The Root of the Anbu

Silver moonlight shone upon the towering Hokage Building. Hokage's Office. Hayate Gekko and another Anbu member knelt on one knee on the office floor, having just finished reporting to Hiruzen Sarutobi. "Is that what he said...?" Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep draw from his pipe. Beneath the Hokage hat, his wrinkled face was heavy with worry. A six-year-old child... "It seems we guessed wrong." Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.