But there was hesitation in that presence. The person stood frozen outside the door, not entering for a long time.
Puzzled, Gekkō Raito simply rolled out of bed, walked to the door in a few strides, and pulled it open.
"Hayate, did you need me for something urgent this early in the morning?"
Gekkō Hayate stood outside, his face sallow and dark shadows beneath his eyes. His expression looked worse than if he had swallowed a fly.
His lips moved a few times, as if something were stuck in his throat that he simply could not get out.
The deathly silence lasted several seconds before he squeezed out a sentence in a hoarse voice.
"You... come with me."
Since he was going with Gekkō Hayate, Gekkō Raito did not give it much thought. He put on his coat and followed.
However, when they stopped outside the Hokage Building, the feeling that something was wrong grew stronger in Gekkō Raito's heart.
The ANBU passing by and the ninja on duty gave him extremely strange looks, as though they were looking at a prisoner about to be executed, or a commodity waiting for the right price.
And why come to the Hokage Building at a time like this?
Hiruzen Sarutobi, who held that lofty position, was clearly still lying half-dead in an intensive care ward at Konoha Hospital.
Filled with suspicion, Gekkō Raito stepped into the Hokage Office.
The room was not empty. Instead, two old people he had not expected were seated inside.
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.
These two were living fossils of the Konoha Advisory Council and rarely showed themselves.
This setup was rather interesting.
"So you're that Gekkō Raito?"
Utatane Koharu opened the questioning, her cloudy old eyes looking the boy up and down.
Gekkō Raito nodded, neither