Chapter 203: The Green Forest, Meeting and ‘Deal’

Chapter 203: The Green Forest, Meeting and ‘Deal’

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Sighing, Asai Hideaki perused the reports arranged before him.

Wearing a green hooded coat, his short, spikey hair pointed to the ceiling of his surprisingly well-decorated office, which contained only a few scattered human skulls.

Looking at the mountains of reports he had to deal with on a daily basis, his two sets of red eyes blinked repeatedly.

Slumping back into the plush back cushion of his chair, he stretched his arms behind his head.

'From conducting experiments to taking care of bandits like they're children... Oh, the curveballs life throws at us humans.'

He had previously dedicated his entire life to openly pursuing his experiments within the Cult of Jashin that he had founded.

Even though there were still some traces of it in the world today, Asai stopped participating in it after realizing how unstable that group was.

The Cult had somewhat spiralled out of control, so he had merely switched gears and used his powers and knowledge to start a network and recruit bandits from all over the Elemental Nations.

Though it grew slowly, he eventually established an organization that could be a serious threat to many groups in the Elemental Nations.

Even the basic three Ninjutsu techniques were difficult to teach to nitwit bandits, but he put a lot of effort into trying his hardest.

All of it was done with the intention of rising to a position where he could approach Ken and engage in negotiation.

To finally cast his gaze on his most perfect accidental creation.

It had long since dawned on him that Akira, the Third Blade, was nothing more than a lightning in a bottle.

He hadn't been able to replicate it ever since that day.

It was obvious to him that attempting to capture Akira would be futile. He was already a powerful assassin in his own right. He was practically untouchable because of that and his backing.

But Asai wanted only to study that lighting in a bottle. Not even in a laboratory, just being able to study him while under watch in the Dark Brotherhood's Village would be more than enough for him.

'But gaining a meeting with someone like Ken is easier said than done...'

Any letters he sent to the Blind Assassin would either be intercepted by nobles, or ignored.

Most were cryptic and hard to decipher; they only mentioned Akira's peculiar constitution, and expressed an interest to study them.

The Green Forest Leader never really introduced himself during those cryptic letters. After all, he felt that simply admitting to having experimented on the Third Blade would make him an open enemy of the Dark Brotherhood.

'At least when meeting in person, I shall be able to explain my position properly... Soon, I'll present myself as the Green Forest Union's Leader and request a meeting on neutral grounds.'

That was Asai's plan at the very least.

But life really was in the habit of throwing curveballs at people, and one was already in the room with him.

"Wow, didn't expect the Green Forest Union to be tied to the Cult of Jashin..."

Asai's entire being was frozen when he heard that voice.

It originated from the middle of his room, from a couch his generals sat on during meetings, not even from behind him.

The only upside was that, as the curses got stronger, Akira himself seemed to grow stronger.

His body was decaying inside out, but his strength was somehow not diminishing.

It was something that Saburo had not been able to fix that entire time. Someone like Orochimaru was also not able to help much, as he had even less experience with Jujutsu.

But who in the world would have more experience with Jujutsu than Asai? Who was more than likely either the progenitor of Jujutsu, or the only existing master of it at the very least.

Therefore, the Blind Assassin really had to weigh his options.

On one hand, Asai deserved to die. There was no question about it.

On the other, he was likely the only one who could help Akira at that point.

'Whatever, I can decide what to do with him after he takes a look at and fixes Akira...'

"You better not be lying to me, otherwise, death will start feeling like a mercy to you." The Blind Monster stepped forward, immediately placing a contract seal on the Leader of the Green Forest Union, who just looked at him with wide eyes.

Before he could even react, Ken disappeared from his office in a puff of smoke. Performing a reversed summing straight into his own office.

He then sliced his thumb with his index finger's nail, and performed the Summoning Jutsu, bringing the former Cult Leader into the Dark Brotherhood compound.

Asai's 4 eyes blinked repeatedly as he studied his new surroundings. He was not at all disoriented by the transportation jutsu, as he was seemingly already used to something similar.

But this was the first time he had ever stepped into the Dark Brotherhood's compound.

"You will spend today here, while Akira returns from a small assignment. I still have other business to attend to.

But if you misbehave or touch anything you're not supposed to I won't hesitate to peel you like a potato."

Ken then left his office, leaving the former Cult leader to sit down on a small plastic chair in stunned silence.

Asai wanted to open his mouth and say something, but in reality, he had gotten what he wanted, right?

'This is a sort of deal... I guess.

I just hope I can bargain for my life after I take a look at Akira...'

In the meantime, the Blind Assassin smiled as made his way to the persistent problem child of the Dark Brotherhood... Yue.

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Hello! Hope you liked the chapter!

Back to Yue's situation now, we'll see how that goes. Next chap would be the final one focusing on her for now

Been writing a bit more on the OG story lately, preparing to start publishing it either on Sunday or Monday ;) Anyhow, I'm off to sleep now, had a pretty long day

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