?"These Konoha High Command things..."
"It's not something we ninjas below can consider."
Hearing Yu's mocking tone, the Gen ninja was unmoved, and immediately made an invitation gesture to Yu, " Master Danzo knows that Master Yu has returned from the battlefield with meritorious service, but has never been able to see him, so he specially sent me to invite you to visit our base."
"Going to be a guest at your root base?"
Wen Yanyu raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "What will happen if I say I don't want to go?"
"Master Yu is joking, you are the talent that Master Danzo values the most. Before sending me out, Master Danzo specially asked me not to be rude to you..."
The tone of the ninja in front of him seemed very sincere, and he changed the topic. "Danzo-sama also said... There had been some misunderstandings between Mr. Yu and Mr. Yu before..."
"So I would like to take this opportunity to sit down and have a chat with you... and see if there are any opportunities for cooperation in the future."
Misunderstanding? Cooperation?
Hearing this, Yu couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth.
From the moment Danzo reached out to the orphanage and Nonō threatened him, there was no possibility of change between them.
"Since you are so polite, I am too embarrassed to refuse, right? Just lead the way."
After making up his mind, Yu said to the humble ninja in front of him that he wanted to see what Danzo still wanted to do now.
"Please come with me."
After hearing Yu's agreement, this humble ninja walked in front of Yu and led him towards the Root base.
Looking at the back of the Root ninja in front of him along the way, he seemed to be about the same age as himself, and his voice was deliberately concealed when he spoke before. Yu felt more and more that he looked like the person he guessed.
"What's your name?"
Walking on the road, Yu spoke in silence.
"We are roots. Roots have no names, no feelings, no past and no future."
The ninja in front did not look back, and the calm voice stopped Yu's questions.
No past and no future?
Hearing the reply from the ninja in front of him, Yu's mouth showed a hint of amusement. "I haven't seen you for a while, have you even given up the name Nonō gave you?"
Click!
The ninja in front stopped for a moment, and his body froze instantly.
"Sure enough..."
"I can't hide anything from you, Yu."
After turning around and taking off the painted face mask on his face, the Root ninja revealed a delicate face, silver-gray hair and a pair of iconic black-rimmed glasses.
Haha, is it really you...Yakushi Kabuto.
Observation Haki can accurately 'hear' the different sounds made by each person's body, which allows Yu to determine the identity of the other person in his heart.
"It's been so long since you left the orphanage... how are you doing in Gen?"
Staring at Kabuto, who had been with him for a while, Yu seemed to casually greet him.
Although Yu never liked Kabuto because of what happened in the anime, but no matter what, Kabuto at this period was still a kind-hearted boy.
Moreover, the reason why Kabuto chose to join Gen voluntarily was to protect Nonō and his friends in the orphanage, so Yu did not show any obvious hostility towards him.
"It's not bad, there are various trainings every day."
"There are many espionage missions to infiltrate other ninja villages. I just returned to Konoha yesterday."
Hearing Yu's greetings, Kabuto couldn't help but feel a little excited deep down in his heart when he finally saw his friends from the orphanage again after such a long time after leaving the orphanage and joining Gen. Although he had never liked his Yu very much.
"I've heard everything about you on the battlefield..."
"As expected of you, Yu..."
Although he was only one year older than him, he could feel the powerful aura inadvertently exuding from Yu in front of him. While Kabuto felt sincerely impressed, he couldn't help but feel a sense of awe in his heart.
If it were Yu...
You can definitely protect the dean and everyone, right?
"It seems that Kabuto has become an excellent spy at this stage..."
Sensing Kabuto's somewhat complicated look in front of him, Yu couldn't help but think of Kabuto's life experience, and couldn't help but be more vigilant about Danzo, the character known as Darkness of the Shinobi World. Such an unscrupulous and insidious character has caused too many tragedies single-handedly.
"We're here, please come in with me."
Soon, Yu followed Kabuto to a forest, where a hexagonal passage on the ground was slowly opening.
After the door opened, the dark stairs inside were revealed. After Kabuto entered first, Yu followed without thinking.
The scene after entering was much bigger than Yu imagined. Kabuto led him through a long corridor, with dim lights hanging on the walls on both sides.
Stairs one by one continued to lead underground. Looking down from the edge of the stairs, Yuya could not see for a moment how many floors there were. The base of Root seemed to be a huge and dark Underworld.
"What a welcome, Mr. Yu."
After arriving at a hall, the voice of Danzo came from a huge stone chair in front of Yu.
"Yu, be careful yourself."
After bringing Yu to Danzo, Kabuto retreated, but before going down, Kabuto took a deep look at Yu and couldn't help but remind him in a low voice.
"I have to say, this underground base really suits your dark temperament."
Ignoring Danzo in his seat, Yu's calm tone did not miss the mark of ridicule.
"Be bold!"
"You actually insulted Mr. Danzo!"
Seeing that the young man in front of him dared to speak rudely to their master Danzo, before Danzo could say anything, the two masked ninjas beside him could no longer hold back and were ready to teach Yu a lesson.
After a long period of brainwashing, in this organization, Danzo is the only god in the hearts of these ninjas.
"Stop! Mr. Yu is my important guest."
Danzo softly stopped the men around him, and then smiled at Yu, "I didn't expect that in such a short time, Yu-kun has become a powerful ninja with a well-known Ninja World. I really saw you right."
"Tell me, why did you call me here?"
Ignoring Danzo's hypocritical smile and compliments, Yu got straight to the point and said, "I think there is nothing left to talk about between us, right?"
"Haha... all this time..."
"I think there are some misunderstandings between us..."
Danzo let out a gloomy laugh, but the look on his face was unprecedentedly sincere, "I sincerely apologize to you for the unpleasantness that happened in the past."
"What do you mean... does this mean you are trying to reconcile with me?"
Seeing Danzo's pretentious apology in front of him, Yu frowned, but a touch of disdain and ridicule appeared on his face.
The astonishing strength that he has continuously displayed on the battlefield, his age, his current established position in Konoha, and his unlimited potential for growth in the future, it seems that Danzo, who is in a high position, has finally become completely unable to sit still.