The Theft Operation Route Plan (Part 1)

After Kushina carefully redrew the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique stroke by stroke in the Hokage Office and explained the principles and effects of the technique to the Hokage in detail, he finally believed that the sealing technique had been successfully developed.

The teacher and student then received high praise from the Hokage. Hagoromo, who had only just graduated from the Ninja Academy, was even called a genius by the Third Hokage.

Well, in the Naruto World, "genius" was a rather cheap title.

Now that the Hokage had accepted the sealing technique, the task of developing an S-rank forbidden technique had been completed. Kushina would no longer need to spend time worrying about it.

As for the subsequent development and testing, they had nothing to do with the teacher and student anymore.

Of course, financially speaking, they would receive the generous reward for an S-rank mission.

This technique had been developed as a forbidden technique from the start, so once it succeeded, it would be sealed away. Only a handful of ninja would know it existed. As for ninety-nine percent of Konoha's ninja, they would probably never hear the name Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique in their entire lives.

Of course, Hagoromo did not care how the Hokage handled the technique. After all, who was the person most familiar with it? Without question, it was Kushina, the Uzumaki clan's chief developer. And who was the second most familiar? Naturally, Kamishiro Hagoromo, who had assisted in its development.

Perhaps the Hokage thought Hagoromo could not remember such a complicated technique, but in truth, he remembered it perfectly clearly. If necessary, he could use it as well.

Of course, please disregard his pitifully low amount of Chakra for now.

Now, it was time to display Hagoromo's mission data.

Name: Kamishiro Hagoromo.

Age: 11.

Ninja Registration: Genin.

Ninja Registration Number: 009887.

Missions Completed: D-rank 9, C-rank 2, B-rank 0, A-rank 0, S-rank 1.

Setting Kakashi aside, Hagoromo was probably the first ninja among their batch of students to complete an S-rank mission. Though this S-rank mission had absolutely nothing to do with combat, infiltration, sabotage, or investigation, and had merely come from developing a forbidden technique. Of course, forbidden technique development was generally a high-risk mission as well. But for this particular forbidden technique, he had only succeeded by clinging to his teacher's thigh. Still, on paper and in the records, he had accepted and completed an S-rank mission.

As for the number of low-rank missions, he had completed very few over the past three months. This was because, first, he personally had no interest in low-rank missions, which accounted for twenty percent of the reason. Second, Teacher Kushina had no interest in taking a child along on low-rank missions either, which accounted for one hundred and twenty percent.

As for his various ability scores, this was how he rated himself: Ninjutsu 8, Taijutsu 7, Genjutsu 2, Intelligence 10, Strength 5, Speed 8, Stamina 7, Hand Seals 9, for a total of 56. Solidly high-level Chunin.

Of course, those numbers were only somewhat useful as a reference and did not truly prove anything.

In fact, a score of 10 could mean two things. First, that this ninja had genuinely reached 10 points. Second, that this particular attribute was maxed out.

In terms of the number of ninjutsu he knew, Hagoromo had already learned a great many techniques from Kushina. So why was his Ninjutsu score still only 8? Because Hagoromo believed that there were still only a few ninjutsu he could truly use frequently in battle. Most of the rest were techniques he had no use for.

Of course, when it came time to learn ninjutsu, Hagoromo still needed to keep learning.

Thus, Kushina had developed a headache.

Over the past three months, she had already taught Hagoromo all the ninjutsu and sealing techniques she could teach him, including several extremely advanced sealing techniques. What remained were techniques that she either could not teach or Hagoromo could not learn.

For instance, could Hagoromo learn an extremely powerful sealing technique like the Dead Demon Consuming Seal? He could, but Kushina would not teach him. A move that guaranteed death was obviously unsuitable for novice ninja like Hagoromo. If he used such a technique out of curiosity and ended up hanging himself from a southeast branch, who would be responsible then?

Then there were sealing techniques like Adamantine Sealing Chains. Capable of long-range attacks, close-range defense, and strikes in between, it was both practical and powerful. Would Kushina teach it to Hagoromo? She would, but Hagoromo would never be able to learn such a technique in his life, because it was an Uzumaki Secret Technique that required the Chakra of the Uzumaki clan to use.

So the problem that had been giving Kushina a headache had finally arrived. Because of her disciple's astonishing learning speed, she had nothing left to teach him.

If Hagoromo had any tact, he should have left the sect and descended Mount Shaolin at this point, seeking a master who belonged only to him. But the problem was that he had no tact. He still tirelessly thirsted for knowledge.

To those who thirsted for knowledge, any kind of knowledge was like drinking poison to quench thirst.

Eh, if this kept going, would the protagonist turn into Orochimaru?

Mm, absolutely not.

Inside Kushina's home.

Hagoromo, as the disciple, was currently bustling about in the kitchen like a housewife. Meanwhile, Kushina stretched out her legs lazily, her upper body bent low over a short table, her chin resting against its surface as her unfocused eyes stared out at the courtyard beyond the window.

Mm, Teacher Kushina was absolutely not spacing out. She was thinking. Thinking, understand?

Expecting Kushina to cook at this point was basically impossible. One would have to wait until after she married Minato... well, her cooking still did not seem to be much better then.

So rather than counting on her, it was better to count on Hagoromo-kun being a little more virtuous.

In any case, after tasting Hagoromo's cooking, Kushina never entered the kitchen again.

Although what her disciple made was not exactly delicious, compared with what she made... though she would not admit it aloud, with the comparison there, the former was actually delicious enough.

So why was Kushina spacing out... no, why was she thinking?

It was simple. After completing the S-rank mission, she had become completely idle again. How boring.

And secondly, as mentioned before, what should she teach Hagoromo next...

"Got it!"

Hagoromo had just placed the food on the table when Kushina slammed her hand down on it, nearly knocking the food over.

"Um, Teacher Kushina, what did you get?"

Kushina stared at Hagoromo with sparkling eyes. "To be honest, my disciple, I am very satisfied with your attitude toward learning ninjutsu, and your progress has been very fast. So, as your teacher, I have already taught you everything I can teach you..."

Hagoromo was slightly startled. What, was she about to expel me from the sect?

Fortunately, Kushina continued speaking, and it was not what Hagoromo had thought... But after hearing her out, Hagoromo was not happy in the slightest. At that moment, he would rather his teacher really had wanted to expel him from the sect.

"Hagoromo, I know of a place with a miraculous scroll that records a great number of extremely powerful ninjutsu. So, are you interested?"

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