Konoha's Hextech Ninja

Including the ANBU ninjas left behind, there were more than twenty clan ninjas and a dozen civilian ninjas. After forming two squads, there were still some spares to be assigned to the 'reserve squad' to train the new recruits.

In fact, there are quite a few powerful ninjas in Konoha.

However, other places also need manpower, so the range of choices available to the hidden team is very limited.

In addition, the missions that the Anbu usually face are quite special, requiring ninjas to have extremely high abilities in intelligence gathering, tracking, perception, and assassination, while direct combat ability is not the primary factor.

This also limited the range of ninjas that the Anbu could select.

While ninja clans like the Akimichi clan are strong in direct combat, they are not well-suited for ANBU work.

There's also Matt Dai, another 'perennial genin' in Konoha, whose overly straightforward, even somewhat dim-witted, personality makes him equally unsuitable for the requirements of the Anbu.

Ultimately, Yagami Yoruichi appointed a former Root member, but after Konoha's investigation, it was confirmed that the brainwashing by Shimura Danzo was not serious. Aburame Ryuma, a member of the Aburame clan who had left Root, was appointed as the first squad leader of the Anbu, responsible for intelligence gathering, assassination, and other tasks.

Hyuga Hizashi, the head of the Hyuga clan's branch family, serves as the captain of the second division, responsible for protecting and monitoring important personnel within the village, as well as eliminating spies, and so on.

In addition, Kakashi Hatake and Inahi Uchiha are already slated to take over the positions of third and fourth squad leaders, respectively.

The configuration of the four squads has basically been finalized.

As for the vice-commander, who is Yagami Yoruichi's deputy, he is an ANBU member codenamed 'Shiratori'.

'White Bird' is of commoner origin and is over thirty years old.

He joined the Anbu a few years ago and has an outstanding mission record. His strength has been confirmed by Yoruichi Yagami to be at the Jonin level.

Although he is just an ordinary Jonin, there is still a considerable gap between him and an elite Jonin.

However, his abilities are very comprehensive; he has no weaknesses in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and even sealing techniques, which are less commonly mastered.

They are particularly outstanding in intelligence analysis.

In addition, his commoner background also helps to balance the power within the Anbu, since three of the five Anbu squads have already been confirmed to be led by ninjas from ninja clans.

After careful consideration, Yagami Yoruichi appointed 'Shiratori' as the vice-commander of the Anbu.

"I'm entrusting the recruitment of new members to you as well." Yagami Yoruichi pushed all her chores aside and instructed, "As long as they meet the standards, prioritize recruiting civilian ninjas into the Anbu."

'White birds' are less likely to reach the threshold.

The requirements for ninjas in the Anbu are not low.

Even if the requirement of 'direct combat power' is lowered, it should at least have the combat power of a senior Chunin.

Moreover, it is best to use combat methods that do not reveal one's identity, such as conventional taijutsu or common ninjutsu.

Because the underworld often involves many shady missions, it is essential to conceal one's identity.

At the very least, the enemy cannot immediately tell that this ANBU member is from Konoha.

Of course, some ninjas with very special abilities may not be subject to this restriction, but in that case, the requirements in other aspects will be even higher.

In addition to basic combat skills, one also needs to be proficient in intelligence analysis, infiltration, assassination, tracking, and other multi-dimensional skills.

Most civilian ninjas are still struggling to survive and have no way to train their abilities in such a comprehensive way.

“If there are suitable candidates, even if they are not quite up to par, we can recruit them first and train them slowly. If they really cannot pass, it is not too late to kick them out.”

After thinking for a moment, Yagami Yoruichi continued, "If we can't find enough ninjas among the common people, we should prioritize recruiting small ninja clans, then secret technique clans, and finally bloodline clans."

"In addition," Yagami Yoruichi added, "those from the four ninja clans of Sarutobi, Shimura, Mitomon, and Utatane are not allowed to be recruited into the Anbu for at least three generations."

After the third generation, at least several decades will have passed, and by then these ninja clans will no longer exist, so there's no need to worry about them anymore.

The 'white bird' remained silent and did not speak.

Yoruichi Yagami didn't seem to mind and continued, "The village has approved that all ninjas who join the Anbu reserve team can freely choose one taijutsu, ninjutsu, or sealing technique to learn. If they pass the test and become official members, they can choose two more. This benefit should be implemented as soon as possible."

Are the commoner ninjas not strong enough to meet the requirements of the Anbu?

Then we can accelerate their strength improvement by directly giving them ninjutsu.

Many commoner ninjas are not lacking in talent, but rather lack the means to learn ninjutsu, thus preventing their talent from manifesting.

Most Chunin who primarily fight using taijutsu and shuriken can significantly improve their strength and reach the level of elite Chunin if they learn a C-rank ninjutsu that suits them.

Of course, the more ninjutsu you master, the more obvious the marginal effect will be when you learn a new ninjutsu, making it difficult to significantly improve your strength by relying on one or two newly mastered ninjutsu.

Unless it's some extremely powerful ninjutsu or forbidden techniques.

However, for the vast majority of civilian ninjas in the village, mastering new ninjutsu is always the fastest way to improve their strength, without exception.

Even ninjas from small ninja clans who only have one or two ninjutsu techniques can quickly improve their strength by learning new ninjutsu.

“Yes, sir.” ’White Bird’ immediately replied.

"Alright, go get to work. If there's anything you can't solve, come find me."

Yagami Yoruichi waved his hand and formed a hand seal, instantly turning the clone into a wooden stake.

……

In the Forest of Death.

Yoruichi Yagami's clones continuously attempted to activate various Wood Release ninjutsu.

With the help of Tobirama Senju's notes on Wood Release, Yoruichi Yagami mastered most of the Wood Release ninjutsu that Hashirama Senju had used.

This includes the high-level Wood Release technique 'Wood Release: Descent of the Flowering Tree World,' which is powerful enough to instantly kill an ordinary Kage-level ninja.

The current progress is stuck on Tobirama Senju's notes, specifically on the last Wood Release ninjutsu, 'Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique'.

As for the more powerful Wooden Dummy Technique and the True Thousand Hands, Tobirama Senju did not leave any related notes.

Given Hashirama Senju's strength at the time, he wouldn't have needed to use these two techniques against anyone other than Madara Uchiha.

In most cases, the birth of the tree kingdom or the arrival of the flowering tree kingdom would be enough to solve all the problems.

Only against a very few extremely powerful enemies would one need to use the Wooden Dragon Technique.

If the Wooden Dummy Technique were used, even with Tobirama Senju's strength, he wouldn't be able to intervene, and naturally, there wouldn't be any related research notes.

However, in the process of learning the Wood Release ninjutsu left by Hashirama Senju, Yoruichi Yagami also discovered that although she could learn these ninjutsu, the effect of using them was quite different from that of Hashirama Senju's Wood Release.

Essentially, it leans more towards Zyra's Wood Release ability, which is 'life force drain'.

Although it also has the function of chakra absorption, judging from the description in Tobirama Senju's Wood Release research notes, Yoruichi Yagami's Wood Release is far less effective than Hashirama Senju's Wood Release in terms of chakra absorption, probably only about one-tenth of the effect.

Furthermore, in terms of the regenerative ability of the Wood Release creations themselves, it is slightly inferior to Hashirama Senju's Wood Release.

Both are Wood Release techniques, which combine the three attributes of 'water, earth, and yang', but their effects are quite different.

Yagami Yoruichi guessed that this was related to the 'Divine Tree'.

Yagami Yoruichi is not a descendant of the Otsutsuki clan and does not possess the genes of the God Tree. Therefore, his awakened Wood Release will not have the characteristics of the God Tree.

As for the ability to control tailed beasts, although Yoruichi Yagami has not yet tested it, it is basically certain that her Wood Release has no effect in this regard.

He was able to defeat the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki purely through his own strength, plus Brubi's life was already on its last legs, and he could no longer continue fighting.

Although somewhat disappointed, this situation was within Yagami Yoruichi's expectations and not unacceptable.

Even without the abnormal chakra absorption effect of Hashirama Senju's Wood Release or the ability to counter tailed beasts, the destructive power of Wood Release is still incredibly astonishing, based on Yoruichi Yagami's stats.

At least in the current ninja world, apart from Uchiha Madara who is hiding somewhere and a few Otsutsuki, Yagami Yoruichi can already claim to be 'invincible in the ninja world'.

Even the old and dying Uchiha Madara, Yagami Yoruichi dared to fight him.

The only thing I'm a little worried about is Otsutsuki Isshiki.

However, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's 'vessel' has decayed over the long years of a thousand years. If he were to fight an opponent of equal strength, it's uncertain whether the other person would die, but Ōtsutsuki Isshiki himself would definitely lose his vessel and die.

If you don't push him too far, he won't actively cause trouble; you can simply ignore him.

Therefore, Yagami Yoruichi was quite relaxed.

The Shinobi World War will break out later, giving Yoruichi Yagami more time to wait for her stats to improve further.

It would be better to open it sooner, so that we can take the opportunity to reap the rewards and speed up the improvement of our strength.

Now we have eight attribute fragments with '15% constitution attribute'. With a few more, we can wait for the attribute to grow to the sixth level or even higher on its own.

The extra gold coins can be used to unlock more hero templates or exchange for [Minions].

……

The morning's training session has ended.

Yoruichi Yagami dispelled all the wood clones that were practicing ninjutsu.

The influx of memories back to her body caused Yagami Yoruichi's consciousness to become slightly dazed.

In terms of stats alone, Yoruichi Yagami has surpassed Naruto Uzumaki before the Fourth Shinobi World War, and is not much inferior to Hashirama Senju at his peak.

Maintaining hundreds of shadow clones is easy during cultivation.

However, when the training memories of hundreds of shadow clones are transmitted back to the main body, it still puts a great strain on Yagami Yoruichi's consciousness and spirit, and she needs to rest for a while to recover.

"Yoruichi-kun, are you alright?"

Seeing that Yagami Yoruichi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, Yuhi Kurenai immediately stopped her training and ran to Yagami Yoruichi's side with concern.

Kaori Uzumaki also rushed over and helped Yoruichi Yagami sit down under a big tree.

"It's alright, I'll be fine after a rest." Yagami Yoruichi said with a smile, but most of her attention was focused on her mind, organizing the memories transmitted back by her shadow clone.

"I don't know how Naruto manages to absorb the memories of so many clones. My stats are probably much higher than when he was practicing Wind Release: Rasengan. Even receiving memories from hundreds of clones at once is a bit overwhelming..."

Yagami Yoruichi muttered to himself, somewhat confused about the situation.

All I can say is that the protagonist is the protagonist.

Even with the same setup, no one else can do exactly the same thing as the protagonist.

Luckily, I was cheating.

It took a little time for Yagami Yoruichi to finally finish organizing the memories transmitted back by her clone.

On the system panel, the proficiency of 'Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique' has also improved, reaching 'Beginner 85.6%'.

If you continue training at this pace, you'll have at most an afternoon to master this ninjutsu.

Once you get the hang of it, with hundreds of shadow clones training together, your proficiency will increase much faster.

The only problem is that this ninjutsu consumes too much chakra.

If hundreds of shadow clones are created, each shadow clone can only use the castrated version of the Wooden Dragon Technique once at most.

If it's the full version, then using it once will consume at least tens of thousands of chakra.

The exact number is something I'll have to learn to find out.

"The Wood Dragon Technique only consumes so much chakra, no wonder the Wood Human Technique can withstand the Nine-Tails, and the True Thousand Hands can even destroy the Susanoo in its armor."

"I sighed inwardly," Yagami Yoruichi thought to himself.

The Wood Release ninjutsu, Wood Release: Wood Human Technique and True Thousand Hands, consume many times more chakra than Wood Dragon Technique.

Especially the latter, even Hashirama Senju could only use it in Sage Mode, as his normal chakra reserves were insufficient to support it.

The greater one's strength, the more important numerical values ​​become.

While mechanisms are important, even the most powerful mechanisms cannot function without exceptionally high stats.

Conversely, if the numerical difference is large enough, some mechanical skills simply cannot be effective.

For example, Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami seems to be an unsolvable bug, with the title of 'strongest genjutsu', but its actual performance in battle is not satisfactory.

With chakra so vast that it reaches the level of Yagami Yoruichi and Senju Hashirama, the sheer amount of chakra they possess would make most genjutsu impossible to execute.

It's important to understand that the essence of illusion is to manipulate the flow of an enemy's chakra, thereby causing the enemy to experience hallucinations.

If you can't even shake the enemy's chakra, you naturally can't successfully cast a genjutsu.

The reason why Madara Uchiha never used genjutsu in his battle with Hashirama Senju was simply because he knew it wouldn't be effective.

Even though Yoruichi Yagami's 'spiritual' attribute is not particularly overpowered, it is just within the normal Kage level.

However, no illusion technique below the Kage level can work on Yoruichi Yagami; it can't even distract her.

Yoruichi Yagami was looking at the system panel, summarizing her future training direction.

Suddenly, 'Shiratori' appeared in front of Yagami Yoruichi using the Body Flicker Technique and announced, "Lord Yoruichi, the Hokage summons you!"

Chapter 193 Intelligence: Is War Coming Again?