Red Nara

It was very similar to Akira's methods, only here the goal was not to protect the profitable business, but to take it over, and even the shinobi hired for physical violence either failed or simply disappeared. Neither side wanted publicity and attention, so the whole thing went on quietly and without spectacular techniques.

Had it not been for a couple of informants who had seen the nightly showdown between chakra users with their own eyes, Akira might not have realized the whole picture of what was going on. All that remained was to decide what to do about it....

Akira immediately put aside the thought of involving the original - it wasn't worth bothering Ryo, who had a lot of things to do, if he wanted to.

Of course, there was the option of hiring more shinobi for protection, maybe even from Konoha, but judging by the indirect data, the unknowns had enough chakra users to clean up more than two hundred people, including their own shinobi, in one night without making a big fuss. In the context of the most protected city of Ho no Kuni, after Konoha, whose streets are patrolled both day and night.

Serious guys who didn't know where they came from. Akira couldn't name an organization that could operate so freely in the capital, so it must be someone from the outside, but under high cover - otherwise the newcomers would have been killed by Konoha shinobi attracted by the money-losing officials of the Daimyo court. And he doubted that they hadn't been attracted - when there was a scorcher, they sent messengers to Konoha very quickly. Unless they were intercepted.

A hunch that came to mind made the kanpeki ningyo frown and drum his fingers on the table worriedly. There was only one organization in the Land of Fire that could do all of the above and not suffer the consequences - Anbu Ne.

The only legitimate question is, why does this old man need a profitable enterprise when his personal army is funded by the village budget?! And does the Hokage know about it? Either way, it would have to be reported to Ryo.

Akira decided not to get too excited and look at the development of events - in fact, there is no big threat, because the newcomers need a working and profitable business, so neither the brothel, nor the girls, nor he himself will not be a target for attack, because the casino was not damaged and even the manager and staff remained the same.

Having come to this conclusion, Kanpeki ningyo calmed down and went back to work. After all, waste paper won't go away by itself.

Kanpeki ningyo woke up to the clinking of metal behind the wall. It took him a moment to realize that there were exactly three more sources of chakra nearby than there should be. In a split second, the thin blanket was flung aside, and dressed in his pajamas with his pouch on his hip, Akira was on his feet and with senbon clutched in his fist.

Dashing to the window and swinging it open in a single motion, the shinobi jumped out and stamped his bare feet into the wall and ran downstairs, recognizing in the faint moonlight who was enemy and who was friend.

The brothel's defenders, in a classic trio, were charging at the team of attackers, using mostly taijutsu and weapons - none of the six had time for techniques, and the not-so-wide street where the establishment was located and the fight was taking place, did not allow for much space.

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