Not far from the Hokage's office stood a square, two-story building. It was made of brick and stone, covered less than a hundred square meters, and was nowhere near as spacious as Yuhara's suburban "small house."
From the outside, the building looked ordinary, even somewhat rundown. However, it had once been Konoha's public property... Well, it was still Konoha's real estate now. It had merely been requisitioned by Kushina Uzumaki not long ago and turned into her new base.
The Third Hokage had kept his word. He had dealt with the objections from the advisers and other parties on Kushina Uzumaki's behalf, overcoming all opposition to establish a new small organization within the village.
The office of the Crimson Crown was located inside this little building. At present, the organization was just as inconspicuous as the building itself.
It had to be stated in advance that the Crimson Crown was an organization under Konoha, not one opposed to Konoha. It was the same as Root; in theory, everyone was on the same side. Furthermore, the organization did not require its members to be exclusive, because this was not about creating some isolated clique. The Crimson Crown and Konoha's other departments were by no means mutually exclusive. For example, Yuhara would become a member of the Crimson Crown, but that did not prevent him from remaining an ANBU shinobi.
The building had been cleaned up over the past few days, and today was the first time all the members of the organization had gathered. When Yuhara and Tenzo arrived, they found that everyone else had already gotten there.
Here were all the members of the organization:
Kushina Uzumaki, the wife of the Fourth Hokage. She was the organization's leader and its strongest combatant.
Shiranui Genma, Namiashi Raidō, and Iwashi Tatami. The