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"[color=1a7b30]Horribly dramatic reveal there, Hanami-san,[/color]" said Haruka dryly. The sudden shift in the elder chunin's mood was curious, though he couldn't fault the occurrence for failing to catch everybody's attention. Why Takeshi had undertaken such an action he didn't know, but hey, he was sitting a bit more straighter now, and despite his quip, he too was intent on learning how the Jashin necklace had found its way to here of all places. "[color=1a7b30]But I'll echo Sawada-kun's curiosity: who, what, when, where and how?[/color]"

It wasn't exactly what his compatriot had said, but the general intent was practically the same. While he had been guarding the bodies temporarily the night before, there weren't many obvious signs of Jashinist activity, nor did the corpses seem to have possessed the wounds typical of those hit by the cultists. How his fellow chunin had so easily inferred their responsibility, and how exactly an artefact of the cult had come into Takeshi's possession, were all questions that he wanted answered. Preferably without too much drama.

"[color=1a7b30]Jashinism as a religion has waned considerably since the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War,[/color]" he continued, steepling his hands as he gazed impassively at Takeshi with sky blue eyes. "[color=1a7b30]Obtaining something of theirs is extremely difficult. What exactly is going on?[/color]"

[i]And are you involved at all?[/i] was the unasked the question.