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  The grin on Daichi's face vanished as he heard that question. He kept silent and looked at his sensei.

  'What do I tell him? Me remaining silent is already an ao that question. Gramps told me that knowledge of the Roanization is known only to the upper level ninjas and even they don't know the full details.'

  Daichi recalled the versation he had with Kensei after his enter with the Root ninjas.

  Fshback.

  "Did they have any kind of identifiarks?" A ed Kensei wao know every detail he grandson could recollect about the attackers.

  "No. They also only used the standard jutsus. There was nothing ieiques that poio any anization." Daichi replied.

  He kept a calm face but internally he was unhappy about lying to the man. Daichi apologized to Kensei in his heart for the deceit. 'I'm sramps. But I have pns for those bodies. And I 't reveal info that I got from Observe.'

  Kensei was silent and after a few minutes spoke as he went over what just happened. ''Since we don't have crete evideheir real identities will remain unknown but I'm positive they attacked you under Danzo's orders. Based on the information and their strength they are most probably Root ninjas."

  Daiodded. ''What do I do now?''

  ''For the moment, nothing. Hiruzen won't let something like this slide. And sihe attack failed Danzo would definitely not pn another. Not with the scrutiny he'll be under.''

  "You said that knowledge of his anizatios on a o know basis. Sin academy student like me shouldn't be privy to information like this, what do I do in the event that the Hokage questions me? I'm not sure I lie a away with it."

  "You probably won't. Tell him the truth. I'll take the bme. If Hiruzeions you, tell him I'm the one who told you about him and his agents."

  Daichi slowly nodded.

  Fshbad.

  Kakashi was ily looking at his student's expressions. 'So he knows. But will he admit it?'

  Daichi let out a sigh and replied. "Yes. I do."

  "How?"

  "My old man told me. The wrong attention that I said I wao avoid. It's from the man leading that anization." Daichi replied.

  The Jonin ninja sighed hearing that. "So you know about Danzo…"

  The boy nodded. "Keold me some things about him. It didn't paint a pretty picture."

  Kakashi nodded. He knew what Daichi was talking about. 'That man came after my Sharingan once. So I have no doubt he would go after someone like Daichi.'

  "Very well. Since you answered my questions holy, I suppose it's only fair that I do the same."

  Daichi was surprised. "Wait. Don't you want to know anymore? Like how much I know about him and The Root ninjas?"

  The Jonin shook his head. "No. I'm sure Keold you everything you o know."

  Daichi kept silent at that. He theed his earlier question. "What was the real reason behind this test?"

  "That unwatention you wao avoid. I'm afraid it's too te for that."

  Daichi's eyes narrowed. "So that Danzo guy is ing for me."

  "Not Danzo."

  Daichi was fused. 'Is there someone else? Who could be after me at this time?'

  "I'm sure you've heard of him. Orochimaru." Kakashi told the boy.

  Daichi was only slightly taken back by that name. 'So that Snake freak knows of me. I half expected it, since I'm an apprentice of his teammate. But I didn't think he'd be ing for me so soon. I o prepare ter measures.'

  "You don't seem that surprised." The Jonin noted Daichi's rea and cluded.

  Daichi crossed his arms and sat down. "I'm Lady Tsunade's apprehat title alone will garner me some enemies from hostile nations. I was well aware from the start what training under her would entail… I learned about the Legendary Three ninjas during the st few years. Orochimaru's name came up during one of my versations with her. But she didn't talk about him all that much. She just told me that I should be careful if I ever meet him."

  Kakashi agreed with that assessment. "You should be extremely vigint if you're in his presence. He's not someone you go up against… Well, not at the moment anyway."

  "Where did you get the information about Orochimaru? Was it the Hokage?"

  "Yes. But you don't o panic. The intelligehat we received suggests that he has knowledge of you and has a mild i in your capabilities but nothing more. And besides I'll keep you safe. It's my job as your teacher. So you don't o worry." Kakashi gave Daichi an eye smile as he tried to ease the boy's worries.

  Daiodded and both of them became silent for a few moments, processing the information they learned.

  Daichi looked at Kakashi from the er of his eyes. He still remembered the moment when his sensei asked him if he was willing to trust him. 'I 't sense any lies. Looks like I made the right bet. He's like his terpart. He'll defiry to protect me… I told him the truth when I said I trust him. But even so, that trust only goes so far. I'm sure there is still information Kakashi is keeping to himself. Blind trust is only something fools do. Even with you I won't pletely let my guard down. I won't let ach me from behind.'

  After a few more seds of rest Kakashi got up from his spot. "Well, I'm going home. I'm looking forward to some mueeded rest. I'll see you week Daichi."

  The gamer ninja stood and nodded his head. He watched Kakashi walk away and decide to head home. He looked around the whole area and he devastation.

  ''Yeesh. I do not envy whoever has to this mess.''

  Daichi went to where his weighted scarf ut them oook a new pair of stylish sungsses in his iory through his pocket. 'Having spares was a good idea.'

  It was then he looked at the numerous notifications piled up on the er. He decided he would check them out once he reached home.

  —-

  Kakashi slowly made his way to the Hokage tower. Si was midnight there weren't many people ireets and he only saw a few patrol ninjas roaming by.

  He soon reached the office door and knocked.

  "e in."

  Kakashi went and stood in front of his kage.

  "This is a surprise. I figured you'd show up a couple hours ter with some random excuse ohe test was over". Hiruzen spoke with a smile.

  The man sighed as he heard that. He wao report the findings and then take a few days off to rest as quickly as he could.

  Hiruzeook in Kakashi's appearand raised an eyebrow. "Seems you've had a very exg day."

  "That's one way to put it… That you had about Daichi's safety in the event of an attack… I don't think you o worry that much." Kakashi said as he ruffled his hair.

  Hiruzen smirked and nodded. "Yes. I gathered that much from your appearand from what I saw."

  The Jonin ninja had a feeling that was the case. "You watched the whole fight?"

  "Not the entire fight. My work demanded most of my attention so I was only able to see pieces of your battle. Your assessment?"

  Kakashi straightened and reted the abilities he took note of. "His Taijutsu is strong enough to hold bad even take down ordinary Jonin ninjas and his chakra capacity is rger than mine. But not by much. But I suspect that with time it will grow at an expoial rate. His Ninjutsu skills are excellent for someone his age and I firm that he has mastered the sed step of ge in Chakra Nature of all 5 elements."

  "His medical skills and teiques were excellent. He's demonstrated that he's capable of using chakra scalpels in battle. He's able to heal wounds much faster than any medijas I've seen in the field. And he heal from a distance using chakra strings as medium."

  Hiruzen was surprised to hear that. "He ged the properties of strings from ordinary chakra to healing chakra and ected them to the wounded area from a distahat's smart."

  Kakashi nodded. "His profi Genjutsu es st. But I only say that due to the number of illusion teiques he used. Most were D and k and he didn't use much to serve his chakra since he knew my Sharingan is a ter and it would only be a waste."

  Hiruzen nodded agreeing with that decision.

  "But I believe he's highly resistant or immuo Genjutsu teiques."

  "What?" The old kage was shocked.

  "Yes. Whenever I used Genjutsu on him, the chakra entered his system but was immediately flushed out."

  Hiruzen leaned forward and narrowed his eyes. "Was it some kind of an automatic response from his body or was he aware that he was being attacked and was able to actively ter it?"

  "Based on his expression aion, he was aware that I tried to use Genjutsu on him but the thing is he didn't o do anything when he was attacked. He didn't o disrupt his chakra flow nor did he inflict pain on himself to get free. It was as if he knew he was getting attacked and his body automatically respoo the fn attack without needing him to take a."

  Hiruzen was silent as he heard that. 'This is certainly iing. Only people with special visual prowess see through Genjutsu so effitly. But Daichi isn't an Uchiha or a Hyuga. And based on the blood work Tsunade did, she didn't find anything that indicated that he was from any … It must be some kind of a special teique…'

  Hiruzen was silent for a minute and then looked at the Jonin. "Kakashi. This information. When you plete the report, do not write it down. His resistao Genjutsu must be kept an absolute secret. If this informatios out, there will be plenty who will have their eyes on him. Both in and out of the vilge. So keep this to yourself. And make sure to tell Daichi that he shouldn't reveal that ability to anyone."

  The silver haired Jonin nodded his head. "There is something else. You were right. He knows about Danzo and the foundation. Keold him."

  The Hokage sighed when he heard that news. "I figured. Kensei won't take any ces with Daichi after what happened."

  "I also told him about Orochimaru." Kakashi hid a wince as he looked at the sharp eyes drilling into his skull.

  Hiruzen looked at his Jonin with narrowed eyes. Several seds ter he sighed and pihe bridge of his his is a very delicate time Kakashi. Any information leak could be catastrophic to the pns I've put in pce. So why did you do something like that?"

  "Trust o be built. If I lied about why I put him through what I did then… It wouldn't have gotten us anywhere. Lying won't help us and he o know the danger so he prepare." Kakashi made his judgment and he was going to stand by it. "And besides, I believe Daichi knows the value of keeping something like this a secret. He might tell Kensei but I'm sure he won't tell anyone else."

  The kage sighed. "I will trust your judgment on this."

  "Thank you Lord Hokage."

  Kakashi gave a brief oral report on Daichi's abilities, skills, strength and weaknesses. Hiruzen was impressed with the boy's progress. Ohe debriefing was done Kakashi left the offid headed home.

  Hiruzen was in his office going through everything he heard. 'The in exams are ing up in a few months. But it's going to be held ione vilge. Should I send Daichi to take part? I 't send him alone. He'll need a team… Hmm… There is still plenty of time. I'll deal with this matter at a ter date.'

  —-

  In a dimly lit room Danzo was standihe window and looking out at the vilge. 'Hiruzen pulled back his surveilnd let go of the restris pe. So he didn't find anything after all. For the moment I move somewhat freely and duct business. But still… I o be careful. He now knows Root isn't disbanded but he doesn't have any proof.'

  He turned around and at that moment a ninja rose from the shadows of the room. The shinobi in bck gear kneeled indig his loyalty to his master.

  "Lord Danzo. I've ducted a thh review of all the didates we've recruited st year along with some of the active ones who joined a ferior. I didn't find any spies."

  Danzo nodded and dismissed his agent. He sat down in a nearby chair and thought about the situation. 'The sed Hiruzen learned of the attack he suspected me. It was because the attackers knew about Daichi and more importantly Tsunade's phobia. But 'he' made sure that all my agents hid as soon as Hiruzen took me into custody. His effit work has made things easier for me. Making him my sed in and was an excellent choice.'

  'Since Hiruzen couldn't find any evideny anization being operational, I thought for sure that he would send someoo infiltrate Root. Seems I was wrong…'

  His grip on his e tightened just a bit. 'So then why do I still feel uneasy?'