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  The two stared at each other for a few moments and it was Daichi who broke the silence.

  "Hello. My name is Daichi Hekima. I'm a Genin from the Leaf vilge…"

  The man was silent as he looked at the Genin ninja.

  Seeing his silend his stone cold face, Daichi chuckled and spoke. "Something tells me you already know who I am…"

  Junichiro said nothing and just gazed at the boy.

  "The strong silent type huh? You know you're not doing much to break the stereotypes here."

  Daichi looked at the man and just gave a small smile. "Oh I almost fot…" He said to himself and took a kunai from his poud came he tied up man.

  Heiji frowned and Genma narrowed his eyes. Everyone else who was standing outside just looked on to see what would happe.

  Daichi pced the on oable right in front of Junichiro. The man was secured to his seat and couldn't move his limbs so he could only stare at the sharp on.

  Junichiro just looked at the kunai for a sed and then turo the boy. "If you think you get me to talk by torture, you're severely uimating me."

  "He speaks! At st. For a sed, I thought you were a mute… And no. I'm not going to torture you. I'm just here to talk." Daichi replied, taking his seat at the opposite end of the table.

  Jedayu's guard was fused at that. "Then why the Kunai?"

  "It's an experiment. I 't say anything more at the moment." Daichi didn't reveal the reason for putting the on in front of him and both of them fell into silence again.

  It was Junichiro who restarted the versation. "How did you find that paper? I thought it was impossible to trace it."

  "It would have been... Not t but you see, my senses are much sharper than the ordinary ninja's. I studied mediinjutsu and learo analyze particles even microscopi nature. I examihe bed thhly and saw the faint discoloration on the wood due to the burn. There was a faint distinctive st at that spot and I quickly figured out that Fsh Paper was used. My sensei and the others did the rest... Hmm. Now that I'm saying it out loud it does sound like I'm bragging a little huh." Daichi chuckled to himself.

  "Hmm…"

  "I read your file. Lord Taji gathered some information about you the st time you were here in the Capital with your master, Jedayu."

  Junichiro just tilted his head and scoffed. "You don't know anything about me."

  "Oh on the trary, I know quite a bit. Your family sold you to some wealthy mert when you were just a boy. Several months ter, he died in a bandit attad you were out oreets with no oo turn to. That's when the mert Jedayu took you in. He raised you and soon you became his trusted aid. And you also have a geic defect. genital anhidrosis. You 't feel pain." Daichi recalled the information he read on Junichiro.

  'Lord Taji did extensive resear Jedayu and his guard st year. It was due to his son Wakamu but who would have thought that this info would e in handy like this at such a time.'

  "You think you know me just because you read something in a file? You presume too much." The man was angry as he focused on Daichi's face.

  "Alright, enlighteell me your story. I want to know where this deep devotion and loyalty to your master es from." Daichi slightly leaned forward with a serious gaze and wao hear what the man had to say.

  Junichiro was silent for a few seds and then decided to indulge the Genin. "From the day I could remember, I never felt pain. My sense of touch was also mild. And because of that I always got into acts and hurt myself. But I never cried about it. My birth parents… They were poor and couldn't take me to a doctor to get me checked. And they were disturbed that I got injured more often thaher kids and even more when I never shoain er when I got hurt. They called me a freak of nature."

  Daichi's eyes slightly softened hearing that. "Ignorance breeds ignorance. What you have is a geic mutation. Meaning they were the ones responsible for whatever defects you were born with. Of cod also pyed a part in giving you that shitty deal, if there is su entity as God anyway."

  Hearing that, the anger on Junichiro's face lessened. He tinued with his story. "A wealthy mert came and offered to buy me. What my parents saw as a curse, he saw as an opportunity. He bought me a me as a sve for his amusement. 5 months ter, when I was out of the house, bandits strud killed him. I became homeless and spent months oreets. Going hungry for days and if lucky I would find some food irash to eat."

  "Jedayu found you at this point didn't he."

  The restrained man looked down and spoke in a soft tone. He had a small smile as he remembered that moment. "Yes. He saw a child trying to eat food that was covered in dirt and filth and took him in."

  Junichiro stopped for a few moments and then with a hardened face looked up at the boy. "He ed me, bathed me, fed me, taught me how to read, write, took care of me when I was sick, he taught me how to ugh… He didn't care about my afflis. He saw me as a son. And I look at him as my father… I swore a long time ago that I would do anything for his happiness."

  "You're willing to die for him." Daichi said in a small soft tone.

  "Yes. If giving my life means he could live then I will gdly do it without hesitation. No matter what you do to me, you won't get his location. I won't give you that information."

  The vi in his voice stirred something in Daichi's heart. 'I want that. Such loyalty aion. Damn! What I wouldn't give to have someone like him as my subordinate.'

  The people outside the room frowned as they listened.

  'That kind of loyalty. It's rare…' Genma looked at the man with new eyes.

  'Such deep devotion. It's a shame Jedayu… If he hadn't poisoned my nephew, I would have let him live.' Taji looked through the one way mirror and stood stoically.

  Ba the room Daichi took a deep breath and steeled his heart. He couldn't show any mercy or sympathy now or it would ruin his pn.

  With the smile erased from his face, Daichi asked the man a question. "You said you were willing to die for your master. But are you willing to live for him?"

  The captured guard uzzled. Daichi tinued.

  "Since you've told me your story, I suppose it's only fair that I share something with you as well. As you may know, I studied under Lady Tsunade and learned her medical skills. She is the best in her field. Her knowledge, the skills in the medical arts. It's amazing to see her at work. But one of her few problems is that she is a gambling addict. And her lubsp;My God! The woman has the worst lu the p!"

  Daichi sighed and shook his head thinking about his mentor. He carried on. "A year ago Lady Tsunade and I were hiking through the Three Wolves Mountain range looking for rare herbs. During our journey we entered the people living there on top of the snowy mountain. Those people rarely e down and i with the 'Earth dwellers' as they called us.. They had several precious herbs and medies in their possession. Ones we wao find and study. The tribal leader, a man of great ing and wisdom, quickly found out about my sensei's gambling addi and made several wagers. As you expect she lost all the wagers made and we had to give up oods one by oil only the clothes on our backs were left. And so to get back what we lost ahe herbs they have, I made a bet with the man. Lady Tsunade and I would be their servants forever if he won or we would get everything they took from us plus a feles of their rare herbs. Thank God it was only Tsunade's skills that were passed on to me and not her luck. We would have been screwed in that case."

  "Is there a point to this?" Junichiro asked Daichi with a scoffing smile.

  "I'm getting there. Patience." Daichi chuckled and replied.

  "Now where was I? Oh yeah. We wo and got everything we he tribal leader was impressed with my guts and invited me to witheir 'Moon Dance' ritual. It was something they did once a year. It was to honor the moon god for his blessings and such. During the ritual I watched a tribal member suspend himself from a tall tree with flesh hooks through his chest. 6 hours he dangled. His skin stretched like rubber. And below him was a deep pit filled with hot burning coal. He didn't shoain or disfort. It was as if his soul left his body to unicate with the Moon God's spirit."

  Junichiro and those standing outside were silent as they listeo Daichi's story. It was quite captivating.

  "Ohe ritual was over and the man was safely on the ground, I walked up to him. I asked him whether he was afraid of falling into that burning pit or not."

  Daichi's smile left his fad he became serious. He looked straight into Junichiro's eyes and spoke in a somewhat cold tone. "He looked at me with a straight fad said no. He told me that death was just another shortstop in our spirit's journey. Like you he wasn't afraid of death or pain and suffering. But you know what terrified him? The thought of spending his days in a dark hole, deep in the earth, trapped, uo move and just waiting for the end."

  The sudden ge in Daichi's story took everyone by surprise.

  The Genin looked at the restrained man with no hint of mercy.

  "I know you're willing to die for your master. But are you willing to live for him?... If you don't tell me where Jedayu is, I'm not going to kill you. I'm going to do the opposite. I'm going to make a crete box just big enough to get you in and then I'm gonna bury you alive deep into the earth."

  Daichi stood and slowly walked up to the tied up man. He pced a hand on his shoulder. "The human body is a paradox. It be unbelievably strong and at the same time it's incredibly fragile. We survive without food for 2 months befiving up.. But if you force my hand and make me bury you, I will make sure you live far lohan two months. Junichiro… I want you to imagine… Your Chakra sealed and your body restrained. Being trapped in a small box. No way out. Just two small holes that will bring you just enough air and an IV drip that will keep you alive for years. And no one will stop me. You know why? Because of you Lord Taji's nephew is dead. And he will make sure you suffer his pain."

  As Daichi paihat picture, the cm facade of the man started to slowly vanish. He looked in horror at the child near him. "You monster."

  "To you, I could be…" Daichi took a scroll from his poud took out several things from it.

  He pced a vial first oable. "This is a special co that will destroy the part of your brain that makes you sleep. Without sleep, the toxins in the brain build up and it deteriorates the an. This process will drive the person iheir mind would slowly colpse in on itself without the person even realizing it."

  Junichiro shook his head defiantly. "N-No. That 't be. The Yamanaka-"

  "It doesn't matter horotes he pced inside your mind. If yan is physically failing then no amount of mental defenses will help you. In fact those shields will only prolong yony." Daichi said, reying the cold hard facts.

  As Jedayu's guard stayed silent, Daichi tinued putting on the pressure. The item he pced oable was an IV bag. "The liquid in this bag tains essential vitamins and boosters. It keep a person in your dition who is retively unharmed, alive for several months. Attach a few of these to you and you'll live for several years.."

  Daichi looked Junichiro dead in his eyes and gave an ultimatum. "If you force my hand, I will ihe vial, hook you up to this bag and bury you so deep so you won't even be able to think about seeing the sun."

  Daichi walked around him and looked at the man with a stern visage. "You're strong. But you're not that strong. Trapped in that darkness, your mind would colpse and your body would slowly destroy itself from within. I have no doubt that by the sixth or seventh day, you'd scream your throat bloody and by the end of the sed week, most of your sanity will be gone. And each sed from that point forward would feel like ay to you…"

  Daichi became silent and got back to his seat. He looked at the unparalleled horror ahat appeared on the man's fabsp;'Jesus Christ, I sound like such a fug edgelord. But I have no choice. If I want to plete my quest, I his guy to talk. And since my Mana puppetry isn't w on him, this will have to do.'

  The people standing outside were silent and had wide eyes and dropped jaws. Never did they imagihe charming Genin to have such a dark side to him. They saw the unimaginable fear on Junichiro's fad they could perfectly uand that rea. They would show the same rea if such a threat osed against any one of them.

  Junichiro looked at Daichi's face to see if he was bluffing but seeing the boy's cold hardened face he khe truth. 'He's really going to do it.'

  The sed this realization sank in, Junichiro tried to reach for the kunai that was in front of him. Even though he was strapped to the chair, he made every effort to break free and reach for the oried his best for several seds before stopping.

  The man was breathing hard with sweat dripping down his face. He looked shocked at what he was experieng.

  "You went for it. So you really tired to kill yourself for your master. And siing your tongue isn't an option, you went for the bde."

  "This was your experiment?" The restrained man asked in fear.

  "Yes. It was a test on the human psyche… You're sweating. This must be a new experience for you isn't it. I heard that people with your dition rarely sweat." Daichi spoke in a casual tone looking at the man.

  He stood from his spot and walked up to the man. Daichi poio the vial and IV bag and gave the man a choice. "A prolonged agonizing painful life…. Or"

  "A quick retively painless death." Daichi said, pointing at the kunai.

  "What do you choose? Live or die?"

  Junichiro was silent and several moments ter tears formed and started rolling down his cheeks. He didn't make a single sound but the tears kept ing.

  Daichi was silent aiently waited. A mier Junichiro spoke. "I want you to do it."

  Daichi raised an eyebrow and waited for the man to eborate. "Do what?"

  "I will tell you Master Jedayu's location. But I want you to kill me right after. It has to be you. No one else. A quick painless death. Give me your word that you'll do it."

  Daichi was silent and g the mirror in the room for a sed.

  Genma was about to step forward and kno the gss to stop Daichi but Lord Taji stopped him. The special Jonin gritted his teeth and then thought about what was at stake and stood still.

  Seeing no response from the other side, Daichi made his decision. "Tell me your master's location and I'll give you a quick death. You have my word."

  Junichiro sighed and then spoke. "East pza. Kumi Mansion. That's where he is."

  Daichi was sing his vitals and saw that the man was telling the truth. He sighed and picked up the kunai.

  "I hope you have better lu your life." With those words and before anyone could e in and stop him, Daichi pluhe Kunai into the man's heart.

  "Argh…" Within seds the life faded from his eyes and blood slowly trickled down his lips and chest.

  He pced everything ba his scroll and slowly walked out of the room. The Genin looked at the faces of everyoh an unreadable expressio Pza. Kumi Mansion. We should move quickly…"

  With those words he walked away before anyone could say anything.

  Author's Note:

  The adventurous gamer ninja is my first story.

  The character Daichi is a morally grey ninja. His self is will be his first priority but he does take as based on his emotions on a few occasions. Like saving Reo Uchiha.

  Now, I have never written a se with an edge theme like this before so I'm not sure what you viewers are feeling. Does this interrogation e as natural, cool or forced? Do you find anything gy when reading it? I'm curious to know your thoughts.

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