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Seeing that the Fight came to an end, Ryuu left his position and approached the forest clearing where the fight had concluded.
As he was about to enter the clearing fully, he heard Pakura cursing her village and the Kazekage before her eyes fell on him for a split second, and then she lost consciousness. Seems like it is more complicated than he originally thought. His eyes narrowed at the three remaining Kiri Shinobi whom haven't spotted him yet. One of them would do nicely for information extraction.
"Finally, she has fallen at last." Said one of the remaining Kiri Shinobi as he took in deep breaths.
"At least we are still alive. She had taken a lot of us with her." Said the Kiri shinobi, who seemed to be the highest ranking among the remaining Shinobi
"What do we do now, Taicho?" Asked the last Kiri Shinobi
"We rest for a bit as we wait for reinforcements. Also, check if any of our own are still alive." Said the Kiri Jonin as he sat down with his back against a tree. He had used too much Chakra, and he needed the rest.
The other two shinobi nodded before moving to check on their brethren.
Suddenly, there was a sound of something thin moving through the air.
"What?" The jonin looked up to see what was making that sound, only to see something thin and shiny rapidly approaching from all around him.
Before he could even make a single move, Ninja wire rapped around him, tightly binding him to the tree behind him. Before he could open his mouth again, strong lightning Chakra flowed through the wires, making him open his mouth in a silent scream and spasm silently in place before he fell unconscious.
This, however, wasn't quite as the other two Kiri shinobi looked at their jonin when they heard the sound of lightning, only to see him falling unconscious.
"Taicho." Called one of the two.
But there was no reply; instead, a masked individual walked from behind the tree that the jonin slumped on.
"Who are you?" asked one of the shinobi as he pulled out a Kunai.
"He looks like an Anbu, but that isn't one of ours," The other said
The two sides kept looking at each other for a second as if waiting for someone to make the first move.
Finally, the masked Anbu pulled out his Katana from his back.
"Three is a little bit too much." The Anbu said before disappearing in a burst of speed, only to appear behind one of the two and flick the Katana away from him, making a thin line of blood fly away from the sword's edge.
Slowly, a head rolled onto the ground while the other Shinobi looked at the scene in horror. And before he did anything, the Anbu appeared right behind him and, with a tap on his neck, made him fall unconscious.
The encounter took a couple of seconds, mainly because the three Kiri shinobi were already exhausted.
Ryuu sheathed his Katana before making two shadow clones.
"Take these two to the hideout and prepare them for interrogation." He said to which the clones nodded before taking the unconscious jonin and his subordinate and disappearing.
Ryuu then turned towards the dying Pakura. Looking at her condition, Ryuu was slightly conflicted. On one hand, from what he heard her say before passing out, he assumes that she betrayed in some way, as no shinobi or Kunoichi curse out their village or Kage with their last breath unless they were done dirty in an unforgivable way. An unforgivable deed done towards them that made them curse the very two they serve, their village and Kage. A part of him wants to help her.
But on the other hand, Ryuu doesn't understand why he is conflicted. Pakura is from a foreign Hidden village, and if she died, that has nothing to do with him. Even though there is an alliance between Konoha and Suna, it is just a non-aggression pact at best. Besides some agreements for easier trading between the two countries and the promise of no unprovoked attacks, there was nothing else.
"Me and my bleeding heart," Ryuu muttered to himself as he made another two clones to take Pakura to the hideout.
He is going to make sure that she survives, but not treat her enough that she returns to full health.
He will interrogate the two Kiri Shinobi to get the full picture before making a final decision on what to do with Pakura.
But before that, he needs to deal with the situation at hand. He needs to erase anything that may lead to him or Pakura.
He took out the scroll that contained the body of the Kiri Anbu he had previously killed, before unsealing the body along with his sealing Kit.
He took a couple of moments to make a huge and more devastating version of the paper bomb right on the Anbu's corpse's front side before laying him face down right in the middle of the other bodies that are scattered around. He also made a shadow clone that lay next to the Kiri Anbu corpse while taking Pakura's form through the transformation Jutsu. With the trap set, Ryuu disappeared in a body flicker as he could feel chakra Signatures incoming from afar.
Let's just say that whoever disturbs the clone will be surprised with a single hand sign made by the transformed clone before everything within a 20 to 30-meter radius will be blown to kingdom come. And to anyone who survived the blast, it would seem like Pakura had blown herself up.
A Few Minutes later, in the hideout;
As Ryuu entered, he saw two of his clones standing beside the two unconscious Kiri shinobi, whom are tied up with Ninja wire, along with their Chakra sealed. And in the nearby room, Pakura was receiving first aid from two shadow clones with her Chakra also sealed.
"Wake them up," Ryuu said as he pulled a chair and sat in front of his two prisoners.
Zaaaappp
"What who where?" The Kiri shinobi woke up, started, while his superior woke up with much less of a fuss. A small dose of lightning chakra woke them quickly.
"You." The Kiri Shinobi muttered, looking at Ryuu before turning to his companion
"Taicho, this bastard killed Sae." He said with emotion filling his tone, but the jonin didn't even look at him as his eyes were glued to Ryuu.
"What is Konoha Anbu doing here?" The jonin asked with a blank tone, making his subordinate look at Ryuu with shock.
"Good, so no need for introductions. I will keep it simple. I need information. I will get it from you one way or another. Starting with the one with the loose mouth." Ryuu said, pointing at the weaker Kiri Shinobi, making his clones approach the now frightened shinobi.
Ryuu had killed the one named Sae because he was the middle one in the power scale, from what Ryuu felt. He needed the weakest one as they are the easiest to break and may know what he wants. And he needed the strongest one in case the weakest didn't know anything. It was an effective approach that got the job done.
From outside the hideout, anyone would have heard screams of pain if not for the privacy seals that Ryuu put up.
To be continued.
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