Chapter 23 - twenty three

It was night by the time he reached home. The deal with Danzo went more smoothly than he expected, it took more time to talk about the details of the agreement. Jiyuu was even prepared for an ambush on the way back , but nothing like that happened. Hanari and Kazumi was waiting for him to have dinner with him.

Kazumi " Jiyuu, you came, did you have any business to deal with urgently... "

Jiyuu " Yeah, I landed a special client...."

Kazumi " we are in a good position right now and the money that we earn from the shop itself is huge.... You don't need to work so hard, you are still a child, you need to enjoy your life more... Hah.. Sometimes I think I am incompetent as an ȧduŀt... And you as a child is too mȧturė "

Hanari " Mom is right jiyuu, you don't need to burden yourself like this... We are really happy with the life we have..."

Jiyuu " Hah.... I didn't land this deal to get more profit, but because I think it can help us in the future... And aunt Kazumi you are the one who takes care of both of us and manage the entire shop please don't belittle yourself... "

Kazumi " who did you make the deal with..."

Jiyuu " it's lord Danzo..."

Kazumi " What... He is a dangerous person, why are you in contact with him. "

Jiyuu " I know, he is the shady type. He even tried to recruit me in the hospital and i declined, but I know he is a dangerous guy that is why i made a deal with him, so that he won't interfere in our lives... "

Kazumi " tell me the truth jiyuu, is he threatening you in any way, just tell me. Even though your aunt has been a little rusty, but i am still an elite ninja of the leaf and I also have my own connections.... if it comes to it, I will make sure he regrets ever entering our lives...."

Jiyuu " you don't need to worry, aunt Kazumi.... And besides Lord third has also promised, to keep Danzo away from us..."

.......

It was night both Kazumi and Hanari had gone to sleep, Jiyuu woke up and left the house... After getting out of the house, his face became somber and his eyes colder.... The golden outline appeared on his irises along with the golden tint and it shined brightly in the dark, like that of a predator.

Jiyuu [ system have you confirmed the location ....]

{ Beep.. The location has been confirmed, the target is towards the southwest about 2.3 km from the host's current position...}

jiyuu moved according to the directions given by the system, he reached an abandoned building. Then with the help of the system he got past many traps and entered an underground tunnel which lead him to a more spacious facility, there were some ninjas hidden here and there, but jiyuu was able to detect them easily and avoid them with the help the system and some distraction tactics.

Now he was standing before a door, he entered without any hesitation and saw a person whose left hand was bandaged, sleeping inside... The sleeping guy was a little drowsy but woke up feeling something, he was startled to see a silhouette with two shining eyes in the dark, but before he could make any voice the silhouette disappeared and was right in front of him, the silhouette was too fast.

The bandaged guy was Akemi who was resting in one of the roots facility after undergoing treatment and the silhouette was of-course jiyuu.

Akemi took out a kunai and stabbed it right at the silhouette's heart, the silhouette didn't even flinch and kept on making his move as if the person who got stabbed was someone else.

A strike landed on Akemi's throat, breaking his voice box, then the same hand entered his body like a hot knife passing through the buŧŧer. The hand came back with the same swiftness as it entered, but it was holding something. Akemi heard a murmur in his ear, " you should have never mentioned my family..."

jiyuu went back and sat on the visitors chair after turning on the light to the room, Akemi has been paralyzed, but he could see what jiyuu was holding, it was a piece of bone, to be more precise it was a piece of his spine.... Blood was coming out of Akemi's mouth, but he was unable to speak or move... He was in pain but was unable to do anything. Soon fear and despair started enveloping him, he knew he was dying.... It was the fear that was making him go more mad than the pain.

He looked towards the other person in the room, to watch his enemy die the same way he did, as this would comfort him somewhat. But to his despair, he saw the enemy sitting on the chair comfortably and pulling out the kunai from his heart as if it was nothing, cleaning it and putting it away. Then the enemy started cleaning the blood on his hands with the same cloth... And all this while staring at him with cold and emotionless eyes.

Akemi [ what kind of monster are you...]