Allocation

"Let me see..."

"Uchiha Matsuzaki... You're strong, so you're suited to taking the lead in combat. This long sword and short sword are yours... Pick your own mask!"

Uzuki Yugao said as she looked over the files in her hands.

At that, Uchiha Matsuzaki pulled out his Scythe of the Death God.

"Senior Yugao, I already have a sword, and I'm very familiar with it. Could I take only the short sword and leave the long one?"

Uchiha Matsuzaki asked.

Uzuki Yugao looked at the weapon in his hand and smiled, nodding.

"Sure, that's a good sword. But it's too big. You should stick to carrying the short sword from now on."

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

Uzuki Yugao continued looking through the files and explained each person's role.

"Chestnut Snow... support."

"Yamamoto Takeshi... support."

"Flower Dance... medical."

"Spirit Grass... medical."

Uzuki Yugao quickly went over the equipment each of them needed and their positions in the team.

The five of them soon received their equipment. With their masks in hand, they were now members of the Anbu.

"Your squad is very young. I have to say, I'm a little jealous."

"Uchiha Matsuzaki is the leader!"

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

After putting all their things on, they followed Uzuki Yugao into their room.

"This will be your place from now on, and I'll be your instructor here. I look forward to working with you!"

"Rest here for a while. I have some formalities to take care of, then I'll come back for you."

With that, Uzuki Yugao left the room and closed the door, leaving the five of them alone.

"Wasn't that all a little too hasty? They just handed us our gear and brought us here, and that was it?"

Uchiha Matsuzaki said with a frown.

"Exactly. I expected the process to be complicated, but we didn't see anyone else on the way here. It's pretty suspicious."

Chestnut Snow raised the same question.

"It seems the issue is with us. Everything must have been arranged by someone in advance, starting with the school competition."

"Now it seems I was being far too naive."

All we can do now is leave it to fate. I wonder what they're up to.

Uchiha Matsuzaki thought as he looked toward the door.

"You're all worrying too much. What could they possibly be up to? We've made it into the Anbu now, anyway."

Yamamoto Takeshi was in a completely different mood from the other two. He cheerfully found a place to sit.

"Matsuzaki, I really have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I might never have been able to achieve this dream of mine."

Yamamoto Takeshi said to the worried Uchiha Matsuzaki.

Uchiha Matsuzaki nodded. "It's nothing. It was the least I could do. But I still can't figure you out. Even at a time like this, you're still so optimistic."

Yamamoto Takeshi laughed and scratched his head.

The five of them waited in the room for about half an hour.

Just as they were about to lose patience, they suddenly heard footsteps outside.

As soon as Uchiha Matsuzaki heard them, he looked outside through the window in the door.

He saw Uzuki Yugao and the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, walking toward the room.