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  "What do you choose? Live or die?"

  Those words rang in everyone's ear like a drum. The 5 people standing outside the interrogation room were looking ily at Junichiro.

  Several seds after Daichi gave the ultimatum they saw tears falling down the man's face. And at that moment they knetion he was going to choose.

  Heiji looked at the boy with new resped slight fear. 'He broke him. In just 15 minutes he broke him and with just words no less. That is some Ibiki level interrogation shit. Who the hell is this kid?'

  The Royal court messenger Yondu looked at the boy in a new light. 'So this is a Sannin's appre seems he's picked up a lot more than just Medical skills from his teacher.'

  Genma erhaps the most surprised out of anyone. He was there on top of the Hokage Mountaihe 3rd Hokage first met the boy. At that time he never could have imagihe boy would have such a dark cruel side to him.

  As the versatiressed Genma was stopped by the minister and he had to watch the Genin kill the prisoner.

  Daichi came out of the room and the Jonin couldn't read what was on his face.

  "East Pza. Kumi Mansion. We should move quickly."

  Before the Jonin could eveo him, Daichi walked away. He was about to follow but the Yamanaka ninja with them, who was silent until then spoke. "Give him some time. He o process this."

  The usually cheerful Jonin was silent with a somber expression. He decided to do as his fellow shinobi said and waited for Daichi to get his head straight.

  Yondu turo Heiji and his fellow interrogator. "Inform the ninjas statioo keep an eye on all movements in the Eastern Pza."

  Taji also gave his orders. "I need you to deliver a message to the guards at my Mansiohem to only keep essential personals. The rest of them are to verge on Kumi Mansion. I don't want Jedayu to escape."

  "Yes sir." Both ninjas vanished.

  —-

  The young Genin was standing near a window looking out at the city in front of him. His mind, still on the face of the man he just killed. He took a deep breath of air and then slowly let it out.

  He looked at the numerous reputation increase/decrease notifications piled up on the er and dismissed all of them without even reading them.

  'He died for what he believed in… I 't fault him for that.'

  Thehought about the question that's been pguing his mind. 'I wanted him to talk because I o successfully plete my quest. But... Would I have gohrough with it? If he had decided to keep his mouth shut… Would I have put him through that unimagiorture?... Do I actually have the capacity…? To bee such a merciless monster… Am I being one of them?'

  At that moment Daichi remembered the words Tsunade oold him.

  "Don't ge. Don't let this life e you."

  "I won't sensei." The Genin muttered to himself.

  "Hey kid."

  Genma's soft voice brought Daichi out of his thoughts. He turo the side to look at his temporary Jonin instructor.

  "Hey."

  "I know this is a stupid question to ask sidering the situation but are you alright?"

  "I'm fine."

  Daichi's short reply brought a small frown to the Special Jonin's face. After a few moments of silence he began. "Daichi, what happened back there… You-"

  "It wasn't my first kill if that's what you're w?" The Genin interrupted the man.

  Genma was surprised at that information. "When did you…?"

  "During my travels with Lady Tsunade and Shizune Senpai, we fought rogue ninjas. I had to take extreme measures during that fight."

  The young man didn't eborate more and Genma didn't ask. Both of them stood in silence for a few seds befenma spoke again.

  "He was loyal to his master. His death was iable. Junichiro attacked a family member of the minister. If he hadn't gotten the death penalty, then he would have spent the rest of his life caged. I have a feeling he would have preferred this."

  "Hn…" Daichi just grunted and didn't say anything else.

  At that moment they were joined by Lord Taji and Yondu. The minister looked at Daichi with sympathy.

  "I'm sorry you were forced to do something like that. But with the situation I'm in, I had no choice… I know you're a shinobi and this is part of your life but still, you're only just a Genin. You shouldn't have had to make such a difficult choice."

  Daichi just nodded his head in response.

  " I ask you something?" Yondu spoke looking at the boy.

  Seeing Daichi's silence he tinued. "Would you have really gohrough with it?"

  The young Gamer sighed hearing that question. "It's something I've been asking myself this whole time… And after thinking about it long and hard. I have an answer…"

  Seeing their silent gaze waiting for his answer, Daichi spoke. "I wouldn't have do. Because it wasn't personal for me… But if he had dohe same to someone close to me… Then… I don't know… I don't know if I have the capacity for such cruelty. Time will tell I suppose."

  Yondu nodded and seemed satisfied with that answer while Lord Taji gave a small smile.

  "Kumi Mansion. Is that his home here?" The Genin asked ging the subject.

  Lord Taji shook his head. "No. In Fact that's home to one of Wakamu's ehe fact that Jedayu is there means…"

  "He's either coerced the people ihe home or he killed them." Genma fihe sentence for the minister.

  "In hindsight that's a smart move. You wouldn't look for someone in their enemy's home." Yondu spoke.

  "We capture him but we shouldn't fet our main objective." Taji ched his fists thinking about the situation.

  "We o trick him into revealing if he has more of the poison or not. And we have to be very careful with our iions. And we don't know if he's already left the mansion since tured Junichiro." Genma spoke.

  Daichi crossed his arms and looked at the minister. "So what's the pn? How do you want us to proceed?"

  "We have no choice but to move on the assumption that he's there. Orders have already been given. My guards and the ninja stationed here will verge on Kumi mansion. The entire area will be surrounded. If he's still there, he won't escape." Taji said.

  As he said those words Daichi tilted his head as if he was remembering something. A few moments ter he uncrossed his arms and nodded his head. "So that's how it is… Not a bad pn." Daichi muttered to himself.

  Genma nodded. "Yeah. Let's meet this guy."

  "You guys go on ahead. I o use the bathroom for a minute." Daichi said and separated from the group.

  Genma waited for his ward while the other two adults left.

  A mier Daichi rejoined him and both of them headed to their new destination. On their way they saw several Imperial guards and ninja stealthily moving towards the location, swiftly but quietly moving through the roof tops.

  Soon they reach a rge pound with a big vil in the middle. A few mier Yondu and Lord Taji arrived with their guards.

  "Um, are you sure you want to be here sir?" Genma asked the Minister.

  "Yes. He went through quite a lot of trouble and brought me here. I should see this through."

  Genma nodded and turo Daichi. "Hoeople are inside?"

  Daichi checked the whole area with Chakra sense and Mana scout. He looked at the whole pd frowned. "Strahere are no guards here. I only sense one person. He's in the middle of the house. Civilian and quite old or weak based on his chakra."

  Genma nodded and turo look at the other two.

  "Well then, si's only just one, you two will be enough. Have the guards stay outside." Taji gave the order.

  Genma and Daichi took the lead with the minister and the Royal court messenger following them. As they went ihey entered no traps or tricks from the enemy. Soowo ninjas stepped inte room and saw an old man sitting on a sofa almost as if he was waiting for them. He didn't have any hair and had pale skin. He had dark circles around his eyes and looked like he was about to kick the bucket any sed.

  Jedayu's eyes locked onto the mihe mome foot in the room. "I didn't think… you two would be so…. early(cough cough)."

  Daichi looked at the man on the coud immediately used 'observe'. The information he read made him cautious. 'This guy has an incurable disease. He's dying. And dying men often be dangerous.'

  "You were waiting for us?... You don't look so good, Jedayu." Taji saw the miserable state the man was in and he uood that his enemy was ill. "You're dying aren't you? So you decided to take yer out on someone I see as my own son. Just because yours died of the poor decisions he made."

  Jedayu's face turned furious after hearing that. "You took… far more than my son."

  "Enlighten us. It was a foolish move to attack a member of the Royal court. Whatever happeo your son was brought on by his own cruel as. You must know that at some level. So why gh with this?" Yondu asked the man.

  The man was silent for several moments and then answered the messenger. "Do you know… (cough) how my sohey(cough cough) tortured him. Tore him to pieces. My wife… My beloved Anya… She couldn't bear what happeo her child. Her gentle heart couldn't take it. She soon followed him… And… Now I'm all that's left."

  "What about Junichiro? There was still someone who cared for you. Loved you." It was Daichi who asked this question.

  At that he anger on Jedayu's face dimmed and he looked down at the floor. "I truly wanted him to leave me… But he… was adamant to… stay by… my side(cough cough). He loved me. I know. But… It wasn't enough. My love… for Wakamu and… (Cough Cough) my wife was greater."

  He then looked up at Daichi and Genma. "Junichiro wouldn't have talked. And(cough) you couldn't have… entered his mind so quickly. (Cough)I saw to that."

  Genma narrowed his eyes at that admission, firming his suspis. "So you did get someone from the Yamanaka to put barriers inside his head. How?"

  "Yes. (Cough cough). It was… A rogue ninja… Fleeing from your vilge… several years ago. I helped him. (cough) In exge for a favor… It's my turn to ask a question. How did you.. get this information from him so quickly?(cough cough) I'm well aware of his loyalty and his special dition…. What did you do to him?" Jedayu was gripping his e hard and taking several deep breaths as he tried to calm his breathing. Blood was slowly falling from the er of his lips.

  Daichi had a grim look as he answered. "I told him a story. And then gave him a choice."

  "Must have been… One hell of a story… He would have held out for… as long as he could… Just on the hope(cough) that I would escape from here…"

  "But you didn't. Why?" Yondu narrowed his eyes and asked the man in suspi.

  "I'm… a dead man walking. Even if I escape, I don't have… much time left… I'm not… going to waste my energy… Is he… Is Junichiro still…alive(cough)?"

  Daichi took a deep breath of air a out. "No. I made sure to end it quickly."

  Hearing that news, Jedayu lowered his head and several drops of tears started falling down the man's face. "Five me… Junichiro. I hope… you find peace… in your… life."

  He was silent and the others didn't interrupt him. Moments ter Jedayu lifted his head and looked at the Genin. "Daichi Hekima I presume. Student… of Lady Tsunade Senju… I've heard quite a lot about you(cough)."

  "Wow. Didn't know I was so famous…" The Genin said with a mog grin.

  "Yes. Your reputation… precedes you. That's why… I went through the trouble… of having such a precise poison made…(cough cough). I needed something… that even you couldn't heal."

  Daichi stepped forward and looked at the man with a grim face. "Who made it? Something like that isn't easy or cheap."

  Jedayu gri that question. "It was created by Sasori of the Red sand… And you're right. It cost(cough) me my fortune."

  Genma and Daichi's eyes simultaneously widehey khat name.

  Jedayu tinued with a grin "I khat anything less… and you'd be able to… save them."

  Daichi and the others did a double take when they heard the st word.

  "Wait, them? What are you talking about?" Lord Taji's eyes narrowed.

  Jedayu gave a cruel smile as he looked at the minister. "You fool… Did you… really think(cough) I would sit here and bther… (cough) for no reason at all? I was stalling you."

  Taji's teeth grinded in anger when he heard that. He rushed towards the man and punched him in the face. Jedayu fell to the side spitting out a wad of blood.

  Genma quickly stepped forward and stopped the minister from inflig any more damage to the man. "Please sir, stop. We o know what he's done?"

  Taji looked in a the Jonin and then turo the man on the floor. "What did you do? Who else have you poisoned?"

  Jedayu grabbed the e and slowly got himself up. He took a white handkerchief and wiped the blood off his lips. "I lost my beloved Anya. So now yoing to lose Fuyi as well… My assassin was keeping an eye on your home. The sed… you pulled the guards to get to me, my assassin struck... She's probably ied by now... The poison is the same with two key differences. It's created just for her(cough) and it works… much faster than the one…(cough) used on your nephew. Ihan an hour she'll be dead..."

  "You bastard! I'll kill you…" Rage filled the minister's fad he tried to luowards the man but Genma kept a hold on him.

  "You lost your nephew…(cough) and now yoing to lose your wife." The mad grin on the man's faly made the minister more enraged. Before things could get out of hand Genma quickly turo Daichi. "Leave. You o get to Lady Fuyi. You o save her."

  Daichi shook his head at that order. "No."

  Genma and the others were shocked at that response.

  "What? Daichi, you o save her life?" The minister shouted at the Genin.

  "I don't o save her life because she wasn't poisoo begin with. She's fihat cim surprised everyone in the room.

  "What are you… talking about?" Jedayu was the one who was most fused.

  "I had a e waiting near Lord Taji's home. That woman you sent to poison Lady Fuyi, I took her down before she even got into the room." The Genin had a smirk as he looked at the man.

  Jedayu was shocked. "You… But how could you have known…"

  Daichi's grin only wide that question.

  Fshback.

  "We have no choice but to move on the assumption that he's there. Orders have already been given. My guards and the ninja stationed here will verge on Kumi mansion. The entire area will be surrounded. If he's still there, he won't escape." Taji said.

  As Daichi heard these words a memory quickly came to the forefront of his mind. It was the memory of a shogi match he had with his grandfather a few months ago.

  'During that match Kensei sacrificed his one remaining Gold General and exposed his King. I was so eager to gain a victory, that I surrounded his king from all sides. But that left me exposed. And at that st moment he used a knight to capture my King.'

  'Could it just be a ce? Or is there something more?'

  Daichi quickly had the map of the whole capital in his mind. He had spent a long time at the capital and had memorized every street and er. He put the East Pza and pared it to the location of the minister's home.

  'The minister's home is oher side of the city. He's drawing all the guards and ninjas to one side of the Capital and leaving the other exposed. He specifically chose to stay in the East Pza…'

  That revetion surprised Daichi. 'That bastard. His target is Lord Taji's wife.'

  "So that's how it is… Not a bad pn." The Genin couldn't help but appreciate a good strategy.

  Fshbad.

  "In my Shogi match with my grandfather, he let me take the General, a valuable piece. Aentionally exposed his King. But I was too eager to win to see the trap that was set. He drew my forces to trate on one area while he moved one of his mile pieces to capture my king who was oher side."

  With a wide somewhat sadistic grin, Daichi looked at Jedayu. "I didn't know for sure if this was your pn or not? And I khat if it was and I told the minister, he would have had some muards statio his home and it would have tipped off the assassin. So I created a shadow e i and had him wait. As a tingency. And a few minutes ago, I just got firmation from my e that your assassin had been captured."

  Jedayu gritted his teeth as he looked at the grinning Genin. "You…"

  Genma, Yondu and Taji were surprised at the Genin's pn.

  Yondu looked at the boy from the er of his eyes. 'He keeps surprising me again and again. His medical skills, interrogation tactic, his fht to put a ter in case somethi wrong… He's on a pletely different level than any enin.'

  "This kid…" Since everything worked out, Genma couldn't stay mad at the boy.

  Lord Taji breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the boy with a smile. "Thank you Daichi. I'm not happy you didn't share your pn with me, but I uand."

  "You think you've won?" Jedayu's angry voice drew everyone's attention. "I may not have gotten your wife…. But your nephew… is dead."

  After his outburst, Jedayu expected anger from Taji but was surprised to see a smile f on everyone's faces.

  "Yeah about that… The death of my nephew may have been exaggerated…" The minister had a smile as he looked at his enemy's shocked face.

  "What? But he died." Jedayu couldn't uand what was happening. He turned his head towards Daichi. "You couldn't save his life."

  "Yeah. We lied." Daichi chuckled.

  Fshback

  Daichi looked at his new patient's dition. 'There is a lot of pressure on me. I 't let anything happen to this guy on my watch. So to heal him, I have to know everything about him…'

  The gamer ninja used 'observe' and it showed everything about his new patient. 'Leorio Mayima, 24 years old with a Level of 18. Stats slightly above normal civilian standards. He must have had some training.. His physical stats are weakened. dition: poisoned. Critical.

  Daichi recalled the information he read in the chart. 'The doctors here did every test they could. He tested ive for all known viruses. Only positive for pneumonia. But this is much more than that.'

  Daichi stepped forward and pced his palms on top of the unsan's chest. The young medic's hands glowed green and he began examining the patient. Daichi's medical teiques were developed by Tsunade and augmented by his gamer system. So those jutsu were much more precise and thh thahe best.

  'His kidneys, liver, lungs are all slowly shutting down. His fever has spiked i hour. Based on my estimates he has less than two hours before plete body shutdown a failure. The first thing I o do is see if this thing is tagious or not. If this has the potential to spread, it could bee chaotic.'

  Daichi analyzed the bht down to the cellur structure and took a look at the majans. As he examihe patient his lips slightly curled up.

  'Hmm… So that's how it is. Clever move… Whoever made this poison is certainly no amateur…'

  Daichi studied the man for several minutes and then the green chakra faded from his hands. He took three vials from his iory and took the nearby syringes. One vial had a light blue liquid while the other two had red and brown liquids.

  'The three life saving cos of my own design. I was only able to plete this with the spring water I took from Tonika vilge and my own formu. This should help you out for the moment.'

  Daichi took the first Blue vial in his hand and ied the tents into the syringe. 'X Purge shot. Capable of removing fn particles and diseases.. I've only been able to test it on a few animals so far.. But since all my calcutions are right and Observe didn't show as with it, this is the best option.'

  Daichi came he unscious Leorio and spoke. "These medies are just prototypes. But I guess you're not gonna mind are you…" Without wasting another sed he ied the tents into the man's veins. Ohe tents of the first syringe was emptied he pced the used needle in his iory and waited a few minutes.

  As Daichi stood every inch of the man, he saw some of the blisters and red patches on the skin reg and slowly return to normal. It was a slow process that took about 20 minutes. At that moment Daichi took several skin and blood samples from the patient and safely stored them.

  He then pced his palms on the man's chest and they once again glowed green. Daichi examihe state of the body and nodded his head. 'Just as I expected. The poison isn't pletely purged from his system. It's progress has been slowed down but it's still there. With time it will spread again. Whoever did this created this poison specially with this guy in mind. Time for the other two shots.'

  The vial the medija took tained a brown liquid. 'The Booster Shot. This will boost your immune system and give you the necessary energy. It will also buy me time to find a perma solution.'

  Daichi ied the liquid and after several miook samples of his blood and checked his dition. 'His immunity system is responding well and vitals are beginning to stabilize. That spring water is no joke. It's life-giving properties are incredible. Now time for the final one.'

  Daichi took the st vial with the red liquid and soon ied the man. He looked at the sleeping Leorio with a small smile. "Life Blood. I know it's not the coolest name. But it does its job well. This will heal the injuries yans suffered aore your health. If I were to sell this in the open market, I would never have to work in my life again…"

  'Well, that is if I was a normal person.'

  Daichi sighed and once again paid close attention to Leorio's vitals. His hands glowed green and checked the man's status.

  Daichi spent over two hours in the room healing the man and bringing him from death's door. With his special medie and using the Health Manipution skill which is at Level 7, Daichi was able to siderably improve his vital status.

  'But the problem is, the more potent or plicated the poison the weaker the effey drug. These medies are still in their early stages of development.. I 't proceed further and improve these drugs without a proper b…'

  As he was thinking about the status of his medies and their effects a new system message showed up.

  [Quest 'Save the Nephew of the Minister' pleted.]

  [Rewards:]

  [12000 Exp.

  1800 Exp.

  +1 Level ih Manipution.

  +1 Wisdom Stat

  +1 Intelligeat.

  Reputation increases with the t.

  Reputation will massively increase with Genma Shiranui, Hiruzen Sarutobi and people in Fire Capital.]

  [You have leveled up.]

  'Ok. That's one headache down.'

  [2nd Quest.]

  [Quest created - Identify the Culprit.]

  'Aaand here es the sed headache.'