Tairadachi (123)

Greg and the snake moved through Tairadachi. He noticed the rice, like the area before but had enough of it already.

He moved onward now almost completely back to Takinomori.

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This post marks the start of my mission containing the following storyboard elements:
-Rescue children that were captured by bandits while Trick or Treating (4)

Summary:
While making her way through the land towards her next destination, Rhaenys spots a group of men with children walking through the forrest, looking suspiciously not like parents. Confronting them, Rhaenys frees the children and takes them back to town.

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Rhaenys was walking along the path thinking to herself, was she right, was she starting to second guess herself with this riddle? Well there was only one way to be sure, and usually her instincts were on point, having followed them so far. As she kept walking along the path eventually coming to a forest, there was a shrill cry out from up ahead much like that of a small child, followed by sobbing. Strange the fact that children would be out this late especially in this part of the land where the nearest town was about a few hours walk. Deciding to investigate, Rhaenys went up ahead cautiously and was greeted by a sad sight. It looked like there were a bunch of kids, maybe about 4 of them, all dressed in Halloween costumes, a ghost, a pirate, a zombie and a vampire who were accompanied by 5 adults. However the way these adults were treating these kids made Rhaenys second guess about the relationship between them. The kids were all tied up with their hands, being lead one after another surrounded by these adults, rough looking men with ragged clothes, swords and knifes at their hips, roughly wearing nothing discernible. One of the children had fallen over, scraping his knee and started crying, explaining the sound Rhaenys had heard earlier on, with the other kids stopping and starting to cry as well, as if it had set of a chain one ticking the other like some domino effect. The bandit who looked like the leader growled at the one leading the kids holding the leash.

Shut them up! If they dont make it back to the hide out we wont be able to ransom them back to the town.

So it was a kidnapping? Rhaenys clicked her tongue from hidden view in the trees, anger coming to her heart that these men would prey on children. One of the bandits closest must have heard her as he looked over towards her location but couldnt see her.

What was that!? Who's there?

He called out towards Rhaeny's position, which gave her a wicked idea. Perhaps she could scare these men into abandoning these kids and she could collect them.
After figuring that there were no one there, he went back to the group as the kids began to quiet down after being threatened by the bandits that theyll have to cut fingers off if they keep screaming.
Casting a genjutsu on the group, Rhaenys used the false surrounding technique to change the look of the trees to begin to look decrepit and old to the bandits, leaving the kids out of her genjutsu. They didnt seem to notice at first but as they continued the trees began to look more horrible and decrepit and dead.

What happened to these trees? They were fine earlier today?

Ignore it, probably some shinobi or someone who went through here using their ninjutsu.

The leader brushed it off thinking someone else had done it, well he was half right. The next step was to make a fea of isolation. There were 5 of them walking in a group, and so using the hiding like a mole technique, Rhaenys went into the ground, moving underneath feeling the bandits and kids walk above her. She targeted the last man, and used the Double suicide decapitation technique to pull him under, while covering the earth back up, leaving no trace of him. Taking him aside with her and knocking him out with a swift punch as they rose back up above the ground, she used some rope to tie him up hidden from view.
They didnt notice till about a minute later, some fear now starting to sink in.

Hey!! Where did Tadashi go?

They called out trying to search for him and after 5 mins, they continued on, assuming that he had wandered off or got lost.

No loyalty among thieves then...

Thinking about how else she could mess with them, Rhaenys got another wicked idea, hopping up ahead of the path, Rhaenys took a couple smoke bombs from her pouch and activated them on the pass, and sure enough as they approached the path, they continued walking into it, coughing as they kept marching towards their destination.

Where did this smoke come from?

Stay on the path! Were almost there, we need to get back to the hide out.

Rhaenys could tell there was a shake in their voices, she was almost there. Sneaking through the smoke, Rhaenys one again took out another bandit at the back of the group, leaving 3 left now. She snuck up and placing one hand over his mouth and using a swift chop on the back of the neck, she knocked him out, and dragging him back to the side of the path and tying him up.

As they got out of the smoke it didn't take them long to realise something was going wrong, there was only 3 of them and things were getting creepy and strange. Rhaenys decided to make one last push to try and scare them away from the children. Making a earthen golem rise up infront of them, it towered above them, and using the empty cicada shell technique, she echo'd her best scary voice through its mouth to them.

LEAVEEEEEEEEE MYYYYY FORESSSSSSST

It wasnt her best work, but it worked, unfortunately a little too well, the bandits dropped everything and ran back through the smoke, leaving the kids there who were paralysed with fear, and bursting out crying. Well time to end the charade, but also a chance to act a hero. Springing from behind the earthen golem, she landed down in front of it and punched right through its belly shattering it.

HIYAAA

She went over to the kids to make sure that they were ok, undoing their bonds.

Are you kids alright? Did they hurt you?

They shook their heads and explained that they were trick or treating and when they went to the house on the hill, a couple of bandits took them and then said they were going to sell them!
Rhaenys reassured them that everything was ok, and that she was going to take them back to the town now. They managed to calm down long enough for them to tell her where their town was. They were tired and didnt want to walk anymore. Summoning forth one of the firelies, Rhaenys flew the kids back to the town, dropping them in the square, allowing them to all head home.

After this, Rhaenys continued onwards towards her next landmark destination.

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https://animebase.me/threads/nairikuteichi-121.756134/post-21892132

Raiden passes through but not before utilizing his Wujin ability to mask his presence, completely erasing himself from the basic 5 perception of the lesser beings.

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https://animebase.me/posts/21892804/

Uma keeps traveling, stopping a few times to prepare a few things here and there.

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Arriving from 40
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Coming From

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Just passing on through.

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Chakra 1400

Coming from Saruhan

Rebekah strolls through the rocky land, her energy unwavering. She sings to her mocking birds and they sing back down to her.

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Coming from Graveyard of Sin

Douman passes through

Heading to 124

Coming from Kokkyo.

This post encompasses a C-rank mission containing the following storyboard elements:

• (custom) Seek out and acquire the service of mercenaries (2)

Tairadachi was a battleground, of that there could be no doubt. Its idyllic rolling hills and terraced rice fields were but a thin veneer of sanctity spread too thinly across deeply-rooted, bubbling rivalries of numerous ninja clans. Clashes here were frequent, violent and almost always spilled over into nearby settlements with deadly consequences. While a terrible state of affairs as far as the area’s towns and villages were concerned, this made Tairadachi the perfect testing ground for the Brotherhood’s new recruiting strategy. Kreia had spoken with him about possible next steps; or rather he had goaded her into engaging with some of his more outrageous ideas. That the older woman had both a sharp mind and tongue came as no surprise, but he had not expected to be inspired by her advice.

As it stood the Brotherhood’s ranks were swelling, but not at the rate one would hope for considering the explosion of free and semi-free laborers in their charge. The Yajirushi were new, too, and not all of the so-called Shogun’s contributions had been tested yet. Hawke had always valued the trust between him and his men, but Kreia reminded him that it was the loyalty of the commanders that mattered, not the rank-and-file. With more foot soldiers he could put men he trusted in command of those he did not, and those men would do the same. It opened up the ranks and Hawke knew just the where and how to fill them. After all, finding a fighting man in these times was easier than finding maggots in manure.

Knowing all this, Hawke was still surprised by how easy it was to establish contact with some cash-craving clans. The first town they scoped had recruitment posters from more than a few and their scout saw children training combat ninjutsu, which had been a rarity under the aegis of the Freehold. All it took to find one of the clan’s representatives was asking the first, best villager directly. That was how Hawke, Jin-Soo and Kreia found themselves drinking with a man named Fung, who claimed to be the intermediary for the Redsmiths; the largest clan with financial difficulties in the area.

Fung was what the young people call a fixer. He knew the ins and outs of the area like the back of his own hand and was not afraid to brag about it. He would have been insufferable were he not so damn useful. The man drank four pints, whined about what the world had come to for about an hour, and then quoted Hawke a surprisingly fair rate for the services of the friends of his friends. They bought the man an extra pint and then haggled for a while until Hawke finally shook his hand to seal their deal: Men for him, money for them.

For Hawke and Co. it was a no-brainer. More grunts to tackle the everyday issues of running a couple of mineral extraction ventures meant more hands freed up to recruit labor and Fung swore up and down that the groups he contracted on their behalf would hold to enmity between them that would disturb operations. The possibility was there but it was hardly something to worry about. Pulling a fast one on Hawke meant death and free awareness of this fact for those who would otherwise consider the option. The men would be evaluated by the Brothers and sent to the pit. It literally could not go tits up, leaving Hawke and his merry men free to continue their journey homewards.

- Leaving for LM 130.

Coming From: Here

Heishiki and Naruto continue on their way to speak with the Inuzuka clan.

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Their flight took part in silence as the wind whooshed across Barney's ears. It was definitely cold and unpleasant. He didn't mind that cold as much as he was annoyed by the wind slapping his face constantly. He even tried burying his head in Grus' feathers, but there was no escape, just like with water.
"You get used to it." said Grus calmly.
"WHAT?" shouted Barney because he couldn't hear her in his own thoughts from the noise of the wind.
"You need to relax and enjoy the view!" she said joyfully.
"WH....Aaahh...****!" he replied with a sigh.