Allocation

"Let me see..."

"Uchiha Matsuzaki... your strength is formidable, suitable for the main assault. This long blade and short blade are yours... choose your own mask!"

Uzuki Yugao said while looking at the documents in her hands.

Upon hearing this.

Uchiha Matsuzaki pulled out his Scythe of the Death God.

"Senior Uzuki Yugao, I have a blade in my hand that I am extremely proficient with. Is it possible to forgo the long blade and only take the short one?"

Uchiha Matsuzaki said.

Uzuki Yugao looked at the blade in his hand and nodded with a smile.

"Fine, that's a good blade. However, it is too large; you should stick to using that short blade more often in the future."

Uchiha Matsuzaki nodded, picked up the short blade, and strapped it to his back.

Uzuki Yugao continued to look at the documents to explain the roles to the rest of them.

"Chestnut Snow... support."

"Yamamoto Takeshi... support."

"Flower Dance... medical."

"Spirit Grass... medical."

Uzuki Yugao quickly went through the equipment each person needed and their respective positions within the team.

The five of them soon received their gear and masks, officially becoming members of the Anbu.

"Your team is a very young group; I must say, I am actually a bit envious."

"Uchiha Matsuzaki is the team leader!"

Uzuki Yugao looked at the five teenagers and said with a smile.

After stowing all their belongings, they followed Uzuki Yugao into their assigned room.

"This will be your place from now on, and I will be your instructor here. Please take care of me!"

"Rest here for a moment. I need to go out and handle some formalities, then I will come back to find you."

Having said that, Uzuki Yugao walked out of the room and closed the door, leaving the five of them behind.

"Isn't this process a bit too hasty? Just simply receiving equipment and being brought to this place—is that all there is to it?"

Uchiha Matsuzaki frowned and said at this moment.

"Indeed. I had expected a very complicated process, but we haven't seen anyone else along the way here, which is truly suspicious."

Chestnut Snow also raised the same concern.

"It seems the issue lies with us. From the school tournament until now, everything must have been arranged by someone else."

"It appears I thought things were much simpler than they actually are."

"From here on out, we can only leave it to fate. I wonder what kind of tricks they are playing."

Uchiha Matsuzaki thought to himself while looking outside the door.

"I say, you guys are just worrying too much. What could they possibly be up to? We have officially entered the Anbu now, haven't we?"

Yamamoto Takeshi was completely different from the other two; he happily found a place to sit down and said.

"Matsuzaki, I really have to thank you properly. If it weren't for you, I don't think I would have ever been able to achieve this dream of mine."

Yamamoto Takeshi said while looking at the worried Uchiha Matsuzaki.

Uchiha Matsuzaki nodded and said, "It's nothing, this is what I should have done. But you really are hard to read; even at a time like this, you can still be so optimistic."

Yamamoto Takeshi scratched his head and laughed.

Just like that, the five of them waited in the room for about half an hour.

Just as they were about to lose their patience, footsteps suddenly echoed from outside the door.

Upon hearing the sound, Uchiha Matsuzaki immediately peered through the window to look outside.

At that moment, he discovered that the people walking toward the room were none other than Uzuki Yugao and the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato.