The Shopkeeper of Konoha

"Daiki, I need your assistance. We can obtain a lot of that cigarette if we execute this correctly."

Late at night, Arisu spoke to his companion.

"Arisu, are you certain of that? If we pursue that small child, we will be breaking the law as members of the police."

"What small kid? This piece of shit disrespected me in public and.. and... Leave it. Konoha doesn't care about us anyways and the rumors are getting strong that it was because of us that the Kyubi was released. They don't respect us anyways."

Hearing this, Daiki, who was close to Arisu, sighed. He was aware that his friend was hooked on this new cigarette, and after trying one for himself, he was unable to contest its superiority to the others. Additionally, he harbored resentment toward Konoha like many other Uchiha did. The upper echelons have treated them horribly.

And he found the idea of robbing someone to get the cigarettes to be quite appealing.

"You really want to do this?"

"Of course, I want to teach the kid a lesson."

Daiki and Arisu both sighed and covered their faces with an Anbu-style mask.

They both leaped onto the first tree branch before disappearing into the pitch-black night.

Aoto was having a good sleep at the moment and had no idea that his 'old enemy' was coming to rob him. Soon Arisu and Daiki was at the rooftop of the home of Aoto and we ready to barge in when they heard someone speaking from behind.

"That's quite lowly of a ninja to attack someone who doesn't even have chakra and that too in the village of Konoha."

"Who is it?"

"Who sneaked up on us?"

Daiki and Arisu were so terrified that they dispersed to the side. They noticed a tall figure standing over an electric pole and staring at them in the pitch-black night.

It was Asuma.

After completing the expedition, he relayed his findings to the Hokage. He had managed to prevent himself from overdosing on the joints during the task, but he was still able to complete it. He made the choice to stop by Aoto's house on the way back at night to see if the child was awake. He would purchase one more pack if he were awake.

The fact that the child was sleeping disappointed him, but he was also relieved that he had decided to stop by because it seemed that some individuals had evil plans for his prized possession.

When they saw the jonin, Arisu and Daiki became more frightened. Asuma had just lately become a jonin, and he had passed with flying colors while the other two had failed. They realized they wouldn't match.

Unfortunately, neither of them had awakened, and they would need Sharingan to rapidly fight Asuma and escape. Both of them moved in the opposite direction without hesitation. They might be able to delay Asuma for a while, but Konoha was after them, and if they were found and hauled in for questioning, their career would be over.

"Oh. These two know better not to mess with me! But it's not that easy."

Asuma muttered as he pursued one man. One individual would be enough to catch. In an effort to apprehend the offender, Asuma ran and jumped on rooftops, and he quickly came dangerously close to catching one of them.

It was Arisu.

He could already see that Asuma was going to catch up to him so he turned his head back and made hands signs.

Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu ( Fire release : Great Fireball Technique

A medium sized fireball was produced and flew towards Asuma

"Oh! An Uchiha? What a disappointment."

Katon: Haisekishō (Fire release : Ash Pile Burning)

Asuma spat forth a flurry of ash, which quickly engulfed the fireball that was about to strike him. The fire was put out once the oxygen supply to the fireball was cut off.

Arisu exclaimed, "Shit," and he began to run once more. He believed that this strike would at least temporarily stop Asuma, but he underestimated the clan's special move. Only a few steps had been taken by Arisu when he noticed Asuma in front of him.

A side kick from furious Arisu that was intended for Asuma's head was deflected by an elbow. Asuma moved quickly and gave Arisu a side chop to the neck in response. Asuma's swift and accurate response caused Arisu to lose consciousness.

"Now! What about the other one? .. Whatever. This guy will spill out the secrets." Asuma said as he took Arisu on his arms and went back to Aoto's place. Since they wanted to harm his golden goose it was better for the golden goose to decide.

After a short while of moving, Asuma banged on Aoto's window A few knocks caused the window to open, and Aoto, who had been half dozing off, sprang awake upon seeing Asuma carrying a man on his shoulders who was wearing an Anbu mask.

"Asuma-san, this isn't an hospital."

"Be grateful to me kid. I just saved you from robbery."

"Robbery?" Aoto was confused as he wiped his eyes to clear his eyesight.

"There were two men who were trying to rob you. I was only able to catch one of them so I brought one back." Asuma replied as he was quite proud of himself.

"Come in Asuma-san. We can then decide what to do with him." Aoto wasn't perplexed or scared about the thought that something would happen to him if two people trued to rob in.

Asuma was pleased that Aoto appeared to be peaceful in spite of knowing that he was about to be attacked because he was living under the safety of the shop and was reasonably confident that the system would protect him.

The balls of this kid.

Asuma entered and, while removing the mask, dumped Arisu's motionless body. The moment Aoto saw his face, he wasn't particularly shocked. It had already come full circle, and he was already bracing for reprisals.