"Who are you?"
Hearing the sudden voice behind her, Hada Kazune frowned slightly and slowly turned around to look toward the doorway behind her.
When had this Konoha ninja appeared at the door? At that moment, a chill ran through her heart.
At this moment, standing within the wide-open doorway behind her was an ordinary-looking Konoha ninja with a gentle expression.
A Konoha ninja had stood at the door without her noticing at all.
Although she was still some distance from the doorway, for someone to appear so close without making a sound was something that had not happened since she had been young and weak.
Clearly, this Konoha ninja before her might possess strength far beyond her own.
Even if he was not vastly stronger than her, he at least possessed the means to assassinate her.
In other words, if this Konoha ninja had harbored ill intent just now, she would either have been captured or already assassinated! But...
A Konoha ninja... Why had one come at this time? During the negotiations, hadn't they told me to return alone, and practically made it clear that they intended to...
Yet that shock passed in an instant, and her thoughts quickly drifted elsewhere.
"Anna! Tell me honestly, did you cause trouble again?!"
Then, as that thought struck her, anger flashed in her eyes. She suddenly turned toward Hada Anna, who was stuffing herself at the table, and shouted. Her expression became stern and severe.
"Guh!"
Hearing that, and sensing the fury in Kazune's words, Hada Anna—who had been wolfing down food as though nothing in the world could stop her from eating—suddenly straightened rigidly. Her smacking mouth instantly stopped and pressed shut, but she did not dare swallow the food in it. The usually carefree little girl's face had gone stiff,