Board Thread:The World/@comment-24728353-20191221004914/@comment-24728353-20191224171500

Kin heard the request on Hanzo’s behalf as he merely nodded towards the boy. It symbolizing he can terminate the enemy if he saw a chance. Apart from that, Azel himself spoke up and mentioned that he would move on ahead to look for a way in. Kin nodded once more, but personally Kin didn’t think it was the best idea to split up. But he trusted Azel’s abilities as he was also a Chunin and for that reason, Kin saw him as an equal and no less. The reason why he allowed Hanzo to move out on his own was because the technique he displayed shortly after was very stealth-based. Kin is a calculating individual as he never made random choices. He looked towards Tarou and said to him;

“Something about that floor doesn’t seem right. Let’s keep moving I need you as a backup.”

Kin moved forward and took another path that was away from the one Azel had taken. Kin continued to walk slowly with the torch as it illuminated barely ahead of them. But he kept his ears open for any sound to signal someone was coming. If Tarou was following, he would stop and turn around passing the torch to him for a second;

“I need you to hold the torch for a bit of time.”

He gave him a bright smile as he hoped he would accept the task, this was a choice Kin made because right now his skills would be able to get them through this cave. If they continued to walk, they would eventually veer right as a tunnel-like complex would be reached. Kin was intrigued as he kept ahead forward with or without the torch if Tarou had accepted it or not. Once they reached the end of this, they would come across a giant chasm that led to nothingness at the bottom, but the vibrant glow was still there as it was deep below but noticeable. It was like a void of nothing with a light on the other side. But it also went upwards in a spiral-like fashion. Kin made note of this as he then decided to return to the starting point. Tarou could try to convince him to explore more, but it was a gamble just as he loved.

Azel, on the other hand, would continue forward into the darkness. His hand being his only guide as he felt the path so he had the chance to come back. It was a very smart idea, but unless you were also blind or got used to the dark through adaptation. You will have trouble navigating, but for the moment Azel was perfectly fine. As he traveled deeper into the tunnel, he would begin to hear more voices. This time about 3 as they seemed to be talking about the same thing the other 2 were talking about.

Man one: “This payout is about to be huge!”

Man two: “From what I hear it's a fortune down there, we just need to kill that damned beast.”

Man three: “Keep your guard up, there are rumors of other people who are after the treasure also. That's competition, we need to be ready for that.”

They all nodded in unison as this pointed something out about, the bottom of that elevator where Tarou had pointed out before. Either they were insane, or very desperate. How would he approach this group of individuals, they were directly ahead of him, and finally, the closer he got he would notice a torch as they were heading his way. He could try to hide somehow or simply kill all of these bandits. How would he go about this task?

As Hanzo closed in on the targets, he would be able to get some more information. They seemed to still be talking as they had merely taken another route which was farther. From Hanzo’s point he would hear them talk;

Man one: “You better be ready, this isn’t going to be an easy task. According to what people have said, there's a giant beast down there. About 2-3 entrances, but from what is heard, after you defeat or kill this beast, there's a path right outside after. So like I said, if we work together we will be fine!”

Man two: “You say all of this, but this beast has killed several groups, I don’t want to be a part of the majority.”

Man one: “Stop being a pansy, if you keep on guard like I told you, you will be fine.”

Both men finally arrived at a spiral staircase that went downstairs as it led to something down below. If Hanzo wanted to kill them, now was the time. But he could also pry more on what exactly these guys were talking about. The question was would he take the risk?