Chapter 621: Special Anbu is established

In the northern Land of Rice Fields, a large unit of Cloud Ninja gathered, with Fourth Raikage Ay, their commander, standing before them all.

“No matter what problems you encounter, you must reach the Land of Fire’s border within the planned time!” Fourth Raikage Ay said with a serious expression.

The Cloud Ninja force dispatched this time consisted of a total of 1,200 Ninja.

Such a large Ninja unit marching rapidly through a small country like the Land of Rice Fields would easily be noticed.

To avoid exposing their movements, they split into twelve teams, moving one after another.

The Land of Rice Fields borders the Land of Hot Springs; if they were exposed too early, Orochimaru’s forces would quickly arrive, rendering all previous preparations useless.

“Mission accomplished!” the captains of each team responded.

“Depart!” Fourth Raikage Ay nodded in satisfaction and commanded.

Following Fourth Raikage Ay’s command, the advance teams quickly headed in different directions.

On the other side, the Cloud Ninja squad in the Land of Hot Springs also began their operation.

Not only did they not hide their movements, but they also actively appeared near towns in the Land of Hot Springs, launching aggressive assassinations against Konoha Ninja, acting as if they intended to eliminate all Konoha Ninja in the Land of Hot Springs.

The Konoha Ninja in the Land of Hot Springs quickly made various combat preparations, as this was not the first time Kumogakure had done this; they always acted this way when preparing for a large-scale attack.

“Dispatch more patrol teams, focusing on monitoring the border between the Land of Hot Springs and the Land of Rice Fields.” This was Orochimaru’s reaction to Kumogakure’s movements.

Not only is intelligence crucial in battles between Ninja, but war intelligence for Ninja units is equally important.

He could not act rashly before investigating the Cloud Ninja unit’s intelligence.

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Konoha, Land of Fire.

To compensate for the loss of Root’s strength, Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Muzuki a mission, requiring him to quickly establish an Anbu squad capable of functioning in wartime.

Undoubtedly, this was a very challenging mission, more difficult than any previous teaching assignment.

However, fortunately, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn’t just give orders and leave Muzuki to his own devices.

Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered Ninja who had previously retired from Anbu, and allowed a portion of those willing to rejoin Anbu to join the training team, becoming Muzuki’s subordinates.

These Ninja basically didn’t require much concern from Muzuki; after a period of rehabilitation, they would be qualified Anbu Ninja.

Then there was a group of promising future members; Hiruzen Sarutobi personally sought out major Ninja clans, selecting some Ninja from their families to join the training team.

Although ordinary Ninja are not necessarily inferior to clan Ninja, due to a complete training system, most clan Ninja are still superior to ordinary Ninja.

Once all preparations for the training team were complete, Shisui also received notification from Muzuki.

To make a good impression on his colleagues, Shisui carefully checked his appearance before going, ensuring there were no improprieties before departing.

Perhaps because he was too young, almost every Anbu he passed glanced at him as Shisui walked to the equipment department to collect his gear.

Fortunately, Muzuki had already greeted some Anbu in advance, so there was no incident of a Ninja complaining about “whose child” and expelling Shisui from the base.

“This is your complete set of equipment. If it’s damaged, you can come back here to get new gear,” an Anbu member from the equipment department said, handing Shisui a long box.

“Thank you,” Shisui said, taking the box with both hands and nodding in gratitude.

Immediately after, Shisui went to the changing room, following the memory in his mind.

When Muzuki notified him, he had shown him a map of the Root Base. Shisui memorized the entire map, remembering clearly what each room’s function was and where it was located.

Shisui opened the box in the changing room and found only three items inside: a fox mask, a long sword, and at the bottom, a standard Anbu combat uniform.

The training team was a specially established Anbu unit; essentially, it was still Anbu, so its equipment was consistent with Anbu’s.

Shisui quickly put on the Anbu combat uniform and mask, then locked his change of clothes in a locker.

After changing into his uniform, Shisui went to the training team’s captain’s office.

Knock knock.

Shisui gently knocked on the wooden door of the office.

“Enter.”

A voice incredibly familiar to Shisui entered his ears.

Shisui pushed open the wooden door and entered the office.

“Teacher Muzuki,” Shisui blurted out, looking at Muzuki sitting in the office chair, then immediately corrected himself: “Captain Muzuki.”

He was reporting to the training team, and Shisui felt it would be better to be more serious at this time.

“No need for that. When there’s no one else around, you can be as usual,” Muzuki said with a smile.

Listening to Muzuki’s words, Shisui relaxed a bit.

Due to time constraints, the training team’s base was largely identical to the former Root Base, giving off a general feeling of darkness and oppression. Coupled with the dark side of Anbu that Shisui had never understood, it was inevitable to feel a bit nervous.

“Generally, Anbu members have their own code names. When carrying out missions, they refer to each other by their code names. You can choose a code name for yourself first,” Muzuki said, taking out a small notebook.

“For example, my code name is Night.”

Night was Muzuki’s code name in Root; he didn’t plan to change it, as code names had no meaning to him.

Ordinary Anbu members use code names to hide information, but Muzuki’s reputation was simply too great; once he acted, no code name or mask would be useful.

“Then let’s call it Fire,” Shisui thought for a moment and said.

He wanted to be the fire that illuminated the path for the Uchiha Clan, hoping his actions would burn away the Uchiha’s predicament like flames burning weeds.

“Are you sure it’s Fire? Although it’s not impossible to change, it will cause some minor trouble,” Muzuki asked again.

After receiving Shisui’s confirmation, Muzuki filled in the information for Shisui.

“Go meet your colleagues,” Muzuki said, glancing at the time and standing up.

Shisui nodded and followed Muzuki to the training team’s conference room.

Since it was still early before the scheduled meeting time, there were no Ninja in the conference room when Muzuki and Shisui arrived. Only after they had sat for a while did the Ninja arrive one after another.

“Captain Muzuki,” the Anbu members who entered greeted Muzuki one by one.

Only Anbu members of squad leader rank and above could participate in this meeting.

And in the current training team, apart from Shisui, all the squad leaders and team leaders were rehired old Anbu. Although it was their first day at the training team, they had already received information about the training team from Hiruzen Sarutobi and knew that Muzuki was the captain of the training team.

Muzuki responded to each with a smile.

When the tenth Anbu Ninja walked into the conference room and sat down, Muzuki coughed twice and quickly scanned all the Anbu Ninja.

A normal Anbu squad has four sub-teams, each with 17 people, led by a sub-team leader, and each sub-team has four squads.

However, considering the actual situation, the current training team only had two sub-teams and eight squads, with a total of thirty-five Ninja in the entire training team.

“In the first month, ordinary training team members will primarily undergo intensive training to enhance their intelligence gathering and combat proficiency. Squad leaders and above in the training team will focus on learning the Darkness Breathing Technique,” Muzuki said, outlining his teaching arrangements.

Because they were all rehired Anbu, the old Anbu members had not mastered the Darkness Breathing Technique, which was now a mandatory secret technique for Anbu.

Fortunately, the new Anbu had many courses to learn, so Muzuki could let the old Anbu members master a portion of the Darkness Breathing Technique first, and then have the new Anbu learn from the old Anbu members.

“To become an Anbu captain at such a young age, his future is boundless,” an Anbu squad leader thought with emotion, looking at Muzuki’s young face.

He had served under several Anbu captains, but he had never seen an Anbu captain as young as Muzuki; even Hiruzen Sarutobi’s son was a step behind Muzuki.

Shisui listened intently to Muzuki’s discourse, occasionally writing notes in the small notebook he carried with him.

His memory was good, but he couldn’t remember everything he heard.

The meeting lasted about an hour. When Muzuki announced its conclusion, Shisui closed his notebook.

Due to the Uchiha Clan’s fondness for clan meetings, Shisui was no stranger to meetings.

However, the training team’s meeting still gave Shisui a lot of novelty.

Because in Uchiha Clan meetings, the clan head usually sat at the top, listening and rarely speaking, while in the training team, it was the opposite; Muzuki did most of the talking.

After the meeting, Shisui tidied up and began searching for his subordinates.

“Squad Seven…” Shisui silently recited his squad’s number, recalling the floor plan of the training team’s base in his mind.

When Shisui found his squad’s location, he discovered that all the members of his squad had already arrived.

Although everyone wore masks, Shisui still recognized them from the information he had seen earlier.

The male Ninja with a ponytail was a Ninja from the Nara Clan, named Nara Shiosui.

The female Ninja next to him, who had a white-furred Nin-Beast, was a Ninja from the Inuzuka Clan, named Inuzuka Midori.

After recognizing these two, the remaining person didn’t need to be identified; it was Aburame Nao, a Ninja from the Aburame Clan.

Shisui was quite satisfied with these subordinates of his.

Nara Shiosui mastered shadow secret techniques and had powerful control abilities. Inuzuka Midori had excellent taijutsu and could lead her Ninja dog to block in the front and restrain enemies. Aburame, with his insect manipulation secret techniques, was a versatile all-rounder; he could use insects for intelligence gathering in a civilian capacity and absorb Chakra with insects in combat.

When the three combined, their combat effectiveness could produce a result greater than one plus one plus one.

“Whose child is this?” Inuzuka Midori looked at the short figure approaching, showing a surprised expression, and subconsciously blurted out.

Shisui:…

He didn’t seem so satisfied anymore.

“Ahem,” Nara Shiosui coughed twice to remind her.

Someone coming over at this time was usually their superior.

Moreover, although Shisui was short, he was neatly dressed in the Anbu uniform, so he didn’t look like a leader’s child who had accidentally wandered into an important area.

“Hehe, Midori means he’s amazing, becoming an Anbu member at such a young age,” Inuzuka Midori chuckled, trying to salvage the situation.

When her family notified her, Inuzuka Midori was quite bewildered. She hadn’t done anything special, so how was it that her unpolished gold had been discovered?

“He’s a training team member,” Nara Shiosui corrected her.

The training team was a special establishment, still somewhat different from ordinary Anbu members.

“Alright, then he’s amazing, becoming a training team member at such a young age,” Inuzuka Midori said with a lack of enthusiasm, her voice flat from repetition.

Shisui looked suspiciously at Inuzuka Midori. Was she really unrelated to Obito?

“I am Uchiha Shisui, my code name in the training team is Fire, and I am your squad leader,” Shisui said, taking off his mask and introducing himself.

Wearing a mask was to prevent being recognized by others, not to prevent teammates from knowing who he was.

“So it’s him, then it’s not surprising,” Nara Shiosui thought with surprise.

Of course, he couldn’t not know Uchiha Shisui; after all, he was Konoha’s youngest genius ever, and he had achieved excellent results, reaching the Four Finals, in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament, which was full of geniuses.

With Shisui’s strength, becoming a squad leader in the training team was more than enough.

“You can now think about the code names you’ll use when performing missions in the training team. This will likely accompany you throughout your entire training team career, so try to be careful,” Shisui continued.

The data stated that Nara Shiosui and Inuzuka Midori had previously been members of the same squad, so Shisui directly skipped the full self-introduction segment.

He only needed Nara Shiosui and the others to understand him.

“A code name, it’s indeed very important,” Inuzuka Midori nodded in agreement.

A code name was the name used during missions, and names were, of course, very important, otherwise communication during missions would be awkward.

“In that case, Midori’s code name will be Super Wild Dog Warrior!” Inuzuka Midori said, a Flash of inspiration in her mind.

Shisui scrutinized Inuzuka Midori. Was she truly unrelated to Obito?

“That won’t work, it’s too long. One to two characters is better,” Shisui ruthlessly rejected.

Actually, he didn’t know if the training team’s code names had this rule, but Shisui imagined himself communicating with Inuzuka Midori in the future, and Inuzuka Midori might reply, “Super Wild Dog Warrior received,” and he would find it very hard to keep a straight face.

“Eh, then let’s just call it Dog,” Inuzuka Midori said with a look of regret.

If it could only be one or two characters, Inuzuka Midori couldn’t think of any cool code names, so she just picked a random character from the code names she had thought of.

“Then my code name will be Deer,” Nara Shiosui thought for a moment and said.

He couldn’t think of any good code names and felt that this wasn’t worth wasting so many brain cells on, so he just used his clan’s symbol as his code name.

“Insect,” Aburame Nao said concisely.

Shisui nodded and didn’t dwell on the code name selection, beginning the second step of his planned agenda.

“Follow me,” Shisui said to his three subordinates.

After speaking, Shisui walked towards the training team’s Training Ground.

Shisui understood Nara Shiosui and their information, but Nara Shiosui and they did not yet understand Shisui’s information.

Although Nara Shiosui and they would not receive combat missions at this stage, Shisui felt it was still necessary to familiarize themselves with each other’s abilities.

Moreover, combat training was also an important part of the training.

PS:

I was too tired today, I lay down on the bed for a while while writing, and unexpectedly fell asleep…

So the update was two hours late.

As long as I don’t send a leave request, there’s usually an update, it’s just that the time isn’t fixed.