The Anbu base was located slightly south of the center of Kirigakure. After Hatake Sakumo's rampage, it was littered with jagged rubble and looked somewhat dilapidated.
After reporting in, the four of them immediately met Karatachi Yagura again.
He was bent over his desk, writing and drawing with a busy air.
"Lord Yagura."
"Oh, you're here!"
Karatachi Yagura looked up and set down his pen and papers. "Come on, I'll take you to collect your masks and uniforms."
Following Yagura down the stairs into the underground levels, Araki finally got the feeling of, Oh, so this is a terrorist organization, from the pitch-black corridors and flickering lights.
After pushing open a door, Yagura pointed at the dozens of masks hanging on the wall. "These are the masks you may choose from. Masks and codenames come as a set. From now on, you can only address each other by codenames in the Anbu. Do not call each other by name."
Araki turned toward the wall and saw that most of the masks had white bases with a stroke or two added for noses, ears, and other features to represent various animals.
Due to Kirigakure's particular style, most of the masks depicted fish and seabirds.
Kisame quickly picked out his mask. It had shark-gill patterns painted on its cheeks.
"Then your codename is Shark!"
Karatachi Yagura registered it at once.
Then Zabuza and Black Bone each chose a mask as well. One bore the pattern of a red catfish, while the other had a crab painted on it.
This kind of red catfish was an extremely ferocious fish. Under normal circumstances, an adult could reach two to three meters in length, making it a veritable giant. Its mouth was full of sharp teeth, and its bite was astonishingly powerful, making it the