Honest negotiations

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Before starting reading, I would also like to invite you to familiarize yourself with my author's work "The Path of Omniscience", where the main character is not a person, he is cold and insensitive to everything.

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Seeing that Romero was blocked and could not help him, Heruo was overcome with final despair. Turning to a couple of children, he tried to retreat, but Samato, who appeared in shunshen from the side, kicked him, throwing him several meters away and knocking him to the ground.

Taking advantage of this, Satoshi immediately pinned Heruo to the ground with his knee and wrung his hands. At that moment, the young Hyuga felt that his eyes, after a long activity, had reached the maximum and he deactivated the byakugan. Glancing at Samato, he raised an eyebrow questioningly. The scientist, in turn, nodded with a calm face and stood in front of the him, blocking the view of Romero rushing in their direction, but the panting Kuzu did not let him do it.

After receiving confirmation, Satoshi tore off part of the clothes from the exhausted and wounded bandit, tied his hands. After that, taking out the seals, he began to attach them to the upper part of the young man's back. When almost all the seals were installed, the focused Satoshi was interrupted by the sharp and worried voice of his comrade.

- Get up, quickly, quickly, Kuzu is in danger, we urgently need to help him otherwise he will die!

Surprised by such harsh words that first came out of Samato's mouth, Satoshi, confused, quickly stood up. The two quickly lifted the young man to his feet, after which the scientist, pretending to be cold, put the kunai to his throat.

Satoshi now realized what exactly Samato had in mind when he saw the bandit leader standing in front of him, holding Kuzu. The boy's expression was blank enough, but there was a strange twinkle in the depths of his eyes. He, immersed in himself and breathing heavily, did not pay attention to the pain from his wounds and the katana attached to his throat. Frowning inwardly, Satoshi cursed.

"He couldn't even detain him. What a futility."

On the other hand, when Romero saw his half-dead subordinate with a kunai at his throat, he gripped the Kuzu tighter and brought the katana blade closer to throat, so that blood began to flow. After carefully looking at the two children and looking around the neighborhood, he thought gloomily.

"Damn, the situation is very bad. I'm sure these damn observers didn't interfere just because they want to watch the action of children. I think this is the only way out and if it works out..."

Quickly turning his thoughts, the man confidently looked at the children, said sharply and sternly.

- Don't be silly kids, otherwise your friend will die! I'm sure you wouldn't want your reputation in the so-called proud Hyuga clan to suffer!

Standing opposite, putting a kunai to the young man's throat, Samato smiled inwardly after thinking.

"Not bad, pretending not to know about adult ninjas nearby. Also, apparently he noticed that the two of us slightly favor Kuzu and decided not to click on the friendship point, but decided to focus better on the pride of the clan. Apparently he's quite familiar with the Hyugas."

Portraying uncertainty on his face, similar to the one that Satoshi's face was currently expressing, Samato frowned. But quickly hiding it and pressing the kunai to Heruo's throat, he spoke in a serious tone.

- You too, don't be so sure, otherwise your subordinate will come to an end! – After not relaxing much, he continued. - I think we should retreat a little, otherwise it will only bring us losses.

- Tc, little one, and already sets conditions, but I don't mind, let Heruo go and I'll let yours go.

- No, I'm not sure about you, you're the first.

The district was silent for a few seconds, only the rustling of leaves and the cries of birds were heard. Frowning, the man with an uncertain expression on his face thought about something, "imperceptibly" looking around the forest and looking at Samato, he broke the tense silence.

- I agree, but how can I be sure that you will let my subordinate go?

Hearing the question asked to him, Samato, portraying on his face the proud expression of a representative of the main branch of the proud Hyuga clan, which had almost a thousand years of history, answered.

- I, as a proud member of the Hyuga clan, promise to fulfill my word to you, to let Heruo go.

The forest was stunned by the silence, Satoshi, who was standing next to Samato, listening to the negotiations, looked strangely at his friend with disbelief in his eyes. Romero, confused, looked at the boy strangely. A little uncertainly, with a note of contempt, he muttered.

- Is that all?

But when these words that came out of the man's lips reached Samato, the scientist depicted anger on his face, shouting angrily.

- What does "and that's all" mean, but how dare you not trust me, I can say I swore by my pride and the pride of the clan! Do you want me to kill your subordinate?!

In confirmation of his words and emotions, Samato slightly cut through the skin on the throat of the young man he was holding. The head of the bandits, realizing his mistake, quickly shouted.

- Wait, wait, I understand, the pride of the Hyuga clan is well known all over the world, and I would not disparage it! Here, look, I'm letting your friend go.

Removing the katana from Kuzu's throat and sheathing it, Romero moved a little to the side. Inwardly, he was ready to take the boy hostage again at any moment. But when the man saw how Samato pushed Heruo in front, he quickly forgot about the hostage and approached the young man.

He, in turn, because of a strong push in the back, staggered and barely shuffled his feet, walked several meters. His trembling legs, unable to withstand an even greater load, gave way and he began to collapse. Fortunately, at that moment, Romero arrived and picked up the young man.

The man's face was full of pain, he saw that the young man had received just incredible injuries, most of which were internal. When he finished examining Romero's injuries, looked in the direction of hyuga children. Opening his mouth, about to say something, the man again saw a terrible picture for him, a boy who had formed the seal.

Looking at Romero, who was holding a wounded subordinate in his arms, Samato calmly folded the seal to activate the explosive seals. But to surprise, the scientist's main attention was focused not on a potential opponent, but on Satoshi standing next to him, looking expectantly at the two bandits.

Samato's hands were tense and ready at any moment to fold the necessary seals for replacement. When the man looked at him, he depicted on his face an expression of contempt previously seen by the man, activated the seals.

"Explosion"