Game of Shadows by Adrian King1

Chapter 114

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 114

Eiji watched through his Web Sense as a team of Kumo nin made their way past the Iwa's border. He looked at them with his artificial sense and had to wonder what they thought. Did they think they would succeed? Or was this like a suicidal attempt? They had to know that their chances were slim at best. There was no way they were that stupid, after all.

Regardless, he sat where he was, back to back with Tayuya as she played her flute.

The rest of the team had it handled, after all.

Sure enough, when one of the Cloud agents stepped on the ground, it came alive under him. His foot first was trapped a second later, completely encased on earth and stone. The rest of his lower body and arms followed then.

"One down," Jirobo called from the side, where he'd been hidden by Tayuya's genjutsu until just then. As the team turned to look at him, one of them was hit right in the chest by a fist that was entirely too big and hard. The poor bastard was sent flying against a rock and knocked out on the spot.

"Two down," Fu announced, smirking where the Kumo nin had been standing as she held up her fist. She'd grown very fond of her Chitin Armor technique. Eiji wasn't about to tell her not to use it though, it was clearly a very powerful technique. Not only did it cover her in nigh indestructible armor, but it powered her up a great deal.

"Three down," Kabuto said, almost dismissively from where he sat on a nearby rock. Sure enough, a Cloud kunoichi dropped like a puppet with its strings cut. Several senbon could be seen on her back.

The remaining members of the squad, obviously having realized what was happening as their team fell apart, quickly cast a Genjutsu Dissipation and proceeded to run away. It was the sensible thing to do, really, and Eiji praised them for it. It was also, however, rather naive of them to think they had a chance. Then again, there was no good option to take in the situation they were in.

Alas, they didn't manage to get away. What they did do was promptly get themselves trapped in Quicklime courtesy of the resident Princess. It'd taken a bit to set it up, but it'd been fine, since Kurotsuchi had been given the task of taking care of the runaways for just that reason.

"And that's a wrap," The Iwa nin commented.

"We won't talk," The first ninja to fall said immediately as the Suicide Squad approached.

"They always say that," Tayuya pointed out, clearly amused by the defiant statement. Eiji could see where she was coming from, really. However, it wasn't like he'd be interrogating them in the field. He'd leave that to Iwa's T&I department though. He rather doubted this guys would need Wit's End to crack.

"Now, this is how it's going to go, alright?" Eiji started speaking then, walking around as he looked at the fallen team. "I'm gonna have you all released and you are going to peacefully follow us to Iwa. First one to try to be smart or sneaky, I'll kill. Because I really want to do this the easy way. Follow, or don't, it's easy for me regardless."

"If you think that we-"

"Ryota," A woman from the people that Kurotsuchi trapped called, with a voice that made Eiji think she was the leader of the squad. "It's the Weaver."

That seemed to be enough to take the wind out of his sails. 'I'm still shocked that I'm so well known... Although maybe I shouldn't be,' Eiji thought to himself. Inside his mind, Kage chuckled and Hachi giggled. That was fair. It was just that he had a hard time acknowledging that he wasn't just the talented ninja that had graduated from the Academy. He was much more now, but his mind seemed to have a hard time accepting that fact.