Danzo

At that moment, the other masked man spoke. "I heard your name is Ye Lan. People from the Interrogation Department found you in the woods this morning. We don't intend to do anything to you. It's just that Lord Danzo noticed you and learned some things about you, so he wants to talk to you. And I heard that even Ibiki couldn't get much out of you in the Interrogation Department. That's why Lord Danzo has taken quite an interest in you and wants to meet you. We won't do anything else to you. So you don't need to worry too much, and it would be best if you didn't make things difficult for me. Come with us."

Ye Lan sensed something off in the man's tone. Why did it feel like things were not that simple? Lord Danzo wanted to see him, and Danzo even knew what had happened between him and Ibiki in the Interrogation Department. The Anbu intelligence network really was formidable. Logically, he should not have known about the Interrogation Department.

The fact that Anbu members could obtain this information so easily also showed how extraordinary Danzo was. Then again, if Danzo knew this much, he surely also knew that Ye Lan had just obtained a Ninja Headband and become a Genin. But Ye Lan could not understand why Danzo wanted to see him at a time like this.

And what exactly was Danzo's purpose? Recruitment? Ye Lan could not quite figure it out. More importantly, he did not want to go to the Anbu with these people, because who knew what would happen after he met Danzo? He had always preferred doing things openly and honestly. He did not like gathering intelligence, infiltrating places, planting spies, and that sort of thing.

If it came to undercover work, he would rather be on the righteous side, the kind that was open and aboveboard. Whether in the past when he watched Naruto, or now that he was in the Naruto World, he had never been able to take much interest in Danzo. It was not that he disliked the man himself; he simply disliked his way of handling things, even if Danzo truly did act for Konoha's good.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Lan smiled at the masked man. "How about this? Why don't you two come downstairs and have some ramen with me first, then we can talk about seeing Danzo? I'm hungry right now, after all. You can't expect me to go on an empty stomach, can you? Or you could come with me to see Danzo after that. What do you two think? I heard the Ichiraku Ramen upstairs is pretty good. It should suit your tastes."

But the two masked men clearly had no intention of wasting time with Ye Lan. One of them directly grabbed his hand and said, "Our time is precious. I'm afraid we can't go eat ramen with you. You should come see Lord Danzo first." Seeing their unyielding attitude, Ye Lan did not want to keep going in circles with them.

Ye Lan narrowed his eyes and said, "What if I refuse to go with you? What can you do to me?" His tone had already become somewhat forceful.

Seeing that Ye Lan would yield to neither soft nor hard tactics, the masked man grew angry and said directly, "I'm afraid that's not up to you! You're going today whether you want to or not. Lord Danzo gave us this order, so you'd better not make things difficult for us. Otherwise, if the two of us have to take you by force and injure you, it won't look good for anyone. You should obediently come with us. Otherwise, hurting the harmony won't benefit anyone. Don't you agree?"