A man covered in filthy rags that covered his body and hid a pock-marked face darted through the Black Market stalls, dodging around patrons and dealers alike as he knocked over both people and marked up rare items onto the ground behind him. All in the vain attempt to stop the older gentleman dressed in business casual with long black hair tied into a pony tail, that seemed to be casually jogging just a few paces behind; the murder in his eyes belied anything else that might be casual.
Uzumoreru Toushin, or Uzu as most knew him, was head of Sunagakure Intelligence. A spy master in all sense of the name, the ex-assassin gathered reports, redacted information harmful to members of ANBU for their mysterious deeds, and submitted the results to the Kazekage. It was a position he earned out of “retirement” from the field. Yet, despite having an office job, a mission would still secretly find its way onto his desk where something needed to be handled personally. There had been a few of these lately, and ever since he started making waves in the Underground through his protege the criminal activity had spiked. A lot of big bads who never had a reason to move or make noise suddenly feared for their lives as the Body Trader mafias started going to war with each other; a war Toushin sparked himself.
The man he was in pursuit of was one of these such ‘big criminals’ that never moved. Only known by the codename “Hiss”, he was a nasty drug peddler that had been in direct control of a number of smaller gangs but kept himself in sheer anonymity. When Kana assassinated the first mafia boss he suddenly decided to come out of hiding and bought a large number of guard to protect his interests. The money used was easily traced as he panic spent for protection. Not even a full twenty-four hours later and all three buildings he had used to create the narcotics were raided. Toushin himself wanted to come down and catch the head of the group to keep a bit of his status among the ANBU as a hard killer. He honestly couldn’t care less if the man lived or died and had little want to end the fool’s life having been in his shoes not but a decade ago, but appearances were far more necessary than he’d like to admit. The amount of things he got done with intimidation helped along nearly all his goals, especially in ANBU where every member was a hardened killer. He hated the term “Alpha Wolf”, but the leadership of a Black Ops organization had to be ruthless or else there would be nothing but constant turn overs.
The drug dealer suddenly jumped up and kicked at a brick wall, shattering the support pillar of it’s back wall and causing the building to slide down into the street; Uzu hopped up the wreckage. When he crested the brick hill his golden eyes caught the man ducking suddenly into an ally he knew was a dead end. With a casual huff the equally casually dressed killer dropped down to the street and walked around the corner towards the dead end, but as he rounded the corner a large wall of fire rushed at him. Toushin brought his arms up in defense and braced for impact as his fury began to boil. He had no way of defending against the attack, but knew he would survive with minimal damage; the fool on the other side no doubt thought he was smart for setting this trap…something he would soon lament.
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Uzumoreru Toushin, or Uzu as most knew him, was head of Sunagakure Intelligence. A spy master in all sense of the name, the ex-assassin gathered reports, redacted information harmful to members of ANBU for their mysterious deeds, and submitted the results to the Kazekage. It was a position he earned out of “retirement” from the field. Yet, despite having an office job, a mission would still secretly find its way onto his desk where something needed to be handled personally. There had been a few of these lately, and ever since he started making waves in the Underground through his protege the criminal activity had spiked. A lot of big bads who never had a reason to move or make noise suddenly feared for their lives as the Body Trader mafias started going to war with each other; a war Toushin sparked himself.
The man he was in pursuit of was one of these such ‘big criminals’ that never moved. Only known by the codename “Hiss”, he was a nasty drug peddler that had been in direct control of a number of smaller gangs but kept himself in sheer anonymity. When Kana assassinated the first mafia boss he suddenly decided to come out of hiding and bought a large number of guard to protect his interests. The money used was easily traced as he panic spent for protection. Not even a full twenty-four hours later and all three buildings he had used to create the narcotics were raided. Toushin himself wanted to come down and catch the head of the group to keep a bit of his status among the ANBU as a hard killer. He honestly couldn’t care less if the man lived or died and had little want to end the fool’s life having been in his shoes not but a decade ago, but appearances were far more necessary than he’d like to admit. The amount of things he got done with intimidation helped along nearly all his goals, especially in ANBU where every member was a hardened killer. He hated the term “Alpha Wolf”, but the leadership of a Black Ops organization had to be ruthless or else there would be nothing but constant turn overs.
The drug dealer suddenly jumped up and kicked at a brick wall, shattering the support pillar of it’s back wall and causing the building to slide down into the street; Uzu hopped up the wreckage. When he crested the brick hill his golden eyes caught the man ducking suddenly into an ally he knew was a dead end. With a casual huff the equally casually dressed killer dropped down to the street and walked around the corner towards the dead end, but as he rounded the corner a large wall of fire rushed at him. Toushin brought his arms up in defense and braced for impact as his fury began to boil. He had no way of defending against the attack, but knew he would survive with minimal damage; the fool on the other side no doubt thought he was smart for setting this trap…something he would soon lament.
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