[X] Accept his stash, get information on who would buy this stash, then kill him for his probable bounty. If Kurama isn't worldly enough for this, just accept the stash and then kill him.
Kurama might be intelligent or at least knowledgeable enough to know of bounties and fences.
Plus he probably has the guts to roll on us to the authorities for vengeance if we let him live. We are weak and can't reliably push him around like this Akio guy.
[X] Accept his stash, get information on who would buy this stash, then kill him for his probable bounty. If Kurama isn't worldly enough for this, just accept the stash and then kill him.
This is a good vote. Kurama has probably heard of bounties from previous hosts.
X] Accept his stash, get information on who would buy this stash, then kill him for his probable bounty. If Kurama isn't worldly enough for this, just accept the stash and then kill him.
Backstabbing him after he ponys up his loot is a bad idea. It shows our CURRENT minion that any deals we make can't be trusted.
He'd run at first opportunity after that
You glared at the bandit boss menacingly and unleashed a massive amount of killing intent. He gasped in fear and fell onto his knees as you approached him. "You attacked me. The penalty is death."
+1 Demon
Before the boss could respond, you lunged forward and thrusted the dagger into his neck. He sputtered weakly before going limp. You laughed maliciously before raising your foot and stomping on the corpse's head. You continued stomping until you let out most of your aggression, covering your bare foot with blood. Finally, you spat at the corpse and turned around, looking at your minion.
"Find me new clothes and a river to wash in," you ordered, looking down at your bloodied clothes.
"O-Okay, but why not use a shower? All the houses have them..." Akio muttered.
"Shower...?" you replied. Well, you could clearly tell it was something humans used to clean with, at least. Akio gave you an odd look, but took you to a house and showed you the shower. It was rather easy to pick up from there, so you cleansed yourself with the hot water. It was much more enjoyable than wading in the cold river! Soon you were finished and after drying off with a towel, you put on a new set of clothes Akio set out for you.
You walked downstairs where you saw Akio rolling out a large map on a table. When he saw you, he looked away nervously. Ignoring that, you asked, "What are you doing?"
"Well, it's a map of Jihopan. Did...you have any plans of going anywhere?" Akio asked.
"Hmph...I was planning on going to the Land of Water. I must get out of the Land of Fire as soon as possible," you answered. You moved over to see the map and to your relief, Jihopan seemed to look the same from your memories, barring a few new landmarks here and there.
"O-Oh, okay. I was the information gatherer for my last...uh...team. So...uh-"
"Stop your stammering and get to the point!" you barked.
"I have a general knowledge of the world, is all! Like, where certain organizations are and such!" Akio screeched defensively, obviously terrified of your wrath.
"Interesting..." you whispered. "Tell me what you know. I want to escape the Land of Fire, but admittedly my plan of going to the Land of Water was uninformed."
"O-Okay. Well, if you're gonna be a criminal, there's two options there. In the Land of Water itself, there's the yakuza. I don't know much about them myself, but they've been in business for decades so they're doing something right. Near the Land of Water is the Land of Waves, there's a business man named Gato but he's tied deeply into the underworld. We've been hired by him a few times to rough up a few people. Do you wanna know about the other places?"
"Go on already!"
"Ah! Okay!" Akio gasped. He looked over to the map and pointed to the Land of Rice. "This map is a little old, but the Land of Rice is now called the Land of Sound. The Village Hidden in the Sound might be a shinobi village, but it accepts anyone who wants to join. Even bandits and such. So, maybe that can be a place we can go to."
Akio took a deep breath and continued, now pointing at the Land of Rain, "The Land of Rain and its village, the Rain Village, is home to the Akatsuki. It's a large mercenary organization but nobody knows who leads it. If being a mercenary is more of your thing, then there is no place better to go." Then Akio pointed to the Land of Wind, "There's a relatively new criminal organization called the Black Scorpions that operate in the desert. But that's all I know about them."
"Anything else?"
"Yeah, this is a bit odd but here, the Land of Stone," Akio said pointing at a small country nestled between the Land of Wind and Land of Earth. "It got devastated by a terrorist attack and is still recovering. The leader of the Stone Village has been forced to accept help from mercenaries so perhaps we can go there. Finally..." Akio muttered, pointing at a country right next to the Land of Stone. "This is the Land of Forests. Its a land that's been fought for by two clans, they want to claim the land and make a new shinobi village. It's...uh...actually my hometown and...well. Last I heard the fighting has stopped and the two clans have come to an agreement. If we want...we can go there and join as a shinobi of a brand new village..."
Looks like your options have expanded! You rubbed your chin in thought, you merely wanted to hide in the isolated islands of the Land of Water, but you most likely weren't going to get far breaking your deal just by yourself.
What will you do?
[] Stick with your original plan to hide in the Land of Water. Doing anything else is much too risky...
[] Find and join the yakuza in the Land of Water. It's similar to your first idea, and you'll get some protection as well.
[] Join Gato's company in the Land of Waves. Akio has already worked with him, so you might have an easy in!
[] This new Sound Village interests you. You shall go there.
[] You will join the Akatsuki. A large mercenary group sounds perfect for you.
[] Go find the Black Scorpions. A new criminal group sounds like a fine place for you to go.
[] You will travel to the Ishigakure. If they are as devastated as Akio says they are, then you should easily be able to manipulate things to you liking...
[] You shall go to the Land of Forests. With it being Akio's home and a blooming new village, they would be insane to turn you away!
Adhoc vote count started by Megacookie on Mar 21, 2019 at 3:13 AM, finished with 11 posts and 8 votes.
[X] This new Sound Village interests you. You shall go there.
[X] You shall go to the Land of Forests. With it being Akio's home and a blooming new village, they would be insane to turn you away!
We can't really hide who we are forever. At least, not from Konoha. Eventually, they'll try and track us down, though most likely in secret. Being a member of an official village would make that rather difficult for them to pull off.
1. Kurama's body has an extremely potent doujutsu that is still extremely valuable outside of Kurama's body.
2. Kurama is a potential WMD to anyone knowledgeable.
3. Kurama is laughably weak right now.
Anywhere you vote to go, Kurama better be more useful to them as an extremely weak ninja and long-term investment than simply auctioning his incredibly valuable eyeballs. Orochimaru/Sound has the most ways to screw Kurama over (stealing eyeballs, experimenting on bijuu, addicting him to drugs/cursed seal until using him as a host).
[X] You will join the Akatsuki. A large mercenary group sounds perfect for you.
It's between Akatsuki or Ishigakure IMO. Akatsuki is stronger than Yakuza, lolGato, and probably Black Scorpions, having more money - more money means less incentive to scoop out Kurama's eyes for short-term gain. Sound is by far the most dangerous, Forest sounds incredibly weak, Water is no real goal.
