"Naruto Uzumaki, you got here fast!" Yamato, having removed his mask, stared at Naruto.
"By the rules, ANBU ninja aren't allowed to remove their masks in front of outsiders. Once you take off your mask, it means you're no longer part of the ANBU." Naruto grinned. "Yamato, the Hokage transferred you out of the ANBU."
Yamato looked deeply at Naruto. He suspected that his sudden transfer out of the ANBU might have something to do with the Naruto before him.
Just over ten minutes ago, Yamato, who had been in the ANBU, received a transfer order from the Hokage. Effective immediately, he was to leave the ANBU and team up with Naruto to search for Orochimaru's hideout.
Right after Yamato received the transfer order, Naruto brought Hinata to the ANBU to find him.
That was why Yamato thought Naruto had arrived so quickly and suspected that Naruto had made all this happen.
"Please take care of me. From now on, we're teammates." Naruto hurriedly buttered Yamato up first. "You definitely know that the Nine-Tails is sealed inside me, and you can help me suppress it. So from now on, my life is in your hands."
"In all these years, I've never heard of the Nine-Tails going berserk inside you." Yamato looked helpless. "Do you really need me?"
Yamato was currently the only ninja in all of Konoha who could use Wood Release. His Wood Release was the Nine-Tails' natural enemy and could suppress it very effectively.
Yamato had been created based on that very idea.
After the First Hokage passed away, Wood Release was lost, while the Nine-Tails was sealed within Naruto.
As Naruto continued to grow, the jinchuriki gradually matured, and the possibility of the Nine-Tails breaking free from its seal steadily increased.
To that end, the Third Hokage