"After joining the Anbu, you can learn even more ninjutsu, and your combat skills and battle experience will also increase faster than ordinary ninjas, and you'll be able to become an outstanding ninja even faster, and the Anbu is an organization that hones people very well."
"However, at the same time, your life will no longer be as peaceful and tranquil as it is now, and it can be said that you'll be walking on the edge of a blade every single time you carry out a mission, and furthermore, the nature of the missions that you do and all other information will be kept confidential, and all actions and achievements will not be made public."
A complicated look flashed across the Third Hokage's face when he said up to that point.
"In other words, even if you put in a great amount of effort and contribution for the Leaf Village, these things won't be known by anyone, and even if you become a hero in the future, you'll probably be a hero who is hiding in the shadows, and you might even be cursed by ten thousand people, and that is the ninja of the Anbu, and I, as the Hokage, won't force you to join, and now, are you willing?"
The Third Hokage turned his body around after saying up to that point, and quietly waited for Kaoru's answer.
"A hero who is cursed by ten thousand people, that truly is tragic ah....."
Kaoru said with a soft tone of admiration, and the words that the Third Hokage had said caused Kaoru to think of Uchiha Itachi, and wasn't he just a so-called Leaf Village hero who was bearing the Uchiha's unjust souls and bearing the infamy of annihilating the clan?
Kaoru naturally didn't want to repeat Uchiha Itachi's tragedy, and he wanted to control his own destiny himself, and he didn't want to be a hero, and he also didn't want to be a sinner, and he only wanted to be himself.
"I'll join." Kaoru said aloud, and he had already made his decision in his heart, and even if he joined the Anbu, he wouldn't place any importance on any of the Anbu's rules, and he would violate them when he needed to in order to protect himself!
He didn't want any rules under the heavens to even think about trapping him, and that was what could be considered to be a carefree and happy life!
"Very well then." A smile appeared on the Third Hokage's face upon hearing those three words from Kaoru, "I knew that you would definitely agree, and a young person who possesses such a powerful talent for ninjutsu definitely won't be too bad in terms of his mental state either!"
Kaoru's agreement made the Third Hokage very happy, and perhaps Kaoru would be a pillar of the Leaf Village in the future.
However, if the Third Hokage knew what Kaoru was thinking at this time, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.
"However, Lord Hokage, I also have a condition." Kaoru, however, spoke up once again when the Third Hokage was feeling happy.
"What condition?" The Third Hokage asked hurriedly.
"I hope that you can arrange it so that I can fight against the Hidden Cloud Village Genin, that fellow named Omoi, during the main round of the Chunin Exams."
Kaoru said, and he was a person who would definitely take revenge, and he had to take revenge for the injury that had been inflicted on Hina.
"I see, so it's because of that little girl who uses Leaf Style Swordsmanship....." The Third Hokage said in a contemplative tone.
"Alright, no problem, I promise you." The Third Hokage said, "The main round one week from now will be when you and that Hidden Cloud Village Genin will face off against each other."
"Thank you, Lord Hokage." Kaoru said in a tone of gratitude, and it seemed that things had been successfully taken care of.
"There's no need to thank me." The Third Hokage waved his hand, "This is also so that you can successfully enter the Anbu, and by the way, you should officially join the Anbu after the Chunin Exams."
"No problem." Kaoru nodded his head and said.
"Alright then, you can step down now, and I look forward to your performance during the main round of the Chunin Exams." The Third Hokage said.
"Hmm, then I'll take my leave first."
Kaoru smiled slightly, and then turned around and left the Third Hokage's office.
Kakashi walked into the room again after Kaoru had left.
"Reporting, Lord Hokage." Kakashi said aloud, "Before I went to find Uchiha Kaoru, the people from Danzō had already gotten there first, and he was about to lead that Uchiha Kaoru to the Root organization, but I stopped them."
"Hmm." The Third Hokage nodded his head, and said: "You did well in this matter, and Danzō naturally wouldn't be willing to let go of a young person who possesses this kind of talent, and this was within my expectations, but his speed in receiving the news is fast enough, and he sent people to find Uchiha Kaoru right after I walked out of the central tower."
"However, I won't allow a genius like Uchiha Kaoru to fall into the Root organization." The Third Hokage sighed, and said, "That place is far too dark."
At this time, within the Root organization.
"What? You said that Kaoru was taken away by the people from the Anbu?"
Danzō, who was sitting on the chair, had a face that was full of gloom, and looked fiercely at the Root organization ninja down below.
That Root organization ninja was precisely the fellow who had come to find Kaoru previously, and had ended up being taught a lesson by Kakashi.
"That's right." That Root organization ninja answered, "I was the one who found that little brat first, but an Anbu ninja who was wearing a fox mask suddenly appeared, and then that little brat incited me to have a fight with that Anbu ninja, and I felt that it shouldn't be a problem for me to surpass that Anbu ninja with my strength, but the result."
"And the result was that you were defeated by the other party? Is that it?" Danzō said in a cold tone.
"I'm sorry, Lord Danzō, it's this subordinate's incompetence." This Root organization ninja's face was completely red, and he had a look of shame on his face.
"You're indeed very incompetent!" Danzō also said it like that, and he breathed out lightly, and then asked: "Did that Anbu ninja have any characteristics?"
"This....." The Root organization ninja fell into a state of contemplation, and then answered, "He was wearing a mask just like me, so I couldn't see any characteristics, but I did see that he had a head of white hair, and he also had a ninja dog with him."
"White hair....a ninja dog....., I see, so it was Hatake Kakashi ah." Danzō quickly guessed the identity of that Anbu ninja, "Then it's not unjust that you lost to him."
"Hatake Kakashi, is he the Hatake Kakashi who is known as the Copy Ninja?" The Root organization ninja also had a look of surprise on his face upon hearing Danzō say it like that.
"That's right, damn it, Sarutobi actually snatched the person that I wanted right from my hands." Danzō said with a tightly furrowed brow.
Danzō had many means of forcing Kaoru to join if Kaoru himself wasn't willing to join the Root organization, but the person backing Kaoru now was Sarutobi Hiruzen, and therefore he had to properly consider it if he wanted to take action against Kaoru again, and he admitted that he didn't have that much power to go up against the Hokage.
"It seems that I have no other choice but to personally negotiate with Sarutobi now that things have come to this." Danzō said helplessly after considering it for a moment.
Kaoru went back to his home after meeting with the Third Hokage.
At this time, Wan'er had already prepared a table full of dishes and was waiting for him, and Wan'er had also been constantly asking him to describe the exciting content from the exams while they were eating.
Kaoru complied with her wishes, and immediately began to describe everything, and Wan'er's face was also full of worry when he talked about Hina being injured and hospitalized, and she also expressed that she wanted to go to the hospital to visit her tomorrow.
And Kaoru felt that he should have her learn ninjutsu when he looked at the Wan'er who only knew how to coast by every day in the ninja academy, and even though he was protecting her, the most important thing for a ninja was still her own strength, and although Wan'er was still attending the ninja academy right now, it was still better to learn ninjutsu as early as possible.
Kaoru called Wan'er to before him after they had finished eating.
"Wan'er, activate your Sharingan and let me take a look at it." Kaoru said aloud.
"Okay, big brother." Wan'er nodded her head, and then activated her Sharingan, and a single tomoe slowly rotated within her pair of eyes.
"It's still just a single tomoe, huh?"
Kaoru frowned his eyebrows, but by his calculations, Hina should have activated her Sharingan during the night of the clan annihilation just like Uchiha Sasuke, and Sasuke had only transformed into a double tomoe when he was 12 years old, and the Sharingan would indeed not evolve too quickly since there weren't any combat stimuli during the childhood period.
"Big brother, to be honest, these eyes are considerably useful ah, and I can see even the smallest things very clearly, and there was one time when I was fighting with a classmate in class, and I could see the fist that he was swinging very clearly, and I easily caught it!" Wan'er pointed at her eyes, and said to Kaoru.