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Enitsu was a strong guy, a very strong guy, really. But he would swear on his bloodline that he never even knew when he was attacked or how he was attacked.
He didn't even know when the lights went off or where the damn nurse who was treating him went.
The only thing he knew was that he was not able to move, not able to use chakra and definitely not able to escape.
He would have thought that it was just sleep paralysis but even that notion was shattered as he saw hundreds of crows now surround him. Their avian eyes appeared to glow in the dark.
One by one the crows collided in front of him, one on top of the other until a silhouette of a person, seemingly made out of crows was standing in front of him.
"Resistance is futile. I suggest you cooperate and answer my questions truthfully, if you do not wish to know my capabilities. Any attempt to deceive me will only prolong your suffering. " This sentence would mark the beginning of what Enitsu considered hell.
But still mustering up his courage Enitsu tried to use his bloodline.
*Zap*
"AHAHA" Enitsu screamed as he felt his own lightning attack him.
"Let's Begin, What is your name?" asked Weasel calmly ignoring Enitsu who was panting and out of breath.
"HA...Ha... Go to hell bastard." Screamed Enitsu his voice still strained.
"Wrong answer." One of the crows from Weasel's body went out and sat on Enitsu's torso. It's beak pointing at his bandaged thigh.
*Squelch*
The crow pecked its beak into his thigh tearing away his bandage and leaving a small hole in his charred and exposed skin. Prompting Enitsu to scream once again.
But the crow didn't stop there. It continued to peck and eat away at his flesh, piece by piece.
"Each time you lie, or you leave out some information, another crow will join this crow in feasting on your body." Weasel retrieved a chair from next to him and calmly sat on it, as Enitsu continued to scream.
"Coincidentally, the crow will stop each time you answer truthfully. So answer every question quickly, before your legs detach from your body."
"What is your name?"
"HAh.. Amabake Enitsu" Enitsu said as he clenched his teeth, his actions were rewarded immediately as the crow stopped.
And so did Enitsu's interrogation continue, with Enitsu trying to deceive Weasel but each time he tried one more crow started feasting on his flesh.
Enitsu even tried delaying his answer, perhaps hoping his subordinates would come and save him. But even that proved to be futile as the crows seemed to be on some kind of twisted timer.
So all he could do was answer truthfully and directly unless he wished to get eaten alive by crows.
"....... Why did you choose to come here, if you really did escape from Mizu."
"I heard that the Resistance is here and trying to ally with forces against Yagura," said Enitsu, his voice was rapid to avoid the crows from feeding on him.
'That makes sense, port city is a neutral territory' thought Weasel.
What he meant by that was that the harbour was in a way owned by both Mizu and Hi no Kuni by virtue of it being a merchant port. Most of the goods imported or exported here were used by the Daimyo for his royal capital.
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Thus, they had settled into a non-aggression settlement and made the port city into an autonomous city.
"Where were you supposed to meet them?"
"I and another bloodline user were supposed to meet them in the evening sun inn" On hearing this there was an imperceptible change in weasel's posture.
'Isn't that where Buta-san and others are staying.' thought Weasel as he finished his interrogation.
"Thank you for your cooperation." Said weasel in a calm voice as he ended his genjutsu.
Enitsu's eyes rolled up to his skull and he was now unconscious, his legs were restored as if crows hadn't eaten half his leg.
'Killing and sealing him here is wasteful.' Thought Weasel, a bit uncertain of whether to tie him here and let Konoha nin take him or just kill him and seal his corpse in a scroll.
*Boom*
But he had no time to decide further as he heard a loud explosion coming from outside.
'It came from the direction of where the Inn is. ' Weasel hastily walked out of the darkroom to check the situation.
"Your son is in the basement. Leave this place." Saying that weasel Shunshined out of the building leaving behind a wide-eyed nurse who was hiding in the corner of the dark room.
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*Boom*
A massive explosion took place in the Inn where Ren was, the walls of the building exploded, and some parts of the ceiling collapsed burying some unfortunate souls.
*gasp*
Ren panted as he stood up as he had jumped last second narrowly avoiding a ceiling fall on his head. The table where he sat was now crushed under debris from the ceiling.
He turned to check the condition of his teammates. Fortunately, they all appeared to have avoided it too. But before Ren could rejoice, he felt a chakra signature dissipating out of his senses.
"Sato?!" His apprehension was confirmed as another team member called out a familiar name.
Ren located his position and nearly vomited when he looked there.
Sato's head was pierced by a piece of sharp wood, The piece of wood had penetrated the back of the head and was sticking out through the other side of his left eye socket.
Japanese inns and dinners were often constructed with the help of wood and paper. The ceiling was made out of light wood due to the frequent earthquakes they faced.
But even though Sato had jumped back to avoid the explosion, he was hit by another shard of wood which was splintered in half due to the initial explosion.
Ren belched as he controlled the bile rising from his stomach, his hands started trembling as he remembered the past events.
*huff*
But before they could process further, Ren took a deep breath, calming his nerves. All traces of trauma vanished from his heart in an instant.
'The battle isn't over' Thought Ren as his senses caught two men jumping into the inn from the ceiling he had destroyed.
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"Yosh, Senpai. Are we sure we go in with no plan? Just asking you are the man in charge." asked the smaller figure, with light blue hair.
"Just do as you are told. Suigetsu" ordered another man he had long, brown hair, and a long beard which had beads.
In his hand was an exotic blade which looked more like a giant scroll attached to a pole. The sword itself features two distinct sides, with a narrow cutting edge located down the entirety of one length and a wide platform section on the other.
"Alright, alright. You're the Boss here" said Suigetsu, as he physically backed off a little.
"Kill anyone that tries to escape from here. I will go and handle the resistance trash." said the older man with the brown hair.
During their talk, Ren's teammates had also recovered and quickly devised a plan to ambush them, realizing that the attackers did not have any intentions of letting them leave alive.
He tossed Suigetsu a scroll, as he walked towards the VIP rooms section. Suigetsu caught it and swiftly opened the scroll.
*Poof*
Suigetsu now held a blade which greatly resembled a large needle. At its hilt was a bundle of very thin thread which Suigetsu quickly rolled around his right arm.
"I couldn't wait to hold you again" murmured Suigetsu in a lighter tone as he appreciated the design of the sword. He stabbed the air a few times with it to test it.
The second the older man left Suigetsu, he was attacked on all sides.
*Hiss*
More than twenty kunai rained down on him, some even had paper bombs attached to them. Suigetsu stood there motionless as if he was unaware of all of this.
*Boom*
One of the paper bombs exploded and dense smoke covered the area. Ren would have thought their ambush had succeded, if not for the voice that echoed through the smoke.
"I guess Senpai wouldn't mind if I can treat myself a bit." Suigetsu's voice rang out.
Ren's chakra sense screamed at him to jump back from his position.
*Woosh*
He jumped back and narrowly dodged a lethal strike aimed at his heart, but the attack didn't seem to stop there as Suigetsu twisted his sword mid-attack and skewered the person next to him.
* Welch *
The blade seemed to face no resistance as it tore through all fabric effortlessly and emerged through the other side of the victim's body.
Suigetsu retrieved his sword from the other side of the shinobi and then attacked another ninja.
With a short clash of kunai and blade, Suigetsu managed to stab him in the chest without much effort. The smoke gave a great camouflage to him as he was proficient in the Silent killing technique.
*Welch*
Ren threw kunai at the Suigetsu's back as he tried to let his teammate escape. But all his kunai were dodged or blocked by Suigetsu's kenjutsu.
Suigetsu stopped attacking Ren's teammates and then turned his attention fully towards Ren.
He smiled at Ren as he spoke "Aren't you annoying?, but I'll show you a cool trick"
Suigetsu's smile turned bloodthirsty as he pulled on his sword.
*AHHAAA*
Ren's eyes widened as two of his teammates screamed, they were the ones who had been attacked by Suigetsu.
'The threads!' thought Ren as sensed a fait chakra presence in them.
Ren dashed forward and tried to slice an inconspicuously thin thread using his kunai.
The thread suddenly started to glow a light bluish colour under Ren's eyes, the threads were now filled with chakra.
*Clang*
Ren's kunai split into two parts upon contact with the threads.
*slick*
*slick*
With that two of Ren's teammates now lay dead, their bodies cleaved in half by Suigetsu's mystical sword, the Nuibari of the seven swordsmen of the mist.
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