bookpower Chapter 162: Torn Consequences (3)
Chapter 162: Torn Consequences (3)
Chapter 162: Torn Consequences (3)
As one would expect, Bandits have their teams of guards on rounds as the tunnel widens and divides further into different sections. Team 6 quietly observes the pattern by hiding behind a large rock to use the shadow to their advantage.
The tunnel divides into three forks and two gruff, barely equipped bandits would return to the entrance of these forks in an average of 4 minutes. By now, Team 6 has counted 11 bandits, each of them chatting about different things from what to expect from a dinner... or who to do after dinner. The contents of their conversation clearly angered the trio but thinking about what they have to do, their anger is swept by cold ruthlessness.
Or rather, this anger sparks cold ruthlessness...
Or that they WANT their anger to create such a reaction. But Team 6 wouldn't question their mindset at such a moment.
"Gahahaha," They hear a loud guffaw 5 minutes later as two more guards walk out of the right tunnel. Seeing them, Konan and Shizune rouse to action while Kurenai keeps to herself behind the rock. They DID decide on their plan while waiting here and... Kurenai 'won' the prize. Hence, she gets to stay for the moment.
"Man, I tell you boys and girls scream the same!" One of the two bandits wearing a dirt-matted tunic with a larger and snugglier coat snickers and his partner slaps his own head while laughing loudly, "You said it right, Lil Bro! Too bad we have to sell all of em, ya know"
Two strips of paper fly out at an extraordinary speed and cover the mouths of the two bandits at this moment, cutting their laughter short.
*Puchi*
Three Senbon needles pierce one of the bandits through his neck, heart, and skull from behind while the relatively thinner bandit has his head sliced apart by multiple shurikens made out of origami.
The two bandits fall to the ground but a large number of strips of paper begin to cover them and absorb every bit of blood from their corpses.
For a moment, Shizune and Konan just look at the covered corpses with numb expressions and Konan hurries forward. Instead of berating them for wasting time which she would have done usually, Kurenai just tugs on one of the corpses and begin to pull it away.
This snaps Shizune and Konan out of their stupor and they look at each other. Noting genuine confusion in each other's gazes as... they have yet to 'feel' anything bad from committing murder, the duo forms a simple seal, and a plume of smoke bursts around and covers the duo.
In the next second, transformed into the bandits they killed, Shizune and Konan help Kurenai set away the corpses. Updated from
Looking at the three forks, Kurenai speaks softly, "The left one is the storage room and the right one is the pit."
Focusing on the central tunnel, Kurenai nods and her teammates instantly twist Kurenai's arm behind her back and bring her ahead in the central tunnel.
"Hey, what you two got here, eh?" The two guards standing in front of the wooden door at the end of the tunnel instantly recognize the two transformed guards and their gazes linger on Kurenai.
"We caught her snooping around," Konan speaks while trying to imitate the mannerism of the bandits, "She... Boss will like her!"
It's hard speaking these things while fighting off the suffocating stench escaping the gaps of the wooden door in front of them as Kurenai instantly struggles, "Let me go! My sensei and teammates will kill all of you!"
"Hehe, young kunoichi, huh? First time seeing one. Go on, as Boss said, every captured rookie shinobi is for him."
The two guards open the door as the heavy, congested scent of blood mixed with many different smells hit the trio and Kurenai instantly purses her lips while dangerously close to vomiting.
As they enter the cavern, one of the guards behind suddenly calls out, "Don't take too long, yeah? Those three stuck-up bastards don't like when we leave our posts and then the boss makes things worse for us a lot."
This takes the trio by surprise but they nod regardless of things and move ahead. As they walk past a dirtied cage that still has fresh blood on the metal railings and filth of various kinds, the trio feels their stomach churn.
"There could be other Shinobi..." Shizune whispers.
"We prioritize escape if they are too strong..." Kurenai whispers back but they cannot really form a complete plan on the go as they are already at the slightly well-built section of the cavern. The number of bandits increases drastically alongside the space of the room as the trio already hears the laughs and boisterous shouts of bandits. The scent of well-cooked food mixed with the congesting scent of filth does not make things better but for bandits, the dining hall is equivalent to a paradise.
As the trio enters the wider, natural hall, they count a dozen bandits at a glance. But by including the guards before and a proper count of the hall, the trio understands that the Bandit group has 23 members including the boss.
"Oh, lookie here! You've got another lucky one to raise, eh?" A bandit laughs while smacking one of the middle-aged women's butt. The woman whimpers in pain but holds her tray close to her torso and walks away. The situation is pretty much the same but the trio fails to find any supposed children that these bandits kidnapped. Aside from eight women, of which four of them are serving one particular thin middle-aged man on a private table, there is not a shadow of any kid in the area.
"Hoh? You caught someone interesting. Bring her here," the man sitting alone and surrounded by four slaves snickers, "Let me have a good look at her."
She screams loudly, "Just once! Kill me! You hateful bunch, why can't you save me? You aren't saving any of us now! We have nothing to live for! We will never get married again! I'll never see our children again!"
Shizune stops in her tracks. Looking back with tears flowing down her cheeks, she shakes her head, "I'm sorry..."
"Then what about you! Please! Stab me with that blade!" The woman turns to look at Kurenai who lowers her head and moves ahead, not feeling any better and on the brink of collapse herself.
"Konan?"
Kurenai looks at the bluenette who doesn't move despite being the one to remind them that they need to move.
With quivering shoulders, Konan looks at the woman with bloodshot eyes and bites her lower lip.
"If... If it would save her..."
Holding a paper shuriken, Konan begins to breathe deeply as her gaze fixates on the woman, "I- I will... save you..."
Konan raises her hand to attack but... her hand doesn't move forward at all.
"You can't save her," a soothing voice informs calmly, "And even if you do kill her, it's just another nightmare waiting to make your sleep worse."
Kurenai and the crying Shizune look at Kai standing behind Konan as the bluenette looks back while crying as her voice cracks, "S-Sensei..."
Taking the paper shuriken away, Kai lets go of Konan as she feels all her strength leaving her, and she collapses on her knees. Her hand presses onto the wet ground drenched with blood and begins to sob quietly.
"You! Kill me"
The woman falls unconscious as he looks at the remaining seven women, "Take her away. Your village is sorted out. The new village head will make things clear for you."
Looking back at Kurenai and Shizune, Kai adds with a plain expression, "The mission is complete, well done."
"Sensei, there might be other shinobi"
"There aren't," Kai interjects and extends his hand to pat Konan for the first time in a long time, not adding any other words of comfort or encouragement as even Kurenai walks toward them alongside Shizune and hugs Kai's leg while crying out loud.
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Title: Kai's Crying Angels
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A/N: I hope I didn't butcher their characters to a great degree...
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