Chương 10: Clashing steel

A group of shinobis crept through the shadows, their black clothing and black mask blending seamlessly with the night. Their footsteps were silent as they moved with precision towards a certain direction

They stopped on a roof in front of a luxurious villa that Asami and Hirabi knew had dealings with other hidden villages from the rumours inside the town earlier that day

"1 jonin and 10 chunin" Makoto looked at Kimi and the one he called Miss Jonin "Can you two handle the Jonin?" they looked at each other and nodded

"Mother you'll deal with those chunin at the entrance, Hirabi and Asami don't leave my side"

"Good luck everyone acts swiftly"

A group of six shinobis disappeared and went in different directions towards a luxurious villa guarded by mercenary shinobis

Kimi with red eyes was the first one to reach the location of the Jonin guarding the villa

"Fire style: Dragon flame loud singing" fireballs shoot out from Kimi's mouth towards the unsuspecting Shinobi

The Jonin looked at the incoming fireballs with wide eyes and reacted quickly he channelled his chakra to his feet and dodged the fireballs coming from different directions

"An uchiha? wh-who are you!?" he asked while parrying Kimi's kunai

The crackling of flames and the clang of metal on metal filled the air as the two shinobi clashed in a fierce battle.

The fire crackled and spat, sending sparks flying in all directions as the fighters leapt and dodged, their kunai flashing in the flickering candlelights.

"I don't need to talk to a soon-to-be-dead man," Kimi with blood-red eyes said while smiling under the moonlight

The sounds of their struggle echoed through the clearing while the two shinobis clashed their weapons

The Hyuga jonin sneakily arrived at his back

"Eight Trigrams: Hazan strike" She landed a hit and the back of the Jonin caved in as he fell to the ground lifeless with his blood splattered all over his surroundings

Kimi asked the Hyuga jonin "Where do you think he's from?". She shook her head and said "I don't know, you should have asked him while fighting earlier" She replied

"Do you think he will tell us the truth?" she asked with a teasing smile but the Hyuga ignored her and said "Let's help the others first and talk later"

Hiyori was dealing with the chunins guarding the front entrance of the villa

The sound of clashing steel is replaced by the swift, deadly snick of daggers meeting flesh, the soft thud of bodies hitting the ground, and the harsh, guttural grunts of the chunins as they receive blows. The air is thick with the metallic tang of blood

As the chunins see their comrades fall under hiyori's relentless attack

"S-stop" a shinobi pleaded but got silence and a kunai hitting his chest was the only response he got

Mizuna, Asami and Hirabi are running towards two Chunin that seem to guard an entrance

The two Chunin are standing in front of a wall looking at the three shinobis running towards them one with blood-red eyes and two with pure white eyes

"Stop do you know whose house this is?" the chunin shouted to the incoming shinobis dressed in all black who seemed to have a thirst for their blood

"let's do it" The mercenary looked at his comrade and he nodded

"water serpent sword technique! " The swords the two mercenaries were holding became enveloped by water that transformed into a snake

The two mercenaries then slash their swords downwards, the water with a snake-like appearance hurled towards the incoming trio

"Eight trigrams Air palm," the two Hyugas said simultaneously and stretched out their hands, strong winds with their chakra rushed to the snake and stopped its advance

Mizuna said "Sharingan" And used his ability to slow the time around him a second for others is 10x more than that for him.

His kunai covered with chakra sliced the snakes his movement fluid and hypnotic while his eyes remained locked on the two mercenaries who seemed to be frozen in time

As he closed the distance between him and the two Chunins, he stretched out one of his hands and pierced the kunai his holding into the neck of one of them and used his mind control to the other

[Status]

[Title: The Slaver]

[Health: 100%]

[Chakra: 30%]

[Position: Chunin]

[Charkra Amount: 16(+3.9) years]

[Rank: upper C rank] [Slave: 10]

[Daily Health and Chakra reset 0/1]

[Congratulations on acquiring 10 slaves]

[Reward: +1 year worth of chakra]

'wow another 1 year's worth of chakra'

While Mizuna was enslaving the mercenary, Hiyori, Kimi and The Hyuga Jonin arrived at their location

"speak what are you doing here?" Mizuna asked the enslaved mercenary. He replied "We were tasked to transport Ryo, Jewels and a sealed box back to the Land of Waterfall"

'Nice exactly what I need If I want to raise an army, but what's with a sealed box that seems ominous'

He looked at Hiyori, Kimi, and the Jonin in his group. Then said "Let's go down that entrance behind you"

The mercenary pressed a button on the wooden wall and the walls slid open showing stairs leading underground

The sound of dripping water echoes through the dimly lit tunnel, the only light coming from the faint glow of luminescent mushrooms growing on the walls while the air is filled with the scent of damp earth and decay.

"Get all that you can carry fast and then let's leave. Mother and Miss Jonin don't carry anything, just help them put the Ryo and jewels and prepare for combat in case someone checks the commotion we made earlier"

"Alright son, but what's with that box" She pointed towards a palm-size box located at the back"

Mizuna, Kimi and The Hyuga jonin then looked at a box that seemed to be sealed by some talisman. When Kimi is about to touch it

"Don't touch it carelessly! That's lord Hashirama Senju's handwriting"