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Tapo had stayed together with his team for as long as the mission allowed. They had arrived at their mission site without much issue, the pilots staying in the VTOL, leaving the team alone to face what lied ahead. Eita suggested that Tapo and him should search the residential areas, the leaf shinobi accepted that as a good idea, if only because he had no interest in hanging around his fellow Leaf shinobi. He was far too energetic for his taste. It can't be healthy for a Jonin to be so childish, which lead to Tapo having a hard time trusting Shizuka. The girl, Chichiro, was a peculiar one. Deeply religious, sure. But at least not a Jashin-worshipping weirdo. Tapo had dealt with them a couple of years ago, an isolated radical Jashin clan, their priest had managed to reach a state close to immortality - while interesting, it made him quite troublesome to dispatch. Tapo had cut the priest into pieces and spread those pieces around a 50 Kilometer area, after putting them in sealed coffins and digging a four foot hole. Beautiful Roses grew on the grave site, so the Radical at least served some purpose now.

Tapo moved into the residential area, signaling the Jonin from the Stone Empire to scout ahead with his bugs. Tapo didn't know too much about him - most of his files were secret and not something the international taskforce in Amegakure would've shared with Konoha. What he did know was from his Konoha compatriots fighting his kind during the war. They proved to be the Aburame clan's equals in their mastery of lower lifeforms, and while chakra enhanced bugs are just as disgusting as regular bugs, they certainly could be useful.

Tapo drew his Grey Sparrow, the cold blade humming with a white glow from Tapo's chakra flowing through it as Tapo twirled his wrist, his left hand holding one of his Petal Kunai. While creeping silently, he scouted the area. It looked oddly normal.. Not like the evil lair of doom Intel had made him prepare for. Not yet, anyway. Looking around, the duo eventually came upon the journal - with the bugs giving them the all-clear on the immediate danger, Tapo saw it fit to begin looking through the book. Most of the pages were completely undecipherable. Whoever it belonged to must have been a medical shinobi - or a scientist, considering the shitty handwriting. The few pages that were legible, Tapo began deciphering and within a few minutes he had figured out most of the words on the legible pages.

Tapo began[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4664663] reading out loud[/url], quiet enough to not disturb - but enough for his partner to hear him.  As he finished, he had an uneasy look on his face. [color=green]Nori Kinsei.. He was here? A year ago? That's.. Interesting.. Guy must be ancient. [/color] Tapo stated, looking around cautiously. [color=green]Your scouts picking up anything? I've got a bad feeling about this place. [/color]Sword and kunai back at the ready.