chapter 4: The Wonders of Medicine
Because Lophin was looking forward to getting back home, his pace increased and it only took him two weeks to get back. Once there he took the snow money he stole, converted it, and used it to buy twenty more chakra scrolls. As soon as he was in his safe apartment, he began his mission. He inscribed his mask onto his face once, more using the blood to activate every chakra scroll and the warp scroll he had placed on the floor. A warp scroll is a unique type of scroll that can transport someone between it and its counterpart, however they can be only used twice and are only for one person. He stepped onto the warp scroll and started doing hand signs...
Now back at the snow palace, in the main foyer, he was grateful that no one had cleaned up his mess. He ran through the halls killing all investigators with one hand enveloped in his newly obtained chakra. Once this minor annoyance was taken care of, he started collecting the bodies. These he placed in the foyer in one big heap. He began to do hand signs again, this time rubbing the blood of the deceased onto his palms. He used his chakra to rip apart the bodies piece by piece and rearrange them into a small lizard with one massive tail. He cut off the lizards tail and used his chakra to establish its heart beat, pouring into it the blood that had once stained its hands. It instantly came to life, and crawled up onto Lophin's shoulder. Now, Lophin thought, there is someone who will stay by my side forever no matter what I do. He had created for himself a pet, and it had only required about sixty dead humans. He dubbed his creation Yen, after the prince he had killed in the first sparks of his insanity...The awkward thing was that as he thought about it, he felt no remorse. Now he took the tail and used it to create a relatively small dragon. He simultaneously killed his innocent creation and gathered its blood in a jar. Finally, he repaired his face, and stepped back onto the warp scroll.
He ran down to the town's scribe, Habi. Habi was an old man, of about seventy. His white beard, wisped down, stopping at his gut. He was partially blind in one eye and hard of hearing, but he had the steadiest hands in all of Konoha. It took Habi a while to understand that Lophin wanted a custom-made summoning scroll; which Habi took to gladly, as he usually didn't get too many customers in the winter. Habi began to take out his paper, when Lophin stopped him, and asked Habi to tattoo it onto his arm. Confused, Habi just gazed at him. When he saw no change in Lophin's expression he sighed, retrieved his second stencil, and began to write. Lophin paid the satisfied worker and left the quaint little home, in which there was only a bed, a work desk, and a hearth.
Lophin went into the forest to try out his new skill. He bit his tongue and covered the seal with blood, using the last of his chakra to activate it. Simultaneously, the pale, green beast appeared. Contradictory to its fierce appearance, the dragon sat dormant, awaiting a command from its master. This, Lophin thought, was his chance. He would show everyone that he was no longer the worst ninja in existence, and punish all those who lost faith in him. At Lophin's command, the dragon was unleashed into the night; beginning its ravage across Konoha...