Hokage's office.
After relaxing in the village for half a month, Class 12 received the notice.
Bai Fei learned that the new captain was Orochimaru and saluted Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"Looking forward to your performance." A warm smile appeared on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face.
"Yes! Lord III, I will definitely perform well. I don't know when we will report to Lord Orochimaru."
Bai Yu showed an excited reaction and looked very encouraged.
Sarutobi Hiruzen said: "Don't worry, wait until the war calms down before you go to the front line."
"yes."
"Let Chiho and Hideto come in."
"yes."
Bai Yu bowed slightly and exited the Hokage's office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Bai Yu's leaving back and nodded secretly. He originally thought that Bai Yu would have objections to the arrangement of the new team. After all, his relationship with Tsunade was closer. It seemed that his awareness was still higher than his expectations.
After Bai Yu informed Chiho Uchiha and Hideto Hyuga to enter the office, he went downstairs first and went directly to the high-end restaurant on East Street.
In order to celebrate the reorganization of the team, Bai Yu plans to treat the former Class 12 to a meal.
After all, it's really nice not to have to change teammates.
Halfway through, when he reached a deserted place, Bai Yu frowned.
The third generation met him alone and showed enough attention to him, but he didn't expect that he would be asked to follow Orochimaru.
Bai Yu didn't have any objections to this, after all, there were a lot of benefits to be gained by following Orochimaru.
But from the perspective of the development of medical ninjutsu, it was the best choice for him to follow Tsunade.
Thinking of what happened recently, Bai Yu fell into deep thought.
White Fang's reputation rose greatly because he shattered Sunagakure's conspiracy.
Tsunade "invented" the [Medical Ninjutsu Scroll], cracked Sunagakure elder Chiyo's special toxin, and treated the wounded on a large scale, making her reputation no less than White Fang.
And because she is the granddaughter of the First Hokage, there is a strong voice in the village for her to succeed the Fourth Hokage.
As the commander-in-chief of the Western Territory battlefield, Orochimaru has made outstanding achievements, but his popularity is indeed lower than that of White Fang and Tsunade.
"It seems that it's because Tsunade's recent performance has been too outstanding, so she doesn't want to contribute to her reputation anymore? The third generation really thinks highly of me."
Bai Yu secretly thought.
Even Jiraiya was not left behind by the third generation.
Recently, Minato Namikaze's class encountered an enemy. Minato Namikaze relied on his strength and leadership ability beyond his peers to lead his teammates out of trouble when the Jonin was killed, and made great achievements.
Namikaze Minato was highly praised by the third generation, which greatly increased his reputation among the new generation of Konoha, surpassing many new genin from wealthy families, and became the most troubled genin among the genin who graduated in recent years.
A few days ago, Jiraiya had accepted the Feng Shui clan as his disciple.
“The third generation is really shrewd and does a good job of decentralizing power and checks and balances.”
Bai Yu had some guesses in his mind.
The advent of the [Medical Ninjutsu Scroll] brought Tsunade's reputation to a new level.
If he follows Tsunade and makes any new breakthroughs in the future, Tsunade will definitely share the credit.
Now let him follow Orochimaru, it is obvious that the third generation prefers Orochimaru.
Or maybe the third generation doesn't want any one person to stand out too much, but is just checking and balancing.
Of course, if Bai Yu stood in the perspective of the third generation, he would probably do the same.
The third generation is only in his early forties and is still in his prime as a ninja. There is a call in the village to choose the next generation of Hokage. If he wants to work for a few more years, he must not let the support rate of the fourth generation Hokage candidate show up. A one-sided situation.
The people below can all be outstanding, or they can all be average, but no one can stand out.
"The first generation of religious politics is worthy of the pattern of a flower grower."
Bai Yu sighed secretly in his heart.
Whether it was in the wizarding world in the previous life or in Hokage in this life, politics was basically not taught in schools. It was good for civilians to be literate.
Sure enough, thanks to compulsory education.
...
Bai Yu stayed in the village for more than two months, and finally received the notice to go to the front line.
After he met Uchiha Chiho and Hyuga Hideto at the entrance of the village, the three of them headed straight for the western border.
But not five minutes after they left the village, Hideto Hyuga suddenly spoke:
"Stop! Someone is following us."
Bai Yu and Uchiha Chiho heard this and stopped on the tree trunk.
"The people coming from this direction should be people from the village, right?" Bai Yu asked. With his current mental strength, his "sixth sense" perception cannot reach as far as the Byakugan.
"Looks like a ninja dressed as an ANBU." Hideto Hyuga observed carefully through his white eyes.
"Could it be that the village has some new arrangements?"
Bai Yu was a little confused.
"They are coming." Hideto reminded.
Soon, five masked ANBU ninjas appeared in the sight of the three.
One of them stopped on the tree trunk and said to the three of them: "We are the ANBU at the root. We are ordered to perform tasks and protect you on the way to the frontline camp. You can just go on your way as usual."
His tone was indifferent and stiff, and after giving a brief explanation, he didn't speak again.
Bai Yu had seen ANBU before in the Senju clan, they were just normal ninjas wearing masks.
ANBU is very mysterious to ordinary villagers, but for ninjas, many related contents are taught in schools, which is to prevent them from making a fuss when encountering ANBU ninjas who are dressed strangely and don't even wear forehead protectors.
After all, the ANBU is just a special department of the village, responsible only to the Hokage, and specialized in handling some difficult tasks.
"Yes." Hideto Hyuga nodded, closed his eyes, and said to Bai Yu and Uchiha Chiho beside him: "Let's go, let's continue on our way."
Bai Yu looked at the five Anbu in front of him and found that the chakra of one of them was very familiar. The most special thing was his eyes.
The four ANBU ninjas looked like men, their eyes were cold and numb, like robots, showing no emotion at all.
Only the petite female ANBU at the back, Bai Yu could clearly feel the difference in her.
Her gaze felt familiar to Bai Yu.
The three of them continued on their way, keeping a certain distance from the five ANBU behind them.
On the way, Hideto Hideto took the initiative to explain: "These five are the ANBU at the root. They are different from the ANBU directly under the Hokage. They only obey the orders of Danzo-sama."
"Isn't the ANBU directly under the Hokage?" Bai Yu couldn't help but ask.
"Indeed, it's just that the Third Generation-sama split the Anbu into two parts and gave one part to Danzo-sama. I heard that even the Third Generation-sama couldn't interfere with the Anbu's affairs.
Ninjas who enter the root must go through brainwashing and loyalty education. In order to complete the task, they can use any means and at any cost, which is very different from the ANBU directly under the Hokage.
So it's best not to get involved with these people. If you are targeted by them, you will be in big trouble. "
Hideto Hyuga frowned and spoke out the information he heard from his family.
Bai Yu fell into silence.
Can all direct authority be delegated?
If power is too concentrated, it will lead to corruption, but if power is too decentralized, work efficiency will be in a mess and it will easily lead to internal strife.
The ANBU is an organization directly under the Hokage and is only responsible to the Hokage. It is a very powerful force. Many ninjas are proud to be able to enter the ANBU for training.
It seems that the third generation has extraordinary trust in Danzo, otherwise how could he tolerate the existence of ANBU power that he cannot mobilize.
"Danzo-sama has won the trust of three generations of lords. He usually lives in seclusion and is very mysterious.
The roots under his command often take on some high-risk and difficult tasks.
In other villages, he was known as the "Ninja Darkness".
The ninjas in the village respected him.
It's just that... he has never been very friendly to the Uchiha clan.
All the major families respected and feared him. "
Hideto Hyuga continued, and when he finished speaking, he looked at Uchiha Chiho.
Bai Yu's heart moved, so Danzo was just the shadow of the third generation, helping him do things that were inconvenient for him.
Ninja is not a bright profession in the first place, how can there be a completely great and upright person. Even if there is, it will never appear among those in power.
Halfway through, Bai Yu finally remembered who the female ninja who felt familiar just now was. Judging from the figure and eyes, it was clearly the pharmacist Nono U who disappeared from Konoha Hospital during this period.
"So I hurt her?"
It should be that Bai Yu gave her part of the credit for inventing the [Healing Scroll] last time, which led to her being favored by the roots.
Because Yakushi Nonou was superb in medical ninjutsu and had a good personality, he was very kind to Bai Yu in the medical training class, so he thought of giving her some credit.
If Konoha is a mercenary organization, then it is a terrorist organization at its core. These root ninjas have numb eyes and have probably been completely brainwashed.
Bai Yu originally had good intentions, but he didn't expect it to hurt her.
It's just that with his current ability, he can't help her.
I can only wait until I have the opportunity to get her out in the future.
