Yuhi Kurenai

Clang!

Kazuya reacted quickly. He took out a kunai and deflected the shuriken with a backhand throw.

The next moment, a female ninja with black hair and red eyes appeared behind Kazuya in an instant, launching a high kick with a Leaf Hurricane. The movements were smooth and beautiful, clearly displaying extraordinary power. However, as her Leaf Hurricane struck Kazuya, there was a puff of white smoke. Kazuya had turned into a wooden stake.

Body Replacement Technique!

"So fast!" the female ninja exclaimed.

[You picked up 50 combat experience points]

[You picked up 40 points of Chakra]

[You picked up 40 points of Chakra]

[You picked up 100 points of Leaf Hurricane skill experience]

[You picked up 100 points of Leaf Hurricane skill experience]

[Your physical skill - Leaf Hurricane has been upgraded, and it is currently Leaf Hurricane lv5 (50/1000)]

Another breakthrough! Kazuya stepped out of the shadows with a satisfied smile. Leaf Hurricane, a conventional physical skill, like ninjutsu talent, is divided into lv1-lv5, and each level requires 1000 skill experience points to upgrade. In this wave, Kazuya picked up several balls of golden light, including 200 points of Leaf Hurricane skill experience, instantly raising his Leaf Hurricane from lv4 to lv5.

"Not bad," Kazuya thought, feeling good. The efficiency of picking up attributes in Anbu was indeed much higher than in the hospital. As a result, his Chakra level and physical skill Leaf Hurricane had both improved significantly.

"Kazuya-kun, no, it should be Captain Kazuya, welcome back!" The beautiful female ninja with black hair and red eyes stopped and said softly.

"Kurenai?" Kazuya was surprised. How did she appear in Anbu?

Indeed, the ninja standing in front of Kazuya was none other than Kurenai Yuhi. Kazuya and Kurenai had become very good friends after his time travel. While he was in the hospital, Kurenai often visited him, always bringing chicken soup. Their good relationship was simple to explain: Kurenai's father did not die in the Nine-Tails attack, as Kazuya had risked his life to save him. This act of kindness naturally brought Kazuya and Kurenai closer together.

However, he didn't expect Kurenai to join Anbu.

"Is this part of the original plot?" Kazuya wondered. In the original series, Kurenai Yuhi was a beautiful but underutilized character with many aspects of her life left unexplored. But it didn't matter; Kazuya didn't plan to follow the original plot completely anyway.

"Over a year ago, I applied to Lord Hokage and joined Anbu," Kurenai explained. "Father agreed with my decision. He hopes I will become a hero guarding Konoha like you, Kazuya-kun."

"Want to guard Konoha? Then you have to work hard."

"That's for sure!" Kurenai's gaze was firm. She aspired to be a hero like Kazuya.

Kazuya glanced at Kurenai approvingly. Good! Such enthusiasm should be used to protect Konoha.

After a while, two more Anbu ninjas approached.

"Captain Kazuya, I am Hayate Gekko, reporting for duty!"

"Hi Captain Kazuya, I'm Yugao Uzuki, and I'm skilled in Konoha-ryu swordsmanship!"

The two Anbu, a man and a woman, looked young and familiar.

"Hello," Kazuya responded with a smile. He realized that Hayate Gekko, Yugao Uzuki, and Kurenai were all new additions to the original team. After his discharge from the hospital, he had been promoted from a small captain to a sub-captain. Coming to this realization, Kazuya's expression turned a little peculiar.

This Anbu team felt a little odd. Hayate Gekko and Yugao Uzuki were childhood sweethearts, and Kurenai seemed to have a relationship with Asuma Sarutobi. However, now he was the boss of Kurenai and Yugao Uzuki. Why did this feel so ironic?

After the greetings, Hayate Gekko and Yugao Uzuki returned to the training ground. At the moment, Hayate was 14 years old, and Yugao was only 12, both at the Chunin level and the bottom of Anbu. Naturally, they had to train hard.

Kazuya moved a chair and sat next to the training ground. Anbu's training was a great opportunity to pick up attributes, so he couldn't miss it.

Soon, the dozen or so Anbu who were training on the field burst out a lot of golden lights.

[You picked up 40 points of Chakra]

[You picked up 40 points of Chakra]

[You picked up 50 combat experience points]

[You picked up 20 points of physical talent]

[You picked up 20 points of physical talent]

...

Groups of golden light continuously poured into Kazuya's body. Soon, he picked up 500 points of Chakra and 400 points of physical talent.

[Your physical skill talent has been upgraded, and it is currently physical skill talent lv5 (100/1000)]

Another breakthrough! This time it was physical talent! Now, Kazuya's physical talent was one level higher than his Fire Style talent. There was no way around it; the vast majority of ninja battles were solved with physical skills. Thus, Kazuya picked up a lot more taijutsu talents than ninjutsu talents! For instance, in the original series, frequent scenes of ninjutsu and forbidden technique confrontations were all high-end ninja battles, which were hard to come by usually.

At this time, Kurenai Yuhi brought a cup of hot tea and walked to Kazuya's side.