Have they... left already?
Chiba blinked in surprise as he looked at the spots where the two Silver Moon Black Robes had stood before vanishing without another word.
Originally, when Number 14 brought up the Nine-Tails' Rampage, he had expected them to continue along that topic. He had even prepared himself to revisit that painful history, but he had not expected the two of them to tacitly avoid asking anything and simply leave.
"Lord Chiba, were those two your partners from your time in the dark world?"
At that moment, a woman's voice suddenly sounded from the shadows behind him—a very familiar voice.
It was exactly the same voice as that of the Anbu proxy who had just left.
"What is it?"
Chiba was neither surprised nor embarrassed or fearful that his two partners from a dark organization had been discovered by the village. He merely replied calmly.
"No, I simply feel that these two people can be trusted. Do you need us to arrange legitimate identities for them, or provide them with assistance?"
Upon hearing this, the proxy said something that would have sounded almost horrifying to anyone else.
Konoha's Anbu actually intended to assist members of a dark organization.
That was nearly impossible.
Not to mention that Number 14 and Number 15 were members of a dark organization—even ordinary wandering shinobi, or shinobi from Kusagakure, Konoha's newest ally, would not and should not receive such treatment from the Anbu given Konoha's current circumstances.
Leaving them uninvestigated would already be an enormous display of trust, let alone assisting them.
A situation like this was almost impossible.
"Oh? You are willing to assist two members of a dark organization?"
Chiba seemed quite astonished as well. He turned back in surprise.
To be honest, the Anbu proxy's words had indeed caught