Chapter 53: The Shock of the Whole Family

Ren could only repeat it again, "I'm going to report to Anbu tomorrow."

Clatter!

Father Tatsuo suddenly stood up from his seat. He clapped the table with both hands and confirmed to Ren again: "Son, you really didn't lie to us, did you? Are you really hired by Anbu?"

Ren didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he just nodded again, "Of course, why would I lie to you?"

Tatsuo was surprised and happy.

Surprise: Ren was only twelve years old. He had never heard of a ninja in the village who could join Anbu at such a young age. His son was likely to become the youngest ninja in Anbu history!

Happiness: The pair of children in their family not only became ninja, but his eldest son, at the age of twelve, had entered such a powerful organization as Anbu! This incident alone was enough to show how powerful his son's talent and strength were! This was definitely a good thing that could be used to bring honor to the family!

Ten years ago, a young boy from a commoner family in Konoha Village rose to prominence. With his powerful talent, he became a disciple of Lord Jiraiya, one of the Three Sannin. Later, he achieved great accomplishments in ninjutsu. With the ninjutsu he developed and improved, he shone in the Third Great Shinobi World War and became the "Yellow Flash" that terrified the enemy. This person was the later Fourth Hokage—Minato Namikaze! Although more than ten years had passed since the Fourth Hokage's death, in the hearts of Tatsuo and the older generation, the magnificent, sunny, and powerful Fourth Hokage could not be forgotten. And now his son, though also a commoner, had shown outstanding talent and powerful strength in ninjutsu. 'Is it possible that his own son also has the potential to become Hokage in the future?'

Thinking of this, Tatsuo's heart couldn't help but be excited!

"Tenten, hurry, hurry up and tell your relatives!" Tatsuo shouted.

Tenten was confused and said: "Huh? Tell them what?"

"Of course, tell them that your brother has successfully joined Anbu! Such a big event doesn't have to make relatives and friends happy! Oh yes, tell them we're closed this weekend and everyone is coming to eat at our house to celebrate!" Tatsuo's face was rosy, and he roared in high spirits as if he was a little drunk after drinking.

"Understood." Tenten agreed, and then ran out in a hurry.

"My brother has been elected to Anbu! My father invited you to come over for dinner on weekends!"

"My brother has been elected to Anbu! You bring your family to my house for dinner on weekends!"

"My brother..."

Outside the window, Tenten's joyful cries came one after another. With Ren's current perception, he could still hear her shouts clearly within a few hundred meters of the neighbors. Ren couldn't help holding his forehead. He really didn't expect that the mere fact of joining Anbu would make his family so excited. As for the fact that he once rejected the Hokage... 'Forget it, let's not talk about it.' Ren decided not to give them more stimulation.

In a short while, after notifying everyone, Tenten ran back. And after she ran back, people began to arrive at their house one after another.

"Oh, Brother Tatsuo! Congratulations! Congratulations! It is said that tiger fathers have no dog sons; Ren, this child, is so good for you! Not only did he become a ninja, but he also entered Anbu! It's amazing!"

"Oh, Brother Tatsuo, as soon as that girl Tenten told me, I really rushed over immediately! I didn't have any gifts ready for a while, but I brought some of the tempura I just fried at home. You can let Ren taste it..."

"Brother Tatsuo, my little boy Jiichiro is also arguing at home every day and wants to be a ninja. I don't know if your little brother Ren has time, can you give him a little guidance? Hey, with the friendship of our brothers, it's easy to say anything about the price, I will never be short of money!"

...

Ren saw more and more people coming to the house. His dad chatted more and more happily with his friends, and his mood became more and more elevated. Suddenly, Ren felt a bad premonition. Just at this time, Tenten's eyes looked over and winked at him. So he and Tenten shared a glance, immediately understanding each other, and at the same time chose to run away!

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Night.

Ren was lying on his bed. In his hand, he was flipping through a document that Kakashi had handed him today. Inside, there were some detailed introductions about Anbu, as well as basic knowledge and daily routines. The following text recorded Ren's current Anbu ninja number, as well as the code name registration form.

His first official contact with Anbu made Ren realize that Anbu wasn't just about fighting, as he had imagined. There was still a lot to learn, for example, various Anbu secret codes, and various means of information exchange. Every qualified Anbu ninja had to go through a period of familiarity before he could be competent for Anbu's work.

Of course, becoming an Anbu ninja did offer many benefits. First, all the ninja tools needed for training could be provided for free, and the reward for performing tasks was higher than for ordinary ninja. Naturally, if a ninja was unfortunately sacrificed during a task, the task pension, etc., was also several times higher than for ordinary ninja. The title of Anbu Ninja as "Ninja Civil Servant" wasn't for nothing; the benefits were indeed very good. However, Ren didn't care about these, as he wasn't short on ninja tools or money.

The second advantage was that you could browse the records in Konoha at will, including some confidential documents and materials, as well as information about other countries or ninja villages collected by Konoha intelligence ninja. Ninja in Anbu could read them at will.

Besides, the most important thing was that Anbu ninja could enter a secret base in Konoha where ninjutsu scrolls were stored. They could even learn all ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu of B-rank and below at will! For this alone, even if Anbu's work was extremely busy and dangerous, a large number of ninja still eagerly sought to join it. It was precisely because of this that Ren, a ninja from a civilian background, considered this opportunity to join Anbu so significant!

This was because B-rank ninjutsu was generally the domain of elite ninja who formed the backbone of the entire ninja world, and it often took a lifetime to figure out how to practice such ninjutsu. Of course, within B-rank ninjutsu, there were also strong and weak points. A B-rank ninjutsu displayed by an ordinary Jōnin was completely different in lethality from a B-rank ninjutsu displayed by a Hokage-level ninja like Hiruzen Sarutobi. To a certain extent, it could be said that the level of ninjutsu and one's own strength are complementary in determining a person's actual combat ability; the two are indispensable.

"My strength is pretty good now, but the number of ninja tools I've exposed to others isn't large. There are some ninja tools I also need a suitable reason to introduce to the world. This ninjutsu scroll base is a good excuse for me," Ren murmured after reading the document. "And learning more about ninjutsu may help me a lot to create my own ninja tools."

Early the next morning, Ren put on the Anbu clothes he'd brought back the day before. After wearing his fox face mask, he left the house. According to the location marked on the document, Ren walked to a hidden place in Konoha, and then entered the underground passage.

Konoha's Anbu headquarters was a secret base beneath Konoha. Inside Konoha, there were more than a dozen branches of Anbu, with different ninja teams stationed in each. But what surprised Ren was that the Anbu headquarters was almost directly below the Hokage Building! Moreover, there were passages connecting the Anbu headquarters and the Hokage building. Any order from Hiruzen Sarutobi could be easily and quickly delivered to the Anbu headquarters at any time!