"Nope."
"Sigh... Traitorboy."
"AAAAAH, THAT GŌKETSU HAZŌ"
... Kagome? No wait... Fifi?
Love that about the Hyūga. Betrays expectations that you wouldn't have in another clan... and a little lack of political training for her, perhaps.
More supposed to be that she's comfortable enough that she's not tapping all her political training around Shino, I think.
You never know when you're going to need to fight off someone who's just that slow. Going into this with no training? Yeah right. Stay alive. Slowly.
Nope, not even gonna speculate on those, too dangerous, even as a joke
???
Oh come on, that's mean Asuma seems mostly sane
Oh wow that was only two years ago. And we'll make jōnin by the third, isn't that great
That seems quite ambitious, but surprisingly doable. Protagonist perks, I suppose.
Thanks!
That was on Mr. Welch's List, wasn't it? Can't make your charisma score hideously negative so people automatically obey the opposite of what you tell them?
... Can we do it regardless? As long as we make our support for a cause public, and vote on it after the conservative bloc, we can ensure that the reverse, which we actually want, happens.
Try it, please. It would be hilarious to write everyone's reactions as Hazou's suddenly advocating for random conservative policies.
So you're just going to come to his place? A sealmaster's? In Sand, they have a proverb about giving a sealmaster time to prepare, you know.
I KNEW IT! THEY'RE IN CAHOOTS WITH THE HYŪ- ah, right, sorry, the opposite.
Still, the enemy of my enemy, right? An opportunity to do treason methinks I do see
Trying to... betray the Hyuuga?
And they're all trying to get him first for his latest "bright idea"
Oh no it's the Watchers
Already hyped. Fingers crossed for Grandpa Ryuugamine
Hmm... well, at least the story is.... somewhat accurate....
Hazou's Fandom grows.... but seriously, it's awesome to hear Uplift is spreading even if it's just the seeds.
Sadly, didn't seem to spread to this village.
Note to self, invent leather tanning shoemaking seal.
Two characters that we never see is nice. I've felt pretty justified in my comments after that Shino chapter that it wasn't going to go anywhere (and it has been a very long time now since we did that.) But I'm still glad it did finally get called back to. I hate to see threads go nowhere even if I opposed them at the time. This is a very satisfying callback, that shows even the simple things Hazou does can have serious impacts on people.
Hmm, we've had a little thing about the Aburame deal in the back for a bit, but haven't yet posted it for similar reasons to the Estate vote not passing -- the energy in the playerbase seems a little low atm.
Hey now, we also paid for it! But I'm glad his reputation as the ideas guy has grown.
I... don't think Hazou paid for what was ultimately a >year long research initiative by the Aburame's best artisans, did he?
Hello Hinata would you like to buy some darkness seals
The implications here are simply amazing. So many funny things come to mind. Do you think Neji rants to her about the turtles at all or does Hinata mostly just figure it out herself from Neji's embarrassment? I wonder if she's met any of his summons. Does he like YOUTH now? So many possibilities...
I like that they think he can just do that shit. SEALMASTER STONKS GO UP
As we suspected the elders are snobby assholes. Hopefully we get to beat these guys up eventually
Hopefully the beginning of something truly excellent. I'm surprised she didn't mention the rumors of his harem building ngl
So I guess he's still kicking. Good for him? I wonder how strong he is at this point...
Ask!
So they know it was him......
Hope they figure it out
Goddamn Hazou's got game. Heir of Jiraiya indeed- hey wait why did she think he was getting married.... DAMN YOU AMI
Damn you Ami
Insightful.
A lot of interesting information here... the plot thickens. Damn you Ami
...what.
What?
Well whoever they are, they're as flummoxed as us it seems.
Secondary? Gotta bump those numbers up!
That is ASTONISHINGLY good intel... Who are their informants...?
What do you mean? A decent chunk of this is public. Everyone knows Hazou was at the Chuunin Exams.
......compare him to RYUUGAMINE? The fucking only known LOGISTICS JONIN?
Hazou's the first creativity-spec jounin.
Lmao Hazou's political power is a Sine wave
When has he been solidly influential? The Election? Since the Akatsuki treason, I feel like he's just been barely hanging on.
...okay, so they don't know EVERYTHING. That's good. EM nuke and our personal bullshit like MARS are under the radar still.
Yes please. Let's fight off some fucking kidnappers baby!
The issue is that they don't *want* you to fight them off. They're not really going to be sending a force that's likely to lose.
...mhmm, that's the only reason... Ami did say she had some theories...
...how do they know this?! Is there a traitor ANBU?! Was this the Neck trip or the Nagi trip?!
L + Ratio + No dogs + Come and take it + Cannai will reject you
...damn. Hazou is worth more than a fucking summoning scroll.
Wait, do they know about the Dragons? Are they... trying to weaponize them? Huh I guess we never considered some people might get involved with the Dragons in a BAD way...
Every proper Lovecraftian horror needs an apocalypse cult around it, right?
Tfw they don't count Tsunade
...the status quo trending towards humanity's inevitable demise? THAT status quo?
I like how it's just a given that he will do this. Awesome.
🤔 Feels like watcher bait but I'll entertain the notion. Maybe the Watchers are a subsection of this organization?
Man, they think he could SURPASS Ryuugamine or maybe already has. I need Ryuugamine's POV SO FUCKING BAD. Also, what is "the worst?" Leaf dominance/PAX Konoha? Why would that be bad? Is the conflict intentionally manufactured? Hmm nah too similar to things in worm some of the authors don't like
You know, if you really need Ryuugamine's POV, I do take comms....
Okay cool guess there's just spies hanging out on the estate now... Not sure what other Sealing failure this would refer to. I'd almost think the Rift but I don't think Hazou had enough notoriety yet and also it's not recent anymore.
I'm pretty sure that the estate is pretty open to outsiders, and just about anyone can walk on. With hundreds of civilians and loads of construction, access control seems really hard.
The moment you feel like writing another of this sort of chapter, please do, this was amazing. One of my favorite chapters in a while!
Bitter rival of Old Man Daijōbu.
What does this mean?
Ah, wrong eye color! How long must these poor women go deprived of posters in their bedroom?
Easy boon to our image by visiting settlements riding a Dog, projecting the image they already want to believe.
While the Dogs are often bigger than dogs, I don't think any of Hazou's summons are really suitable to riding...
Sad. So desperate for this kind of figure, begging to fall for a fake. Bankroll a Konoha-wide celebration to test how widespread or deep the admiration goes.
Mari PR efforts at work.
Deeper meaning or just making conversation?
Bread and butter of a clan with byakugan.
Lee! Next 100 laps walking upside down on his legs! Then rightside up on his hands!
Get not inviting Kiba, but no Akamaru?
Died at Nagi? Slow sparring is a great detail. Makes the segment come to life more than simple talking heads.
Thanks, I thought it was a cute detail.
Second time we hear about Ami investigating the Yodomi. Cool adventure sis. Not jealous at all. NOT AT ALL.
You can go and have adventures if you want! You should feel totally free to do this, honestly.
Sad. No free Orochimaru killing tips. Six colors, meet once a month. Viridian Azure Saffron Crimson Verdigris Ochre. Nothing special to report from searching thread references of these colors. Kakashi gave Canter an azure scarf. Azure dye used by Isanese that only comes from beetle in Tea. Crimson hair for Mari and endless crimson blushing.
Random hunch, these spooks are from Waterfall. Every perspective is someone from the Mist Chūnin Exam? No, wrong. Not Kuniko. Wanted to find a pattern too badly.
Still, easy for group with invisibility to collect heaps of information. Weak to Hyūga. Investigate history of mysterious foreign disappearances?
An interesting hypothesis.... Notably, Waterfall is probably by far the strongest minor, with a jinchuuriki and a number of powerful clans.
EM storm or failure before compound move? Planning to send fake refugees?
@Paperclipped Been keeping track and you are very good at nailing established character voices on the first try and if not the first, always fixed the second. A joy to read!
I'm not sure exactly what this means, but thanks!
To all three of you, thanks for the reaction posts. +1 XP apiece to a PC of your choice(s).
You can always write a part two if/once you feel like it.
Ah, but then it would take space away from some of the *other* cool interludes I have teed up.
Although perhaps we would have had an additional Aspect to tag.
Yeah, for sure. "Leaf's Youngest Jounin" would be a very nice Aspect to have around in social situations.
. In good silly fun for a name for a random generator to pick Genki as a name for someone cranky. XP to Noburi, please.
