"Turn over a new leaf, start life anew!"
"The sea of suffering has no bounds, yet repentance is the shore!"
"Correct your reform attitude, clarify your reform direction, standardize your reform behavior!"
"..."
The Reform Through Labor Camp of the Land of Whirlpools...
It had been revitalized due to the war, with new prisoners once again filling the camp...
Although the faces of these reform-through-labor prisoners wore expressions of displeasure, and they looked disdainfully at the red slogans above, some even spat fiercely on the ground...
They were only making empty threats and grumbling, not daring to take any reckless actions.
Especially when they saw the gray prisoner uniforms they wore and the numbers on their chests representing their respective ninja villages...
Konoha, Iwa, Suna.
They were even more afraid to cause trouble!!
Do you know why there's no Kirigakure here?
It's because Kirigakure was completely wiped out!!
Heard they died horribly, and the ice on the sea still hasn't melted yet...
And a few days ago, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were executed in the square of the Land of Whirlpools...
Right in front of them!!
So...
There might be no freedom here, loss of freedom...
But at least their lives are safe!!
Everyone held hope in their hearts...
Hoping their Kage would come to redeem them as soon as possible. That time probably isn't far off...
Because...
There are many elites from various villages here!!
The higher-ups of the villages would definitely not abandon them; they firmly believed this. So...
Just hold on a few more days, and the light will come!!
"Kakashi." Rin looked at Kakashi, who was leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, and asked worriedly, "What do you think happened to Teacher Minato and Lord Orochimaru?"
Now they were certain...
Teacher Minato must have been captured!
But why haven't they seen Teacher Minato or Lord Orochimaru here?
And what about Lord Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade...
How are they?
"When will the Hokage redeem us?"
Rin sighed, looking at the morning sun...
"If we can't go back, how will the Land of Whirlpools treat us?"
She was very worried inside!!
"Don't know." Kakashi kept his eyes closed, basking in the morning sun, and said flatly, "Right now, we just need to behave ourselves."
Matters of the village...
They have no say in them. As for Teacher Minato and Lord Orochimaru, although they don't know where they are...
They should be fine. Otherwise, that Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools would have just killed them on the spot back then. Why go through all the trouble of capturing them?
Besides...
Their chakra is sealed, their tool pouches taken, and even Kakashi's family short sword isn't on him. Even if they wanted to act...
Kakashi glanced at the Uzu-nin standing guard nearby, ramrod straight and motionless...
They probably can't escape!
So, it's more realistic to just wait quietly for the village higher-ups to redeem them.
Moreover, aside from the lack of freedom, everything else here is quite good...
At least the cafeteria food is much tastier than Konoha's!
"We do whatever they tell us to do." Kakashi stretched lazily and said indifferently, "Don't act recklessly."
The bodies of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist probably aren't even cold yet. If you want to join them while they're still warm, then...
Go ahead.
And right now...
The other seniors are all cooperating obediently, waiting for an opportunity to act...
Better not be the one to stick your neck out.
"But..." Rin frowned and said, "If the Hokage he..."
Before she could finish...
"Ding ling ling!!"
"Assemble, assemble!" Several Uzu-nin walked over and shouted loudly, "Everyone, assemble over here!!"
"Behave, don't move around, or you won't escape a whipping!"
"Cooperate, all of you!!"
Then...
All the ninjas, feeling displeased, slowly walked over and lined up according to the order they were instructed to follow a few days ago.
"Stop talking." Kakashi said in a low voice, "Don't think or say anything during this time."
Otherwise, who knows what these Uzushiogakure people might do to them!!
Hearing Kakashi's words, Shizune and Rin nodded in understanding and walked to their positions.
The most important thing now is to stay put quietly and wait for rescue.
"Silence!"
Just as the noise below started to rise again...
"Everyone, shut up!" A Uzu-nin stepped forward and said sternly, "If you don't shut up, everyone will be punished because of you!"
As soon as the words fell, instantly...
"..."
The ninjas from various villages fell silent, looking at the several Uzu-nin standing before them...
"The rest is all yours." The Uzu-nin who had stepped out saluted a middle-aged man with short, cropped hair behind him and said, "If you need assistance from the military department, please contact the higher-ups!"
"Mm, thank you!" The middle-aged man nodded and said, "I will be careful!!"
Then...
As the Uzu-nin assembled and jogged away...
The middle-aged man stepped forward, looked at the ninjas from the major villages before him, and sighed inwardly...
Why start a war for no reason?
Well, now...
If your village has money, that's one thing. If not, you'll all have to stay here.
"Silence!" The middle-aged man frowned, looking at the ninjas whispering below, and shouted loudly, "From now on, all of you are under my management!"
"I believe you all know the situation you're facing now!"
"This is a reform-through-labor camp!"
The middle-aged man pointed at the large red characters at the entrance...
"Reform through labor, understand what that means?"
He said sternly...
"You are all reform-through-labor prisoners!!"
"Don't talk about being chunin, jonin, or anything about ANBU!" The middle-aged man looked at them, scanning each one...
Displeased??
He laughed scornfully inside...
So what if you're displeased??
You're just a bunch of ninjas with sealed chakra...
He could take on ten of them!!
As for the rest...
That's the Uzu-nin's business.
"Here, you have only one identity..." The middle-aged man said with a cold laugh, "That is reform-through-labor prisoners!! Remember that."
"Starting tomorrow, you will all be assigned to work in various departments. The people there won't be as easy to talk to as I am."
"If you don't work seriously, if your attitude is bad..."
"Then don't come crying to me when you have no food to eat or get punished."
The middle-aged man looked at the silent ninjas from various villages and said calmly, "Every morning from now on, someone will come here to take you to your respective work posts. At 8 PM, you will be brought back to receive ideological education."
"After that, every week, there will be specialized personnel to assess what you've learned during the week!"
"At that time..."
His eyes swept over them coldly...
"If your political reports and ideological self-reflections don't pass..."
"Hmph hmph!!" The middle-aged man said with a cold laugh, "You'll find out then!!"
As for the monthly criticism and self-criticism sessions, and the theory exams on the red ideology...
Let's talk about that in a few days!
No need to scare them all witless at once...
"And I..."
"Am the camp director of this reform-through-labor camp, and also the director for you reform-through-labor prisoners. You can call me Director Yōya." Yōya said calmly, "If you all cooperate seriously, then I'm actually quite easy to talk to, but..."
His gaze swept over them coldly...
"Whoever makes me unhappy, I'll make all of you unhappy!!!"
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