Konoha's Mission Master

There's still plenty of time... she still has a chance.

Rina Uzumaki looked down and saw the corpse at Yakumo's feet. Instantly, she recognized the corpse as Sata Sotaro, the head of the Kusakage Village Guard...

Did you kill him?

Rina asked cautiously, her voice tinged with a mixture of excitement, surprise, and joy.

“That’s right,” Yakumo readily admitted.

He crouched down, took out the corpse-dissolving liquid from his ninja tool bag, and slowly poured it out, watching as Sada Sotaro's body gradually turned into a foul-smelling liquid in the thick smoke.

His sinful life...ended everywhere.

"Bang." Yakumo created two shadow clones, one of which stayed behind to protect Rina Uzumaki, while his main body rushed towards the battlefield, where Jiraiya was fighting against an old man from Kusagakure.

A dozen seconds later, Yakumo returned to the battlefield.

The core of the battle has completely lost its original landscape. The raging fire scorches the rocks and soil, and Jiraiya has already exited Sage Mode... The two have changed their fighting style from the initial clash of ultimate moves to a contest of endurance.

At this moment, Yakumo's arrival became the final straw that broke Matsushita Shiranui's back.

The blades hummed softly, the double-edged swords roared.

"It seems... I won."

The moment Jiraiya saw Yakumo, his spirits lifted, and his use of ninjutsu became smoother and more natural.

"Alas... time waits for no one."

Matsushita Shiranui sighed. The surrounding ash became denser, and Hozuki's barrier unfolded again, but this time the area it covered was much smaller than before…

"Secret Technique: Extinguish the Lights..."

His voice suddenly became extremely low…

Yakumo instinctively became alert...

...My body was instinctively gripped by fear.

The next moment, Matsushita Shiranui's entire body turned into thick ashes. He knew he was going to die, but he stubbornly held on until Yakumo returned for only one reason: to avenge his son, Matsushita Akira!

The fly ash quickly blended into the surrounding gray barrier, reinforcing it and turning the gray barrier dark and translucent, almost tangible... it really did resemble a kerosene lamp shade that had been used for a long time.

All that remained in front of the two was... a black lamp wick.

Spin, jump, twist.

It seemed to be harboring... an extremely terrifying energy.

In short... this technique cannot be allowed to continue.

Yakumo quickly arrived at the gray barrier.

“We need to leave here…” Yakumo began.

"But the surrounding space has been sealed off..."

Jiraiya answered.

"I've come... to break the cage!"

Yakumo had already broken through this barrier once with the Kaiten technique, so repeating it now was... a piece of cake.

"Are you sure you can do it?" Jiraiya asked with some concern.

"A man...cannot say...no."

Concentrate your strength and bring the knife down!

"Broken Void".

The ultimate sense of oppression is born from the blade.

The silver light exploded and collided with the barrier, causing ripples to spread across its surface, like a colossal wave crashing against a towering cliff, followed by a terrifying roar.

Once everything calmed down... the barrier still stood.

The wick of the lamp in the distance swelled and undulated...

It has shrunk slightly.

“It seems… you’re not up to the task…” Jiraiya said.

"I can do it! This thing has... a defense cap."

Yakumo spoke quickly.

"Broken space, broken space..."

Silver light poured down on the gray barrier, while Jiraiya began punching and kicking it... There was no other way... his chakra was almost depleted.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang."

Ten shadow clones appeared... Transparent water droplets poured down on the gray barrier like a torrential downpour...

"How do you still have chakra?" Jiraiya asked.

"Exceptionally gifted."

His mastery of refined chakra manipulation techniques, coupled with a chakra level of over 530 points, gives him an endurance far exceeding that of Jiraiya.

Thirty-two attacks per second, plus ten shadow clones. That is to say, Yakumo unleashes three hundred and thirty-two attacks at the gray barrier every second. Although it is not a thousand attacks per second, it is still an incredibly terrifying speed.

Five seconds... eight seconds... a crack appeared in the barrier.

Ten seconds... the barrier shattered.

The two squeezed out of the damaged area as quickly as workers rushing to work, fleeing into the distance without looking back. At the same time, Yakumo deactivated his shadow clone and reclaimed his chakra.

Ten seconds later, a terrifying explosion occurred behind the two.

The terrifying shockwave, carrying dust, blew Yakumo and Jiraiya, who were already several kilometers away, to the ground, leaving only a deafening roar across the sky.

Yakumo turned her head...

"Black Patrick Star...?"

Chapter 124 Jiraiya Discovers the Truth

Yakumo and Jiraiya struggled to their feet, looking back at the epicenter of the explosion. Yakumo's exclamation about the black Patrick Star stemmed from…

The shockwave from the explosion had a halo of shimmering white light on the outside, illuminating the surrounding darkness.

But the inside was pitch black, and under the glowing white light, the dark interior formed the shape of Patrick Star.

Yakumo dusted himself off, subtly straightened the monkey mask on his face, and looked at Jiraiya.

"The green hills remain unchanged, the clear waters flow on forever..."

"See you later!!"

Yakumo turned around and headed towards Kusagakure.

Enemy eliminated, mission complete…

This is the perfect time to apply foot cream.

"Were you the one who invaded Konoha that night?"

"That's right... it's me, but I have no ill intentions towards Konoha, it's just targeting Danzo."

Yakumo stopped and replied in a low voice.

On the surface, he seemed calm and collected, but inside he was in a complete panic.

Jiraiya sat down on the ground without any regard for his image, grimacing as he cleaned his wounds. Then, he spoke with absolute certainty, as if he had already accepted a certain fact without giving the other party a chance to explain.

"Then... Yakumo, what is the source of your deep-seated hatred for Elder Danzo?"

Yakumo turned around and took off the mask from her face.

Unexpectedly, Jiraiya so directly broke the final barrier between the two.

Yakumo resumed using his original voice.

"Lord Jiraiya, aren't you afraid I'll turn on you and kill you? After all, I'm a villain who invaded Konoha and injured the Third Hokage." Yakumo asked helplessly as he sat down next to Jiraiya.

Now those who know Yakumo's true strength...

Another one has been added.

“You won’t kill me…” Jiraiya said confidently.

"Because...you are a good child."

Jiraiya said with absolute confidence.

"What the hell... good boy," Yakumo thought to himself.

"Okay, you guessed right..."

"Pfft!" Jiraiya spat out a mouthful of blood.

His face grew even paler.

"Eh..." Yakumo exclaimed in surprise.

Jiraiya was severely injured, with multiple broken bones and damaged internal organs. Matsushita Shiranui's attack was essentially a suicide attack.

"Are you badly injured...?" Yakumo asked.

"It's not a big problem..."

Jiraiya responded with a bold and unrestrained spirit.

"Pfft..." He spat out another mouthful of blood.

Yakumo's expression changed.

He quickly formed hand seals to create a shadow clone and began using the Palm Healing Technique to heal Jiraiya's wounds, while his main body used the Fine Flaw Extraction Technique to clean the foreign objects from Jiraiya's body.

"Tsk, still trying to be tough at a time like this..."

Yakumo shook his head helplessly.

Jiraiya's body... has become a complete mess.