Near the KHA24 Café & Theatre, Kasai Ward, Konoha

8:45. P.M.

06/05/16

~Naruto Uzumaki~


Today was supposed to be one of his days off. And even if it meant working in a public place where hundreds of people would demand his services, Naruto found it a nice change of scenery from the usual triple monitor setup full of windows with code. Even if he did feel that Hikari was expecting a little too much out of him, but at least he got through the day without getting in trouble with his boss. Though calling someone around his age his boss was just a little weird. Okay, not just a little weird, very weird.

As Satoru lead Naruto the most popular café in the city, he explained what had just happened. Naruto sighed. "Okay, so let me get this straight, that chip that Sakura found has some data that says there's another hideout hidden in this ward? What about the one near the Kasai Ward Anime and Manga Museum? What's so important about this one?"

"I don't know, but any new information we find is going to help aid us in eliminating the Rising Sun. And I think this looks promising." At his confused look, Satoru explained. "During the first iteration of the Rising Sun, the Kasai Ward was part of their turf and was actually an important hub for weapons, drugs, other narcotics and the occasional human trafficking due to the presence of the second largest harbor in the city. If there was anything left from that time, there's a slim chance that it might still be here."

"Okay, I can see that. But it might take a while to find this shipment." Naruto said as he and Satoru sat down on a bench in a park nearby. The hacker zipped open his messenger bag and took out his built from scratch laptop, with a 4K HD resolution monitor with the highest end components available on market, plus a few prototype ones built made by Satoru, It wasn't nearly as fast or as secure as his setup back in the Nest but that was to be expected and it did the job. "Kasai harbor, as you've said already is the second largest in the city. Every day there at least a hundred thousand shipments arriving, and the place is massive. Bigger than the Senju and Uchiha Parks combined. It's an absolute maze and you're telling me have to find one specific container?"

"Can you do it though?" In response Naruto snorted. "Is that a yes or a no? I require a verbal reply to my question." Satoru proclaimed as he pulled out some sort of device and pointed it at the ground. A handheld ground penetrating radar device? Is there anything that Satoru can't make? What's next, a fully functioning Helicarrier or some other bullshit like that?

"Are you kidding me? Of course I can. It'll only take some time. But you said a shipment. That could mean a huge number of things. If we're going to find this container, we're gonna have to do some batman shit." Naruto shot Satoru a look. "You ever think about making Batman's detective vision? It would come in super fucking handy you know that right?"

"I have been working on that. It's just…really fucking difficult. And I still have to finish developing that semi-transparent holographic HUD. But anyways, we should try and find this hideout. I think I've got a lead on it." Naruto nodded and stood up, before pushing up his sleeves revealing an arm computer. "Hey, remember that thing's still a prototype. Don't expect it do what your computer, or even your laptop can do."

"Yeah I know, but since this is a prototype, consider this mission the test run." Naruto replied swinging the bag over his shoulder after stuffing the laptop back in it. "Okay and just to clarify, Sasuke said that the shipment was about to arrive?" Satoru nodded. "Okay, that makes things way, way easier. According to the today's schedule, there should be about 4 cargo ships coming into the harbour at this time, all within the span of an hour. The container we're looking for could be in any of them. But that narrows it down a lot."

"How long do you think it'll take you to find it?"

Naruto smirked. "Oh, I've already found it." He showed Satoru the arm computer screen. "The shipment is arriving in around 15 minutes in green container with 0162 on the side and a Iwagakure Shipping logo the top. It was actually quite easy to find it. Of the four shipments that should be arriving soon only one of them had a connection to the Rising Sun. The captain of the ship is a man by the name of Hoshou Keiji. He used to be a smuggler for the Rising Sun. So it was only obvious. Finding the specific container however, was a little bit harder and even now I'm not even sure if 0162 is the right one actually. So we might have to actually have to search every container from that ship and scan the inside so we can actually see what's inside."

"You know you could just check the shipping manifest and look for anything that looks suspicious. Either way, it'll take some time to find. Maybe there's something in this secret hideout that can help us." Satoru replied turning the corner into an alley. "According to the Konoha Satellite's GPR and when I cross reference the data from maps of the Kasai Ward from years previous and satellite images, I've manage to narrow down the hideout to three possible locations. The old Konoha Electrical power station just down the street. The old Konoha Anime Convention Center a couple blocks away, but it is closer to the harbor. It's a 20 minute drive I think if you take the longest route. The final possible location is an abandoned section of railway near the edge of the ward. It's the farthest away from the harbor, but it's also the most secluded and can easily be defended from raids because there's only two entrances. Which do you think we should go to?" Satoru paused by Naruto and pulled up his own wrist computer and used the very primitive holographic technology he had to show Naruto his findings.

"I think we should check out the power station first. It's the closest and it's the easiest to get into." Naruto replied as he pulled out his keys. "Gotta show you my driving skills bro." Satoru scoffed. "I can drive!"

"I didn't say you couldn't. Just saying that I should probably drive. I mean, I got my license on the first try and you took like 4 tries." With a grumble, Naruto called for his car. A metallic blue Jaguar XF with a red fox emblazoned on the hood. It rolled up on the street across from them and after waiting for the light to turn green Naruto slid into the driver's seat. "Are you sure that you don't want me to drive?"

"I can handle driving down the street. I mean, I can see the power station right now!" Naruto responded as he shifted into gear and roared down the boulevard. "See!? It didn't even take a minute!"

Satoru raised an eyebrow. "Seriously? We could have walked our way to the power station then! We could have walked the way there!" He said, closing the door behind him. "Whatever, let's get this over with. Who knows, we might even get lucky and this'll be the hidden hideout that we're looking for. Chances are though, that that's bullshit." He stood in front of the gate and rolled his neck before moving towards the rusted Iron Gate. "Well don't just stand there moron. Come on!"

"Fine." Naruto sighed and stood against the wall and boosted Satoru up on top of the wall. Once he was on top Naruto reached up and grabbed Satoru's hand and pulled himself up the wall. The power station was old and crumbling. Several substations looked ready to blow at any moment and the door into the station itself crumbled when Naruto went to open it. The inside of the building was dilapidated and without power. There was no way Naruto would be able to connect to the system here.

Sighing, Satoru moved into the generating room. As he entered the door he looked back to Naruto. "If their hideout is here, then it's probably going to place where there's a lot of power nearby. But consider how run down this place is, the hideout would have collapsed a long time ago."

"Unless the hideout is farther underneath the main area where no one will expect it. But if they put it that far down I doubt they'd be getting a good signal." Naruto said as he ran his hand along the dusty ground. Rolling his sleeve up, Naruto attempted to find a system to hack into, aside from the mainframe of the old power station. "Nothing. Your radar picking anything up?"

"Nothing. If there was anything here my radar would have picked it up. The hideout would have to be at least 2 Km down for the radar not to see it. So unless the Rising Sun have been digging for gold, I doubt we'd find anything here. Something that I already suspected." Satoru replied putting his radar back into his utility belt. "Come on."

"Already on it. Now if I remember correctly, the old Convention Center is on Yumeko Street. I take a right on Ame Avenue and then take a right, or left?" Naruto asked he slid into the driver's seat. "Or is that the longer way? Because Ame Avenue is usually a traffic nightmare at this time of night."

Satoru nodded. "Yeah, you go down Ame Avenue and then if you want the longest, but most direct route you take a right, but if you want the shorter but less direct route you take the left." He replied. "It's up to you bro. But personally I'd take the longer route because it leads right to the parking lot and taking the left would mean we'd have to make our way through the construction site of the new addition that they're adding to the Kasai Anime and Manga Goods Shopping center. Again, it's your call."

In the end Naruto chose to take the shorter route. He wanted to get this over with as fast as possible. The Anime and Manga Goods Shopping center was one of the many malls and retail centers in the ward that stayed up late. There was even some talk about making it open for 24 hours, 7 days a week. And as much as Naruto wanted to just stay and browse, he had a job to do. Not too far off in the distance was the Old Anime Convention center. A new convention center was being rebuilt closer to the center of the ward because the old one had been found to be less than stellar to say the least. Naruto didn't know what they were putting in place of the old Convention Center, but he did know that the CEO of some bigshot company was planning on building a showroom somewhere in the city. Where better than the center of Anime and Manga culture?

After making their way through to the front entrance, Naruto realized that there was a tiny problem. "How are we going to get in? This place doesn't have any internet going through it anymore so I doubt I can hack into it to get it open."

Raising an eyebrow Satoru reached into his utility belt and pulled it a small disc shaped device with two glowing neon blue grooves etched into it. "Don't worry about it. I have a device for everything man. I call this little beauty here the safecracker. But it can do more than just open safes. It can open locked doors as well. But it's untested on doors. I think, if it doesn't work the first time, I can just probably tinker with it and change how it works. But first…let's see." The inventor placed the device in the center if the door and left it there to do its job." The safecracker made several whirring sounds and the neon blue veins glowed even brighter for just a second before it detached itself from the door and into Satoru's hand. The door slowly slid open. Satoru stood off to the side and gestured for Naruto to go first. "Ladies first."

"Haha. Very funny. Now let's go. You getting anything?" Naruto began to make his way to the security room and followed the signs. Behind him Satoru strode behind slowly, his radar up to eyelevel.

"Not yet, but I am getting something. It could just be nothing. But why are we going to the security room? It's not like the cameras are going to be working bro."

"They might not, but I can still use my connect them to my laptop and control the cameras from there. Might be able to find something through that. Maybe I can connect my laptop to the old system too. That would probably help. How are things on your end?"

"There's something here but my radar's getting jammed. But I suppose that that's a good thing right?" Satoru asked. "But we need to hurry. For all we know the Rising Sun could have already gone and picked up the shipment."

"I wouldn't worry about that. All of the shipping containers in that dock have a tracking chip put into them by the shipping company, so unless the Rising Sun have the foresight to remove the chip, I'll be able to find them and intercept them. Though I don't suppose you can send a message to Sasuke and ask them to send some backup."

"Already did. Their meeting should have ended some time ago I think. He sent me a text during the drive here. He's sending Tenten over to help us." Naruto raised an eyebrow and Satoru sighed. "Yeah. Just Tenten. But I guess that she's more than enough help."

"I suppose, but couldn't he have gotten us more help? Hah. Whatever. Anyways, I've managed to connect to the cameras. Looking for anything unusual…Hmm…There's a room at the far end of the west wing of the convention center that looks a little suspicious, and the camera just went out. Something's jamming my signal. And that's a good thing." Naruto snapped his laptop closed and held it under his arm as the two of them made their way to the room on the complete other side of the building.

The room in question was an old maintenance room. Just like the power station, it was dark and dilapidated and very dusty. But aside from that, there wasn't anything that screamed suspicious to Naruto. Rolling back his sleeve and turning on the arm computer, Naruto raised it up and tried to find the source of the jamming. It was coming from underneath.

Beside him, Satoru had put on a pair of special goggles that allowed him to see magnetic objects or objects the emitted an electronic signal and was running his hand along the dusty walls. "I think I found something bro." He called out as his hand stopped along a patch of wall. "This patch of wall is bulging. It could be nothing, but it's better than nothing I guess. So here goes…" After a few more seconds of feeling up the wall Satoru stepped back and reached into his utility belt and pulled out a small metal ring and placed it on the bulge. Seconds later the sound of an electronic device blowing up filled the room.

Moments afterward, a door on the opposite side of the room slowly opened up to reveal a dark tunnel. The two friends shot looks at each other and Naruto stood up. "Well, I guess that solves the problem."

And into the abyss they went.


Anime and Manga Goods Shopping Center, Kasai Ward, Konoha

9:01 P.M.

06/05/16

~Sakuya "Tenten" Suzuki~


"You know Sasuke, if I didn't know any better, I would've have thought that you sent me to help Naruto and Satoru only to get me out of your hair." Tenten said into her phone as she stood in the lobby of the Shopping Center. "Anyways, are you sure that Sakura's contact can be trusted? She was the leader of the Rising Sun's Kirigakure chapter after all."

"Yes, Tenten, she can. Mei Terumi, despite her affiliation with the Rising Sun is not a criminal. Unless you call starting a rebellion against a tyrant a crime. But her information can be trusted. But on the off chance that it isn't, I'm having Kurama check the ASE databases just to check."

"And you guys are heading to Sekai Industries right? That's who Mei-san said were affiliated with the Rising Sun? You realize that Sekai Industries in the Republic's leading producer of technology right? As well as one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers right? It doesn't make sense that they would have any ties to the Rising Sun."

"Yes, I know. Which is why Sakura and I are going to be checking it out. Sekai Tower has some pretty good security, but nothing that we can't handle. Anyways, don't write this new info off. Sekai Industries is known to have had shady business dealings with Criminal Organizations like Akatsuki in the past, and even if they say they've turned a new leaf, I can't trust the word of a company that's helped fund a terrorist organization. Moving on, the shipment that the Rising Sun are looking for should have arrived by now. Do you have any idea what it looks like?"

"Yeah, yeah. Got a text from your brother. The shipment we're looking for should be in a green container with 0162 on the side and an Iwagakure shipping Logo on the top or something. I'll update you on its status. I'll see you in a few." Slipping her phone into her back pocket, Tenten left the shopping center and pulled out a diamond shaped key chain and clicked on it a couple of times.

When Tenten's pink Lamborghini rolled up on the street, she tried, and failed to stifle her laughter as everyone stared, mouths agape and phones out. No doubt tweeting and snapping this to their friends. It was the same reaction that Sasuke and Satoru had when she told them what ride she wanted. Tenten was still a little peeved that Satoru had gotten a white Lambo and simply just painted it pink. It just wasn't the same as being naturally pink.

Thankfully the traffic past the center of the ward wasn't as bad and it didn't actually take that long to reach the Kasai Harbour. After parking a block outside the harbour, Tenten, opened the trunk and took out the gear she would be needing. If she were still in the ANBU, getting the right gear for this mission meant having to go back to HQ. Now with all the fancy new technology that Satoru came up with, it was just a matter of pressing things on a tablet and getting all the gear you need.

"Hmm…What am going to need here…Oh right, the electronic copy of the shipping manifest, and maybe this map of the harbour…?" Tenten simply added the files to her wrist computer with a simple press of a button. Everything is so simple. I love it! "Special goggles. Are these the ones with X-ray vision as well? Or is this the one that has magnetic vision?" After looking at the labels, she remembered that she could just press the PDA against the device and it would tell her what it did.

SPECIALIZED GOGGLES: Goggles equipped with infrared, night, magnetic, x-ray and sonar vision.

"Yep, gonna take that one." She also grabbed one of those lockpicking devices that Satoru called the safecracker and stuffed into her utility belt. "Now what else…EMP's would be useful in case I have to take down some cameras. Ooh, what about some sticky cams? Could be useful. I probably shouldn't take so many though. Maybe only two or three. Probably won't need it, but I'll be taking some smoke pellets. And…I think that should be it."

After grabbing all the nonlethal gear that she would be needing Tenten grabbed her MP7 and a couple of extended mags. It was a modified MP7. With a higher rate of fire and firing a larger caliber of bullet at the cost of a decreased muzzle velocity. The muzzle was also replaced by a built in suppressor, which decreased the muzzle velocity even more. Even so, it wasn't like Tenten was going to be using the MP7 at long range so there would be no need to lead her shots. But just in case she had to take someone down at range, Tenten brought her FN Five-Seven along with her. It wasn't an assault rifle or sniper rifle by any means, but in the hands of Tenten, it might as well have been.

Clipping the utility belt on, Tenten climbed over the fence and began to look for the shipment. "How hard could be it? I mean, all I have to do is look for a specific green container among an ocean of other containers, with some being green probably." Tenten went silent when the sound of several cars pulling up and parking reached her ears. Far off in the harbour's actual parking space, Tenten spotted at least 4 black SUV's. "Huh. How generic can they get?" A devious smile formed on Tenten's face. Perhaps, she didn't have to search for the package herself.

Slowly creeping up on them, she stopped just outside of their field of vision and pressed her body against a container. There were at least 20 guys. Probably more. They were led by the woman that Sakura called Arisa. Akaza's right hand, if she remembered correctly. Tenten felt her eyes narrow at the site of the ex-assassin. Arisa wore a black flak jacket underneath a deep purple zip up hoodie. She had on black tactical boots, and slung to her side was a supressed MP5. From what Tenten could see, Arisa also had a Beretta M9 in her tactical holster. Most of her men were armed with handguns. Glock 17's mostly from what Tenten could see.

"Alright, get going, you know what to look for. Green Iwagakure Shipping container with 0162 on the side. It should be in the far left side of the harbour. Hurry up! Akaza wants this thing badly." Arisa barked, zipping up her jacket and turning off the safety on her MP5.

With confirmation of the shipment's description confirmed, and the location narrowed down, Tenten quickly and quietly began to make her way to far left side of the harbour. Out of the corner of her eye, she spied several of the Rising Sun men round the corner. As they turned the corner and before any of them could even react, Tenten quickly drew her Five-Seven and quickly dealt with them before they could mess the whole operation up.

"Seems we got an interloper here boys! You see anyone suspicious, you shoot them! No questions asked!" Damn! She must've heard the gunfire. Even though her handgun was supressed, that didn't mean that it was completely silent. Supressed meant that the sound of the gun firing was greatly reduced and the flash that came with eliminated. But that didn't mean that there wasn't a sound. And it was a distinct one. A sound that a former assassin like Arisa had no doubt heard many times before.

Holstering her Five-Seven and pulling the MP7 ready to fire, Tenten slowed down her pace. Ahead of her, she could see at least 3 men. They didn't notice her. As she got closer, one of them must've noticed Tenten out of their peripheral vision.

"Shit! We got company!" Silently cursing to herself, Tenten dove behind cover. To her right, two Rising Sun thugs came running towards her. Before they could get to cover, she gunned them down. All the while taking fire from the other three. "Keep firing, we got this bitch! She won't be able to go anywhere!"

Tenten let a smirk on her face. Rolling out into the open, she quickly shot all three men in the head twice. Farther back, three more men showed up. They hid under cover as Tenten began to supress them. If only this was a UMP or MP5 then I could probably pick those guys off from this distance. Strafing while firing was never a good idea, because your accuracy is really just going to be bad. Unless you aren't really planning to hit anything and just want to scare the crap out of people.

Quickly running into the maze of containers, Tenten spotted a green container, just ahead. Is that? Nope. Just another green container. Most of the shipping containers in the East port were green and from Iwagakure Shipping. It was a way to make their deliveries stand out from the rest. As she was running down the containers, Tenten noted how they were all in numerical order, which really made things much easier.

Just as she got to the 100's, a bullet whizzed by her head and into the container behind her. Rolling forward and into cover, Tenten blindfired in the direction which the bullet came from. Sighing, Tenten slowly peeked the corner, looking down the Holographic sight of the MP7. Tenten quickly retreated back under cover as several bullets impacted the container she was hiding behind, just barely missing her face. Shaking her head, Tenten continued moving. There was no doubt in her mind that it was Arisa on her tail.

In the distance, near the large cranes responsible for arranging the crates, Tenten spotted a green container. 016…I can't see if it's a 2 or a 3. Either way, it's either that one, or the one before it. Bursting into a full sprint, Tenten began to run in a serpentine pattern. Looking back for just a split second, Tenten spotted at least 5 men running towards her. Some of them stopped to take shots at her, but she wasn't worried about them. The chances of them hitting her were slim to none. Walking behind them however, was Arisa.

I know I'm going to regret this…Against her better judgement, Tenten spun around and fired at the Rising Sun, taking out at least 3 of them. Most of them panicked and moved into cover. Arisa on the other hand stayed put and calmly reloaded her MP5. Right as Tenten slid around a corner, Arisa opened fire. Tenten's eyes lit up as she looked at the container in front of her. 0162. Yes! Reloading, Tenten considered her options. In close combat, there was no way that the MP7 would lose to the MP5. The MP7 was designed to replace the MP5 for crying out loud! But on the off chance that she missed, then Tenten was dead.

Taking a moment to collect her breath, Tenten spun around, and met Arisa face to face. Despite the situation, Tenten couldn't help but think, Man, she's hot! Tenten still held down the trigger. It was too bad that Arisa rolled to the side, dodging the five round burst. Before Arisa could fire, Tenten kicked the MP5 free from Arisa's grip. That didn't don't stop Arisa from pulling out her M9. Ducking underneath the pistol fire, Tenten wrestled Arisa to the ground,

"Heh…Argh…You know it's rude to hold a girl down like this." Tenten said. She was breathing hard as she tried wrenching the M9 free. When she did, Arisa rolled away and ripped Tenten's own FN Five-Seven from its holster. The two women stood several meters apart from each other, both with pistols aimed at each other's heads. Their SMG's on the ground. "Well, seems we're at an impasse." Before Arisa could respond, Tenten quickly took out the remaining 2 Rising Sun soldiers behind her.

Arisa's eyes were twitching and her upper lip was curled up. "Useless. What are you going to do now? At this range, neither are going to miss. And I doubt you're going to just let me go past and retrieve the shipment. Speaking of which…How did you know about that?"

"Listen girl, you guy's gotta update your communication systems. It's too freaking easy to intercept your phone calls." Tenten replied. M9's usually have a 15 round magazine, plus 1 in the chamber. I counted at least 10 shots fired off. So I'm going to assume that that leaves me with less than 4 rounds. At least 4 rounds. From her peripheral vision, Tenten could see the edge of the harbour, the water of the Aochi River lapping up against the dock.

Tenten pulled the trigger. Instead of firing back, Arisa lunged forward and tackled Tenten against the container. Arisa held Tenten by her hands. In response, Tenten drove her knee upward into Arisa's stomach. If the assassin felt the blow, she didn't show it. With a growl, Arisa shoved her backside into Tenten and ripped the M9 out of Tenten's grip. Before Arisa could even lift the gun to aim, Tenten struck her in the wrist and followed up with a palm strike to the chest and ended the combo with a quick kick to the torso.

Stumbling to the side, Arisa pulled a knife out from her boot and swung wildly at Tenten. Reaching into her utility belt, Tenten scooped up a smoke pellet and flung directly at the blade. As the smoke began to expand and cover the area, Tenten rolled, grabbed the M9 off the ground and shot Arisa in the side.

"Argh!"

With the smoke clearing, Tenten knew that the gunshot didn't do much damage, as it probably just embedded itself into Arisa's flak jacket. Arisa stumbled, and was dazed. As Tenten pulled on the trigger once more, and heard nothing but a click, she kicked the assassin off of the harbour and into the waters of the Aochi. Tenten was fairly sure that Arisa was still alive, but she didn't care.

"Seems like I didn't need to use any of that shit I brought." Reaching up to her ear piece, Tenten let out a sigh of relief. "Sasuke, this is Tenten. I've secured the package. Waiting for further orders."

"This is Sasuke. Satoru and Naruto should be on their way with the retrieval vehicle. Stay out. Did you run into any trouble?"

Tenten thought about it for a second.

"No. Not really."


The Nest, Uchiha Residence, Uchiha Ward, Konoha

9:10 A.M.

07/05/2016

~Kurama Uzumaki~


It took some time to figure out what it really was that Satoru, Naruto and Tenten brought to the nest the night before. From what Kurama could tell, it was a drone. Well, three really large drones. When he saw them fully assembled, Satoru was shocked and asked to be alone with the drones, so that he could fully investigate the drones. Whatever they were, Kurama was sure that those drones were anything but conventional.

Last night was a long one. From decrypting that computer chip, helping Satoru polish up the ASU's operating systems, collecting data on the Rising Sun and just gathering data in-general, to hacking into the All Seeing Eye's database. As it turned out, Sekai Industries weren't as innocent as they were saying they were. For the last 2 years or so, there was 3 pieces of evidence hinting to the possibility that the company was funding the new iteration of the Rising Sun.

Exhibit A. Someone by the name of Edogawa Meguro had received a very, very generous sum of money from the company. Kurama did a little more digging. As it turns out, Edogawa Meguro was a pseudonym that the treasurer of the Rising Sun's First iteration, Meiji Shibuya was using. Now the reason the ASE hadn't brought Sekai industries down was because despite such clear information, Meiji didn't actually do anything with the money that he received several months after the first iteration of the Rising Sun was dismantled. Until Kurama dug a little deeper into several other intelligence agencies. Kiri's HUNTER had actually found out that Meiji had given the Black Crows a contract. What it was for, no one knew. But what they did know, was that Meiji had used up nearly all of the money he had gotten to hire the Black Crows.

Exhibit B. A good chunk of the Sekai Industries' higher-ups were in some way involved with the old Rising Sun. The general manager, treasurer and at least 4 board room executives were known to have paid the Rising Sun for protection. The marketing manager was known to have played a very small role in one of the Rising Sun's s drug smuggling operations and the CEO himself had funded the Rising Sun with money from his own bank account.

And exhibit C. Two years ago, a huge shipment of unknown technology and cars manufactured by Sekai Industries had mysteriously vanished. All evidence pointed to the ASE being responsible for the crime. But judging from the crime scene and all other evidence, it was more likely that Sekai Industries had gifted the Rising Sun a whole batch of new tech and a fleet of cars. In fact, the convoy that Tenten had seen yesterday, along with the convoy that Sasuke and Deidara had been chased by last year all actually fit in with the cars that were "stolen" from Sekai Industries.

Kurama was brought out of reveire by Satoru bursting into the meeting room, rousing Naruto and Lee from their naps. At the same time, Sasuke returned from the bathroom, and Sakura stood up from her seat and made her way over to the ASU. From what Kurama remembered, Deidara and Shino were off in the new hideout, doing a more thorough checkup of the place. Tenten and Ana were surveying Konoha Harbour in the Shinkai Ward.

"You guys need to see this." Satoru said, making his way to the ASU and bringing up several photos of the drone. Some being cross sections and others being of just the outside or the inside. "This is one of the drones that we picked up from the Rising Sun Shipment yesterday. And it is worse than any other idea we could have of thought of."

Sasuke folded his arms. "How so?"

"The drones are armed with 6 missiles with explosive power like an ICBM. Not quite the range, but the same amount of firepower. These drones also have frequency and electronic jammers built into them as well a laser beam that can cut through steel. The drones themselves are made from a cheap, yet strong and bulletproof metallic alloy. According to some tests, the drones should also have the carrying capacity for more than 12 of those same missiles. These drones are also unmanned and have a range of 500 Km at the minimum and 1000 to 1200 at the maximum. The drones also some form of stealth technology that makes them invisible to radar technology, and the only sound they make is the sound of the missiles being fired off. And that's not even all of it. Also, most of the material used to make these drones, are ridiculously cheap. According to my math, a single one of these drones, should only cost about several million dollars. And that's mostly because of the missiles. When I was looking through the drones, most of the weapon systems on it were homemade. And if Sekai Industries is indeed funding the Rising Sun, then there's no way that only three of these drones were ever created."

"How many do you think were created?" Sasuke asked.

"At least 5 to 8. That adds up to 30 ICMB like missiles at the least, and over 48 at the most. Do you know how much damage that those would cause? Do you know how much damage an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile causes? A lot of fucking damage. Now imagine 48 of those. All at once."

Everyone looked at each other. Sasuke sighed. "I was hoping that you would have better news to share. It's pretty much confirmed that Sekai Industries is working with the Rising Sun. What for, I don't know. But right now, we can't deal with these drones. Not when we aren't sure of exact numbers. Right now, there's a bigger problem."

Satoru's face flushed red and he clenched his teeth. "A bigger problem!? Are you joking!? If there's an army of these drones out there, then there isn't any bigger problem!"

"Satoru. Enough." Sasuke glared at his younger brother. "While these drones are indeed going to be trouble, I don't see them becoming too big of a problem. I'll notify Danzo about them and he'll set the All Seeing Eye and ANBU on the mission instead. They'll be able to deal with this drone problem far better than we can."

It was obvious that Satoru wanted to say more, but Naruto put a hand on his shoulder and held him back. "Tch. Fine. Don't come crying to me when this comes back to bite you in the ass. Go on, what's this big problem of yours?"

"When we were scouring Sekai Tower for intel, Sakura came upon this." Sasuke said, bringing up the file of a person named, Sekai Shibuya. "This is Sekai Sonoda. According to this file, she is the creator of Sekai Industries."

"Bullshit. Honoka Sonoda is the founder of the Sekai Industries." Satoru shot back. "Are you sure those files are legitimate? Here let me see…" After doing a little cross checking and referencing different data, Satoru's eyes softened. "Okay…It seems that you're right."

"Yes. But you're also correct, in that officially, it's Honoka Shibuya that's credited with the creation of Sekai Industries. However, according to this, Honoka's granddaughter is the founder. What makes it even more interesting is that, according to official files and the ASE's civilian database, Sekai Sonoda doesn't exist." Sasuke flicked the file away and brought up a new one. "Until we found this in their private servers. This file lists Sekai as Sekai Shibuya, as opposed to Sonoda."

"Shibuya…" Lee muttered. "Aren't a majority of the Rising Sun's lieutenants a member of the Shibuya family?" Sasuke nodded.

"Yes. While this doesn't explicitly make Sekai a priority target, it does put a lot of suspicion on her. That is if Sekai Sonoda even really exists. That isn't the only thing we got from Sekai Tower. Meiji Shibuya, under the alias Mirai Ayase, had withdrawn over 500 million yen straight from Sekai Industries Main funds. As of right now, I have no idea what he's done with the money, but it won't be good, that's for sure."

"But that isn't the problem." Sakura spoke up and brought up a picture of what appeared to be an abandoned series of warehouses by a lake. Then Sakura brought on screen a satellite image. And from what Kurama could see, there was a huge array of vehicles on a clearing to the west of the warehouses. "This is a series of warehouses on the eastern side of Lake Senju. If we zoom in on those vehicles, clean up and enhance the image, then we can see that those vehicles over there are armoured and outfitted with weapons. Some of them look like tanks and that one in particular," Sakura said pointing to a large, blocky shape situated against the lake. "Appears to be an anti-aircraft gun. And according to x-rays of the warehouses themselves, there are at least 20 to 30 of these anti-aircraft guns as well as several military grade drones."

Satoru leaned closer. "Hm…from the looks of it, it seems like they're building a harbour. If I remember correctly, Lake Senju connects to the Senju River. And the Senju River and Aochi River meet in the Shinkai Ward."

"That's in the center of the city. And both rivers are definitely wide enough to fit in cargo ships. The Shinkai Ward's harbour is also the largest in the city and are owned by Sekai Industries. If Sekai Industries really is working with the Rising Sun, then whatever they're planning, it definitely will involve the harbour." Sasuke continued. "And if Mei Terumi's information is correct, which it is, then the first Rising Sun terrorist attack is going to be this Friday. I've already informed Danzo, but I doubt that we'll be getting any help from them."

With a frown Satoru sat down. "But what would they even target in the Shinkai ward? It's all just a bunch of office buildings."

In response, Naruto brought up a 3D map of the ward using the ASU's holographic projection system at Sasuke's urging. "While most of the Shinkai Ward is indeed mostly office buildings, there are several structures that I believe could be potential targets. The largest and most likely target is the Hoshido Hills Complex near the center. That's over several hundred homes and over a thousand people. Chuo District also houses the Sunagakure embassy and the Mikado Shrine." Sasuke said, highlighting said locations. "Tsubasa District is also a probable target. It's one of Konoha's largest entertainment areas and is the center of the Ward. We can't cover all three locations. Not unless ANBU and the All Seeing Eye help us."

A serious look appeared on Sasuke's face. "Listen. We only have 3 days to figure out where the Rising Sun are going to attack. If we want everything to go smoothly, that's the one thing we need to figure out. Everything else depends on our skill and luck." He looked around the room. "Does anyone have anything else to say?"

The ASU's speakers turned on. "Yeah, we got a problem here Sasuke." It was Tenten. "I just saw one of the Rising Sun's SUV's drive and by, and you're not going to believe it, but…they've got Mizuki."

Sasuke's eyes widened. "But we would know if that was the case! Right Satoru?"

His brother nodded and began to work his magic. "Yeah, The only way that Mizuki would have been able to get away without us noticing was if he was…dead." Everyone looked at him. "But that should be impossible. The Rising Sun would've had to have gotten in here to kill him in the first place."

"Actually…I might have an answer for that." Sakura said. "When I was analyzing Mizuki's body, I noticed that his veins were a little green and his pupils had dilated to an abnormal size and his heart was beating in an arrhythmic pattern. He also seemed to have trouble breathing. All of which are symptoms of victims who were poisoned by Thanatos poison. At first I just assumed that it was because of the prison. The Blood Prison has been known to use small doses of Thanatos poison as a truth serum. In small doses it can cause those symptoms but it doesn't kill."

"You think that it was the Blood Prison that did this?" Satoru asked.

"No. There's a device that's only found on the black market. It can inject poison into the bloodstream in a harmless form. But with the click of a button, the poison turns lethal. I think that whoever poisoned Mizuki, did it before he was caught." Sakura replied. "Was it even worth it, going after Mizuki?"

"I wouldn't say no just yet." Satoru said. "Ana-san, I think that I gave you a tracking round, just in case. Do you think you can hit them?" She scoffed.

"Of course. They're at a red light right now." The sniper responded loading the tracking round into her M40A1. "And…got em." The gun hardly made a sound as it fired.

"Good. But what would they do with the body?" Satoru voiced. "It's not like they can just dump into the river like the mafia does right?"

"No. I think they're just going to burn the body all together. Tenten, Ana, think you can tail them? Afterwards…Just mark their hideout on a map and figure out where to go from there." Sasuke said, before letting out a sigh. "How are things on your end Shino? Deidara?"

"Things are going fine boss!" Deidara's muffled voice came through the speaker. "Got a lot of files here that you're going to want to see in person. But other than that, I don't think there's much here that we can really use. Unless we just want to use this a safe house or something. It's falling apart, and I think the ceiling is stuffed with asbestos or something. It would take at least 2 or 3 days to clear the entire place out of asbestos. Time that I don't think we have."

"Actually, there is something here that might interest you Kurama-san." Shino's said. "What is it you ask? It's a pink laptop with a white cartoonish bunny emblazoned on one side. It was the only thing in the place that didn't seem to belong. And no, I didn't find this in the convention. It was in one of the hideout's living quarters. Why was it there? Presumably, the laptop belongs to whoever lived in that room. We also came upon several vials of an unidentified liquid marked as Reaper X. I'll leave them in your care Satoru-san."

Her brother snorted. "Reaper X. Yeah that doesn't sound like something dangerous at all. Couldn't they have come up with a name that wasn't so edgy?" Everyone ignored him.

"Okay, so I think that the next mission is pretty clear." Sasuke brought up the satellite image of the warehouses alongside Lake Senju. "We need to infiltrate this compound and get an accurate measurement of their ordinance and maybe find out what their target is. Though I doubt we'll find it there."

"Um…Sasuke?"

"Yes Tenten?"

"The car just exploded." Everyone in the room fell silent. "I repeat the car just exploded. Several members of the Rising Sun have just appeared and are now proceeding to throw more explosives onto the vehicle."

"Okay…Kurama can you get us a live feed?" She nodded and hacked into several street cams nearby as well the cameras of several phones filming the whole thing. It was a firestorm in the middle of the street. The men that Tenten said were from the Rising Sun, looked far more professional than any thugs of the Rising Sun that Kurama had seen before. They were wearing full on tactical gear, with fully decked out weapons with red dot sights and foregrips and laser sights.

"The real Rising Sun Elites. What are they doing?" Sakura muttered. It wasn't long before the entire car exploded and nothing was left but pieces of metal and a crater in the center of the street. "I'd advise that you get out there Tenten. Ana. ANBU are already on their way. No need for there to be any misunderstandings."

"Copy that boss. We're already going down the stairs to the parking lot. Tenten out." Sasuke sighed and rubbed his face.

"Alright, Sakura, Tenten and Ana, after you've returned, meet me in the briefing room. We need to get a move on. The Rising Sun won't just sit around twiddling their fingers idly while we ponder on what they could possibly be doing. If we want answers, we're going to have to be proactive."

As Sasuke passed by him, Satoru handed his brother a small pen shaped device. Sasuke took a look at it and stared at Satoru with some disbelief. "You might need it. You might not. I can't say I have any control over them, but it's worth giving it a shot. Anyways, times a wasting. Get to it. I'll talk to you once you hit the ground. Senju Lake is only a 30 minute drive outside the city."

Before they could really infiltrate the base, the Fireteam had to wait till it night fell. On their computers Naruto was busy hacking away at the base's security whilst she herself was looking through the laptop that Deidara found. There was a lot of encrypted data on the thing, but nothing that Kurama couldn't decrypt. As the clock struck 10, Satoru began the operation.

"Mission start."


Sorry for the long wait! I was busy with exams, Overwatch and 9gag and all that stuff. But now that school is over, you might see some more chapters, if I'm not too lazy, busy playing Overwatch or browsing on 9gag. If you have any feedback, then please leave a review or PM me.