Chap 8 - Failure and Success.

After mentally torturing the Bounty Station attendant to get all the information he wanted, Ryuuji(c) ransacked the place, breaking into all the safes and harvesting the weapons and storage scrolls from the Shinobi he killed.

As he was about to leave, the attendant took courage from some mysterious place and spoke to the clone in an angry tone:

" You don't know what you just did! "

Ryuuji(c) frowned and walked back towards the attendant.

" I know very well what I did. I killed all the worms that tried to do something to me and after that…I took their reward money straight from the vaults. "

" Hahahaha, you're going to die! Do you think you can handle the people you're teasing?! "

Ryuuji(c) ignored the mentally broken man and pierced his forehead with his forefinger.

After this little affair, the clone wasted no more time and flew towards the original.

When Ryuuji felt his clone approaching, he got to his feet.

" You took your time. "

The clone smiled and threw a scroll to Ryuuji.

" Sorry boss…I was collecting the bonus. "

With a "poof" sound the clone disappeared and Ryuuji received the rest of the chakra along with the memories and experience.

Ryuuji smiled slightly as he felt the fun memories in his head.

" Ryuuji, why do you have that weird smile on your face? "

" Uncle, I'm laughing because I discovered very good things. "

Arashi nodded and a little hope shone in his eyes.

" Do you know where we can find clues about the missing members? "

" For sure…we will go there now. "

Patting the clone-turned-bird, Ryuuji headed for his new target.

…

It didn't take long for the uncle and nephew duo to reach their new goal, which was one of the islands that circled the Land of the Sea.

Arashi took a good look at the islands and the Land of the Sea below and let out a sigh, " This really is a shitty place…so isolated from everything. "

" Yea. And that's precisely why I'm hopeful of finding something here. "

The two jumped off the bird, which disappeared into a small puff of smoke.

Ryuuji used his x-ray vision and quickly mapped out the entire island. As soon as the entire island came into your view, his face turned ugly.

" What the hell is that?! they really dare to do that!! "

Seeing his nephew's grim face, Arashi also frowned.

" Did you find anything?!? "

Ryuuji nodded and said, still a little disturbed by what he saw:

" This place is a laboratory… of some very disturbed scientist who dared to do something unforgivable! "

When Arashi heard Ryuuji's reply, his face also turned ugly, " Let's go in soon… we can't waste time. "

Ryuuji nodded in agreement and started to lead the way.

The poor guards guarding the research facility were quickly killed by the duo, who continued advancing towards where the head of the place was.

Along the way, the duo encountered several experiments in glass vats, but as curious as Arashi was, he didn't want to delay Ryuuji's movements, who seemed to be heading in a certain direction with blood in his eyes.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the basement of the facility, where there were some tables, surgical equipment and robust computers. Ryuuji advanced without stopping and easily ripped open a steel door, creating a new access in the place.

" Who?! "

When Ryuuji and Arashi entered the room, they were greeted with a gruesome image of two people dissecting a still awake Kaguya Clan member, who had a completely broken face, as well as another body, which was covered in a black fabric.

Before the two men could say anything, Arashi moved quickly and killed the man attached to the dissection table, while Ryuuji just silently walked over to the covered body.

One of the men, who appeared to be a young man in his twenties, tried to stop Ryuuji, but was met with a punch that literally blew his skull off.

The other man let out a startled cry and fell to the ground, not understanding anything that was happening

"A-Amachi…y-you killed Amachi! "

Arashi, using his Adamantine Sealing Chains, immobilized the remaining man, while looking at what his nephew was doing.

Ryuuji removed the black tissue and looked at the corpse on the dissecting table.

Seeing the crimson hair so familiar to him, Ryuuji's Solar Chakra burst like a broken dam, increasing gravity around his body and threatening the entire structure of the research facility.

Before the place came crashing down, Arashi, who was using almost all of his strength just to keep himself upright, shouted:

" Ryuuji, calm down! "

Ryuuji controlled his chakra, but kept his gaze on the corpse's pained face. After standing still for a few minutes, Ryuuji closed his eyes to calm his mind a little.

After storing the corpse in a storage scroll, Ryuuji walked over to his uncle.

Arashi shuddered at the sight of his nephew's eyes, never having seen so much hatred contained in such a calm look.

" Ryuuji, are you okay? "

Ryuuji smiled slightly and nodded, "I'm fine, my uncle. "

Arashi canceled his Adamantine Chain, freeing the man so Ryuuji could take out his anger.

As soon as the man's mouth was free, he tried to yell at the pair, but was quickly blocked by Ryuuji's hand, who grabbed his face and slammed his skull against the wall.

" If you say anything other than answers to my questions, you will die. "

The scientist swallowed and nodded several times.

Seeing the fear in the man's eyes, Ryuuji knew he would have easy access to any information.

" I want to know everything about who runs this from behind the scenes. A little character like you couldn't maintain this structure without the help of a sponsor. "

Swallowing hard, the man replied:

" I d-don't know…All I do is research, I've never met the man who pays for the bodies and equipment, I swear! "

Ryuuji, thanks to his superhuman eyesight, could easily identify the man's micro-expressions and knew he wasn't lying.

Feeling a pang of anger, Ryuuji grabbed a scalpel and shoved it into the man's arm. Hearing the screams of pain, Ryuuji felt even more angry as he imagined the same screams coming from the mouth of a fellow member of his clan.

Ryuuji swung the scalpel around and pulled it across the musculature of the man's forearm, punching a huge hole straight into the flesh.

" That's not enough! I want to know everything, damn it! "

" Aaah!! F-Fuck, I d-don't know! "

Hearing the irritating screams coming out of the scientist's mouth, Ryuuji nearly killed him, but managed to hold back the momentum.

" You must know something, so you better open your mouth before I kill you in the most painful way possible, just like you did to my clansman! "

The scientist, crying in pain, began to speak.

" I only know about the man who brings the slaves and equipment, but he is not the boss! "

" Then start talking before my patience runs out. "

The scientist started telling him everything he knew about the man and ten minutes later, Ryuuji had a name and a location.

Daichi…Land of Rivers.

" Uncle…let's go. "

Arashi looked at his nephew and let out a sigh.

" Ryuuji, are you sure you're okay? "

Ryuuji took a deep breath and replied sincerely, " I'm fine, uncle…I just want to solve this problem as soon as possible to prevent this kind of thing from happening again. "

Arashi nodded and smiled, " Don't worry, Ryuuji. We will. "

With those words, the two left the research facility and boarded a bird clone of Ryuuji again.

Before the bird moved away, a spiral chakra sphere appeared in Ryuuji's right hand. This spiral chakra sphere quickly began to undergo a change in color, changing from blue to brown and then to purple.

In less than a second, Ryuuji created a Rasengan infused with Earth Release chakra, that now just looked like a purple orb.

Releasing the sphere, Ryuuji and Arashi watched as the 30 centimeter diameter sphere slowly fell towards the research facility. When the purple sphere touched the ground, it slightly expanded and collapsed, creating an extremely strong attractive force.

The purple sphere continued to engulf everything around it until the entire facility was destroyed. Ryuuji watched his attack continue to evolve until the entire island was completely swallowed up and destroyed.

Arashi let out a bitter smile and spoke in a resigned tone, " So this is a Rasengan after adding the Nature Transformation? "

Ryuuji nodded and questioned, " Haven't you learned yet? It's been a year since I gave training method to clan. "

Arashi let out a huff and complained to his nephew, " Are you kidding? In the entire clan, I think only you and Benihime managed to do this and even your mother can't do it as easily as you…you are a real monster, Ryuuji. "

Ryuuji smiled and said in an amused tone, " I said you need to train more uncle. "

Arashi smiled to see that his nephew was calm again.

" When we get back home, I'll set aside a few hours of the day to train with you Ryuuji. "

…

Ryuuji found the guy named Daichi in just three days, but didn't contact him directly. Ryuuji and Arashi followed the man's every trace for nearly three months, mapping his every move and recording his every habit.

Of course, Ryuuji was constantly creating enhanced clones and sending them all over Ninja World, looking for clues and even eliminating some human trafficking schemes.

Knowing exactly what Daichi would do today, Ryuuji and Arashi chose to finally intercept the man's movements.

As Daichi headed towards the Land of Fire's border with the Land of Rivers accompanied by four Shinobi, Ryuuji and Arashi followed, flying at a height that made detection impossible.

…

A few hours later, Daichi and his group came across a seemingly normal caravan, which was being guarded by three unidentified shinobis.

From the first car, a tall man with his face covered by a fox mask got out, who quickly approached Daichi.

" Daichi, do you know how much money the Boss has lost over the last few months? "

Daichi smiled with amusement, as if none of this had anything to do with him.

" My friend Fox, I can't do anything about it. "

The man let out a huff and locked his gaze on Daichi, flexing his chakra slightly.

" Some human trafficking transactions have been attacked in the last few months and the Boss has lost quite a bit of money in some occasions, so you'd better take care of this cargo, otherwise…"

Daichi raised his hands in surrender and smiled haughtily, " You don't have to worry about anything, Fox…I do my job with perfecti- "

In the next moment, Daichi's head slid to the left and fell to the ground, creating a wet thud that silenced everyone present.

The man in the fox mask was the first to react and started moving his head.

" Who?! "

Ryuuji appeared in front of the man named Fox and punched him in the stomach, which sent him flying several meters.

" Uncle, deal with Fox, I'll sort out the others. "

Arashi landed on the ground and nodded, moving at high speed towards Fox, who was trying to catch the breath he lost from the blow he received.

The other shinobi in the room gathered around Ryuuji, bringing a smile to his face.

Ryuuji shaped his chakra and sent it towards the shinobi around him, putting them all in a genjutsu. In the next moment, six of the men started to move wrongly, while one of them started running towards the Land of Fire.

Seeing the man run to the place he came from, Ryuuji smiled slightly.

" It's was worth training Genjutsu like a crazy man these past few months. "

[ Genjutsu 79/100 ]

Ryuuji just watched the six men unable to cope with the hellish visions he induced in their minds with amusement.

A second later, a finger-sized hole appeared in the foreheads of each of the six shinobi, who fell to the ground as they died before the genjutsu even dispersed.

Arashi approached shortly after that and threw the masked man in front of Ryuuji. Fox had holes in his arms and legs, as well as a deep cut across his torso, which ran from his chest to his abdomen.

Ryuuji removed Fox's mask and looked at the man, who returned the look with an angry expression.

With blood dripping from his lips, Fox smirked and spoke in a decided tone, " Y-you little shit…you won't get any information out of me! "

Ryuuji looked at the dying man and narrowed his eyes as he pressed his chakra against him.

Fox froze slightly and began to breathe even harder.

Seeing that he wouldn't get the information so easily this time, Ryuuji bit his fingertip and dropped a few drops of his blood into the man's mouth.

Ryuuji forced Fox to swallow his blood, causing the man to be surprised by the fact that his injuries, once fatal, were now rapidly healing.

A few seconds later, Fox's condition was stable and Ryuuji started to work his magic.

Using Genjutsu, Ryuuji caused the man to suffer various types of pain at the same time, hitting different parts of the body.

Fox couldn't resist the phantom pain that assaulted his body and he groaned in pain, but even so, he kept a sneer on his face.

Ryuuji frowned and was about to use Genjutsu again, but Arashi let out a sigh and stopped him.

" This guy is just a small character…he probably doesn't even know who he works for. "

Ryuuji let out an annoyed huff and slapped Fox across the face, killing him instantly, " Useless! "

Arashi lit a cigarette and reassured his nephew:

" Don't be so disappointed just yet…he might not know who he works for, but we can follow that guy you put in a Genjutsu and use Fox's appearance to try to get in touch when someone comes after him for the money. "

Ryuuji nodded and replied, " I thought about that too, but I thought I could save time with this guy. "

Arashi blew out a puff of smoke and pointed at the caravan.

" Brat, changing the subject…what are we going to do with these people? "

" We will accompany them to the nearest town in the Land of Fire, I can feel the shinobi trapped in a Genjutsu going there. "

Arashi nodded and the duo began to release the people tied inside the containers.

When Ryuuji opened the canvas of the last carriage, his eyes widened to the extreme at the sight of a middle-aged man with long red hair.

" Douma-san?! "

When he heard his name, the red-haired man quickly shook his head and a bit of life appeared in his eyes, " Ryuuji-sama?! Wh-what are you doing here?! "

Ryuuji quickly helped the man to his feet, while using his x-ray vision to make sure nothing was broken or out of place.

Ryuuji was seriously afraid of hurting the man just by touching him.

Contrary to his memories where Douma was a healthy and strong middle aged man who sold the freshest fish in his market, the current Douma was thin and a very weak looking.

Ryuuji smacked his lips angrily and took the old man to his uncle.

Arashi also widened his eyes and helped Ryuuji get Douma into a comfortable position.

" Arashi-sama…Ryuuji-sama…this old man was lucky. "

Ryuuji took some of his blood into the old man's mouth and strengthened his resolve to keep looking for the lost members of his clan.

" Don't talk, Douma-san, just rest now…I will help you and then take you to Uzushiogakure. "

The old man nodded as he tried to control the tears that streamed down his face, relieved to be able to return to his home and family.

" Thank you, Young Master. "