My Sign-in System in Naruto

When the unexpected guests walked into Ichiraku Ramen, Uncle Ichiraku's expression changed slightly.

Haru furrowed his brows, as if sensing something. He turned his head to glance at the entrance.

The newcomers were all dressed in identical uniforms and wore different patterned masks.

They were Danzo's ROOT members.

Although the outfits of the Anbu and ROOT were quite similar, Haru was still able to recognize them.

The Anbu, under the Hokage, had masks that were not all the same, but were characterized by designs based on animals.

However, ROOT members were different; once you understood this, it was easy to distinguish them.

"Anbu?"

Naruto instinctively turned around. Although his grades at the Ninja Academy were not great, he had interacted with the Third Hokage many times.

He had seen people dressed like this a few times.

The Third Hokage had explained that they were the Anbu who took direct orders from him.

And Naruto's intuition told him that they were not here to eat ramen.

"Danzo wants to see you." The lead ROOT member spoke in a low voice, ordering Haru to leave with them.

"Who is Danzo?" Naruto couldn't help but ask.

"He is a special advisor to the Hokage." Haru said without hesitation.

Danzo was quite famous in the Leaf Village.

He was well-known as the "Shadow of the Hokage."

It was like knowing that a certain forbidden technique existed, but not knowing who created it; you could blindly guess it was the Second Hokage, Tobirama.

If there was a problem and you didn't know who to blame, calling Danzo would also be a safe bet.

However...

Since Danzo could send ROOT members here to find him.

There were only three possibilities.

The first possibility was that the Third Hokage knew about this and permitted Danzo's actions.

But that was unlikely.

The second possibility was that Danzo didn't fear the Third Hokage knowing; he was openly inviting Haru over, wanting to win him over.

That was a moderate possibility.

As for the last possibility, perhaps Danzo was holding back the Third Hokage, preventing him from using the Telescope Technique to observe Haru and Naruto, and then having the ROOT members find a way to deal with him.

That wasn't impossible.

Haru's gaze sharpened. He didn't consider himself very clever, and his level of intelligence was that of an ordinary person.

But he wasn't stupid; he could preset various possibilities in advance and then come up with countermeasures.

He could manage that.

If it were the first two options, there was naturally nothing to worry about—he could follow them for a bit, chat with Danzo, and then head straight home to sleep.

All would be peaceful.

As for the last possibility, even if the likelihood was the lowest, it required special attention.

The reason Haru had this idea was that... years ago, after Minato sacrificed himself to seal the Nine-Tails, when Sarutobi returned as Hokage.

ROOT had carried out Danzo's orders to form a ten-man squad to assassinate Sarutobi.

They had failed midway due to Kakashi's betrayal.

Due to various pressures afterward, Sarutobi had to pretend that the incident never happened.

So, Danzo, who dared to kill even Sarutobi, had no reason to fear Haru.

Just because he was from the Senju clan?

That wouldn't intimidate Sarutobi, who still led the Sarutobi clan and was the Third Hokage.

However, Haru felt he could understand Danzo.

After all, from his performance, it was clear that he stood with the interests of the Third Hokage, attempting to become his successor.

In other words, he would be the greatest obstacle to Danzo's bid for the next Hokage.

If the roles were reversed, he would also choose to act now, before the enemy had a chance to grow!

Following this line of thought, it was clear that this Danzo was really cautious!

But as for the trigger...

Haru instinctively looked at Naruto, who happened to be staring back at him at that moment.

"Uh…"

Naruto froze, his little face turning bright red. He hurriedly turned away, "W-what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that..."

"Danzo wants to see you." Seeing that Haru didn't react, the ROOT member repeated himself.

However, there was no hint of impatience in his tone.

No... to be precise, there was no tone at all.

The so-called "ROOT" members had no names and no emotions.

"Let him wait; can't he see I'm eating ramen?" Haru glanced at the person, speaking without politeness.

"Haru." Naruto's eyes lit up. He never expected Haru to be so imposing.

Although he didn't know who Danzo was, just hearing the title of Hokage's advisor sounded incredibly impressive.

"Is this okay?" Uncle Ichiraku crossed his arms, looking somewhat worried. Unlike Naruto, as an adult, he understood what being the Hokage's advisor meant.

"This is my first time treating Naruto to ramen; what does Danzo have to do with me?"

Haru had no intention of holding back, even pulling out five hundred ryo from his pocket and slapping it on the table. "Let's get two more bowls of ramen."

"Naruto, your only task today is to eat as much as you can, understood?"

"Haru..."

Naruto's eyes widened, and tears began to well up. He had never had anyone disregard a Hokage advisor for his sake.

Not to mention that he had never had anyone treat him to ramen like this.

In that moment, Naruto felt overwhelmed with emotion.

But in reality, Haru was just testing ROOT's attitude.

As expected, after he clearly delayed for some time, the ROOT member stepped forward to grab his arm.

ROOT members lacked emotion, but because of that, Danzo's orders were absolute.

However, if Danzo truly wanted to win Haru over, he wouldn't allow ROOT to treat him so rudely and forcibly take him away.

He was anxious.

Bang!

Haru swiftly dodged to the side, evading the ROOT member's grab.

The two locked eyes, and the atmosphere grew tense, charged with an unspoken confrontation.

Naruto had to stop what he was doing, looking worried.

"Naruto, it seems we can only stop here for today." Haru took a deep breath, realizing he couldn't enjoy this meal any longer.

However, he had also confirmed one thing.

Danzo was acting recklessly.

"Haru." Naruto jumped off his chair.

Before Naruto could say anything, Haru stepped in front of him, smiled, and placed two fingers against Naruto's forehead.

"Naruto, let's hang out again next time."

Thud!

"Alright, let's go." Haru said, not caring about Naruto's reaction, and strode out of Ichiraku Ramen.

"Sure enough..."

Haru quickly reached the street and looked around, but saw not a single pedestrian.

It was as if someone had deliberately cleared the area.