Kitsune jumped from roof to roof when he was alerted to an incoming call from Yuri, "Whats sup Yuri?" He asked
"Are you busy?"
"No just looking into the millions of dollars that was put on my head." Kitsune said landing on a building
"Listen. The convoy to transfer the Rhino to a more secure location is experiencing some difficulties-"
"I'm on my way." Naruto switched directions and headed toward the location
Falling from a building Naruto landed on a powerline and skated across them looking up at the helicopter transporting Rhino in a metal carriage rumble as a foot stomped through the metal
"That ain't good." Naruto noted before Rhino feel through and landed on a car,
Rhino easily snapped his cuffs and smirked at Kitsune who jumped off him, "Let's race tiny fox." He said and sped off
Kitsune cursed and landed before leaping after Rhino and was gaining on him when suddenly Rhino jumped 30 feet into the air through a building,
Kitsune landing on the hole kicked himself out the other end and swung from a light post to a building and began to run on the side of them before Rhino jumped to MetroGeneral but Kitsune tackled him
The two slammed into the parking structure of the mall, and Rhino laughed as he got up and kicked Kitsune who was getting up sending Kitsune flying through the building
"Keep up tiny fox!" Rhino yelled before he ran off and burst through the mall that was closing due to the blizzard
Kitsune sped after the big oaf and saw the damage being done and growled as he sped up and saw Rhino jumping across the mall and he followed before he saw the Mayor being held back by his security detail as his wife and baby were in Rhino's path as they tried to get to him
"No!" The Mayor yelled as he saw Rhino trample over his family
"Richard!"
The mayor turned around as saw Kitsune carrying his wife and child before he let the woman and the stroller down
The mayor quickly hugged his wife and baby girl, "Thank you." The mayor said to kitsune, "Go kick his ass."
"My pleasure.' Kitsune said before he sped off
Kitsune blurred through the mall and saw Rhino about to jump to another section and a chakra thread stuck to the side of his horn caused him to turn around into the fist Kitsune slammed into his face causing blood to fly and Rhino to fall back with Kitsune above him
The two falling didn't stop Kitsune from stomping Rhino into the ground and leaning back as Rhino swung at him and getting up before running again
Kitsune tried to tag Rhino with his sealing arm but he was grabbed and Rhino swung him into a pillar and tossed him into the wall before he tackled him through it
Grunting Kitsune bounced after an awkward land on his shoulder causing it to pop out of its socket before Rhino with his horn stabbed Naruto in the gut and ran through a fuel tank causing it to explode
Naruto wheezed as Rhino whipped his head around and tossed him off of his head
"Tiny fox, broken." Rhino said as Kitsune groaned before he placed his working hand on his torso and immediately the wound sealed itself shut,
Kitsune looked up as Rhino stood over him and grunted when he was stomped on, "I'll crush you to paste, tiny fox." Rhino said before he raised his foot again and stomped but Kitsune moved out of the way but his leg was grabbed and he was tossed into a wall,
Rhino charged but hands made a wood burst through the wall and began to pummel him into the ground, and held Rhino down as he trashed before green energy began to leave the oaf and he began to feel weaker before he could barely move and went unconscious
Kitsune poofed into smoke as the real Kitsune walked up and his hand was still glowing green on his torso healing himself,
"Damn.' Kitsune said once he finished healing himself before he looked down at Rhino who was glaring at him
"I'll kill you." Rhino said tiredly
"Keep trying." Kitsune said before a stomp to the face cratered the ground and knocked Rhino unconscious
Later
Kitsune watched with Yuri as Rhino was contained, "You okay?" Yuri asked
"I will be. I'll keep you posted about the mercenaries." Kitsune said turning to leave but Yuri grabbed him by the arm causing him to bite the inside of his cheek
"Take the night off.'
"If I do that. The mercenaries go after innocent people. I'll nip this in the bud then return home." Kitsune said before he left as Yuri sighed in annoyance
With Kitsune
Kitsune ran across the rooftops of New York City when his eyes narrowed as his hub began to glitch, "Jamming signal just went up. Should check it out." He said to himself and headed there immediately
Naruto landed on the GCR tower and entered the vent system before he landed on a ledge and looked down hearing voices
Eyes narrowed on two men with guns and a man talking he listened, "I swear - we're the only ones here. Look New York Optics gets a call that the towers acting funny, right? So they send a guy over. But he never shows. Probably went home for the night, lazy bastard… Anyway - when he doesn't report in, they send us over. There's no secret plan here, fellas. We're just doing our jobs."
Kitsune stepped out of the shadows and punched one of the gunmen in the knee shattering it and elbowing the other in the face breaking his nose
The men collapsed and Kitsune was looking at the hostage, "
"Get yourself to safety and call the police. They'll want to see what's going on here."
"OK. I will." The man nodded before he and his coworker ran off
Naruto jumped to the vent and entered before he began to crawl on his hands and feet, hearing radio chatter, "Shit, someone must've got Mario and Larry. If I go. I'm takin' the hostage with me!"
Kitsune looked down and saw another hostage with a gun to his head, and he counted 3 hostiles
Holding his hand up as chakra threads appeared on his fingertips before he opened the vent and sent the threads down to attach to one of the criminals and yanked him up before punching him in the face,
The criminal feet dangled limply as hs was out before Kitsune pulled him completely into the vent shaft and sealed him away
"T-this was just supposed to be a service call. Fix the tower. In and out. I need a new job…" the hostage cried
Kitsune dropped to the ground and blurred across the room before the man could turn around and chopped him on the shoulder dislocating his arm before he tossed him into the other criminal sending them into the wall unconscious,
"Get yourself to safety." Naruto said, causing the man to nod before he ran off and Naruto went to the main computer, "I don't think this tower malfunction is storm damage."
"I need to set up a crime scene and find out that happened. I should start by identifying the victim. Computer enter Detective mode."
Naruto's hud darkened and foreign substances were highlighted and the corpse was scanned, "Victim's name is David Shannon, a New York City Optics employee sent here to repair a faulty network tower. But what killed him? Scanning the DNA impact on the wall should provide an answer."
Naruto walked to the wall and scanned the impact zone, "Impact analysis indicates the victim was killed by some kind of explosion, originating at that access panel." He frowned as he scanned the access panel, "it looks like the panel was rigged to detonate when wiped with a keycard. Someone really didn't want this tower repaired. And It looks like that same someone left a set of fingerprints behind."
Naruto knelt down and began to upload the prints while making sure to not contaminate the crime scene, but he couldn't call Yuri until the jammer was down,
" John F. Baker. He's a rather unremarkable criminal. Small jobs, mostly. Only… he's dead.: Body was recovered from the Diamond District just under an hour ago. So someone's tying up loose ends."
Naruto searched the body and took the access card off the man's neck and forced a door open before walking forward to the main computer and with his Cryptographic Sequencer he began to hack the system,
As he was doing that a voice was heard from the speakers, "Well, well. If it isn't the King Thug himself. Figured it was only a matter of time before you showed up. Sorry about the mess downstairs."
"Who is this?" Naruto asked recording the voice as he worked while watching his hud alert him to Yuri being notified about the crime scene, and his analysis
"Think of me as a great big mystery! One you're never going to solve."
"Enigma, then." Naruto said
"Oh ho ho. You must think you're so clever. Well how's this for clever: I've taken control of towers all over the City. I mean, this one's practically BEGGING to be taken offline and you still can't hack it. Pun intended, of course."
"You were saying?" Kitsune asked as he got into the system
"Hmmm… Boss is not going to like this."
"Bye." Kitsune said locking Enigma out the system
"Those relays are distributed security system. I wonder what they're protecting… That must be there Enigma's set up shop. I need to pay him a visit." Kitsune said watching the hud add it to the to-do list. " Off to Jezebel Plaza,"
Kitsune vanished in a blur of speed and bounded across the city through the snow storm to his original destination,
Jezebel Plaza
"Looks like I'm the first one here."Kitsune said before he sat on the ledge in the shadows before he began to look over the info Yuri had on the Penguin, "Penguin. Not a dime changes hands in this city he can't tell you about. If anyone knows where Black Mask and his assassins are, it's him. But Penguin's hard to find as of late."
Moments Later
The unfortunate men had arrived and their deal was underway while Kitsune watched from his vantage point, "So, little boys, what do you want for Christmas? Oh wait. I already know." The man sitting down with a Santa hat snapped his fingers and a briefcase was opened showing an high-tech rifle, before the buyers tossed a briefcase to him "Now let's see if you've been naughty or… Nice." He laughed as he saw the contents of his briefcase
"Punk in the Santa Hat must be in charge." Naruto thought jumping down
"Where's the rest of 'em?
"Easy, tiger. When you deal with us, you're dealing with the Penguin. This ain't some fly-by-night operation." The man said before Kitsune in a blur was before him and his hand grabbed his face before slamming his head into the old rusted table knocking him out
"Fuck!" A criminal yelled
Kifsune turned around and shot to the man aiming the high tech rifle at him and grabbed the barrel aiming it up as it went off and the wall exploded before he punched him in the gut, 4 goons left Naruto shot chakra chains at two and swung them into a wall before he ducked and placed a hand on the ground before he kicked him in the chest sending him flying back before a pistol was put in his face as he was getting up and he grabbed the gun moving it away from him aimed at the ground and elbowed the man in the temple knocking him out,
"Okay Santa, let's see if you got my Christmas presents." Kitsune said walking to the man in the Santa hat as his software alerted him to the man's name and his alias being Loose Lips causing him to chuckle,
'Loose Lips' woke up and the first thing he saw was Kitsune who and he noticed a difficulty to breath and the cold air before he looked down and saw the lights of the city and just how high up he was and he began to struggle clutching Kitsune's arm, "OK. OK. I give up!" He panicked
"Where is The Penguin?"
"I don't know. I swear. Let me go! Please…" Loose Lips phone rang Naruto grabbed it from his pocket
"Has the deal gone through yet?"
"Hm." Naruto took Loos Lips to the roof of the Plaza and dropping him, ignoring the screaming man as he fell through through Christmas tree as police arrived on scene Naruto took the SIM card to locate the Penguin.
"Interference. Fuck. It's the same signal as before. I'll need to stop that signal before I can track down the Penguin." Kitsune said
Kitsune vanished as the cops handcuffed the goons and waited till they woke up to read them their rights,
GCR Tower
Kitsune landed on the roof and saw two men with guns smoking a cigarette, "I'm just happy to have work right now."
"But don't you think it's weird? We've never seen this guy or heard his voice? Nothin' but texts from an unlisted number."
"Whaddo I care - long as the money shows up in my bank account."
"But we never gave out that information so how is he wiring us our money?"
"Don't question a good thing man."
Kitsune appeared from the darkness and slammed their heads into the wall and let them drop to the floor unconscious,
Kitsune began to walk to the electrified gate as Enigma's voice was heard through the security cameras and the PA, "Well look who just showed up! Have you really decided to try and take me on? Get to it. Then I'm looking forward to watching you fall."
Reaching forward Naruto touched the gate and absorbed the electrical current running through it before he ripped it off and tossed it away, walking forward Kitsune forced the door open
"You know, if you'd asked nicely, I'd of opened It for you." Enigma said
Kitsune ignored the man and hacked the tower
"Congratulations are in order! Maybe you're not as stupid as I've been led to believe." Enigma said irritated
"Why are you doing this, Enigma?" Kitsune asked
"Direct! I like it. So I'll tell you. New York is sullied. It's filled with brutes who control this city through violence and intimidation."
"You didn't answer my question." Naruto said
"Because you didn't let me finish! I want to get rid of them, Kitsune. To improve New Yorks intellectual and moral standing. But I'm not a thug like you. My approach is a bit more refined."
"What you're doing is no different than stealing. There's nothing refined about it." Kitsune replied
"Your response IS as predictable as it is banal. Goodbye."
After disabling the jamming signal, Kitsune proceeded to study the SIM card, taken from the arms dealer, "Now I can access the SIM card I took from that arms dealer and hack Penguin's communications." He said jumping off the rooftop while hacking he landed and jumped to another building and began to listen to the voices through hacked channels
"The Penguin's pretty pissed off about the deal going 800th."
"Yeah - if I was involved in that. I'd be on my way out of the city."
Naruto paused on the side of a building and stood vertical on it, " I'm reading a signal from Penguin's men but it's not associated with any known wireless frequency. Looks like Penguin runs his own private wireless network using laptop transmitters serving as ad hoc com stations. He's feeding his men frequencies via two-way radio. Smart. There are two of these com stations near my position. I need to find and hack those walkie-talkies so I can triangulate the Penguin's position."
Naruto leaped off toward the nearest SIM Card, landed atop of the building as five men spoke he extended chakra wires to the biggest one
The brute moved quick and punched the nearest goon in the face knocking him out, "Manny?!"
"I can't control my body! Help me!" Manny yelled as he rushed his friends and began to punch and kick in ways he's never did before and stood over their unconscious forms crying before with a yelp was pulled and slammed into the wall and hung there unconscious
Kitsune dropped and walked to walkie talkie before taking the SIM card
"…Kitsune? You expect me to believe that? Listen - I happen to know that Kitsune got way more important things to do tonight than mess with our shipment."
" I need to find the next com-station. Then I'll be able to triangulate Penguin's position." Kitsune whispered before heading to the next location
Kitsune was methodical in his hunt for Penguin, not thinking of his personal life just doing what he needed to get the job done, even as he listened to Cobblepot and his man talk about him, it never slowed his down,
"Mr. Cobblepot. I swear it was the fox. He dropped Ricky off the roof of the clock tower straight into the Christmas tree."
"I don't care what you think you saw. If you're not back 'ere with my money in the next ten minutes. I'll cut your damn eyeballs out. And then you won't have to worry about seeing nothin' ever again. Is that clear!?" Penguin yelled
"Yes, Mr. Cobblepot. I'm sorry, Mr. Cobblepot."
"stand guard. It's some passive aggressive form of punishment." A criminal said as Naruto leaned over a ledge and looked down at them, "Reason we're out here is 'cause of all the assassins in town"
"Assassins? Alter Penguin?"
"No they're after the fox. Black Mask hired 'em. But Penguin's worried they might track him down or somethin' like that."
"Wait a second! Ain't he selling weapons to those guys?"
"Some of 'em - the one's he ain't scared of. But the rest - he don't want 'em anywheres near him.
Naruto dropped down and landed on criminal1, causing criminal2 to stumble but his hood was braced and he was launched back into a steel beam,
Criminal 3 turned the corner and was greeted with a boot to the face before Narito flipped and shot for criminal4 tackling him through a wall,
The thud of a punch landing was heard before Naruto walked out with the Sim Card before he hacked it and listened, "All right everyone, listen up. I know I oughtta cancel our annual Boiler Deck fights after what happened tonight at Jezebel Plaza, but just to show you what a nice guys I have. So get to the ship if you want in on this."
"Onboard the Final Offer." Naruto said before he vanished in a yellow flash
Naruto appeared on the lady Liberty statue and glared out at the ship in the distance, with a leap Naruto landed on the water and ran to the ship keeping his eyes on it the entire way
"Snipers.' He said running through hands signs, "Hidden Mist jutsu."
A deep mist surrounded the ship and Naruto quickly jumped onto the edge of the ship and up to a sniper and choked him out before he vanished and reappeared behind the other snipers slammed his face into the face breaking him nose and kicked him in the face knocking him unconscious,
Naruto went inside the ship where he encountered bandits with knives, "You want to get cut, Kitsune?"
"Looks like someone brought a fox to a knife fight."
"What?" Kitsune asked
"You're a fox you know, and I'm just saying yo-"
Kitsune was across the hall in a snap and kneed he man in the chest, turning Naruto grabbed the other man's wrist and chin before he lifted him up and slammed him on his head
Transforming into one of his victims Kitsune walked through the hall listening to the PA as Penguin's voice was heard,
"Welcome, welcome to this year's Boiler Deck fights! You know. I always get a laugh outta you first round lot. That's why I keep you boys 'round. Well that an' I need someone to clean out the pisser! An' don't think I didn't notice those of you who didn't bet on yourselves. You're either cheap or lacking confidence. Neither are desirable qualities." Penguin cackled over the PA
Naruto walked passed guards toward the Boiler Deck and he heard Penguin speaking on his way there, "Alright lads, the rest of you losers-to-be are gonna have to embarrass yourselves without me. God knows you can do it. I got some business to take care of in me office, and I don't want to be disturbed. Tracey'll be running the fights til I get back.
"Sounds like Penguin will be in his office. Tracey should know where that is. I'll make her talk." Naruto smirked as he was back in Kitsune gear as he dispelled the henge and dropped down to the 'ring'
"Now there's a naughty geeza. Proper naughty. An'e deserves a right proper welcome. Don'e lads?" Tracey said with the other criminals and she motioned to the stairs where a light came on and Electrocutioner was there smirking,
"You just saved me a lot of trouble coming here, Kitsune. I'm-a kill you. Then, I'm-a jumpstart your heart - and kill you again! ARE YOU READY?
"Where's Black Mask?" Naruto asked
"I'm not here to talk, I'm here to kick your ass!" Electrocutioner said before Kitsune shrugged and tossed a hand forward and a chakra chain wrapped around his neck,
Electrocutioner eyes widened before he was swung to the right and electrocuted the guards he slammed into,
Tracey ducked as he flew over her and slammed into a wall with a sickening crack being heard, "My leg!" Electrocutioner yelled before he was swung again and once all the guards were electrocuted he was yanked into a right cross from Naruto which knocked him unconscious,
Tracey looked up and saw Kitsune looking down at Electrocutioner before he looked up at her, " Aren't you a persistent pain in me bottle? Mister Cobblepot ain't takin' new visitors and there ain't no way I'm lettin' you into the theater to see 'em. So, you can be on your merry way."
Kitsune was standing on the rail in a ink of her eyes causing her to scream before she ran, chuckling Kitsune followed, guards she passed tried to attack him but were easily knocked unconsciousness stopping him in the slightest as Tracey closed a door and ran to her desk but the door was kicked open and she turned with a baseball bat but Kitsune grabbed it
"Let's not." Kitsune said before he raised a hand and it glowed in blue chakra before he touched her and her eyes widened and with a ahegao expression screamed in orgasmic bliss before falling to the floor twitching,
Kitsune proceeded to hack into the computer before and downloaded Penguin's files before he vanished in a flash
Penguin's Office
Penguin slammed his umbrella into the bound man's torso causing him to cough, "Now where were we, Candy?"
Candy walked forward, "You suggested little Alberto over here "hey baby" she greeted with a wink before recapping, "try to convince his father to take early retirement. He disagreed… Called you a… Let's see… 'psychotic little bastard.'
Penguin walked forward menacingly, "No… No, no, no, no, Please!" Alberta was struck again with the umbrella
"Now you best listen Falcone… 'cos this is the last time I'll ask'." Penguin said holding up a zapper, "What you gonna tell yer father?"
"That we're getting out of the weapons business. I promise. I'll make him do it." Alberto said fearfully as the zapper sparked inches from his face and Penguin stepped back sighing
"I see your lips flappin, Berty, but they ain't makin the sound I want to hear." Penguin said before he began to lightly zaps Alberto a couple of times when he was kicked in the head sending him into the bar
Candy screamed as she saw Kitsune walking to Cobblepot as the guards were all unconscious,
"Now hold on, hold on a bloody minute! I seen your act. I ain't done nothing you'd not'a done." Penguin said as Kitsune walked up to him
Kitsune grabbed Penguin by the collar and held him high off the ground, "Black Mask. Put a bounty on my head. Where is he?" He asked
"I don't keep tabs on every geezer with a grudge. You're not a popular bloke in this town." Penguin said before he grunted as he was punched and released
Kitsune gave 18 fast blows to Penguin's torso keeping him in mid air before he grabbed his throat again,
Penguin gagged on vomit and blood and was forced to swallow it as Kitsune held him, "18 meaningless words just left your mouth, and 18 blows just made you pay for it. Next time you speak it best be what I want to hear. Where is Black Mask?"
"Eck… Wait - Wait… Lacey Towers. There was a murder… it was supposed to be his safehouse… But ol' Black Mask he's got problems of'is own, I'd say. Someone broke in there and -"
Suddenly, Kitsune was dragged off by something in the doorway, and he grabbed the door before he was kicked in the chin causing him to lose his hold before he found himself upside down
Kitsune looked and saw Deathstroke walking forward with his sword ready to cut him down,
As Deathroke was swinging, Kitsune kicked his foot snapping the cable and dodging Deathstroke's decapitation swing
In mid flip behind the assassin Kitsune kicked him through the rail into the Boiler Deck and as he landed on his feet he gave change and landed in front of Deathstroker who pointed the sword at him,
"It appears the game ls over before it even begins." Deathstroke said
"I'm not playing games, Slade." Kitsune said
The two rushed each other with yells.