Chapter 116 – Another Organization?
"Ahhhh~~!" Tsuchikage put her head on the table, moaning, covering her face to hide the bit of the happiness she was feeling after the last night.
Akatsuchi, her aide, thought that she was reasonably upset, so he offered his help, "Tsuchikage, you can take a few days off? Everyone will understand, and I will take care of all the work."
"Mm," Kurotsuchi's smile disappeared as the thought hit her again that her grandfather wasn't alive anymore. She clenched her fist, biting her lip as a sense of loathing spread through her heart, "No, there is much to do after the recent disaster."
"Tsuchikage..." Akatsuchi worriedly said her name when Kurotsuchi slapped her hand on the table, "Just give me!"
"Yes..." Akatsuchi sighed when someone slammed the door open, "Yo! Tsuchikage!!"
"Wait, who are you? You can't just come here?!" Akatsuchi watched a child with an androgynous physique, bright pink hair that reached his shoulder, and stunning violet eyes. They were wearing a thin black turtle neck t-shirt over black pants with metallic gloves and boots and a cloak above.
"Yo! Tsuchikage!" Guren barged in, waving his hand that held a scroll with a USB, "I came to see you!"
Tsuchikage jumped on her feet, with a light blush covering her cheek, "Why the hell is you still here?!"
"Still?" Akatsuchi asked, confused.
"She means I should have gone with the Seventh Hokage, Right? Tsuchikage-sama?"
"Huh...right," Kurotsuchi sat down, crossing her legs, feeling the heat between her legs, "Why are you still here?"
Guren raised the USB scroll, showing it to Kurotsuchi, "This is all the information that was destroyed once the body of that Scientist of yours disappeared. I snagged it while he was playing dead."
"Oh," Kurotsuchi tilted her head, "Are you playing spy-like your father? Going anywhere you want? You are not even smart enough to hide it. You know I could punish you for that?"
Guren froze, blinking, putting his hands in front of his chest, "What? Are you going to keep me as your prisoner and have your way with me?"
"That's not what I said!!!" Kurotsuchi screamed, her eyes darting towards Akatsuchi, who looked away, pretending really hard that he couldn't see or hear.
"Oh, Damn it," Kurotsuchi sat down, sighing, "Are you really an Uchiha? I have never seen one like you."
Guren chuckled, twirling on his feet, seemingly exaggeratedly but fluidly moving, explaining.
"So you see, the man that created Shinobi Gauntlet, Katasuke, was put under Genjutsu during the Chunin Exams. And there is a chance that much of our technology has been leaked."
"Hm," Tsuchikage rested her cheek on her palm, looking at him with one eye closed, "Are you trying to say that Fabrications were behind it?"
Guren pivoted, appearing on Tsuchikage's other side, hugging her from behind, taking a whiff of her scent, whispering in her ear, "That's the thing...my dear Tsuchikage...I was hoping to find information on Shinobi Gauntlet in their database since they had weeks to transfer it...but there was none."
Kurotsuchi's eyes widened for the sudden hug and whisper in her ear, but more so on the information as she jumped on her feet to get away from him. As if knowing she was going to do that, he moved out, sitting down on the table, crossing his legs. He put his hands on his knees, "So you see, that leads me to believe that it was someone else who stole that technology. But then it hit me, the strange circumstances where the Scientist disappeared even after losing his heart, Bio-Tech that not even the likes of Mr. Orochimaru possess. And targetting and stealing New Technology like Shinobi Gauntlet that not even the other Villages knew about. We have a hoarder among us, with dangerous technology. If the recent events are any clue, then they are using us Shinobi's as their test subjects."
"You..." Kurotsuchi was taken aback, seeing the severe expression in his eyes even though he was fooling around just a second ago.
He jumped up on his feet; using the opportunity that she couldn't react, he planted a kiss on her cheeks. Her heart raced, her face became glowing red, smoke came out of her ears. She swiped her hand, making a fist, meant to hit him, but he effortlessly bowed, dodging it, "But then, I am just a Genin, so I am returning this information to you. Do whatever you want with it. Till next time, my dear Tsuchikage."
He looked up, blinking, cutely grinning, turning into smoke, disappearing.
Kurotsuchi slammed her leg on the table, "That dammed brat!! How dare he!!"
Akatsuchi jumped in the air, rotating, picking the USB Scroll, "Tsuchikage-sama, careful. This is precious information."
Kurotsuchi breathed angrily, "You think I care!!"
Akatsuchi stepped back, hiding the scroll from Kurotsuchi, "No, of course not."
"What do you mean? I am not a competent Tsuchikage that I wouldn't even care about something so important?!"
"No!!!" Akatsuchi stepped even further back, scared.
"No?!"
"I mean, yes!!"
"Yes?!" Kurotsuchi became even angrier no matter what Akatsuchi said.
"Please forgive me!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Akatsuchi screamed, making even those passing by the Tsuchikage building hear his scream and lookup.
Among them was Guren, wearing a beige ankle-length coat with fur and hood, chuckling, "Ah, she is so cute. Maybe I'll come back to tease her next time."
He played with a USB scroll, humming as he walked towards the Land of Fire. Since someone new was playing the game, he had decided not to use Decimo's powers to find his enemy. He was in the mood to play a little longer. It had been too long since he had so much fun.
"Hm, hmhmhmm, hmhmhmhmm, hmhmhmmhmmhm, where to go next?"