Verdandi gazed at her young partner and nodded. She reminded herself of her own first missions, how she too felt slightly useless in comparison to her partners until she finally learned some skills that provided her with the means to take part in the gruesome ways the Kiri-nin tended to do their jobs. It escaped Verdandi's knowledge if the shinobi of the leaf had a more peaceful approach within their missions. But the bloody mist was known very well and far for their brutality. They too had brought peaceful times upon these lands. Their alliance with the lead was of great use for a long time. But Verdandi could feel it. Times were changing. Politics were at unrest. This whole joint operation into suna was having a greater impact on the future than most would admit to.
Satoru was finished. He left the plane and Verdandi just accepted his thanks and bowed politely as he waved goodbye. She considered to follow him and make sure he wasn't attacked, when she could see a raven at the sky. Hunter-nin. ANBU. They were here. Whenever a casual low ranked mission turned out to be of potentially higher threat all of a sudden. The special forces would always supply potentially spare men to check on the situation. This time there were no hunters. Just two ANBU approaching the area. Another one was probably shadowing Satoru's return home. Considering the raven was following the young man, Verd could rest at ease. She however did not intend to leave this place and their mission up to the special task force. Not when she was aspiring to become one of them anyway.
The supply carriers would soon arrive. Lifting the heavy boxes of loot from the caravan crates. An expert would previously check each loot box for explosives and actually had to disarm three traps that could have easily blown half the civilians away that came here to recover the goods. It seemed like caravan was originally exactly as vulnerable and loaded with goods as intended for the criminals. They must have gotten their inside intel of shinobi action after the caravan was already on route. They had the chance to either flee and secure their goods, but hence also give away the fact that they know what is going to happen. Or they could lure the incoming ninja into their trap, capture or kill them and then keep the cargo anyway.
Verdandi wasn't sure if a single C-Rank ninja would have survived this task. At least they would have been forced to actually run away like the young leaf ninja intended for them too. For her it was a test of strength but it seemed to be more like luck than actually anything else that a ninja of higher skill had been deployed here. Verdandi spoke with one of the ANBU supposedly they already had a lead on whom eventually had sold the information to the suna nin.
Meanwhile she could indeed hear how the last remaining forces of the ambush were incoming. Revealing themselves from their sand stealth techniques to try and approach Verdandi. Many in the area around the caravan had to deal with the ANBU that were securing the cargo team. Verd did not have to worry about them. The ones charging here were throwing weak, potentially D-Ranked kunais in her direction. The three projectiles were swiftly dealt with as she pulled her sword and activated the "Reflection" Technique. Sending the projectiles straight back to their owners and letting them suffer their own fate from those weapons. One wasn't dumb enough to fall for it. Verdandi had to help a little bit there.
Forming a very specific set of hand seals left her to charge at him and act like she would punch his gut before a sudden rush of chains created by her ninjutsu would wrap themselves around the guy. He struggled and fell to Verdandi's feet. Meanwhile his comrades were being slaughtered by the special forces around him. Verd knew he wouldn't be locked by the "Temporary Paralysis" Technique for long and so started to lift him before gently freezing him into a small but secure "Ice Prison". While the final wave of enemies seemed to be quickly dealt with. Verdandi pulled her sword and pointed its tip to the mans forehead.
"Who gave you the information…." she asked. The ANBU that was conversing with her earlier simply stood there and watched. "… that we would arrive here. Tell me. Be so kind." She continued. Slowly cutting a first little scratch into his cheek. He gulped. He wasn't trained for this. He was from the militia. He never received the anti-torture training like the elder shinobi usually did. Especially those sent to war by the nations. Which again made Verdandi question for a moment as to why Konoha allowed a young boy like Satoru to step on War territory. She scratched her head. Her victim didn't answer. Another, deeper cut would have to loosen his tongue as his cheek started to softly bleed.
Verd didn't take pleasure in this. But she would carry on for at least another half an hour while inflicting minor wounds to his skin. The men piled up the corpses of his brethren nearby as a psychological way to show him how his brethren all had but fallen in this war. All had but become corpses in victim of this conflict. Verd would have commenced on to the beating or… having one of the ANBU do it. She wasn't really the person for that. But still. He started to talk eventually. With a name in hand. Verd would walk one last time past the battlefield. The waves of attacking forces had been eradicated. The resources had been picked up by the transport crew. Her Genin had trotted home safely. Avalanche was slightly wounded but happy and the prisoner would be executed by the ANBU. Too bad that Kiri had taken a rather brutal attempt to deal with criminals.
With a certain name tag at hand. Verdandi moved through the dunes along with her nameless ANBU friend. Arriving at the headquarters. The extracted information was clear. The militia guy wasn't a hero. He might have been if he knew that his demise was but planned from the start. Giving him hope of survival while all his brethren had fallen was the only motivation he had to spill the beans. Verd considered for a while if it was ethically correct to kill him anyway. But in the end. That was sort of her job. Why should she question the very basics of her job now?
The name was actually real. No fake. No acronym. No weird nickname. There was a person working at the mission headquarters with that name. But they couldn't just kill him. They had to make sure the intel was correct. So as the mission was already over. For the next three days they would follow him. Shadow him. Record his every move and sneak-listen into every conversation. Until they could catch him sending coded messages to his friends. About location of the next mission that he was supposed to announce. One that of course only lured the militia into a trap designed by the Kiri-nin knowing they would be ambushed.
It was out of Verdandi's jurisdiction now. She did her job. Went back to the mission HQ. Filed in her report. Gave her recommendation for Satoru in order to support the young guy and picking up the reward for her work. Her superiors seemed amused by the fact that Verdandi had not only concluded the mission objective, but also defeated a trap and returned back to get to the very source of this whole problem. After all, this leak in the HQ could have lead to way worse tactical disadvantages in the continued war effort into suna.
Her job was done. She crawled her pets neck. Time to give him a proper bandage and see towards healing his legs and claws. He had to be ready for the next job too. Which was soon to come.
[EXIT]Verd WC: 1'370 / 5'030
Total Thread WC: 7'576
- Chakra 75/250:
Name: Reflection Technique (Hansha no Jutsu)
Origin: Custom
Rank: C
Type: Defensive
Element: N/A
Range: Weapon
Specialty: Bukijutsu
Duration: Instant
Cooldown: 5 Posts
Description: (No Hand Signs)
The Reflection Technique is typically used with a kunai, but can be executed just as well with any other weapon. The purpose of the Reversal Technique is for responding to thrown or projectile weaponry. Any projectiles within the user's reach that the user that the user has a high enough Perception to see and Reaction Time to respond to will be parried. The projectiles will be targeted with a specific flick of the wrist, designed to send the projectile flying back towards its owner. If the origin of the projectile is unknown or hidden, it can be instead reflected towards any other target.
The reflected projectile will travel at 20 m/s and can be directed towards any target that the user is facing and is within 40 meters. The Reflection Technique may be used to reflect any one projectile based B-Rank jutsu, two projectile based C-Rank jutsu, or three projectile based D-Rank jutsu. Because of the way the blade is coated in chakra, even non-physical chakra based projectiles that come from jutsu, such as those made from fire or water, can be reflected. For non-chakra based projectiles, the User may reflect one projectile of B-Rank, two projectiles of C-Rank, or three projectiles of D-Rank. The user may choose to use the Reflection Technique in response to either chakra-based projectiles or non-chakra based projectiles, but not both.
Because this is a Bukijutsu technique that requires at least one hand to be occupied by a weapon, no hand signs are required to complete this technique.
Name: Temporary Paralysis Technique (Kanashibari no Jutsu)
Origin: Canon
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary
Element: None
Range: One target within 10 meters.
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: 2 posts
Cooldown: 4 posts
Description: Temporary Paralysis Technique is a technique that physically restrains an opponent, as if the opponent had been tied in invisible steel ropes. It debilitates the victim for a short period of time by binding their arms to their torso and chaining their legs together, which allows the user to either strike again, or take the target into custody. This jutsu will only work on people who are below your rank (so a Chuunin using this jutsu could not use it on another Chuunin, but could do so against a Genin). The user of this technique must either state the name of the ability aloud or as form a string of hand seals (Monkey → Horse → Dragon → Tiger → Ox → Rat → Snake). The air around the target will be disturbed very slightly as the "chains" move into place, giving the victim a chance to dodge the technique. This technique can be overpowered with raw physical strength: an individual with C-0 strength can force themselves free, breaking the ability. (Those with D-3 strength can also do so, but it takes a few moments to do so.)
Name: Ice Release: Simple Ice Prison Technique (Hyouton: Hyourou no Jutsu)
Origin: Library / Canon
Rank: C
Type: Offensive / Defensive
Element: Hyouton
Range: 10m
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: 3
Cool-down: 4
Chakra: 15
Description: Placing at least one hand on the ground the caster creates ice below an opponent which attempts to trap the enemy's legs first. The frost moves from the ground up at 20 mp/s. After the legs are frozen to the ground it takes around one second to cover the rest of the targets body.
The simple ice prison can be improvised and used as a simple ice armor as well. The technique however works the same way in defense as it works in offense. Hence freezing yourself or your ally to the floor until the ice is broken.
Due to its versatility the durability of the technique suffers. Hence only able to soak 1 technique of equal rank or 2 of lower rank (in this case it'd be breaking on the second.) It still requires a B-Rank strength to simply break free from it.
Only Hyouton users are able to breath while covered in ice. This means an enemy will suffer from suffocation while covered in frost. However, if this technique is aimed to protect an ally whom is not an a hyouton user, this ally would also suffer from the same kind of suffocation experience.
If this technique is cast while the user already has someone trapped in a 'water prison' technique, it is cast instantly and adds the suffocation effect to the prison. As the ice prison is frozen to the ground blow, extending it's shape towards the floor at 20 m/s again, the user would hence be allowed to remove his palm from the now frozen sphere.
Each post of enduring suffocation will cause a strain on the target that will require one to recover from once freed. Since suffocation kills after 5 posts, this technique cannot kill a target on its own. The frost melts after 3 posts of duration.
- WC Usage:
Mission Pay Total: 1500 WC
STR: B-0 -> B-1 (700 wc / 175 Ryo)
SPD: B-0 -> B-1 (700 wc / 175 Ryo)
REA: B-0 -> B-1 (700 wc / 175 Ryo)
PER: B-0 -> B-1 (700 wc / 175 Ryo)
END: B-0 -> B-1 (700 wc / 175 Ryo)
Training Total: 3500 WC / 875 Ryo