Yakushi Nonō was currently looking over the orphanage's ledger.
The orphanage had many trivial tasks, and financial matters like income and expenditure were a very important aspect.
Yakushi Nonō suddenly stopped what she was doing; someone had appeared via the Body Flicker Technique through the window.
It was Fox.
Yōkō wrapped his arms around Yakushi Nonō's waist from behind.
Feeling the powerful hands on her lower abdomen, Yakushi Nonō's eyes flickered slightly, understanding what Fox was thinking.
"Fox, are you checking to see if I'm pregnant?"
"Is it that obvious?"
"Why are you doing this all of a sudden? Did you find out some other woman is pregnant today?"
Yōkō thought to himself, Kyōi and Purple Cat are a bit simple, but Yakushi Nonō instantly understood what I'm worried about.
Yakushi Nonō said, "Sorry, Fox. I won't have children. The children of the orphanage are my children."
Yōkō said, "Should I be disappointed or understanding right now?"
Yakushi Nonō pushed Fox onto the narrow bed: "I feel a bit sorry for you. Let me make it up to you properly tonight."
Yōkō thought, It's not that big of a deal, it's fine, I'm even a little relieved.
One more attachment means one more weakness.
I need to get promoted to Anbu Vice-Commander as soon as possible. The authority of an Anbu Squad Leader is still too small.
After compensating Yōkō, Yakushi Nonō handed him a scroll.
Yōkō opened the scroll and found it was... a Birth Control Ninja Formula?
Oh, so this is how you prevent women from getting pregnant?
Ah... Ninjutsu is just too comprehensive.
Time passed day by day.
Yōkō waited until the New Year, Konoha Year 41.
The war had become a memory from two years ago. Konoha village was peaceful and warm, and the pedestrians on the streets were relaxed.
Around the New Year, even Root fell silent.
After losing five members killed by Uchiha Madara, Root temporarily stopped assigning codenames to new recruits, focusing instead on training them seriously.
Yōkō was somewhat unused to Danzo being so well-behaved this month.
Why isn't he stirring up trouble?
Every night, Yōkō observed the Hokage Building from different angles.
On the night of the 13th of the first month.
Land of Rain.
Inside a tree hollow outside the Uzumaki Hideout, Yōkō stood up and got dressed.
Yōkō said, "If only I knew Wood Release. Look at this wooden bed, you shook it to pieces."
Yuka lay limp on the bed, her fair arm resting weakly on Yōkō's leg.
"Did I shake it apart all by myself! Why couldn't you be gentler!"
Yuka's endurance was astonishing. The Uzumaki and Senju clans were indeed well-matched, able to handle Yōkō's full strength.
Yuka said she didn't know what kind of sealing barrier the Second Hokage had set up inside the Hokage Building.
No matter how much he 'pressed' her, Yuka wouldn't say. Her lips were quite tight; she probably genuinely didn't know.
"Fox, your physique is getting better and better. Maybe you can master your Senju clan's Wood Release, just like Lord Hashirama."
"That would be great."
After kissing Yuka, Yōkō reverse-summoned away and disappeared.
He returned to Konoha village, appearing on a wooden balcony using the Ephemeral Technique, looking at the distant Hokage Building.
Tomorrow night, I'll try for the Hokage Building.
Dying for the Scroll of Seals is the most valuable way to die, right?
The following midnight, Yōkō stood on the Hokage Rock, looking down at the Hokage Building below.
The Hokage Building was a circular, three-story structure.
The first floor had a circle of wooden pillars, and there was a wooden eave between the first and second floors.
This wood was organic matter, allowing Yōkō to use the Ephemeral Technique to infiltrate directly to the second floor of the Hokage Building.
Getting from the second floor to the Hokage's office on the third floor wouldn't be possible with the Ephemeral Technique.
The Ephemeral Technique was powerful, but it required moving within organic matter.
Yōkō slowly retreated, leaving the stone of the Hokage Rock and entering the grassy area.
His figure quickly disappeared, sinking into the ground.
Just seconds later, Yōkō was already beneath the Hokage Building.
He quickly moved upwards along the pillars, infiltrating the wooden eave of the first floor.
Moving within the circular eave, Yōkō circled to the rear of the Hokage Building.
Two Anbu squads were hidden among several large trees at the back. He didn't know if it was a squad from the Black Ant or Golden Eagle division today.
He then circled to the side of the Hokage Building.
Here, he was only one floor, about 3 meters, away from the Hokage's office.
The office lights were off; the Third Hokage was not in his office.
Yōkō's figure emerged from the eave.
The moment he appeared, a barrier instantly lit up on the Hokage Building!
So this is the barrier set by the Second? Its reaction is so fast.
The nearby Anbu were startled. Leaves flew down from the tree canopy as seven or eight people leaped out, charging towards the Hokage Building.
Anbu inside the building emerged from various corners, rushing towards the Hokage's office on the third floor.
Yōkō smashed through the window of the Hokage's office.
He landed even faster than the shattering glass, charging towards a side room.
The room east of the Hokage's office was specifically for storing various top-secret scrolls and the Scroll of Seals.
Yōkō broke open the door and saw the large scroll of the Scroll of Seals placed on a pedestal.
He took a step forward, reaching out to grab the Scroll of Seals.
Scroll of Seals, I'm here! Even if I just get one look?
After reviving, the memories will be retained. Should I look at the Flying Thunder God or the Impure World Reincarnation?
Can I be greedy and look at both?
When he was just 30 centimeters away from the Scroll of Seals, sealing patterns suddenly lit up around the pedestal.
A barrier similar to the Four Violet Flames Formation appeared around the Scroll of Seals.
Yōkō's hand hit the barrier. Even though Copper Light activated instantly, it was still burned, black smoke rising from his fingers and palm.
The chakra quantity sealing this barrier was abnormally vast.
This level of chakra... the Third Hokage must maintain this seal regularly.
Yōkō quickly switched hands. The palm of his other hand manifested the Secret Technique: Condensed Coiling Snake.
The refined Water Release chakra clashed with the barrier, consuming the energy of the Four-Violet-Flames-like formation.
The room was instantly filled with a large amount of water vapor.
Yōkō's eyes darkened.
The barrier around the Scroll of Seals is ridiculously strong.
At that moment, Yōkō found he couldn't move.
The shadow at his feet darkened; he had been caught by Black Ant's Shadow Imitation Technique.
As one of the top experts of the Nara clan, Yōkō couldn't break free from this technique in a short time.
Not only that, an iron staff thrust through the window into the Hokage's office, accurately striking Yōkō's back.
The Adamantine Staff!
Sarutobi Hiruzen is somewhere, but the infinitely extending Adamantine Staff arrived first!
Pushed by the Adamantine Staff, Yōkō was slammed hard against the Scroll of Seals' barrier.
Failed...
He dispelled the Secret Technique: Copper Light, allowing the barrier and the Adamantine Staff to crush his chest from both sides.
The Third Hokage appeared in the Hokage's office using the Body Flicker Technique.
The middle-aged Third's Body Flicker and taijutsu were so powerful; he had just been in the Sarutobi clan compound, and now he was here in the Hokage Building.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was the pinnacle of elemental ninjutsu users, wielding all five nature transformations with ease, and he had the Adamantine Staff for large enemies.
At over forty years old, Sarutobi Hiruzen was at his peak.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the corpse near the Scroll of Seals, furious. What thief dares to steal the Scroll of Seals?
With a swing of his staff, he smashed the mask. Sarutobi Hiruzen was greatly shocked. It was... Fox?
[Monitoring host death, Mochizuki's Arc system starting up...]
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