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  Fshback.

  3rd Minister's Home.

  "Please. You 't do this!" A man wearing bd red luxury clothes with shrey hair, bck eyes and goatee shouted in anger as he was held back by his guard.

  "I . It is in my authority to seize all of your son's assets." A cold reply that had no hint of mercy came from aanding oher side.

  The well dressed mao his knees. "Please, Lord Taji. Have mer him. He won't survive…"

  The sean, Lord Taji, looked down at the person who was on his knees g. He sighed as he thought about the situation. 'Sometimes justice must be impartial and merciless.'

  "You said your son won't survive…? What about all the people he exploited? What about all the ohat were killed due to his greed? The wealth he built does not belong to him." Taji spoke in a cold tone.

  After a moment he tinued. "You asked for mercy? I'm only taking all of his wealth. I'm going to redistribute it to the right people. Jedayu Goda. I'm only taking your son's money. Not his life. That's mercy. And it's more than he deserves."

  The man Jedayu looked up at the 3rd Minister. "He won't survive. I won't be able to protect him."

  "Your son had a tendenake enemies. If anything happens to him, then you only chalk it up to karmic retribution..."

  "You…" The anger on Jedayu's face alpable. The guards proteg the Minister raised their ons and poihem at the man. Lord Taji raised his hand, stopping his men from taking any a.

  "Leave my home. There is nothing more to discuss."

  "YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE WHAT BELONGS TO MY SON!?"

  The furious shout from the man made Lord Taji angry. "You fet your pce, Jedayu! How dare you raise your voice against me in my own home. Restrain him and take him to the holding cells."

  Jedayu and his guard Junichiro were restrained, escorted out and taken to the holding cells in the capital. Taji looked on and as his guards were esc the two out, he saw the right palm of Jedayu's guard. A palm that had a burn scar in the shape of the figure 8.

  Fshbad.

  "A few days after that i I heard that his son died. It was an attack from one of the many adversaries he created. I felt bad for the man who lost his son and I let him go. I kept an eye on him for a while. He and his wife moved away from the capital. After that I didn't hear from him again." Taji finished his story as he stood in his garden in his home.

  "You said Jedayu's son itted crimes. What exactly did he do?" Daichi asked the man.

  "Jedayu was a wealthy man but he worked hard for his money. He earned every that he has. His son oher hand was the opposite of that man. He was cruel, vicious and had no problems lying and exploiting others… There are several mines in ahe border of this try that hold several valuable minerals and elements. Jedayu's son Wakamu killed minor wealthy merts and took over their businesses i. He paid off the right people to not get caught and once he had enough capital he bought the rights to some of the mines."

  "He used people from minor vilges to work in the mines, didn't he?" Daichi knew where this story was going.

  Taji nodded his head. "Yes. He went to one of the smaller remote vilges on the border of the try to avoid scrutiny. He had several people on his payroll to keep trouble out of his way and to keep his evil deeds a secret. At first he promised the people of that vilge money and riches but as time went by the people learned his true nature. He ehem and killed those that rebelled to make an example… Only 23 years old and he already had a cold, bck heart. In just a short amount of time he made plenty of money. But with that came enemies."

  "Let me guess, rival businessmen, petitors and those looking to take enma spoke.

  Taji nodded. "Wakamu's greed only grew. He killed those that tried to take over his operations and took their wealth as well. But he made far too many enemies. It was at this time that La and myself started learning the truth about him. And si was my job to oversee the business operations, prote of merts and people, I took immediate a… I seized all his assets and imprisoned him."

  Taji was silent for a few moments and then tinued.

  "Jedayu, hearing what happeo his son, spent a signifit portion of his wealth to get as many iial people as he could on his side. At st I was forced to let Wakamu out of prison but that's the best they could get."

  "And without his money and prote, the enemies he made came for him." Genma cluded.

  Daichi had a thoughtful expression as he heard the full story. 'So this is a revenge plot. His son died and he couldn't save him. So that's why he went after Leorio. His son died and now Leorio has to suffer the same fate…'

  "An eye for an eye." Daichi muttered and the two men turo the Genin. "Now it makes sense why he poisoned your nephew. Why he used a built poison… He wants you to feel the same way he did."

  Taji closed his eyes and took a deep breath of air. "What kind of a mind thinks this way?"

  "The kind that has no problems attag a family member of an official of the Royal court. Someone in enough psychological pain to not care about the stupidity of the situation from their perspective." Genma sighed and came he minister.

  "The poisoning of your nephew is the equivalent of writing one's owh sentence. He knows that if someone finds out what he did there will be no escape for him from death. So for him to do something so bold… we o proceed with the assumption that he's not do. You and your wife o be careful."

  The minister nodded in uanding. "These st several hours, all my guards and staff have been properly checked and interrogated. We don't have a spy. I'm sure of it."

  "Then our best move is to find Jedayu and his guard."

  "My men will help you with the search."

  With a detailed description of their targets, Genma and Daichi left the Minister's home and began their search. Several of the Royal guards and Leaf ninja statio the Capital also lend their hands.

  Time went by and soon it was night time. The minister was at the Daimyo's pace rep his findings to La while his wife was home.

  Fuyi Mayima was in bed aloh tears running down her cheeks. She stayed up te and soooo tired and slowly went to sleep. A couple hours ter a shadowy figure in bck clothes entered her room from the open window. He looked at her sleeping form for a moment and then took a knife from his pouch.

  Just as he was about to pluhe ko the old woman's heart a senbon came from the shadows with great speed and struck the assaint's right shoulder, paralyzing the arm. It was also coated with a special ehat momentarily disrupts the chakra in one's body rendering the person uo use jutsu.

  'What the?' Before the enemy could even process what was happening several chakra threads came from the shadows aricted his movements.

  The sed the door to the room opened and Genma came in. He had long ninja wire in his hands and he quickly restraihe enemy.

  "You e out now, Daichi."

  From the spot where the senbon came Daichi appeared. He ged his Chakra strings to lightning and quickly khe intruder unscious. 'Stra didn't look like he felt any pain wherocuted him.'

  "Looks like your pn worked Genma sensei." The boy spoke as he looked at the knocked out ninja.

  "Mmmhm. If you 't find them, make them e to you." The Special Jonin had a smirk as he rolled the senbon in his mouth.

  Fshback.

  Genma and Daichi met with the Minister in the evening.

  "You said yuard Tadashi was a sensory ninja. Do you have anyone else under you who are also sensory ninjas?" Genma asked the Minister.

  "No."

  "We've been searg the capital and surrounding area. But still nothing. They must have gone underground or left the try."

  Genma o Daichi's theory. 'Its a possibility.' The odds of finding them in time were dwindling with each sed and the Special Joni.

  "But we o find them." The desperation on the minister's face was evident.

  The Jonin ninja was silent for a few moments and then shared an idea. "If we 't find them… Then how about we make them e to us?"

  It only took Daichi a sed to realize his superior's pn. "Wait. You're talking about setting up a bait and trapping them? What makes you so sure that they're even in the Capital? If I were Jedayu I'd put some serious distaween this pd myself after what happened."

  "Guys who are so motivated by revehey have a orack mind and they're somewhat easy to predict if you know their personality." Genma turo the minister. "You said he loved his son very much, right?"

  Taji sighed and replied. "Yes. It was one of his few faults. He loved his son too much to see what Wakamu was being. And even then…"

  "Someone like that… I have a feeling he's still here in the Capital. That fsh paper wasn't easy to find. And without that paper we never would have reached Toshigo and wouldn't have known about Jedayu. So for the moment he must think he's safe. He will defiry to attack. We need a bait." Genma looked at the Minister.

  Lord Taji sighed as he saw the ninja's look. "I'm not happy with this but I suppose I have no choice. What do you need me to do?"

  Genma shook his head. "Five me Lord Taji but it's not you I was referring to…"

  "Then who…?" The minister's eyes widened in shod then turo anger. "Absolutely not. I won't put her in danger. I will be the one."

  Genma refused. "Setting you up would be too obvious and it probably won't work. And we adashi to leave as well."

  "What? Why Fuyi? And why does Tadashi o leave?"

  "This atta your family was well prepared. To execute this pn so well, they must have intel on you. Your daily routine, number of guards, their abilities. The day Leorio oisoned, yuard Tadashi only left the house for three hours when he was apanying you. We have to assume the intruder got inside and pced the seal at that time. So there is a good ce he must know that Tadashi is a sensor ninja."

  Taji o Genma's reasoning. "Makes sense."

  "If you're here in the house and yuard Tadashi isn't then it might look like you're vulnerable for an attack but a smart person would be able to tell that it's a trap. Same goes for the reverse. If yuard is here and you're not, it shows that we're waiting for the enemy."

  "Why 't you be the bait? You transform into someone else 't you?" The minister asked and Genma sighed.

  "We do that but the ces of our enemy finding out that something is wrong is too great. The pn might fail. We have to do this for real."

  Taji was silent as he heard Genma's pn. "So you wao leave and take Tadashi with me. And leave Fuyi here alo the mercy of a killer?"

  "She won't be alone. We'll keep her safe. We promise." Daichi spoke and the minister looked at the strong fident face of the Genin. After a few moments he sighed aantly agreed.

  Both ninjas created shadow es and together the group was seen leaving Taji's home. Daichi and Genma headed away from the house while the minister made his way to the Daimyo's castle.

  'Don't let anything happen to Fuyi….' Saying a prayer in his heart, the minister left with heavy steps.

  The shadow es of Genma and Daichi tiheir iigation and movements ireets.

  Fshbad.

  'Observe'

  Daichi used his information acquisition skill on the man currently restrained in the middle of the interrogation room. There was Heiji and another ninja from the Yamanaka trying to gather intel from the suspect.

  'His name is Junichiro. Age 38 and Level 80. Jedayu took him in from the streets when he was young and raised him. He's trained in information gathering and stealth skills. High in level ninja and Jedayu's trusted bodyguard.'

  As Daichi read the information his system showed, he found something that surprised him. 'Well this is iing.'

  The young Genin looked at the man sitting silently and khe information he read ged everything. 'If we keep going like this we won't get anything in time. Should I inform them now?... No. I'll wait and see how this pys out? If that Yamanaka get inside his head then my assistance won't be required.'

  Daichi, Genma, Yondu and Lord Taji were waiting silently outside as the interrogators did their work. Almost 30 minutes passed and still there was nress.

  The Yamanaka ninja trying to read Juniind stopped his jutsu. He looked at Heiji and shook his head and both of them stopped their work and got out.

  "We have a major problem." The Yamanaka inja said.

  "That's obvious." Yondu muttered.

  "This guy is a lot tougher than he looks. His pain tolerance is extremely high. And he hasn't shown any fear. His mental fortitude is much higher than your average ninja." Heiji only met a handful of people with sutense disciplirength and loyalty.

  "And it's not just that. His mind has several strong barriers preventing anyone from getting any information." The blonde mind reader informed the group.

  "How long would it take you to get past them?" Genma asked.

  "Whoever created these shields did their job well. It would take me a day, at least, to break through them."

  "Damn it. We don't have that kind of time!" Taji ched his fists and gritted his teeth in helplessness.

  Heiji turo Daichi and spoke. "Hey, you're a medija right. you check his body and see if there is something wrong with him?"

  "What are you getting at Heiji?" Genma uzzled at the man's request.

  "Even during all the physical pain I inflicted, he didn't even flinch. That kind of pain tolerance… I've never seen anything like it…"

  Daichi hummed and looked at his temporary sensei. Genma nodded and the young meditered the room and made his way to Junichiro. The man was silent as the Genin came to him and started examining him.

  Daichi's hands glowed green and his analysis firmed what his 'observe' skill showed. A couple mier he stopped his jutsu and got out of the room.

  "So…?"

  "You were right. He has genital Anhidrosis. It's a very rare geic mutation that doesn't allow oo feel physical pain."

  "So that's it. Now it makes sense." Heiji sighed and muttered.

  "What about other sensations? Like toud heat?" Yondu asked the boy.

  "I checked. His senses are numb. Even if you freeze his hand or put burning hot coal on his palms, he would only feel a mild temperature differenothing that would make him unfortable."

  "Great. So we have a guy who 't feel physical pain and has mental blocks that stop a Yamanaka. How are we supposed to find Jedayu like this?" Taji's frustration was felt by everyo Daichi. He had an idea as to what kind of a man he was dealing with.

  Daichi thought about what he was going to do . 'I o plete this mission and the only way to do that is to extract the information from that guy. I o get a sample of the poison before it's too te… Looks like it's time for me to py the vilin.'

  "Let me talk to him." Daichi suddenly spoke up.

  Everyone looked at the Genin in fusion.

  "I don't think you appeal to the kind nature in him. I have a feeling he's not going to open up to you that way." Genma said to the boy.

  "We don't have any other optiht now. Let me talk to him. Just 10-15 minutes. I'll be done by then."

  The adults looked at each other and then Taji and Genma nodded, giving their permission.

  "Daichi, do whatever you have to do." The 3rd minister said in a hard cold tone.

  Genma frow that but didn't say anything.

  "I'm only gonna talk to him sir." Daichi said aered the room.

  The Genin closed the door behind him and looked at the man. He had bloody lips and small wounds and bruises all over his body. Daichi sighed ao the er where a small of water ced. He took the cup on top of the and drank a mouthful. He filled the cup again and turo the other oct in the room.

  Daichi wehe silent man and pced the ear his lips allowing him to drink.

  Outside the room Heiji frow the se. "What is he doing? He's not gon him to talk by showing him kindness. And by giving him water, that man will regain some energy and will be able to hold out much lohis was a mistake."

  "Be quiet. Daichi isn't an idiot. He knows what he's doing. Let's give him his 15 minutes." Genma said in a cold void the in didn't say anything else.

  Ihe room Junichiro drank the cup empty and sighed. He kept silent and looked at the boy. Daichi pced the cup ba the er of the room and sat on the chair opposite to him.

  "I heard your name is Junichiro. Let's talk." Daichi gave the man a small smile and began.