Chapter 488: New Recruits

Chapter 488: New Recruits

"I wouldn't move if I was in your place."

Everyone except Shigeki, who identified the voice, wanted to move. However, their legs froze as the scenery around them changed. Instead of a lush green valley, everyone was surrounded by long spears that had risen from the ground. Had they moved, they would have been stabbed by several spears.

They quickly looked in the direction of the voice. A large cave opening appeared out of nowhere on the surface of the slopes. A masked man stood next to it while leaning against the wall.

Mitsuo asked, "What's the meaning of this? Shigeki, we trusted you. How could you betray us, you bastard?"

The same thoughts ran through everyone's head. Fujin chuckled and said, "Relax. He didn't betray you. I just wanted to test out the new base."

Fujin snapped his fingers. In an instant, all Earth Spears crumbled and fell to the ground. The rogue Tanigakure ninjas finally relaxed. Hayato asked, "Is this the benefactor you mentioned? Quite an impression he made. I have never seen such a high level of Genjutsu. I never felt anything influencing my chakra."

Fujin said, "This isn't Genjutsu. Instead, it is Fuinjutsu. It'll ensure that the base is safe even when I am not here."

Fujin's response surprised them. None of them had ever seen Fuinjutsu in this way and to such a degree. In fact, some of them were still suspicious. Ñøv€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

Fujin said, "Anyway, enough small talk. Shigeki, are these the ones you wanted to recruit?"

Shigeki nodded and said, "I managed to find 10 of the 13 I mentioned and found another friend who was banished from the village a year ago."

One by one, Shigeki introduced all 11 members. The members covered a lot of specializations. There were a couple of sensors and a decent medical ninja. At the end, he added, "Mitsuo and Hayato were formerly Jounins in our village. The rest were Chunins."

Fujin observed them properly and said, "Alright. Hayato and Mitsuo will be Captains. The rest will be Field Agents."

Shigeki immediately realized, 'Shiden doesn't think that they are strong enough to be considered Jounins in a major village.'

Hayato said, "While we have agreed to join, Shigeki said that we won't learn any more information before we actually join you. We would like to hear the further details."

Fujin nodded and said, "In order to be a member of the Phantom Haven Society, you have to accept the Phantom Seal. It will prevent you from ever leaking the secrets about the organization or your fellow members. At the same time, it will also give you some benefits."

Hayato coughed and said, "Well, if you had become successful in the future, we could have leaked the location of your base."

Fujin waved his arms dismissively and said, "This is just a mini base. There are 3 other such bases in this valley. And that's apart from our main base. If you guys had left and betrayed us in the future, all that would welcome you would be a deadly trap. Even a Fuinjutsu Grandmaster wouldn't have noticed the trap until it's too late. While some ninjas could survive, you fellows would definitely have died."

Once again, everyone was speechless. There was no need to think about how advanced that base was. All 12 of them would have died without any chance of resisting had Fujin wanted them dead. Heck, they wouldn't even know how they died! And now they learnt that Fujin still had 3 more similar bases along with a main base that would have undoubtedly been much more advanced!

Unknown to them, Fujin had initially planned just one mini base to act as a cover for any spies that infiltrated. However, on seeing how easy it was to create it, he created 3 more. After all, the more the merrier. If Hiruzen was here, he would have understood Fujin's point of view.

Fujin said, "That said, even though I built the bases, they are still very basic. You guys will need to do some construction. Come on in."

Fujin entered the cave. The others quickly followed him in. As soon as they did, their eyes widened. Mitsuo muttered, "I never would have imagined that there would be something like this in the normal-looking valley!"

In front of them was a massive base. Though its appearance was basic as everything was carved out of rocks and had no decorations whatsoever, the base in itself was extremely huge! They could easily house over a couple of hundred people inside the cave without making it seem crowded.

While everyone was observing, Fujin said, "There isn't much more to see here. I'll let you guys handle the decorations and make this place look more welcoming and accommodating. I'll inform you guys later how the seals here work and how you can use them in case someone somehow discovers the base and manages to forcefully enter. For now, let's visit the main base."

[A/N : Bonus chapter on next Sunday if the fic gets 1000 Power Stones. Bonus chapter on next week's Saturday if the fic gets 2000 Power Stones.]

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