章節 250: The Fleeing Anbu
Yami didn't know what had gotten the Anbu so panicked that he was packing his stuff without even knowing that someone is peeking on him.'The Anbus in this village are nowhere near the standards of the other great villages. Looks like Zabuza was right that something is going to happen.'Yami thought.
Yami didn't want to do anything inside the village now because it would be too eye catching. Yami was confident enough to put the man in a genjutsu or even kill him inside the house but his plan had already reached such a point that even a small mistake could derail the plan.
Yami walked around the man's house for a few more minutes waiting for him to finish up. He was curious as to how and where the man was planning to escape. They were all on an island and the seas were under the control of the Moji faction except only a few trade routes were secured by the bloodline clans. But as this Anbu is from the Mizukage faction, they sure as hell won't let him use the route.
Just as Yami was thinking all this, the Anbu now dressed as a normal civilian left the house. He also tried to disguise himself by shaving of his facial hair and putting some dirt of his face to make him look a bit like the other civilians. He also carried a sack on his back and is back was bent.
'I will give him full marks for the acting but where is he going right now. Tailing him won't be easy when there are so many shinobis spread around. He himself will be careful that someone doesn't find him and he will try to use very trick in the book to evade any kind of trail. It is in the middle of the day right now and hardly any fog. A bat flying in the clear sky in this season could make anyone suspicious. Damm Itachi's Ravens wouldn't have that issue.'
As Yami was thinking about how to keep following the Anbu, he saw that Anbu had left the crowded road and was now going in the direction of a nearby mountain.
He walked for 10-15 mins and Yami followed him using his enhanced hearing. He could take the chances of following him visually as it increases the chances of him being caught.
Seeing that there was no other way, Yami was about to rush to the Anbu when the man stopped near a big tree and put his hand inside the trunk. Yami understood that this man must have stashed his valuables here and come here to collect his savings.
As the man was taking out something from the trunk in a hurry, he suddenly felt something cold touch his neck. The Anbu was instantly shocked and looked down. He saw someone standing behind him holding a kunai to the Anbu's throat.
The Anbu was going to say something when he heard a quiet voice from behind him. "You move you die."
The Anbu froze in his spot as he didn't even sense the enemy coming so close to him and that was when he was at his most vigilant. "W-Who are you? W-What do you want?"
"I am the one holding a kunai to your throat. So naturally, I will ask the questions." Yami said which made the Anbu gulp down in fear.
"Now I will make this very simple for you. Just tell me what the plan is and why are you running away. If you try to stall or give out half information..." Yami was talking when the Anbu interrupted and said "yes..you will kill me if I don't answer your questions."
Yami could sense a little confidence in the man's words and he understood what the Anbu was thinking.'This idiot now knows that I need information from him so I won't kill him. Looks like he wants to test the water.'
Yami brought the kunai closer to the man's neck enough to draw some blood. As soon as the blood trickled down the edge of Kunai and fell on the man's skin he was shocked. He didn't expect that the man would actually do something. He thought that he could give little information some truth and some lies. This would buy him enough time to figure out a way to turn the tables.
"No...I won't kill you but you will definitively beg me for it." Yami said and tightened his grip on the Anbu's body.
"Ok..ok..ok...I will tell you. I don't know much only that the conflict will start soon and the reason I am running is because I know that we all are going to be used as cannon fodder when the fight occurs. I am not going to give my life for those incompetent bastards." The Anbu spilled everything in one breath.
"How do they plan to start the conflict?" Yami asked.
"I don't know that as the information is being controlled by the stone shinobis and those weird tattoo guys."
"Weird tattoo guys?"
"Yes, a man with similar tattoos roams with Stone shinobis head Jiro. He and the few people around him feel creepy and one of them when drunk said to me that the Anbus called for this mission are cannon fodders."
"Did the Mizukage faction make any attempt to contact the bloodline clans?" Yami asked. He wanted to know whether the plan was going his way or not.
"Last week they did go to the bloodline clans with the pretense to negotiate but Lord Moji declared war on the bloodline clans and came back."
"You better not give me stale news or else..."
"Wait..wait...today they did send a letter to the bloodline clans. I don't know what it is but it is some kind of prisoner exchange. We don't know much but the only reason this stood out is that Lord Moji personally gave the letter to the Anbu. Normally it would be Captain Hari to do such things."
'Are they planning to go with just this? I don't know who is going to go for the exchange but I can't let Haku be in the center of all that. With that Jashin's follower Ji around, I can't guarantee that he will be safe.' Yami thought.
The Anbu stood still while Yami was thinking. After waiting for a few seconds, he asked "I have told you everything I know..can I go now?"
Yami nodded and said "Sure" A smile appeared on the Anbu's face as he heard that and he saw the kunai move away from his throat. But the very next second his expression became stiff and he fell to the ground.
Yami looked at the corpse of the Anbu and at the kunai that he had just plunged into his skull. Yami crouched down and pulled out the kunai. He cleaned it up and stored it back in his pocket. He then searched the man for the things he had pulled out from the tree trunk.
Yami thought that it would be a few thousand Ryo that this Anbu must have collected but just seeing the bundles of notes in the sack Yami understood that it was no less than 500,000 Ryo.
Yami devoured the soul and the body of the Anbu and took away all the things that he had.
As he was running a bat came toward him which made him stop. 'This was the bat that I had assigned to be near the bloodline clans and inform me if anything urgent happens. If the bat is here in broad daylight, does it mean that Moji has launched an attack?' Yami thought.
The bat landed gripping moji's clothes and squeaked something. Yami understood what the bat wanted to say. He nodded and the bat flew away in the direction of the bloodline clans.
Yami smiled as he look in that direction and said "Let's see who the hidden leaf's envoy is." he then body flickered away from the jungle.
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Terumi Clan Port (15 mins ago)
A merchant ship had landed on the Terumi ports. The Terumi clan guards helped the ship dock at the port and connected the stairs to the deck of the ship.
One of the guards looked at the other and said "Make sure to check the ship and the goods. We can't afford to make any mistakes. And the merchant whose ship this is will be here along with his wife and kids so have him escorted to the best tavern near the dock."
The other guard looked at a scroll in his hand and said "Sir, here it is written that the merchant will come with his wife and 2 kids but from what the initial inspection of the boat registered, the merchant seems to have brought his extended family as well.
"Extended family?" the guard asked.
"Yes...the merchant's brother, the brother's wife, father-in-law, and 6 kids." the other guard read from the scroll.
"Is he here to trade or settle? What is he thinking bringing the entire family to a place that can become a warzone any day now?" the guard asked but the other one just shrugged.
"It seems that they have arrived." a voice came from behind the guards. When they both turned back, they instantly straightened their backs and said "Young Miss Mei"
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