Chương 17: Hayate's Painful Choice
Yugao frowned as she landed on the rooftop of another building. It had taken her nearly an hour to reach the Red Light District by travel of the roofs. She started down at the sleazy men and women who bought other men and women for provocative acts. She remembered coming to the Red Light District about ten times. Each one was for a different reason that she would not be going in to. None of them were for what some people might be thinking.
Yet, she had to admit, whether good-natured people of Konoha liked to refuse it or not, it was true that the Red Light District controlled a sizable revenue of Konoha's wealth. Now, it wasn't enough to make anyone raise more than a couple of eyebrows, but it was hardly insignificant.
The purple-haired Anbu wondered if that was why the Hokage had kept it around for so long. Perhaps the Red Light District had generated more funds for shinobi projects than generally more honest income did. Still, that didn't mean Yugao liked it. Especially, not for what she was here for now.
She clutched the videotape in her pouch. How she wished she could destroy it right now, but it was beyond her will to do so. She screamed at her body to send her to the Hokage Mansion, but it merely free-fell into the air.
She dropped from the building she had been on and grabbed a hanging hotel railing. She dashed off of it and continued on her pathway. Her targeted building was still a couple of minutes away, but with any luck this would not take long. She almost wanted it to take long just to annoy her Lord! Tsk, damn she hated calling him that!
The female Anbu dashed overhead of the general populace and landed on a tall sleazy hotel. It looked like a love hotel of sorts, but it was kind of hard to tell with the blazing red lights in her face.
She could see a couple of shinobi on the ground. By Naruto's orders, she could not go out and warn them. Instead, she hid her appearance from their view because they would have spotted her without a doubt and an Anbu was not supposed to be seen so easily.
Never did Yugao think she would need to infiltrate her own home. She scaled the wall with two kunai. True, she could have used chakra, but for precautionary meassures she did not. She tried to drown out the noises of debauchery from her ears. Tch, stupid horny men and women.
She climbed the walls effortlessly and appeared on top of the roof. She scanned the horizon. There were no immediate threats. She hoped there would never be as well. Hell, she didn't even know how the current threat to Konoha was controlling her at the moment.
Her body kept moving and, about three rooftops away, she made it to her destination. There was a large structured brothel. It had guards stationed at nearly every corner. She remembered this place. Titled 'The Red Dragon', it was a place of exclusivity and riches.
Only some of the richest people in the village could get into that and it was only by invitation. Naturally, this didn't impede the Hokage or authorized shinobi from entering on extreme business concerning national security, but who cared about that?
She could see at least fifteen places of exposure that she could take advantage of, but only about five of those would allow her to reach her targets. She released another breath and got on her way. If there was one thing she had going for her, then it was at least guards were notoriously bad at their job. It took her some maneuvering around the first three guards, at least without killing them, but it was manageable.
She had done this before so it wasn't like it was any different. She landed on one of the supporting walkway paths. She gave a silent apology when she knocked one of the guards out and placed him against the wall. She did the same to five others, but this allowed her to open the window and continue with the mission that had been assigned to her and she did it with a snarl on her face.
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"A game? And what is this supposed to prove?!" Hayate asked. Naruto sat in his chair and rocked it back and forth. He tried performing the one-handed sword techniques that Yugao had done from his memories of her training. He knew how she did it, and any nuances she made, but his body didn't and it would have to get learning fast. Good thing was that...thanks to her memories, he had crafted a rather well-made blood sword. Well, if he did say so himself.
"That's right. A game, Hayate-san. You see, I know a lot about you. After all, I've had a good well of information to tell me about you. In fact, I have her on her first assignment right now, but enough about her. You see Hayate-san, I remember I asked you, 'which one would you rather save? Your village? Or your lover? Now, I know what you're thinking."
"You will save both! The Will of Fire will guide you to victory. A notion like that pisses me off more than anything else," Naruto said in his seat. He found he had gained some sort of control over his powers after bringing Yugao under heel. His abilities were much more fluid than before.
He actually had an idea based off the time he saw Yugao try to create a clone to escape. "What have you done to her?!" Hayate asked. However, Naruto ignored him for a moment. With Yugao's knowledge of human anatomy from her anbu training, he had found that, thankfully, he didn't need to cut himself every time to draw his blood ability. He could just access it from the pores of his body. Disgusting, but effective.
"Who knows. But, I'll tell you this. I'll do worse to her if you don't complete your objective. Now, what is your objective you might be asking. It's quite simple. Your objective...is to help Yugao-chan escape. Naturally, this is the only time I'm going to let you both see each other, but the assignment I have her on is going to draw attention. She doesn't know that," Naruto said, his voice still filtered.
Hayate clenched his earpiece. "And why would I do that?! Yugao, to my knowledge has gone rogue! Why shouldn't I stop her?!" the man said.
Naruto shook his head and sucked his teeth in quick succession. He found his creation rather appealing. He had created a clone of himself covered in blood. It looked exactly like him in every way, shape, and form. It blinked at him, but he did not mistake its malicious intent. He made it form a couple more weapons. He would to get used to switching the forms of all his creations where it suited him.
"Tsk tsk tsk, you don't seem to be getting Hayate-san. It's not about what you won't or shouldn't do do. It's about what you will and should do. I'm not going to tell you what's going to happen if you do or don't help her. Just know that if you don't save her...a lot of your comrades are going to suffer for your choice. Happy choosing, Hayate-san." Naruto said before he disconnected the call.
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