Konoha starts from the root

A quarter of an hour later, there were only fifteen people left in the hall. Except for Baiye and Yakushi Kabuto, the rest of them were more or less injured.

The atmosphere here is more depressing than before.

If you look carefully, it is not difficult to find that everyone's eyes are like a pool of stagnant water, without any fluctuation.

"From today on, you will officially become the ninjas of 'Root'. Someone will come to you later. Now you can go to the equipment department to get the equipment."

The ninja on the second floor said that and left using the teleportation technique.

Then Bai Ye and others dispersed, without saying a word to each other.

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It was still the dark room, with Danzo Shimura sitting at the head, quietly listening to the report of a ninja below.

"...The above are the final test results of the 23rd batch of seeds."

The ninja who spoke was the ninja who had previously given the order for Bai Ye and others to kill each other.

"Oh? No. [-] and No. [-]." Shimura Danzo said slightly surprised: "Tell me their details."

"Yes, Lord Danzo.

No. [-] is named Kabuto, and he is the one you personally brought back three years ago. According to the usual test results, he has talents in lurking, disguise, and intelligence gathering that are unmatched by ordinary people.

Number [-] is named Aoki, and he has extraordinary talents in assassination. Although his chakra amount is average, if it is an assassination, senior chuunin will die in his hands. "

The ninja below answered meticulously.

Hearing this, Shimura Danzo tapped the table with his left hand, seeming to be thinking about something.

After a while, he gave the order: "Order Kabuto to go to Earth Country and wait for an opportunity to enter Iwagakure Village to collect intelligence."

After a slight pause, he continued: "Incorporate No. [-] into Red Ghost's team."

"Yes, Danzo-sama."

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In a small room, Bai Ye, who was neatly dressed, sat cross-legged quietly, waiting for the next order.

At this time, his outfit was a standard ninja outfit.

Wearing a strapless thick vest on the upper body, fingerless black gloves on the hands, and black arm guards on the forearms, the gloves and arm guards are also inlaid with iron plates for protection.

He wore high-top sandals on his feet, two round ninja tool bags were fixed on his waist, and a small sword of fifty or sixty centimeters long was stuck on his back.

The only difference is that there is no mask on his face.

Just as he was thinking about it, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Bai Ye jumped up like a conditioned reflex. After hearing the words of the visitor, he stopped his plan to take action.

It wasn't that he overreacted, but that many people had died in such exercises in the past three years.

"Master Danzo ordered that from today on, you will join the Red Ghost Team. Now, follow me."

After that, the visitor turned around and left.

Bai Ye didn't have any nostalgia for this place, and followed him with a teleportation technique.

A quarter of an hour later, two figures jumped out of the dark cave one after another.

Looking at the sunlight shining through the gaps in the leaves above his head, Bai Ye suddenly stopped.

It's been three years. He hasn't seen the sun for three years.

At this moment, he actually had the idea of ​​running away from here.

However, this thought only appeared for a moment before he killed it.

Not to mention that he now needs to rely on the resources of Danzo and even Konoha to grow. Just after escaping, the pursuit of the roots can kill him.

Putting all these messy thoughts behind him, he used the teleportation technique again to catch up.

At the moment he took action, two figures suddenly appeared not far away on the left and right, and ran forward with him.

When Bai Ye saw this, he felt frightened.

Needless to say, these two people were at least special jonins. If they hadn't deliberately revealed themselves, he wouldn't have noticed each other.

Coupled with the Jonin in front, it was obvious that the three of them surrounded him. If he had defected just now, he would probably be dead by now.

"I guess this kind of surveillance is standard procedure." Bai Ye guessed in his heart.

More than half an hour later, Bai Ye arrived at another underground base.

In fact, this is the headquarters of Root. The place where he stayed before was just a training base of Root.

Bai Ye followed the man in front of him into a dark secret room.

As you can see, the walls here are covered with various masks.

"Pick one." A voice came from the corner.

"What a powerful aura concealment ability." Bai Ye thought to himself while looking for the sound.

In the corner, I saw a masked ninja sitting quietly behind the table.

Bai Ye didn't look much, just obeyed the order and raised the mask.

Unlike the ANBU who are directly under the Hokage, the masks worn by the 'Root' members are more colorful and are not limited to designs imitating the faces of animals.

Ten seconds later, Bai Ye stepped forward and took off a mask from the wall.

This is a pure white oval mask with no patterns or lines on it, only the three-dimensional outline of the facial features.

He slowly put the mask on his face, chakra surged, and he absorbed it to his face with great ease.

These masks have good chakra conductivity and have a certain degree of defense, and can also be regarded as a kind of ninja tool.

"That's it." His voice came out through the mask and seemed a little dull.

"Pale Mask? Okay. Pick another code name and register." The ninja in the corner said.

Bai Ye heard this and said without thinking: "Number [-]."

The ninja who had been leading the way in silence suddenly said: "Are you sure?"

Bai Ye nodded and affirmed: "That's the code name."

The reason why he chose this code name was to prevent himself from forgetting the experiences of the past three years.

After a while, the ninja in the corner seemed to have finished recording something and said, "You can go."

"From now on, you are a member of the Red Ghost Team. My code name is Red Ghost. Come on, I will take you to get familiar with this base."

After saying this, Chi Gui walked out.

Bai Ye glanced at the red evil ghost mask on his face and thought: "Sure enough, he is the red ghost."

Afterwards, he got a general overview of the entire base under the leadership of Chi Gui, and finally came to the training area of ​​the Chi Gui team.

There are still two ninjas sparring here at this time.

The arrival of Chi Gui and Bai Ye immediately alarmed the two people.

"This is poisonous wine." Chigui pointed at a female ninja and said.

Then he pointed to another person: "This is Xiao Xiao."

Finally, he pointed at Bai Ye and said to the two people: "This is No. [-], the newcomer who has just arrived. I will act with you in the future."

"Yes, Captain Chigui." Zhenjiu and Xiao heard the words and said yes without any other reaction.

Seeing this, Chi Gui immediately left with a teleportation technique.

Bai Ye had already been told on the way that the Red Ghost Squad had a full strength of 17 people and was divided into four classes, with four people in each class and a squad leader.

However, since the mission of the Red Ghost Squad is mainly assassination, the mortality rate is extremely high and it is not fully staffed all year round.

Even the third team he is joining now lost two people due to the last mission, so he was asked to fill the vacancy.

After Chi Gui left, Xiao walked up to Bai Ye and said calmly: "I am the squad leader of the third squad. Let's get to know each other."

Bai Ye nodded slightly when he heard this. He also wanted to know about his teammates' abilities.

Their eyes looked at each other through their masks.

Seeing this, Xin Jiu silently stepped aside.

The next moment, the two people in the field disappeared at the same time, followed by the fierce collision of kunai and shurikens flying everywhere.