Upon arriving at his apartment in Konoha, Shadow laid the body of Yukimura… no… Heise, on the couch. Crawling out of the ground comes Camo.
“Lord Shadow?”
“Don’t ask…” he said. He looked at the lifeless body. He looked at Camo. “Have some money brought to me…” he said. Just in that instant, Flash had come at his side with money. “Take it to the Black Market. I want a mansion with everything needed for the return of Senju Heise.” Shadow showed them the scroll. “Get it done…” Shadow said, as he paid his last respects to the dead.
“You… have officially earned the trust and friendship of Uchiha Shadow… and when you return, my friend, you will be amongst the small number of people who know of my true identity…” he said to the lifeless body. He nodded to Camo, as Camo made a coffin rise from the ground, engulf the Senju’s body. He took it down into the ground, and Flash instantly teleported to get the needs for this citizen.
“Camo…” Shadow said before Camo left.
“Lord Shadow.”
“Firstly, I need you to make sure you claim and clear his name from the Bingo Book. Tell them they can keep the money, on behalf of Lydeck Hayabusa, leader of the Gesshoku Village. In turn we will keep the body and preserve our friend and give him a proper burial. Then, I want you to keep me informed on his status if he arises…” Shadow said, as he walked up to him, and put a stamp on his chest. Camo nodded, as he melted into the ground. Shadow turned, biting his finger and slamming it to the ground. In front of him appeared the crimson gourd and his two snakes.
“Oh my… one of the Sage’s treasure… you have an eye for great toys…” Nishash said.
“Thank you…” he said, He strapped it on his back and walked out of the apartment.
“Now… let’s find something to do…” he said. Walking around, Shadow figured he would venture to the south end of the country. After almost half a day of traveling, he came to a beautiful Volcano.
“Well… will you look at this…” he said. Shadow looked at the nearest tree and took a kunai out, marking that this was now Gesshoku territory. He looked to the top of the volcano, and saw that it was kind of active.
“You find something new every day, huh…” Shadow said. He took a step forward, as he created a portal that took him straight to the top. He put his stamp on the ground. Still feeling adventurous, Shadow looked into the distance with his face mask, with a range finder. There had been a castle not too far from here. It was too far to use his portal, however. Shadow began his journey, walking towards it.
Before meeting his destination, Shadow met resistance. A few bandits looking for money.
“Hey… hey you! That gourd looks nice and expensive… hand that over. He said. The other two laughed. “Get it.” He said. One of them began to proceed forward. Shadow smirked, as he opened a portal at his side. His arm reached through it, grabbing the one who proceeded to take it from Shadow. He pulled him through, and chopped at his neck, weakening him.
“Hmmm… you want to see what it does…” Shadow said, with his head cocked to the side. “Hmph… absorb…” he said. The lid popped open, and a force began to overtake the man. Slowly at first, but then quickly, he was sucked into the gourd. Then, it recapped. Shadow then began walking.
“Carry on before your fate is the same…” he said. He walked right past them, as they both looked at him, stunned. They looked at him as he walked away, watching a snack look back at them from under his cloak.
Finally meeting his destination, Shadow looked at the burning palace.
“Beautiful… but there seems to be no life force…” Shadow performed some seals, making a clone. The clone went in. It was indeed empty, but he could not make it out alive because of the heat. Shadow found this interesting.
“Futher investigation is needed…” he said, as he left one more stamp at the foreground step of the palace. “But… I need to replenish my chakra and health.” He then vanished from his point, and back to Gesshoku, to heal…
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