On the night of the Nine-Tails, I shattered the Tailed Beast Ball with a single punch.

However, upon seeing Nagasawa's ANBU mission logs, the Third Generation understood.

In the four months since joining the Dark Division, I have completed three S-rank missions, serving as the team leader in all three.

Moreover, the two S-class missions that followed were even more extraordinary. A single ANBU squad completed the investigation and strike against the Kim organization in just four weeks.

Without a doubt, Nagasawa's strength is definitely not simple; he is at least not as simple as an ordinary Jonin. Otherwise, Minato would not have entrusted him with such an important task.

Why would someone with such talent perform so poorly during their time at the Ninja Academy and throughout their ninja career?

Is it a deep-seated mind, or a result of years of accumulated experience?

The third generation tends to favor the former.

If that's the case, then the information he has is not credible, and perhaps it's all just a performance by Yongze on purpose.

Thinking of this, the Third Hokage summoned the Anbu from the shadows and said, "Summon Uchiha Shisui."

"Yes!"

The Dark Division acted swiftly, and Shisui arrived at the Third Hokage's office in no time.

“Third Generation Lord,” Shisui said politely.

The Third Hokage nodded. He was quite satisfied with Uchiha Shisui. Unlike other Uchiha, Shisui, as a descendant of Uchiha Kagami, also inherited the Will of Fire.

In addition, Shisui was also a super genius. He was active in the Third Shinobi World War at the age of eleven. Because of his distinctive and powerful fighting style, he was known as "Shisui of the Body Flicker".

"I need you to join the Fourth Hokage's newly established ANBU training team as an ANBU trainee, to observe the team leader, Fujiwara Nagasawa, and conduct a comprehensive evaluation of him," the Third Hokage slowly stated the task he was about to assign to Shisui.

P.S.: The official "Book of Formations" states that Shisui was a member of the Anbu directly under the Third Hokage. As for his age, the author says it will be discussed later.

Minato suddenly handed over such great power to someone he didn't know, and the Third Hokage felt it was necessary to carefully check whether Nagasawa was capable of taking on this important task.

He didn't mind Minato doing that; sooner or later, all the power would be handed over to Minato anyway.

He did this only because he was worried about the lack of experience in water gates, so that he could make up for any mistakes in time.

"I see, I understand." Shisui nodded.

……

Unbeknownst to Nagasawa, the kind-hearted Third Hokage, fearing he would be overworked, was preparing to send him a powerful tool to help him. At that moment, Nagasawa was explaining the difference between chakra nature transformation and form transformation to Kabuto.

"Look at this Rasengan in my hand, it's a chakra shape transformation." Nagasawa conjured a Rasengan and waved it in front of Kabuto.

"It is essentially a ball of non-attribute chakra that is concentrated in the hand, flows in irregular directions, and is compressed to form a palm-sized ball of chakra."

Immediately afterwards, Yongze quickly formed hand seals and spat out balls of flame.

"This is the nature transformation of chakra; I transformed chakra into flames."

After listening to Nagasawa's explanation, Kabuto summarized: "Changing the shape of chakra is called form transformation, and transforming chakra into fire, earth, wind, lightning, and water is called nature transformation."

Nagasawa nodded. "That's about right."

"Are there any ninjutsu that possess both chakra form transformation and nature transformation?" Kabuto asked curiously.

"Do you remember the last time I took you to see my men in battle?"

Dou nodded and said, "I remember."

That day left a deep impression on him, as he learned what ninja battles were like.

“That ninja with white hair and a mask, just like you, uses the Lightning Release technique Chidori, which combines chakra nature transformation and form transformation,” Nagasawa explained.

Kabuto thought back and realized that the person's lightning release was indeed very strong; in both battles, that lightning release had a fatal effect.

"But you only need to know this for now. Don't think too much about it. It's not time for you to create your own ninjutsu yet." Nagasawa smiled and patted the little head in his pocket.

Kabuto nodded, but in his heart he decided that he would also create a powerful ninjutsu that combines both form and nature transformation in the future.

As a result, Nagasawa's teaching of Kabuto was comprehensive. He taught the basics taught at the Ninja Academy, and he also briefly explained the chakra nature transformations that were only taught to Jonin.

After explaining the theory, Nagasawa let Kabuto practice on his own, while he deactivated his shadow clones, allowing his memories to return to his original body.

Because of his busy schedule with Nagasawa, the Anbu needs him, and he also has to teach Kabuto and Might Guy. He's really doing the work of three or four people all by himself.

Meanwhile, Nagasawa, the main body of the Dark Division, encountered someone who surprised him.

After glancing at the documents for the Dark Side exchange in his hand, and then at Shisui, Nagasawa readily agreed, indicating that Shisui could visit the training team and begin training immediately.

He never expected that the Third Hokage would send Shisui to study under him.

Nagasawa was delighted. He had originally planned to nurture Itachi into a perfect tool, but the Third Hokage had given him the finished product directly.

Nagasawa exclaimed, "Is there really such a good thing?"

At this point, Shisui was even much stronger than Kakashi; it was no easy feat to earn a title in the war.

If Shisui could be his deputy, his job would be much easier; he wouldn't have to do the work of several people.

When others become strong, they live a life of luxury and can do whatever they want. But for him, things are not as good as before. He wasn't so busy when he was a Chunin.

Yongze is now just training more tools to help strengthen Konoha and increase its prosperity, while he can just lie back and count his points.

Chapter 85 This is not a minotaur

"Come on, let me show you around our training team and show you our training program," Yongze said with a warm smile.

"Yes." Shisui nodded silently, his initial impression of Nagasawa was not bad.

Yongze walked out of the office and led Shisui toward the training ground.

After crossing a dark and quiet corridor, the two arrived at a relatively spacious indoor training area, where the first group was training.

Both of them deliberately kept their footsteps quiet so as not to disturb the first group's training. Yongze simply gave Shisui a brief introduction in a low voice before continuing on to the second group's training ground.

Shisui's opinion of Nagasawa improved once again; aside from anything else, Nagasawa was a captain without any airs.

The captain of the Anbu is actually at the very top level of the Anbu ninja.

Because the captain and deputy captain generally don't manage the Dark Division unless something major happens.

Normally, it's the captain who manages the affairs of the secret service.

As for the Hokage, he was only responsible for issuing missions to the Anbu, and then the captains would assign them to squads.

Only for very important missions might the Hokage specifically summon certain Anbu members to carry them out.

This made Shisui feel a sense of familiarity with Nagasawa; the Third Hokage was just as approachable.

But when they got to the third group, an unexpected incident occurred.

A ninja practicing Moonwalk suddenly found his legs stiffening, unable to exert any strength, and plummeted rapidly from the sky.

Saltwater's expression changed slightly. He began to form hand seals, preparing to use a secret technique to catch the ANBU member, while mentally bracing himself for being scolded by Yongze. But at that moment, Yongze made his move.

Nagasawa vanished from his spot with a whoosh, reappearing with the ninja who had made the mistake in one hand.

The ANBU ninja who made the mistake quickly thanked Nagasawa, saying, "Thank you, Captain Nagasawa."

Although he should be fine after falling, you should still be sensible since the boss is personally rescuing you.

Yongze nodded, put his hands behind his back, and said with a serious expression, "Cultivation must not be rushed. You must start from the basics. A tall building starts from the ground up. It is very important to lay a solid foundation."

If you're having trouble with moonwalking, try training your leg strength and explosiveness first.

At this moment, Nagasawa resembled a strict yet responsible teacher.

“Captain Nagasawa is right.” The ANBU ninja looked as if he had just realized something.

Shisui silently muttered to himself as he watched the scene unfold.

'A tall building rises from the ground,' that makes a lot of sense; a solid foundation is crucial. It seems this Captain Yongze is indeed no ordinary person.'

Yanshui watched Yongze's departing figure and scratched her head in confusion.

Not only did Yongze not say anything to him, he even seemed to give him an approving look. What was that all about?

Did the other groups make more mistakes?

That shouldn't be the case. People with a solid foundation in dark areas rarely make such big mistakes. It's probably just that they didn't fly very high because of their lack of proficiency. Crashes are still quite uncommon.

So this was an unexpected incident involving the saline solution. It was usually fine, so why did it suddenly become unresponsive as soon as someone arrived?

After touring all three groups, Yongze returned to his office and asked with a smile, "Shisui, what do you think of my training team?"

Shisui recalled what he had seen and heard along the way, organized his thoughts, and said, "Very good. The Anbu members are studying very diligently, and the taijutsu they are learning is not simple. It is very suitable for Anbu ninjas."

These were his honest words, not flattery. Even without a deep understanding, a cursory glance was enough to see the vibrant energy of this training team.

Nagasawa nodded and said, "After all, the fourth generation of the Anbu is newly established, so it is very necessary to train the Anbu members."

"Do you want to learn the Six Styles? It's the physical techniques they practice."

However, if you want to practice the Six Powers, you'll have to sign a confidentiality agreement. Currently, the Six Powers are intended as a secret weapon for the training team, and will only be taught to team members. Revealing them to others will be considered a breach of Konoha's secrets, even for fellow Konoha ninja.

Yongze first explained the requirements for learning the Six Styles.

Shisui thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I need to tell the Third Hokage about this. I'm mainly here to learn from the training team's experience, not to learn physical techniques."

Although Shisui felt that the physical skills practiced by the training team were extraordinary, he didn't really want them.

He has already developed his own fighting style, and even if he learns those techniques, it may not necessarily improve his combat power much.

"That's only right. Since that's the case, then I won't let you join the training group. You can be my deputy instead," Nagasawa said with a smile.

Zhi Shui nodded and agreed.

What he didn't know was that this was exactly what Nagasawa wanted.

Once he joins the training group and trains every day, Nagasawa will actually have less time to interact with Shisui.

If I were to become his deputy, I'd inevitably end up looking like Yongze sooner or later.

Nagasawa was confident he could fool a thirteen-year-old kid.

Third Generation Master, thank you so much, your Shisui is truly wonderful.

Nagasawa couldn't help but feel grateful to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

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Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Shisui's assessment of Nagasawa and then lowered his head in deep thought.