The Path of the Great Sovereign 40 Enlightening The Populace Continued

The next morning Ichizo stepped of the Yorukage's mansion for the first time in a few days. As he steps out the sight before him baffles him, Each and every Shinobi was wearing the Yamigakure's Shinobi attire or a Variation of it. A black long or Short sleeve shirt with a Dark purple body fitting flak over it, upon the collar each shinobi had a different insignia on it which signified their rank and status as active.

The ranks were divided into 9 enlisted and 9 Officer ranks, The Enlisted ranks were signified by Stars with the officers having Moons. E-1 had no Insignia, E-2 a hollowed out star black Star, E-3 A filled Black Star, E-4 a Hollow Silver Star, E-5 A Filled Silver Star, E-6 A Hollow Gold Star, E-7 a Filled Gold Star, E-8 2 Filled Gold Stars, E-9 3 Filled Gold Stars. Followed by the Officers With the Lowest rank being a Full Moon and as your rank increases the moon gets chipped away to match the Symbol of the Village.

As he walks and inspects the Shinobi he notices they have the Look yet they don't have the discipline he wished for yet. 'So now its time to begin educating everyone' This thought passes his mind as he walks to the Counsel Building.

The Building was located to near the left most river of the village, the reason behind the distance is to show a separation of Power. Many Kage of other villages do all the work running their village which leads to stockpiles of documents that have not been inspected or passed. This way of governing will allow the Kage to focus more on actually governing rather than reading and reviewing documents.

As he walks into the into the Building he inspects his own handy work. A magnificent building modeled after the 'Grand Kremlin Palace' minus its enormous size and gaudy gold tower features. The Symbol of the Yamigakure superimposed into the symbol of the Land of Night at the top of the building. The gleaming white marble of the structure reflected the suns gleaming rays, Ichizo walks in and heads to the Chairman's office.

The Chairman was a Shinobi by the name of Bunta Mizuiro, His was a shinobi of the Hidden mist whose entire family was deemed to be exterminated during the blood wars. He is a user of the Glass Style Kekkei Tota and one of the five Jokyunin of the Hidden Darkness. He was a stern man in his mid 20s with deep Steel colored hair and eyes with sharp facial features. the Dark colors of the Yamigakure uniform made his hair and eye colors stand out even more.

He is now the head of the Mizuiro clan, including him there are 70 members of the clan with 26 of them being capable of using Glass Style. 'Maybe I should come up with a way to strengthen and purify bloodlines as well as their traits.'

"Bunta I need to talk to you about my next course of action."

He rises from his seat and gestures for me to sit in it before I begin speaking, I am deeply impressed by his skill in costumes and courtesies. I sit he assumes a kneeling position to show that he is ready to listen.

"First I would like to say that I will not be visiting this office again, a superior does not go to his subordinates to discuss business they go to him. So, at the start of every week you will come to my office an brief me on the tasks for that week. Also, I will start my re-education of all Shinobi starting today gather all Shinobi in the village to the other side of the mountains in two hours I will be waiting."

"Understood Lord Yorukage!"

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Two hours later I stand on the other side of Yamigakure's Mountains, a detail I neglected was the water that would pool on the other side so I used that to create a Large lake which I am currently standing on. A few moments later everyone arrives and joins me on the lake.

"This area will be where future shinobi will be trained and educated. I my opinion the one of the greatest attributes to a great learning experience is a great learning environment. Right now there is nothing here but a lake and some gravel however I will make this a place for nurturing our future Shinobi."

"Somatic Style: Ice King's Strides" I step above the lake to view the area surrounding it it was a whole lot of nothing for as far as I could see. "Mokuton: Jukai Koutan( Wood Style: Birth of a Sea of Trees)" I used a large amount of chakra to make that entire area a vast forest changing the landscape.

*Daisuke POV*

At First I had no idea what was going to happen, all we were told was that Lord Yorukage wanted to speak to all of us. Now we are watching him create a Forest. The trees were taller and larger than any I have ever seen, They stretched at least 300 feet in the air. So high up the tops of the trees were out of view, the roots of the trees broke the surface layer of the earth and grasses began to grow throughout the forest. The roots also broke the shoreline of the Lake creating a series of streams that traveled in all directions. The Nation was no longer desolate and devoid of life, now it looked like a serene retreat.

Lord Yorukage then stepped down from his position in the sky then returned to the surface of the lake, he made a series of hand signs which caused Eight Large pillars to stretched up from the bottom of the lake. A circular stone platform formed on the top of the pillars to break the waters surface. The Platform was about 500 feet in circumference, on top of the platform a series of buildings was erected with beautiful flowers and trees surrounding them.

Lord Yorukage approached us all when he completed his work and said "Welcome to the Academy of The Night, which resides in the Midnight Forest. Today you will be its first students!"

Chapter end