I don't care what you think-I want it my way

He had lost all interest in talking any further.

He drew a kunai and dispatched Mitokado Homura with ease.

"That felt pretty good."

Naruto Uzumaki walked out of the dungeon. Sunlight warmed his face, and his spirits soared.

The Konoha F4 were finally all gone.

"Naruto!"

Naruto Uzumaki had barely stepped out of the dungeon when he saw a spirited woman walking toward him.

"Mitaraishi... Anko?"

"Thank goodness. You do remember me."

Mitaraishi Anko gave Naruto Uzumaki a bright smile.

"Of course I do. You left quite an impression on me during the Chunin Ninja Exams."

"If I remember right, that kunai was aimed at me, wasn't it?"

Naruto Uzumaki spoke calmly.

"Uh... I don't know what you're talking about."

Mitaraishi Anko shook her head, her gaze shifting away.

Back then,

Naruto Uzumaki had written in the diary that she would become very fat in the future. Furious, she had wanted to teach him a lesson.

So,

before the second stage of the Chunin Ninja Exams, she had thrown a kunai at Naruto Uzumaki.

She had thought she was being discreet. She hadn't expected Naruto Uzumaki to see through her intentions right away.

His instincts really were sharp.

"All right. Did you come looking for me for a reason?"

Naruto Uzumaki looked at Mitaraishi Anko.

"Well... I recently found traces of Orochimaru in the village."

"He may have sneaked back in."

Mitaraishi Anko spoke softly beside Naruto Uzumaki's ear.

Seeing how earnest she looked, Naruto Uzumaki almost burst out laughing.

She clearly knew everything from the diary, yet she was still pretending she knew nothing. It couldn't have been easy for her.

Still,

Naruto Uzumaki didn't call her out.

He knew

Anko had been carrying this hurt for years.

When Orochimaru defected from Konoha and left her behind in the