Chapter 48: Chapter 46 : It's not Murder if they are Already Dead!(4)
The over the next two days Naruto spent several hours in the East Slums, overseeing the plans, talking to his workers, most of who were retired veterans that had been injured in battle and couldn't get a job when they returned weather it was because of a missing limb or PTSD. He even spent some time talking to the homeless people at they had rounded up and moved into tents they had set up. He couldn't help the smile that was on his face as they all came up to him, shaking his hand with tears in their eyes, and thanked him for what he was doing.
Despite his time in Konoha living on the streets Naruto did have a few fond memories of his fellow homeless people. They and all looked out for each other, sharing blankets they found, watching each others backs, marking which places were the best to find food. Everyone was equal when you had nothing, even the village pariah. They had even help hide him from the mobs when they could. As far as Naruto was concerned some of the best people you could meet were the ones that had lived on the streets.
As for why he made such an effort to hire retired soldiers, the fact was that the way some of them were treated made him question whether the human race was even worth fighting to protect. These men and women had risked their lives fighting for what they believed in, and when they returned were treated like they didn't exist. Even Ninja had enough respect for their injured to make sure they were cared for if they could no longer fight.
On the third day, after spending the entire morning making sure that everything was going as planned, Naruto returned to his hotel room for the afternoon and started preparing himself for what he was going to do that night. His clones had mange to gather a lot of information from watching the 'church' that had been created in the South slums. Apparently his target was a man going by the name of Hidan, a 23 year old man with silver hair and red eyes that has set himself up as some kind of priest. They called themselves 'The Followers of Jashin' and after doing a little research Naruto knew that he needed to act soon. He was able to find out that Jashin was an enchant 'God' of blood and chaos, and the book that he was after was the first 'Bible' of Jashin. It contained dark blood magic and rituals and was definitely a Class 1.
Unfortunately his clones had also reported that the group had already gone through with several rituals, meaning that they had sacrificed more the thirty people, and that Hiden's life force was already tied to the book. This meant that was long as its power was flowing through him he was basically immortal, but the moment it stopped he was dead. Well, dead might not be the correct word, because all of The Followers of Jashin were dead, had been for some time from what he had seen. They were all being kept alive by the power of the book.
After a whole year of research Naruto had found a way to contain the power of the books he hunted by sealing them into mirror lined boxes. It cut off their powers completely, which meant that the moment he sealed it, all 54 Jashinists would die instantly. Not that he actually cared either way; his clones had seen the group rape, torture and kill men, women and children with grins on their faces. Whether it was the influence of the book or not, they were all already dead as far as Naruto was concerned, and it's not murder if they are already dead.
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Later that night found Naruto standing on top of the roof the 'church' had been hidden in, he looked down through the skylight with an emotionless expression on his face. He had changed into all black clothing, with a mask similar to the one Kakashi had always worn around his neck ready to be pulled up when needed. One each hip sat a kunai pouch and a simple katana rested on his back with the hilt over his right shoulder, ready to be drawn at a moments notice.
The inside of the church was grim to say the least. Black walls and floors, with a blood red carpet running between two rows of red benches on which sat a group of red cloaked people, their hoods pulled up to hide their faces. Chained to the walls were several dead bodies of men, women and children, hung by their ankles with their throats cut, the blood dripping into bowls that sat on the floor just for the purpose of collecting the life fluid as it fell from the bodies. In one corner was a large pile of dead bodies that had already been drained and had been tossed to the side and left to rot. At the end of the carpet a symbol had been painted in what Naruto assumed was blood, it looked like an upside down triangle inside a circle. In the centre of the symbol was a black stone stand on which rested and black, leather bound book.
It was then that Naruto saw Hidan.
Just like the memories he had resaved from his clones he had slicked back silver hair, red eyes and he was dressed in a black robe with red lining, with the front left open to show of his heavily scared chest. He could also see a large, three bladed red scythe strapped to his back with a metal cable attached to the bottom and disappearing into his left sleeve.
At the sound of two people landing on the roof behind him, Naruto frowned and turned to look at Batman and Batgirl, both returning his frown as they walked over to him. Both had yet to see what was inside the building as they only had eyes for him, and from the looks they were throwing at his back, his katana.
"I told you stay out of my way, get lost."
"Why do you have a Katana on your back?"
Before he could answer Batgirl had made her way over to the skylight and peered down to see what he was looking at, only to have the blondes hand cover her mouth to silence the involuntary scream at the sight of all the dead bodies.
"Shut the hell up before you give away my possession."
Resisting the sudden need to puke at the sight below them, Batman frowned and turned to look at the blonde with cold eyes, his hand on his belt ready to pull out a batarang if needed.
"What is going on here?"
Realizing that he wasn't going to get rid of them Naruto let out an annoyed sigh, before turning to look at the two masked heroes with a frown.
"Long story short, evil book that can influence most people that gets too close, evil cult that worship a god of blood and chaos using the book to give them powers who are technically dead and have been for a while and an evil priest that can't die unless the book is sealed away."
"This is why you're in Gotham, to stop them?"
"No, I'm just here for the book, the sooner it's locked away the better."
Frowning at his words, though understanding what he meant, Batman nodded his head before moving back to look down at the church, seeing who he guessed was the priest speaking to the others in the room.
"So what are we going to do?"
"We are not doing anything, I'm going to go and seal the book before it dose any more harm then go back to Jump city. You are going to go away and let me get on with it."
"What will happen to the cult when you seal the book? At least if we are here we can arrest them after you get it."
"Didn't you listen to what I just said? They are all dead! They tied their lives to the book and are living off of its power, the moment I seal the book they will die again."
Getting a horrified look on her face at his words, Batgirl stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar.
"That's murder!"
Losing his temper, Naruto pushed the red headed teen away from him, putting more strength behind it then needed and sending her skidding across the roof. Both heroes watched in surprise as the teen's right eye changed from shy blue to blood red and the air seemed to get heavier for a moment. But before anything else could happen he grabbed the side of his head and shook it, taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down before looking back at them.
"Its not murder if they are already dead."
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