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 Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:17 pm
Kage Bushin no Jutsu 12:
Hijuto was tired, but he was comitted. He did the hand sign, and focused. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!!" Hijuto said. Two puffs of smoke appeared, and two perfect clones appeared. Hijuto wasn't satisfied yet though. He punched one in the stomach, and the clone held the punch. It then punched Hijuto, and he slid back. The two clones then dissapeared.
"Good job Hijuto, you've mastered the Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto said happily. "How do you feel?" He asked.
But Hijuto had fell asleep on the grass. Naruto laughed.
Kage Bushin no Jutsu: Mastered.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:52 pm
Inferno7790 ((Yup, I learned the Clone jutsu and how to walk up a tree.)) ((dosn't someone have to approve you?))
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:09 am
Drago sighjed slowly as he appeared in Hidden Leaf. Drago looked around and he didn't have anything to do until he saw Hidan approach him. Drago looked at Hidan and he turned into the Spirit of Vengance.
"I need to learn that techinque you know to inflict damanage on two sets of people."
Drago said slowly as he and the Akatsuki had a deal anyways. Hidan looked at him as he stood up slowly and he looked at Drago in the eyes. Hidan approached him and placed his hand on his arm. Drago looked at Hidan Oddly. Drago looked and he sighed slowly.
"So...what do I have to do?"
"Prove to me that you are worth y of my techinque defeat me in batle."
Drago looked at Hidan and he turned into his Spirit of Vengance. His head was set on fire and the chains and the spikes pertruded from his Leather Jacket.
"Fine."
Drago said slowly as swaw Hidan already go fora strike towards his stomach. Drago quickly blocked hte attack coming down with his elbow and then coming up quickly with his knee hitting the guy in the face with his knee. Drago knocked back Hidan as he took off a spike off his jacket and threw it into Hidan's stomach. Drago looked and he closed hsi hand and the spike exploded. Drago smirked.
"Are you really Immortal?"
Drago said as his chain wrapped around his arm. Hiddan took the spike out and his stomach healed. Drago looked and he nodded slowly.
"Well then lets get serious."
Drago said as he ran towards him and he hit him in the face with his hand. Hidan quickly kicked him down to the ground. He rose his left leg up in the air and came down quickly trying to crack his skull open. Drago rolled out of the way and he used his chains to wrap around Hidan's Leg and pulled them underneathe him quickly. Hidan was surprised by drago's usage of his chains and spikes. He thought that he was going to be less tatical than what he really was.
As Hidan fell to the ground. Drago took the chain across Hidan Quickly whipping him. Hidan got up and he held his sides."that acutally Hurt. you are worthy of my teachings...The spirit of Vengance."
Hidan started by drawing a symbol on the ground. Drago looked and he followed what Hidan was doing. Drago looked and he nodded slowly. As Hidan looked at him.
"The next part is drinking part of the opponents blood."
Drago cringed a litle. As he looked and he kept nodding. Drago hated the thought of Drinking blood. Made him feel like he was vampire.
"Then whatever they do to you they will fill the same pain as long as you in the circle. IF you step out of this circle the techinque won't work any more."
Drago looked at Hidan and he nodded slwoly. As he cracked his fingers and he walked off slowly.
"I need to learn more."
Hidan looked at Drago and he sighed slowly. Drago turned around and he staired at Hidan.
"What does it feel like?"
"To Die? Its not the best feeling in the world...Now I have to show them people who did this to me how it feels to die in the worst way possible."
Drago said as he walked off his head ablaze as the flame was getting higher and higher.
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:32 pm
Drago looked slwoly as he was abotu to leave Hidden LEaf when he was stopped by a flock of crows. Drago looked and he did ahandseal and he pointed his hand and a alrge flame came out burning the crows to a crisp. Drago kept walking but the crows incircled him. Drago looked and he stopped moving as he sighed slowly.
"What the hell is this."
Drago said as he cracked his fingers and he stood there as he looked and he didn't see anything. Drago looked and he did a handseal.
"Water Sword."
How do I know that?
DRago said as he shook his head and he started to slice threw the Crows. Drago didn't see the crows moving or even dissapearing. Drago looked and he saw Yamashiro Aoba.
"hmmm is this your techinque?"
Drago wasn't even focusing on the at. he was focusing on hsi memory's coming abck. He held hsi head again as it was hurting again. Drago looked and he sighed slowly as he quickly focused bakc on this new problem that was upon him. Drago looked up and he called out.
"Teach me?"
The person nodded slwoly as they looked at Drago and threw him a scroll. Drago looked and he caught the scroll and he quickly read threw it. Drago looked and he sighed and he read it threw. Drago looked and he walked off quickly. As he foudn away threw the crows. Drago looked and he sighed as he couldn't even see Yamashiro Aoba anny more. Drago looked and he dissappeared in poff of hellfire and brimstone. Drago sighed slowly as he scratched his head and he turned back into a human.
"Hidden LEaf is so wierd."
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:03 pm
Nyu arrived in the hidden leaf village and quickly got bored. That noisy tour guide was really making Nyu mad. He decided to unwind on a bowl of ramen. He walked over to the ramen shack and then ordered three extra large size bowls of his favorite ramen. Nyu then ate the as fast as he could and then he felt reenergized and decided to try something new for the day. Nyu then started journeying to the outskirts of the village in hopes to discover something new or find an opponent to fight.
1/5
Nyu kept walking through the forest with his hands in his pockets. Nyu was then confronted by what seemed to be a rogue ninja. He quickly got in a ninja stance and threw several kunai at Nyu. Nyu simply tilted his body slightly and dodged all of the kunai coming at him. The Shinobi then appeared in front of Nyu ducked down in front of him. He then pulled out his large assassination claw to try and strike Nyu is an attempt to finish him off. Nyu’s shadow then came up and blocked it and pushed him away.
2/5
The assassin then had his voice changer on so that no one could identify him through voice. He then said in his manipulative voice” You think you’re all that don’t you!?!” Nyu smirked slightly and said” I guess that’s how I am to you. It seemed you haven’t even gone to the academy. Those kunai weren’t thrown with great precision at all.” The assassin made a cocky smile and then mumbled” I don’t need to go to the academy to beat you. You aren’t so tough.” Nyu sighed and said” What ever I’ll just put you out of your misery.
3/5
The shadows then grew around the assassin and would soon bund him and squeeze him to death. He then began screaming and shouting saying” RAA!!! Stop! Stop! Please! I will do anything! I’ll even teach you some of my secret jutsu!” Nyu then got interested and stopped the shadow where they were and said” Really? What kind of jutsu are those? I am interested now. Tell me more about these jutsu and I’ll see what I can do about your life.” The assassin then slowed his panting and then sighed with relief.
4/5
The shadows then began moving again as the assassin shrieked. Nyu then said” First of all tell me your name.” Nagare shrieked seized and then said” Me name is Nagare. I have wandered the world many times and seen many different jutsu. Having seen these jutsu I have made my own version of them. But this one is my signature on known as Bouka no jutsu. It lets you take on the properties of anything you are touching like stone which is what I normally do. Let me show you the hand seals.” Nagare stepped forward and demonstrated them to Nyu.
5/5 Bouka no jutsu
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:04 pm
Nyu then jumped to a close by tree and said” I have heard about you infact. You are that rogue shinobi who goes around and watches other people’s jutsu and mimics them into your own version or with a few twists. Well don’t even think about copying my shadow jutsu. Because if you do I swear I will hunt you down and blow off your hand and then feed your body to a demon.” Nagare gulped in a huge amount of spit so big that it could be seen as it went down his throat.
1/6
Nagare then gulped in once more and then continued speaking” This technique was originally a Ninjutsu technique where the ninja controls sand with their chakra to completely engulf their opponent, making a full body cast around them, suffocating them, or simply immobilizing them. It is usually followed by the Sabaku Sousou. This technique was exclusive to Gaara until I saw him use it and made a copy of it for myself. If it would help I could show it to you.”
2/6
Nyu yawned and said” That would be too boring lets keep fighting. I already know who you are so take off that ridiculous cloak.” Nagare smiled and then through off his robe along with his voice changer but his claw remained. Nagare then formed a hand seal and jumped forward d at Nyu at the tree. Nyu jumped to another tree immediately after Nagare left the floor. As Nagare crashed into the tree he then changed to a wood substance and then continued to chase after Nyu.
3/6
Nagare’s hands then began to stretch for Nyu as he was now wood. Nyu then turned and said” Dragon flame projectile!” Nyu’s mouth then extinguished several bullets of fire at the wooden Nagare. Nagare had stretched his feet to the floor to be bale to change to the form of earth meaning that he couldn’t be affected by fire. Nyu then said” Crap… I wonder why this guy wasn’t using these jutsu when I was trying to kill him earlier. Nyu shrugged and then jumped in the air and then said” Bubble trap!”
4/6
Nyu then used his chakra to hurl the water at Nagare hoping to turn the earth into mud and make himself to heavy to move from the density of the water. Nagare then swiftly dodged it and then formed some hand seals saying” Subaku Kyuu.” The earth then came up as it was about to bind around Nyu. Nyu then released a large amount of chakra from his body in the form of shadow dragons and blew through the technique with pure force. Nyu then landed and pulled out two kunai and threw one at nagare and the other one at the closest tree.
5/6
Nagare then smiled as the explosion tag was getting loser and he reached for the closest tree. Nyu’s other explosive tag blew up the tree. Nagare began to panic as that was the closest tree and he had no where else to reach in time before the explosion tag would get to him in time. Nagare then was hit by the explosive tag and then lost and arm and fell to the floor on his back. He then screamed and shouted in pain. Nyu then pulled out a log and threw it at Nagare as he then became a wood form once again and regenerate it.
6/6 Subaku Kyuu
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:05 pm
Nagare then pounded the ground sending out a shockwave everywhere in all directions. Nyu jumped up to void it and wondered why he had done such a thing. Suddenly three shinobi appeared around Nyu and Nagare. They all announced their names as soon as they saw Nyu. One was Tiro, then next was Zito, and the last was Mito. Tiro then jumped down from the tree and said” I will be first to save you master.” He then formed some hand seals and then shot out three fire balls at Nyu.
1/7
Nyu swiftly dodged the incoming fireballs as they unfortunately stuck into the tree behind him. Apparently they had kunai in then with explosive tags. Nyu then body flickered behind Tiro and then pointed out darkness spikes from his shadow to stab him in his back. Tiro then poofed away in a fire ball leaving the shadow to attack nothing. Tiro was really on a tree trying to get away as he knew he couldn’t beat Nyu. I mean if their teacher couldn’t beat him what makes them think that they could?
2/7
Nyu then noticed that there was tons of sand around and on the floor. Nyu then said” Nagare why have you done this to me? I was sparing your life in exchange for the jutsu you would teach me but it seems as though it is not needed anymore. Because I have mastered the Subaku techniques. Nyu then said” HuyaiMetsuki! You see when you were trying to use this on me earlier I was watching it in slow motion and I had already stored it within my eyes so I could watch it over again.”
3/7
Nagare then said” But that makes no sense. I thought only the Sharingan could copy jutsu with the wheel eye and through their illusionary techniques.” Nyu laughed like a demon in heck and said” That maybe true but you should expect more from the kage of the hidden darkness village. There was a reason I was made kage. It was for my great grades and amazing ability to memorize things so quickly and at will. I was a protégée and I always have been.
4/7
Wait just let me finish these two morons off and I’ll tell you the rest of the story.” The sand everywhere then began rising and jumping towards the two soldiers they were too frightened by his amazing ability to learn more techniques so fast. Nyu then binded them into the same sand container of a coffin. Nyu then brought them up high in the air and then slowly began crushing it to bits along with the people inside of it. Soon they would both be crushed through the Subaku Sousou technique.
5/7
“Ok back to my story nagare. I was always a genius because my parents’ encour….. Why don’t I just read you my biography?” Nyu then pulled out a scroll land began reading. ~My parents had left me for war Nyu continued living his everyday life while they were gone and always had a smile on his face knowing they would return. After a few months his parents had not returned. Nyu did not become sad. He kept going with his life but wasn't always happy. After a month or two of thinking he guessed that they had been captured or something. If they were killed they would have been mentioned to Nyu.~
6/7
Nyu then finished reading the scroll and looked for Nagare. Nyu realized how stupid he was just now. He was about to kill Nagare but instead he decided to read him a high documented story of his life this wasn’t good. Nyu saw that Nagare was still there. Nyu walked over and tapped him on the shoulder as it poofed away and was replaced by a log with a special note written on it saying ~No I don’t really care about your past~ Nyu sighed and left for the docks.
7/7 Subaku Sousou
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:06 pm
On the way to the docks Nyu saw Sakura practicing with some explosives and blowing a few trees in the forest with he kunai with little bags at the end and she was throwing explosive tags to explode them.Nyu then kept walking and went over to the docks but not before going over to sakura and grabbing about 50 of the exploding tag kunai throwers. Nyu smiled and thanked her and then left to the docks smiling that he had learned so many technique in such a short amount of time.
1/1 Cherry blossom snow storm
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:45 pm
((two things, first of all, Cherry Blosom Snow Storm is 200 points. Second, What is Cherry Blosom Snow Storm?))
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:02 am
"Yes... for the Tracking Fang Skill... I could designate certain dogs to help me right?" "Certain dogs?" "Like Jarumi and Kazuki when they become ninja dogs." "Sure but they have to be really good... The next thing I will teach you is a genjutsu." "Genjutsu?" "Yes, an illusion jutsu called the Hell Viewing Technique. Before you can try to learn it you must experience it. Watch my hand signs and remember what occurs in the genjutsu to understand it better." replied Kakashi as Naomi watched him perform some hand signs. Suddenly the leaves around her slowly spun around. "It will soon begin so brace yourself for the worst."
Hell Viewing Technique (beginning) 1/11
"Kakashi, what am I suppose to see? And when will it end?" "You'll soon find out, be patient." replied Kakashi as the leaves rose up high, envolping her, then crashed to the ground. Suddenly Naomi was a young girl again and back in the Uchiha Clan part of Konoha. She suddenly hears screaming and yelling a few feet away. She ran towards the commotion when she notices what seemed like Itachi. His movements were so fast that Naomi couldn't see him clearly and neither could his victims. Naomi watched as body fell after their blood flew high into the sky. She tried to run but her legs wouldn't move. Tears tumbled down her cheeks as she covered her mouth trying not to scream.
Hell Viewing Technique 2/11
Suddenly Itachi stops and turns to stare at Naomi. Naomi turns to run when a man grabs her ankle. "Help... us... please..." said the man with what seemed to be his last breathe. Itachi grew closer as Naomi tried to free herself. And evil smirk consumed his face as Naomi kicked the dead man and tried to run away. Before she got two houses down Itachi was right in front of her. " No! Stop!" screamed Naomi covering her eyes. Suddenly Itachi vanished as Naomi looked around uncovering her eyes. "Where is he?............ That's right. He's going after-" before Naomi finished her thought she began to run toward Sasukes house. Suddenly she collided with a boy. "I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere." thought Naomi as she and the boy got to their feet. Naomi then noticed the boy was Sasuke just a little younger.
Hell Viewing Technique 3/11
"Sasuke-" "No time to chat Naomi, I gatto get home. It's so late." replied Sasuke as he ran off. Naomi tried to catch up with him but he was too fast. By the time she made it to his house the front door was open and screaming could be heard from inside. Naomi motioned through the door as the screaming stopped. She made her way to two large wooden doors not too far from the entry area. Naomi noticed Sasuke on the ground breathing deeply with Itachi standing over him. Naomi ran to Sasuke and got him to his feet as Itachi continued to stand motionless. The two ran as fast and as far as they could trying to get to the marketplace. Sadly the two were too slow and Itachi was standing ominously before them. "Run..." whispered Sasuke as Naomi looked at him. She began to say no when she found herself running away.
Hell Viewing Technique 4/11
"I guess I have to do what I did last time this happened." thought Naomi as she slowed to a stop. Tears ran down her cheeks as she grew angry and clutched her fists. "I'm not going to run and let my best friend get killed. I'll die before I let that happen..." said Naomi as she ran back to where Sasuke and Itachi were. She noticed Sasuke lying on the ground as Itachi faced the opposite direction. He began to turn around as Naomi flipped off the side of a nearby building. "I remember this. He got me and twisted my ankle ad broke it. This is going to hurt." thought Naomi as what she predicted became reality. She screamed as Itachi tossed her in Sasuke's direction. She pulled a kunai from his ninja belt and threw it at him as she hit the ground. She crawled over to Sasuke and blocked him from any attack as Itachi caught the kunai and pointed it at her.
Hell Viewing Technique 5/11
"Take him from here and get him medical attention... When he awakens he will relay to you what I told him and he will fulfill his destiny... Try as you might to aid him but in the end... if you get too close............... he will kill you, you, you, you-" echoed Itachi's words as Naomi bolted awake to the water Kakashi had tossed onto her face. After a few moments of wiping off her face and checking to see if this was real or not Naomi sat up and looked around. She was now at her house in the living room on the floor. She folded her arms atop her knees and placed her chin atop them. "That was horrible." "I assumed it must have been. You were screaming in your sleep and you were out for four days." "I was?" replied Naomi looking at a dust bunny on the floor. She then stood up and started toward Kakashi who was admiring her many photos, headbands, and other souvenirs when she began to cough. Kakashi looked at her as he noticed blood in her hands.
Hell Viewing Technique 6/11
"Hmm?" "I know that hmm, don't even think about it I'm fine... cough..." replied Naomi. She suddenly found herself back at the same hospital, in the same room, and with the same nurse and doctor. Naomi practiced her hand signs as Kakashi and the nurse spoke. First she trained with both hands then with one hand to another before going back to two handed and in the middle of her hands signs alternated to one. "She's fine. She must have been previously training." "Three days ago." "According to her test results she's just fine. She shouldn't walk around much in case of another relapse." "Naomi staying put is like a baby staying put... it won't happen." replied Kakashi as the nurse looked at Naomi training. She then stormed into her room to attempt an intervention.
Hell Viewing Technique 7/11
"Naomi, you must stay here in the hospital and rest or your injuries will soon worsen." "I can't... I won't." "Then there will be security outside your room. I assume Kakashi will also keep an eye on you in case you attempt to excape." replied the nurse as Naomi finished a set of hand signs. "I can't let you do that............ Hell Viewing Technique!" exclaimed Naomi as Kakashi quickly caught the dazed nurse. Naomi used Body Flicker and fled as Kakashi frowned. "I have to train and get stronger no matter what. No ones going to stop me either. I'm going to get Kazuki and maybe Jarumi then-" Naomi stopped talking and slowed her run. Once she came to a halt in a vast clearing she saw Kakashi standing before her.
Hell Viewing Technique 8/11
The two stared at one another. Naomi had one hand on her ninja belt and another behind her back performing hand signs. Kakashi had one hand on his ninja headband and another behind his back with three kunai cradled in it. "Hell Viewing Technique!" exclaimed Naomi as she threw five kunai. "Release!" replied Kakashi as he threw all three of his kunai. One hit a kunai head on while the other two copied knocking their target into the one next to it. Kakashi quickly noticed Naomi had thrown senbon as well. He dodged all five spaced out senbon as Naomi looked into his one Sharingan eye. Kakashi then performed some hand signs as Naomi watched.
Hell Viewing Technique 9/11
The sky grew ever darker but not dark enough to create a dark clone. "I could trap him and then stab him with a senbon. Nay, that would never work. He's faster than me, stronger than me, and knows way more jutsu and techniques than me." Naomi then flashbacked to everytime she lost a battle or couldn't help someone because she was too weak. "The time I was an alternate in the Chunin exams for Team 7... The time I had to stop Orochimaru from killing Sasuke... the time I got injured in the exams with Team 7 and had to drop out... the time on the bridge when I remet Sasuke... and those aren't even scratching the surface. I need to defeat Kakashi and prove to myself that I am a good ninja." thought Naomi to herself as she calmed her mind.
Hell Viewing Technique 10/11
Meanwhile two ninja watched Naomi in splender longing to see what she will do. "Naomi is something aye?" asked ninja 1 as he continues watching. "I don't think so. In my opinion she just a weak girl who keeps getting lucky." "Up yours. She's amazingly skilled and you know it. We would have the best chance trying to make her one of us than those overly powerful other Chunin anyway." "I suppose. How are we going to convince her to join?" "The boss said to watch her and see about playing on her emotions." replied ninja 1 to ninja two as they continued watching Naomi noticing her stance meant she was about to use a speed move.
Hell Viewing Technique (completion) 11/11
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:10 am
YoshiMitsu789 ((two things, first of all, Cherry Blosom Snow Storm is 200 points. Second, What is Cherry Blosom Snow Storm?)) ((cheery blossom storm is a kunai with a bag attached to the back of it. When the kunais hit their target. The bag behind shoots out it's contents into the air. The contents inside the bag are small explosive tags. The small tags explode against the opponent.))
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:38 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:47 am
Hurdy was sitting on the boat, the last time he was here, Hidden Leaf was under Alliance control, but a few ninja challenged it and broke free. Hurdy was now sitting in his seat wondering if the tide had changed since he was last here. By the looks of how nice they treated him, Hurdy guessed it was Alliance controled again. He wondered if any of his fellow soldiers were he in Leaf from the Alliance. So, using his seal, he set out a message that would be recieved by Alliance members. ~~ Are there any Alliance ninja in the vacinity of Hidden Leaf?~~ Hurdy wondered if his message would be recieved by any one.
(1 of 5 Burning Ash Accumulation)
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:01 am
Hurdy stood when the boat finally arrived, they had landed. The boat staff came to assist Hurdy off the boat, but he needed no help. All things he had were on his posession, or in it. He slowly walked off the boat, looking at the water's beauty. He appreciated little things like that more now, even though he could not feel nature's beauty, he could see it. He was acually part of it, hie was of the trees, what gives light and life to Humans. With though nature, they would all die. So in a way Huryd was infact a part of life. He was more than that, he was an artist. He created machines of war. Now, he would learn a few jutsu and create his biggest and best machine of war yet!
(2 of 5 Burning ash accumulation)
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:17 am
Hurdy gentle strolled into Hidden Leaf, a crowd of Alliance Supporters behind him. He was somesort of Hero and celebrity now, until he reached a back street the branched off of the main one. It was a poorer section of town, but in the town none the less. A man, quite and silent walked and cut him off in the road, about twenty feet ahead of Hurdy. He drew a katana and spoke. "You useless wretch, you and your alliance have done nothing but make the rich richer, and poor poorer. I will kill you for my dying mother!" He ran at Hurdy but the crowd immediatly caught him first. The man was fairing quite well, took down many of the crowd, but the numbers eventually overwhelmed him. They brought him before Hurdy who looked at the man. "I like you, you are a great fighter, and yes I see your point. Now! Every one, let this man go. I want to speak with the banker of the city, These people, I want them with money and Houses, now." The man looked shocked, but cried with joy. He bowed to a smiling Hurdy and ran back to his family.
(3 of 5 Burning Ash Accumulation)
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