Chapter 19 - The isle
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{Houzu pov}
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[New mission available!] - (No witnesses)
◇ Shatter these fools delusional beliefs and leave no evidence of their existence.
[Reward]: Curse technique ticket x1
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'Hahaha~! This has truly been a great day!' Houzu thought as he put his hands together in a specific hand sign unknown to the group.
"Attack him! It's trying to cast a jutsu!" The leader of the mob shouted as they all ran towards the boy. Smiling in amusement he couldn't help but laugh out loud. 'Oh they're making this too easy!'
Closing his eyes in concentration he focused on his desired technique. With his preparations complete he opened his eyes and uttered two words for only those close by to hear.
"Domain expansion..."
Without warning both the boy and the group were enveloped by darkness as the domain's dimensional barrier took shape. As the two groups looked on in both fear and vigilance their surroundings morphed into that of a magma induced hell as they were on a small island with the floor and palm trees made of obsidian surrounded by a neverending sea that produced gaint waves of melted rock and magma.
"Isle of scorching tides."
"W-what the hell is this!" One of the chunin shouted only to cough out in his hand in distress. When they looked to their palm they their palm coated in blood was already beginning dry from the extreme heat.
"Careful now... don't waste your breathe. The air here is basically sulfur dioxide at this point." Houzu chuckled cruelly as the others covered their mouths with parts of their own clothing while a few were on the ground choking on their own blood.
"Enough tricks demon, time t-" but the leader was unable to continue as he burst into flames and soon after into ashes that to were eradicated. "Aaaaaaeh!~" a fellow female ninja screamed through her makeshift mask as she too was incinerated without warning as houzu moved to attack their comrades.
With a swift kick he decapitated the closest one and unleashed a horde of insects on a group of others.
"8 down..." houzu mumbled as he kicked another with such force that they were plunged into the scorching sea as the sounds of their screams echoed across the isle.
A man not far away from the boy weaved as long series of hand signs as houzu toyed around with her comrades by letting them believe they had him on the ropes and after the thought of escaping this hell was possible they would be snuffed out through incineration, being thrown into the shore like many others or blown to nothingness by his spawn of insects.
'Take this and die you monster!' She screamed in her mind.
'Water style: wild water wave jutsu!'
Unfortunately when she exhaled only a torrent of steam shot forth and in mere seconds evaporated away. "No..." she choked out as a amused child's laughter rang out behind her. In a swift motion a small arm brought her into a choke hold.
"Guh!" She choked as she clawed at the arm strangling her. But as she did so it felt as though she was clawing at steel with a thin layer of skin. A level of sturdiness a child his age should not possess.
"You actually thought that would work didn't you? Even if it did... it would have been no concern to me. Such a weak ninjutsu is incapable of harming me." Houzu childishly gloated as the woman choked out in desperation.
"Please... don't kill me...I...have a daughter! She's only a baby!" She struggled to plead as tears poured from her eyes.
With a frown he leaned in to whisper in her ear. "Then you should have stayed home.." houzu snarled as he swiftly forced her head slowly around as she attempted to struggle while pleading and screaming for him to stop as the sounds of bones breaking could be heard.
*Snap!*
Twisting her head behind her back while her eyes facantly stared into his own with horror and pain while he looked back with heartless indifference.
With a swift thought houzu killed the rest who ran to the edges of the island by merely incinerating them to their very atoms from where they stood, leaving no trace of them in the slightest. Deactivating his domain he was met with empty street he stood before. This time alone...
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[Mission complete!]
◇ Shatter these fools delusional beliefs and leave no evidence of their existence.
[Curse technique ticket recieved!]
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A smile blossomed onto his face as he reached into his inventory by putting a hand into his pocket and retrieved the ticket that bore a silver sheen with shrine like kanji written upon it.
Putting it into his pocket once more he continued to stroll home with a pip in his step as a few anbu watched on with worry and confusion. They had witnessed the child being surrounded by a small mob of shinobi only for them all to be surrounded by a sphere of unknown solid black matter.
Then it shatters into nothingness after a few minutes passed to reveal the boy once more unharmed with none of the other shinobi anywhere to be seen. Thus the shinobi swiftly retreated to report their findings.
At the same time houzu made it to his abode only to see vandalized by the villagers. From broken windows to piss from drunks marking the walls. The inside was no different. His bed was thrown against the wall leaving a large hole and his kitchen ransacked with the fridge toppled over with all its contents strung about on the floor.
Without a word he stepped outside and looked up towards the rooftops. "Hey, I know your up there! I've got a message for you to pass on to the old man so come on out!" He barked as an anbu materialized in front of him.
"Tell the geezer I'm moving out... don't bother asking where I'm going. You'll see eventually.." with those words said he disappeared in a burst of speed to which the anbu with silver hair looked on in the direction he went with neutrality.
*Sigh~* "that kid..." he sighed as the young man body flickered away towards the hokage tower.
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~ Village wilderness ~
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Running through the forest around the edge of the entire village houzu darted from branch to branch as he seethed in anger at the audacity of those petty ingrates.
And just when he was in such a good mood, then those worthless humans had to spoil everything. But... at least he got away with killing all those shinobi. At least he thinks he did...
There were anbu nearby as witnesses..though he doubted they would have any substantial proof to punish him. He had made sure to rid his victims of their scent and their remains. But that area would smell like sulfur for a long while.
It was rather poetic to rid the world of such blind and inept individuals. Honestly he did them a kindness for making their deaths rather quick. If not for having a extremely low amount of time to maintain his domain he would have played around a little longer.
Feeling like he was far enough away and nor sensing any negative human emotions nearby he sat down and retrieved his ticket. Seeing no sense in delaying on receiving his reward any longer.
*Rip!*
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[The host has recieved]:
◇ Inumaki clan - Cursed speech technique
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Houzu couldn't help but smile in sadistic glee at seeing his new move set.
"Oh~ I'm going to abuse the shit out of this!" He laughed as the trademark markings signifying the technique manifested on the sides of his mouth and tongue.
"Get crushed!"
Focusing his intent on a tree across from him, with the sound of a high pitched ring the entire enormous tree was instantly flattened into a splintered disk deep inside a sizeable crater as the ground shook from the tremendous force exerted from his new ability.
*Cough!* "Damb! This truly does a number on the throat.." he thought as the damage to his throat in less than a second. "Luckily... the draw backs are negligible at best.."
Getting to his feet he jumped up an undamaged tree and climbed swiftly to the top to see the visible signs of the village a few kilometers away.
"Yeah... this spot will do nicely.." houzu smiled as he returned to the ground below and placed his hand onto the soil. Within seconds the ground burst as wood and vegetation emerged and carried the boy upwards towards the sky above as the wood appendages took form into a ginormous tree trunk. As time passed the tall humongous trunk ceased its growth as a gaint bud magicaly formed from its top and slowly blossomed into a breath taking red lotus with its petals stretching out even beyond the village walls close by.
On its very top in its very center where necter would be there was instead an expansive area. It's exact size was capable, by houzu's estimation, of housing a single tailed beast. In its midst, houzu was seen sitting down as he gave a content sigh at his work as it took a substantial amount of energy to accomplish.
"Now this....this is home." He smiled as flowers bloomed all over his massive achievement. The surrounding area was also affected by the super structure as not only flowers bloomed... but dangerous cursed flora as well.
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