"Got it. Did he say what I'm supposed to do?"
Feng An answered from inside the house.
"Nothing."
After Elephant gave that simple reply, he vanished into the night. Only faint ripples in the air proved someone had been there moments ago.
"Gekko Hayate is dead. They're just notifying me, without assigning me anything?"
Feng An pondered as he showered.
Since joining the Anbu, he had only met one Anbu member: Elephant.
It had only been because Hiruzen Sarutobi requested it that the two had briefly met, and Elephant had given Feng An his Anbu codename, Yi.
So many days had passed without anyone bothering him. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi had not assigned him a mission.
"The third round of the Chunin exam is the day after tomorrow. The matchups have changed, and Fūka and I were added in. I wonder whether things will still follow the original plot."
After his shower, Feng An lay down on his bed and drifted peacefully to sleep.
The next day, at the drawing for the third round of the Chunin exam.
Including Feng An, there were ten genin present.
A man wearing his forehead protector backward, with a thin black receiver like a toothpick hanging from his mouth, spoke up.
"My name is Shiranui Genma, the proctor for the third round. Whoever I call, come up and draw."
Shiranui Genma picked up the list handed over by someone beside him.
"Naruto Uzumaki."
"Here, here, here!"
Naruto strode forward and reached through the hole in the red box, feeling around inside.
After putting his hand in, he deliberately pulled faces and made a goofy expression.
Shiranui Genma rolled his eyes at him.
"Get down once you've drawn."
"Hehe."
Naruto chuckled and pulled his hand from the red box, clutching a small paper ball.
Seeing him