Starting with the individual and broadening the scope, he had deliberately exaggerated the benefits of this matter, extending them from personal development to the village to stir Kakashi's sense of responsibility.
Strictly speaking, there was nothing particularly honorable about this approach. After all, Xia Yan really had no intention of making it available throughout the village.
The ninja system itself was an incredibly brutal process of elimination. As that process grew less severe, a ninja's drive to improve would naturally diminish as well.
Besides, Xia Yan had selfish desires of his own. Naturally, the more mysterious such powerful abilities remained, the better!
Even if he did make them available, they would only go to certain people who had truly made tremendous contributions to Konoha.
That more or less settled this matter. What remained chiefly concerned establishing a laboratory that truly belonged to the Anbu and investigating Orochimaru further.
None of that required Xia Yan's attention. In fact, he found that as he continued expanding the Administrative Affairs Office and established the Secretariat, his work really had become incredibly easy.
He only needed to set a direction for the Anbu's advancement and, if he wanted to be strict, set a deadline. He barely needed to worry about the rest.
The two secretariats would bring together the Administrative Affairs Office's managers and the Operations Unit's three captains to coordinate, consult, and discuss.
Once they reached a reasonably satisfactory result, the Administrative Affairs Office and the operations office would return to their respective departments and summon their subordinates for discussions and meetings.
The Administrative Affairs Office's various management offices would discuss how to allocate personnel and accomplish the established objectives and orders without affecting the Anbu's growth and operations.
Meanwhile, the operations office's three captains would summon their respective deputy squad leaders to