In addition, the clone had summoned me at some distance from the fight so that possible sensors wouldn't detect it, but I could sense Pakura's chakra signature clearly and tracked what was happening in the fog despite the serious interference.
Considering what level of power fighters were fighting there, a dozen-second skirmish, after which the girl flew at great speed to the open space, actively making her feet, and after her all the whole fogmen, led by two swordsmen, didn't leave me much time for planning and decision-making.
Leaving the shadow clone with instructions to finish off the wounded member of Kiri no Shinobigatan Shichinin Shuu and requisition his great sword in favor of a more worthy owner, I made a small arc and rushed after the pursuers, moving a few kilometers apart and monitoring the situation with sensorics.
During the long chase, I had time to think carefully and outline a rough plan of action to destroy Fuguki Suikazan and Kushimaru Kuriarare, and the first one should be killed in such a way that he simply could not do anything about the attack, let alone use his chakra-eating sword.
Unfortunately, to do that I'll have to let them chase Pakura down and maybe even kill her, no matter how unpleasant it is to do that to a nominal ally and just a good girl - depriving the enemy of three shinobi of S-rank is much more profitable than getting one kunoichi of the same level, with no guarantee.
Oh, and swordsmen definitely won't relax during the fight, reducing the chances of a surprise attack, but after eliminating the target - very much so.
After a couple of hours of running, during which the chain of pursuers stretched to a great distance, in the long run, eliminating the need to mop up more than two dozen kiri-nin from the escort, who simply did not pull the speed taken by S-rank, I caught up with a clone of shadows, handing the prey, on the move sent to the scroll. By then, a rough plan of elimination was ready.
The option of using Goriate no Kouchikubutsu: Saishu Keitai (Goliath Construct: Perfect Form) to quickly overwhelm the pair with naked power had to be abandoned - Samehada was the perfect counter to not only Pakura's kekkei genkai, but also the vast majority of my trump cards.
Putting a sword on the table was not in my plans. Yes, and I wasn't particularly keen on making such a splash in Sunagakure territory - until it was known exactly who had killed Kirigakure's elite fighters and stolen three other great swords, I would be much more comfortable with my life.
On the plus side, Mist would be completely fucked in reputation and hardly have much influence on the imminent war, busy with internal problems and finally snapping at the Sandmen, pushing them even more towards Konoha.
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