Himitsuri

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The Himitsuri (秘密裡, Veil of Secrecy) is a covert, unconventional warfare unit dispatched by the.

Overview
Members of the Himitsuri are recruited from their villages special forces, or are personally handpicked, both by their village's for their individual skills and unique capabilities. Factors such as age, ethnesity, sex, background, clan, or rank play no significance in the decision. Each village typically appoints five individuals from their village, though only 3 are normally active from a single village at one time. Unlike the Anbu, which possesses no true rank, all individuals within the Himitsuri are ranked as "Makkuro" (真黒, Pitch-Black), while the head of each team are called squad leaders (分隊長, Buntaichō).

Rather than solely protect the village from threats, Makkuro are typically assigned with intelligence gathering in remote areas of extremely high risk, as well as fighting terrorism, assassinating strong shinobi, eliminating various terrorist organizations and dealing with. Because the Himitsuri is a joint division within the shinobi union, they report to and take orders from the unified gokage, and are exempt from arrest by any force of authority under them, meaning only Kage figures can decide if members need to be investigated or arrested. As per joining the Himitsuri, betrayal of the organization means death. Due to the diversity of roles preformed by individuals within the group, they aren't limited to utilizing techniques solely from their village.