In an underground base in an unknown corner of Konoha.
In a dark and gloomy environment, several ninjas wearing masks and costumes guarded a ninja.
I saw a complicated expression on this ninja's face. The old man standing in front of him, wearing a white robe and holding a cane, was none other than Danzo, the leader of the root.
"I believe you have made the right choice in your mind, right? Cooperating with me is a win-win situation."
The ninja pursed his lips tightly, and it could be seen from his eyes that he was struggling crazily in his heart, but feeling the power around him and the identity of the person in front of him, the submission in his eyes became more and more obvious.
At this time, a ninja appeared again and whispered something in Danzo's ear.
"You go back first, my promise to you will never change."
Several root ninjas who were guarding him sent the ninja back.
A minute later, Toneri appeared here.
"Danzo-sama, are you looking for me?" Toneri said.
As his strength improved again and again, his fear of Danzo also weakened, until now, he could even look directly at him.
Toneri remembers very clearly that the Tongue-Eradicating Seal on his tongue came from the man in front of him. Although the man in front of him had given him many benefits, he knew very well that all the other man needed was the other people's Chuuriki.
His identity, or simply the second tail in his body.
If he hadn't acted weak enough and shown that he could completely control the two tails, it is estimated that when he first appeared in Konoha, the two tails in his body would have been stripped away by the strong star.
Now he doesn't say that he can compete with Danzo and his roots, but at least he has a certain power of resistance.
Confidence sometimes comes from strength, even if it is just hidden strength.
Being used to being groveling, Danzo noticed Toneri's change, but he just smiled and didn't take it to heart.
Many ninjas, even 180 to 90% of ninjas, as long as they use some methods, he can completely master them and make them used for his own use.
But there are always some more determined ninjas who have their own goals in mind, and these people cannot be mastered through some small means.
There are also such ninjas in his roots, such as the medicine master Nono U who is regarded by him as the best intelligence collector and known as the "Walking Miko". This person also has a great sense of subjectivity in his heart.
But why don't you just let him use you obediently?
It was because Danzo had grasped what was in her heart.
As Sarutobi Hiruzen grew older, Danzo felt that his chance was coming soon.
"I heard that you have successfully been promoted to Jonin? There is quite a commotion in the Kingdom of Water." Danzo's squinted eyes slowly opened and he looked at Toneri, who was almost as tall as him.
Toneri was not surprised that Danzo knew what was happening in the Kingdom of Water.
Danzo's root strength and his intelligence network are definitely beyond the awareness of many people.
"Thanks to you, I managed to complete the mission by luck." Shiren nodded.
"Very good. It's good to be a Jonin." Danzo praised without hesitation.
Toneri received the jounin identity certificate from Sarutobi Hiruzen, and was called here by Danzo. It can be seen that his spies are now everywhere in Konoha.
"I wonder what Danzo-sama's orders are?"
"There is a task for you to do."
While talking, Danzo took out a scroll from his arms and handed it to Toneri.
After hesitating for a moment, he took the scroll.
"You will participate in this mission as a root ninja. A root ninja will take you on a mission, and all you need to do is complete the content he assigns to you.
You can open this scroll and read it after you complete the task."
Without waiting for Toneri's answer, Danzo continued: "I heard that your sword was damaged?"
Hearing this, the corners of Sheren's eyes twitched.
It was no surprise to Danzo that he knew what he and Minato were doing in the Land of Water, completing their missions, and the damage they caused during their escape.
But he never disclosed the damage to his knife to anyone.
How did Danzo know?
"The sword will break because the forging materials of this sword are not good enough. A sword that can be used by Kumogakure genin, even if it can conduct chakra, how good will it be?
If you successfully complete the mission here, I can provide you with the conditions to go back to the furnace and forge it again."
Danzo put one hand behind his back and held a cane, full of confidence.
He knew that Toneri's sword was broken, and now, many of his attack methods are derived from the combination of physical skills and sword skills. Not to mention how much impact it will have on his combat effectiveness, at least his own fighting habits have been affected.
Not a small impact.
He had to admit that the reward promised by Danzo made him a little excited.
Moreover, even if he becomes a Jonin now, it is not yet time to compete head-on with Danzo.
"Yes, we must complete the mission!"
Upon hearing the answer, Danzo showed a satisfied smile.
"Chi Luan, he is a member of your mission. You can teach him some basic knowledge in one day."
As he finished speaking, a figure appeared in the room.
Wearing a white mask in the shape of a bird, he came to Shiren and said calmly: "Let's go."
After saying that, he turned around and left. Toneri glanced at Danzo and followed the man named Akira out of the dark room.
The root has many similarities with the ANBU, but it is independent of the ANBU and only takes orders from Danzo.
However, compared to the ANBU ninja who is mysterious and decisive in killing in the eyes of others, Toneri feels that the root ninja who lives more like a tool is more like a ninja and is more worthy of the profession and title of ninja.
There is no excessive emotion, only tasks in his eyes, even like a machine.
Although this may seem inhumane, this is what a ninja is.
Chi Luan didn't say a word the whole time, just silently leading Shi Ren through the corridors underground.
Come to a room deep inside.
"This is your basic costume and the props you may use in this mission, as well as some basic weapons. I will give you five minutes to change them. After changing them, I will take you to meet the people who are also participating in this mission.
, explain the task situation and what each is responsible for."
Chi Luan said a lot at once, and his tone was so calm that Sheren even felt that this might be the most he said during this period.
"Okay." Shiren took the things.
"By the way, we call and act by code names. You need to think of a code name that belongs to you."
After saying that, Chi Luan turned around and left the room.
Looking at the black outfit in his hand, a white cat mask, and a sheathed short knife.
"I don't know why, but just thinking about wearing a black outfit and wearing a mask to do tasks makes me feel excited."
Maybe this is the feeling of having to wear a mask to be a hero, right?
Quickly put on your equipment and put on your mask.
He looked at the short sword in his hand with some hesitation. He had to say that although it was not a chakra transmission weapon that he liked to use, it was not bad in terms of quality alone and was definitely worth a lot of money.
"Forget it, it's better to use something than not to use it at all."
He muttered to himself and pinned the dagger to his waist.
He pushed open the room and walked out, and saw Chi Luan outside, leaning against the wall, waiting for him.
When he saw Shiren coming out, he didn't say much and just walked in another direction.
When he opened a room again, it was much larger than the room where he had just changed clothes, and there were two people sitting in it.
When he saw Chi Luan walking in with a new person he didn't know, he immediately stood up from his seat.
"team leader."
The two shouted calmly, without any emotion being heard, and calling the captain seemed to be just a routine matter.
Chi Luan didn't care about this.
"Danzo-sama has asked him to participate in the next mission. Let's introduce ourselves and get to know each other's abilities." Chiluan said.
One of the ninjas wearing a fox mask said directly: "Ye Fox, a reconnaissance ninja, is mainly responsible for collecting and analyzing mission intelligence, and is responsible for perception during battle."
Another person wore a mask that looked like a dog, "The maned dog is good at frontal combat, specializes in fire escape ninjutsu, and is mainly responsible for frontal combat."
The only thing left is that Chi Luan, as the captain, has not introduced himself yet.
"Chi Luan, the captain and commander of this mission, is responsible for side containment and control. In this mission, all actions are subject to my command and orders."
After saying that, the three of them looked at the newcomer Toneri through their masks.
"Mingmao, you are good at...good at medical ninjutsu and certain physical skills and sword skills. As for what you are responsible for, it depends on your arrangements."
It's a pity that the code name only has two characters, otherwise Shiren felt that the name he chose would make them all jealous.
It's just that they don't care at all what the codename of the person is.
The code name is just cheese for convenience, nothing more.
There is no fixed team at the root. Every time a mission is performed, different teammates will be assigned to perform different tasks.
Just because ninjas are like machines at their core, even if they are not familiar with each other, there will be no problems in working together.
"Tomorrow's task schedule is like this..."
Chi Luan explained to them what they needed to pay attention to in this mission, as well as the key points of the mission.
However, the details of the mission were not revealed. They were only told that everyone had their own part to take responsibility for, and the content was recorded in the scroll.
He immediately gave the scrolls to them.
"We will gather here tomorrow night. We are not allowed to leave the root base today." Chi Luan said again.
"Huh? Can't leave the root?" Toneri was stunned.
Night Fox and Mane Dog didn't care. In order to ensure the secrecy of many missions, they would live in the root base on the eve of the mission announcement.
"There are many training venues inside the root, as well as a dedicated library. If you are interested, you can check it out.
Come with me now, I have some basic basic skills that I want to hand over to you. I hope you can master them in such a short time."
After Chi Luan finished speaking to Shiren, he turned around and left.
After Chi Luan left, Ye Hu and Mane Quan also left without a word of greeting.
There is no human touch at all.
Toneri suspected that if Danzo had given them a task to kill their companions, they would probably carry it out without hesitation.
With no choice but to die, Shiren could only leave with Chi Luan and go to the root training ground.
Genbu, like Anbu, possess many special skills. Ordinary ninjas generally do not need to learn these skills, because whether they are Genbu or Anbu, the complexity of the tasks they are exposed to is far beyond what other ninjas can match.
So they need to master some very special skills.
Arrive at the training ground.
There were only two of them in the spacious and somewhat dark training ground.
"One of the special skills that root ninjas need to master is breath holding." Chiluan began to teach Toneri some special skills.
Breath-holding is of course not ordinary breath-holding. Holding your breath for two or three minutes is not difficult at all, but what Chi Luan teaches is a breath-holding technique that lasts for twenty or thirty minutes, which can work wonders in some special circumstances.
"Second, fake death."
The so-called suspended animation does not mean lying on the ground pretending to be dead and holding your breath. The most important thing is the beating of the heart.
This suspended animation is a method of temporarily stopping the heart. This is not a simple method and requires a long period of practice to master.
After all, if the heart stops beating, blood circulation in the human body will also stop. If the various organs of the body are to remain active, this is the key to this technique.
Breath holding is easy to say, as long as you master the trick, you may start to see results in a few days.
But this heart stopping is not so easy to grasp.
Chi Luan talked about all these skills at once, obviously it was just a routine, and he didn't think Sheren could master these skills in just one day.
Root ninjas may use these techniques whether they are lurking, tracking, monitoring or ambushing.
There are many perceptive ninjas in the ninja world, and they are also very powerful. The flow of breath, even if you hold your breath, and the sound of your heart beating, will be exposed to the ears of some people or animals with very sensitive hearing.
The reason for the trace.
However, Chi Luan miscalculated a bit.
This technique of stopping the heart is indeed very difficult to master, but he does not know that as a professional doctor, he has his own unique skills in this regard. It may not be possible to completely stop the heart, but let him
He was able to reduce the beating frequency and amplitude to the limit.
"The third point, acupuncture points."
Everyone has a large number of acupuncture points all over their body. Most people only use these acupoints in the process of circulating chakra, and they have only learned about the acupoints related to this part.
But whether it is a root ninja or an ANBU ninja, they need to clearly grasp and understand the acupuncture points on a person's body in order to achieve the most accurate, fastest and most effective assassination.
Ninjas at their core are killing machines. They know how to kill a person as quickly and accurately as possible.
"The fourth point, cross-dressing."
Not only the changes in clothing and appearance, but also the inner changes, such as imitating a person's voice, learning a person's movements and living habits, etc.
This is a skill that really takes a long time to learn. No matter how talented a person is, it will definitely take a long time to learn.
After explaining these contents and leaving some scrolls for learning skills, he left the training room directly, leaving Toneri alone.
"It's really routine and not reliable at all.
As expected, it doesn’t matter, if someone teaches you some skills, it’s just for show.”
Seeing Chi Luan leaving, Sheren couldn't help but complain.
But what Chi Luan certainly didn't expect was that among the four skills he described, Sheren would be more or less the same.
As a medical ninja who studies medicine, he knows all the acupoints on the human body.
As for cross-dressing, Orochimaru's facial-removing technique is quite advanced.
"Unknowingly, I have mastered so many skills. It seems that I am really slowly getting closer to the real 'ninja'."
Shiren couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
As he said that, he picked up the scroll on the ground and read it.
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It was still the dark room where Danzo was, but this time another person came.
Wrapped under a dark hood.
However, you can still vaguely see the pale skin under the black hood, as well as the exaggerated raised corners of the mouth.
"You're here." Danzo said calmly.
The visitor pulled down the hood on his head, revealing a face that Toneri was very familiar with. It was none other than his cheap teacher Orochimaru.
At this time, Orochimaru, nominally speaking, was still working in the Roots. He was Danzo's direct subordinate, and he could be considered to have a good status in the Roots.
Orochimaru joined the roots a long time ago, which Sarutobi Hiruzen acquiesced from the beginning.
The Anbu is also known as the "Anbu Training Department". When it was first established, it was a department that provided talents to the Anbu. When Orochimaru joined the Anbu, it was also to prepare for entering the Anbu. Who knew that after entering the Anbu, it would not be so easy to leave.
Although, with Orochimaru's current character and strength, not even Danzo can force him if he doesn't want to, and now he has a relatively clear understanding of Danzo and the true purpose and role of the root.
Rather than saying that Orochimaru is Danzo's subordinate now, it is better to say that the two are now in a cooperative relationship, but in name Orochimaru is affiliated with the root. He now has his own direct troops, which is the work of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The approval can be regarded as some benefits gained in order to pave the way for him.
When Danzo saw Orochimaru, he immediately thought of his disciple Toneri.
I have to say that as master and apprentice, the two of them really have a lot of similarities.
Both Orochimaru and Toneri have extremely strong egos, which cannot be restrained by simple brainwashing.
The only thing that can make their hearts move may be the interests they are interested in.
Moreover, both of them have a special liking for magic. No matter what kind of magic, as long as they don't have it or have never been exposed to it, they will move it.
For people with their character, Danzo also saw clearly that instead of firmly grasping them, it would be better to use benefits and advantages to guide them bit by bit.
People like Yakushi Nonou are two extremes.
"This is the technique you've always wanted."
With that said, Danzo threw an old scroll to Orochimaru.
A snake quickly shot out from his sleeve and bit the scroll before slowly sending it to Orochimaru's hand.
Looking at the words written on the scroll, Orochimaru showed an excited expression.
Then, he quickly converged. Based on his understanding of Danzo, if you want to get something, you have to give something. This is their way of cooperation.
