Konoha starts from the root

In a room, Bai Ye, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes.

The next moment, his figure suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already at the door.

"Ding~"

A crisp sound of gold and iron colliding sounded.

At the same time, a voice also appeared in the house.

"On the [-]th, we will meet in the lobby in a quarter of an hour."

After hearing this, Bai Ye put down the kunai in his hand and responded: "Yes."

Seeing this, the masked messenger also put down the kunai in his hand, and left with a teleportation technique.

When Bai Ye was packing his bags, his thoughts drifted away involuntarily.

In the blink of an eye, three years passed like this.

In these three years of closed training, he learned a lot, such as assassination, lurking, intelligence collection, interrogation, protection of important personnel, and so on.

Bai Ye didn't know how he persisted. Maybe it was just to survive, maybe it was for the belief in his heart.

It seems like it was yesterday when he first refined chakra three years ago, but now his strength is different from what it used to be.

With this thought in mind, Bai Ye clicked on the panel.

And

[Name: Bai Ye. 】

【Age: 9 years old. 】

[Code name: No. [-]. 】

[Chakra: 175 points. 】

[Potential: 0 points. 】

【忍术：分身术（E）：Lv2；变身术（E）：Lv2；替身术（E）：Lv2；瞬身术（D）：Lv3（12%）；水遁·雾隐之术（D）：Lv2（3%）；秘术·尸体分解术（D）：Lv1（31%）。】

[Illusion: Magic·Narujian Jutsu (D): Lv2 (53%). 】

[Physical Technique: Rope Breaking Technique (E): Lv2. 】

This is the result of Baiye's three years.

According to his exploration, whether it is ninjutsu, illusion, or taijutsu, the higher the level, the higher the proficiency of the representative technique.

Of course, the technique itself also has its own upper limit. For example, the E-level ninjutsu - the clone technique, can only be practiced up to Lv2.

The clone it creates is still a phantom. Even though it is very lifelike, it still falls apart when touched. It cannot create a physical clone with independent consciousness and a certain ability to resist attacks like the B-level ninjutsu Shadow Clone Technique.

The percentage after the level represents the proficiency progress of the current ninjutsu level.

As for why he was able to reach this level, it was all due to the supply of special medicines every once in a while.

Although those drugs had many side effects, they did help their practice. However, after entering his body, these drugs were transformed into an inexplicable energy, and then disappeared and turned into potential points.

The function of potential points is also very simple, that is, to improve the efficiency of practice. For example, when practicing ninjutsu, consuming potential points can speed up the proficiency, or when refining chakra, consuming potential points can increase the speed of chakra accumulation.

So he called that inexplicable energy potential.

However, the only way he has discovered to increase his potential points is that special drug.

As for whether there was any other way, he didn't know. After all, he hadn't seen the sun in three years, let alone the outside world.

Even, until now, he still doesn't know the specific time.

After shaking his head slightly, Baiye clicked on 'Chakra' again.

[Attribute development degree:]

【Yin: 0.7%;】

【Yang: 0.3%;】

[Fire: 0%;]

[Soil: 0%;]

【Water: 1.2%;】

[Thunder: 0%;]

[Wind: 0%;]

It can be seen that the development progress of his water attribute, yin attribute and yang attribute has been improved a little.

This is because the practice of Ninjutsu will also affect oneself.

The improvement of attribute development will further enhance the effect of the spell, and the two are positively influencing each other.

After learning about this situation, Bai Ye suddenly felt that he had unlimited possibilities.

You know, the Sharingan is so powerful, and the nature of its power is Yin Escape.

And when he develops the Yin attribute of Chakra to a certain extent, he should also be able to use Yin Escape.

In this way, theoretically he can also create various pupil techniques similar to the Sharingan, or Yin escape ninjutsu such as the Nara family's shadow secret technique.

After thinking about it for a while, Bai Ye closed the panel, got dressed, and walked silently to the hall.

If he had predicted correctly, today should be his last day at this base.

A few minutes later, Bai Ye came to the familiar hall.

However, things have changed and people have changed. Three years have passed and there are only thirty people left.

He quickly glanced around the hall and then walked straight towards one of them.

"No. [-], you're here." The man greeted Bai Ye when he saw him.

Bai Ye just nodded slightly when he heard this and said nothing.

This man's name is Gu Shu, codenamed No. 35, and he has been his companion for more than a year.

A few minutes later, a familiar yet cold voice came from the second floor: "Very good, everyone is here."

Suddenly, the place became silent.

The ninja nodded with satisfaction: "After three years of training, you have all become qualified ninjas."

He paused for a moment and then suddenly raised his voice: "But, you are not qualified as a root ninja. Tell me, what is a root ninja?"

The 30 people in the hall heard this and said in unison like a conditioned reflex: "Gen's ninjas are nameless, emotionless, have no past and future, and only have missions in their eyes."

"Very well, what I say next is the last test before you officially become a root ninja."

Everyone listened attentively when they heard the words.

"Kill your companions, no matter what method you use, within a quarter of an hour, take action."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Ye came behind No. 35 with a teleportation technique.

Then there was a subtle sound of a sharp blade cutting through flesh.

Gu Shu covered his throat with both hands and turned his head to look at Bai Ye with difficulty.

The look in his eyes was disbelief at first, then quickly turned into anger, and finally turned into relief.

He seemed to want to say something, but he just spit out a few mouthfuls of blood.

As the sound of the corpse hitting the ground was heard, the people around him reacted.

They looked at Bai Ye's expressionless face and took several steps back.

It's not that Bai Ye is cold and heartless. He wouldn't be willing to kill Gu Shu if there were other ways. It's just that he wants to live and leave the hopeless place of the ninja world safely.

Therefore, apart from cooperating with Gu Shu during the exercise mission, he did not interact much with Gu Shu the rest of the time, so there was no bond at all.

Although a curse seal can suppress a person's emotions, how can a person's emotions be completely bound by a mere curse seal? In this closed environment, they will cherish their companions even more.

Obviously, Shimura Danzo also knew this.

Therefore, they deliberately cultivated the bond between their companions, and finally killed each other to make their hearts fall into deathly silence.

And only the ninja with a dead heart is the ninja that the root needs.

With this set of rules, all ninjas who come out of the "root" are mission machines who are not afraid of life and death, or they have already died.

Bai Ye is an outlier. He has more than 20 years of memories from his previous life, and has his own outlook on life, values, and world view.

Therefore, a mere curse seal cannot change his mind.

As for the continuous brainwashing, he can only fight it with firm belief.

And the belief he established for himself is to leave the ninja world alive. In the words of the Naruto world, this is his ninja way.

At this moment, a short scream sounded.

Bai Ye turned around and saw a gray-haired ninja inserting a kunai into his companion's heart.

The other party also looked up at this time.

The moment their eyes intertwined, they turned their heads at the same time.

Bai Ye knew that this was Number [-], the person who had already extracted chakra before becoming the seed of the 'root', named Kabuto.

Kabuto is not dead at this moment because the pharmacist Nonoyu is still alive.