Chapter 6
Haruto Saito took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. Suddenly, as if something had occurred to him, he whipped around and looked back.
All he saw was an endless forest stretching far into the horizon.
"You won't find it," came a muffled voice from beside him.
The speaker was Shenhe, the masked ANBU ninja.
At some point, White Fang and Aosuo had vanished—they hadn't followed them out of the ANBU base.
"Come on, I'll take you out of here. Stay close, don't wander off. Otherwise, you might not survive," Shenhe warned in his usual low, indifferent tone before turning and walking forward.
Haruto followed closely, scanning his surroundings as they moved.
He was trying to figure out where he was.
Was the ANBU base not located inside Konoha? The landscape around him was completely unfamiliar. No landmarks stood out, making it impossible for him to determine his current location.
"We're wasting too much time walking," Shenhe suddenly said. Then, without waiting for a response, he grabbed Haruto by the shoulder—and launched forward at incredible speed.
Shenhe was a Jonin.