Aside from the appointment of several Advisors, Hatake Shuuichi took over as Anbu Commander, with Senju Genma as his deputy.
Genma is the same age as Senju Mori, and it is believed that in his future Anbu life, he, already skilled in swordsmanship, will surely learn a great deal from Hatake Shuuichi.
Further down, Jonin from smaller Ninja Clans allied with the Senju, including the Gekko and Sarutobi Clans, as well as several Jonin from the Senju Clan itself, were appointed as captains of various Anbu squads.
The full name of the Anbu is the "Assassin Tactics Special Force," an organization originally founded by Senju Tobirama.
Its main responsibilities include protecting the Hokage, monitoring the Village, conducting assassinations, and escorting confidential materials.
Soon after its establishment, this organization inspired other four Great Ninja Villages to follow suit.
The Anbu is the most powerful enforcement agency in the Hokage's hands, the eyes and ears of a Hokage within the Village, and the greatest guarantee for the Hokage to smoothly exercise his authority.
No matter what, Senju Mori must firmly grasp it in his hands.
As for the final Logistics Department, it was subtly left without any related appointments, as if intentionally left vacant, awaiting someone, which inevitably sparked speculation.
After completing all this, Senju Mori plunged into Konoha's Forbidden Jutsu Room.
Although named the "Forbidden Jutsu Room," it houses not only various Forbidden Jutsu, but also all the Ninjutsu collected by Konohagakure, excluding the secret techniques of various Ninja Clans.
Regular elemental Ninjutsu of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Lightning, some special Perception Ninjutsu, exquisite Genjutsu, and some Sealing Jutsu kindly provided by the Uzumaki Clan... In a not-so-spacious or bright room, scrolls of Ninjutsu filled three bookshelves, fully displaying Konohagakure's incredibly profound Ninjutsu heritage.
Of course, the most important items were the three huge scrolls placed in a corner of the room—
The First Hokage's Wood Release Ninjutsu, the Scroll of Seals which recorded all the Village's Forbidden Jutsu, and the various Water Release Ninjutsu created by the Second Hokage throughout his life.
One must know that in the past, Senju Tobirama would never have given him the opportunity to learn these, nor would he personally teach him as he did Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Aside from occasional Ninjutsu guidance and sword training from his father during his leisure time, Senju Mori's current strength is practically self-taught.
Many people believed that in this world of extraordinary power, authority was nothing, but Senju Mori scoffed at this.
One must know that the essence of power stems from obedience at a lower level, and in this Village named Konoha, even the strongest Ninja would choose to obey the commands of Konoha's higher-ups.
Moreover, apart from extraterrestrial beings like the Ōtsutsuki Clan, no one is born invincible.
In the process of gradually mastering power, authority is the most effective tool.
If one solely pursues power and abandons authority, when authority falls into the hands of others, that will become the greatest obstacle on his path to becoming a strong individual.
If Hiruzen Sarutobi had won yesterday, Senju Mori would never have had the chance to enter here.
At this time, he would either be holding secret meetings in his clan territory, painstakingly planning a nearly impossible coup, or simply accepting his fate, forever subject to Hiruzen Sarutobi's manipulation and commands.
And apart from a Hokage like him, who naturally came from the Senju Clan, no other power holder would be able to accept such a monstrous behemoth, combining both prestige and strength, constantly looming before him.
It wouldn't take many years for the Senju Clan's glory as Konoha's foremost Ninja Clan to become a thing of the past... Fortunately—
It was he, Senju Mori, who became Konoha's Third Hokage!
Pushing aside the complex thoughts in his mind, Senju Mori's attention returned to the scrolls before him.
The First Hokage's Wood Release Ninjutsu was temporarily useless to Senju Mori; his main focus was on the Second Hokage's high-level Water Release Ninjutsu, famous throughout the Ninja World, and the various sealed Forbidden Jutsu.
So-called Forbidden Jutsu are either techniques with immense risks in learning and usage.
Or they are techniques involving forbidden research, violating public morals, and the bottom line of human ethics.
As soon as Senju Mori unrolled the Scroll of Seals, his eyes were met with familiar names, and beneath these names, the unfamiliar and complex dark Jutsu formulas.
Forbidden Jutsu · Edo Tensei.
Forbidden Jutsu · Eight Branches Technique.
Forbidden Jutsu · Mutual Exploding Tag.
Forbidden Jutsu · Reaper Death Seal.
Forbidden Jutsu · Eight Gates Released Formation.
Forbidden Jutsu · Flying Thunder God Technique.
Forbidden Jutsu · Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Ninjutsu that can be called "Forbidden Jutsu" are inherently extremely rare; even in today's Konoha, there are only these seven Forbidden Jutsu.
Additionally, the Scroll of Seals also recorded some incomplete Forbidden Jutsu, such as Jutsu formulas related to soul activation and semi-finished reincarnation Jutsu... Although he was quite tempted by these, aside from Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, these other Forbidden Jutsu were not easily learned.
Out of a more pragmatic attitude, Senju Mori temporarily rolled up the Scroll of Seals and put it back, turning instead to open the huge scroll that recorded Senju Tobirama's lifelong various Water Release Ninjutsu.
This was the true treasure that could rapidly enhance his strength... Senju Tobirama, as a Ninjutsu invention master, created and used countless Ninjutsu throughout his life.
The high-level Water Release Ninjutsu that, in a battle Senju Mori personally participated in not long ago, cut the half-Tailed Beast transformed Kinkaku in half with high-speed water jets from his mouth.
Water Release · Water Severing Wave.
Water Release · Water Shockwave, which can conjure a large amount of water like a waterfall out of thin air, forcibly creating a water environment in a waterless place.
And Water Release · Wave Riding Strike, used in conjunction with Water Shockwave, allowing the user to dive into water and glide rapidly within it... Of course, compared to these specific Water Release Ninjutsu, what Senju Mori found most noteworthy was Senju Tobirama's unique hand sign method.
Senju Tobirama not only simplified hand signs, reducing the dozens of signs required to perform A-rank Water Release Ninjutsu like Water Dragon Bullet Technique to just three or four signs.
If one carefully observes the hand signs Senju Tobirama recorded on the scroll, one will find that they differ from the conventional twelve signs of "Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Boar."
Senju Tobirama created his own set of special hand signs, and this was the true secret to his continuous simplification of hand signs.
As he continuously flipped through the scrolls left by Senju Tobirama, perusing the various analyses and records left by Senju Tobirama, Senju Mori couldn't help but deeply immerse himself in them.
It felt as if the deceased Senju Tobirama had come back to life, personally explaining to him... Soon, Senju Mori forgot the passage of time, completely absorbed in the ocean of Ninjutsu and knowledge.
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