Naruto: First Love

Chapter 68 The Best Excuse
"who are you?"

The first person to speak was a brown-haired man wearing a raccoon mask, with a dazzling ANBU symbol on his shoulder.

Huo Wu did not doubt whether they were members of the Anbu, because this place was near the Sarutobi residence. Although she did not know who attacked her, there were always Anbu members coming and going near the Sarutobi residence. When Huo Wu came here, she had encountered several Anbu members.

However, she had no impression of the two Anbu in front of her, and she probably had never seen them before.

And seeing that the two men had bandages all over their hands and were holding a string of kunai, it meant that those targets were used for practice.

In other words, these two ANBU members are very accurate in throwing shurikens?

Thinking of Kakashi, he used to be an ANBU member. Could it be that all ANBU members can throw shurikens so accurately?
"I am a villager from Konoha. I came here by accident and did not realize that this was where you were training. I will leave now."

Given the impression that Danzo was willing to attack Uchiha Shisui and snatch one of his eyes in order to obtain the Sharingan, we know how cruel and ruthless Danzo was.

Although the Anbu is divided into ordinary Anbu and the 'Root' led by Danzo, in fact, most of the Anbu are controlled by Danzo. Anbu members are not necessarily 'Root', but 'Root' are definitely Anbu members.

The 'Root' was established by Danzo, and Huo Wu also asked Kakashi about the Anbu, but in order not to arouse Kakashi's suspicion, she did not mention the 'Root' directly.

Kakashi once said that the real leader of the Anbu was very powerful and dark, and did some shameful things under the guise of putting Konoha first.

Combining the image of this leader with Danzo, Huo Wu respects Anbu more and more.

So facing these two elite ninjas, Huo Wu didn't intend to tell the truth. Besides, she was indeed a Konoha villager now, not a ninja. She just retained the habits, strength and communication of a ninja.

The ANBU member only glanced at her casual clothes and her beautifully tied black hair. If you didn't look closely, you would think it was just an ordinary ponytail. But how bright were the ANBU members' eyes? He immediately saw that Huo Wu's beautiful ponytail rope was actually made of a special thread. That kind of thread is usually used by ninjas to carry on missions and tie things up. It is convenient and quick.

Not only that, even though Huo Wu had her ears pierced, there was no sign of her wearing any earrings.

There were some scars on the skin vaguely exposed between the short sleeves. They were very shallow, but still there.

The index finger and thumb of my right hand have some calluses because they are often used with shurikens and kunai, and are much more flexible than other fingers.

In addition, the direction Huo Wu was coming from was behind the wall of the Third Hokage's house, where there were not only members of the Third Hokage's Anbu, but also some traps.

Even if those Anbu members were negligent in their duties, they would not believe that an ordinary person would come to the forest just because his clothes were torn and his skin was scratched.

"You can't even tell a decent lie, but your transformation skills are pretty good!" said another man with messy hair and a parrot mask with a snorted.

In his opinion, Huo Wu's current appearance was simply the result of other ninjas using transformation techniques.

After all, Huo Wu looked young and beautiful, and he couldn't see any flaws in her transformation technique, so he said that the transformation technique was good.

But in fact, he thought this person was a bit stupid. Since he was going to use the transformation technique, why didn't he transform into an Anbu member? Or a normal Konoha villager?

They also received a notice that the Chunin Exam was approaching and many ninjas from other countries came to Konoha. Perhaps someone wanted to find out the strength of Konoha, so he ran to the Third Hokage's house and accidentally came to this training ground?

Even in the opinion of this Anbu member, the one who transformed into Huo Wu should be a leading jonin.

But which country's jonin is so outstanding that he could sneak into this place quietly?

Both sides here are closed, and there are only two directions with traps, underground, and the base of the roots.

There are two directions, one is the Senju family and the other is the Sarutobi family.

One is the family of the first and second generation Hokage, and the other is the family of the third generation Hokage. There are high-level passages in these two directions. It is not impossible that this ninja came from that passage - that would rule out the possibility that this little girl is a transformed ninja of another ninja.

However, from the information stored in their Anbu, they did not find any girl who met the requirements and could use the passage to the Sarutobi family.

The only frequent visitors to this place were the Third Hokage and the two advisors. According to the information, there were only a few people who could enter and exit that passage, so there was no way they would miss anyone.

"What are you talking about lying? Everything I said is true." When Huo Wu heard their words and felt the unfriendly gazes they were looking at her, she knew something was wrong.

It seems that these people are really Danzo's ANBU members. They are so strong. Could they be the backup candidates for the Root?
Moreover, that ANBU raccoon cat, what does it mean that you are so eager to take out your kunai before the other person has even finished speaking?
He quickly took two steps back and said with a creepy smile: "You two, I know that there are some secrets of your Anbu that cannot be known to others, but I don't know any of your secrets. If you don't believe me, you can go find the Sandaime Hokage, and he will definitely tell you."

When they heard Huo Wu mention the Third Hokage, they both hesitated a little.

But he only hesitated for a second before making a decision: no matter who Huo Wu is, if she trespasses without permission, she must be captured immediately and we will talk about it after we see the Third Hokage!

However, before the two men made a move, a strange "whoosh" sound was heard in the distance.

The two Anbu paused. What happened? Why did they suddenly gather together?
Such a gathering signal is usually not for a mission, but rather for an invasion, or something has happened in the Root that involves the Anbu. At this time, Danzo will usually appear.

The Anbu members don't have any special feelings for Danzo, and some of them even hate Danzo.

Thinking that it was Danzo who asked for the gathering, the two of them suddenly didn't want to go. When they saw Huo Wu, they felt that Huo Wu was actually a good excuse.

They believed that no one would invade this place - Huo Wu was definitely an exception. Even if Huo Wu was not an intruder, when they settled the score later, they could say that Huo Wu was an intruder, so it would not be disobeying orders.

The most basic difference between Anbu and Root is that Anbu members still have feelings, while Root members are tools with no emotions. They only know how to obey orders and never resist.

Anbu members generally obey orders, but they will make excuses. At this time, Fire Dance is the best excuse for them not to meet Danzo.

(End of this chapter)