Land of Hot Water

Under the moonlight.

Guy carried Uzumaki Yui and her daughter Karin away from the Kusagakure outpost, which had become a living hell.

He did not look back, but the raging flames soaring into the sky behind him devoured every sin and darkness within the outpost.

All 183 people at the Kusagakure outpost had been executed.

Uzumaki Yui lay in Guy's arms.

She took one last look at the flames that had dyed half the sky red.

Those flames seemed to burn away all the humiliation, pain, and despair of her past.

Under the overwhelming emotional impact, her tightly wound nerves finally snapped.

Her entire body relaxed completely, and she fainted.

Guy held the mother and daughter tightly.

He picked a direction at random and walked forward in silence.

His footsteps were steady, his shadow stretched long beneath the moonlight.

Just then, a system notification rang out beside Guy's ear.

[Congratulations on completing the hidden mission: Save Karin and her mother from their fate.]

[Reward obtained: 100 Monk Points.]

"Hmm? It actually gave me a reward!"

Guy froze slightly.

He had only intended to save Karin, but it had unexpectedly triggered a system reward.

"Then could Kimimaro, Haku, and Guren trigger rewards too?"

Guy's heart gradually grew heated.

Breaking through the Marrow Cleansing Classic required 1,000 points.

With these 100 points added, he now had 441 Monk Points.

Once he completed this path,

a breakthrough in the Marrow Cleansing Classic would be within reach!

A breakthrough in a high-grade ultimate technique would bring an unprecedented increase in his strength.

It might even allow him to unlock the supernatural power of a third high-grade ultimate technique.

Guy began to look forward to it.

Uzumaki Yui slept exceptionally soundly and deeply.

She could no longer remember how long it had