Konoha's task master

Monthly limited edition, completed.

This task that had troubled Yakumo for twenty days was easily solved by his wit...

In the guest room, the charcoal was burning red, and a white porcelain cooking pot was placed on it. The steam reflected every time, making several people's faces rosy. The pot was stuffed with beef, mushrooms, vermicelli, and vegetables with a texture like snowflakes.

Tsunade and Jiraiya were drinking sake and were slightly tipsy.

The scene in front of me was harmonious, but it was raining heavily outside. The strong wind blew through the walls of the hotel and made a sharp whistle. The powerful raindrops fell on the windows wantonly, making a crackling sound.

Jiraiya and Tsunade chatted about the process of past missions.

"Um...will Tsunade return to Konoha with us in a while...the old man and Orochimaru miss you very much." Jiraiya asked as if casually, while picking up the apple and peeling off the thin peel with a kunai.

This is a problem that cannot be ignored. Although Jiraiya used Yakumo as an excuse to find Tsunade, he was always looking forward to the time when the three ninjas would reunite.

Jiraiya never mentioned this issue for more than half a month, until he finally couldn't help but raise it when he was about to leave. Although he was cutting the apple peel with a kunai, his wrist was shaking slightly.

"Forget it." Tsunade refused vaguely.

After all, most of the time, escape is shameful, but it is very useful. Tsunade staying away from Konoha is like cutting off the past, completely cut off from responsibility and pain. During these days...she is relaxed most of the time. Just a lot of hangovers

In the morning after, she would often pick up the Thousand-Handed Rope Tree lying in a pool of blood and cut off the canes.

"Okay." Jiraiya didn't try to persuade him anymore, he cut the apple open with a kunai and handed it to everyone.

Yakumo took the apple and took a bite.

"Do you want to...travel with me to the ninja world?"

Tsunade suddenly pulled Yakumo into her arms, and the soft touch pressed against her entire back. Yakumo's body tensed up at a loss. Tsunade was mainly coveting Yakumo's strange buff that was sure to win every bet.

"Forget it, I want to return to Konoha as soon as possible."

Yakumo shook his head and refused.

"You kid...this is the second time you have rejected me."

Tsunade raised her right fist in front of Yakumo's eyes, her voice full of displeasure, as if to say that if you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I will punch you away.

"I will use my... medical ninjutsu to treat illnesses and save people at Konoha Hospital. This will not be considered as a failure to live up to the careful teachings of Sister Aoyama and Master Shifu." Yakumo said sincerely.

Tsunade was stunned for a moment, patted Yakumo's back heavily, and laughed a little boldly.

"very good!"

Immediately, Tsunade's drunken eyes became a little dim, and she sighed softly.

"This should have been my...responsibility."

The atmosphere in the guest room became a little solemn and gloomy. After Yakumo spread his hands to show his innocence, he took another big bite of the apple, and the strong fruity aroma overflowed in his mouth.

"It's not your fault." Jiraiya comforted him.

"I don't care anymore." Tsunade raised her head.

"Actually... not caring can be done easily by anyone, but caring requires courage." Yakumo whispered.

"This is...a truth that even children will understand."

Tsunade was stunned and began to drink more frequently.

Seeing this scene, Jiraiya sighed softly.

"I was also...very brave."

Tsunade lay drunk on the table and muttered.

"only…"

Tsunade fell asleep.

She was so brave that she lost half the world.

The next day, early morning.

Yakumo lay in the empty hot spring pool, feeling the warm water washing over his body. His heart gradually became very calm, just like a mirror lake without any ripples.

Call up your personal interface with a wave of your hand.

〖Personal Panel〗

Name: Jing Yakumo

Age:8

Constitution: 40.9 (endurance, resistance, recovery)

Strength: 30.4 (weight bearing, attack, etc.)

Agility: 35.4 (nervous reaction, running speed)

Intelligence: 39.6 (learning ability, mental resistance)

Chakra: 536.4 (650 points promoted to super shadow level)

Gold coins: 28,400 pieces

Currently...free attribute points: 2 points.

Yakumo tapped his fingers...

Intelligence plus 0.3.

Strength +1.7.

An extremely comfortable feeling spread deep inside his head and body, and Yakumo groaned unconsciously.

Tens of seconds later, Yakumo opened his eyes.

My vision suddenly becomes clear and my vision is clear.

Yakumo gradually slid down and lay down in the hot spring. Looking at the ceiling through the gauze-like steam, he began to think about his own strength.

When the manpower was finally exhausted, Yakumo decided not to continue to dabble in other fields, but began to sort out the abilities he had mastered. Currently, he mastered the Hatake Secret Code of close combat, the secret of compassion for long-range attacks, and the perception of Ninjutsu Heart.

Fluctuation, as well as domain-type Ninjutsu Mist Burial, and is also good at medical Ninjutsu and defensive hardening techniques.

It can be said that it is all-round and has no shortcomings.

Mist Burial and Heart Fluctuation have something in common, and it is very likely that they will be integrated with new skills in the future and become Yakumo's exclusive domain skills.

"It seems like we can continue to improve."

Yakumo looked at the balance of gold coins and muttered to himself.

Gold coins: 28,400 pieces

initiative:

Heart Fluctuation Perfection 20/800 "Acceleration"

"accelerate"!!!

The next second, the gold coins were deducted like running water.

Those gold coins immediately transformed into invisible energy and began to invisibly transform Yakumo's body, as if some kind of imprisonment was broken in an instant. Yakumo did not faint this time.

Formation of seals, fluctuations in the heart.

Whoa! The entire hot spring city is included in the perception range.

In Yakumo's mind, blue light spots appeared one after another, either bright or dim, representing the difference in chakra amount. Soon he discovered the special ability derived from the master-level heart wave... mark.

He could easily find the locations of Jiraiya and Tsunade, but no Shizune's chakra fluctuations were found in the entire hot spring city.

"what happened?"

Yakumo stood up, used chakra to disperse the water droplets on his body, quickly changed his clothes and knocked on Tsunade's door.

"Who...?" Tsunade was a little impatient.

"It's me, Master."

"I need an explanation...?"

Tsunade clenched her right fist and her voice sounded impatient. She was very unhappy about having her beauty sleep interrupted.

"What did Shizune do?" Yakumo asked immediately.

"Shizune... Let's go out for breakfast."

Tsunade waved her hand and said nonchalantly, then stretched out her right hand to close the door directly, but she turned around and continued to sleep.

"She...is not in Hot Springs City."

Yakumo blocked the door that was about to close with his hand.

"Are you sure?" Tsunade's expression suddenly changed.

"Sure." Yakumo answered firmly.

Three minutes later, the four of them were gathering in the guest room.

"I probably already understand the situation. Kato Dan's niece Shizune is missing. Tsunade, you should have put the mark of Shigulin on Shizune's body, right?" Jiraiya asked in return.

Tsunade lowered her head and answered without confidence.

"No…"

"This..." Jiraiya held his forehead and smiled bitterly.

Tsunade has been away from Konoha for more than half a year, and she has completely lost the cautious instinct of ninjas. It should be said that her own personality is rough and fine, but now in the indulgent mode, Tsunade is only rough.

"Tsunade, why do you think the enemy kidnapped Shizune?"

Jiraiya spoke very fast and continued to ask questions.

"The inheritance of medical ninjutsu." Tsunade replied.

Kato Shizune is currently a powerful genin and does not know any secrets of Konoha. Apart from her inheritance of medical ninjutsu, she really can't think of a reason for the enemy to kidnap Shizune.

"Okay." Jiraiya nodded.

At this time, Tsunade looked a little strange. In her opinion, this was an inescapable fate. Just when she thought she had escaped fate and could mock the God of Death, that irresistible fate came again.

"Fate, is it Shizune who will be taken away this time?"

Tsunade whispered to herself.

"Yakumo and I will leave the hot spring city to the east. Tsunade and Uzumaki Rina's team will leave the hot spring city to the west. We will exchange information through the liaison frog at six o'clock in the evening." Jiraiya spoke very quickly and gave the details of the mission.

detail.

Uzumaki Rina and Jiraiya have sentient abilities. This grouping seems reasonable, but in fact Jiraiya's real plan is to lure Tsunade away and cooperate with Yakumo to find Shizune.

"I believe that man can conquer nature, and destiny is meant to be broken...!"

Before setting off, Yakumo comforted Tsunade.

"Yes, you are indeed my disciple..."

Jiraiya suddenly clapped his hands vigorously.

"Destiny will be broken by our iron fist... This is the consciousness that a hero in the ninja world should have!"

Jiraiya took out a square notebook and began to record his heroic story. At the same time, he quickly stood up and the four of them left the hotel in less than a minute.

Immediately separate and run in different directions.

The mute rescue plan officially begins!

Five minutes later, outside Qingquan City.

Yakumo bit his finger and quickly formed seals with his hands.

"bump."

White mist rises...

The milk ball was holding a piece of meat, and his face was full of confusion and surprise.

"Meow?"

(These are not our courier's working hours.)

"Work overtime."

Yakumo took out the piece of meat from Milk Ball's mouth and placed Shizune's underwear under Milk Ball's nose.

"We'll have extra dinner tonight and find the owner of this dress."

Yakumo stretched out his hand, rubbed his round belly once and ordered with a smile.

"Meow~"

Milk Ball shouted softly, as if to vent his dissatisfaction, but his limbs quickly became more slender and powerful, the muscles all over his body bulged, and the height of his body increased at an extremely fast speed.

The black and white patterns became more distinct, and in a few breaths it transformed from a chubby big cat to a light and powerful female leopard.

Huh~

Yakumo rubbed his eyes.

"Milk ball...what on earth is it?"

"You psychic beast... you are really magical."

Jiraiya clicked his tongue and said, with his eyesight, he could naturally see that the changes in the milk balls at this time were not ninjutsu such as transformation techniques, but changes in the nature of the body.

"Meow... meow... ow~"

The milk ball quickly moved its limbs and began to run with all its strength, leaving black afterimages on the spot, and it was like a cannonball that sputtered away from the boring machine.

The surrounding scenery recedes quickly and is full of greenery.

In the blink of an eye, the hot spring city had disappeared from the horizon. The number of passers-by in the direction in which the two were running began to become sparse, and the road became narrow and rugged.

Two hours later, the air around the two of them became even hotter. They were gradually approaching the Yuno Kuni volcanic area, which was filled with all kinds of caves, and some were even flowing with golden lava. The risk factor was extremely high.

People are often buried by magma, and the air is filled with the smell of sulfur.

But there is another kind of rare thing called Nuan Jade. As the name suggests, Nuan Jade can warm the wearer all year round and even help the wearer resist the cold. It is the favorite personal item of the nobles and powerful, and the price is naturally high.

Because of warm jade, many jade collectors emerged. They took good protection and provided enough food and drinking water. Legend has it that they dug warm jade in caves. Most of these people would be buried in the caves, and only a few lucky ones would find it.

Warm jade, lead a prosperous life in one leap.

Countless jade seekers die every year because of Nuan Jade, but this still cannot stop poor civilians from seeking Nuan Jade.

On the way, Yakumo and Jiraiya met many beauty hunters wearing protective suits. Their bodies were thin and severely dehydrated. They all appeared to be suffering from heavy metal poisoning, like lonely souls wandering in caves.

Only the eyes of the wild ghost reveal deep desire, like a blazing fire that will never go out.

"Speed ​​up." Jiraiya said.

"good."

Finally, the milk ball stopped. Even after half an hour of running wildly, its breathing was still steady, its front paws were firmly clasped on the ground, and its eyes were looking ahead full of vigilance.

In front of the two of them was a dark passage.

The smell of sulfur is even stronger here, and the passage is constantly spitting out heat waves and sparks. This is an extremely deep part of the volcanic area. The two of them have encountered flowing golden lava several times on their way here. This place is hundreds of meters underground.

Yakumo forms a seal with his hands.

"The fluctuation of the heart."

A few seconds later, Yakumo opened his eyes. He felt Shizune's chakra in front of him, as well as nearly a hundred very strange chakra fluctuations. The strongest ones were equivalent to elite jounin.

The good news is that Shizune is still alive, but the bad news is that there are more enemies than Yakumo imagined, and this deep underground is not suitable for fighting at all, and it can easily cause the cave to collapse.

"Shizune is in front, there should be no life-threatening danger."

In the perception of heart fluctuations, although Shizune's chakra fluctuations were a little dim, they were very stable and did not look like she was injured.

"That's good, get ready to fight."

Jiraiya formed a seal and sent the shadow clone to Mount Miaomu.

He listened to Yakumo's advice and used his shadow clone to gather natural energy in advance.

Yakumo drew out his two swords and held them tightly with both hands.

"careful."

The strangeness revealed in this kidnapping made Yakumo even more cautious. The enemy did not take Shizune out of the country of Yu. Instead, he entered the dangerous volcanic area to hide. This is a huge suspicion. The most important thing is the enemy's strange chakra.

The fluctuations were like nothing Yakumo had ever seen before.

"Be careful." Jiraiya warned.

"I understand." Yakumo responded.

"Earth Release: Hardening Technique." Yakumo formed a seal with his hands.

Yakumo's perfection-level hardening technique is already a very impressive defense. With the physical fitness of ordinary people, even if Yakumo's body surface is hit, no blood will flow out.

"In front of me and behind you, don't hold back when you encounter an enemy!"

"Okay." Yakumo and Jiraiya stepped into the passage.

The milk ball shook its body and transformed into a chubby cat again, walking majestically in front to lead the way for Yakumo and Jiraiya.

It was very dark inside the passage. Even with Yakumo's eyesight, he could only see a range of about 20 meters. Further away, it was dark. Jiraiya channeled Fukasaku and Shima, two immortals, and released their shadow clones at the same time.

.

Instantly, enter the fairy mode.

The two began to speed up.