Wind Release and the Transfer Order

In a question of "Yse or No,"

Hyuga Yu instinctively chose "or,"

This was precisely the answer Root needed.

For a ninja who dedicated himself to darkness, keeping secrets was far more important than the secrets themselves.

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And so, "Your assessment is complete."

The sunglasses-wearing ninja, clad in a hooded trench coat, spoke indifferently:

"Hyuga Yu, you will operate as an outlier of Root."

"Remember—"

"We are the 'roots' deeply embedded in the earth, supporting the great tree of Konoha from the shadows."

"And those who are 'root' have no names, no emotions; no past, no future; only the mission in their hearts."

"Root... outlier?"

Hyuga Yu, somewhat surprised, raised his head. He looked at the Root officer with a hint of confusion and immediately asked, "Then, what is my mission?"

Hyuga Yu didn't join Root to play ninja make-believe. At his age, he had already missed the prime opportunity to be brainwashed into a standard Root ninja.

Now, he was akin to a [mercenary], with Root getting what they needed and him getting what he needed.

There were quite a few ninja in this kind of relationship with Root, such as the Root officer before him, "Aburame Ryūma," Orochimaru, and that wandering Miko, "Yakushi Nonō."

He believed Aburame Ryūma knew this as well and could understand what Hyuga Yu was seeking at this moment.

Therefore, a few pleasantries would suffice.

Soon, Aburame Ryūma retrieved a cyan scroll from his trench coat and casually tossed it to Hyuga Yu.

"Next, you will assist your direct superior and execute an important S-rank mission."

"You may set your own departure time, but no later than the day after tomorrow. Await notification for the mission details. The mission location is west of [Grass Wave Coast], at the Konoha Medical Corps camp."

"Your contact person is the captain of the Konoha Medical Corps' Eighth Squad, Shigaraki Tanuki."

"Failure to report within one week will be considered village defection."

"That is all."

With that, Aburame Ryūma's figure vanished into the darkness.

The incandescent light on the ceiling crackled a few times, Then, "Beep!"

The circuit restored, and the lights in the apartment flickered back on. The small refrigerator in the corner began to hum.

It was as if everything that had just happened was merely Hyuga Yu's hallucination.

However, He lowered his head and looked at the cyan scroll now in his hand, lost in thought.

Unfolding the scroll, A line of handwritten cursive met his eyes, Wind Release: Vacuum Blade!

It was precisely the Wind Release ninjutsu that could form the final piece of Hyuga Yu's combat system!

However, Hyuga Yu did not immediately open the ninjutsu scroll to study it. Instead, he sat in place and began to ponder.

Hyuga Yu had two demands from Root:

First, the Wind Release ninjutsu mastered by Shimura Danzō.

Second, an order that would allow him to bypass the Hyuga Main Family's arrangements and choose his own time to go to the battlefield.

Root's response perfectly addressed both points, But it was in a way that exceeded Hyuga Yu's expectations—

Root outlier.

This could be seen from the mission notification issued by Aburame Ryūma.

There were no formal documents, no mission scrolls, no tokens, and even all instructions were given verbally, making it impossible to leave any trace, any record, or any handle for criticism.

Hyuga Yu seemed to have spent a million Ryo to use "connections" to join Root, yet he always remained on the fringes of Root.

This was extremely dangerous.

However, The Root's attitude was quite interesting.

On one hand, they didn't see Hyuga Yu as a person at all. Even though Hyuga Yu "sincerely" approached them, they treated his arrangement as cannon fodder among cannon fodder, easily disposable.

But on the other hand, the Root officer who came for the interview, Aburame Ryūma, implicitly hinted at him through this "assessment"—

Since you, Hyuga Yu, have already been drawn into the incident and are in a dangerous situation that's difficult to escape, The only way to change this predicament is to do the opposite, to engage more deeply with Root, And constantly move closer to Root.

Did this mean there were "factions" within Root?

Thinking this, Hyuga Yu smiled slightly, thinking that his past experiences as a workhorse weren't entirely useless.

However, Hyuga Yu quickly put these petty thoughts aside.

If there truly were "factions" within Root, then this faction certainly wouldn't be Shimura Danzō's. After all, Root nowadays was less like Root and more like Shimura Danzō's private army.

With Danzō's will being equivalent to Root's will in the current situation, if this weak "faction" wanted to change the status quo, it would inevitably continue to secretly contact, and even recruit, ninja like himself who possessed a certain "value."

Hyuga Yu wasn't complacent about possessing a little "value."

He knew very well that his "value" was bestowed by these innate eyes. If he was useless without these eyes, then the day the scales tipped and the other side's weight surpassed his eyes, That would be the day of his death.

The ninja world, in the end, still relied on strength!

With such a clear and strong conviction, Hyuga Yu unfurled the cyan scroll in his hand and began to read it ravenously.

During the war, Konoha at night was like a silent behemoth, and the spy ninja hidden within Konoha were like lice clinging to the behemoth, constantly sucking its blood.

One by one, spy ninja took advantage of the night to move through the streets and alleys, exchanging the latest intelligence in trash cans, on GG boards, under bridge culverts, in any way possible to transmit information.

And in the shadows, pairs of eyes that opened in the darkness quietly watched their actions, Like a mantis stalking a cicada.

Behind the watchers, another pair of eyes filled with amusement opened, unaware that the former's lips had already quietly curved into a smile.

Countless silent and invisible espionage wars erupted, evolved, and progressed in silence!

Finally, after countless pieces of information were compiled, they were placed on the decision-maker's desk.

And so, At the time when dawn was about to break, Teams of ninja shot out like arrows tearing through the night!

In the dark, lightless depths of the Root base, Shimura Danzō, holding a short staff, stepped out of the high tower. His cold gaze swept like a falcon over the teams of Root ninja kneeling before him.

His expression was blank, and he spoke coldly:

"The prey has been caught!"

"Now, the operation begins!"

Shimura Danzō narrowed his single eye, a glint of greed flashing within it.

"This time, we must make Kirigakure pay a bloody price!"

And on the other side, The faint light of dawn pierced through the window, falling into the apartment where the lights were still on.

Hyuga Yu, who had studied all night and memorized all the ninjutsu cultivation content in the scroll, stretched.

Then, he pulled a kunai from the table and held it in his palm, staring intently at it.

Threads of sharp, blade-like Wind Release chakra gathered in his palm and quietly seeped into the kunai.

"Vvvvmmm!"

The kunai vibrated violently, almost flying out of his palm.

And just then, "Knock knock!"

There was an urgent knock on the door, and a slightly hurried voice rang out:

"Hyuga Yu, your transfer order from the clan has arrived!"