What Had to Come Still Came! [Third Update, Please Subscribe]

Hatake Sakumo was away from Konoha on a mission, while his son Kakashi Hatake's assessment had also begun...

It was as if this were some kind of signal!!!

What a headache!!!

In the end, the more Hikaru thought about it, the more muddled his mind became. He got up, dressed, and left home. At a time like this, he had no desire to sleep at all.

"Notify Nara Shikaku and have him come to my office."

These days, aside from major matters that required Hikaru's personal handling, everything else in the Anbu had been handed over to Nara Shikaku. It made Hikaru's life much easier, but the price of that ease was that he was unaware of many things.

That could cause certain matters to happen without him knowing why. Just like back then, when the Third Hokage handed the Anbu over to Hikaru, he became much more relaxed and had fewer matters to deal with. Likewise, there were many things happening within the Anbu that the Third Hokage would no longer know about.

It could even be said that the Third Hokage knew most things. It had been fine before, but now that the Anbu had a director at headquarters, if matters could still be brought directly to the Third Hokage, then it could only mean Hikaru was incompetent.

That was a slap in Uchiha Hikaru's face!!!

Whether or not the Third Hokage was the Anbu's direct superior, Hikaru was still the director of the Anbu!! Anyone who brought matters directly to the Third Hokage without going through him was overstepping their bounds!!! It was the same as slapping Uchiha Hikaru across the face.

Hikaru did not know whether it was merely his imagination, but he always felt that something was going to happen, leaving him restless and anxious.