Konoha's Hextech Ninja

When it comes to explaining, it is naturally easy and meticulous.

Kaori Uzumaki listened attentively to Yoruichi Yagami's explanation and tried to mobilize her chakra according to the method demonstrated by Yoruichi Yagami.

Chapter 153 Tsunade: Go find your little girlfriend, stop bothering me!

Leaf.

The moment they stepped through the gates of Konoha, Yagami Yoruichi, Hatake Sakumo, and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

Before they could even register, an ANBU ninja appeared in an instant and said to Hatake Sakumo, "The Hokage has ordered that Lord Sakumo and the 'shrine maiden' immediately go to the Hokage's office to report!"

Upon hearing the order from the Anbu, Hatake Sakumo showed a helpless expression and greeted Yagami Yoruichi and the others, saying, "Help us register. Leave the mission report to me. You can go back and rest after you've registered."

After saying that, he and Yakushi Nonou immediately left with the Anbu ninja.

Yagami Yoruichi and the others exchanged glances and registered at the door with expressionless faces.

"Well then, Uncle Kosuke, Uncle Kōtō, I'll head back now." Yagami Yoruichi said goodbye to Maruboshi Kosuke and Kōtō Kōtō, and then vanished in a flash.

……

The Hokage's Office.

Sakumo Hatake and Nono Yakushi meet Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Hokage-sama." Hatake Sakumo was a typical pragmatist; without any unnecessary words, he immediately began reporting on the mission after exchanging greetings.

"Let's not talk about the mission for now."

Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand, took out a document and handed it to Sakumo Hatake, saying, "Take a look at this first."

Sakumo Hatake took the document and saw that it was an accusation from the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki.

They questioned Konoha Village's actions of sending spies to gather intelligence on Iwagakure Village and dispatching sabotage squads to damage the village.

They also claimed that Konoha's actions were provoking war, and that Iwagakure would not let this matter go easily.

Iwagakure's rhetoric was very strong, showing a willingness to start a war to get an explanation, and they made several demands for compensation from Konoha, including financial compensation and task allocation.

“Lord Hokage, the situation was urgent at the time, and we had no way to conceal our identities,” Sakumo Hatake said. “If we hadn’t used our most proficient abilities, we wouldn’t have been able to break through the Iwa ninja’s encirclement and bring our intelligence personnel back safely.”

"I didn't mean to blame you." Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff of his pipe and exhaled a puff of pungent smoke.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "The situation in the ninja world is terrible right now, and war could break out at any moment. If it really comes to that... Sakumo, you are one of the few top-tier ninjas in the village, and I need you to be prepared."

“If the village needs me!” Sakumo Hatake said without hesitation, “I’m ready at any time!”

"Hmm." Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Tell me about this mission. You were exposed in Iwagakure. How did you escape? Even if that old man Onoki didn't personally take action, there are quite a few strong ninjas in Iwagakure, and their number of ninjas is the largest in the ninja world."

"Thanks to Yoruichi-kun." Sakumo Hatake immediately recounted the details of what happened during their escape.

However, the story omits the fact that Yagami Yoruichi saved a Uzumaki clan girl in the Land of Grass, and only tells the part related to the mission.

As for Yagami Yoruichi's 'space-time ninjutsu', he did not hide it.

Yoruichi Yagami knew that this matter couldn't be kept secret, so she didn't ask Sakumo Hatake or the others to help cover it up.

"Space-time ninjutsu? Is it a new ninjutsu developed based on the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

Upon hearing this detail, Hiruzen Sarutobi was immediately taken aback: "Orochimaru did indeed ask me for the Flying Thunder God Technique, saying it was for Yoruichi Yagami. But he actually learned it so quickly? Even Minato took several years to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique."

"Yoruichi said that he did not master the Flying Thunder God Technique, but only used the principles of the Flying Thunder God Technique to develop a space-time ninjutsu with a lower learning threshold."

Sakumo Hatake thought for a moment and then said, "According to Yoruichi, this technique doesn't require as much talent as the Flying Thunder God Technique, but it does require a tailed beast-level amount of chakra to activate. It uses more chakra as a price to reduce the difficulty of performing the technique."

"Tailed Beast level chakra? I understand."

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a little disappointed.

Perhaps Yoruichi Yagami's 'new space-time ninjutsu' has lowered the requirements for space-time talent.

But the requirement for this amount of chakra is even more abnormal.

In Konoha today, besides Kushina Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, only Yoruichi Yagami possesses chakra at the level of a Tailed Beast.

No one else, including Hiruzen Sarutobi himself, has that much chakra.

Since only Yoruichi Yagami has such a huge amount of chakra, this ninjutsu can only be mastered by Yoruichi Yagami herself; no one else can learn it.

Hiruzen Sarutobi then abandoned his idea of ​​getting Yoruichi Yagami to hand over her ninjutsu and said to Sakumo Hatake, "Continue, and tell me what happens next."

"After escaping the pursuit of the main force of Iwagakure Village, we detoured around the Land of Michitaki..."

Sakumo Hatake explained the mission in great detail.

……

The land of the Thousand Hands Clan.

As soon as Yagami Yoruichi stepped into the clan's territory, he sensed a familiar aura and couldn't help but show a surprised expression.

Pushing open the door, Yagami Yoruichi looked at Tsunade with a puzzled expression and asked, "Teacher, you're actually home?"

"You brat!"

Upon hearing Yagami Yoruichi's words, Tsunade's initial excitement at their long-awaited reunion vanished instantly, replaced by anger: "What do you mean by that?!"

"At this time..." Yagami Yoruichi glanced at the sky outside the window. It was afternoon, nearing evening. "Shouldn't you be at the casino at this time, Master? Did you lose all your money?"

"Nonsense!"

Tsunade reacted as if her tail had been stepped on, instantly bristling: "My gambling skills are the best in the world, how could I possibly lose money?!"

What she can't tolerate most is people saying she's a gambler or a cheat.

This can be seen as a form of refusing to acknowledge reality.

"Um……"

After a few seconds of internal struggle, Yagami Yoruichi decided to skip the topic and asked, "Have you been paying attention to Kurenai and Rin lately? How are they doing?"

"All you ever think about is your two little girlfriends!"

Tsunade curled her lip and said, "With me keeping an eye on things, what are you worried about?! That old bastard Danzo can't get his hands on me!"

Hearing Tsunade's words, Yagami Yoruichi breathed a sigh of relief.

During her absence, Yagami Yoruichi's biggest worry was that Shimura Danzo or Orochimaru would try to blackmail her and harm those around her.

Although Tsunade suffers from hemophobia, her strength is undeniable, so Yoruichi Yagami need not worry about her.

The main problem is that Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara are too weak, and there's a possibility they could be kidnapped without anyone noticing.

But since Tsunade said that, it must mean that both of them are safe and sound.

"Thank you so much, teacher," Yagami Yoruichi said quickly.

"Enough with the nonsense!" Tsunade glared at Yagami Yoruichi and said, "Let me check if you've slacked off in your training lately! How's your Yin Seal training going?!"

Not long ago, Yagami Yoruichi's shadow clone was checking Uzumaki Kaori's training progress.

But to his surprise, as soon as he returned to Konoha, it was his turn to be examined.

Yagami Yoruichi felt a bit like laughing and crying at the same time, and honestly said, "This mission has been a bit troublesome, and I haven't been able to calm down and cultivate. My progress in Yin Seal has basically not improved since I left, and I estimate it will take about two more months to master it."

Two months later, it was also close to the 'final deadline' that Tsunade had set for Yagami Yoru.

Of course, if Yoruichi Yagami really fails to complete her training on time, given Tsunade's personality, she wouldn't necessarily do anything to Yoruichi Yagami.

However, Yagami Yoruichi did not want to disappoint her teacher, so she planned to focus more on the study of sealing techniques and master the 'Yin Seal' as soon as possible.

Although this ninjutsu did not significantly improve Yoruichi Yagami's strength.

"You start slacking off when I don't keep an eye on you!"

Tsunade scolded him, then quickly changed the subject, becoming concerned about Yoruichi Yagami's mission: "Did something go wrong with your mission? Did the Iwagakure ninja discover it?"

"Our whereabouts were accidentally exposed inside Rock Hidden Village, so we had no choice but to fight our way out."

Yoruichi Yagami omitted the somewhat perilous part of the journey, deliberately making the escape seem lighthearted, saying, "We took a huge detour, passing through the Land of Iron from the Land of Taki, and circling back to the Land of Fire from the north. We were rushing the whole way, with no time to stop and train."

To stop cultivating and researching sealing techniques while on the run is tantamount to suicide.

Although Tsunade is stubborn, she is not unreasonable.

Moreover, despite how casually Yagami Yoruichi spoke, Tsunade's experience made it easy for her to judge that even Yagami Yoruichi's elite squad, an ace-level team, had been forced into this predicament and had to detour through the Land of Iron to return safely.

This shows how urgent the situation was in the Land of Earth at that time, and how dangerous the escape was.

"Are you all... alright?" Tsunade's voice trembled slightly, as if afraid of hearing some bad news.

Among the squad, only Sakumo Hatake wasn't very close to her.

Maruhoshi Kosuke is considered her senior, while Kime Kōtō was her former teammate.

No matter who gets into trouble, it will be a huge blow to Tsunade.

"Don't worry, teacher, we're all safe and sound, and we weren't seriously injured." Yagami Yoruichi said with a smile, then suddenly remembered something and changed the subject, saying, "Teacher, my chakra level has increased quite a bit during this time."

After checking Yoruichi Yagami's body and confirming that there were no problems, Tsunade said with resentment, "Your physique is simply abnormal."

A few months ago, Yoruichi Yagami's chakra level was only slightly close to that of Tsunade.

In just a few months, Yagami Yoruichi's chakra reserves have already reached several times that of hers.

And it is still growing rapidly.

If it weren't for several examinations confirming that Yoruichi Yagami's body was fine, Tsunade would have suspected that Yoruichi Yagami had some strange terminal illness, such as a certain type of blood disease.

After confirming that Yagami Yoruichi and the others were safe and sound, Tsunade, too lazy to continue worrying about the details of the mission, impatiently shooed them away, saying, "Stop bothering me here, go find your girlfriends! They've been nagging you all day long, it's driving me crazy!"

Chapter 154 Crimson Sunset: My Fist Is Hard!

"Yoruichi-kun!"

Kurenai Yuhi rushed out of the house with a look of surprise on her face and leaped into Yoruichi Yagami's arms.

Behind her, Kurenai Yuhi glared at Yoruichi Yagami with a face full of resentment, as if condemning the 'blonde-haired guy' who had stolen her precious daughter with her eyes.

Ignoring Shinku's resentment, Yagami Yoruichi greeted him with a smile, saying, "Uncle Shinku, we're going out for a stroll. I'll bring Shinku back later."

"Let's go, let's stop wasting our breath on him!"

Kurenai grabbed Yoruichi Yagami's arm and pulled her outside, which made Kurenai's anger rise rapidly, and she almost ground her teeth to powder.

Yoruichi Yagami, somewhat helpless, waved to Kurenai Yuhi and left home with her to enjoy their 'world together'.

It was called a date, but it was really just finding a place to eat something together and chat, nothing more.

After a long separation, Kurenai Yuhi gripped Yoruichi Yagami's arm tightly and refused to let go.

It seemed as if they were afraid that if they let go, Yagami Yoruichi would disappear again.

"You've been back for so long, and you've even missed my birthday!" Kurenai said somewhat sullenly. "I put so much effort into celebrating Yoruichi's birthday, but it was all for nothing."

During the two months of the mission, Yoruichi Yagami's birthday happened to pass.

On her birthday, Yagami Yoruichi was being pursued by the Anbu of Iwagakure and was on the run for her life, completely forgetting that it was her birthday.

If Kurenai Yuhi hadn't brought it up, Yoruichi Yagami herself would have forgotten about it.

"It's alright, if we don't need it this year, there's always next year. There will always be opportunities in the future." Yagami Yoruichi smiled and said, "In a while, it will be your birthday, Red. How about we celebrate together then?"

"I want to be with Yoruichi-kun!" Kurenai Yuhi raised her head and emphasized earnestly, "Just the two of us!"

Especially don't bring Lin's light bulb!

Yuhi Hong roared in her heart.

For the past two months, Yagami Yoruichi has been away from Konoha, and only Yuhi Kurenai and Nohara Rin have been training together regularly.

During this time, Kurenai noticed that Rin Nohara often spaced out or asked someone to inquire about Yoruichi Yagami.

This made her realize that Nohara Rin probably also had feelings for Yagami Yoruichi, and might even become her rival in love.

Kurenai couldn't help but regret suggesting that Rin Nohara join her squad.

However, it would be inappropriate to propose kicking Nohara Rin out of the team without any reason.

All she could do was create as much time as possible for herself and Yoruichi Yagami to be alone, and reduce the chances of Yoruichi Yagami and Rin Nohara meeting.

At the very least, you must ensure that the two people are not left alone together.

Yoruichi Yagami had no idea what Kurenai Yuhi was thinking.