Chapter 82 The Creation of the Shadow Division
The Land of Fire.
In a small village on the outermost edge of Konoha.
Souji arrived with Sasori, whose appearance had been slightly altered using a transformation technique.
In fact, besides the village itself, Konoha occupies a large area on the outskirts.
For example, the Death Forest, the training ground for the 44th ninja exam in the original work, is a circular area with a radius of 10 kilometers.
It is even numbered 44. Therefore, Konoha is actually a very large area.
Although Konoha has a mild approach, it does not allow outsiders to enter at will.
All visitors must register.
Those who can enter Konoha are mainly employers who come to post missions, such as Tatsuna no, the bridge-building expert who came to Konoha in the original work to hire someone to protect him in the Land of Waves.
Yahiko and his two companions could not directly enter Konoha territory; they could only notify Souji and arrange to meet on the outskirts.
"Mr. Mochizuki!"
Yahiko and his two companions were sitting on a bench outside a small teahouse, drinking tea and eating three-colored dumplings.
When they saw Souji arrive, they immediately tried to stand up, but Souji waved his hand to stop them and then sat down on the bench next to him with Sasori.
"Welcome to the Land of Fire.
What do you think of this place?" Souji asked with a smile.
"What a nice place..."
Yahiko sighed with admiration:
"Before leaving the Land of Rain, I couldn't have imagined that such a wonderful place existed outside.
The sun was shining, the climate was pleasant, the environment was beautiful, and the food was plentiful and delicious..."
"The Land of Fire is the country with the richest resources in the ninja world, and also the most comfortable and pleasant environment.
It is indeed a very good place," Souji replied.
"People born in the Land of Fire are so lucky!"
"Yes! I wish I could live in a place like this forever!"
Konan and Nagato also echoed this sentiment.
The Land of Fire, with its abundant resources and beautiful environment, is vastly different from the Land of Rain, where the sky is perpetually dark, it rains incessantly, the atmosphere is oppressive, and everyone lives in abject poverty!
Souji glanced at Sasori, who was silently drinking tea and eating dumplings beside him, and asked:
"Speaking of which, I've never heard your thoughts on the Land of Fire, Sasori.
You must be visiting the Land of Fire for the first time as well, so don't you have any impressions?"
"Hmph, nothing special.
Whether the accommodations or the food are good or bad doesn't make much difference.
It doesn't matter to me..." Sasori replied coolly.
Thinking about it that way, it makes sense. Although Sasori was born in the barren Land of Wind, as the grandson of the chief advisor Chiyo, he was born into the highest-ranking ninja clan.
His clothing, food, housing, and transportation were all of the highest rank.
When he came to the Land of Fire, he might find it quite novel, but he wouldn't feel envious.
Souji then looked at Nagato, whose body had clearly recovered considerably, and asked:
"Nagato, are you fully recovered now?"
"Yes, I feel like everything is fine, there's no problem..."
"That's good. Let's find another place to talk business."
The Souji put down the money and led everyone away from the teahouse, into a small house in the village.
The furniture inside the house was neat and clean, indicating that someone was taking care of it, but no one lived there.
This is a place specifically for people from outside Konoha to stay temporarily.
There are many small villages similar to this one scattered around the outskirts of Konoha, and they all have such places.
Just like Jiraiya's famous saying, "Don't underestimate my intelligence network," in fact, no matter which faction, high-ranking ninjas who reach the Jonin level will more or less have some people outside their own faction working for them.
Even the Five Kage had this in mind.
Therefore, given Souji's current status and position, he doesn't need to worry about recruiting people from outside Konoha.
"Now I will formally tell you about the arrangements for the Shadow Division."
The Souji took out a sealing scroll, opened it, pressed his palm down, and took out some items from it.
Four red-cloud-patterned black robes, and four white jade rings.
The rings are all set with various colored crystals, but only one of them has the character 'jade' engraved in the crystal; the other three do not.
The Souji said to the four:
"All members of the Shadow Division wore the same red cloud-patterned black robes and white jade rings."
"The words engraved on the ring crystal are the member's code name.
Only official members have them.
That is, only Sasori has a code name for now. Yahiko and Yahiko are just candidates, so you will not be given a code name for the time being."
"Understood."
The three of them, including Yahiko, no longer wore the Rain Concealed Headband with the four vertical lines symbolizing rain.
However, they were still wearing their old black robes.
When asked to change into similar red cloud black robes, they had no objections.
Sasori asked curiously:
"Does this red cloud and black robe have any symbolic meaning?"
"No, I just think it looks cool to wear this outfit," Souji replied immediately.
"..."
Sasori looked speechless, then pointed to the white jade ring and asked:
"You got the ring because you thought it was cool?"
"That's right."
"Then why is my code name 'Jade'..."
"It's because I feel it's cool."
"..."
The Souji answered calmly, leaving everyone somewhat stunned.
Could it be that I've ended up with an unreliable person?
This thought inevitably crossed everyone's mind.
All of this was copied from Akatsuki, because it felt really cool.
However, Souji didn't explain further and continued:
"Red cloud, black robe and white jade ring, this is the uniform attire of the Shadow Division."
"The Shadow Division's structure is designed with extremely high standards for its members, which means there won't be many members.
Therefore, it won't follow the model of four people per squad like the Dark Division or other special forces.
The Shadow Division is only divided into official members and reserve members, and then a captain is selected from among the official members."
"For now, I will serve as the first Souji.
You will address me as Captain until the number of Kage members increases and I become Hokage.
At that time, a suitable candidate will be selected as the next Souji."
"clear."
Everyone nodded slightly.
The Anbu organizations established by various countries, modeled after Konoha, all have a Souji and a Vice-Captain at their highest level, so this is easy to understand.
However, when everyone heard Souji casually say that he would do this and that once he became Hokage, as if he was certain that he would become Hokage, they couldn't help but look at him with some surprise.
Konoha is the strongest ninja village, and the Hokage, as the Kage of Konoha, is also implicitly considered the strongest person in the ninja world.
In addition, given the current Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi's numerous glorious achievements in overpowering the other four Kage, even someone like Sasori, who has even killed the Kazekage, still holds a certain degree of awe for the title of Hokage.
"The Shadow Division is currently in its very early stages of establishment, and its operations are primarily aimed at recruiting members and strengthening its capabilities."
"We should be setting sail soon to a place called The Land of Dragon (Ryu no Kuni)."
"Dragon Island?
What are you going there for?"
Sasori asked curiously.
"Go and sign a spirit beast contract with the dragon."
"You want to make a contract with a dragon? No one has ever succeeded before.
Are you confident?"
The Souji smiled and said:
"It will succeed, and my goal is not just for myself, but to get all the members of the Shadow Division to sign a contract with the dragon!.
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