Chapter 183: The Hidden Mist ANBU's Summoning Contracts (Part One)
After that meeting, the entire ANBU began operating at full speed, like a machine that had been wound up.
Over the next several weeks, the ANBU's special training grounds gradually expanded from the training field at the Kaguya Clan Grounds to the waters throughout the Land of Water.
During the day, when the wind and waves were mild, four ANBU speedboats carried the four squads to different waters marked on the Sea Chart.
Each squad had to personally track down, locate, and make contact with a Sea Beast Tribe, observe its habits, and simulate how they would coordinate when summons were needed in actual combat. That process was itself part of the training.
Bear Yaksha led the Third Squad to the southeastern waters, where they found a giant sea turtle whose shell was covered in reef-like protrusions.
Its back was large enough for more than ten people to stand on at once. It moved slowly, but its defenses were astonishing. Simply lying down, it could serve as a wall.
Black Face spent three days dealing with a group of Sea Serpents deep in the reef zone. When he returned, dried sea salt still crusted his mask.
The notebook in his ninja tool pouch was also filled with observations of the Sea Serpents' habits.
Wolf Demon led the First Squad to the waters beyond the northern cliffs, where they set their sights on a school of Flying Fish that could glide across the surface at extraordinary speed.
The first time he tried to pursue them with Swift Release, he nearly hurtled off a cliff into the sea. He was still laughing wildly as his subordinates dragged him back by the ankles.
White Hannya's Fourth Squad searched inward from beyond Hidden Mist