Trouble in Ōgaki City

[Axcel]

With the assailant injured thanks to the work of Jack and Aneun, it was easy enough for Akuseru to close the distance between himself and the attacker. His hand wrapped around the assassin's neck, lifting the man off his feet and thrusting him into a wall. Though the attacker may have not intended on giving the shinobi any information, his attitude toward the matter would quickly change upon feeling Akuseru's chakra scalpel cut away at his insides.

"Tell us what you know! Where is the next attack? Who is in charge? Why are you doing this?!" He fired question after question, never actually giving the wounded assassin a chance to respond.

"Ehehehe! You're too late! Mr. Bakulev has already set things into motion—soon your Daiymo's precious wife will be dead!"

"More!" Akuseru was beginning to grow impatient. Bombs would continue to go off as they wasted time with this goon. His scalpel inched closer to the jugular. They got a name, but it wasn't nearly enough. Fear didn't seem to get to this attacker though—it seemed he realized his fate was sealed regardless of who pulled the trigger. He had no problem talking.

"Mr. Bakulev uses his unique ability to create bombs so tiny that they can enter a person's blood stream. Now guess what happens when you modify someone's Accelerated Innate Microbiology research, meant to cure the sick, but instead turn them into bombs that happen to extra receptive to genjutsu. You get your own suicide bomb squad! Without the hassle of years of brainwashing relig—"

A jet stream of blood shot out of the man's throat onto Akuseru's face. He had more information to offer, but the genin lost his temper and slit his throat wide open. Wide eyes and and gritted teeth was enough to tell that the young shinobi wasn't happy. They were using sick patients as weapons?! He wanted to make sure that the man who orchestrated this attack would pay dearly.

"Fuck!" He let go of the lifeless body, letting it slump to the floor. The widow was in a corner, covering her child's eyes and sobbing. Akuseru paid her no attention—she didn't matter anymore. With the assassination attempt thwarted, they could allow the proper authorities to handle it from here.

"We need to head back." Akuseru used his sleeve to wipe away most of the blood that had covered his face. Mr. Bakulev would experience a terror that could only be compared to watching Asato deal with traitors.

[Anmida]

While he told himself he would leave it to his teammates, Aneun did not expect them to completely handle the situation. With not much else to do, he entered the living room moments before Akuseru began interrogating the attacker. With his Two Tomoe Sharingan, he scanned the area for any traps or hidden pieces of information, but would find nothing. Once the area was confirmed safe, he turned his gaze toward the widow and her son, making sure they were not harmed, and did not possess any foreign chakra signatures. Turning to check on Akuseru and to see if the attacker was under a spell or perhaps held some secret, he would be too late as his team leader had already slit the mans throat.

"Dammit. I could have probably gotten more out of him. What a waste. Oh well." He said in regard to Akuseru's hasty action.

And with that comment, he headed toward the door. His teammate Jack would not know how correct he was when guessing why Aneun had such quick reactions, and while he did find the widow somewhat attractive, he was not an insensitive pervert. It was not the time for his usual antics.

"I think our allies will need this info. I'll get it to them." He commented toward Akuseru who had sent two clones back to the hotel.

Once outside, he reached into his pouch and pulled out a scroll; partially unraveling it before moving his fingers across its surface. In an instant a short summary of their actions was recorded, and with a single hand seal, the ink leapt off the pages in the form of a small falcon made of ink. With a mere thought the ink creation sped off toward the hotel where upon finding one of Akuseru's clones, would imprint itself on a nearby piece of paper in the form of the message it was formed from.

After the message was sent, Aneun wasted no time on his next course of action; the situation simply did not allow him to dawdle. Just like before, he instantly drew 20 small sparrows that with a single hand seal, also came to life, and scattered in multiple directions. Covering an immense area, he utilized the birds to gather information on any potential scouts or notable events in the area; the information gathered automatically sent back to him via telepathy.

"Now lets see whats going on."

[Hecatus]

Jack’s eyes watched skeptically as the youth before him continued to dance across a fine line. Only after the impulsive lad had slit the man’s throat did he cough once in an intentional and slow fashion. “Well that was rather unnecessary.” A hand patted firmly on Akuseru’s shoulder as his senior made a poor attempt to calm the boy down. Though fully understanding where the lad’s anger was coming from, thoughtlessly shortening their only lead was an unwanted challenge to this already daunting task their squad had been assigned.

Agreeing with Song’s understanding of how they should move forward, a hand reached out casually to drag the corpse out the backdoor while their companion worked. Motioning for his junior to follow suit, Jack placed his ANBU mask on before taking a step outside. It was out here that he patiently waited. From the looks of it, the man had already begun his own task of draining what blood remained from the body. Catching it in a spare bucket he had found near a sandbox, he’d address Akuseru with a relatively calm yet stern tone. “Check the body for any abnormalities. We’ll have Song look at the blood for chakra traces and send a sample to a lab once he’s done fishing for leads. Hopefully they’ll find something...”

It appeared as though there was more the man wanted to say regarding his team mate’s mental wellbeing however he’d instead pause and sigh. Letting the matter drop, he’d simply hope for the best.