Board Thread:Konoha Missions/@comment-24714922-20161102224557/@comment-24937485-20161106211754

Hoshi frowned at the bulky sack of flour and shook his head while setting it down behind the counter. Coming back up, he held a leather pouch and took some money out of the cash register to place it inside the pouch. “Good thinking, however turning into a coin will grant us a bigger rate of success. The enemy wants to see riches, so doing just that will reduce the chances of said enemy’s suspicions and shift their focus from what really matters. And… it’ll be less stressful for my arms.”. Smirking coyly at his last comment, Hoshi then weaved the handseals needed for the transformation technique in order to become a perfect copy of the green robed Burglar. He then held the pouch in his hands out to Ieyasu before opening it. “Jump in whenever you’re ready. Just make ready to transform yourself please or you’ll make me pull my back. You can’t be seen walking around with me or it’ll draw suspicion.”.

After Ieyasu would be safe within the bag, Hoshi headed out the bakery doors and closed them behind him. Looking back once, thinking of the old owners who were still locked up. Hoshi, however, reached out to the old woman and telepathically informed her that everything would be fine as long as they stayed in that room for the day and that the reward would equal a week worth of work.

Then, heading out to the streets, the Yamanaka occasionally grabbed a newspaper or bought a piece of fruit to make him look inconspicuous while occasionally picking people’s pockets. The way that he did it was ingenious, telepathically distracting them with the sounds of things like a glass falling while his dexterity made his lean fingers unnoticeable. At the end of a few hours Ieyasu would be covered by a good amount of money that now filled up the fat pouch.

“That should do. The bigger the ‘catch’ the bigger the distraction.”.

It was then that Hoshi walked into a deserted area home to some stray cats. “You’re clear to come out now and do your investigating.” Ieyasu led the way to the warehouse where he began to research their surrounding while Hoshi sat motionless in a grove to avoid being noticed while mentally considering all of the outs. Seeing as the warehouse could still hold surprises, the course of their plan was already met with insecurity. What if it’d be closed from the inside before they ever got in? It was then that Hoshi came up with a new idea.

When Ieyasu returned, Hoshi said the following. “Wait until Fence takes you to wherever he’ll take the goods. I’ll maintain telepathic communication with you all the way through so you can tell me whenever something feels off. Once inside, wait and listen for what happens. The leader of this organization wouldn’t collect money out in the open but he/she will want to see how much was made for the day. The head of this snake is our focus. Forget Fence, wait to see who he takes you to before using the element of surprise to take out the main target.”. Hoshi held open the coin pouch towards Ieyasu and waited for him to jump up and turn into a coin again that’d fall down into the opening to clink against the many coins inside the pouch which also had a great amount of bank notes; shaking the pouch a few times so Ieyasu would be somewhere in the middle.

Still perfectly resembling the burglar,  Hoshi stood to lean against a building opposite the warehouse and crossed his arms while waiting but before much longer Hoshi saw a man step out of a hole that suddenly opened in the warehouse. Hoshi also remembered the handseals used to close whatever this individual stepped out of.

Telepathically speaking to Ieyasu. “There’s a hidden entrance within the warehouse. After you’re taken inside follow the plan and don’t emerge until you reach as deep into their hideout and/or ranks as you can. Mentally inform me of everything you hear, and when things turn bad, so I can come and help you. I remembered the handseals needed to open the entrance, but if needed I’ll open it in another way. Just remember to be patient all the way through.”.

While speaking telepathically, Hoshi noticed the arrival of several other shady figures, one of whom got knocked out… bad. Hoshi felt a shiver run up his spine at the foresight of a possible physical confrontation but he knew that he had to take this risk in order to complete the mission. After waiting for a bit more, seeing a few others walk up to Fence, Hoshi moved up to the table with most of his transformation’s flawless features covered by the green hood of his cloak. Without saying a word, Hoshi dropped the heavy pouch of coin onto the table. It was bulking with banknotes but the weight of the coin gave it that nice ‘bonk’ noise when it hit the table’s wooden surface; inside there was a large amount of money, but not so much that it’d be impossible to steal within a short amount of time.

Mimicking the burglar’s voice, which Hoshi remembered, he spoke with as few words as needed while adding that tint of insecurity of the scrawny man. “At least it’s m-more than the other guy, right?”. Yet he didn’t bow, seeing as none of the other criminals showed such respect he imagined it’d be unorthodox and suspicious.

Telepathically speaking to Ieyasu: “He knows earth release, and has enough chakra control to apply it to his weapon. It takes a few moments to fully manifest, however, so use that time to take him out if Fence is still around at the time of your ‘surprise.’ But I stress, be patient so you’ll be taken in as deep as possible without much risk.

After awaiting Fence’s reaction, Hoshi took his pay wandered off like the other criminals, seemingly going back to business. But as soon as he was out of sight he circled around the warehouse and remained hidden until everything went silent inside. He was now awaiting information from Ieyasu before doing anything other than transforming into the raven he currently embodied as he occasionally cawed out from the tree he sat perched in; unfortunately not able to peek inside the warehouse from this angle. Already planning his next few moves, Hoshi awaited what the Akimichi would do. If all came to fail, it’d be an easy feat to get the ANBU to mop up this entire operation but it’d mean Ieyasu would die in the process. But seeing as failure wasn’t written in Hoshi’s dictionary, a lot would have to happen for that to become a reality. Yet even if it did. ~“The mission will be a success. I’d rather do this as clean and efficiently as possible though. As much as it pains me to have to rely on a variable, the cards are in your hands, Akimichi.”~