Chapter 37: The Shadows and the Roots
Itachi has a red spell tattoo on his arm, puts on a purple costume of the shadows, and gets his mask and codename.
The boy with the cat-face mask with the inverted red triangular mark on his forehead opened the door and introduced himself to a group of shadows who were on average more than a head taller than him.
"Hello, I'm the tanuki who joined the shadows today, please advise."
Through the mask, he watched them silently.
What is the Shadow Division?
The full name of the Dark Department is the Assassination Tactical Special Unit, referred to as the Dark Division, which was established by the second Hokage of Konoha when he took control of Konoha by Senju, and since then other ninja villages have followed suit.
The members of the Dark Department are all excellent ninjas selected from the village, and are mainly responsible for protecting the shadow and preventing enemies from invading the ninja village. Sometimes he is also responsible for reconnaissance of the enemy and assassination missions, which involve a wide range of aspects, most of which are unsightly work in the shadows, and the nature of the tasks is generally extremely bad and boring.
Due to the special nature of the mission, the members of the Shadow Division wear white masks that imitate animals, and the mission, as well as their identity or any other information, are strictly guarded as confidential.
The shadow department is directly subordinate to the shadow, and all orders are issued by the shadow, and the unit is divided into a captain and a detachment leader. The detachment is generally composed of four or five people, and the detachment leader uniformly conveys orders and leads the execution of tasks, and the tasks are uniformly called by code names.
"I'm the Silver Fox." The mask of the silver-haired dark part is that of a fox, and the eyes have red demon stripes, and he says, "It's your captain." ”
"Just call him Kakashi-senpai hahaha." Someone laughed, "Everyone knows him anyway." ”
As soon as the sky-high silver hair and a thousand birds came out, people would point at him and be shocked: "Ah! It's Kakashi Hachiki of Konoha! ”
Voyeur Uchiha Kusuo: [......]
Well, it's you, Ninja Internet celebrity Kakashi.
So what's the point of you joining the Shadows?
"Captain." Itachi said.
Kakashi sighed, very indifferent to this kind of serious genius boy, waved his hand to disperse the crowd of onlookers, and left with him.
At the same time, deeper underground, directly under the roots of the group.
Zhishui had just finished receiving the mantra mark that the group had hidden under his tongue.
Of course, except for Uchiha Kusuo, no one knew that in fact, the curse mark was not printed at all, and the huge terrifying black mark on the water-stopping tongue was just a trick and a fake.
The gloomy underworld was only the glimmer of flickering torches.
"From today onwards, you are the root person, and the tasks are assigned by me, and you don't need to report any news to them, you know?"
"Yes, Danzo-sama." Zhishui knelt on one knee.
"I'm glad you have this realization, Uchiha Shisui." Danzou slowly walked towards him, "I can feel that you are different from the other Uchiha, and you are worthy of being a descendant of the mirror. ”
"Self-sacrifice! This is a ninja! He raised his voice, "No day!" The hero of the silent effort in the dark! It's the original posture of a ninja all along! ”
Seeing that the boy was shaken, he slowed down his tone again: "It has been like this for hundreds of years, many ninjas have died silently like this, this world cannot be all bright and beautiful, it is precisely because of our existence that the world can maintain peace, and Konoha can grow actively in the sun." ”
"That's the root, and we're the solid root system that supports the big tree," he said. ”
"Uchiha Shisui, you should be proud." He stood in front of the boy and put his hand on his shoulder, "It's all for Konoha and for peace." ”
Zhishui lowered his head, and he looked at the lines of the ground.
"Yes, Danzo-sama."
Satisfied, Tuan Zang let him go.
Zhishui closed the door and left the place with an instantaneous technique, and the moment his body shone into the sunlight, he was instantly relieved.
But suddenly an unfamiliar voice came to his head.
[You don't really believe him, do you?] ]
"Who!?" He was momentarily alert, but he didn't notice anyone.
[Well, I'm just a kind person passing by.] ]
This time Zhishui felt it, and he narrowed his eyes: "Are you talking to me in your head?" What kind of ninjutsu is this? Who are you? What to do in Konoha? ”
[yes, so it's good that you can reply to me directly in your heart.] The other party sighed, [So children are troublesome, and I don't bother to care about you, so I'll just say a few words, because I really can't stand it, I didn't expect the famous Konoha to have such an elder.] ]
[What words?] Stop the water tried to reply to him in his heart.
[That person, Tuanzang has forgotten his original intention, what he told you is his true thoughts, but what he thought before.] And now, this root has rotted, but he is still trying to deceive himself and others to try to get all the nutrients of the tree, he will destroy Konoha. ]
[So who are you?] How do you know so clearly? Don't talk about the kind people passing by or something, this one is not funny at all. Zhishui cared more about who the other party was, but no matter how he tried to tell the difference, he still couldn't feel the existence of the other party at all, and even the men and women who spoke couldn't be sure.
[That's all I have to say, see with your own eyes what the facts are.] ]
[Wait!] Who are you? Why did you find me? ]
[…… Feed? ]
After a few minutes, no matter how much he called, there was no response, and Zhishui confirmed that the other party had left.
He sighed, worry lingering between his brows.
Let's not talk about what kind of person Tuanzang-sama is, a person who can't go deep into the roots to hear his conversation with Tuanzang-sama without being discovered is too terrifying.
Who the hell is he? What is the purpose? Will it cause any harm to Konoha?
But...... It doesn't seem like a bad guy.
"Alas, it's so difficult, I don't know what's going on with the ferret."
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Itachi was fine after being taken around by Kakashi, he had just joined the company today and had not yet been assigned a task.
So he was going to go to the locker room to change out of the equipment in the dark department, change back to the identity of Uchiha Itachi and go to school to see his younger brothers.
"What, how old is he? It's okay to be ninja, but isn't it too exaggerated to add the shadows? ”
The ferret stopped.
"I heard it's only 11 years old, hiss, it's terrifying, the last shadow to be so young was Kakashi, right?"
"How can that guy be the same? That's Kakashi, the cold-blooded Kakashi who even his companions can kill without hesitation. ”
"And the Uchiha Shisui, although he's different."
"Kakashi, that's a perverted genius, I heard that the new one is from the Uchiha, right? Kakashi also has a writing wheel, so he can't be a genius again, right? ”
"It's just that the genius is good, the Uchiha Shisui is very easy to get along with, but I'm afraid it's the kind of genius who is very indifferent, it's too terrifying, I don't know what they're thinking at all......"
Itachi moved his steps, and the deliberate undisguised footsteps stopped the chatter.
He opened the door, found his closet, began to change clothes, and walked away without giving the people around him the slightest light.
When the door closed again, the chatter resumed, and it became louder.
"What! What arrogant, that boy! ”
"You have to give him some color to see, let him know the necessity of respecting his seniors."
"Agreed."