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Shikaku Nara had seen many things during his ninja career. Horrible things. It was not often he was shocked by something. As he took in the sight of the mutilated corpse he had to admit he was surprised.

He has seen plenty of bodies sure, even mutilated ones. However, he had yet to see someone literally nailed to their bedroom wall.

Metal spikes were rammed through the victim's arms and legs. His torso was slumped forward as it was not pinned up and gravity tried to pull it down.

Morbidly Shikaku was reminded of insects pinned in a shadow box. The victim was pinned there to the wall spread eagle, head slumped forward genitalia missing.

Oh yeah, his cock and balls were cut from the body. The whole kit and kaboodle. The fact that the killer had removed them signified that this may have been a revenge killing.

Possibly a rape victim, or perhaps a scorned lover taking away his most prized possession.

However this level of presentation didn't lend very well to that hypothesis. Revenge killings we're often times more sloppy and hectic. The body would often show signs of intense physical trauma as the killer would take their anger out on them. Most wounds being inflicted postmortem.

In contrast the body seem to be pinned up with decent precision. The cuts around the missing genitalia looking clean, obviously done by a steady hand.

"Can we get this guy down already?" A chunnin who Shikaku couldn't be bothered to remember the name of asked.

The guy was having a hard time looking at the naked corpse. The ninja was obviously not used to this level of gruesome yet. Possibly recently promoted.

He was only present due to having been the one to discover the body. He had been asked by his mother to check up on a coworker who hadn't shown up for his shift.

Apparently the victim had been depressed as of late. They were worried he could have been contemplating suicide.

Shikaku took the cigarette out of his mouth, ashing on the bedroom carpet.

"No. We have to figure out what we're dealing with before we disturb the scene."

The chunnin slouched inward on himself at Shikaku's reply. Shikaku ignored the other ninja, crouching down to get a look at the victim's face. It was hard to tell in the low light of the room, but Shikaku could see two lines of dried blood going from his eyes to his cheeks.

Placing the cigarette back between his lips he stood back up to his full height.

Stepping forward he gently pulled the dead man's head back, getting a better view of the two tracks of blood. Furrowing his brow Shikaku gently pulled one of the eyelids open.

"Oh...that's fucked."

Shikaku couldn't help but agree with the chunnin. The killer had removed the victim's cornea. The pupil and iris were just gone. With them gone what was left behind was what looked like bloody sliced grapes.

Whatever blade the killer used must have been extremely sharp judging by the clean cut. Or he had just used wind chakra to sharpen a normal blade. With how little wind infinities existed in Konoha Shikaku was betting on the former.

"What sick fuck does something like this? Why take his eyes like that?"

Shikaku let the other Ninjas' question hang in the air for a while as he let the victim's head go. Stepping back he took a long drag of his cigarette before blowing the smoke from his nose.

"What is it that they say?" Shikaku's question was punctuated with another ashing of his smoke.

The small piece of ash floated to the ground before touching down on the sizable pool of blood surrounding the victim.

"Something about the eyes being the window to the soul..."

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A/N

Hey thanks for reading buddy. I have a head ache, did you know that. I bet you didn't *grins cheekily*

Hey Denis, is it okay if I call you Denis? I think it suits you, I really do. Anyway, to answer your question, yeah this does take place in the Naruto universe. Thanks for showing a interest in my writing. Your official a bud