- Later that night -
His eyes shot up, waking to the full moon hanging over the night's sky which was a sign to began the operation. "Suffer the wraith of a true swordsman, Sukurīmingu ōshan." Weird shaped clouds soon formed over the entire bandit base and shrouded the cloud's moonlight. The man summoned a flock of ravens that soon combined into one big raven right after. He jumped on the back of the winged beast and the winged creature took flight. "Rave, drop me down over there, then you can do your thing." The bird made a light sound in agreement as it headed in its master's desired destination. The place it flew over looked like an abandoned castle with a portion of the ceiling missing; allowing any trespasser the ability to peek into the new owners affairs easily. That trespasser was him, Akuseru Hitomishu, an elite assassin for hire that only accepted jobs from a secret organization called Serpents Tail that was one of the best assassin orginazations out there, if not the best.
"Thanks, now go enjoy yourself but don't die to quick." Akuseru noted, jumping off the large Raven before silently landing on the castle's rooftop afterwards. He peeked through the portion of the missing ceiling and it seemed like he was right on time. "How can we make preparations to launch an assault on the Seireitei within a three days time? We barely survived against that last Hollow onslaught." " Which is why we need to attack them now or else we won't survive the next. Plus, if those Shinigami are doing as bad as they say, then we'll have a higher chance to get in and get out without ever being caught. So do it or I'll ration your supplies out to someone who's more eager to achieve the given task." One of the speakers left the room angrily while the other speaker who seemed to be the one calling the shot left as well.
- Near the castle courtyard -
"So I said to this guy, "Where ya going pal?" and he was like ahhhhhhh!!!" A large raven quickly scooped up one of the guards patrolling the courtyard with its razor claws before applying enough pressure to crush his chest. "Oh shit!!! Everyone, our hideout's been breached!!!" Hundreds of able bodied bandits rushed to his aid. Once the reinforcements had arrived, the bandit that alerted the others was having both eyes plucked out by the deadly raven. "Soya!!!" The bandits pulled out their choice of weaponry before charging at the bird.
- Inside the abandoned castle -
While the raven was killing the guards, Akuseru jumped through the broken part of the ceiling. Security was a bit low with all the commotion going on outside which made things more quicker but if push came to shove, he was well prepared to take em all on. He silently made his way through the castle, navigating through many walkways before finally stopping at what looked to be the throne room. The doors pushed opened as Akuseru quickly entered. "So you're here for my famous necklace as well?" His attention quickly turned to a man with blue short but spiky hair that was sitting on the throne. "As well? Who else was here?" The blue haired man stood up. "Some girl who refers to herself as ST 10. Does that name ring any bells ?" The deadly assassin aimed his Zanpakuto in the man's general direction. "No, now hand over the necklace and I might let you live." Weirdly enough, the man tossed him the necklace with a smile appearing over Akuseru's face.
"Smart man, now tell me where this ST 10 is being held." The blue haired man laughed, walking over to the man as his body slowly started to become more muscular. "See things can never be that easy now can it? I gave you what you wanted and now you want more so I'll have to kill you." The bandit leader pulled back his right arm, enveloping it in huge amounts of reiatsu before Aku(For short) swiftly sent his cutlass straight through the man chest. "It seems we have a misunderstanding if you thought this exchange was being run by you. I'll request one more time for the girl's location or consider your life forfeit." The man coughed up blood which happened to stain the assassin's clothing. "Out this door, take a left and down four large staircases. That's where you'll find her, now off you go."
- Near the castle courtyard -
The raven flew frantically in the sky, trying to shake some freeloaders off it's back before eventually crashing down on the courtyard. "One of it's wings has been severed sir, now we can finally finish it!!" The grounded winged beast struggled to get back on it's feet as many soon guards cornered it at every angle. The beast knew it's end was near, purplish blood dripping profusely from where one of it's wings was once at, it was time to make it's last stand. The raven shrieked off one last loud cry before engaging the men in battle.
- Inside the castle -
After killing the leader for not telling him sooner, Akuseru made his way to the girl soon after. Down the third staircase, a loud bird cry had reached his ears that wasn't far away. "Hmph, it's that time already?" He upped his descent upon hearing the sound before reaching a cell. A girl could be seen inside the cell, sitting down patiently while waiting around for something. "I wasn't expecting someone as strong as you to be interrogated so easily...ST 10." She quickly jumped up and took a few feet away from the bars. "You're the eighth right? Why did you come?" Based on the tone in her voice, she didn't seem happy. "Well I was doing something and I heard that you were here so I came down to check to see if the rumors were true. Not many times you get to see one of your own the other end of steel bars ya'know." Akuseru said jokingly, cutting through the bars before back to the stairs.
"Thanks but I didn't need your help on escaping this place you jerk." He stopped. "Says the little princess who was captured so easily. You should stay home if you're not feeling up to your duties." With that, he continued on his way out as the girl shouted something else out instead of focusing on escaping. Upon making it past the many staircases, one could notice the many men scouring the place for his prescience. "I was wondering when they would catch on." Akuseru walked out in open sight while cracking his knuckles and stretching. "You guys looking for something?" Before one could even react, he sliced one of the men in half and kicked the body parts at the others.
They quickly raised their guards up to shield themselves from the flying body parts but that was just a diversion. He appeared right behind the guards and with one swift slash, cut them in half horizontally. Two other men both charged at him from behind in a forward thrust like manner, which the assassin quickly responded by cartwheeling between the two before splitting them open diagonally. A few more bandits crawled out from their holes like ant, putting a grin on Akuseru's face.
- Near the castle doors -
"Just what the hell is going on in there?" One of the bandits prepared to open doors right when a cutlass came through it and broke through the man's back. The doors kicked open right after, pushing the man off his blade along with successfully pulling off a dramatic exit. "Wow that was fun but I soooo would hate to be you guys right now. The cloud's no longer blocking the moon from shedding all it's love and light on this world." The assassin's Zapakuto seamlessly began fading into his shadow before dark black tentacles rose from them and began impaling all of the bandits.
One was impaled and constricted to the extreme, another died simply from being stabbed so many times, while one bandit sprouted into a tree...somewhat. Akuseru was utterly relentless, he made sure they all died excruciating deaths all for his enjoyment. After all was said and done, only one remained. He began clapping as all of those killed were lifted high into the sky with the exception of those no longer with carcasses. The last bandit stood still in horror while the assassin prepared to speak. "How do you wish die lone wolf?" The man choked on his words in an attempt to make a response. "By suicid-wrong!!!" The many bodies began slamming down on the bandit resulting in his untimely end.
- Sunrise -
The girl finally made her way out before noticing Akuseru still slamming the dead bodies on the last survivor before turning to her. "What do you want!!!?" She brushed her hair. "What are you doing?" "I hate lame responses!!!!" The assassin shouted, shunpoing away from the place right after. "What a weird guy."
