Chapter 59.4- One Thousand Hands

They covered the tunnel quickly, being careful to be stealthy enough that they weren’t announcing their presence but well aware that the tunnel was so small that if there was anyone else here, then hey would notice them in virtually no time. Hence the speed in their movements. The tunnel had multiple outlets but beyond using Inoken’s control of the Iwa scouts to get a good understanding of the village layout, they were also using that access to figure out where the village jinchuriki was kept, or to figure out someone who knew.

She wanted to ask which they were on the way towards, but she was wary of making noise and in any case, she would be finding out the second they arrived at their intended destination and then there were only two possibilities. She’d made this part of the plan already then.

Once they left the tunnel, they found themselves in a residential district. So plan two then. Inoken pointed towards a single house and the rest of them folded into the shadows, hidden by Kizuru’s genjutsu as Inoken approached from the front door. Ordinarily, taking a jonin on in their home was the kind of thing that only suicidal idiots like Shori even countenanced but here they had a simple advantage.

Inoken knocked on the door in his false form and the person within seemed to only take a few seconds before swinging it open.

“Daisuke? What are you—“ The woman began before she froze under the control of Shika’s shadow. Some of her clansmen preferred to maintain their control by leaving the target’s head free to move about but she did not judge the chakra savings— significant in truth— to be enough to risk it here in this situation.

Inoken leaned into her and kissed her in this form, while Shika looked away not quite able to ignore that it was her friend in that body kissing an enemy shinobi. When the woman’s eyes glassed over, Inoken stepped past her and into the house before stabbing his body straight through the neck and dragging it from left to right. Blood sprayed everywhere, splashing over the living room, but none of it got outside, he was careful like that.

Shika released her hold on the body when she felt it stop resisting her jutsu. That meant Inoken had full control.

“Sorry about the gruesome sight guys, but she was a bit too strong willed to control with three other bodies under my control. Had to let go of one and that one had run its course. The other two are going to help us with our distraction. Shika, I take it you left the package where we agreed?” She nodded, still worried, but recognising that this wasn’t the time to mention her worries about his ability to just stab himself in the neck.

A/N: Sorry about that