>>5943440The mist that surrounds you dissipates enough that you can see again. It was an unfortunate consequence of having to move forward towards the edge of the mist’s radius to make that attack.
You see the man’s body hurdling towards the ground mere feet from the man in the eyepatch, who’s standing with his back to you focussed on defending himself from the fire jutsus Hotaru keeps raining towards him. His eyes flick to the body of his comrade momentarily, his sword lashing out at the newly-unmasked man.
The man’s head is severed from his body just before both body and head slam into the trail. The carcass of the man’s body shatters into the dirt while his liberated head rolls into the bushes.
Eyepatch man drops his sword and holds up his hands as he falls to his knees. “Easy now, easy now…” He says. This is the first you hear of his voice. It’s surprisingly smooth and clear.
The girl with the fins in her hair is rising from the bushes nearby as well, disarmed by your water bullet, clutching her bleeding shoulder. She realizes that this fight is over now as well, and also falls to her knees, raising the hand of her injured arm weakly in surrender while the other keeps pressure on a wound seeping blood. Probably not caused by your water bullet.
Hotaru emerges from the treeline opposite them, fire leaking out her mouth as she holds the snake seal in front of her threateningly, ready to blast another Great Fireball at a moments notice. She doesn’t dare spare a moment to check how you’re doing, refusing to take her eyes off the enemy.
Two other Hotarus exit the bushes from two other locations, similarly holding seals in front of them that promise the quick release of jutsus if the two ninja dare make a move.
“Are you alright?” One of the Hotarus asks.
“I’ll live.” You answer.
“Good.”
Your remaining two water clones confidently approach the surrendering ninja to restrain them, kunai ready to be held to their necks.
>You’re victorious.>Your water bullet may have broken the masked man’s neck and killed him before the man in the eyepatch took his head off, but you’ll never know without a high quality autopsy.>They’re at your mercy. Now they’ll have to answer your questions. 