Ziren shook the younger man's hand as he introduced himself as Sanyu, but his eyes narrowed at the mention of Musashi... A wave of memories came flooding back to Ziren. One in particular of when Ziren first visited his family's grave. He didn't show it, knowing full well that this Anbu operative may as well been sleuthed by a careless slip of the tongue. Had Ziren still been in the ANBU branch he might've gave this younger man a smack upside the head for doing such a thing. Granted, he knows where the kid was coming from, of wanting to protect his father. He even made mistakes, but he never ever slipped up and brought information out of when he was in the anbu branch nor the names of others. Not even now, when he is a Mednin of Cloud, when years ago he was an AIT in Leaf. But even something as low as that would pose a threat in terms of knowing who else was part of said branch.
He let go of the kid's hand from their brief handshake as the blondie wined about Umashi bringing an academy student over him. Ziren took a moment to look at Eiji, get a feel of what type of person he is. It was obvious that he has a dislike to both Umashi and Sanyu, that Ziren can tell from the way he is staring at them.
Finally, he turned his attention the the feminine ANBU operative that seems to have that authoritive feel to her. She straight up denied the girl's chance of coming along. Then he felt her eyes on him, he was studying her as she was him. Finally she spoke, she spoke of him needing a mask, and if he needs one, then she'll make one for him.
Ziren nodded. So... It was getting more and more interesting to say the least. This mission that Umashi is on, is requiring Ziren himself to go incognito as well. He pondered on just how dangerous this really is. He brought up a hand to make a hand seal. Three other Ziren's popped into existence. Well... If that was the case, then Ziren would rather not be followed to have eyes on him when he changes attire. Him and his clones scattered about Cloud, eventually meeting back up before going separate ways again. A simple tactic to make it hard to track down the real Ziren.
Once Ziren was satisfied that he wouldn't be followed, he kept his clones in separate locations, hanging out, while he himself went back home to change into more proper clothing.
Walking into the house, he was greeted by his wife and children, Yuna and Moji, twins, who are now thirteen years old. He looked to them and said,
"I'll be gone. I don't know for how long, but it will be to protect you all. I love you all."
He could see the hurt in their eyes, as he packed for bare minimum of few days worth of food. He then put on one of his more recent clothes that he has made in case of needing to conceal his identity. A white spiral mask with a purple uniform. He also made sure to wear a sleeve over his left arm to hide the fact that it was made of metal. He even went as far as to add colored eye contacts, brown, to hide the fact of his bizarre eyes. He cut some of his hair off to make it easier to wear the mask that covers the entire head.
With that done, he would head back to the Gates. Once there, he looked over at the female Anbu operative.
"I can assure you I am the same man you had talked to previously. The only question I have is since I'll be traveling to another Village, how would they let me in, without showing my passport and thus giving away my identity?"
It was a question that needed an answer. He knew of the ways in Leaf with anbu travels, but that could be a different story for Cloud. He definitely doesn't want to show up to Suna, looking like an anbu operative but failing to know or show that he can have business there. Though he has experience in the branch, it can only get him so far with acting the part until they ask him to prove his worth of travel into another Village whilst still wearing the anbu clothing.
(ooc note: came back with some new threads.)