With the first teammate back in the fold, it was time to find the second. Anyo already had someone in mind.
Back home, Haku looked at the clothes Anyo handed over and asked, "Are these Anbu clothes?"
"Yes," Anyo replied. "Didn't you want to stay with me all the time? Put these on. From now on, wherever I go, you go."
Haku's eyes shone with delighted surprise. "That's wonderful."
The second member was easily secured. As for the third, Anyo had a good candidate in mind.
Just then, a knock came from outside.
"Huh? Who would come over at this hour?" Curious, Anyo opened the door. After one look at the visitor, he quickly took off his mask. "Mikoto, what brings you here?"
The visitor was Uchiha Mikoto. She glanced at Anyo's clothes and quickly understood. "You've joined the Anbu again? Does Lord Hokage want to send you to the battlefield?"
Anyo nodded. "Yes."
"Even you have to go?" Mikoto made no attempt to hide her worry, her face clouded with concern.
Noticing that something was very wrong with her mood, Anyo hurriedly asked, "What is it? Did something happen?"
After worrying at home for so long, Mikoto finally could not hold back her sobs. "Fugaku took Itachi to the battlefield."
Itachi, my godson by default—he isn't even four yet, is he? Has Fugaku lost his mind, taking such a small child to the battlefield? Surely he doesn't think the Mangekyō Sharingan makes him invincible? Anyo immediately asked, "Which battlefield did they go to? Do you know?"
"I don't know. He didn't say." Mikoto gripped Anyo's hand tightly. "I knew you were in the Medical Department, so I wanted to ask you to check with the ninja coming back from the battlefield. I never expected that even you would be