Chapter 62 – Purgatory

Chapter 62 – Purgatory

In the afternoon I was brought by Anko to one of the deepest floors in Konoha's prison, usually reserved for the most heinous of criminals...

There I got to meet one of my possible future fathers-in-law...

“So he’s the one Anko?”

“Yes, he-”

“No, I want to hear it from him”

“Yami Yuumo, Konoha Genin.”

The man approaches my frame and gives me the classic father stare-down from up close, trying to judge my worth.

I don’t back away from eye contact and stare back at the blonde man’s green eyes.

“ino's blue eyes are prettier”

Inoichi Yamanaka, the current head of the Yamanaka clan and alsoIno’s father, smiles, finally easing down the pressure.

“Inoichi Yamanaka, wish I could say she got them from me or her mother but she bullied the heavens for them.”

“Truly, she must have met a god before being born and asked for them”

“But kid...You think I wouldn’t realise Ino arrived in Konoha the day before she showed up home?”

“She’s and adult, free to make her own choices.”

Inoichi’s face sours but he lets up.

“I understand it the mission was an exception but do try to let her have time to bond with her team.

“There is also the matter that you’ve been seen a bit too close to that Haruno girl...”

Inoichi also stares down at Anko while saying this. But Anko acts unbothered and simple keeps to her smile.

“You can find out yourself later, all you need to know for now is that he’s an enemy of Konoha.

“For now just mess around gently, and see what you can find”

I head closer to the men.

There are apprehensions... unlike before when I was messing around with just frogs or snakes, an actual human mind is different, more complex and relatable.

During my genjutsu training with Anko, I killed around 10 snakes and a couple of frogs.

I can’t currently guarantee the safety of the subject in front of me.

I had fewer concerns when we had to kill those bandits in our first mission than I have now but I can’t tell why, maybe it’s probably because Mr.A here is currently defenseless and I’ve not proven his crimes.

In the end, killing a man or messing with his brain comes down to the same. The strong exerting their power over the weak and doing what I have to do to protect myself and the girls.

Although not obvious, what I do here will matter in the future, being able to collect intelligence directly from an enemy's brain has priceless tactical value. It's the main reason the Yamanaka clan is valued so highly and their Hijutsu tightly guarded

I put both my hands on Mr. A’s head and close my eyes in concentration.

The sense I got from Ino lets me sort of map his brain, he’s currently sleeping and dreaming something, but it’s not what I’m looking for at this moment.

I look into the hippocampus, one of the deepest parts of the brain and where memories are stored.

It’s occasionally firing as his dream accesses random pieces, but I’m not sure where to go from here.

“I can see his brain accessing memories but I don’t know how to read the signals.”

“Hmm, it’s similar to our techniques, once you identify the flow of memories you need to read it with your own brain.”

I open my eyes.

“That’s insane!”

“Ohh I see the problem, hmmm...

"In our case we merely use chakra to copy the chakra around the brain, so even though it’s not completely without risk, reading that chakra we place around our brain is still safer than using lightning transformation inside your own brain...”

“I definitely would welcome more experience before messing around in my brain.”

“Sounds reasonable, in that case, I have a better idea for practice first.”