Chapter 34 - The Road to Recovery Part 2: Anko's Curse Seal

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(Later that night....)


Anko groaned as she allowed her body to fall and sink into the cushions of her couch. It was now 11:00 at night and she had just returned from the Torture and Interrogation Department building. As much as she liked scaring people shitless and torturing the hell out of them, she even had her moments when she just wanted to relax in peace. For the past few days, her and Ibiki have been grilling foreign shinobi that were caught by the ANBU.

Surprisingly, most of those bastards where tough nuts to crack. A good percentage of them required more persuasive means of interrogation while others downright committed suicide. The entire situation was entirely vexing and its not like they were able to get a lot of information out of their victims. While some refused to tell them anything and took it to their graves, other simply didn't know enough and eliminated after they were no longer useful. The interrogation rooms were bloody sights to behold.

Anko was resting her head on the back of the couch when a swirl of leaves appeared in the middle of her living room. The tokubetsu jonin turned an lazy eye to the masked figure that was now standing in front of her.

"Brat." Anko replied in a bored tone.

"Anko." the figure replied as he dispelled his transformation. "I figured you would be here." he said, taking off his mask.

"Where else would I be?" she responded.

"At the interrogation office." Naruto said as he went to turn on the lights. Anko hissed as the light hit her eyes. "I thought your shift ended at 12:00."

"I decided to leave early today." Anko said tiredly. "It's been a long day."

Naruto nodded in understanding as he took off his cloak and placed it on the chair before walking into the kitchen. Anko just casually watched as he pulled out a tea pot from her bottom cabinet and placed it on the counter. The apartment remained silent for a while with the exception of the running water from the sink. As Naruto placed the pot on the stove, Anko sat up a little and continued to watch as his wiry frame moved about her kitchen.

"So what brings you to my humble abode, this time?" Anko finally asked as she stood and walked toward the table.

"I'm going to remove your curse seal." Naruto answered bluntly as the tea began to brew in the pot.

Anko blinked at the blonde. "You mind repeating that, gaki?" she asked incredulously.

"What are you, deaf?" Naruto commented, earning a glare from Anko. "I said I was going to remove your curse seal."

"How?" she asked dumbly.

Naruto sighed as he walked into the dining area and took a seat at the table. Anko watched as he smeared blood onto his visible arm, causing a seal to appear. In a poof of smoke, a large scroll appeared on the table and he soon began to unroll it. He channeled chakra into the scroll, making a document case appear along with two other scroll and an ink kit. She said nothing as he grabbed the document case that was filled with papers and began to take them out. She noticed that most of them were filled with markings and notes and raised an eyebrow at the boy.

"Now before I begin to explain to you how I am going to remove your seal, I am going to give you a synopsis of what your seal is. I will first begin with the concept of juinjutsu." Naruto started, earning a confused look from Anko.

"Juinjutsu are practically techniques used to bring someone under the control of the user. By applying the seal to the victims body, the user brings the victim's abilities and actions under their control. Depending on the type of curse seal, the user can inflict a range of emotion from mental and physical torment to pleasure. However, most workings of a created juinjutsu are kept a secret from others." Naruto began to explain.

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