Yasu was undergoing rigorous training in Orochimaru's base.
Orochimaru's training wasn't like other teachers who immediately burdened you with heavy training tasks to prepare you mentally.
Instead, it seemed easy at first, making one think they could complete it effortlessly, but as the training progressed, one will realize it wasn't the case at all.
It was a dual torment, both physically and mentally, creating a sense of despair, as if there was no hope for the future.
However, Orochimaru's teaching skills were indeed top-notch. He taught according to aptitude, immediately pointing out his problems and strengthening training on weak points.
But it would be better if Orochimaru summoned fewer snakes.
Yasu had been training in the underground base for nearly a month, and ordinary snakes no longer posed any threat to him.
Now, not only was he wearing weighted blocks, but the snakes used in his training were from Ryuchi Cave, snakes that genuinely possessed chakra, far stronger than ordinary snakes.
Several times, he was made to look very disheveled by these snakes.
Moreover, he had now learned the Shadow Clone Technique, not the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, which was listed as a forbidden A-rank ninjutsu, but the ordinary Shadow Clone Technique, allowing him to create only one shadow clone.
And while training, he wanted to try using the Shadow Clone Technique for training like Naruto, and Good heavens, he was almost knocked unconscious that time.
The shadow clone's memories and experiences would return to the main body, and the same fatigue would also be transmitted back.
Double the fatigue, that feeling, it felt like descending to hell.
However, it still couldn't compare to the exhilarating experience when the system simulated the Thunder Breathing with his body; even now, Yasu couldn't help but shudder at the memory.
Therefore, he now had his shadow clone study ninjutsu knowledge and then transmit the memories back to the main body, saving time.
Every day, his stamina and chakra were pushed to their limits.
However, every day, Orochimaru would give him a special liquid to drink.
According to him, this was a nutrient solution he had developed, which could not only replenish the body's required nutrients but also eliminate fatigue.
Every night, after drinking the nutrient solution, Yasu would sleep until dawn, and all the fatigue in his body would disappear.
It could be said that he was able to undergo such high-intensity training every day thanks to this nutrient solution.
Today, Orochimaru was rarely absent from the underground base, leaving behind a sentence, 'Train on your own,' in the morning before leaving.
However, even with Orochimaru's departure, Yasu did not slack off in his training.
After all, training was for himself, not for others.
The morning training ended quickly. he took off the weighted blocks, wiped away his sweat with a towel, and prepared to eat something, rest for a while, and then begin his ninjutsu training in the afternoon.
Orochimaru cooked for him every day, and he only needed to focus on training.
Today, with Orochimaru gone, he had to cook for himself.
Just as he was preparing to make udon noodles for lunch, Orochimaru returned.
Orochimaru changed into his ninja attire and said to him: "I've taken a C-rank mission for you; let's set off directly."
Yasu put down the green vegetables he was preparing for the side dish and asked in surprise: "Eh, so suddenly?"
Orochimaru crossed his arms and leaned against the door frame, looking at Yasu, and said: "It's about time. This C-rank mission is to exterminate a group of bandits, and it's also time to test the results of your month's training."
Yasu shook off the water stains on his hands: "Okay, I'll go get my katana."
But at this moment, something was tossed to him.
Yasu caught it and saw that it was a ninja tool pouch.
Inside the ninja tool pouch were neatly arranged five kunai, some shuriken, and several explosive tags.
"Thank you, Teacher Orochimaru."
Yasu put on the ninja tool pouch.
As a poor man, he couldn't afford such ninja tools, especially explosive tags, which were ridiculously expensive, several times the price of kunai.
Currently, he was completely living off Orochimaru, eating Orochimaru's food, drinking Orochimaru's drink, and living in Orochimaru's place. (Damn…)
Now that Orochimaru was even buying ninja tools for him, he felt quite embarrassed.
Yasu picked up his katana and followed him out of Konoha.
After many years, leaving Konoha once again made him feel a bit dazed.
Remembering his parents, Yasu's emotions became somewhat low.
They were truly a very good pair of parents, loving him very much.
If not for those four years of happiness, not to mention whether he could have survived, he felt that in this dog-eat-dog ninja world, he would most likely become a walking corpse without any hope or goals.
Because he had experienced happiness, he was now fighting for himself, for Kushina , and for their future.
"What's wrong, thinking about something?"
Orochimaru was very sensitive to people's emotional changes and noticed his disciple's low mood.
Yasu took a deep breath and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I was just thinking that this is my first time leaving the village since returning to Konoha, so I'm a little excited."
Orochimaru glanced at him and chuckled: "Is that so..."
He could naturally see that Yasu wasn't excited; he was clearly reminiscing about something.
As for what he was reminiscing about, Yasu only had one friend in Konoha, Kushina Uzumaki, and she was still alive, so naturally, he wouldn't be reminiscing about her.
Then he must be reminiscing about his parents.
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The destination of this mission was in the Land of Rice Fields. (It's the future Land of Sound…)
The Land of Rice Fields was a small country bordering Konoha, without a ninja village.
Because of the Land of Rice Fields' daimyo's inaction and indifference, bandits ran rampant.
This time, the C-rank mission that Orochimaru helped Yasu accept was to exterminate the bandits in the Land of Rice Fields who had already burned, killed, looted, and pillaged several small villages.
Yasu and Orochimaru stood on the hilltop, overlooking the noisy village at the foot of the mountain.
Now the entire village was full of bandits, and the villagers had been completely slaughtered. Men, women, old, and young, none were spared; only the bandits remained in the village.
All the bandits were gathered in the center of the village, holding a banquet to celebrate.
The bandits were all gathered together, which was much more convenient for Yasu.
After making some slight arrangements, he approached the bandits' gathering place stealthily.
The bandits held wine in their hands, and the plundered wealth was placed in the middle of the field. Each of them was stained with blood that had turned dark brown, laughing wildly, and using how many people they had killed and how they had killed them as topics of conversation.
Yasu took out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch, looking at the celebrating bandits in front with a chilling killing intent.
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