Konoha's task master

Due to Masako Mori's suggestion, the two decided to walk.

On the road, there was an endless stream of pedestrians, with different skin colors, and they were roughly divided into four categories based on their auras. The dark-skinned and strong-bodied Kumogakure ninjas, and the Sunagakure ninjas who always wore robes to hide their puppets.

There are also ninjas who have thicker arms, wear hats on their heads, and clothes that basically cover their entire body. Ninjas from Iwagakure Village. Most ninjas from Kirigakure Village wear blue clothes and carry various weapons on their backs.

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The streets are lined with endless snacks and specialties from major countries. Konoha Hidden Village has it all, which is a huge business opportunity for businessmen from many countries.

In the distance, the four major districts of Konoha are being built, and an extremely majestic city is being born from the ground. It is estimated that Konoha Hidden Village will become the center of the world before long.

All this prosperity may be just as Namikaze Minato expected.

The several major ninja clans in Konoha Hidden Village have completely become giants. If Yakumo hadn't suppressed them, they might have completely taken over all walks of life in Konoha and become the uncrowned king.

But those who moved forward very quickly could not see the crisis, so they allowed the major ninja clans to expand at an extremely terrifying speed.

Yakumo and Mori Masako walked and walked, constantly enjoying delicacies from various countries. These delicacies originally required traveling to various countries to taste, but now they are all delivered to their doorsteps.

The two of them had huge appetites. They visited more than 20 restaurants, but still didn't feel full. Among these delicacies... Yakumo liked Yunmai coffee from the Land of Wind the most, while Masako Mori liked the Yunmai coffee from the Land of Thunder.

Thunder Niu BBQ expressed his great love.

This journey took a total of several hours.

Yakumo and Mori Masako finally arrived at Konoha Hospital. They took the elevator to the fourth floor. In the elevator, they released the transformation technique, so that the next step would be smooth.

Sure enough, when Yakumo released his transformation, the ANBU members who were secretly monitoring him moved away and looked away. Some even quickly went to the Hokage Building to report Yakumo's traces to Namikaze Minato.

A strong person like Yakumo actually doesn't have much freedom. Wherever he goes there are ANBU secretly watching... This can be understood as protection or surveillance.

Especially when Yakumo appears in necessary and important places, this kind of surveillance becomes more serious, including Konoha Hospital.

The elevator door slowly opened to both sides.

Yakumo and Masako Mori walked out of the elevator hand in hand. They separated in the corridor and headed in two completely different directions.

"Don't really beat Terumi Mei to death." Yakumo ordered.

The moment he spoke, the ANBU in the corridor suddenly stopped. They naturally knew who Terumi Mei was. That was the current Fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure Village. If she died in Konoha Hospital, there would probably be chaos.

But they can't stop Masako Mori, because her and Yakumo's identities are very transcendent within Konoha and they can already influence many fundamental decisions of Konoha.

"OK, I see."

Masako Mori nodded. Now that Yakumo has spoken, she will definitely not continue to act recklessly, but if Terumi Mei continues to have wild dreams, don't blame her for being cruel.

Yakumo's footsteps suddenly stopped because he felt murderous intent, turned around quickly, appeared in front of Masako Mori in an instant, stretched out his hands to cover her wrists.

"Promise me not to attack Terumi Mei again." Yakumo said seriously.

"Okay, okay, I promise you." Masako Mori was a little helpless.

"She likes me, and it is indeed her fault to provoke you, but you cannot deprive her of her life just because of this mistake. The weight of life should not be so light or casual."

Seeing Masako Mori's helpless look, Yakumo said seriously, his tone slightly harsh.

"You actually...murdered me for that woman?"

Masako Mori stared at Yakumo in disbelief, her eyes suddenly covered with a layer of mist, tears rolling around in her eyes as if she had been greatly hurt...

"You...don't be such a dramatic person."

Yakumo rubbed the back of Masako Mori's hand and said with a wry smile.

"You are just mean to me, I don't care...you must apologize!"

Masako Mori shook her arms, looking very aggrieved, and the tears in her eyes seemed to fall from the corners of her eyes in the next second.

"Okay, okay, I know I was wrong, I won't hurt you..."

"snort."

"Sister Aoyama is here." Yakumo said.

The tears in Masako Mori's eyes quickly disappeared, and the red eyes quickly returned to normal levels. At the same time, she released the illusion she had set on the two Anbu.

The smile on his face faded and became extremely cold.

The next second, the elevator door opened, and Reiko Aoyama walked out of the elevator. She was wearing a white coat and looked very capable, with her silky hair tied behind her...

When she saw Yakumo, there was a bit of surprise in her eyes. After all, she and Yakumo had not seen each other for several months since they left the pirate world. The only time they met was in the conference room.

But this surprise dissipated the moment she saw Masako Mori, a smile appeared on her face, and the two women hugged each other tightly in the corridor, each with a rather sweet smile on their face.

"Long time no see, sister Masako Mori."

"Long time no see, Sister Qingshan."

The two hugged for about five seconds before breaking apart.

"What's wrong with you two at Konoha Hospital?"

Aoyama Reiko suppressed her smile and asked the two of them.

"Onoki is dying. His wish is to have a simple conversation with you. I am here to fulfill his wish," Yakumo said.

"What about you?" Reiko Aoyama looked at Masako Mori.

"Me? Let's see how that bitch recovers. If she still doesn't give up the idea, I'll break her legs again."

Masako Mori's answer was also very direct. She did promise that Yakumo would not hurt Terumi Mei's life, but she did not promise not to take action. If she controlled her strength well, lifelong disability seemed not bad.

"..." Aoyama Reiko was speechless. She finally realized Masako Mori's almost twisted possessiveness towards Yakumo, like a female leopard protecting her prey.

"Sister Aoyama, help me keep an eye on her and don't let her take action against Mei Terumi. Even if you are strong, you can't act like this." Yakumo said.

"No problem." Reiko Aoyama said immediately. She likes to fight against Masako Mori. As long as she can fight against her... it will be a happy thing.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Yakumo glared at Masako Mori, with a hint of warning. The Masako Mori in his memory would never be like this... Could it be a side effect of Otsutsuki's bloodline awakening?

It is quite common for bloodline to affect the soul.

For example...the Uchiha clan inherited the arrogance, indifference, and desire for battle from their ancestors, and most of the core members of the Senju clan also yearned for peace like their ancestors, and had generous personalities and affinity.

The two ancestors are...Indra and Asura.

The battle between the two that lasted for thousands of years means that some chakra that can be inherited can indeed affect the owner's character, and the character of the Otsutsuki bloodline may be pure robbery and evil.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

"I'm just teasing you on purpose, why are you taking it seriously?"

Masako Mori lowered her head, her tone a little aggrieved.

"That's good." Yakumo nodded and smiled.

The three of them separated. Mori Masako and Aoyama Reiko went to see Terumi Mei who was in the medical room on the left, while Yakumo went to the right to see Ohnoki.

The iron safety door was easily pushed open.

This is a rather high-tech medical room. The air does not have much smell of disinfectant, only... a faint fragrance, like many medicinal materials mixed and ignited with fire.

Yakumo had smelled this fragrance many years ago in the fire country daimyo's ward. It had the effect of calming and concentrating the patient's energy, making the patient have a good dream and nourishing his vitality.

There is only an iron bed and various life-support devices in the ward.

Ohnoki lay on the bed, his body covered with electrodes, a breathing tube for oxygen supply on his nose, and needles for nutritional supplements inserted into the back of his hands.

Although there was plenty of light in the room, Yakumo could still feel a few dark shadows, which he was very familiar with... representing death.

Ohnoki indeed only had one breath left.

On the soft cushion next to the iron bed, a man who looked like a mountain was sitting on his knees. His body was very tall and almost square in shape. He was Onoki's eldest son, Loess, who had mastered the extremely high earth escape ninjutsu.

When Yakumo pushed away, Loess opened his eyes. The two had met many times on the battlefield. Although they were very unfamiliar, they could be considered to have met several times.

"You're here." Loess stood up with a somewhat polite tone, and there was a bit of unwillingness in his eyes. The politeness was out of respect for Yakumo's strength, but the unwillingness was because Yakumo interrupted the inheritance of Iwagakure Village for nearly sixty years.

Several countries that have been divided for nearly a thousand years are showing signs of remerging, achieving true unification.

But Loess is still unwilling to accept that all the inheritance will be lost, and that they will only gain life by giving up their dignity in the future.

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"I'm here, I know Ohnoki wants to see me."

Yakumo took a few steps forward and moved his right hand slightly. There was no sealing process at all, and several vines grew beside the bed, forming a wicker chair under Huang Tu's surprised eyes.

"I'll go out first and you guys can chat."

Huangtu stood up and used the mechanism to lift Onoki from the bed and let him lean on the soft cushion. The old man's body became even thinner, as if there were no muscles under the skin except bones.

But his eyes were very bright, and he was full of energy. It didn't look like his end was imminent at all, but... Ohnoki needed to rely on a life-support device to even breathe at this time.

"You came."

"Cough cough cough——"

Ohnoki's voice was very dry, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, and his voice was very light and somewhat out of breath.

"Then I'll go out first."

When Huang Tu looked at Onoki, there was a look of distress in his eyes. In just three months, his father, who was as powerful as Optimus Prime, had weakened to such an extent.

"You can stay, after all, this may be the last time we see each other."

Yakumo put his hand on Onoki's wrist, and the soul energy swept across Onoki's body in an instant. There was no disease in his body. As for being so weak now... it was just because he wanted to die.

In Onoki's chakra, Yakumo sensed the intention to die, so the chakra took the initiative to swallow up the body's nutrients, making it look like this. However, due to the feedback of chakra, Onoki's spirit became stronger.

"What does the last one mean?" Huang Tu asked in confusion. If it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him was known as the strongest in the ninja world, he would have fought out of anger. This sentence sounded like a curse.

"He is not sick, but because he wants to die."

Yakumo continued.

"When he finishes talking to me, he will choose to take his own life and die completely."

"He is like this... on the verge of death because he doesn't want to live."

Huang Tu looked at Onoki with some surprise. He really didn't expect that his father's body was aging rapidly because he didn't want to live.

"Is what he said true?" Huang Tu asked.

"That's right." After Onoki was poked by Yakumo, he didn't intend to hide it and took off the oxygen tube on his nose with his right hand with some difficulty. At the same time, he tore off the electrodes on his body and the needle on his arm.

At this moment, Onoki's cheeks reappeared a bit rosy, as if they had suddenly returned to their previous normal state.

Returning to the light.

"Father, why are you like this..." Before Huang Tu could finish asking, he was stopped by Ohnoki with a very stern look in his eyes.

"Are you going to be a coward?" Yakumo asked.

Huang Tu clenched his fists in anger, but this time he chose to remain silent.

Onoki's heartache lies in the dissolution of Iwagakure Village, the fact that the Earth Country has lost its independent status, and the fact that he personally destroyed the Iwagakure Village founded by his teacher.

"The ninja world has entered a new era, and this wonderful new era cannot tolerate an old guy like me." Onoki said angrily.

"So you choose to die? Losing a shadow-level strongman, Iwagakure Village will lose a lot of voice, and life in the Country of Fire will be ten times more difficult in the future. They need you... but you want to die.

It." Yakumo said.

"Of course I know they need me, but I am just a sinner. I personally destroyed the Iwagakure Village founded by the teacher." Onoki said in a somewhat painful tone.

"Even if it's not you, even if the first Tsuchikage is resurrected, Iwagakure Village will still be defeated. Even if you are not the third Tsuchikage, if someone else takes that position, the outcome will not change in any way."

"It's even possible that because he chose to resist, everything will get worse. More people in Iwagakure Village may die, more girls, and the boy will lose his parents and family because of this."

"What you did preserved the heritage of Yanyin Village and reduced unnecessary casualties, but you thought you made a wrong choice and suffered from it, which led you to choose to end your life, right?"

"...."

Ohnoki chose to remain silent when faced with Yakumo's words, because what Yakumo said was exactly what he was thinking.

"But you know that your death will not be in vain, so you plan to let me witness your death in person, feel compassion for you, and then use my influence to help you take care of Iwagakure Village...right?" Yakumo continued

said.

Ohnoki was silent again, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Yakumo pointed to his eyes and said.

"Under these eyes, there are no secrets in the ninja world."

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