Chapter 246: Trade For A Technique
Purple Cat rarely asks for her own help. Seeing Purple Cat’s anxious appearance at this time, Yoru said: “I’ll go check first and grasp the situation.”
Yoru left the office and headed to Root.
Root only had 2 ninjas left. Kiiroinu had Yoru bring 3 Anbu Ninjas to Root to help train new recruits. This identity was perfect for helping him enter Root.
Yoru thought to himself, killing Root too ruthlessly had forced Lord Danzo into urgency, conscripting many ninjas into Root.
He didn’t know if conscripting ninjas from ninja clans would cause resentment from the ninja clans.
It was just pitiful for civilian ninjas; no one spoke for them. When faced with conscription, they could only obey.
Yoru thought he understood how urgent Danzo was, but when he saw 20 children, he was still shocked.
How did Danzo find 20 four-year-old children?
Ninjas mature early, that’s true, but only four years old—wasn’t that too much?
B walked over.
“I didn’t expect Anbu to send Fox Squad Leader to personally serve as the guiding Jonin for the new recruits.”
Yoru said: “Vice Minister Kiiroinu places great importance on the quality of Anbu new recruits, so he had me come take a look.”
B said: “Fox Captain, Root’s training this time is divided into ninja group and young boy group.
You are responsible for the ninja group’s training. These 20 children will be trained by me and G.
The ninja group is required to form combat power in 3 to 5 months and join Anbu or Root after assignment.”
The people in the ninja group had at least Chunin strength.
Yoru saw that everyone was wearing white faceless masks, unable to distinguish who Yamanaka Ruri was.
B handed over a scroll with training content on it.
B informed all new recruits that for the next three months, Anbu Squad Leader Fox would train them.
The new recruits looked toward Fox.
Unlike the normal Anbu’s black hooded robe, the squad leader wore a white robe.
The weak need disguise; the strong are always out of place with the environment.
Yoru had the three Anbu divide the 20 new recruits into three groups for taijutsu baseline testing.
After speed tests, endurance trials, and kunai throwing assessments, Yoru divided the 20 new recruits into fast class and slow class.
The fast class began pairwise sparring, targeted enhancement of taijutsu skills.
The slow class underwent limit training, pushing them to break through their physical limits as quickly as possible through repeated muscle tears, making up for foundational deficiencies.
Taijutsu is the foundation of Anbu Ninjas. Infiltration ninjutsu, taijutsu, and exploding tags are the Anbu’s most commonly used assassination methods.
Yoru found Yamanaka Ruri according to the height, hair color, and other information provided by Purple Cat.
Yamanaka Ruri’s taijutsu foundation was poor; she was in the slow class and would probably take 5 months to be assigned.
In 5 months’ time, it would almost be the end of the year—enough time for Yoru to figure out a way to rescue Yamanaka Ruri.
Yoru looked toward the other end of the training ground; he was more interested in that.
Twenty four-year-old children wearing oversized masks listened to arrangements in front of B.
If it were his previous life, four-year-old children would still be in the crying and annoying stage.
Yet these children stayed quietly one by one, knowing they absolutely could not cry or fuss, or there would be no good outcome.
Under G’s command, the children picked up kunai and shuriken, familiarizing themselves with ninja tools.
For adult ninjas, kunai are like daggers, but for four-year-old children, kunai are like long swords.
Training went until noon. Yoru left Root and returned to Anbu, finding Purple Cat.
“Purple Cat, no need to worry for now. Your sister Yamanaka Ruri’s strength is average; she still needs five months of training, so she’s temporarily safe.”
Hearing Fox’s words, Purple Cat breathed a sigh of relief.
With a few months’ time, there were still many opportunities.
Yoru was resting in Anbu when he suddenly opened his eyes.
A person with extremely strong strength was rapidly approaching Death Forest!
Yoru quickly rushed out, coming to the ground from Anbu’s ceiling.
Tsunade?
Tsunade, wearing a green skirt, charged into Death Forest.
Golden Eagle was about to act when Yoru said: “Hold! Look at Princess Tsunade’s direction—she’s heading to Root, not our Anbu.”
Golden Eagle nodded, signaling all subordinates not to be impulsive.
Sure enough, Princess Tsunade went straight to Root.
After arriving at Root Base, Tsunade fiercely smashed a fist toward the ground.
Yoru and Golden Eagle exchanged a glance. With this fist, wouldn’t Root collapse?
In all of Konoha Village, only Tsunade would dare do this.
Yoru was curious in his heart—what was wrong with Tsunade?
No matter how deep the grudge, one couldn’t just openly charge into Root like this; this job was done too crudely.
Couldn’t she learn from Yoru? His hands were covered in Root’s blood, yet he could still serve as guiding Jonin in Root now.
The roof of Root’s underground training ground had a big hole broken in it!
A figure in a light green skirt smashed down from the hole.
The sunlight that suddenly appeared was very glaring.
B was stunned to see a fist rapidly enlarging in his vision.
“Stop!”
Danzo Advisor’s voice rang out, calling Tsunade to stop.
When the dust settled, B finally realized what had happened!
Princess Tsunade had smashed through the training ground’s roof, nearly killing him with one fist.
Seeing Danzo Advisor nearby, B hurriedly said: “Princess Tsunade, what are you doing?”
Tsunade shouted: “Hand over Kato Shizune!”
The surname Kato was rare in numbers.
After Kato Dan’s death, the most important person was his niece Kato Shizune.
Hearing Tsunade demand Kato Shizune, B said neither humbly nor arrogantly:
“Princess Tsunade! Everyone must be prepared to sacrifice for Konoha Village!
These children are carefully selected by Root and must undergo Root’s harsh training to become the roots that guard the village in the shadows!”
Tsunade was utterly furious; she now felt nauseous hearing these Will of Fire arguments.
“Konoha Village was established to give children a chance to grow up!” Tsunade shouted:
“Your Root grabbed 20 children for training from a young age, making them sacrifice for Konoha Village—why don’t you sacrifice for Konoha Village?”
B said: “I have long been prepared to sacrifice for Konoha Village! As for the children’s chance to grow up, please rest assured, Princess Tsunade; we will train them into qualified ninjas.”
Tsunade raised her fist again, not wanting to waste words.
A hurricane suddenly rushed out from the side.
The hurricane blew B away, preventing the fist from landing solidly.
Tsunade hadn’t fully exerted force; B’s chest bones shattered, but he didn’t die.
B believed that even without Lord Danzo’s hurricane, Tsunade wouldn’t really kill him, so he wasn’t afraid of Tsunade.
Killing Konoha comrades—Tsunade couldn’t do it.
It was more about venting anger and letting off steam.
Retracting her fist, Tsunade turned her head and looked toward Danzo, who was slowly walking over.
Danzo’s face was half in darkness, half in the light shining from the big hole, appearing extremely sinister.
Danzo said: “Tsunade, don’t disturb Root training new recruits. Come with me; I’ll talk with you.”
“Who wants to talk with you! I want to take Shizune away!”
With that, Tsunade went on her own to remove the nearest child’s mask, wanting to find Shizune.
G first picked up a little girl from the back.
G had unknowingly quietly stood beside Shizune.
Tsunade was about to chase G and Shizune when Danzo appeared in front of her with Body Flicker.
“Let’s talk, Tsunade. Use one technique in exchange, and you can take Shizune away.”
