The Jiongu monsters that I snuck into the Mess Hall before I opened the door drag the culprits to my feet.
~When can I start to play?~
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"You've fucked up." I snarl at them letting all of my rage wash over them. "Did you think that I wouldn't seek you out? Did you think that I would roll over and take it? Did you think that I wouldn't make finding and punishing you two my greatest priority? You both had the wonderful idea to trash my lab. Now you pay the price."
I spin on my heel and start to walk out of the silent Mess Hall with my monsters bringing my first test subjects behind me.
~We're not going to play here? It's so much more fun with an audience.~
"Al-Alvarcus?" Karin hesitantly calls out to me.
"Yes?" I pause my quick walk for her. She helped me find them, the least I can do is listen to her.
"Are you really going to kill them?" There isn't fear in her eyes anymore. There's just pity. She's wondering how the happy and go lucky kid she met can change into me.
"I am." I resume my quick walk and exit the Mess Hall.
"Alvarcus Mar." I faintly hear Karin whisper to herself. "Son of Orochimaru-sama. The Heart Thief. What has happened to you to make you like this? What atrocities have you lived through that make you take such actions? What intense suffering have you endured? What burden do you carry on your shoulders? Just who are you? What kind of a person lies underneath all of your masks? A good one? Or a bad one? When I peel them all away and look at the real you what will I see? Will it be the Heart Thief? Perhaps the son of Orochimaru-sama? Who is Alvarcus Mar? Is he a man or a monster?"
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Orochimaru's Office
"Orochimaru-sama." I pound on the door to his office. "I need a favor."
"What?" His incensed reply doesn't phase me. "I have already found the material you've asked for, it's in the Land of Snow. Do you need further assistance with the sword? I didn't think you were that incompetent to come to me every time you run into an obstacle."
"No. It's something different. Though thank you for finding the material for me, we'll have to talk more about it later." I open the door to his office and walk in. My monsters bring in my captives behind me. "This is much more important."
"What are you doing with two of my shinobi?" Orochimaru eyes them in disdain. He doesn't want to be bothered right now.
I don't care.
"That's part of the favor. I want access to your lab for a few hours." I let a hint of my fury leak into my voice as I look at the trapped shinobi. "These two thought it was a good idea to destroy mine, so they're going to be punished. Severely."
"And why does that require my lab?" Orochimaru's ire is slowly fading. As he learns more about the situation he's growing more curious. "Just flay them somewhere, that should be enough."
"Not to me." I snarl out. "They've set me back weeks on the sword. Not only did they crush every single beaker I had they burned all of my notes. All of my ideas on how to make it, how each part works together. That's not the worst of it, no those parts are relatively easy to do over. The worst part is that they burned the notes that had the beginnings to my ideas on how to structure the seal itself. I have to start from the beginning again."
"Really?" Orochimaru's anger is back but now it's directed at the caught shinobi. "You both are lucky it is not me who is exacting revenge. You would not survive it."
"They're not going to survive mine." I growl out and each shinobi starts leaking tears. I turn away from the disgraces and look at Orochimaru. "You're going to want to be there."
"Oh?" Orochimaru looks pissed off, but under that is a hint of pride. He's glad I'm taking my revenge so severely. I am too, they deserve no less. "And why is that?"
"I'm going to switch their organs one at a time. I want to see how long they can survive." As my words reach Orochimaru an eager grin splits his face. "If I recall correctly you wanted to observe something like this."
"Yes, yes I do. Consider my schedule cleared until we're finished." Orochimaru rises up from his desk and we both exit his office. "Come, we shall make this a bonding experience. Do you know the correct way to peel back skin to expose a chest cavity without the patient going unconscious?"
"I was going to sheer off the skin and keep them awake by letting the Jiongu continuously cause them pain. It has been begging me to let it start since I caught them."
Orochimaru glances at the two test subjects behind us. "Well there are two of them, there's no reason we can't do both."
"You know the human body better than I do, which organ should we start with?" I throw a look over my shoulder at the two test subjects. "I want to make sure they last as long as possible."
"Muscle groups." Orochimaru instantly replies. "It is a good place for you to start so you can get acquainted with the process. If you screw that up it will not shorten their length of usefulness. Once you become more confident we can move to the more fun organs. The kidneys, the liver, the spleen, the stomach and the rest of them."
"I wonder if swapping their hearts will cause them to swap chakra too?"
"We can certainly find out." Orochimaru smiles in joy. "You truly are my child, I don't think I've ever been more proud of you."
...
With Jiraya and Naruto
"Jiraya-sensei. Please. Can we just go back to Konoha now?" Naruto whines.
"Nope!" Jiraya starts to drool as he's walking towards a specific building. "When I said I was going to visit every brothel on the way back to Konoha I wasn't kidding!"
"Konoha is literally a four hour's run from here!" Naruto shouts! "Please! You can skip one! That's all I'm asking!"
"Hehehehe! Nope!" Jiraya steps into the building and his eyes bug out of his head. "YES! Is the Madam of the house in? I'd like to talk business with her."
"Probably setting up a tab for himself." Naruto mutters in defeat. "We'll be here all night."
"Of course Jiraya-sama!" One of the girls says and struts off to fetch the Madam.
"Why do they all know you on sight?" Naruto whines. "Every damn house we go to they all know you! All of them!"
"Oh that's simple." Jiraya eagerly watches a pair of girls walk by. Only one of them is an employee. "I own them."
"WHAT?! YOU OWN THE GIRLS?!" Naruto shouts in disbelief.
"No! The brothels, I own the brothels!" Jiraya quickly clears up.
"Oh thank Kami!" Naruto sags in relief. "I thought... never mind. But that explains so much."
"Does it?" Jiraya tears his gazes off of the scenery to look at his student. He's hoping that the dense gennin has finally figured out exactly why they come to so many brothels.
"Yeah it's no wonder you never go broke! They all work for you!" Naruto accuses.
"And to think I had hope for you." Jiraya shakes his head. "Have you ever wondered why we visit so many brothels?"
"Because you're a pervert." Naruto deadpans to his sensei. "And I'm not adding in super. You don't deserve the satisfaction."
"One of these days." Jiraya grins to himself. He'll corrupt Naruto eventually. "But no, that's just a bonus. A very nice bonus! Ahem. No, the reason we come here is because I'm a spymaster."
"Huh? What's that got to do with anything?" Naruto scratches his head.
"When enjoying the fruits of the opposite sex – or the same if you swing that way – people tend to be more loose lipped. They're quicker to brag about something to try and impress. You would not believe the things people will say before getting laid. Or during. Or after. And occasionally they say something they shouldn't, they say something that is a secret."
"And once one of the girls hears a secret, they make sure that the person has a fantastic time so they come back and spill even more. Then they come tell me, and once this sorry excuse for a man walks through my door I tell him." The Madam gestures towards one of the private rooms. One with a bed. "So Jiraya, want to mix work and pleasure?"
"Naughty girl!" Jiraya giddily skips over to join the Madam. "Why don't we just do pleasure first then work after? Then pleasure again. And if you're up for it again after that."
"Don't you mean if you're up for it?" The Madam teases as she lets the door swing closed. "You're getting old. I hear men of your age start to have problems."
"Why don't we find out together?"
The door closes much to Naruto's relief.
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