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　Tengu leaped onto the streets of Konoha and stopped. Ye Chen followed, asking curiously:

　"Tengu-kun, why did you come down? Wasn't it nicer to float on the roof?"

　"..." The Heavenly Dog was speechless.

　A hoarse voice came from behind the dog-face mask, coldly saying:

　Walking is good for your health!

　After saying that, he didn't say anything more and walked towards the Hokage Building.

　Upon seeing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but burst out laughing.

　Tengu, walking ahead, could naturally sense Ye Chen's smirk. He paused slightly, his face darkening, but quickly returned to normal.

　This Ye Chen truly lives up to his reputation as a genius ninja handpicked by the Third Hokage; I am no match for him in the art of Body Flicker Technique.

　Konoha was very quiet at night, with hardly anyone out. The two walked straight ahead and finally arrived at the Anbu headquarters.

　The Hidden Leaf Village (ANBU), as the name suggests, is located in a dark place where no light can be seen, also known as the underground of the Hidden Leaf Village.

　Therefore, its stronghold is almost directly below the Hokage Building!

　Furthermore, it is connected to the Hokage Building by a passage, allowing Hiruzen Sarutobi's orders to be easily transmitted to the Anbu at any time.

　The place where the Dark Division was located was dark and gloomy because it was underground.

　However, there was an underlying sense of dread. Every now and then, members of the secret service, wearing masks and cloaks in black or white, would hurry by.

　When they came in, some people were curious about Ye Chen and would take a second look, but most people ignored him and left immediately.

　(1/3)

　This gave Ye Chen a sense of fast-paced city life!

　"This is where the ANBU ninjas issue and hand over missions."

　"This is where you get custom-made ninja tools and training equipment, all free of charge."

　"This is the storage room for scrolls of various ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu. You can look them up at will."

　"That arena is where ANBU ninjas spar!"

　Tengu led Yuya on a tour of the Anbu headquarters, briefly introducing the various departments to her.

　With this, Ye Chen had gained a basic understanding of the Dark Division.

　Next, the two arrived at a secret room, which was extremely dark, with candles illuminating the four walls.

　There was a row of wooden shelves on each of the four sides, with all kinds of masks hanging on them.

　Dog faces, cat faces, white faces, evil spirits, demons, and Rakshasa—everything imaginable is available.

　"As a member of the Dark Guard, the most important thing is to keep your identity secret, and a mask is the best tool to conceal your identity. Choose one for yourself," Tengu said.

　Upon hearing this, Ye Chen turned around and looked at the various masks, a diverse array of shapes and sizes.

　In the end, he chose the blood-red Rakshasa Demon Mask!

　After putting on the Rakshasa mask, the hideous face looked extremely terrifying.

　Tengu didn't say anything about Ye Chen's choice. As an Anbu ninja, his mental fortitude was far superior to that of ordinary ninjas.

　After putting on the mask, Ye Chen had a feeling that he couldn't explain himself!

　It's as if he's no longer himself, because the mask has given him another identity.

　"The Anbu doesn't impose any strict requirements or restrictions on the freedom of its ninjas. The only rules are absolute obedience to orders, loyalty to the Hokage, and not revealing your identity," Tengu reminded them.

　"Okay, by the way, should I have a code name like you guys?" Ye Chen asked.

　"You're not a full-fledged member of the Dark Division yet. Once you're officially promoted, you'll naturally have your own code name and number," Tengu said. He then gave some more instructions and let Ye Chen complete the process on his own.

　The Dark Division is very busy, and Tengu also has his own missions; they can't possibly follow Ye Chen around all day.

　Ye Chen was happy to have some free time. Although the Dark Division's base was underground, it was not cramped at all; on the contrary, it was quite spacious.

　He went to the ninja tools area and saw the white pieces of paper displayed on the shelves.

　"Chakra attribute test strips to detect changes in a ninja's chakra attribute."

　"Check chakra attributes?" A member of the Anbu appeared out of nowhere.

　"Hmm." Ye Chen nodded, also curious about his chakra attribute.

　The ANBU member picked up the chakra test strip and handed it to Ye Chen, saying, "Place it in your palm, then release your chakra."

　Ye Chen did as instructed, and a stream of blue chakra fluid appeared in his palm.

　The card first became wrinkled, then was torn in two by a force, and finally turned into ashes and disappeared.

　"It's actually three elemental chakras, and they're all destructive wind, lightning, and fire chakras! That's amazing!" the ANBU ninja exclaimed.

　Ordinary ninjas possess at most one type of chakra transformation, those with exceptional talent possess two, and those with three are extremely rare.

　Before learning ninjutsu, ninjas extract chakra that is non-attribute, and therefore cannot release any ninjutsu.

　Li from the original novel is a perfect example!

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　For a ninja to learn ninjutsu, they must understand chakra nature transformation; only after understanding this can they learn ninjutsu more effectively.

　Chakra test strips are used to test which nature transformation ninjutsu a ninja is suited for, so that the ninja can avoid taking detours.

　In theory, as long as one understands chakra nature transformation, one can use various ninjutsu. The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, known as the "Professor of Ninjutsu," was such a person.

　Because it's absolutely impossible for him to be born with all five chakra nature transformations!

　Just like Kakashi Hatake can copy thousands of ninjutsu, it's because he understands chakra nature transformation that he can do these things.

　(3/3)

Chapter 28 Learning the Shadow Clone Technique (Please add to your favorites and give flowers)

　Through the chakra test strip, Ye Chen learned that he possessed the three chakra attributes of wind, thunder, and fire, which greatly broadened the scope of his ninjutsu usage and increased the variety of ninjutsu he could use.

　After leaving the ninja tool area, he went to the place where Konoha ninjutsu were stored!

　Ninja scroll storage room.

　The space is very large, easily over a hundred square meters, with rows of bookshelves and scrolls of different grades placed there.

　Ninjutsu ranges from E-rank to S-rank, but only B-rank and below are available to the Anbu.

　A-rank ninjutsu requires the rank of Jonin and must be a ninjutsu that has made a significant contribution to Konoha to learn. Ordinary ninjas can only access ninjutsu of around C-rank.

　As for why Minato Namikaze could use the A-rank ninjutsu Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, it was probably taught to him by Jiraiya.

　Konoha stipulates that Jonin are qualified to teach ninjutsu to students!

　The premise is that this student is a member of Konoha, absolutely loyal to Konoha, and embodies the Will of Fire!

　Minato Namikaze's loyalty needs no further explanation.

　If Ye Chen doesn't join the Anbu, the only way to obtain higher-level ninjutsu is to complete missions, accumulate merits to exchange for them with Konoha, or have a Jonin master willing to teach him.

　For example, Tsunade provided a method for training superhuman strength, the value of which is even greater than A-rank ninjutsu.

　Now that they've joined the Anbu, they're considered direct subordinates of the Hokage!

　Although Ye Chen was an intern ANBU, he was still qualified to review ninjutsu.

　At a glance, Ye Chen saw a large number of scrolls stored on rows of shelves, neatly arranged in three columns, just like a library.

　The first row is for ninjutsu, the second row is for taijutsu, and the third row is for genjutsu.

　Among them, the scrolls of the five nature transformation ninjutsu are the most numerous, and the scrolls of taijutsu and genjutsu combined are not even a fraction of the number of ninjutsu scrolls.

　Furthermore, ninjutsu is further subdivided, with various attributes such as wind, lightning, water, fire, and earth clearly distinguished.

　However, Ye Chen wasn't very interested in these ninjutsu. As long as he mastered chakra nature transformation, everything would fall into place naturally.

　The essence of ninjutsu is actually chakra nature transformation!

　Ninjas can transform their chakra into the state they desire through attribute transformation!

　If it were Wind Release, I could easily use my mastery of Rasengan nature transformation to create a Rasenshuriken.

　For Lightning Release, he can just master Lightning Blade!

　Fire Release: I possess the Flame-Flame skill; what kind of Fire Release can't I use?

　Ye Chen's purpose was very clear: he had come to the special ninjutsu area, which was the area for ninjutsu that did not involve the five nature transformations.

　"Shadow Clone Technique, a B-rank ninjutsu. Ninjas can obtain physical clones through training and gain insights into the training of clones."

　Ye Chen picked up a scroll and looked at it. At this stage, the most important ninjutsu for him was the Shadow Clone Technique.

　The Shadow Clone Technique was created by the Second Hokage and is distinct from the clone technique within the Three Bodies Technique.

　Although both are clone techniques, the clone technique in the Three Body Techniques has no physical form; it can be understood as an illusion, at most serving as a distraction!

　Silently memorize the hand seals for the Shadow Clone Technique, place them in your mind, and then put the scroll back in its original position.

　The scrolls here can only be viewed, not taken out. If they are taken outside, they will be severely punished.

　In the original story, Naruto took the sealing scroll containing the forbidden techniques of past generations, but he wasn't punished.