Become the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

After seeing Kabuto Yakushi walking towards him, Danzo narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the immature little boy in front of him with interest.

If nothing else, this little boy is a member of the orphanage.

However, unlike other war orphans, this little boy looked much braver, and his eyes were filled with maturity that was beyond his age.

Such children are very suitable for being trained at the root, and then sent as spies to hostile ninja villages.

After seeing Danzo eyeing Yakushi Kabuto, Nonoyu was very panicked and said quickly: "Danzo-sama, he is a kind-hearted child. He is really not suitable to be sent to the root for cultivation."

After hearing this, Danzo glanced at Nonou coldly and said with a serious face: "Dean Nonou, we are not the kind of department that recruits ninjas casually. It has always relied on voluntariness and initiative. of."

Nonoyu didn't believe Danzo's lies at all. She was born in the root, and she knew far better than others how dark the root was.

Once the roots are added, the ninja will be completely reduced to a tool, and the cultivation process of the roots is even more cruel. The only thing that can compare with it in the entire ninja world is the Blood Mist.

Waving his hand, Danzo did not let Nonoyu continue to speak, but looked at Yakushi Kabuto aside:

"I am Hokage advisor Shimura Danzo. I am here to recruit subordinates. Are you willing to walk out of the orphanage and serve me and the village?"

Kabuto Yakushi glanced at Danzo, then at Nonou, and then said: "After becoming your subordinate, can I become a ninja? I have always wanted to become a ninja so that I can protect everyone in the orphanage."

Kabuto Yakushi's simple and simple dream made Danzo smile, and then he started painting the cake:

"Of course my subordinates are ninjas, and they are also elite ninjas. After you become my subordinate, I will carefully train you until you become a ninja who can stand alone."

At this time, Nonoyu, who was not far away, glanced at Yakushi Kabuto, indicating his immediate rejection.

Kabuto Yakushi saw Nonou's eyes and said hesitantly to Danzo: "The dean doesn't seem to want to let me leave, so I'll continue to stay here."

Danzo's face suddenly became serious: "Do you really plan to stay here? The orphanage can't support people like you for a lifetime. Sooner or later, you have to face reality."

Having said this, Danzo walked towards the outside of the orphanage.

After seeing Danzo leave, Nonoyu breathed a sigh of relief. She walked to Yakushi Kabuto and immediately touched the latter's head:

"I've been worried about you just now. Fortunately, you didn't agree to his request."

Kabuto Yakushi asked curiously: "Dean, is he really the Hokage advisor? Why are you so afraid of her?"

Nonoyu sighed softly, and then said: "Sir Danzo is indeed the Hokage's advisor and has great power in the village, but you must not become his subordinate. It is too dangerous there."

Seeing Nonoyu looking a little depressed, Yakushi Kabuto sighed inwardly.

As early as the Nine-Tails Rebellion, he knew Danzo's identity, and under the leadership of Lord Byakuya, he saw Danzo's actions to prevent the security forces from rushing to the battlefield.

Although he didn't understand why Danzo stopped the security forces, he also knew that the person who did so must be a bad person.

Moreover, when he was sweeping the floor in the yard just now, he heard clearly the conversation between Danzo and the dean. Coupled with the last visit of the root ninja, he knew that Danzo would definitely not give up.

The purpose of Danzo's visit this time was not only to recruit orphans like them, but also to recruit the dean.

Although the dean looks kind-hearted, he is actually a ninja in the village. He learned this after learning the chakra refining technique and officially becoming a ninja.

There are currently only two ways to make Danzo give up. One is that the dean agrees to Danzo's conditions, and the other is that he takes the initiative to join Danzo's organization.

Kabuto Yakushi's heart is more inclined to the second one. He became a ninja to protect the family of the orphanage.

For this family, the dean is everyone's mother, and as the eldest child, he is the most suitable to dedicate and contribute to this family.

The fact that Danzo would come to the orphanage to recruit must have been expected by Byakuya-sama.

Byakuya-sama is a more powerful ninja than Danzo. Both in strength and means, he surpasses Danzo, who is regarded as the enemy by the orphanage. He must work according to Byakuya-sama's ideas.

You can't always stay in the orphanage and accept the shelter of the director.

That night, after the dean and everyone else fell asleep, Kabuto Yakushi sneaked out of the orphanage quietly.

He has continued this habit for several months, hiding quietly every night to practice the ninjutsu provided by Lord Byakuya, silently improving his strength.

But this time he was not going out to practice, but to find someone.

A few dozen meters after leaving the orphanage, Kabuto Yakushi met Danzo hiding in the shadows at the corner, and said with some uneasiness: "Dan... Lord Danzo!"

Danzo glanced at Yakushi Kabuto, as if intending to look right through Yakushi Kabuto with his eyes.

But after watching for a long time, Danzo didn't see any clues. After touching his cheek, he said slowly: "Kabuto, stop pretending. I know you will come here, and you also know that I will wait for you here."

"During the day, when Noonoyu was there, you couldn't speak your mind. Now you can tell me your real choice."

"Dan...Danzo-sama, can I really become stronger after becoming your subordinate?"

"Of course..." Danzo narrowed his eyes slightly and continued: "Do you have any other questions? You can ask everything about treatment and so on."

"I remember that although the orphanage made a few donations this year, they were far from enough to cover the expenses."

Hearing this, Kabuto Yakushi's face changed slightly, and then he said with a shocked expression: "Danzo-sama, you already know, how do you know my thoughts."

Danzo enjoyed Kabuto Yakushi's shock and said disapprovingly: "Observing words and expressions is also part of root training. Of course I know what you want."

"After joining the root, I will immediately give the orphanage a sum of money and promise not to recruit other children again. With you, it is enough."

Hearing this, Kabuto Yakushi no longer hesitated and said quickly:

"Dan...Danzo-sama, if you really do what you say, I will be your subordinate from now on!"

…

The next morning.

Under the leadership of Danzo, Kabuto Yakushi walked into the root training base.

The Root Training Base is located in the back mountain of Konoha Ninja Village. After passing through the cross patio, the two came to the interior of the Root Base and saw a group of Root ninjas staying in the training ground.

After seeing Danzo, the root ninjas lowered their heads to show respect.

Seeing this scene, Kabuto Yakushi would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous. Although he had seen the Kyuubi wreaking havoc, he was accompanied by Byakuya-sama at that time, but now he only relied on himself.

After the Nine-Tails Rebellion, Lord Byakuya stopped talking and seemed to have left the Konoha Ninja Village.

Perhaps it was because he had joined the Roots and was worried that Danzo and other ninjas would find out, in which case he would definitely be exposed.

Just when Kabuto Yakushi was about to say something to Danzo, he was handed over to a root jounin.

The root jounin was Aburame Ryoma. He glanced at Kabuto Yakushi who looked ignorant and shook his head secretly.

Another poor guy forced to join the roots.

I think he was deceived into Genbu in the same way back then. If he hadn't been talented and lucky, he wouldn't have been able to get the position of Genbu's deputy.

After looking at the names on the roster, Aburame Ryoma said:

"You must be the new Yakushi Kabuto. Danzo-sama told me your name."

"After a while, someone will take you to get clothes, bedding, and books you need to study. Now you can get familiar with others first, or you can do nothing."

"Okay..." Kabuto Yakushi nodded, and then asked: "Senior, what is your name? How should I call you?"

Hearing the word 'senior', Aburame Ryoma's eyes flashed with panic.

Then he glanced around and said with lingering fear: "Just call me Ryuuma Ren, and don't use the title of senior!"

"Why?"

Kabuto the pharmacist asked confused, he was used to being so polite.

Aburame Ryoma recalled the past experience of being outburst by Byakuya, then shook her head and said: "Because I hate this title, and Danzo-sama doesn't like this title either."

"By the way, now that you have joined the Roots, you have to give yourself a nickname. The Root ninjas have no past, and they all call each other by their code names."

Yakushi Kabuto followed his kindness and said immediately: "Thanks for the reminder, Ryuuma-nin, but is Ryuuma-nin also a nickname?"

"It's not that...that's my name."

Seeing Yakushi Kabuto's confused look, Aburame Ryoma continued: "I used to have a code name, but when I reach the level of jounin, the code name is no longer important."

Kabuto Yakushi nodded. The conversation with Ryoma gave him a lot of useful information.

Just when Kabuto Yakushi was about to ask for advice again, Danzo appeared in front of several people again. This time Danzo was followed by a masked white-haired boy.

This white-night boy exuded an aura of world-weariness, and his eyes were dull.

Aburame Ryoma also saw the white-haired boy and said with some emotion: "Danzo-sama is really powerful, even Kakashi has been recruited into the root."

"Kakashi? Lord Ryoma, you accidentally leaked information about the newcomer."

Ryoma Aburame waved her hands and said with an old-timer tone: "Kabuto Yakushi, Kakashi is not a newcomer. He is the youngest Jonin in the village and a man of the hour in the village."

"Although I am much better than him now, the future is uncertain."

"Okay, okay, I've said too much today... It would be too dangerous if I know too much and don't know how to keep it secret."

After admonishing Kabuto Yakushi for the last time, Aburame Ryoma left the training ground.

At this moment, Kakashi, who was following Danzo, saw Kabuto Yakushi in the root training ground, his eyes a little more surprised.

This child staying in the training ground is too young.

Normally, if a ninja wants to join the Anbu and Genbu, they must at least wait until they graduate from the ninja school and pass the chunin exam.

Only with the strength of a chuunin can one go to the Anbu and Roots to perform high-level tasks.

The child in front of him was a few years younger than himself. Could it be that he already had the strength of a chuunin? Or maybe this is the confidant trained by Danzo, a ninja who is not recorded in the ninja files.

Retracting his thoughts that were gradually diverging, Kakashi stopped paying attention to the child.

Now he has seen through it a bit. Whether this child is a genius who graduated early or is a ninja secretly trained by Danzo should have nothing to do with him.

He just wanted to carry out the task as soon as possible and then numb his nerves.

After looking at each other, Kabuto Yakushi noticed Kakashi's eyes. Eyes are the windows to the soul. From Kakashi's eyes, Yakushi Kabuto already knew this person's heart.

Thinking back to the talkative and arrogant Ryoma Shinobi just now, Yakushi Kabuto gained a new understanding of the roots.

In the past, he thought that all root ninjas were tools and did not have any emotions, but now it seems that all root ninjas have emotions, but they are deliberately suppressing these emotions.

If they cannot be released, these ninjas will sooner or later develop psychological problems and become psychologically distorted.

He might even commit suicide because of it.

And I will become one of them. I hope I can get good luck and gain enough strength to protect myself in this cruel environment as soon as possible, and then return to the orphanage.

…

More than ten minutes later, Kakashi also arrived at the training ground.

The two people who just thought it was difficult to see each other again were now in the same place at close range. Both parties seemed to be afraid of society and had nothing to talk about.

After pondering for a moment, Kabuto Yakushi took the initiative and asked: "Kakashi-senpai, why did you join the Root Organization? I heard Ryuma-nin mentioned you. You seem to be a famous genius in the village."

Kakashi glanced at Kabuto Yakushi and did not choose to answer.

With Kakashi staring straight at him, Kabuto Yakushi said to himself: "Kakashi-senpai, I want to become a ninja. I joined here to protect my family. You should be the same as me."

Become a ninja and protect your family?

Kakashi frowned, shouldn't he go to ninja school to become a ninja? How to get to the root and become a ninja.

But I feel relieved when I think about it. Except for the children in the village, it is not that simple for others to become ninjas.

Yakushi Kabuto may have been taken to the Roots for training because he was attracted by Danzo. However, these people have not received education from the Ninja School. It will be difficult for them to leave the Roots and become ninjas elsewhere in the future.

But the words of protecting his family really stung him.

He seemed to have no one to protect, and the only reason for living was to see the ninja world on behalf of his companions, but there was nothing to see in this dark ninja world.

Thinking of this, Kakashi said with some self-deprecation: "Then improve your strength to protect your family. But I don't have anyone to protect. They have all left."