At the beginning of December, after receiving another reply from Tobirama, Yayoi did not hesitate to ask Special Assault Department, which was in charge of Izayoi, to dispatch a commando team-including one team leader, four team leaders, and twelve team members.
The team leader is Hatake Shinjiro, an elite among Upper Samurai. Three team leaders are Jonin and one is Upper Samurai.
After several years of training, the various units and groups of the Special Assault Department sect have long been integrated with each other. Now that the situation in various countries has begun to turmoil, it is just a good time to take them out to test their skills.
There were seventeen of them in total, and they quickly arrived at the border between Land of Night and Land of Fire, and met up with a team of seventeen people from Konoha Anbu.
After the two sides merged, they conducted investigations and deployments towards countries such as Land of Fields and Land of Hot Water.
According to some fragmentary information collected, there has been some unrest in these small countries recently.
In contrast, Land of Grass, which is sandwiched between Land of Fire, Land of Earth, and Land of Night, is very calm, and there is no abnormality at all.
It makes sense if you think about it carefully. Being sandwiched between three powerful countries, even if you want to make small moves, it is very difficult. Once a problem occurs, Kusagakure will be suppressed immediately no matter how hard it is.
Land of Fields is different from Land of Hot Water. Both countries have suffered considerable turmoil in the past.
Land of Fields Regardless, they have only barely recovered from the trauma they suffered.
But the situation of Land of Hot Water seems very complicated.
Yugakure, who dominates the country's military, had his last leader assassinated and the village's ninjas also suffered heavy losses. Although the current leader of the village has worked hard and conscientiously for nearly ten years, he has not been able to recover Yugakure.
Putting aside the Ninja Village, from a national level, there is competition and conflict between Land of Hot Water and Land of Night.
As we all know, Land of Hot Water has rich hot spring resources, known as Hot Spring Country, and has a beautiful natural environment. It is a resort with extremely developed tourism industry.
However, this advantage is slowly being caught up by Land of Night. Although Land of Night's natural hot spring resources are not as good as Land of Hot Water's, due to its strong industrial capabilities, many artificial hot springs with elegant environments have been excavated in the country, which are also spread across the country.
Coupled with the other advantages of Land of Night, the nearby resorts no longer belong exclusively to Land of Hot Water.
Not to mention, next to Land of Hot Water is Land of Fire, which has very strong comprehensive strength in all aspects. Its advantages in domestic tourism have been much duller than before in recent years, and its performance has been tepid.
Therefore, it can be said that although Land of Hot Water has a relatively peaceful atmosphere, the country's pillar industry is gradually being replaced by nearby Land of Night and Land of Fire. I believe Land of Hot Water will be very uncomfortable watching this scene of his flesh being cut with a blunt knife.
Based on this background, Land of Hot Water is prone to problems once it is provoked by someone with malicious intentions.
"Let's go our separate ways here. We will be responsible for the area to the north of Land of Fields and Land of Hot Water. I'll ask you to investigate the rest of the area. If you encounter any accidents, please contact us immediately."
Hatake Shinjiro, the squad leader who carried out this exploration mission, and Konoha, a squad leader from Anbu, came to a cut-off tree root and spread out a map.
Shinjiro stretched out his finger to mark out the area he was responsible for, which included the entire Land of Fields and the northern area of Land of Hot Water.
"Okay, let's do it this way. Send someone here to contact you regularly every three days."
Konoha Anbu's squad leader Jonin wears an animal mask, the inside of which cannot be seen clearly, and outside is a beige windbreaker, which wraps the whole person tightly.
Shinjiro nodded and agreed to the other party's request.
Then, the squad leader Konoha Anbu made a gesture, and the sixteen Konoha Anbu behind him followed him and disappeared using Body Flicker Technique.
Shinjiro watched them leave, took out a white mask with half a purple Red Spider Lily pattern on the edge, put it on his face, and turned to face the four team leaders and twelve team members behind him.
They wore tight-fitting combat uniforms inside, a gray hooded windbreaker outside, and also wore white masks on their faces.
But unlike the purple pattern on the mask on his face, which represents the team leader Jonin or Upper Samurai, the color of the Red Spider Lily pattern on the edge of the white mask on his face is pure blue.
The white masks worn by ordinary team members have no patterns on their faces and are only white in color.
This is a mask designed to facilitate the identification of levels.
The squad leader's mask is purple, the team leader's mask is blue, and the team members' white masks have no color.
The higher-level deputy ministers and ministers are gold and red respectively.
In addition, everyone wears two blades, one long and one short. Some members also wear an extra long sword in case of emergency.
"Let's start taking action and explore the northern part of Land of Hot Water first."
Shinjiro is not in a hurry to lead people to investigate Land of Fields. Rather, it is not necessary.
Because Land of Fields has been conducting surveillance under the nose of Land of Night, and the person in charge is Aburame Shima, the eldest son of Minister Intelligence Integration Department Aburame Yuroketsu.
So the only places they are really responsible for are some places in the north of Land of Hot Water.
Of course, this kind of investigation work has not been reported to the leader Land of Hot Water Daimyo or Yugakure, so it is an uninvited and illegal intrusion.
But neither Land of Night nor Konoha took this kind of thing to heart.
The prerequisite for illegal invasion is to be caught, as well as the international strength and status possessed by both parties.
Obviously, with the strength of Land of Hot Water and Yugakure, they are not qualified to allow Land of Night and Konoha to report to them.
Arresting illegal intruders, holding trials, and demanding compensation are political games that can only be played between powerful countries.
If you are accidentally bumped into by a ninja from Yugakure and you really can't get away from it, you can just fill in the paperwork then.
After all, their mission this time is to conduct a secret investigation, not to put the work on the table.
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Konoha blocked and concealed Hashirama's information work very well.
Tobirama, who had only been in charge of Hokage Position for a few years, had almost turned Konoha into a piece of metal, not giving anyone an opportunity to take advantage of it, in order to prevent outsiders from knowing the specific reality of Konoha.
Many times, the overt and covert struggles between forces are conflicts at the intelligence level.
Therefore, the inaccessible Konoha has made many countries and ninja villages that have some dark expectations feel restless.
"Special Assault Department...Oda, that guy really made a troublesome team."
At the end of December, Tobirama received a lot of information from Land of Hot Water and other places through the special channels of Anbu.
In addition to necessary work reports, the Anbu team that went out to conduct investigation work on Land of Fire also had a special task, which was to observe the quality of the troops sent by Land of Night.
The result is a bit unexpected. The Special Assault Department gate formed by Land of Night according to the Anbu system of the Ninja Village. Its organizational structure and operational capabilities, including the combat capabilities of the ninjas and Samurai, are not weaker than the Anbu formed by the Ninja Villages of these big countries.
Tobirama is a little unsure about what level Land of Night's military strength is. Land of Night's middle and lower levels are weak. This is the consensus of many people.
But this kind of weakness is a conclusion that has been made a long time ago. Now that so many years have passed, I believe that Land of Night is catching up. Even if there are still weak points, it is impossible to be so fragile that it can break at a touch.
After all, the performance of Joint Chunin Ninja Exams, Land of Night and Genin in recent years is completely at the level of a major country.
In Tobirama's view, Land of Night's development momentum has been a bit too intense recently.
Especially after the so-called Twelve Divisions of the Military Bureau door reform a few years ago, the responsibilities of Land of Night local ninjas and Samurai were further refined, greatly improving their work execution efficiency.
Tobirama also thought about referring to 1 or 2, but found that it was a bit unreasonable.
Because if you want to achieve the level of detail of Land of Night, you will offend many ninjas at once.
At least within the next ten years, Tobirama will not be able to do it.
Because the civilian ninja organization has just emerged and has not yet formed an important force in the Hokage faction. This kind of complicated reform can cause Konoha to violently turmoil if just a little bit of news is revealed.
When dealing with ninjas, be slow and steady.
For example, important departments such as Ninja Academy and Anbu must step up to the next level step by step without being impatient.
Land of Night The situation is too special and cannot be applied universally.
"However, this is fine. Now Land of Night is an ally. The stronger we are, the more convenient it will be."
Tobirama took a deep breath.
He doesn't know what's going to happen in the future. There are too many uncertainties. His most important thing now is to prevent chaos from breaking out.
Judging from the intelligence coming back from various sources, the situation is really not optimistic.
In just over ten years, First Five Kage has lost four of his brothers, and the only one left, his elder brother Hashirama Senju, is also suffering from serious health problems... This is the coming of an ominous sign.