"The security is getting tighter" Kakashi thought as he snaked around the stronghold Akio told him that Juro was in "Must be getting closer"
"Guess what?" one of the guards was striking a conversation with another guard "My wife is expecting a child, imagine, me, a father"
"Congratulations you lucky dog you" the other laughed "Besides I don't think you can believe it yourself"
"Shut up" the first growled making the other laugh.
"You two shut it" someone from an adjacent hallway called out
Kakashi could barely hear the guards argue as he made his way further inside. He finally came to a long hallway where four guards were flanked in front of a door. Kakashi knew he didn't have time to bother with them and needed to find a way inside without alerting them. If he fought them the entire compound will be on his tail and it was not worth it.
Kakashi revealed the Sharingan and noticed that they had civilian chakra making it much easier for Kakashi to sneak in using a simple henge of a fly. Doing just that Kakashi flew and stood at a corner waiting for someone to open the door since something crawling under the door no matter what it was will draw attention.
"Genji sama" the guards bowed simultaneously as someone walked towards them.
"Is Juro inside?" he asked with authority
"Yes he is" one of them answered "Please come inside" as he opened the door Kakashi flew in quickly and buzzed around grabbing the attention of the occupants on purpose in order to make his transformation appear realistic.
Juro flayed his arms to drive Kakashi away yet did not pay the fly any more head probably from lack of ninja acquaintances in his life ever since he abandoned the Mist 17 years ago. The Mist did not follow him since they had their own Hokage problems and although Juro was a jounin he did not know a lot of village secrets. That was because he was a suspect of murder and although they could not pin point the murder on him the suspicion was still there.
Know he preyed on civilian villages in which nobody can oppose him. Other ninja villages didn't bother with him since civilian police forces did not want ninja meddling in crimes that fall under their line of work,
However Akio did not care for politics and did what he felt was right when somebody requests it. The pay wasn't bad as well, yet right now, Kakashi was doing his dirty work. Kakashi examined his target with the Sharingan
"What the…" Kakashi muttered "Rock shield. Chidori should do away with it quickly yet that would require two strikes. Unless I slice his neck open… no he has that protected too"
Kakashi flew to a different corner as not to stand out as a weird fly and presumed his observing. Once he finished his observations he realized that fighting Juro will need time and it won't be a quick kill like his usual missions.
"In that case I have to use another tactic" Kakashi decided as he snuck back outside to meet Akio
"Back already?" Akio said as he saw Kakashi approach him
Kakashi shook his head "Change of plan, he has an armor made of earth. I can easily destroy it with one hit from my chidori but an S ranked criminal will get over the shock quickly and then the entire stronghold will be on my tail while I fight him and that would be highly idiotic."
"So what's the plan then?" Akio asked
"I'm going to write tons of explosive tags and plant them everywhere" Kakashi explained "Then I'll have a Kage Bunshin destroy the armor and afterwards I'll immediately set the trigger and kill Juro if he escapes"
"Doesn't he have civilian guards who work for him for the sake of pay and have no idea what he's doing?" Akio asked
"They choose the wrong guy to work for" Kakashi shrugged "If I attack him they'll do their job and attack me giving Juro time to escape or make things very difficult for me. That will make MY job more complex."
"But you can still do the job without killing them" Akio replied
"Chances are unlikely" Kakashi snorted "If you want that then why don't you kill him. For you killing him would be a piece of cake and you wouldn't require to get rid of the unwanted baggage"
"People are baggage?" Akio asked in shock
"Look I don't WANT to kill them but it's necessary" Kakashi sighed running a hand through his hair
"Those people are not just guards but parents, siblings, husbands, children!" Akio replied
"I know that" Kakashi replied
"And you would just kill them?" Akio asked
"Depends" Kakashi shrugged "How important is this mission?"
"So a mission can outweigh the lives of others?" Akio asked
"Of course" Kakashi answered "If my death means many mire will be spared than I will sacrifice my life."
"I thought you would never let a comrade die?" Akio asked
"I do my best" Kakashi nodded "If they get captured I will save them, if a sacrifice is required I will volunteer. But nothing is in our hands completely. There are many shinobi who feel the same way"
"How about asking for my help?" Akio suggested
"I thought you wanted me to handle it my way?" Kakashi replied indifferently "But I won't decline your help, makes it easier and smoother"
"I'll create a barrier preventing anyone from interfering with your battle" Akio suggested non too friendly
"Great" Kakashi nodded ignoring Akio's mood "Shall we get going?"
"Lead the way" Akio nodded
"CHIDORI!" Kakashi yelled as he thrust his prized jutsu in Juro's heart. Kakashi immediately started his attempt to slash his head off however like he predicted, Juro jumped away and turned to face his opponent.
"You can't kill me" Juro smirked thinking that Kakashi did not know about the armor and that this would throw him off.
Kakashi ignored him and charged in ready to battle…