Chapter 62 - 56

The dark starry night enveloped the entire village of Konoha. The streets were silent, not one soul could be seen. On top of the whole village, in the middle of it, you can see a small individual wearing an armor that seems to crumble at any moment into dust.

On his face was a dark mask and engraved on it was a face of a skeleton. He wore dark chest armor, it seems to be covered by bones. He wore a dark gauntlet crafted with sharp nails to pierce its enemies. He also wore long dark leggings yet it seems kinda ghostly as he floated up in the dark sky.

This is Hikaru wearing the Dark Set. He's trying to search for Orochimaru with his chakra sensor, reaching even the ends of the village.

After a few moments, he found him somewhere underground but it was outside the village. It seems like they built a laboratory base there when Orochimaru was still inside the village. He's currently sleeping right now in one of his rooms there. He's unguarded, as you would expect from an arrogant serpent.

It's better this way, the more silent the killing is, the greater.

In a matter of seconds, he disappeared from the sky and appeared near the right side of the village. He floated ghostly towards a thick wooded area before arriving on top of their laboratory base, which was under the dirt.

Quietly, he landed onto the ground while hiding his chakra, so that no one would be able to sense him.

He transferred some mana to his right hand and used it to dig the dirt up quietly but faster than a shovel. After a moment, he finally made a hole huge enough for a child like him to fit.

He jumped into the hole and silently landed on what seems to be a hallway. It was dark, the hallway was only dimly lit by the torches attached to the walls. The walls were made from rough stones yet it had done the job to make it a little more nicer, and the floor is made from smooth stone.

He walked around the hallways making no sound while slowly creeping up in some of the rooms around there. When he saw a henchman of Orochimaru, he would quickly kill them even when they're sleeping. For safety measures, he used a light spell to make him invisible.

Like a phantom, he searched the hallways for some signs of that snake's people.

He opened one room, it seems to be in a lot better condition than the other rooms. He saw two bunk beds, and on it were four individuals. It took him a moment to realize that these people were the sound four, and they're completely unguarded.

He slowly creeped up to them, there was no light in the room, so no one would even see him. He went towards Jirobo first, if the anime he watched was right, and killed him silently in his sleep by gorging out his heart before crushing it.

Then he went next to Sakon, or Ukon, and he pierced his brain with his mana enhanced thumb. He died as he opened his eyes, only for it to roll back to his head.

Next was Kidomaru, he just crushed his head with his bare hand, leaking out his brain and eyes.

As he was about to go next to Tayuya, he suddenly saw him wide-eyed as she witnessed the things that had happened to her teammates.

She was about to scream when an invisible hand covered her mouth.

Slowly, Hikaru revealed himself but his eyes were glaring red. Behind his mask, you can see his eyes shine blood red as he stared at Tayuya.

Her eyes were covered in fear, not knowing when she would die.

Hikaru smiled behind his mask as he put a finger in front of his mask and said, "Shh, don't be scared. I'm not gonna hurt you. I just want to know where your other teammate is."

He cupped her face as he touched her long red-pink hair.

"Your hair is quite beautiful." Hikaru noted, but his words were soulless.

While Tayuya may be arrogant and overbearing but in front of this kid, she felt like nothing. As if he could snap her neck in less than a second, this is the feeling she got from Orochimaru-sama but it was stronger. So strong that she couldn't speak at all.

Her eyes teared up, knowing her death was inevitable.

Suddenly, she found a hope, a hope that he would spare her if she betrayed Orochimaru.

"I-I know where most henchmen of Orochimaru-sama are!" Tayuya said desperately.

"Oh don't worry about those people, I just want to know where your other teammate is. What was his name again? Ah, yes, Kimimaro." HIkaru replied, still grinning.

The reason why he wanted Kimimaro was because of his talents, with his strong bloodline, he could become a very strong part of the group he's going to make. The name of that group is going to be, Blood Wolf. He plans to hire the best blacksmith in the elemental nation, which is the one who crafted the seven swords of Kiri, after forming his group.

Tayuya widened her eyes, something must be up.

"O-of course, I can lead you to him." She stuttered.

"No, I don't want you to lead me to him, I WANT to know where he is. Tell me now, or die brutally." Hikaru threatened.

She gulped and replied nervously, "H-he's two hallways away from Orochimaru-sama's room."

He patted her head with a smile and said, "Now, that wasn't so hard, wasn't it?"

She nodded quickly.

But as she was about to speak again, Hikaru knocked her out with a chop in her neck. She lost consciousness almost immediately. She was about to fall down but Hikaru caught her and said, "I also need a strong maid capable of protecting herself and Azumi. I should put a mana burden in her heart, in case she tries something fishy."

Mana Burden is a technique he created just for slaves, he can attach it to any vital organs of a person and if they try something against them, that Mana Burden will crush that vital organ.

Mana Energy appeared on his right hand before he held it against her left chest, he slightly felt her b.r.e.a.s.t being pushed by his hand but paid it no mind and continued doing what he's going to do.

It's not like he's going to do anything bad to her, in fact she might as well benefit from this. With him by her side, she will grow even stronger than she is right now.

Alright, you might be asking how he could cure Kimimaro's sickness. Simple, Divine Blessing. It is able to cure any ailments, even illness of a person. That's right, he might even be able to cure Itachi. If he sides with them that is.

Now, he will buy some maid clothes from the store in Konoha. Hikaru wanted a maid for simple things, like cooking Azumi breakfast, lunch, and dinner everyday. Cleaning the house, washing the dishes, and things like that. But the main thing is, protecting her while he's gone. Tayuya is a female, which is good, and she's also a trained shinobi, making her even more valuable. Of course, he'll pay her with money. Maybe around 500,000 Ryo a month? He's super rich after all, and Hiruzen might be able to open Gato's bank card soon.

But his money is not infinite, he needs a business soon. That Hotel he's building back there will take a few years to finish, so he needs a business that can grow his money even more.

It may be somewhat hard but it's also quite simple; Food Business. He's a great cook, so all he has to do is buy a large building somewhere in Konoha, design it into a western style restaurant, and make dozens upon dozens of clones to do the cooking, delivering the food to the customers, and washing the place.

Tayuya is not really needed for the house cleaning but she's important for protection, he's not omnipotent after all.

He wandered the connected hallways, until he reached a room.

He did not knock and opened the door quite loudly, specifically to awaken Kimimaro.

But he did not need to do that, since he can see Kimimaro clearly awake. Blood was everywhere in the room.

Seeing an unknown individual entering his room, Kimimaro glared at Hikaru but he was powerless. He hasn't taken his medicines yet, Kabuto was supposed to deliver it to him by now.

"Who are you?" Kimimaro asked calmly but cautiously.

Kimimaro sat on his bed, ill, there was a small table in front of him and a chair for someone. Hikaru took the chair and sat on it as he directly stared at Kimimaro's eyes and said, "I'm going straight to the point. I'm an enemy of your master but I want recruit to you to a new group I'm creating soon."

Kimimaro smiled at him, as if he was mocking him, and he said, "And why would I need to do that? Orochimaru-sama is the only one in the world who has my loyalty, that will never change. And he's the only one who can cure the illness I have right now, so let me repeat, why should I join your little group?"

Hikaru grinned, as if he was expecting thi response, and he said, "Simple, look at this." He held out his right hand and out of nowhere a bottle and inside it was some kind of golden liquid.

"This in my hand is a blessing from the very gods themselves, " he lied, "and if you drink this, it can heal any ailments or illness overtime."

"Don't you lie to me, there's no such beings as gods. You can't fool me, even Orochimaru-sama himself cannot heal my illness. How can you then?" Kimimaro said, this time coldly.

"So you want an example? Here."

Then a loud sound of bone cracking sounded in the room.

Hikaru had broken his entire left and cut it off with his right hand while he kept the bottle on his mouth. Blood splashed onto Kimimaro's face since Hikaru is in front of him, quite close if I do say so myself.

"What the!?" He didn't expect this, that's for sure.

Hikaru didn't even flinch, as if he was used to this.

Then Hikaru winked at him and drank the divine blessing straight from the bottle.

Then, something amazing happened. Hikaru's arm slowly regenerated. In just 10 seconds, it was back to normal, as if nothing ever happened.

(Note: Divine Blessing and Estus Flask are different, with Estus FLask, a sliced off limb could regenerate instantly while the Divine Blessing will only heal slowly. I think it's like that in the game).

Kimimaro widened his eyes, such a miraculous medicine really exists in this world and it's in the hands of a kid who's wearing this weird armor that could crumble at any moment.

Hikaru stretched his newly grown left arm, and said to Kimimaro, "See? If you drink one of these, you can go and say bye-bye to your illness. Join me, and I'll give you one of these." He took out another bottle of divine blessing and shook it in front of Kimimaro.

For Kimimaro, this deal is really enticing. But his loyalty cannot be bought by something like this.

"I'm still not joining, Orochimaru has done a lot for me. Even if I die, at least my very body can be of use to him. I'm not afraid to die, the only thing I'm afraid of is to fail my loyalty to Orochimaru-sama." Kimimaro said stubbornly. His calm eyes stared directly at Hikaru with unwavering will behind it.

Hikaru grinned even more, if he's this loyal to Orochimaru even after that snake did many unspeakable things to him, this teenager in front of him is surely worthy to join him. An unwavering loyalty towards an evil and insatiable master, this kind of people only pass by every once in a while.

And he's surely not going to let him go.