Anbu and Missions

At Hyuga Setsuna's home.

He had been constantly practicing the Main Family's secret techniques that Hyuga Yusuke had taught him, such as the Eight Trigrams Palm: Mountain Crushing Strike.

Aside from practicing those secret techniques these past few days, he had spent even more time sparring with Hyuga Yusuke to accumulate combat experience.

Only a handful of people knew that Hyuga Yusuke had taken him as a disciple, and the matter had not been widely publicized.

Just then.

With a warm smile on his face, Hyuga Setsuna suddenly called softly toward the seemingly empty space before him.

"Senior, since you're here, please come out."

In the shadows, an Anbu wearing a fox mask had a look of shock flash through her eyes.

She'd been discovered?

What sharp perception.

As Anbu directly under the Hokage, their most important skill was concealing their presence, yet the boy before her had seen through her so easily.

As expected of a genius from the Hyuga Clan?

Since he had discovered her, the fox-masked Anbu no longer intended to remain hidden. With a flicker, she appeared before Hyuga Setsuna and looked at him.

"Let's go. I'll be responsible for your Anbu admission assessment today. You can call me Baiyue."

A cool female voice came from Baiyue.

A woman?

With a gentle smile, Hyuga Setsuna said,

"Then I'll be troubling you, Senior."

Baiyue did not waste any more words and immediately dashed away.

Hyuga Setsuna followed her at once.

Although the Anbu named Baiyue was moving quickly, her attention had actually remained focused on Hyuga Setsuna behind her.

Yet what surprised her was that this child from the Hyuga Clan could actually keep up with her speed.

She was an Anbu squad captain!

Watching Hyuga Setsuna follow behind her at an unhurried pace, she gradually increased her speed, but he still looked completely relaxed.

The sight truly made her wonder whether she had grown old.

Deep within the Hidden Leaf Village.

Inside a dark and secluded underground space.

"So this is the Anbu?"

At that moment, many Anbu ninja in the underground space were processing intelligence gathered from various ninja villages. Others had accepted assassination, surveillance, and guard duties. Every one of them wore an animal mask to conceal their identity.

Looking at the scene before him, Hyuga Setsuna could not help but sigh. The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, had truly made an excellent move by establishing the Anbu.

These people silently guarded the Leaf Village from the shadows. Even if they died, aside from their own teammates, who would remember them?

Afterward, Baiyue led Hyuga Setsuna to a cramped, dark room.

The walls of the room were covered with all kinds of animal masks.

"Choose a mask. Once you put one on, you'll become a member of the Anbu. From now on, you will have no name here, only a code name."

Baiyue looked at Hyuga Setsuna and spoke coldly.

As soon as she finished speaking, Hyuga Setsuna stepped forward, casually picked up a Rabbit Mask, and put it on. It fit perfectly, concealing his handsome face.

Hmm, unexpectedly suitable.

The masks made by the Anbu were pretty good.

After putting on the mask, an air of mystery rose around Hyuga Setsuna. It was entirely different from the warmth he had previously exuded. Now, he seemed even more captivating.

Seeing the change in Hyuga Setsuna after he put on the Rabbit Mask, Baiyue's expression beneath her fox mask showed surprise. She had never seen someone's aura change so quickly.

Was he naturally suited to wearing masks? Or was it...

"Starting today, you will join my squad. Now, give yourself a code name."

"In the Anbu, we don't recognize people. We only recognize code names."

Listening to Baiyue, Hyuga Setsuna raised a hand and touched his mask, falling into thought.

A code name? He had loved a certain anime character in his previous life, so he might as well use her surname as his Anbu code name.

With a smile, Hyuga Setsuna raised his head and said softly,

"Then from now on, my code name will be Yagokoro."

After hearing Hyuga Setsuna's words, Baiyue turned around and led him deeper into the Anbu base.

Following behind Baiyue, Hyuga Setsuna watched the vast and well-developed Anbu stronghold gradually appear before his eyes, a faint gleam flashing through them.

Even though he had come to the world of Naruto and knew there was a great difference between anime and reality, the Anbu before him was clearly a massive and highly organized institution.

After walking for a short while, Baiyue brought Hyuga Setsuna to a small building. A little table stood outside the door, beside which sat an Ox Mask-wearing Anbu responsible for records and registration.

"Yunniu, register his information."

"Understood, Lady Baiyue."

Yunniu looked somewhat surprised at Hyuga Setsuna, who was obviously just a child, but he asked no questions and silently recorded his information.

After all, geniuses were common enough, but this was the first time he had seen one so young.

Hyuga Setsuna looked at the registration form before him and casually filled in the information.

The contents were all written by himself.

Code name: Yagokoro.

Strength: Chunin.

Assignment: Member of Third Division Fourth Squad, with Baiyue as squad leader.

He then filled out various other details as well.

After he finished, Baiyue brought Hyuga Setsuna to a room storing Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and various forbidden books.

After bringing him there, Baiyue spoke with an inexplicable undertone in her voice.

"You may choose one Ninjutsu scroll, Genjutsu scroll, or forbidden book here. The Third Hokage personally ordered it."

Hyuga Setsuna stepped forward, picked up a Ninjutsu scroll, and carefully read its description. A moment later, understanding flashed through his eyes.

As expected, these were all relatively unimportant Ninjutsu. The Forbidden Techniques here could not truly be called Forbidden Techniques; they were merely advanced Ninjutsu. They might be precious to ordinary ninja, but to him, they were not as practical as the Gentle Fist.

The truly valuable Forbidden Techniques and Ninjutsu should all be stored within the Seal Scroll.

After putting down the Ninjutsu scroll in his hand, Hyuga Setsuna looked up and asked,

"Are there any Forbidden Techniques related to Taijutsu?"

Baiyue, standing to the side, paused briefly before shaking her head. She looked at Hyuga Setsuna strangely as she said,

"As for Taijutsu, only techniques from the Strong Fist Style are available here. There are no Forbidden Techniques related to Taijutsu in the collection. There are very few ninja in the village who specialize in Taijutsu."

The Strong Fist Style?

Strong Fist was not suitable for him right now. If it were the Eight Gates, he could take a look, but unfortunately, the Eight Gates had been created solely by Might Duy and had not been recorded here.

Besides, there were still many advanced secret techniques of the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist that he had not learned. Learning Strong Fist now would only divide his attention.

"No need. The Ninjutsu and forbidden books here aren't particularly suitable for me."

Hyuga Setsuna relaxed his brow and declined softly.

Hearing his words, Baiyue looked at him as though he were an idiot, clearly thinking something was wrong with his head.

Although he was from the Hyuga Clan and was not particularly skilled in Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, there were Forbidden Techniques here. Was he really not going to learn any of them?

Hyuga Setsuna naturally noticed Baiyue's idiotic stare, but only he knew that there would be no truly powerful Forbidden Techniques here.

Powerful or strange Forbidden Techniques were surely recorded in the Seal Scroll. Rather than learning the Forbidden Techniques here now, he might as well wait until he could learn those within the Seal Scroll.

Moreover, his Tenseigan was about to complete its evolution. At present, he did not care much about things like Ninjutsu.

Seeing that Hyuga Setsuna truly did not care, Baiyue's gaze grew cold.

In her eyes, Hyuga Setsuna might be a genius, but he was only a genius who had yet to mature.

He would not even cherish an opportunity to acquire Ninjutsu and strengthen himself. Then in the future...

"Since you don't need anything, we'll go on a mission now."

"Doesn't the assessment need to be carried out?"

"No. Since you were able to keep up with my speed earlier, that proves you have some ability."

Looking at Baiyue, who radiated an icy aura, Hyuga Setsuna did not care. He needed missions to temper himself and improve his strength anyway.

Since there was no need for an assessment, he had no objections.

After giving Hyuga Setsuna a long look, Baiyue led him out of the Ninjutsu storage area with a cold expression and headed toward the mission assignment area.

Not long after arriving at the mission assignment area, they received a B-rank mission.

Hyuga Setsuna took the mission scroll and carefully read its instructions and details.

B-rank mission: Eliminate a group of bandits hiding within the Land of Fire.

Note: There may be ninja at Chunin level or above among them. It may even be a base for an intelligence and spy organization from another ninja village!

An intelligence and spy organization from another ninja village, and Jonin were highly likely to appear?

In other words, this mission might very well be raised to A-rank or even S-rank?

A warm smile remained on Hyuga Setsuna's face, while excitement flashed through his eyes.

At last, I can test my current strength. Let these people become the first step I take!

After understanding the mission, the two left the Hidden Leaf Village through a special Anbu passage and set off toward their destination.

First update!