Konoha Year 17, in the morning
"December... It's time of the month."
The season started to change as the winds felt chilly and the temperature within the confines of Konoha soon began to drop. After he woke up, Yoichi meditated and began to reflect on the significant efforts and rewards of yesterday.
*Knock!*
For a while, Yoichi felt the serenity within the quiet house until a knocking sound soon came to the door, interrupting his alone time.
"Who are you?" Opening the door, Yoichi was greeted by a seemingly 9-year-old child. However, the wolf mask as well as the attire of the child were high-quality and state-of-the-art, a disguise that any Konoha citizen knows.
ANBU... What are they here for?!
Yoichi thought as the shade of white hair in the newcomer's head surfaced.
"Hokage-sama urgently wishes your presence in his office. Please comply."
Although the youth has a deep voice, it couldn't hide the hint of childish tone underneath the words.
"... I understand. Let me change my clothes for a while..." After closing the door, Yoichi immediately dressed in his usual attire and then walked out of the house alongside the ANBU kid.
On the way to the Hokage's office, Yoichi couldn't resist forming a theory or speculation about the ANBU kid's true profile and his real information.
It might be possible that this kid was actually Hatake Sakumo... However, we hadn't had that many interactions and there's still no formal evidence about him...
"We're here..."
Yoichi peeked frequently into the ANBU kid's figure until they reached the hallway. With his duty achieved perfectly, the ANBU kid left with a reminding remark in an instant.
Now, Yoichi felt several eyes within the shadows, intently watching his behavior as he went closer and closer to the door. Therefore, Yoichi then smiled and stared at a specific spot before he knocked on the door.
"Hokage-sama. This is Uchiha Yoichi!"
"Come inside, child..." a raspy voice rang.
As Yoichi went into the office and slowly closed the door, numerous ANBU operatives including the same kid appeared out of the shadows.
"Did... Did you see that? He's the kid I'm talking about!"
"Yeah, good thing you gave us some intel on this kid's keen eyes."
"Keep your attention to this kid, okay? It's our main prerogative to flush these rats out and protect the child."
Once the silent whispers appeared, all of them began to scatter and prepare for a massive manhunt within their village.
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In the Hokage's office.
"Greetings, Hokage-sama. It is my pleasure to meet your honored stature!"
When Yoichi came in and provided an elegant pleasantries, Hiruzen couldn't help but feel the child's intelligence in his words.
"Hahaha! I heard that you were quite cunning in the past. But it looks like the Land of Rain didn't make you rusty..." In his hearty laugh, Hiruzen set down the pipe in his hand and stared at Yoichi with approval in his countenance.
"Oh well, I shouldn't waste the time of the youth..." After recovering from his laughter, Hiruzen went stern in an instant. "I called you here because of one major problem, the Amegakure Shinobi were planning to assassinate you."
Upon hearing Hiruzen's statement, Yoichi's face was quite surprised and he gradually nodded in agreement.
"Do not fret, child..." Noticing Yoichi's surprise expression, Hiruzen continued, "We have the ANBU along with our troops to annihilate these rats encroaching on our village."
"However, we have a problem with their unknown objective."
"... I agree." With his indifferent eyes, Yoichi immediately relented to the Hokage's request. Listening to the kid's compliance, Hiruzen sighed and looked at Yoichi in a different light.
This kid... He could truly shine with his keen intellect and cleverness in such a precarious situation.
"Are you truly prepared? I'm not done talking about the details of this operation." Hiruzen narrowed his eyes while the hint of dominance surfaced across the atmosphere, stifling the radiant mood of the morning.
"Acting as a bait, right? I'm ready." In such a persistent tone, Yoichi voiced out his abidance and readied himself.
"Very well... Now that you have agreed to the terms, I think it is unfair for you if you hadn't had a reward after this." Hearing this, Yoichi inwardly rolled his eyes before he listened once more.
"Later on, an ANBU will be briefing you about the operation. You may now leave." Hiruzen then waved his hand dismissively and took the pipe, smoking with thoughts in his mind.
"Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and... Yoichi. What great talents! If Sensei could see this, perhaps he might be proud of my resounding feats..."
For a while, Hiruzen looked at Hokage Rock with a tinge of reminiscence until he was snapped back to reality, submerging himself in the paperwork.
If he can think I could be silenced by this foolish reward — Keep dreaming. Perhaps I should articulate my words well later on to threaten them...
After he returned to his room, Yoichi then ate his scrumptious meal consisting of meat, meat, and meat.
Subsequently, he washed himself in the bathroom and dressed in his regular attire, ultimately going to the Ninja Academy with his manuals ready to be revealed.
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Ninja Academy, Class A.
"Yo! Yoichi! Good morning — wait, why do you look so dashing? Is there any secret to that?"
As soon as Yoichi opened the door, Jiraiya greeted him and felt the brand new presence of his friend, inspecting the nook and cranny of Yoichi's messy but striking mood.
"I come here to learn, not to be scanned thoroughly by you!" Therefore, Yoichi sat down in their cramped spot and took out the manuals casually, immediately rousing the eyes of the three.
"Jiraiya, here's to you. A suitable technique tailored for your body." Yoichi gave him the Mahavairocana Mantra and looked at Jiraiya with some apprehension in his mind.
"Ohhhh! Let me see how it looks!" In such excitement, Jiraiya flipped the cover and a magical thing occurred as the texts along with the inscription glowed radiantly, infiltrating Jiraiya's mind in an instant.
"Is he really alright?!" Tsunade couldn't help but feel a slight worry for Jiraiya.
"Interesting..." Meanwhile, Orochimaru's eyes flickered with intense fixation on the mystical scene.
To prevent being circulated or stolen, the text and descriptions of other Martial Arts techniques will be drilled into an individual's mind. That's great!
On the side, Yoichi acknowledged the situation as a sort of prevention for future thieves and reckless issuance of Martial Arts.
"Mahavairocana Mantra! Hahaha! The power of the golden sun!" As proud as a sun, Jiraiya felt the need to practice and flaunt his Martial Arts Method in front of them.
"Tsunade, Orochimaru — here's your Martial Arts techniques." Yoichi handed a scroll and a manual.
The highly anticipated eyes of Orochimaru and Tsunade immediately unfurled the techniques as the same scene happened once more.
"This is so wonderful, Yoichi! I feel like these techniques were truly suitable for us! Thank you so much!"
In her delight, Tsunade hugged him in an instant which made Yoichi quite surprised. What I just did was to give them manuals, is there really a need to hug me like this?
"Waaahh! The Princess embraced that brute! How envious!"
"What did he give them? Can someone know?"
"Tch! Lucky bastard!"
Among the jeers and jealous eyes of the children inside, Tsunade slowly retreated with a radiant smile on her face, acting like nothing had occurred.
Luckily, I didn't overreact.
"This suits me well, Yoichi. Thank you." Even though Orochimaru's words were brief, Yoichi could feel the heartfelt gratitude within his remarks.
"Yoichi! Help me! Hot, it is so hot!" When Yoichi heard Jiraiya's begging voice, he flicked a Qi Blood Pill into his wide mouth and shook his head.
This might truly be a grindfest.
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(Current Progress)
[Heavenly Demon Posture: (Perfection) 0/1000]
[Mountain Crushing Fist: (Small Success) 59/300]
[Lightning Spear Thrust: (Small Success) 35/300]
[Phantom Steps: (Small Success) 80/300]
[Secret Technique: Face Changing (Entry) 3/100]
[Tickets: 1 Prismatic, 0 Gold, 0 Silver.]
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