[Kirigara Sugita]

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[attr="class","sugita"]It was time for another mission. Seeing his village in such a distasteful state worried him, and Sugita was now devoted to helping clean up the slums after his last mission. With the help of Kap, the two were able to apprehend an elderly couple that had later been charged with the production and distribution of illegal substances. Intel from the two had now led them into another mission.

This was again a more covert operation. Combat was not necessarily suspected, and for this reason Sugita was again without Gingādo, a feeling he was not learning to appreciate. If they were to uncover the person behind this criminal activity, they needed to go unnoticed, and a giant sword didn’t particularly help their situation. Sugita also left his headband hidden, not wanting to bring more attention to himself that way either.

Sugita stood in wait for the Academy Instructor to arrive, who would again be leading the mission. This time, to unmask the head of the hydra who was having everyone under them ignore the Cease-and-Desist letters needed to be uncovered and eventually brought down. He patiently waited a block or two from their target that the lead from the elderly couple had generated.

Maboroshi Chikap

[Maboroshi Chikap]

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This go around, Chikap wore a more traditional disguise to conserve chakra throughout the mission. He looked like himself, but he didn’t wear his usual war paint. With help from headquarters a well made fake goatee was glued to his face that matched his hair-color. A matte gray trench coat draped over his form, with a forest green hooded sweatshirt underneath with the hood pulled over his head. The shinobi left his umbrella behind today.

Spotting Sugita, the instructor approached without his usual chipper demeanor. He was playing it cool to avoid drawing attention from unwanted eyes. Chikap glanced around them and the coast seemed clear.

When he got close, he whispered. "Gang activity doesn’t usually go unnoticed because of the sensory rain. Whoever it is has been smart enough to evade it. Headquarters suggested checking some of the local businesses that operate down here, or maybe even the sewer system or subway.”

He had no particular preference for where to start. He had a hunch they’d be led underground eventually, but they might be able to find more precise information if they started out with gathering more intelligence from the locals. Wading around aimlessly in the sewers didn’t seem like a good idea.

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[Kirigara Sugita]

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[attr="class","sugita"]Grey eyes spotted Chikap from afar. He listened closely to the whispers as the Academy Instructor spoke. Sugita nodded quickly but firmly. "Good to see you again. I agree with you completely. Hopefully, we’ll be able to get enough intel during this mission to lead to a fruitful raid on their systems.” The Genin kept his voice low enough for Kap to hear.

Sugita knew very little about the slums, but their intel from the elderly couple would lead them underground, and he for one was not really looking forward to it and preyed to himself that it was the subway systems and not the sewers where they were headed.

"I actually might have an idea, but I want to confirm it first. My mom spoke about a railway system from the slums before. She and her friends used to walk the tunnels as kids. She said there used to be old maintenance rooms built into the sides and that they would hide there pass time.”

He shrugged. Maybe those were in better days where the slums weren’t in quite such a horrific state…or maybe there was more to the stories that she didn’t mention to him. "Either way, if we go looking into the tunnels we’ll draw attention…but it could be a start.” His eyes searched Kap’s for thoughts. He could be wrong, but what else did they have to go on? In all likelihood, the maintenance would have the tunnels connected to the entire subway system.

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[Maboroshi Chikap]

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"Some of those tunnels never got finished, so it would be a good place to hide,” Chikap said. "That sounds like a good idea. Much better than wading through the sewers to start with.”

The chunin began walking alongside Sugita. The slums themselves seemed more or less business as usual. There were signs that progress had been made, namely the trash clean ups were keeping the city street relatively clean compared to how it was before. On their last mission there were still signs of people purposely littering, but now it seemed like the ordinances were being taken more seriously once word got around that someone got arrested. Nobody here wanted the attention of shinobi patrols.

The streets themselves weren’t busy today. They passed by a homeless man with a scruffy beard who was sleeping on a side street. Chikap might have normally given them some coin, but a native of the slums wouldn’t have much coin to spare, so he didn’t want to ruin their cover.

They came to an old access tunnel entrance. It was about ten feet wide and descended downward to a caged door with a rust deadbolt over it. Chikap’s eyes scrunched together while they adjusted to the shadow cast by the pavement above them.

"The lock is cut. Someone’s definitely been using the tunnels.”

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[Kirigara Sugita]

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[attr="class","sugita"]Sugita also took note of the slightly improved state of the slums. Granted, it was nowhere near where he would like to see it, and there was still so much room to grow. He wanted to make it his mission to clean this place up as a message of good faith to the people. There was a part of him that couldn’t stand to see it this way. It was sad for anyone, his village or not, to be around such a sorry state.

What little motion he did see roaming around were mostly rats scurrying out of infested trash bags disposed of in random places, or pale children running here and there with their cheeks covered in dirt. The stench would follow them like the crop dust of a farmer. Unacceptable.

The two would come across the tunnel entrance. Sugita’s tongue clicked in disappointment. "Yea, seems like it. At least we know where to start, then.” The young man nodded before entering the tunnels.

The walls of the tunnels echoed slightly with each step, something he did his best to hide under light movements and shallow breaths. He could hear the dripping of water, splashing periodically into a pool of stagnant goop. The smell, although bad, was manageable.

He would continue forward with Chikap for what seemed like several minutes before hearing a loud bang as if someone had thrown their hands onto a table. There was yelling that echoed all the way down the tunnel system, but with the echoing and distance, it was hard to hear exactly what was being said.

Sugita remained silent but looked to Chikap for confirmation. This had to be the way.

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