With Alvarcus
"What a dumbass. Did he really think I wouldn't notice the tag he tried to sneak onto me?" I take to the trees again and start to make my way to the base I'm supposed to destroy. I've got less than a half hour's run ahead of me, it's only a few kilometers away. I could make it quicker if I pushed myself but I don't want to.
~Host, we're being followed.~
"Figured. Probably more Hunters that are looking to take my head." Not entirely unexpected, Kakuzu did out me inside of a bounty station. That was a real dick move, I bet he wants me to kill off some of his competition.
~Shall we kill them? They don't feel that strong, I don't know how much fun we can have with the three of them.~
"No. We'll only kill them if they attack us. I want them to watch us. I want them to witness the destruction of this base and spread rumors about our power. I'm going to attempt to use them to give us a reputation. I want us to be someone you don't fuck with."
~We only need one of them for that.~
"True, but three people will talk more than one. Word will spread faster." Plus this covers the whole Orochimaru wanting me to send a message, I'm killing two birds with one stone. Or in this case a really overpowered jutsu.
~Aren't you worried that they will talk about one of your strongest attacks?~
"Let them, the jutsu I'm going to use requires a shit ton of prep work. This is the kind of move that needs a very long time – by shinobi standards at least – to get ready so it won't matter if everyone knows about it. I'll only ever use it if I have the required time to set it up, it's an opening move not a finishing move. By the time anyone realizes what's happening it'll be too late."
~Really now? And just which technique are you going to use? One of the ones that broke the island?~
"I've got a couple in mind."
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With the Hunter Team Following Alvarcus
"Where the hell is this kid going?" The Leader barks to his two teammates.
"No clue." The First one says.
"I'm more curious as to why he hasn't confronted us yet." The Second one says. "Doesn't the Bingo Book page on him say he has minor sensing capabilities?"
"You can't always trust the Bingo Book. They've been wrong about things before and something like a 'minor sensing ability' is pretty small already." The Leader responds. "It's part of the reason we're going after him. He's a kid with an A-rank bounty, he must have done something stupid or heard too much for Konoha of all places to give him one that high."
"Yeah, there's no way he's as skilled as the usual A-ranks." The Second agrees. "He's a kid, he hasn't had time to learn."
"I don't know about that." The First cuts in. "There's that whole tripled if alive part. Do you think he made away with a kinjutsu and Konoha is trying to get it back?"
"Could be that he stole something important and they want to figure out what happened to it." The Leader shares his own opinion. "Maybe he sold secrets to Orochimaru to get into Otogakure. You did see his headband, right? Music notes. That means he's with Sound now."
"He has stopped." The Leader halts all movement and his team joins him. "We'll observe for now. Let's see what he's up to, learn his mannerisms and habits. Then we will strike."
"Are we going for alive or dead?" The Second asks.
"Don't know yet. Let's watch him for a bit then we'll go from there." The Leader leaves it up in the air. "If we can take him alive we will, if not then we still get paid."
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With Alvarcus
"They've stopped." I'm kneeling in a wide clearing, it's perfect for what I have in mind. I just want to make sure my tail isn't going to take this chance to attack me, any good Hunter would observe their target if presented a chance like this.
Seems like these three aren't incompetent. They're waiting and watching.
~Let's give them a show!~
"Yes, let's." I rise up from kneeling.
I slowly, so I don't scare away the Hunters, go through hand signs for a very low level earth jutsu. Once I'm done I tap the ground with a hand and a pillar of stone juts up from the ground. There is one difference from the usual pillars I make though, this one resembles a cross. The two arms of the cross are pointed down at the ground at around a ten degree angle.
It's perfect.
I shrug off my coat and with a grand flourish I hang it on the impromptu coat stand. That's right, I made a coat stand using a jutsu.
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With the Hunters
"He made a fucking coat stand." The First says in surprise. "Who does that?"
"Wrong question." The Leader says. "It's why did he do that?"
"We're about to find out. He's going through hand signs again." The Second cuts in.
"Why is he going so slow?" The Leader asks himself. "Hell I know what jutsu he's using! It's Earth Release: Boulder Birth. It just makes a boulder."
Sure enough, the target finishes his hand signs and slams them to the ground. Except the Leader was wrong. Usually the jutsu Boulder Birth is used to make a single or in some cases two boulders. There's not really a practical use for this jutsu, it's a stepping stone for Earth affinities to get used to molding the earth around them for more impressive jutsu. But Alvarcus Mar must have not been told that because he's made ten boulders. Ten boulders that come up to his waist, it's an impressive feat.
"Damn." The Second can't help but say.
"Kid's got a lot of chakra, I'll give him that." The First agrees.
"I don't get it though. What's his plan? So what he's made ten boulders, big deal. They're not useful for anything." The Leader racks his brain, trying to come up with something.
"He's doing it again." The First gestures to the target. "Same hand signs and everything."
Ten more boulders spring up out of the ground.
"What the hell?" The Leader says and the other two are thinking the same thing. "He's doing it a third time?"
Another ten boulders join the rest.
"Four times? No, five. He used it five times." The Leader is staring at the now changed clearing. There's fifty boulders dotting the landscape now. "What is he doing to do with fifty boulders?"
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With Alvarcus
"Think this should be enough?" I ask the Jiongu as I look over my fifty boulders. "I can make more."
~Depends on how the base is set up. You do know how it's set up right?~
"Of course." I scoff out. "I had Shirokumo tell me as we were running here. There is an abandoned town on the border between the two countries. The Kusa shinobi have taken up residence in it. It's a small town, really it's only six farmhouses and one town hall. Basically the town hall is the place where the fun stuff happens and the farmhouses are where people sleep and go on break and such."
~How many shinobi are there?~
"You can't sense them from here?" I ask. That's strange, I thought the Jiongu could.
~Host we're half a kilometer away from them. My range is not very big.~
"Right. Good point. Somewhere around thirty. How far can you sense anyways?" I should know that for future reference.
~A hundred meters or so. Two hundred if I push myself to a breaking point.~
"Good to know. So, you ready now?"
~Of course. I am always ready.~
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