The full moon was like a silver disk, and the moonlight was like white frost, as Night Light received a new chance at resurrection.
On the night of the full moon, he entered the Anbu base, wearing a mask, and walked through the dimly lit corridors of Anbu.
Candlelight flickered, illuminating the masked faces approaching him, the paint on the masks appearing even more ferocious.
Everyone's steps were hurried; having heavily damaged Iwagakure, every Anbu Ninja felt a sense of glory.
Anbu was nominally under the direct command of the Hokage himself, and the Third Hokage appointed Danzo as the Anbu Director, giving him full authority over Anbu.
Danzo and Anbu faithfully executed the Third Hokage's will.
From the time Night Light transmigrated, Danzo had not yet made any radical moves.
However, his ambition was already clear.
In the battle of Mt. Niuhe, Danzo clearly became the greatest contributor, but the efforts to build momentum for Danzo abruptly stopped.
It was said that the Third Hokage directly ordered Anbu to cease the publicity.
Heavily damaging Iwagakure was a great achievement, a result jointly obtained by Uzumaki Mito, the Senju Clan, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and others.
But in the rumors, Danzo became the protagonist. Danzo had laid traps for thousands of miles and planned for half a year to create this opportunity.
The Third Hokage also did not pursue the matter of the rumors.
Night Light came to Captain Huang Quan's office and informed him of Squad Leader Black Ape's recovery status.
"A month and a half..." Captain Huang Quan frowned in thought.
He really wanted Fox to fully take on the Squad Leader's responsibilities; a crippled squad had a significant impact on the company.
But after much consideration, Black Ape was an important figure in the Akimichi Clan, and he had to consider the feelings of Black Ape and the Akimichi Clan.
"Alright, I understand," Captain Huang Quan took out the mission scroll list for the Black Ape Squad, looked at it, and said:
"The Whirlpool Princess's guardianship mission is not urgent; I will arrange for other squads.
Iwagakure's Spies have been cleared out, every Spy is dead.
Before Black Ape returns, you will be responsible for training the new recruits in the squad."
"Yes, Captain."
Qiao Yi's matter was temporarily fine; the Leaf Monkey Squad had all died, and no one knew Qiao Yi's specific situation.
Mi Yi's body was returned, the total number of Spies matched, and Anbu found no flaws.
Training new recruits and completing some simple patrol and night watch missions meant he likely wouldn't leave the Village for the next month and a half.
Then Night Light would have to do something.
He left Anbu and walked towards Crane Moon Izakaya, contemplating as he walked.
Go straight to the Hokage Building? Assassinate the Third Hokage?
Hiruzen Sarutobi's abilities, aside from the Summoning Jutsu Enma, were not strong enough, with a relatively low Upper limit.
Even if he drew Enma, he couldn't summon him.
If he summoned Enma, Enma would just smash him to death with one punch.
High-level summoned beasts have very bad tempers.
Ambush Danzo in Anbu?
Danzo's abilities focused on Wind Release; Night Light did not have wind-attribute Chakra, and he couldn't train wind-attribute Chakra in this month.
He had a premonition that he would definitely break with Danzo in the future.
In front of Danzo, two lives might not be enough to die.
[Moon Viewing Arc reminds: Being killed twice by the same person will result in the host's direct death!]
His thoughts triggered the system's keyword, and the system specifically reminded him.
No, Danzo is a dangerous person; I can't actively seek death. I must save my precious resurrection opportunities.
What if Danzo comes to kill me sometime in the future?
Go ambush Captain Huang Quan?
Forget it, Captain Huang Quan knows all about my intelligence; I would die a very pathetic death.
Night Light jumped onto a street light, looking at the night view of Konoha Village.
Go to the Uchiha Clan Grounds?
What if I draw a Sharingan? Wouldn't that be an instant take-off?
He was tempted.
He would be careful then; anyway, he was wearing a mask, and the Sharingan wouldn't be easily exposed.
Anyone who saw his Sharingan would be killed.
There was some risk, but it was controllable.
He then looked towards the Senju Clan Grounds.
The Uchiha Clan's extermination was far in the future, so there was no rush for now. The Senju Clan's extermination was within the next year or two.
I'll still choose the Senju Clan; the Senju Clan's abilities are also good, with large Chakra reserves and strong physiques.
Next was to formulate an action plan: on the night of the 14th, challenge the strongest Senju Clan Ninja.
Clan Head Senju Rinmu, or Tsunade, either would do.
Back at the Izagaya, Night Light applied Anbu's best medicine to Qiao Yi.
Qiao Yi needed to get better quickly, otherwise, the long night would be so boring.
Before transmigrating, Night Light worked like a dog. Now that he was in another world, shouldn't he enjoy himself?
The next day, in a training ground deep within the Death Forest, Night Light stood on a rock, looking down at the new recruits:
"I am the acting Squad Leader of the Black Gorilla Squad. While Squad Leader Black Ape is recovering, I will command the squad.
I am also the Squad Leader of the Fox Squad; you can call me Fox.
The Black Gorilla Squad now has three squads.
Squad Leader White Ram is also undergoing treatment and is expected to return in two weeks.
The Leaf Monkey Squad is entirely new, from the Squad Leader to the members.
Next, we will begin basic Kunai throwing coordination training..."
The person wearing the Leaf Monkey mask suddenly stepped forward:
"Fox, although I am a new Anbu Ninja, when I was a regular Ninja, I had already completed many A-rank missions.
Basic Kunai throwing coordination, isn't this training too basic? I think I am qualified..."
Purple Cat frowned behind her mask. Root had just been established; had it not been properly integrated yet?
How did Root train new Ninja? Why was there such a difficult Ninja?
"Qualified for what?"
Night Light appeared in front of Leaf Monkey with Body Flicker Technique, striking at Leaf Monkey's shoulder with a blade.
Leaf Monkey's strength was indeed impressive; he ducked, dodging Night Light's blade.
He grabbed Fox's wrist, intending to de-escalate the conflict: "Fox! I didn't mean anything else, I just..."
However, he only grabbed a handful of mud.
Earth Replacement Technique?
Leaf Monkey didn't have time to stand up and quickly turned on the ground, guarding against a sneak attack from Fox from behind.
However, there was no one behind him.
The others saw Fox emerge from the mud, having anticipated Leaf Monkey turning to guard his back.
Night Light held his Ninja blade inverted, and the hilt struck Leaf Monkey hard on the forehead, sending Leaf Monkey flying, unconscious in mid-air.
"Squad Leader!"
One of Leaf Monkey's teammates shouted, then seeing Fox look at him, he quickly lowered his head, not daring to do anything else.
Night Light jumped back onto the rock, shaking his head and saying:
"Anbu is truly getting worse with each generation; you are the worst batch of Anbu Ninja I have ever seen."
He suddenly paused, why did that sentence sound so familiar? In his previous life, when he was in school, he had heard many teachers say that.
Those teachers also didn't know how to cherish it; if each generation gets worse, then the current generation must be the best generation in the next few years.
Night Light collected his thoughts and said:
"Leaf Monkey has been kicked out of the Black Gorilla Squad. What awaits him is punishment from Anbu and the Village.
The Root Ninja responsible for training him will also be disciplined because of him.
Anbu Ninja have only one mission: to do their utmost, to complete missions with your lives!
Obey! Obey! And goddamn obey!"
Training began, and the new recruits finally realized the strictness of Anbu.
When the training ended, Leaf Monkey was still unconscious.
Night Light carried him to Root for a return.
There weren't many Root Ninja, a total of ten, from A to J.
Upon hearing Fox say that this person actually defied the acting Squad Leader to his face, all the Root Ninja looked at D.
D gasped, took the unconscious Leaf Monkey, and said:
"Please rest assured, I will assess whether he has the possibility of being re-forged. If not, I will deal with him according to Anbu regulations."
From D's tone, it seemed Leaf Monkey had no hope of being re-forged.
There were many simple-minded Ninja in Konoha Village who believed that Konoha Village was truly as the higher-ups promoted: caring for each other, cherishing comrades, and upholding the Fire Will.
They were adorably foolish, truly believing the higher-ups' brainwashing, and would one day die because of the higher-ups' brainwashing