to dodge. The turn of events came so suddenly. Who would have thought that this mysterious man, who had fought with swordsmanship from beginning to end, would actually possess such a high level of water-style ninjutsu?

It's like two peerless swordsmen fighting desperately for the title of the greatest swordsman in the world, but at the crucial moment, one of the swordsmen pulls out a Gatling gun, the kind that shoots blue flames, and speaks at the same time.

"Friends...times have changed..."

Akira Matsushita's body was splattered with blood...

"Sakumo Hatake, I curse you... to die a horrible death!"

Matsushita Akira struggled to his feet and cursed fiercely at Yakumo. Perhaps in his eyes, Yakumo's figure was completely merged with Hatake Sakumo at this moment.

He then collapsed and stopped breathing, and the curtain fell.

Yakumo and Sada Sotaro gazed at each other silently.

To be honest, Yakumo never gave Sada Sotaro a second glance... at his somewhat round face.

According to Konoha's records, this person is thirty-five years old this year, skilled in Earth Release and Water Release, but not good at close combat. He is timid and cautious, and his biggest flaw is that he is extremely lecherous... especially fond of forcibly taking other men's wives, but he is also indiscriminate in his pursuit of beautiful lolis and young girls, never letting them go when he encounters them...

Although his strength is close to that of a Kage, he has a clear weakness: he is not good at close combat. Although he is cautious, he also has a very obvious weakness: he is a womanizer.

According to the information, he was relatively weak, and his body had been weakened by lust, causing his strength to even begin to decline.

Yet this same person hurled that incredibly violent stone spear. Now, when Yakumo recalls it, the pressure from that stone spear is still greater than that from Matsushita Akira's furious slash!

It was also Sada Sotaro who, every time Matsushita Akira was about to be killed, used ninjutsu at just the right moment to temporarily stop Yakumo's attack. In particular, the speed of his hand seals when using Earth Flow Wall was enough to make Yakumo's heart tremble.

He was the one who was most deeply hidden...

Sada Sotaro deceived the Kusagakure members, the Konoha Anbu, and even hid his strength right under Matsushita Shiranui's nose.

Who would have thought that the most inconspicuous person...

So terrifying.

Yakumo suddenly understood.

Well... it's not too late to find out.

Chapter 123 Quarterly Mission Completed! (Bonus Chapter for Remembering and Cherishing)

On the battlefield.

The two looked at each other silently.

Their energies locked onto each other, waiting for the other to make a move.

To be honest... Sada Sotaro is panicking right now. He has indeed been hiding some of his strength, but even if he goes all out, he would not be a match for the mysterious man in front of him. The sharpness of the mysterious man's blade is comparable to that of Konoha's White Fang from a few years ago.

"Who exactly is he...?"

Sada Sotaro kept trying to match the famous and powerful ninjas in the world with the person in front of him in his mind, but found that there was no one who could match him.

"I must escape... and then... live under an assumed name for several years!"

Sada Sotaro made up his mind, his eyes gradually brightened, and his hands began to form hand seals rapidly while he stepped back. This time, he no longer concealed the speed of his hand seals.

Earth Release: Breaking Army Stone Spear!

The sound of something cutting through the air came, but it was aimed at the ground in front of Yakumo. This was not to kill the enemy, but to delay Yakumo's steps... He wanted to escape!

"mercy."

Yakumo casually flicked out sixteen transparent water droplets.

Melting into the night, the two collided and neutralized...

Since mercy was already used when killing Matsushita Akira, there was no need to continue hiding it.

Yakumo continued to accelerate, leaving a silver afterimage behind him. Sada Sotaro's face showed fear; he was no match for the mysterious man!

will die!

We must run!

"Earth Escape: Earth Splitting Palm".