Konoha's Hextech Ninja

"Stop nagging!" Mitarashi Anko instantly bristled, saying indignantly, "I just haven't completed enough missions, that's why I can't be promoted! In terms of strength, I'm definitely at the level of a Jonin!"

Yagami Yoruichi didn't believe that statement at all.

A few years later, when Mitarashi Anko reached her peak, she was just a special Jonin.

Although this could be because Hiruzen Sarutobi's faction distrusted her as a former disciple of Orochimaru and deliberately suppressed her.

However, her performance in the few times she did make a move was indeed not very convincing.

And now, Mitarashi Anko, who has not yet reached her peak, is even less likely to have the strength of a Jonin.

"I have no interest in bullying children."

Yagami Yoruichi shook her head and said, "If you want to fight, you can play with my summoning beast."

"Summoning beasts?" Mitarashi Anko's eyes lit up: "I'm also good at summoning, so why don't we have a contest of that!"

"The giant serpent from Ryuchi Cave?" Yagami Yoruichi glanced at Mitarashi Anko, didn't object, and nodded, saying, "Alright, let the summoning beasts fight it out. Let's find another place; this place is too small."

With that, Yagami Yoruichi placed his hand on Mitarashi Anko's shoulder and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, teleporting her to another training ground.

Chapter 240 Hongdou's Special Physique?

"Awooo~!"

The little dragon flew in the sky, letting out a childish 'roar' and constantly shooting fireballs from its mouth.

The fireball is only the size of a fist, and its attack power is slightly weaker than that of a normal D-rank ninjutsu. A ninja can blast it apart with a single punch by attaching chakra to his fist.

But the sheer number of fireballs was overwhelming.

With a single opening of its mouth, a series of fireballs shot out.

Among the densely packed fireballs, each about the size of a fist, there were occasionally large fireballs several meters in diameter.

Mitarashi Anko had never seen such a battle before. She was exhausted from the bombardment of fireballs and summoned giant snakes as shields, but she could only hold out for a little over ten minutes before she could no longer hold on.

Seeing that Mitarashi Anko was about to give up, Yagami Yoruichi immediately looked up and called out, "Smolder, that's enough, get down!"

"Awooo~!"

When the little dragon swooped down and flew in front of Yagami Yoichi, it flapped its wings hard, hovered in mid-air for a few seconds, landed steadily, stretched its neck, and buried its head in Yagami Yoichi's arms, rubbing against him vigorously.

"This little thing is so clingy." Yagami Yoruichi patted the little fire dragon, extracted a ball of fire-attribute chakra, and gathered it in his palm.

Charmander opened its mouth and swallowed the chakra in Yoruichi Yagami's hand in one gulp, revealing an incredibly human-like expression on its face, which looked like it was smiling.

"Burp~!" The little dragon burped, exhaling a stream of hot air, and its eyelids began to droop, looking sleepy.

"I'm sleepy after eating." Yagami Yoruichi chuckled and patted Charmander's head, saying, "Go back and rest."

"Awooo~!" The little dragon buried its head in Yagami Yoruichi's arms a few times before dispelling the summoning and disappearing with a bang.

After seeing Charmander off, Yagami Yoruichi walked towards Mitarashi Anko.

"Are you alright?" Yagami Yoruichi asked, looking at Mitarashi Anko sitting on the ground, panting heavily. "You shouldn't be injured, right?"

"My chakra is being used up quite a bit." Mitarashi Anko let out a heavy breath, looking at Yagami Yoruichi as if she were a monster: "Your summoning beast is just as monstrous as you!"

The high-frequency fireball bombardment, while lacking in technical sophistication, carries astonishing significance.

Only those with an abundance of chakra, so much so that they don't care about the consumption, would choose such an extravagant, almost wasteful, fighting style.

Thinking of this, Mitarashi Anko couldn't help but ask, "Besides breathing fire, what else can your summoned beast do?"

"No, it only breathes fire." Yagami Yoruichi shook his head.

However, what Yoruichi Yagami didn't mention is that Charmander's 'fire breath' actually has several forms.

Mitarashi Anko only saw the two most basic types of fireballs.

One is a small fireball, about the size of a fist, used as a 'normal attack', with a destructive power equivalent to a ninja tool thrown by an ordinary Chunin.

One is a ninjutsu comparable to that of a top-tier fire-style ninja, several meters in diameter and about the same size as the 'Great Fireball Technique', but with a destructive power a level higher: the 'Scorching Dragon Breath'.

With just these two methods, Charmander is fully capable of Kage-level strength, and he wouldn't be weak even among Kage-level characters.

Charmander's strongest fighting ability is not to rely on itself, but to summon its mother, a fully grown 'Demacian', to spew out a colossal fireball comparable to a meteorite from high in the sky.

Even though it can only unleash one attack, the Imperial Dragon will be forcibly teleported back to a place called 'Kamavia'.

But this one strike alone possesses destructive power comparable to a super-kage level.

In the ninja world, there are certainly summoning beasts stronger than Charmander.

The immortals of the three holy lands are all beings who have reached the level of Kage, but they are each subject to different restrictions and cannot easily appear in the ninja world.

But apart from these 'immortals' who cannot easily make a move, among the known summoning beasts, those stronger than Charmander are few and far between.

Although Mitarashi Anko can summon snake-type summoning beasts, she is essentially bound by a contract with the snake horde controlled by Orochimaru, not with Ryuchi Cave, and therefore cannot summon the truly powerful snakes within Ryuchi Cave.

Ordinary large snakes are no match for Charmander.

"I thought you were stronger." Yagami Yoruichi glanced at the cursed mark on Mitarashi Anko's shoulder and asked, "Why aren't you using that power?"

Without the power of the cursed seal, Mitarashi Anko at this point would be considered at best a fairly strong Chunin, still quite a distance from being a Jonin.

Using the power of the cursed seal might have some side effects, but it would definitely boost one's strength considerably.

Orochimaru's Heavenly Curse Seal, even in its first state, can greatly increase chakra.

"Cursed seal..." Mitarashi Anko's expression changed, as if she had recalled some unpleasant memories, and she shouted, "I will never use such evil power!"

Chakra in the ninja world, due to the existence of 'spiritual power', is indeed divided into good and evil.

There is indeed a fragment of Orochimaru's soul within the Heavenly Curse Seal on Mitarashi Anko's body.

However, as long as Orochimaru does not actively activate this part of the soul fragment, the Heavenly Curse Seal will only help Mitarashi Anko absorb a certain amount of natural power and enter an incomplete 'Sage Mode'.

Yagami Yoruichi thought for a moment, but didn't say these things to Mitarashi Anko. She only said, "It's rare to have a physique that can bear the Heavenly Curse Seal, but it seems that you haven't shown the talent that a holder of the Heavenly Curse Seal should have."

Orochimaru has many kinds of cursed seals, the most special of which is the Heavenly Cursed Seal, which can only be borne by two people from beginning to end.

One is Mitarashi Anko, and the other is Uchiha Sasuke, the reincarnation of Indra.

Even Kaguya-kunmaro, who had developed the Corpse Bone Vein to its limit, only carried the 'Earth Curse Seal'.

Other 'minor' characters, such as the Sound Four, are only capable of bearing the most basic curse seals.

However, in terms of strength, Mitarashi Anko is not considered particularly outstanding among Orochimaru's subordinates.

This left Yoruichi Yagami somewhat puzzled.

"You know about the Cursed Seal of Heaven?" Mitarashi Anko was taken aback, staring at Yagami Yoruichi, and questioned, "I've been wanting to ask you this before, do you know Orochimaru?!"

Her expression was very cold, and she held a kunai in her hand, looking like she was ready to attack at the slightest provocation.

“Ah, yes.” Yagami Yoru glanced at Mitarashi Anko and said, “Orochimaru is, for the time being, my subordinate, but whether he is loyal or not remains to be verified.”

After all, she had forced Orochimaru into submission, so even Yagami Yoruichi couldn't be sure how loyal Orochimaru was to her.

"Where is he?!" Mitarashi Anko's body erupted with intense chakra waves, her hair stood on end, and her eyes were filled with deep hatred.

"Hmm?" Yagami Yoruichi couldn't help but look at Mitarashi Anko.

Didn't she just run out of chakra?

Where did this chakra come from?

The holder of the Heavenly Curse Seal does indeed appear to be somewhat special.

Yagami Yoruichi sensed that Mitarashi Anko's chakra was normal and not mixed with natural energy, and the cursed seal on her body did not show any change.

Clearly, this strangely emerging chakra did not come from the power of the cursed seal, but rather from some special talent of Mitarashi Anko herself.

"Extra chakra? I don't think I've ever heard of that. It's probably not some kind of bloodline limit ability, just a special constitution..."

While Yagami Yoruichi pondered this, he said to Mitarashi Anko, "You're far from being strong enough to find Orochimaru. I'll tell you where Orochimaru is when you can defeat my summoning beast."

Being able to defeat Charmander in his normal form means he has Kage-level strength.

If she really reaches that level of strength and goes to see Orochimaru, who knows what kind of fun it will be.

Yoruichi Yagami was quite eager to see some fun, but she didn't think Anko Mitarashi could break through to the Kage level.

Don't let the later episodes make it seem like movie-level films are worthless and super-movies are everywhere.

In fact, in the ninja world, being able to reach the Kage level in strength is definitely considered to be at the pinnacle of the ninja world.

Mitarashi Anko was already quite old at this point, and if she truly had talent, she should have shown it long ago.

Currently, she is only at the Chunin level, which is considered genius among ordinary ninjas, but without a special opportunity, she has virtually no hope of reaching the Kage level.

In a few years, when they reach their peak, having the strength of a normal Jonin would be considered a great achievement.

More likely, like in the original work, he will stop at the level of Special Jonin.

Upon hearing Yagami Yoruichi's words, Mitarashi Anko recalled Orochimaru's strength and felt as if she had been doused with cold water. She instantly calmed down, and her chakra stabilized again, no longer appearing ready to explode at any moment.

"Strength..." Mitarashi Anko always acted as if she was the most powerful person under the Hokage, second only to the Hokage.

But in reality, she is still self-aware.

Moreover, having just been 'beaten up' by Charmander, he knew how big the gap in strength between the two was.

It's no exaggeration to say that under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for her to have enough strength to capture Orochimaru in her lifetime.

Suddenly, Mitarashi Anko remembered something, abruptly raised her head, looked at Yagami Yoruichi, and pleaded, "Could you help me improve my strength?!"

"what?"

Yagami Yoruichi was stunned, not understanding Mitarashi Anko's thought process.

Why did she suddenly ask me to help her improve her strength when we were talking so well?

"You're so strong, you must have a way to help me, right?!" Mitarashi Anko said repeatedly, "As long as it can improve my strength, I'm willing to endure any amount of hardship in my training!"

Yagami Yoruichi shook her head and said without hesitation, "I refuse!"

"Why?!" Mitarashi Anko's eyes widened.

"Too much trouble." Yagami Yoruichi curled his lip and said, "Besides, your talent is too poor, I'm too lazy to teach you."

Aside from the chakra that inexplicably appeared just now, Yagami Yoruichi didn't see anything worth cultivating in Mitarashi Anko.

Her physical strength and chakra reserves are decent, but only decent.

In terms of ninjutsu, aside from simple fire-style techniques, he only knows the snake-style ninjutsu taught by Orochimaru.

The upper limit of this type of ninjutsu is fixed; no matter how much you train, that's about it.

Even if you teach her some advanced ninjutsu or even forbidden techniques, her stats won't keep up, and her combat effectiveness won't be that great.

It's difficult to even reach the level of an actor, so there's practically no value in cultivating such talent.

This is completely different from the situations of Kaori Uzumaki and Hikaru Uchiha.

She's not even as good as Hinata Hyuga.

Hinata Hyuga is known as the "Princess of the Byakugan" and will be able to awaken a Byakugan of extremely high purity in the future. Her bloodline is also somewhat related to the Otsutsuki clan.

"I...I've saved a lot of money over the years, and I'm willing to give it all to you." Mitarashi Anko, still unwilling to give up, pleaded, "If that's not enough, I can do more quests to earn more..."

“Not interested.” Yagami Yoruichi shook his head and said, “Your wealth is nothing to me. Even if it were hundreds of millions or billions, I wouldn’t care.”

How much money can an ordinary ninja save by following the routine of completing missions?

It's not even a fraction of what Yagami Yoruichi has.

The wealth controlled by the merchants and nobles under Yoruichi Yagami's control is an astonishing figure.

Worldly wealth is of negligible use to Yoruichi Yagami.

“I…” Mitarashi Anko wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Yagami Yoruichi.

"Don't say I didn't give you a chance. If you can last more than an hour without being defeated by Charmander, I can teach you."

Yoruichi Yagami casually remarked, "But if you can't do it, don't waste my time."

To be able to withstand Chara for more than an hour, one must at least possess the strength of an elite Jonin.

If Mitarashi Anko can truly train herself to become an elite Jonin, then giving her a hand and pushing her strength to Kage level wouldn't be out of the question.

But if she can't even do that, it just means she has no value for cultivation.

With all the methods that Yagami Yoruichi possesses, even those with less talent can be helped to improve their strength.