"You're late."
Shisui's words carried a faint chill.
As a ninja, one could be unpunctual, but as Anbu, orders were absolute.
And time was the foundation for judging whether an Anbu was qualified.
Assembly time, training time, mission completion time, killing time...
From this perspective, even the newly recruited weakling of a teammate did better than Kakashi.
At least her attitude was proper.
Shisui glanced at the purple-haired girl beside him, wearing a white tiger mask, and at the long Ninja Blade unsuited to her build. When he arrived at Root that morning, she had already collected her equipment, dressed herself properly, and waited for her teammates.
While waiting, Shisui had also casually assessed his future teammate's strength.
With a Shackle Technique cast through hand signs, without using his Sharingan, he had easily restrained her.
The Genjutsu was dispelled after a single breath, but once the girl recovered, she showed no reaction. She thought she had merely been too nervous and momentarily distracted. Little did she know that from then on, her teammates would regard her as an ordinary ninja who needed protection.
After the two had waited for an hour, Guo Wang arrived at the training grounds, but Kakashi was still nowhere to be seen.
In Root, where rules and order were always valued, this was a major taboo. The originally angry Guo Wang had intended to send Gui to capture Kakashi and let Oni suffer a little as well.
But Shisui, who had received guidance in Namikaze Minato's Body Flicker, took the initiative to accept the task.
Guo Wang, who thought highly of this disciple, considered it and agreed. However, he set one condition: since the three would be forming a team from now on, they would decide on a captain upon their return.
In other words, Shisui