i wake up staring at an unfamiliar ceiling, i try sitting up but cant.
"oh good he's awake" i recognize the voice but cant quite place it, i turn my head and on my left is jeiku and fuya, on my right is the hidden mist shinobi named yori. yori has dark hair that looks like it hasnt been washed in years and dark bags under her eyes. "jeiku should i tell him"
"better you than me" he says with a sigh
"whats going on" i croak
"ill explain everything" yori stands up and checks the boarded up window nervously, i assume its to check if anyone is watching but i dont know how anyone could see through those boards. she sits back down.
"why am i tied down"
"youre a danger to us" fuya says "we'll let you go if you cooperate" i stay silent and yori begins speaking
"well anyways, that man youre after, shadow, while he is here he sure as hell isnt mist village. theres a group of rogue shinobi that dont live in any one village, they live in every village, im sure youve come across them in everyday life and never knew because you cant tell until its too late." this sounds like some kind of conspiracy "the murder of the young man Akira by the rogue shinobi known as butcher was committed purposely on hidden mist grounds, in the city so as to pit the hidden mist against the hidden leaf, and it worked. these rogues have been doing this for years, planting the seeds of war slowly so as to watch the villages destroy each other."
"how do you know this"
"because i was one of them. i left and theyve been looking for me since, but if they really wanted me dead king wouldve killed me already, i dont know why theyve let me survive this long. your friend akira was also one of us, from what i understand he was blackmailed into joining, no one knows what that was but thats the rumor that spread. that man shadow is controlling the mizukage, hes been controlling the village for months now. they plan on having the mist lead an attack on the hidden cloud village in one week. the rest of your team has agreed to help me assassinate shadow. they said you must be the one to kill him"
i think about it for a minute, i dont trust anyone in this room and i dont expect they trust me, but my team said i get to kill shadow meaning they have some level of respect for me. if things dont work out i will kill all of them.
"ill help"