Kagari's narration
thinking...
talking...
Narrator
Saburou
People talking...
thinking...
talking...
Narrator
Saburou
People talking...
You hear about places of "pleasure" and "relaxation" around Grand Palais. They're usually spread through discreet murmurs, hidden messages, or unless you're acquainted with the right people. Places like these are secretive, despite that the clientele don't have the most "discreet" motives. Unfortantley, places like this will always exist. Someone's always looking to sate their inner desires, and someone crafty enough to make money off of it. Take this guy for example:
You're lookin at Haku Saburou; natrual slimebag, asshole, pretty boy, and unfortnatley rich. Well, rich enough to afford putting up whore houses and brothels in the Red Light district despite being a wanted and known criminal. He has some powerful friends, despite having no skill as a ninja, but enough skill as a opportunistic predator to have people in his pocket. It's bad enough that he exists and get's away with what he does, but no matter what; he's just the symptom of a much larger disease. Someone will easily replace him, and they'll either be just as bad or worse. But, he still needs to be dealt with; and unfortantley he's now my responsibilty.
The mission is simple, disrupt services and possibly capture the Saburou. Although it does say "please destroy the brothel" on the wanted poster. A little extreme honestly, consdering there is most likely going to be people in their besides Saburou. I'm not the type of person to blow up an entire building with people in it and this isn't a kill order. So, hopefully I can keep collateral damage to a minimum but seeing as how the more I read and hear about the guy the more I hate him.
The place is called Yoshiwara, a place nicknamed "soapland" by the locals. On paper, it's considered a bath house which is why it's gotten off the hook a couple of times. Most of the areas are private and guarded by the usual thugs but it was the reports of people going missing in the area that tipped off authorities. People who either couldn't pay the bill or usually girls sold by famlies from both Suna and other regions outside. The dirtiest cleanest place you'll ever visit, and it was Saburou's favorite hangout. A pretty ingenious idea, covering up the brothel by making it look like a Spa. But sightings of various clan members attributed to crimes and the occasional politician visit made it suspicous.
So now the question was, how do we "destroy" the place? Capturing Saburou actually might be easy compared to tearing down the esteemed establishment. Even if you were able to get rid of the guards, the clientele and Saburou; what about the girls? Where would they go? They'd probably end up in another brothel because they either don't anything or they don't have anywhere to go. I'm not so cold to say that the mission objectives don't concern the girls but what am I supposed to do? I'm a genin, not a miracle worker....
For now I should be more worried about how to actually get in there....
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The place has two entrances from what I could see. (Stalker Rank 1)The main entrance which I could only get a glimpse of looks like a foyer of some kind. Most likely for either the "manager" or the "host" other than Saburou to greet the customers. The doors are shut almost too suspicously quick as if they were trying to hide something which should be obvious. Two sterotypical looking goons stand outside, constantly eyeing everyone who passes by. It looks like you can't get in unless you have a reservation or are known by the establishment, so a 15 year old kid asking to get inside is out of the question.
Most of the people I observed enter and leave through the front door; almost always smiling.
The side entrance is an alleway that's large enough for "deliveries" to be made. Also the bad clients get beaten to shit out here by the guards from the inside. The place is guarded a lot more, but you can usually find the thugs slipping. Either they're half cut from the booze inside or taking a smoking break by the shipping containers. From what I can tell, most of the deliveries are the bath salts they use, alcohol, or food. I haven't seen any of the "shipments" be girls yet...Although there's room enough for a truck to pull in filled with scared, half starved girls to be forced to work as "helpers". Most of the inspection I would bet is done inside, privately by either the staff or Saburou. Even though this is his establishment he's subtle about it, I couldn't see any hint that he owns it. He probably has a private lounge of his own inside...
The guards themselves are decently trained. They're either guys part of the gangs Saburou's affiliated with or the deadbeat sons, nephews of the various clan members that he's friends with. They're trained muscle and they'll hurt you if you let them have the chance. They aren't trained shinobi however so an expierneced genin or chunin could take on a few of them. I would bet that the better guards are inside, either closer to Saburou or guarding the VIP's. Either way, I'm most likely going to have to fight through them to get to Saburou.
I see two ways of getting inside, the direct approach or the subtle approach. The direct approach may be a bit too obvious, as it'll most likely alert Saburou. It's a two way escape, so if it's obvious that there's someone after him; he'll either try to exit through the front entrance or the side entrance. There could be another entrance I don't know about, he's a crafty guy who's been in the business for a while I bet. A secret tunnel through a bath or he might try to dress up as a girl; he could pass as one honestly. Although he may not even be in there. He was last seen in the red lights but that doesn't mean he's in the same club each day....Capturing him is one of the objectives and it is clear to destroy the place so even if I don't capture him, I still completed an objective.
The subtle approach is going to involve a lot of finnese. The side entrance may be an option if I can get past the guards. There's a lot of cover in the side entrance. The rooftops were how I was able to observe most of the action and the place is usually filled with boxes which I could take cover behind. If I go on a delivery night, I could infiltrate pretty easily as there will be a lot of movement from the delivery workers, staff and guards. I could disguize myself as one by taking a uniform from one of the delivery places. But there's a lot of varibles at play...I bet that the delivery place is keen on the fact that it is a whore house and send the same people for the deliveries. They'd probably recongize that i'm not one of their own immediately.
Wait, there's another way. It's a bath house, so it's probablly got some serious plumbing. The Grand Palais sewer system is a series of various tunnels which could lead you just about anywhere. Most if not all of them run under buildings and I bet that a tunnel is connected the boiler room for most of the baths...If I can find that said tunnel....I think I have my way in.
Part 1 of the mission. Just a description of the place, setting the scene, etc.
Actual mission activity will occur next post...hopefully.
WC: 1266 Words
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Actual mission activity will occur next post...hopefully.
WC: 1266 Words
MFT