"Come on, I'll show you around our training ground so that you can check our training menu," Nagasawa said with a warm smile.
"Yes." Shisui nodded silently, his initial impression of Nagasawa was not bad.
Nagasawa walked out of the office and took Shisui to the training venue.
After crossing a dark and quiet corridor, the two arrived at a relatively wide indoor training ground. At this time, the first group was training.
Both of them made sure not to disturb the training of the first group. Nagasawa only gave a brief introduction to Shisui in a low voice and then walked down to the training ground of the second group.
Shisui valued Nagasawa even more highly. At the very least, Nagasawa was a modest Commander.
The Anbu Commande is actually the pinnacle of the Anbu.
As for Hokage, he was only responsible for giving missions to Anbu, and then it'd be the Commander that assigned the missions to each squad.
Hokage might specifically summon certain Anbu members for a very specific mission, but that rarely happened.
This made Shisui feel Nagasawa was like a kindred spirit, and the Third Hokage was also so approachable.
But when we got to the third group, an accident happened.
The leg of a Shinobi that was practicing Geppo suddenly froze. Unable to muster his strength, he fell from the air at a very high speed.
Ensui's face changed slightly, and he began to form hand seals to use a secret technique to catch the Anbu. He was ready to be reprimanded by Nagasawa, but this time, Nagasawa went to the rescue.
Nagasawa disappeared only to reappear again while holding the falling Shinobi in one hand.
The Anbu Shinobi quickly thanked Nagasawa: "Thank you, Commander Nagasawa."
Although it shouldn't be a problem even if he fell, he ought to show his gratitude since his superior saved him personally.
Nagasawa nodded, put his hand behind him, and said with a serious face: "You shouldn't rush the training. We must start from the foundation. Laying a good foundation is very important. If you struggle with your Geppo training, it may do you well to increase your leg strength first. "
At this time, Nagasawa looked like a strict but responsible teacher.
"You're right, Commander Nagasawa." Anbu Ninja suddenly came to a realization.
Seeing only one scene, Shisui muttered silently in his heart.
'It makes sense. The foundation is very important. It seems that this Captain Nagasawa is indeed no ordinary person. '
Looking at Nagasawa's disappearing figure, Ensui scratched his head in confusion.
Nagasawa didn't even blame him or anything. In fact, he seemed to look at him with approval, and it made him even more confused.
Did other groups make more mistakes?
It shouldn't be. Anbu had a basic foundation, and it was quite rare to make such a big mistake. Besides, they had just begun the training, so the training teams' mastery over Six Powers shouldn't be that high yet, but at the same time, that also made the accident like earlier uncommon.
Ensui himself was cursing in his heart. There was no accident most of the time, so why did it have to happen when Nagasawa came to check up on his team?
After observing the three groups and returning to the office, Nagasawa asked Shisui with a smile, "Shisui, what do you think of my training team?"
Shisui recalled what he had seen and heard along the way before organizing his words and said, "Very good, the Anbu members are very serious in their training, and the various Taijutsu they learned is quite sophisticated and very suitable for Anbu Shinobis."
These are his sincere words, not flattering words. Although he didn't completely grasp the content of the training, he at least could see that the training team was full of vigor.
Nagasawa nodded and said, "After all, the Fourth Hokage's Anbu was just established. It is necessary to train them."
"Do you want to learn the Six Forms, the technique they practice? However, if you want to learn Six Forms, you have to sign a confidentiality agreement. At present, Six Forms are prepared as a secret weapon for the training team. They are only taught to members of the training team. So not all Konoha Shinobi can learn it. "
Nagasawa explained the condition of learning the Six Forms first.
Shisui thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I have to tell the Third Hokage about this. I mainly came to check out the training team, not to learn the Taijutsu."
Although Shishui felt that the Taijutsus that the training team learned were unusual, he didn't particularly want to learn them.
He already had his own fighting style, and even if he learned those, it might not necessarily improve his combat effectiveness.
"So be it. If that's the case, then you won't be allowed to join the training team. Just be my Second-in-Command." Nagasawa said with a smile.
Shisui nodded and agreed.
Little did he know this was what Nagasawa wanted all along.
If Shisui joined the training team and trained every day, Nagasawa would spend less time in contact with him. But if Shisui was his second-in-command, he would sooner or later become Nagasawa's follower.
Nagasawa was still confident that he could fool a thirteen-year-old kid.
Nagasawa thanked Sarutobi Hiruzen from the bottom of his heart for sending Shisui to him. He'd be sure to make good use of him.
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Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Shisui's assessment of Nagasawa and frowned.
He is personable, approachable, pays attention to the safety of his subordinates, and takes training seriously, but he is extremely responsible.
Basically, all positive reviews, no negatives.
"Did you see this with your own eyes?" Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help asking Shisui.
If it weren't for the genius Uchiha Shisui of the Uchiha clan standing in front of him, he might think that the person who wrote this report was bribed by Nagasawa.
Shisui Ninja nodded, indicating that he really saw it with his own eyes.
"Commander Nagasawa is indeed an excellent Shinobi, but he is too low-key," Shisui said.
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a while and then said, "Since he asked you to be his second-in-command, then you can observe him longer. The Anbu training team has a special authority, and there is no room for mistakes."
"Yes." Shisui nodded in agreement.
Hadn't Sarutobi Hiruzen known that Nagasawa had never seen Shisui before, he would have conducted the investigation with another person.
Moreover, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that someone like Shisui wouldn't do anything that would conflict with the interests of the village.
However, he had some speculations regarding why the report turned out that well.
Maybe Nagasawa guessed that Shisui was sent by others to monitor him, so he deliberately showed the good side.
With Nagasawa's hidden strength and cunningness since childhood, it was not impossible for him to guess.
Therefore, the Third Hokage had Shishui conduct a long-term observation instead. No matter how well one could pretend, he would eventually reveal his true nature, not to mention that the observer is Uchiha Shisui with Three-Tomoes Sharingan.
The Third Hokage believed that as long as there was something suspicious about Nagasawa, Shisui would definitely find it.