Ninja World

The corridor remained silent.

The huge underground world at the roots of Konoha is as quiet as a morgue most of the time.

Everywhere exudes the coldness and chill unique to the underground world, and there is also the faint smell of chemical reagents in the air.

Uchiha Tatsuki walked quietly in the corridor.

The light overhead is quiet.

Tread...

The footsteps moved, and a small probe above the corner flashed a green indicator light silently.

not far away...

In a dark room.

Sitting in front of the screen was a thin, middle-aged man.

Half of his cheek was wrapped in a bandage, as was one arm. The other hand was placed on the armrest of the seat. In front of him were countless surveillance screens emitting a faint green light.

This is the root monitoring room.

Except for a few highly confidential laboratories, every corner of the entire underground world is within his sight.

Including Konoha, the world above the ground.

An extremely long-distance probe captured the opening of the door to the Hokage's office.

Because the distance was too far, it was difficult to see clearly, but it still caught the middle-aged man's gaze, which briefly shifted from the underground world to the top.

He recognized the figure who knocked on the door and walked into the Hokage's office at a glance.

A green Konoha ninja uniform with a burning flame on the cuffs.

"Hatake Sakumo..."

His eyes narrowed slightly, and the aura around him became a little colder.

No one noticed that the knuckles of this leader of the underground world's clenched palms were slightly white.

The several root ninjas wrapped in robes behind Danzo were immediately shocked.

He lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.

They can feel Lord Danzo's anger.

For whom... they know very well.

Hatake Sakumo has been in so much limelight recently.

Especially his active performance on the battlefield earned him the title of 'Konoha White Fang'.

Hatake Sakumo is also a staunch member of the Hokage faction.

In principle, there is a conflict with Danzo. All the root ninjas, including the top ninjas of Konoha and the Jonin class, are well aware of what Danzo-sama has always coveted.

Moreover, Hatake Sakumo won the support of most of the jounin class with his superb strength and terrifying task completion rate.

He is now the leader of the ANBU directly under the Hokage.

It can be said...Hatake Sakumo is currently the most powerful candidate for the fourth generation Hokage.

It is also one of the names that Sarutobi Hiruzen has in mind.

The atmosphere in the monitoring room was a little gloomy. Danzo stared closely at the distant and blurry screen for a while, then turned his head.

It fell on Uchiha Tatsu again.

He saw Uchiha Chen walking to an office door, knocking on it, then opening the door and walking in before slowly looking away.

"a while..."

"Bring him to me."

....

"Choose a mask yourself."

After knocking on the door, Uchiha Tatsu was greeted with an ordinary face.

Root ninjas don't wear masks all the time, they only wear them when they are performing tasks and need to maintain confidentiality.

The root ninja in charge here looked cold and had no desire to talk.

He didn't know who Uchiha Tatsu was, just like many people in the entire root underground base.

Conceal their identities from each other.

Except for those ninjas who were raised from childhood, they have already called this home.

He has no interest in getting to know a new person.

Maybe he will die outside in a few days.

He has seen too many such things.

"This is the basic human resources department."

Uchiha Chen didn't care about the other party's indifference, he just looked around and said silently in his heart.

"But it's obvious that the other party is not the person in charge of the Human Resources Department."

"No matter where you are, the head of this kind of department is very important."

"It can't be this little one."

Uchiha Chen quietly looked at the sparse masks hanging on the wall, most of which had been picked out.

Each mask corresponds to the name of the mask. The root ninja only needs to identify the mask to recognize the identity of the other person.

And most of them are carried out by small teams, so you don't need to remember too many mask names.

Only after you die in battle...repair it, can you come back here again.

His eyes swept across the masks, and he didn't know who's face had been behind them, and who was acting at the root with such a name.

Finally, his eyes fell on a mask and froze slightly.

'ferret'

The mask is also in the shape of a white mink, with a pair of empty eyes revealing darkness.

Uchiha Tatsu reached out and took off the mask, then fastened it on his face. When he opened his eyes again, a pair of dark eyes were revealed from the holes in the white mink mask.

"That's him."

"kindness."

The root ninja in charge here nodded and recorded it for him without asking any more questions.

Root Ninja Number: 74396.

Mask codename: White ermine.

This is his proof of identity. It is a token that can be used throughout Konoha. His real name will be added to the information later by a dedicated person, so he does not need to be responsible.

Feeling the cold touch on her cheek, she pressed it tightly and pursed her lips slightly.

...

He smelled the dust.

"From now on, your code name is White Sable."

"remember."

The ninja here said a few more words of advice and then didn't speak again.

Everyone has different choices and preferences. Does it mean much for Uchiha Tatsumi to choose this mask?

Actually no.

He simply thought this mask was very beautiful.

That's all.

...

However, as soon as he walked out of the door of the Personnel Department, he saw a figure standing by the wall outside the door, not relying on the wall, wearing a loose robe.

He is waiting for Uchiha Tatsumi.

His eyes scanned the white ferret's masks, and he was slightly startled. It was obvious that he would not recognize every mask.

There was a pause before what he was about to say.

I reorganized my language and then spoke again.

"Uchiha Tatsumi."

"Danzo-sama wants to see you."

Obviously, he is the one who knows Uchiha Tatsu's real name.

The cheeks under the mask frowned slightly, Uchiha Tatsu originally wanted to go find Orochimaru after finishing these chores.

This trip out on a mission raised a lot of questions, and Orochimaru urgently needed to answer them.

Moreover, he also wanted to find some information about earth-type ninjutsu, as well as some information about spiritual power and illusion abilities.

It's just that the latter doesn't know if Orochimaru also has it.

But it was obvious that he had to go when summoned by the root leader.

He didn't understand Danzo. The two had only met once, but he could feel the huge amount of chakra bound to this man.

He is an extremely powerful ninja.

Coupled with the power to rule the underworld of Konoha...

The eyes under the white mink mask were calm, showing no emotion at all. He just paused briefly and then nodded.

"good."