[Completed Special Hidden Mission: Defeat Konoha's Ninja, Uzumaki Kushina. Reward: Reiatsu +50,000, Hado #63, Raikoho, Kido Experience +2000]
[Hado #63, Raikoho: High-level Kido, releases a terrifying explosion like lightning.]
[Completed Special Hidden Mission: Defeat Konoha's Ninja, Namikaze Minato. Reward: Reiatsu +50,000, Hakuda Skill Level +1, Special Space-Time Skill: Garganta]
[Garganta: Tear open a space-time channel using Reiatsu, allowing the host to break through spatial barriers and move freely between the two ends of the space-time channel.]
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"!!!"
Instantly, even the usually calm Sora's expression became excited.
It can't be helped.
The rewards for this hidden mission were simply too generous.
100,000 Reiatsu points!
Hado #63, Raikoho!
And the special space-time skill: Garganta!!!
Too crazy!
If the first two rewards might have been somewhat expected, then this third reward, Garganta, was purely a pleasant surprise.
And, a huge surprise at that!
Garganta!
A Space-Time Skill!
It shared remarkable similarities with Otsutsuki Kaguya's Kekkei Mora, Yomotsu Hirasaka!
The ability to tear space open with Reiatsu meant that Sora would become completely immune to all Space-Time based skills.
He wouldn't end up like Naruto, who, after being thrown into the desert dimension by Kaguya, could only stupidly wait for death on the spot.
'Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kushina…'
'Are these sudden special hidden missions the system's way of encouraging me to engage more with powerful opponents?'
Sora's gaze flickered slightly.
'Yes!'
'Eternal Shinigami Master!'
'Eternal!'
'Born without end!'
'Master!'
'Above all souls!'
'How does one stand above all souls?'
'Naturally through battle, conquering the strong among all souls with undying combat power, becoming invincible, unrivaled, and unbound, thereby standing above the whole world.'
Once, Sora only thought 'Eternal' meant immortality. Now, he finally understood that true eternity meant invincibility and domination.
Only by being invincible within the universe can one be eternal and indestructible.
His thoughts became clear.
Sora's mind also smoothed out. Some of the shackles accumulated in his heart in the past now showed a tendency to vanish like smoke.
He looked up, and a slightly bright screen suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[Eternal Shinigami Master System]
[Host: Yuki Sora]
[Reiatsu: Rank 5 (250,000/500,000)]
[Hakuda: Proficient Level (1700/10,000)]
[Zanjutsu: Expert Level (0/10,000)]
[Shunpo: Expert Level (0/10,000)]
[Kido: Expert Level (2000/10,000)]
[Zanpakuto: Hyorinmaru (Bankai)]
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His Reiatsu surged again!
This time, Sora's Reiatsu had reached the mid-level of Rank 5. After activating Bankai, which doubled his Reiatsu combat power, he could even reach the peak of Rank 5, or even Rank 6 Reiatsu!!!
Of course,
This only applied to his true body. If using the Portable Gigai, the combat power increase from Bankai would also decrease significantly.
In other words, the previous battles with Kushina and Minato were only Sora's initial probes. He didn't go all out in a death fight.
After all, his opponents mastered the Flying Thunder God, and also had troublesome skills like the Four Symbols Seal and the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. Easily engaging in battle with his true body could easily lead to unnecessary accidents.
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With another improvement, Sora felt pleased, and a rare smile appeared on his face.
He slowly paced and arrived in the main hall.
There,
Kurumi, with her short black hair, was holding a white haori, waiting there early.
"How is she?"
Sora asked in a light tone.
"She's been hungry on and off for some days, much more obedient now."
Kurumi said with a cold little face, her voice low: "Moreover, Sora-sama, your strategy has taken effect. That Nohara Rin, worried about her comrades' lives, already shows signs of submitting."
"Good, you've worked hard."
Sora smiled and nodded.
Nohara Rin, if nurtured well, could also be a good trump card.
He even looked forward a bit to the twisted and spectacular expression that would appear on Obito's face when he, having fallen into an endless hell just to create a world with Rin, suddenly saw his goddess appear by the side of his mortal enemy.
That would definitely be something worth anticipating.
"Sora-sama, one more thing. Mizukage has invited you to attend a village meeting."
"Oh? A meeting? I understand."
Sora took the white haori and casually draped it over his shoulders, then left the courtyard, heading towards the Mizukage Building.
The village meeting was already within his expectations, not something particularly surprising.
Mizukage Building.
At the entrance to the meeting room on the third floor, several Ninjas were already waiting.
"Sora, you're here!"
"Yuki-sama, long time no see, you are as impressive as ever!"
Ninjas familiar with Sora took the initiative to greet him. Yagura, standing at the main entrance, quickly stepped forward, grabbed Sora's arm, and said enthusiastically: "Mizukage-sama will arrive soon. Let's go in first, so you can get used to the new seat in advance."
"Thank you."
Sora responded with a polite smile.
The close and harmonious posture of the two made several Ninjas present show strange expressions.
Those who could appear at this meeting were all the true power holders of Kirigakure. They naturally knew that both Sora and Yagura were top candidates for the Fourth Mizukage.
In fact, originally, there were four people cultivated as Mizukage Successors: Yagura, Fuguki, Jinin, and Sora.
Now.
Jinin had fallen in battle, and Fuguki's prestige in the village had also plummeted due to the disastrous defeat of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, basically withdrawing from the competition for the Fourth Mizukage.
The only two with hope left were probably Sora and Yagura.
According to the cruel 'survival of the fittest' policy of the Village of the Bloody Mist, these two should be fighting to the death, fighting until a [Gu King] emerges. How could such a bizarre harmonious scene appear…
However,
This bizarre harmony made many of the Jonin present feel as if they smelled a fresh scent of sunlight breaking through the clouds and falling upon them.
In this cold-blooded and cruel village, seeing such a harmonious scene could really make people feel inexplicably warm.
When Sora entered the meeting room, it was still empty.
Behind him, the major figures who held power in the village then quickly filed in.
It seems they had been waiting at the door, as if specifically waiting for Sora's arrival.
Everyone took their seats.
Sora sat in the first seat to the left of the round table's main position. Two seats were empty next to him, then Yagura. Opposite sat a group of Kirigakure's high-ranking figures.
There were elders from the Elder Council, leaders of great clans, and also Elite Jonin with great seniority in the village.
"Sora!"
"Don't worry, during the meeting later, the Yuki Clan and I will do our utmost to support your proposals!"
A somewhat portly middle-aged man patted Sora's shoulder, then walked to the other side of the round table and sat down silently.
Yuki Tomoyuki, fifty years old, a veteran Elite Jonin of Kirigakure, and also the head of the Yuki Clan. He sat there without changing expression, but between his brows, there was unconcealable joy and excitement.
This was also very normal.
The Yuki Clan's super genius had finally transformed into a true overlord overlooking the world. For him, the head of the clan, this was naturally a momentous happy event.
A few days of calm and composure had allowed him to accumulate enough resolve, casting aside all concerns, and resolutely betting the Yuki Clan's future on Sora.
Especially sitting in the meeting room, feeling the envious glances occasionally cast his way by the usually arrogant leaders of the Hozuki and Kaguya Clans, made Tomoyuki even more firm in his choice.
Soon, the meeting room fell into quiet.
Everyone was waiting for the main event to begin.
None of those present were fools. They could naturally tell that today's meeting, gathering so many high-ranking figures, meant that something big was bound to happen.
Squeak.
The door opened once more.
The Third Mizukage, wearing his hat, pushed the door open and appeared before everyone.