At his words, the Root ninja hurriedly pulled their tongues back in.
Seeing this, Xia Yu could not help marveling inwardly:
These people are practically robots, following my orders to the letter...
Heh... Danzo, oh, Danzo. I never saw you do anything particularly impressive elsewhere, but you really did have a knack for training your subordinates.
After a quick look around, Xia Yu took in the flat chests of every member and realized that Root consisted entirely of men, without a single woman.
Such impressive training skills. What a shame they were put to the wrong use...
Xia Yu suddenly felt that Danzo had died too soon. If he were still alive, Xia Yu would definitely have sought him out for some pointers.
Every full-fledged member of Root had undergone Danzo's "erasure of self" training as a child.
Those who completed the "erasure of self" training no longer knew what "feelings" were, whether toward friends, family, or even the village.
Those of "Root" had no names, no will, no past, and no future.
There was only one thing they believed in.
Their master's missions.
Whatever mission their master told them to carry out, they carried out.
After learning of Danzo's death, they had been lost, unsure where to go. When the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi took them over, they regarded Hiruzen Sarutobi as their master.
Now, Hiruzen Sarutobi had handed "Root" over to Xia Yu.
They actually did not care about changing masters over and over; it did not even stir a ripple in their hearts. After all, they were humans without feelings, and that held true even toward Danzo.
They recognized only the master, not the person.
Perfect killing machines...
"How long have you been wearing those masks?"
"?" The leading Root member froze, not understanding why Xia Yu