"The roots absorb new blood..."
The impatience on Sarutobi Hiruzen's old face faded away, and his two gray-white eyebrows rose slightly.
Gen, also known as the "Anbu Training Department".
This organization is hidden in the darkness of Konoha, and its biggest goal is to secretly eliminate obstacles that will hinder the development of the village.
In the early years, Danzo Shimura failed in his bid for the position of the third Hokage.
However, due to Sarutobi Hiruzen's momentary soft-hearted retreat, Shimura Danzo was still able to establish a deeper ninja force - Roots in the assassination tactics special forces (ANBU) directly under the Hokage.
Although nominally, Gen is a force affiliated with ANBU.
But in reality, almost every ninja in the root is only responsible to Shimura Danzo.
As the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of such a ninja force lurking in deeper darkness.
Shimura Danzo and his roots shouldered all the "darkness" for Konoha.
On the bright side, the Third Hokage naturally maintains "absolute brightness and greatness."
But excessive darkness will inevitably breed some unnecessary desires and threats.
While Sarutobi Hiruzen indulges the growth of his roots, he will also actively restrain the expansion of its power.
The most fundamental and important way to limit the development of roots is to strictly limit the recruitment of its members!
"Danzo, what you just said was 'the young ninja of the Nara clan'?"
All kinds of thoughts ran through Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind one by one. He looked at Danzo Shimura and asked proactively.
“When did Genbu want to absorb members of the Nara clan?
"Don't you always think that the ninjas of the Nara clan are not 'dark' enough?"
It is true that the Sarutobi clan has been friends with the three Inokacho clans for generations, and they are even witnesses of their allies.
But this does not mean that the Sarutobi clan can forcibly interfere with the life direction of every ninja of the Inorakacho clan.
If any ninja among the Ino, Deer, and Butterflies clan wanted to take the initiative to enter the root, Sarutobi Hiruzen would not forcibly stop it.
But if Shimura Danzo uses some coercive means to forcibly "recruit" certain ninjas to join the root...
Then Sarutobi Hiruzen won't agree easily!
But then again.
Since Shimura Danzo established the foundation, most of the organization members he has absorbed are war orphans and civilian ninjas. There are very few members of the ninja clan, let alone the three pigs, deer and butterflies.
After all, among the three clans of Pig, Deer and Butterfly, except for the mountain clan, the overall personalities of the other "Deer" and "Butterfly" families are too distinct, and are simply not in line with the mysterious and dark organizational beliefs.
"I should have just said that."
Danzo Shimura said calmly.
"That ninja from the Nara clan is very young."
Being young means having higher plasticity and being able to receive stronger training (washing) and training (brain).
"A young Nara ninja can fight Minato and force him to summon Gamabunta?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen connected what Shimura Danzo said and touched his beard strangely.
"When did such a talented ninja appear among the Nara clan? What is his name?"
Danzo Shimura sighed slightly when he saw that he had never confused this issue.
"Nara takes the laurel."
"Him? Wait, I remember this is not the kid who just graduated from the ninja school this year?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen was immediately stunned.
"Many ninja school teachers have commented that he 'doesn't have ninja talent'.
"Danzo, are you sure your information is correct?"
Is there such a thing?
Shimura Danzo's brows wrinkled slightly.
After receiving the information about the "Nine-Tails Riot", he rushed to the Hokage's office with a quick glance. He didn't have time to search for more detailed information about Nara Langui.
But he just graduated from the ninja school and is only 9 years old... He is indeed a great youngster!
"Perhaps he deliberately concealed his talent level in the ninja school."
Danzo Shimura said coldly.
"Or maybe...too lazy to show off."
"No……"
Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head. He saw that Danzo Shimura did not know Nara Langui deeply, and he had no intention of telling the other party at this time.
"Danzo, I advise you not to have too much confidence and expectations in recruiting Nara Langui.
"He's no ordinary ninja."
…
Leave the Hokage Building.
Shimura Danzo was like a mouse, shrinking back into the roots of darkness.
Under his order, the root ninjas quickly collected intelligence information about Nara Langui.
Although the time was somewhat tight, the elite ninjas at the Roots collected as much intelligence as possible.
Including Nara Langui’s family background, school performance, talent shortcomings, friends relationships, etc.
After carefully reading the information about Nara Langui, Shimura Danzo finally understood why Hiruzen didn't let him have too high expectations just now.
Both parents, a happy family, and one of the richest families...
Danzo Shimura was a little surprised as to why this guy didn't give up being a ninja and just go home to inherit the family property.
Faced with this kind of family background, young ninjas even Shimura Danzo felt a little bit troubled.
The root is his one-word hall.
But leaving the roots, the other ninjas of Konoha would not completely obey his orders.
If you want to recruit ninjas, you still need to follow the "basic method".
Generally speaking, the targets Shimura Danzo targets are those ninjas with special abilities and darkness hidden in their hearts.
And when recruiting, he will do his best to use emotion, reason, and inducement.
Ninjas are tools.
But even if you are a tool man, you still have to do tasks to make money to survive!
Otherwise, why would Ninja join the root plan?
Is Danzo Shimura older, with a bandaged face and a pouty mouth?
No salary, no promotion path, no ninjutsu information...
Except for those "orphans" raised by the family, who would work for Shimura Danzo for free?
But Danzo Shimura thought for a moment.
Those tricks he used in the past seemed to have no effect against Nara Langui, a guy who looked like a winner in life.
Not to mention the "ancestral character" of the ninjas of the Nara clan.
"It seems that the only way to absorb Nara Langui into his roots is to inspire the dark side in his heart..."
Danzo Shimura focused his attention on Nara Langui's interpersonal relationship.
"I wonder if it's my luck that there happens to be a root elite next to this talented ninja!"
…
Nara Langui didn't know that there was an old man secretly plotting against his young body.
Without the distraction of daily chores, he devoted himself to his own cultivation without any distractions.
In the blink of an eye, two days have passed.
This morning.
In the training room.
A [Shadow Clone] suddenly exploded into a cloud of smoke, and all the memory and experience of practicing Ninjutsu were transferred to the main body.
A ray of light flashed in Nara Langui's eyes. He raised his right hand and resonated with the [Chakra Crystal] on his index finger. Channels of chakra energy gathered in his palm and continued to flow in different directions.
Chakra continues to gather and compress together, gradually forming an energy ball that rotates at high speed and has an astonishing density, and the whole body exudes faint fluorescence.
A new message prompt pops up directly on the panel.
[A-level technique: Rasengan]
[Description of the technique: The energy ball formed by compressing in the palm shows infinite possible spirals]
[Spell effect: A non-attributed chakra energy ball activated with one hand without any seals, with great destructive power and scalability]
[Evaluation of the operation: take the kidney and liver! 】
[Self-developed an A-level technique [Rasengan], your [Ninjutsu] and [Sage] attributes will be enhanced to a certain extent! 】
"After so many days of hard work, especially the [shadow clones] practicing day and night, I finally mastered this A-level ninjutsu!"
Nara Langui couldn't hide the excitement on her face.
"And now that the [Rasengan] has been developed, the prototype of the [Rasengan], the S-level ninjutsu [Tailed Beast Jade] exclusive to the tailed beasts, is not beyond imagination!"
But Nara Langui also knew that the reason why the tailed beasts were able to use the terrifyingly destructive [Tailed Beast Jade] had something to do with their own huge amount of chakra.
Even Nara Langui had some doubts about whether his A-level ninja tool [Chakra Crystal] could sustain an explosion of [Tailed Beast Jade]...
Ninjutsu and forbidden jutsu with high bursts and powerful power are certainly attractive.
But if there are not enough "hard conditions" to support it, no matter how good the ninjutsu is, it will not be released.
all in all.
Before his own chakra level reaches the "Obashirama" level, Nara Langui does not intend to consider the development of [Tailed Beast Jade].
Just like his previous [Accuracy] attribute was low and he did not consider the development of [Rasengan].
"Although [Rasengan] does not match my current combat mode, what I need is not to use it for close combat!"
Nara Langui took a deep breath and suppressed her excitement.
"Borrowing the [Rasengan] to upgrade the [Shadow Penetrating Bullet] is my real purpose!"
He struck while the iron was hot and practiced the fusion of [Rasengan] and [Shadow Penetrating Bullet] intensively.
He has rich experience in creating [Spiral Shadow Penetrating Bullets] and [Spiral Shadow Binding Bullets].
Nara Langui promoted the fusion of the two techniques at an astonishing speed, and he soon gained results.
It's just that there seems to be a slight glitch in the effect of this newly created technique...
Nara Langui raised his right hand, and the shadows continued to gather and rotate in his palm, eventually forming a dark energy ball.
[A-level technique: Shadow Rasengan]
[Description of the technique: An advanced Yin Escape secret technique created based on [Rasengan]]
[Effect of the technique: By finely controlling one's own Yin Escape Chakra, a [Shadow Rasengan] can be created that can switch between "shadow" and "entity".
When [Shadow Rasengan] is in the physical state, it will have higher hardness, stronger destructive power and longer maintenance time than [Rasengan];
When [Shadow Rasengan] is in the shadow state, hitting the target will seriously disrupt the chakra in the target's body]
[Spell evaluation: Dark magic ball, the weak retreat! 】
