Sero had left the last event behind. A curtain call on his talents he supposed. He didn't mind fools so much if they merely stared in awe. However the longer he remained among the fearful the higher the chance a false hero would rise. A foreign people didn't like it much when you put down their saviors. So long as he kept to himself mostly he wouldn't be an issue. More of a burden than he had originally intended for himself but it was what he was accustomed to. Which brought the question of whom had brought him here and what their intentions had been. Had they considered how this all might play out or had some mad being brought him here on a whim? Considering the seals he had in place through out his manor to prevent chakra use without consequences they were either long dead now or considerably powerful. The seals in his bed chamber being stronger than most to prevent assassination attempts. Still had they known what they were doing would they still have done it? Would they still have let him come to this place with the havoc he might bring upon its people left too long?

Foot steps approaching from the way he had come caused him to stop where he was and rest his left hand on the sword at his waits. Casually setting it there but prepared for a reverse draw if needed. His grey eyes shifted over his shoulder as he glanced at a young but obese man coming his way. He had a beard in full with horns sticking slightly out of wild hair. A show mans garb on but nothing to speak of weaponry wise. He didn't appear to be a threat that much was certain. He knew Yokai to be a tricky bunch though. Having faced their monsters before and defeated them. He finished turning as the man lumbered up to about two meters away. The stranger would be sweating and look scared but Sero had expected that. He seemed to open his mouth to speak and found no words. Instead he dropped to his knee's and presented up two pieces of paper. One was a sketch of a man with cat ears, the other a request for their capture as a security measure. Labeling them as thieves and offering a reward. Certainly an interesting request. He supposed he could do some work without having to resort to the killing arts.

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Still he would take up the two pieces of papers in pale fingers. Studying the image a moment before holding his hand out and releasing the papers. Somehow they faded to mist as his touch left them and the mist, it funneled down into his robes. Safe keeping. He would pass the man that hired him and walk back into the festival. The man almost holding his breath until Sero's aura could no longer be felt. Only then would the man shakily rise to his feet and wipe his brow before gathering himself and shifting into a bull. Moving its way back to the festival at a considerably better pace. Sero on the other hand was already moving among the festival goers as littler more than a shadow creeping here and there. It didn't take him long before he had spotted a man with cat ears cut a purse with ease. He had found one of them and he matched the sketch. The moment the cat man turned to walk away he would feel it. The eyes of a predator on him. A cold sensation running down his back as he glanced back. Spotting Sero moving towards him as a black cloud at first and then forming into a man. A monster pursuing him.

The cat man would burst into a run in a panic to go and find his clan. Sero tilted his head and followed but it was at such a slow pace. Each of his steps gained on the cat man little by little as he would shift from spot to spot as a black blur. Soon though the feline man would appear to turn into an abandoned building. A warehouse by the looks of it. Dark inside. He could hear several other sets of breathing though. A trap? He would drop to the ground out front and pluck a small branch from a nearby tree with a crack. With a smile Sero would enter into the dark building. Those passing outside would hear a loud hiss before suddenly the commotion within seemed to be all snarls and whines. Followed quickly by the sounds of bodies hitting the walls outside. A law man rushed to the site at the commotion after a single minute had passed as the wall dented once more. After which Sero walked out the front door with an unbroken branch. All of the thieves clan alive but down for the count.

800+/750 Mission done
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