Anbu

"Welcome to the training team. From now on, you can call me Squad Leader or Squad Leader Kakashi." Although he felt that Yamato's Wood Style was not exactly as he imagined, Kakashi still welcomed him.

PS: At this stage, Anbu has more plots. Most people will be called code names, so I'm sorry if it's a bit confusing.

"Okay, Squad Leader," Yamato said with an expressionless face.

Just like that, the two people who were supposed to know each other through a battle peacefully completed their first encounter.

"Come with me, I'll introduce you to our team," Kakashi said before walking out of the room.

Yamato's expression did not change as he quickly followed.

Anbu was a very strange place for him because he was once a member of Root who was taught by Danzo personally.

He didn't think of being intimidated by Orochimaru as shameful. That was a given response when he faced a strong Jonin from the Five Great Shinobi Countries.

With Orochimaru's strength, talent, and experience, Nagasawa estimated that as soon as he unlocked Orochimaru's potential to awaken Haki, Orochimaru would immediately awaken the Color of Supreme King Haki.

Of course, Nagasawa would not do it because Orochimaru might still prove to be a threat.

The reason why he unlocked the potential to awaken Haki for Kakashi and the others was that they would be a good tool for Konoha.

Orochimaru was simply too cunning. Even if he could not beat Nagasawa, the darkness in his heart would not go away so easily.

Just like how he awaited an opportunity to seize Rinnegan after realizing he was no match against Pain in the manga.

Although he seemed quite friendly with Orochimaru now, considering Orochimaru didn't say anything about Nagasawa to Danzo, and Nagasawa kept Orochimaru safe from Anbu's investigation, it was all because the two had common interests and goals. Once there was friction between them, or if Orochimaru found a new goal, Orochimaru might not necessarily be an ally anymore.

Danzo was a good example. Before Danzo was thrown into prison, Orochimaru even joined Root and became a member of Root. But after Danzo was thrown into prison, let alone saying anything, Orochimaru even raided Danzo's hidden lair.

Since the Fourth Hokage's Anbu didn't have such a big area in the Anbu base, Kakashi and Yamato soon arrived at the place where the first squad was located.

The members of the first squad were not surprised that new members had joined. While they were dealing with the problems that Danzo left behind, the training team was also expanding.

The expansion of the training team also symbolized the expansion of the Fourth Hokage's Anbu. After the incident involving Tsubasa, Minato pointed out that the strength of the Fourth Hokage's Anbu was far from enough. He had to recruit a large number of people to prevent another infiltration.

Because the incident involved Danzo, the Third Hokage did not say much. He just advised that the Anbu didn't have to grow too big in peaceful times.

In addition to the Fourth Hokage's Anbu that had joined the training team from the beginning, the training team now had three squads.

"My name is Yamato, and the Nature Type I'm good at is Wood Release." Yamato obediently followed Kakashi's instructions and introduced himself to the group.

"Wood Release?"

Even these Anbu were shocked by Yamato's words.

It can't be helped as Wood Release was too famous among Konoha's Shinobi. Although only one person had it so far, it was regarded as the strongest Nature Type by Konoha's Shinobi.

There were even some Anbu who suspected that Yamato was lying and looked at Kakashi doubtfully.

Kakashi nodded and said, "Yes, Yamato can use Wood Release. This is true."

Nagasawa even told the Third Hokage about Yamato. When the Third Hokage heard that Nagasawa wanted Yamato to join the Fourth Hokage's Anbu, his desire to include Yamato in his Anbu disappeared.

Regardless of which Anbu Yamato joined, a Shinobi who could use Wood Release was very important to Anbu.

After all, he had retired. Sooner or later, everything in Konoha would be handed over to Minato. It didn't really matter which Anbu Yamato joined.

After he completely handed over the power to Minato, the Third Hokage Anbu would dissolve, and only the Fourth Hokage Anbu would remain.

After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen would never have thought that Minato, a skilled Shinobi who could hold himself off against the A and B duo by himself in the Third Shinobi World War, would actually die young at the age of twenty-four.

"Don't be too excited. Although Yamato can use Wood Release, he is still young." Kakashi calmed down his surprised subordinates.

The atmosphere of the training team was different from that of ordinary Anbu.

Because everyone was training together all day long, compared to ordinary Anbu, the atmosphere of the training team was not as serious. Therefore, they often joked with each other.

However, they would take missions seriously.

Yamato, who was surrounded by his fellow squad members, was somewhat confused. He had never encountered such a situation.

After Yamato was picked up by Danzo from Orochimaru's lab, he had always been arranged to live alone in a remote place. Only Danzo would occasionally come to teach him all kinds of knowledge and instill Root's ideology into him.

Of course, even though Yamato thought he lived by himself, there were Root Shinobi watching over him.

Had it not for the fact that Root had been disbanded and Danzo himself had been monitored by Minato and Nagasawa, he would not have kept Yamato in Root's base and trained him instead.

He had no choice. For the sake of safety, he sent Yamato and the unregistered Root members to the base on the outskirt of the village.

Even though Yamato joined Root, he was a secret member. He only obeyed Danzo's orders and never teamed up with others.

Due to the atmosphere at Root, Yamato had basically never been treated like this before. He was surrounded by a group of enthusiastic companions.

This made Yamato feel a little strange. The atmosphere here was a little different from that of Root, but he did not hate it.

"Let's start the training. Half of this month has passed. The monthly assessment is about to start again. If you fail..."

Although Kakashi did not finish his words, all the members of the First Squad knew that if they did not perform well in the assessment, there would definitely be no good results.

Therefore, all the members of the First Team began to practice Six Powers.

Although Kakashi was usually easy to talk to, he was very strict about training.

In the last joint training, their team performed the best.

The group members believed that their usually easy-going team leader Kakashi would definitely torture them in a way they could not think of because Kakashi was quite scary.

They had seen it before.

During the second assessment, there was one person who failed to perform well.

Of course, that person was taken away by Kakashi and only returned to Anbu five days later.

When he came back, his hair had turned into a bowl cut, and he was wearing a green tightsuit. His face was a little haggard.

They asked the man what had happened in the past five days. The man was silent and did not say a word, as if he was afraid to recall the traumatizing memories.

However, during the later training, the man's Six Powers had indeed improved a lot.

They speculated that Kakashi should have taken the man to a certain place for hellish training.

Although it was a good thing to improve strength, everyone was scared when they thought of the worn-out state of the man. Not only his body but his spirit also seemed to be drained.