Standing in front of Shikamaru were two new, white faces: a cat and a monkey.
Of course, the animal faces were only masks, and from the neck down the two Anbu were completely human. They wore jet black uniforms that clung to their skin, as well as the recently redesigned flak jackets of Konoha.
The old flak jackets used to have pockets on both sides of the chest for shinobi to keep scrolls or ninja tools, but the new design had done away with those and kept itself relatively simple. It was a side-effect of the peaceful era that had come into being after the end of the war.