Konoha's Mission Master

“Wind and water… attributes,” Yakumo said.

Rina Uzumaki nodded.

Like an ostrich.

Rina Uzumaki lay back down on the bed... staring blankly at the pattern on the ceiling, as if she were filled with anxiety, her eyes occasionally darting around... stealing glances at Yakumo, who was writing furiously.

It seemed as if she was hiding something on her mind.

The guest room became incredibly quiet for a moment.

Yakumo took Rina Uzumaki out of Kusagakure, away from her most familiar environment, and after several twists and turns, they arrived at the completely unfamiliar Amegakure in just one night.

Perhaps... he has an obligation... to take care of Rina Uzumaki.

After thinking for a moment, Yakumo began to write the training techniques for the Water Bullet on the scroll. After incorporating his master-level understanding, this ordinary C-rank ninjutsu became extraordinary.

Half an hour later, Yakumo put away the scroll.

He took out Sada Sotaro's ninja tool pouch from the storage scroll and placed it on the table, then began to examine it.

Kunai, shuriken, explosive tags... Thousands of them... were all thrown out while blocking Yakumo's pursuit, leaving the ninja tool pouch empty... Only a few thousand ryo of Fire Country coins remained.

Unfortunately, Matsushita Akira's body was blown to smithereens...

Yakumo was not discouraged.

After all… there are still storage scrolls.

This is the main event!

Bottles and jars... and women's underwear, hair...

Sada Sotaro is actually a collector.

Based on what Yakumo found in the storage scroll, it's clear that Sada Sotaro seems to have a fondness for black.

He stuffed things like underwear and hair directly into a black garbage bag, then placed bottles, jars, and scrolls on the table.

The first jar contained black powder.

Yakumo sniffed it... and stuffed it directly into a trash bag.

The second...the third...the tenth...

Somewhat annoyed, Yakumo stuffed all the bottles and jars into a trash bag, then channeled his chakra to suppress the heat rising in his lower abdomen.

He muttered under his breath...

"Sata Sotaro... can't this guy... have something else on his mind... aren't he afraid of overdoing it with all those jars...!?"

Fortunately... there are still three scrolls.

The first scroll contains the Earth Release ninjutsu mastered by Sada Sotaro, including Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear, Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall, Earth Release: Earth Flow Linked Wall, Earth Release: Earth Splitting Palm, and the most precious Earth Release: Breaking Army Stone Spear. This is a ninjutsu that Sada Sotaro developed independently, taking a full twelve years of effort.

The second scroll contains the water-style ninjutsu mastered by Sata Sotaro; he has mastered three water-style ninjutsu…

Water Release·Water Rushing Wave, Water Release·Water Formation Wall…

And the relatively rare Water Release: Great Explosive Water Wave.

Each of these ninjutsu techniques was accompanied by detailed annotations and training tips. Yakumo quickly read through them and found that he had not kept anything secret, and the handwriting was exceptionally clear.

In the ninja world, inheritance is highly valued. Yakumo guessed that these two scrolls were inheritance scrolls prepared by Sata Sotaro for his descendants, which is why he put so much effort into them...so meticulous.

The third scroll... left Yakumo utterly astonished.

Surprisingly, the love story of Sada Sotaro is revealed in the scroll…

He deeply loved each of his wives and believed that love was eternal. If Sada Sotaro took a fancy to a new woman... he would kill and bury his original wife... that was his understanding of... eternal love.

shuh…

Yakumo stuffed the third scroll into the garbage bag…

Chapter 126 Rain Village, Jiraiya's Three-Man Team

In hotels and guest rooms.

Yakumo gives the Water Release scroll written by Sata Sotaro to Uzumaki Rina so that she can learn it, because the ninja world is dangerous... and Uzumaki Rina needs some ability to protect herself.

However, he put away the training method for Water Bullet... Even after removing the Grandmaster-level transformations... the training conditions for Water Bullet still require extremely profound water-type chakra nature transformations.

Rina Uzumaki needs to first comprehend the impact power of water-type chakra before she can possibly master the basics of Water Bullet, and Water Release: Water Shock Wave can serve as a good foundation.

In the evening, Yakumo got up and looked at the rain through the curtains. Jiraiya still hadn't returned. After all, they hadn't seen each other for many years... It was quite possible that he would just stay there.

"Let's go downstairs and get something to eat."

"it is good."

Rina Uzumaki put down the scroll in her hand, and the two of them put on their straw hats and left the guest room one after the other, quickly going down the stairs.

Rain Village is very small, and due to the constant rain, it is impossible to grow food. It can only rely on imports from abroad, which directly leads to high food prices.

Before long, two steaming bowls of noodles were placed in front of them, topped with fried eggs and char siu pork, and smelled delicious.

Yakumo started slurping his noodles without any hesitation...

"You can eat as much as you want...it'll help you recover." Yakumo said to Rina Uzumaki, slurping his noodles.

"Okay... then just a little bit more..."

Two bowls, three bowls... five bowls... ten bowls...

A smile appeared on Yakumo's face.

"Oh, it was just a tiny bit..."

After the meal, Rina Uzumaki let out a burp, and her face visibly became rosy... her spirits also became very high.

"I think I ate too much..."

Rina Uzumaki then realized that everyone around her was giving her strange looks...

Silently lowering my head... like an ostrich.

Thinking to myself, "Oh no, oh no, will Yakumo dislike me for eating too much...?"

"It's alright... Being able to eat is a blessing..."

Ninjas have a slightly higher need for food than normal people, especially after a severe depletion of chakra. For example, Tsunade, after waking up from a coma in the original work, directly consumed the food supplies in the Hokage's office... and even harbored murderous intent towards Tonton.

Yakumo smiled and put on his straw hat.

What doctors fear most is having troublesome patients...

"Let's go for a walk."

"it is good…"

The two stepped into the rain, and Yakumo did not immediately look for Jiraiya. Instead, he bought a lot of local delicacies from the Land of Rain.

Of course, all of this is for the milk ball...

Meanwhile, Yakumo was also secretly observing Rina Uzumaki, needing to figure out what kind of person she really was.

In the rain, Yakumo formed hand seals.

"The fluctuations of the heart."

The invisible wave spread and rebounded, and within a few breaths, Yakumo had already confirmed Jiraiya's location: the southwest of Amegakure, where the village's civilian district was located.

The two hurried through the rain. The water on the road was gradually increasing, clearly indicating that the drainage system in the working-class area was not as good as that in the commercial area. The surrounding buildings were even lower, the shortest being only about two stories high, and a large part of them were already submerged in water…

Yakumo led Rina Uzumaki, leaping and darting between buildings. The number of pedestrians on the road was even smaller, and through the rain, one could see pairs of wary and indifferent eyes.

Rina Uzumaki instinctively grasped Yakumo's right hand...

"It's okay... I'm here... don't be afraid."

Yakumo gently broke free…

He then quickened his pace...

Ten minutes later, Yakumo arrived at the Akatsuki's stronghold.

A six-story building with a towering lightning rod at its spire.

Jiraiya's aura was currently on the sixth floor. There were many chakra fluctuations within this building, but the level was very low, only around ten points...

A group of genin...

Swish... Yakumo led Rina Uzumaki down to the second floor.

Immediately, someone emerged from the shadows.

The person was about twelve or thirteen years old, male... dark gray hair, wearing ill-fitting clothes, looking somewhat malnourished... holding a kunai in his hand, his eyes... full of wariness.

Yakumo cursed himself for being confused and getting the timeline mixed up... The Akatsuki organization at present is just a mutual aid organization formed by Yahiko to gather a group of war orphans. It is not at all the scale that will be able to affect Hanzo's rule a few years later.

Hanzo of the Salamander may be completely unaware of the existence of the Akatsuki, so what exactly was Danzo's purpose in going to the Land of Rain?

"Excuse me, is this... an Akatsuki headquarters?"

Yakumo removed his straw hat, revealing his youthful face. The man holding the kunai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yakumo's face clearly, and put the kunai into the pocket on his thigh.

"That's right, are you here to post a mission, or to join our organization..." the gray-haired youth asked enthusiastically.

“I’ve come to see the three leaders; in a sense, I’m their junior brother,” Yakumo replied quickly.

"I see... alright then..."

"The three leaders are on the sixth floor... Follow me..."

The gray-haired boy didn't hesitate at all.

He turned around and led Yakumo up the stairs to the sixth floor. His vigilance was practically zero, or perhaps Yakumo's appearance was extremely deceptive.

"Thump, thump, ... thump."

On the larger platform on the sixth floor, Jiraiya was eating a chicken leg grilled by Konan, his mouth full of oil... Suddenly he looked up at the stairwell.

Just then... led by the gray-haired boy, Yakumo went up to the sixth floor, their eyes met... Jiraiya silently pushed out the chicken leg in his hand.

"Want some? Xiao Nan's grilled food is... amazing."