"Lord Hokage, what brings you here?"
Kakashi, who had been leafing through some documents, suddenly sensed a disturbance. When he looked up and saw Xia Yan, he could not help asking with a smile.
Kakashi was becoming increasingly familiar with Anbu affairs, and with the help of his newly promoted secretaries, his work was no longer as difficult as when he had first taken over.
Although he still felt some pressure, things seemed to be going quite well for him at present.
After all, his two secretaries and the Anbu's own Administrative Affairs Office screened out many unimportant matters, allowing him to devote more energy to more important things.
He looked far better now than he had when he first took over last year.
"Am I not allowed to come?" Xia Yan smiled and spread his hands. "Whatever else, I used to be the Anbu Director. Isn't it only natural for me to come and take a look?"
"True. Would you like to see the latest Anbu documents?" Kakashi stood up, then held out the documents in his hand.
"Are you kidding? That's your job." Xia Yan rolled his eyes and refused Kakashi's documents. "I'm busy enough being Hokage. Besides, is there anything about the Anbu's current situation that I don't know?"
The Anbu was the most important organization directly under the Hokage. There was no way Xia Yan would not know what was happening within it.
Besides, Kakashi was far more conscientious than Xia Yan had been as Anbu Director. He submitted a Weekly Summary Report practically every two weeks.
He also submitted a Monthly Summary every month, and an Annual Report at the end of the year.
This made it abundantly clear to everyone in the know that the Anbu always followed the Hokage's lead and would never