chapter 2

"speech"
'thoughts'

Naruto keeps smiling still enjoying saying that to people even after all these years knowing it wouldn't matter if he did memorize it or not. Cobra blinks trying to think if the man was famous or infamous but coming up blank he stared at the man now known as Naruto thinking he was trying to make a name for himself and asks "should i know of you Naruto? and what is it that you have that could help me with this draught if it is indeed a problem". the tension more or less out of the way by this point Naruto replied "i hope you haven't heard of me it would make my job a lot harder to do and as such can we take this convocation and soon to be contract to a more privet place? feel free to bring your elite guards as i am quite literally a shady character after all" he joked trying to keep it light after seeing the guards tense he doubted it would work, after all he could be a assassin then again he has been in a 'past life' as he likes to call them. The king looked to his left to see Chaka one of two heads of the guard and tells him to go fetch Pell, Igaram stood to his right watching and trying to get a read on Naruto 'as soon as vivi left the room his personality changed to a care free guy, why?' thought Igaram as this was happening Naruto was memorising the faces of the guards that knew about him he needed to erase himself from their minds not hard but when would be a good chance he will just have to find them when he is leaving.

Once Pell returned and the king dismissed the guards only keeping Pell, Chaka and Ingram with him he says "now that there is less of a audience i hope you can continue to explain how you can help me with this draught". Naruto shifts back to business mode and tells the king "i am a spy and counter spy for hire and just so happen to come across a rather strange piece of information about a strange draught occurring in your kingdom, of course the first bit of information is always free of charge but a contract will be needed for my continued assistance on the matter." 'that explains how he got in without raising a fuss i suppose' the king thought to himself "and what is this information you have on this draught?" Cobra asked "what do you know of dance powder and the side effects it has on its surroundings Cobra?" Naruto asks not needing the answer when he sees the glint appear in the kings eyes. "who, where and how much" Cobra demanded but was given no answer "now now Cobra i believe i told you only the first bit was free, so choose which you want answered" Naruto states looking cobra in the eyes. Cobra thinks with the level-headed calm only someone with royal training could manage 'knowing how much is pointless without knowing where, who will cause problems without any proof, only where gives me something to work with'" where" grits out the king "Erumalu port a large shipment will arrive in three days where fake guards will say you ordered them to get it and send it to Alubarna making the towns people doubt you, what you do with this information is up to you but be careful if you show up it just looks like you are trying to cover it up." Says Naruto then continues "i will return in four days at this time in this room i will not appear however if we are not alone Cobra we have a contract to iron out after all. o and one more thing don't speak about me to anyone not in this room a spy needs his privacy after all."Naruto then leaves the room calmly not waiting for a answer searching for the people that saw him to help them "clear their heads" as it were.

"i don't trust him" Igaram said as soon as the doors closed behind Naruto "he changes his whole personality to easily its disturbing" he finished with a grim look on his face Pell nodding along with him he checked on the guards at the door and they said no one of his description passed them yet he calmly used the door to enter. Chaka was silent with his devil fruit powers of the jackal he has naturally stronger hearing and smelling even in his human form and nothing he could get said he was lying, 'then again he is a spy maybe he has a couple of tricks that stop the signs of lying' he thought to himself. "it matters not if we trust him yet, he has gave us a chance to see if he is good at what he does and i plan on using it. Pell watch the docks and ports at Erumalu from a far in three days he is right that if it does happen and i am there it will just seem more suspicious."Cobra ordered the man named Naruto may seem cold but he has the feeling that is really just a cautious shell for business purposes 'a spy probably has his back stabbed quite a lot' he concluded his thoughts. "there is nothing more we can do about the matter until we know if he is telling the truth about the dance powder, go about your duties" he dismissed them 'i feel like this is going to be a very long contract' he thought leaving the room.

time skip four days

Cobra was sitting in the throne room alone waiting for Naruto to show up it has been four days since their last meeting and what he said would happen did.

flashback yesterday

Pell came rushing in doing a hurried bow before reporting what he saw "it was true everything he said would happen did" he said grimly feeling guilty for not stopping it from happening, "but i managed to find a lead when the guards were running away they all had a strange tattoo of purple wings with a skull in the centre with two rapiers crossed behind the skull i think this there group insignia. Nodding Cobra said "thank you for the good work it seems we will be making that contract after all" Getting grim nodes from Igaram and Chaka.

flashback end

Naruto seems to of appeared during the kings trip down memory lane with that carefree look on his face that he wore the last time," seeing as you're on your own i guess we will be working out my contract ""correct" replied Cobra "then let me start i am a memory man and i will be blocking our encounters from your memory at the end of each session i will also leave a written report in your hands, at the start of our sessions i will release the memories blocked so we can get straight to business. I expect payment at the end of our contract were i will erase myself from your memories completely so i can keep to the shadows without being hunted or my identity ruined, i will be erasing myself from those three guards memories after this session no matter what. a note explaining the deal made with your signature at the bottom will be left in your hand stating meeting dates, objectives and payment at the end of this session, these are my rules i will erase myself from your memories right now if these are not meet" Naruto says getting straight to business with the cold look he had the first time they meet. That shocked and answered some questions the king had like why his guards before couldn't remember the man passing the door. "That is acceptable" Cobra agrees knowing he had no real say about the first couple of demands "I want you to find out all you can about a group with a insignia of purple wings with a skull in the centre with two rapiers crossing behind the skull i want to know what they are and what they are doing." Naruto nods storing the information about the sign for later and says "i will return in one month with a report, payment will depend on the information i have gathered see you then cobra " handing him a piece of paper telling him to write down where to be in a month and to sign it then holding out a hand for the king to shake when he finished. during the hand shake Naruto takes a look at the memories of one Cobra Nefertari to see if he is a man worth helping, appearance can be deceiving after all once seeing he is indeed a man worth helping he deletes himself from his memories then pinches a nerve on his neck making him rest in his throne to wake up or be found. Letting go of the hand shake feeling the memorise of the man before him fade from even his perfect memory never to be seen without touching and conscious thought, leaving nothing more than a feeling this man is trust worthy and he can let his guard down a bit copying memorise while handy was pointless to use on him as he will just move on after this anyway.