Konoha's Hextech Ninja

Her hair was soaked with sweat, and she looked extremely weak. She forced herself to take out a few ration pills from her ninja tool pouch and swallow them.

"I'm sorry, my combat power is very weak, I've caused you trouble." Yakushi Nonou said, her tone containing a hint of something indescribable.

“This is our mission,” Sakumo Hatake said expressionlessly.

He couldn't understand why the task was so strange, but since he had taken it on, he had to carry it out.

Yagami Yoruichi didn't say anything, leaning against the wall, trying to recover her strength.

Yoruichi Yagami has a huge amount of chakra, and she recovers faster than a normal person.

But traveling at full speed all day was extremely physically demanding.

Even with the strongest physique, without sufficient physical strength, one cannot extract chakra.

During this rare break, Yagami Yoruichi was unwilling to waste a single moment and needed to recover her strength as quickly as possible.

"It's already dark." Kōdō looked up and asked, "What are the chances that the enemy is pursuing us through the night?"

"Judging from the last encounter with the pursuers, it seems that the Dark Guard of Iwagakure Village has also joined the pursuit."

Sakumo Hatake's tone was somewhat heavy: "If they were just ordinary Iwa ninja, they might slow down their pursuit because of the nightfall. But the Anbu are very familiar with every inch of the Land of Earth. Night will not affect their combat power. On the contrary, their familiarity with the terrain is more advantageous to them, so they will definitely not stop."

"Optimistically speaking, we will have four hours of rest."

After a slight pause, Hatake Sakumo continued, "If the pursuers are fast enough, we'll probably have to keep running in two hours at most."

"Two hours, can you be sure?" Yagami Yoruichi suddenly opened her eyes and asked.

“At least two hours,” Sakumo Hatake said confidently. “We have done more than enough. The enemy has also suffered considerable losses and will not dare to pursue recklessly, so their speed will inevitably slow down.”

Yoruichi Yagami had no experience in this area, but Sakumo Hatake had plenty of experience, and Yoruichi Yagami trusted his judgment.

I opened the system interface and took a look.

After a day of pursuit and counterattacks, Yagami Yoruichi has accumulated over 4,800 gold coins through kills and assists, still needing more than 1,500 gold coins.

However, the enemy seemed to realize how difficult their group was to deal with, and stopped sending ordinary ninjas who were essentially cannon fodder.

Even the weakest member of the pursuit team possessed the fighting strength of an elite Chunin.

Furthermore, with the combined efforts of various forces, it became increasingly difficult for Yagami Yoruichi to take advantage of the chaos to kill an enemy.

In their final two encounters, Yoruichi Yagami failed to achieve any results, not even managing to kill a single Iwa ninja.

"1,500 gold coins, seven or eight heads... If we don't take the risk, we'll have to see if we encounter any other rock ninjas on our escape route."

As Yagami Yoruichi pondered, she turned to Yakushi Nonou and asked, "You're a spy who infiltrated Iwagakure. Do you know where there are any permanent bases for Iwagakure ninja? Ideally, places with a slightly larger number of ninja, maybe a dozen or more, but not too strong."

"Iwa ninja base?" Yakushi Nonou was taken aback, wondering what Yagami Yoruichi was up to.

But she didn't hide anything, saying, "I haven't had access to the defense map of Iwagakure Village, but in this area, there are two nearest Iwagakure outposts. One is an outpost near the border of the Land of Rain; I don't know the exact location, but there are definitely many Iwagakure outposts there. The other is the main city of the Land of Earth, where some Iwagakure are stationed long-term to protect the daimyo and nobles."

Upon hearing Yakushi Nonou's words, Yagami Yoruichi's heart stirred.

In either of these locations, there are enough "heads" to collect to accumulate enough coins to activate [Curved Mirror Leap].

If this skill could allow for long-distance teleportation with teammates, just like in the game, we could naturally escape this crisis.

However, this is contingent on the [Radiant Mirror Leap] teleportation range being sufficiently long.

Judging from the mechanisms of the previously activated Ryze skills, this can most likely be resolved by injecting more chakra.

Unlike in the game, Yoruichi Yagami's activated skills, such as 'Overload', only have a basic 'lower limit of power'.

As for the upper limit, the more chakra Yagami Yoruichi injects, the stronger the skill's power and the more astonishing its scale.

As the ultimate skill, [Mirror Leap] will most likely also conform to this mechanism.

If my guess is correct, as long as we raid any of the Rock Ninja strongholds and collect 6300 gold coins to activate [Mirror Leap], we can escape smoothly.

They can even use the high mobility of the [Curved Mirror Leap] to find opportunities to continue taking down Iwagakure ninjas within the Land of Earth.

As Yagami Yoruichi pondered, she took out a map and compared it with the location given by Yakushi Nonou. After calculating the distance, she said, "I'll rest for an hour first. If anything happens, wake me up immediately."

After a long day of activity, Yagami Yoru was exhausted early in the morning.

During this rare break, although Yoruichi Yagami really wanted to rack up some kills, she knew her body couldn't keep going and she needed to sleep for a while.

Even if it's only for an hour.

"Go to sleep. Sakumo, you should get some sleep too. Kouta and I will keep watch," Maruhoshi Kosuke said.

Along the way, it was mainly Yagami Yoruichi and Hatake Sakumo who were fighting against the enemy.

Although Kosuke Maruhoshi and Kōtō Kōtō were sometimes forced to take action, they did so less frequently and maintained their condition better.

From the perspective of the team as a whole, letting Yagami Yoruichi and Hatake Sakumo rest, while Maruboshi Kosuke and Kime Kouta keep watch, is the most effective way to restore the team's overall combat power.

Sakumo Hatake didn't refuse. He leaned against a big tree and fell asleep within seconds.

Yoruichi Yagami was even faster; she fell asleep after saying just one sentence and didn't hear what Kosuke Maruboshi said afterward.

Being able to quickly enter a deep sleep state under any circumstances is also one of the essential skills for ninjas.

Ninja academies offer specialized courses in this area.

If you can't master this basic skill, it means you haven't even reached the basic threshold to become a ninja. Even if you manage to graduate, you'll be 'eliminated' very quickly.

It's not about being eliminated and going home to become an ordinary person.

Rather, they died in battle due to lack of rest and recovery, and because of insufficient energy.

……

An hour later, Yagami Yoruichi opened her eyes automatically, as precisely as if an alarm clock had been set.

Without even looking up, Kosuke Maruhoshi accurately sensed that Yoruichi Yagami had woken up and said, "You can sleep a little longer. There's no sign of the enemy getting close."

Yagami Yoruichi assessed her own condition and said, "I've almost recovered. Now I need to do something."

Maruhoshi Kosuke looked at Yagami Yoruichi with a puzzled expression.

Yagami Yoruichi didn't speak, but simply formed hand seals and created a shadow clone.

After an hour of sleep, along with the recovery from the soldier pills, Yagami Yoruichi recovered about 60-70% of his chakra. Although he hadn't returned to his peak condition, he had regained a significant amount of fighting power.

However, this shadow clone split off, taking away half of the remaining chakra, which immediately worsened Yoruichi Yagami's condition.

"My shadow clone needs to go out for a bit." Yagami Yoruichi didn't say what it was going to do, and simply told the shadow clone to leave.

Maruhoshi Kosuke assumed that Yagami Yoruichi was going to cover the rear and harass the enemy's pursuing troops, so he didn't ask any further questions. He just asked with concern, "Can your body hold up?"

“After a day, it’s about time to eat the Akimichi clan’s special soldier pills again, no problem.” Yagami Yoruichi said with a smile, “If you don’t have enough chakra, just eat another soldier pill.”

"That thing is for emergency lifesaving, not for you to use as a daily consumable!" Maruhoshi Kosuke said with some concern.

"Now is the critical moment. As long as we can escape, paying a price is nothing." Yagami Yoruichi said a few words, then closed her eyes to rest.

Although you can't continue sleeping, closing your eyes to rest will help your physical strength and energy recover faster than usual, so it will have some effect.

Seeing this, Maruboshi Kosuke also stopped speaking and assumed a posture of closing his eyes to rest, but his attention was focused on sensory ninjutsu, keeping watch for any movement in the distance.

……

Yoruichi Yagami's shadow clones darted through the darkness, traveling at full speed.

It took more than an hour to reach the metropolis of the Land of Earth.

"We used up several thousand chakra just to get here. Hopefully, the Iwa ninja here aren't too strong."

Yagami Yoruichi shook her head slightly, then leaped over the city wall in a few bounds, avoiding the patrolling army's sight, and sneaked into the city.

Then, Yagami Yoruichi activated [Wind Perception], searching for chakra responses in the city.

"One, two, three..."

Yagami Yoruichi carefully counted: "Over eighty ninjas, only four of them have chakra levels equivalent to Jonin, and they're all in one place, which must be the Daimyo's residence. Let's avoid this area and start from the outer perimeter..."

Yagami Yoruichi took out a kunai and, following the location of the ninjas he sensed, quietly infiltrated a manor to begin assassinating the Iwa ninjas in the city.

Of course, there might be wandering ninjas employed by nobles, independent ninja clans, or simply samurai with chakra.

But at this moment, Yagami Yoruichi didn't have time to distinguish these things. As long as there was a target with chakra, she would kill them all, except for those with strong strength in the Daimyo's mansion.

The most important thing is to maximize your kill rewards.

Chapter 150 Ultimate Skill Activated! Spatial Ability!

Pfft!

The kunai pierced his temple.

One ninja was still fast asleep and did not react at all when his brain was turned into mush.

Seeing the pop-up system notification, Yagami Yoruichi smiled slightly.

"My stealth and assassination skills aren't bad either!"

Yagami Yoruichi thought to himself smugly.

Of course, Yagami Yoruichi was also aware that she was only able to infiltrate and assassinate so easily because of her strength, which far surpassed that of her enemies.

However, when facing an enemy of the same level, or even just a Jonin level, Yoruichi Yagami would not be able to so easily evade the enemy's senses and kill silently with just a kunai.

This was never Yagami Yoruichi's forte.

However, it is unlikely to make mistakes when dealing with some low-level or mid-level cannon fodder.

"I still have chakra. Let's kill a few more and rack up more rewards."

Yagami Yoruichi's shadow clone sensed its own situation, flipped over and leaped out of the window, concealing its movements, and stealthily moved towards its next target.

……

Meanwhile, in the camp.

Yagami Yoruichi had been focusing part of her attention on the system interface, and the moment she saw that her gold coin balance exceeded 6300, she immediately chose to activate the [Curved Mirror Leap] skill.

[6300 gold coins have been deducted to activate the skill 'Folding Mirror Leap'.]

[Curved Mirror Leap: Opens a portal to the target location. After a short delay, all allies with a chakra link to the user will be teleported to the target location. Chakra consumption increases by 1000 points for every kilometer of teleportation distance.]

In an instant, a flood of information rushed into Yagami Yoruichi's mind.

Understanding 'space', and how the teleportation door opens...

The combination of various pieces of information allowed Yoruichi Yagami to instantly master the skill "Mirror Leap".

Although she hadn't tried it, Yagami Yoruichi was certain that she could execute it smoothly.

"1000 chakra points per kilometer? That means even 100,000 chakra can only be transmitted 100 kilometers?"

When Yagami Yoruichi saw the description on the skill panel, he couldn't help but frown.

This chakra consumption is much greater than expected.

Even when he is at full chakra, he can only teleport a little over a hundred kilometers at most.

A distance of over 100 kilometers is certainly not short, but for a powerful ninja, it is not particularly far.

For example, if Yagami Yoruichi herself travels at full speed, she can arrive in less than an hour.

The location where Yagami Yoruichi and his group were was not far from the border of the Land of Earth, but in terms of distance, it was still over a thousand kilometers.

"However, being able to teleport hundreds of kilometers in an instant makes it very difficult for the enemy to find our trail again. Moreover, teleportation is based on straight-line distance, so it still has great strategic value if we encounter places with special terrain obstacles."

Yagami Yoruichi pondered for a moment, glancing at her remaining gold coins before turning her gaze to the attribute panel.

After a day of pursuit and battle, plus the use of shadow clones to infiltrate the capital of the Land of Earth and assassinate the Iwa ninja who were protecting the daimyo and nobles there.

With the support of the [Draconic Dragon], the [Shrinking Engine] has reached 190 layers.

A 1,000+ point increase in 'Skill Haste' plus a 190% increase in 'Movement Speed' is a significant attribute boost.

The 190% increase in movement speed allowed Yoruichi Yagami to clearly perceive the changes this attribute brought to her without needing to test it.

In addition to the literal increase in 'movement speed', this attribute also improves Yoruichi Yagami's 'nerve reflex speed'.

Although it cannot be completely equated with 'reaction speed', it does greatly increase Yoruichi Yagami's reaction speed.

Yoruichi Yagami couldn't be too certain about the exact increase.

But compared to before, it has definitely been a significant improvement.

This allows Yoruichi Yagami to more quickly identify her opponent's actions and react accordingly during battle.