The Cunning Fourth Hokage

Yang Xing was heading to the Hokage Building in Konoha. The Uchiha Clan Head would be meeting with the Third Hokage to discuss personnel matters, and he needed to arrive before then. 🐟🐯 ♠🐨

After all, even with only the Fourth Hokage present, it would still be difficult to suppress the Uchiha Clan.

His face grew anxious, and Yang Xing quickened his pace.

Before he could even get up to the top step, on a relatively quiet street, just a few hundred meters from the Hokage Building, he was stopped by someone.

The person appeared very quickly, appearing in front of Yang Xing in the blink of an eye, kneeling on one knee with an expressionless face.

The newcomer was not old, but not much older than him. However, there was something very discordant about the child.

The boy, who looked to be about ten years old and was squatting on the ground wearing Chunin helmet, asked with his head down, "I don't know, are you called Yang Xing?"

"Yes." Yang Xing frowned, feeling that the person in front of him looked somewhat familiar. "Who are you?"

"Tenzo," the boy said decisively, his tone sudden, "I want to join the Anbu!"

These words came very suddenly and decisively.

Yang Xing frowned. "Why?"

The boy looked up, his eyes vacant and lifeless. "Because you truly have the ability to make me join, I want to join the current Anbu."

"That's not it. I'm asking you how you know I have the ability to make you Anbu." Even the Third Hokage probably doesn't know this, let alone the various clans of Konoha.

Yang Xing stared intently at the man, his gaze carrying a hint of murderous intent.

"Because..." Seemingly unable to meet Yang Xing's eyes, the boy's expression wavered slightly. "I... I heard it from the head of the Uchiha Clan. I went to him, and he told me that to become a member of the Anbu, I had to come to you; only then would he let me join the New Anbu."

"Don't lie to me, look me in the eyes." Yang Xing didn't believe him. His eyes widened, and he silently activated his Sharingan: "Who are you? Who sent you?"

The power of the Dōjutsu Sharingan its Three Sharingan Tomoe is incredibly strong and terrifying.

Under these eyes, all Genjutsu are utterly useless; all Genjutsu and Ninjutsu will be seen through.

"Who am I?" A hint of confusion appeared in the eyes of the boy named Tenzo. He looked into Yang Xing's eyes and murmured to himself, "Who am I, really? Ah!"

With a flick of his head and a loud shout, he rushed off into the distance.

Its speed was so fast that it completely surpassed that of Chunin.

By observing the opponent's speed and Chakra, Yang Xing could tell that this boy was much stronger than an average Chunin.

At the same time, he vaguely understood who had sent this person.

"Interesting fellow. Looks like Danzo isn't giving up. Too bad, he really doesn't have any strong men left." Yang Xing muttered under his breath as he lifted his foot again, then stopped paying attention to the matter. "By the way, I feel like I've seen this guy before."

After thinking for a long time, Yang Xing still couldn't remember, so he had to give up.

Yang Xing still didn't want to bother with Danzo's pawn.

Konoha Hokage Meeting Room.

"Why are you so slow, you little rascal? Can't you always be a little earlier?"

Seeing that Yang Xing was the last to arrive, Minato Namikaze gave him a serious reminder with a composed expression.

"Sorry, sorry, I ran into a little trouble on the way. I got held up by two interesting groups of guys." Without mentioning that the boy controlled by Danzo had come to find him, Yang Xing just scratched his head and chuckled. As he was speaking, he looked around and spotted an old acquaintance.

He hadn't expected that even Kakashi was there.

Kakashi, however, met his gaze. His cold expression remained ashen, and he nodded at him, truly arrogant and not uttering a single word.

This guy is absolutely not cute.

That's annoying, even more annoying than that brat from before.

Yang Xing couldn't figure out what Kakashi was thinking, nor did he know whether Kakashi understood what he had done this time.

Unable to figure it out, Yang Xing wasn't too bothered; he had other things to do right now.

Clearing his throat, Minato Namikaze didn't reprimand Yang Xing further. He had other important matters to attend to, so he had him hand over a piece of intelligence on the table to Fugaku Uchiha, who was waiting silently ahead. "Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan, this contains the information on all the Anbu members."

"Hmm." Fugaku Uchiha's expression remained unchanged as he reached out to take the item.

"All personnel, including the teams, consist of twelve squads, with each squad having at least ten members. This also includes some special operations teams and special ninjas."

The two started chatting about very trivial topics.

Yang Xing listened listlessly, but someone facing him said something that someone had just said.

"Alright, let me become a member of the Anbu."

Yang Xing was taken aback, glanced around, and realized that Kakashi was indeed facing him as he spoke, "You said that to me?"

But this guy seems to be giving orders.

That's so annoying.

In response to Yang Xing's question, Kakashi nodded with a deadpan expression. "Hmm."

When he arrived, he knew that the only way to become New Anbu was to ask Yang Xing for help; this was something Minato Namikaze had told him personally.

Yang Xing understood that Minato-sensei must have revealed some information, so he didn't press for details. Instead, he stroked his chin, glanced at Kakashi a few times, and suddenly said, "Smile for me."

Kakashi, slightly surprised, still managed a forced smile.

His face was stretched taut, giving off a forced, insincere smile.

"No, no, that's too ugly. Smile again." Yang Xing waved his hand, completely dissatisfied.

Nonsense, this is called laughing? It's uglier than crying.

"You..." Kakashi's face darkened after being teased by Yang Xing.

Yang Xing, instead, crossed his arms and waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Kakashi, you need to understand, you're the one asking for help, and it's me. So, I just want you to smile at me right now."

Faced with Yang Xing's serious yet somewhat arrogant expression, Kakashi really had no choice. After all, this guy was one of the most important people in the decision-making process for the New Anbu.

"Alright, you just wait and see." Kakashi, who had clenched his fists, seemed to suppress his anger and finally revealed a smile.

I must say, it's done quite well.

Very good.

Yang Xing laughed so hard he almost couldn't stand up straight, "Hahaha, this time it's not bad, not bad at all, you passed!"

"Then..." Kakashi's face lit up with joy, but before he could celebrate for long, he was interrupted.

Yang Xing's smile vanished, his expression turning serious. "I can let you join, but you have to agree to one condition."