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Arc VI Chapter 13

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Asami refilled her tea cup."How long do you think you made?me wait? I hope you know the answer. Because I am displeased."

Fu shook his head. "We don't."

Asami maintained her composure and enjoyed her?tea. Chamomile tea. The sweet fragrance calmed her mind. "Hardly surprising considering your usual incompetence. In the end, you are all just like?Danzo, ?your master, inept, useless."

Asami taunted them?and it worked.

Fu gritted?his teeth. He suppressed his?anger. Her bottomless arrogance and pride?knew no boundaries, but it didn't matter?The girl would fall?by their hands.?The bitch would pay?for her hubris.

Asami's voice?grew icy. "The answer is twenty minutes. You made?me wait twenty minutes?despite requesting your presence ages ago.“

“How is that possible? Why did?Konoha's elite?take?full twenty minutes to get here.“

“What's the reason?for?you ?being late.?I am curious.“

Fu?remained calm, but his hands trembled. Her aura ... ?permeated the air. The quantity and the potency of her chakra .. frightened him. Her pressure strangled?him.

This was their enemy. This was Asami.

Fu?deescalated. "We are?late?because we encountered a series of complications. They required our attention."

Asami rolled her eyes. "Complications?... ?Sure, and I am the Sage of Six Paths.“

"Indeed, complications." They had to make preparations and adjust the chain of command.

"Not forgetting, twenty minutes isn't?that long?..."

"Twenty minutes? Twenty minutes??Not much?" Asami stopped her cup mid-air. "Fu, who are you to judge the importance?of twenty minutes?"

"Twenty minutes are everything?as time is a luxury we don't have."

Fu?fell silent?and clenched his fist in rage. They got scolded by a little girl half their age.

Asami?observed Konoha. The village burned in splendid glory. Konoha's soul cried in pain. "Do you remember?why I called you?"

Fu raised his eyebrow and nodded. "You called us because .."

Asami giggled amused?and sipped her wrong tea."Wrong, I never?called?you.?I didn't request your presence.“

“I called Fumihiko. I requested his presence, not yours."

"So where is he?“

Asami?narrowed her eyes.?“Where is Fumihiko?“ A simple question with a?simple answer.

Fu hesitated. He tried his best to minimise damage. "Fumihiko ?is currently ..unavailable."

Asami?frowned clearly displeased. Her icy gaze instilled in them a sense of?inferiority, a sense of insignificance.?"Fu, I am a gentle soul, but why are you lying to me? How impolite."

"I ask once again, Fu, where is Fumihiko?"

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Fu fell silent.

"Where .. is .. he?"

Fu stuttered. ".."

“Fumihiko got?heavily wounded and is therefore currently incapacitated."?Satoshi intervened saved him.

Asami raised her eyebrow and studied Satoshi. Her gaze penetrated him. "And who are you? What's your name, my friend?"

"Satoshi, Nara Satoshi. We have met before."

Asami tilted her head. "Satoshi?... Satoshi?...?Satoshi ..?Doesn't ring a bell, but whatever."

"You are a?Nara, aren't you?" Asami beamed.

"I am."?Satoshi?nodded.

Asami inspected her nails. "Nara are widely considered intelligent people."

"So tell me, Fumihiko, how?did Fumihiko end up getting?wounded? How did that happen?“

“My precious friend should be protected by an army of experienced ninja."

Satoshi sweated. "He?got?... ambushed by a group of Suna-nin. Really bad luck."

Asami clicked her tongue in mock disappointment. Her annoyance was apparent. Her disgust noticeable. "Do you think me?stupid, Satoshi?"

Satoshi lowered his head. Silence was the best course of action. ?He didn't answer.

"I have a hard time believing your little fairy tale. ?Apparently, Fumihiko got ambushed?by mysterious Suna-nin?right when I need him. That sounds rather suspicious, doesn't it?"

Asami?sighed. "I will accept your little ambush story for the time being,?as I have?better things to do.“

“But?I assure you,?if I ever find out what?happened, the consequences will be dire for all of you.“?Danzo?would pay?for his crimes. She would make him pay.

"I hope Fumihiko is otherwise?fine.?I enjoyed his presence."

"Fumihiko .... His condition is stable so far, and we have no doubt he will survive." Satoshi gave Fu an??angry stare. Fu owed him for saving their sorry asses.

"I am glad that's the case."?Asami smiled?in secret and?turned her attention to Konoha. It was finally time.

"Who is in charge of the troops"

"Kazuma Hyuga."

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Asami contemplated. "Order him?to?attack immediately.?It's time."

“I want him?to send everything in?and take our objectives. I don't care how, but he has to take them?and close the pocket."

Asami formed a hand seal and set her eyes on the horizon. Her chakra answered her call and her eyes sparkled dark red.

Satoshi's eyes widened?as?Konoha's wonderful blue sky?darkened. Hundreds?upon hundreds?of spheres saturated the air.

Satoshi had witnessed?this Jutsu before, but the scale was different.?This attack was massive. Their number illuminated the horizon in a mass of radiant purple.

Her eyes felt tired,?heavy, but her heart smiled. A?wonderful work of art,?beautiful.

Asami closed?her bleeding eyes?and Konoha's sky lit?up?in an inferno of blazing wrath. Consecutive explosions,?flashes of light?roared?in the distance.

Satoshi felt small inside, very small.?Her orchestra of destruction continued. Her?barrage flattened Konoha's outskirts?indiscriminately.

Asami grabbed her scabbard and unsheathed her sword. "Tell Kazuma I want the entire area?to?be secured.?Pronto."

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Noritada witnessed the?wall of fire?as it flattened everything in its way.

It didn't take a genius to figure out who was responsible for this destruction. The bombardment carried?her signature.

Suna?underestimated?Konoha. They thought?them weak. Jiraiya went on a journey.?Tsunade abandoned the village. The?Uchiha clan perished.?Hiruzen was?old, but they still got?a kunoichi of her calibre to murder them all. Fucking cheaters.

Asuka studied?the barrage. "What was?that?"

Noritada clicked his tongue. "That?was the 5th Battalion, and our escape route."

“Asuka, order all elements to retreat. We need to get out of here. Immediately.“

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Asami had left, and?Fu and Satoshi were alone.

Satoshi turned his head. "What do we do now?"

Fu contemplated. "Nothing, stick to the original plan?and proceed with the operation as planned. I will report back to Danzo-sama."

Satoshi blinked?in?disbelief. "Have you gone mad? Did you see what she did? Asami is far stronger than our dossiers indicated. How?am I supposed to fight her with a single company? Danzo didn't inform us the little princess is freaking S-class by now."

This wasn't the first time Danzo deployed?them without providing adequate intelligence.

Fu?ignored his complaints."It doesn't matter. You will complete your mission?regardless."

Satoshi clicked his tongue. What a bunch of assholes.?Fu, Torune, Danzo, they can?all go screw themselves.

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