Devils in the Background

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With his girls tucked safely into bed and guarded by several shadow clones he was ready to confront their mother ... Kushina has much to answer for ...

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Ibiki looked at the bodies of the dead prisoners, which have been moved to beds to have medics examine them to find out what poison was used, "Where are the medics?"

The ninja outside the cells answered, "They just arrived and everyone in the building not accounted for during the time of death are in the interrogation rooms."

"Good." Ibiki nodded in approval and stepped aside as the two appointed medics were guided into the room.

Anko looked up as Ibiki stepped outside the cells, "How did this happen?" She asked curiously.

"We'll find out soon." Ibiki growled. The hokage just left him in charge moments ago and he won't let him down. "What's the verdict?"

"The bodies were found curled up near the doors of their cells. From what I saw and the report of the guard who found them it seems simple. The person knew them, knew they were caught despite us keeping it as quiet as possible, knew the shift change routines and all the prisoners knew this person and what they would bring in such a circumstance. That's why Haru didn't talk, he knew someone was coming ... maybe there's another inside man like the hokage mentioned." Anko commented.

"It is possible, but we checked everyone for any signs. So far Boar and two medics were the only ones being blackmailed or threatened ... whoever it is could be one of Danzo's real ROOT agents or allies who have a means of getting information." Ibiki reasoned logically

A minute later the medic came out of the cell, "We have the poison results. It's a very strong and fast acting drug made by a set of plants, but it has to be freshly made. The oils of those plants can be detected. A simple test will show who handled it in the last seven hours." The medics handed the interrogator in charge the papers containing the results.

Ibiki nodded as he went over the papers. "Good ... we'll test each person first." He handed Anko the results and took the kit from the medics.

"That'll be easy since there are only six people unaccounted for ... should we test everyone just to be sure?" Anko asked after she took stock of the powder used to detect this particular poison in the kit that Ibiki opened.

"Yes ... we can't leave any room for error. We'll test everyone even if we get a hit." Ibiki said.
The two interrogators tested themselves first and the each guard. Once they were deemed clean they moved onto the staff members. Each time a small amount of the white powder was brushed onto the palms of the participant and each time so far the powder remained white, but then they moved onto the six people that were in a few separate interrogation rooms.

With the suspects narrowed down Ibiki stepped passed the room where a certain casino owner was whimpering and into the first room. He brushed the man's hands and searched for anything on his person that could be used to hold the poison and proceeded to brush those. There was a very small discoloring in the powder on the back of his thumb, but Ibiki didn't feel it was all that important. This man could've brushed up against the culprit and some was transferred, but he made a mental note to watch the man just in case. Anko took some powder and made this go faster by proceeding to brush three other people as Ibiki continued the investigation with the other two people ...

All negative. Ibiki sighed, "How could no one except that one man have- ... Anko? What are you doing?"

"I have one last person to test." She said with a whine and promptly shoved the container of powder into Ibiki's hands, "You do it! You are the one in charge!" She flopped onto the floor cross legged and crossed her arms over her chest clearly refusing to go in the room.