Nulden slowly approached the entrance of the mine, looking down to hide his face from getting too much unneeded light. As he went he shoved his hands in his pocket, not because they were cold, but because he hated the motion of his arms swinging as he walked. It was totally natural, which meant that he didn't have full control over it. Nulden didn't like things that registered as beyond his control. He was constantly having to kick his shoes clean of small pebbles. He knew how to avoid this, but always dragged his feet so that was nothing more than wasted knowledge. He looked directly up, embracing the shade as he came into the entrance of the mine. He stopped walking after a few paces, half to kick more stones from his shoes, and half because he didn't want to go that deep into a mine that was declared to be too dangerous for miners. He walked over the right side of the cave. He stretched out and laid himself down on the rock wall, enjoying the chilling stone. The feeling relaxed him enough to feel alright about using up a bit of chakra on food. He turned his palms to the ceiling and concentrated his chakra to bring some gourmet dining into existence. He made two loaves of bread in one hand and he materialized four turkey legs in between the fingers of his other hand. He bit into one of the legs and the juices rolled down his chin, bursting with flavor. Every inch of him was warmed as the meat found it's way through him. This was heaven.

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It was just another day for the Raikage, and so it meant that more paperwork needed to be done. Truly a master of the craft, he had finished his work well before noon. While that meant more time for himself, it was inversely proportional for everyone else in the administration building. Since he had finished his side of things, that meant that they had to deal with everything they normally do as well as make sure that the things he had finished were properly dealt with as well. Considering that was their job they couldn't really complain, and as long as they were good at their jobs it meant that overall they would have plenty of time for themselves as well. But really, all of that was beside the point. With his free time, Midnight always left the building in search of interesting things to do. It seemed for this day it meant a visit to the abandoned mine.

Perhaps I'll find some idiots doing something illegal around here, Midnight thought, walking ever closer to the location. The giant hole in the mountain loomed in the distance and seemed to get larger the closer he got to it. There was a certain breeze that came from with nearing it, leading Midnight to believe that there was likely an exit somewhere deep in the cave to keep the draft going. As the air blew by him, his outfit was pushed around by the wind, rattling his various weapons against each other. Not fond of going anywhere unprepared, Midnight always brought his entire arsenal with him, especially to work even on paperwork. This meant a twin pair of blades on each side, a katana of his own on his left side, and a pair of daggers also on each side. Though it had just been crafted, Midnight did not bring his mask along with him today, it wasn't quite time for him to be running around causing trouble for everyone else. The chain around his neck swiveled as the golden ball connected to it twisted as it was dragged against the ground behind him. Midnight clenched one of his fists, still having the idea that he might get to beat someone to a pulp today.

As he approached the mine, Midnight noticed that there was certainly someone already there. He considered for a moment to use his right eye, but decided against it thinking it would be a waste of energy. Taking a casual stride towards the figure that was already there, Midnight tried to discern who it was with his lone left eye, the other covered by a medical eye patch. It was dark inside the cave so it was that much harder for him to see, but he wasn't worried. He was just hoping he'd found something amusing for him to play with. Regardless of whether or not it was an enemy, Midnight wanted to have some fun already with the person. Already feeling a bit excited his pace quickened to that of a fast walk and near jog. The distance between the two of them shortened so that they were well within speaking distance. As such, Midnight called out to the person, "Hey!"

Wary of the stranger still, Midnight made sure to make sure to make a mental note of how the person responded to him. Midnight's stride slowed to a regular walk again as he neared the person. The expression on his face was a good one, a smile, so it wasn't like he was going to scare the person off it was indeed simply a villager. Closer now, Midnight's clenched fist changed into a wave the person before he looked them over. Random food without any indication of a picnic basket or something? How odd... Maybe there'd be an explanation for it, but Midnight wasn't too concerned with it. He had certain other things on his mind, already. Certain... violent things. Hopefully it wouldn't be too obvious if it were only a villager.

Nulden smiles and peeked up at the figure in front of him, taking into account the obviously violent body language, and laughed a little to himself at the feeble attempts to hide it. Nulden relaxed every muscle in his body and smiled to make sure that no semblance of a challenged existed on his face. He flipped the legs he was eating on to his other hand, below the bread. That would be some good tasting bread in a minute too. This man obviously was in a position to be respected and Nulden was very used to doing just that. As a chef he even had to respect people who didn't deserve a fraction of a trace of it. It would be nice to not fake anything for a couple of minutes at least.

Nulden brought the piece of bread from the top of that pile into the hand with the two turkey legs that hadn't been bitten off of yet and extended his hand outwards to the approaching Kage. He then bowed and proclaimed, "I am Shi Nulden, and it is a pleasure to be in your presence! How may I serve you" Nulden made absolutely sure that he couldn't be taken as offensive towards anybody in his gestures. The last thing he needed was a fight while he was still digesting. Having to move right now or waste any of the precious food he made would be truly tragic.

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Midnight personally did not recognize the boy, but he certainly didn't appear to be much of a threat either. As he was in a good mood regardless of this fact, he decided to give a bit more of a singsong-like introduction to the fifteen year old. "Well hello there little boy. Don't be shy. Step right up, I'm a reasonable guy. Don't be frightened by the look in my eye. I'm not here to make sure that you die," he sang, looking at the boy the whole while. Given that he certainly didn't want to kill off the boy, Midnight's natural killing intent wouldn't be strong enough to force the boy into a hallucination. Twas a shame, really, but if Midnight could just enjoy conversation he was happy enough.

Midnight noticed that there was bread as well as turkey legs. Again, no plates or anything? Gross. His eye then shifted to the hand offered to him. Wasn't he just eating? Ew. Ignoring the hand, Midnight turned and began walking around the inside of the cave to get a better look at the area. There was a large stone nearby that he could sit on, but as he was still inspecting the area he decided to not do so just yet. He considered the fact that ignoring the hand offered to him may have been taken as being rude, but he didn't much care. The male, apparently named Shi, wasn't particularly attractive either so Midnight had little interest in him already. Other than the conversation going on, very little was entertaining Midnight. This wasn't good for Shi. This meant that Midnight would have to make something more entertaining happen, which usually didn't mean anything good for people he was with. Before jumping to any conclusions though, Midnight decided to give the boy a chance at becoming something more fun than he appeared, waiting for a response to his actions as he continued his stroll in a wide arc around Shi.

Nulden grinned and licked his lips before removing the bag from his belt and sitting it on the ground to lay his food on. He made absolutely sure that the food did not touch the stone floor. He then started to chuckle. He then sits down in front of the no longer quite as frightening Raikage. He then licked his lips. "I want you to hold out your hands good sir. You seem to be getting bored and I want to show you something really impressive. "

Nulden began laughing at the idea of the look on his face when this was done. There was nothing like the thrill of serving and putting customers in awe in a way that no chef ever has, nor will they ever. The CIA clan was gifted in ways that no other clan was. This was the gift of creation at it's best and he wouldn't be taken lightly, even by the leader of Kumo himself. Instead of being highly offended when his food was given the snob treatment, he would improve upon his service and entertainment. Nothing was better than the excitement of a new mouth to feed.

Midnight stopped his walk and looked at the boy. A perceptive person, the boy certainly didn't seem to be trying to trick him into something. Well, at least no anything while his back was turned at any rate. There was no telling what the boy was going to show him. Not fond of surprises per say, Midnight activated the byakugan behind his eye patch and turned to look at the boy. Shi wouldn't be able to see that Midnight had used such a thing because it was hidden behind the eye patch that Midnight wore. Using the precise powers of the byakugan Midnight observed the chakra flow throughout the boy's body. Now with two seeing eyes he was able to see what exactly the boy was going to show him, be it chakra related or some kind of fancy trick commoners often did for attention just by being clever.

"Alright, I'll humor you," Midnight explained as he held his hands out, cupping them. He was acutely aware of all of the boy's movements as he was going to do whatever it was that was supposed to entertain him. As it was, it certainly didn't seem like a simple boy would be anything special, so Midnight was beyond doubtful that there would be anything interesting going on. Even so, he said he would humor the boy, and so he would. "So let's see it," Midnight said in finality, waiting for something spectacular to arise as the boy had said should happen.

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Nulden grinned wildly. "Just trust me and keep your hands out!" Nulden quickly licked all of the meat from a turkey leg and the tossed the bone as hard as he could into the roof of the cave. As rocks began to crumbly he clenched a fist in the direction of the falling rubble. The falling stones began to lose their shape and consistency as rocks. The first rocks that fell began to elongate and link together. They slowly lost their roughness and dark coloring. In seconds they transformed into two perfect baguettes. Each was about one foot in length and three inches in diameter. They gave off the wonderful scent of butter. The latter debris was a single large boulder. This slowly began to turn white. Then it went into a large disk shape.Quickly what was visible looked just like more bread except for the fact that beautiful white cheese was dripping from the edges. As it came down to eye level you could see a variety of toppings. The pepperoni was cut so thin that it crisped like bacon. The ham has been done under the cheese so it could be huge and not fall apart. The still chilled pineapple was sitting on the pizza instead of being a real topping. The crust was bent so that the cheese flowed into it. There were three different types of cheese. The pizza was a foot by two feet and landed perfectly on the baguettes assuming that Midnight has kept his hands out.

Nulden then bowed down. "I am merely a humble servant, but if you don't mind my saying, you can definitely fight better than I can. But I would live a lot longer in a survival situation. Say you were trapped in a desert that was totally devoid of life for a nice long while. You'd probably take it better than a normal human being but even a shinobi has to eat. I, could take a handful of sand and have myself a delicious, hydrating apple. And now that you have seen what it is I do I must ask, how may I be of service?" He grinned upwards knowing that this was something new to the man, and that nobody in their right minds would snuff food in a situation where they were the only ones who had gotten the good grace to touch it.

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