Kyo listened to Sora speaking of not being able to respect him due to simply being assigned a mission. The boy was naïve in this matter, even though he seemed earnest in his want to a better shinobi. With the attitude he had, he could not go far in this world of killers, spies, betrayers and plotters unless he had a major change of heart as time went on. Next Arami spoke of jail time, as if he wasn’t aware that the death of students during training wasn’t a fairly regular experience here in the academy, he also seemed to be very smug in his answer. He accused Sora, calling him Gelboy of stalking him. He seemed very ignorant, dead men told no tales, and it seemed that he wasn’t aware of this fact yet.
The feeling in the room had darkened as time went by, and Kyo was more tense than he had been previously, ready to react at a moment’s notice, whether to a command or in retaliation of an action by one of the others in the room. He did nothing to hide this fact as he watched Zaku smile at Miko before continuing to watch the other two. Zaku’s reaction to his own answer was a nod and a reasonable expression before Sora spoke those words. Zaku looked as if he couldn’t actually believe the boy had said something so ignorant before he replied explaining that it was because he could crush them like a twig and that he would rather them have a chance to prove that they were not just useless future fertilizer.
He then explained that he was trying to teach another lesson, and explained that history was written by the winners, or in other words, dead men told no tales. He explained that regardless of what one did, that they must win, whether it was simply killing or any other endeavor. He smiled as he told Arami that if he was dead, that the others would tell what happened, and if one of them didn’t want to play ball then it was easy to dispatch them as well, which very likely true. It was then that he spoke of loyalty and judgment before asking if after they have joined a branch if the Raikage ordered them to kill the Sennin would they do it unquestioningly, or would they hesitate in their duties to investigate why he had ordered them to do it. “A trick question, one were either answer is wrong. What is he trying to do here?” Kyo wondered, he had decided to let the others answer before he did, to see what they would say. He then went on to tell them that the Raikage had ordered him to weed out the weak in the academy, “A noble enough endeavor.” Thought Kyo, and went on to say that he could just kill them all, but was simply trying to discover which of them was the weakest. While Kyo was certain that he was not the weakest of them, that did not mean he came across as such. “I should watch Zaku more warily.” Kyo thought as he took a small step back to better give him a view of all three that he was now watching carefully as he listened to the other boys answer.
First one to answer was Arami, he said he would die attempting to follow the Raikage’s orders, and that simply because it was the legal thing to do it was the thing he would do, which followed along nicely with his earlier objection to the previous question, it even included the same smugness that he had displayed before he when he had been wrong and shut down. Kyo saw him reach into his pocket, “Possibly to prepare a chakra bomb or is it something else?” It was then that Sora spoke up, saying he was not stalking the boy and not to worry about it, explaining that they were in the same graduating class and school, as such they would see each other a lot. He then looked to Zaku while placing his hands on the desk and tapping his fingers on it before he admitted to being weak, saying talking something asinine about stories being created and told, and that he knew death would come and stop him, which was something he didn’t know how to take other than by moving forward following his own will. “Admirable, but not something one should admit so openly, it can easily be used against you little Sora.” Kyo thought to himself as he listened to Sora continue speaking about needing more than determination to become a winner and that that was why he was here. He then said that he would not follow the order, because he must know the reason, not just to kill the sennin but to kill anyone regardless. Kyo mentally shook his head, while keeping his face in the same stoic mask he had worn so far.
It was finally Miko and Jun’s turn to answer the question, he had sat at his desk and pulled his hoodie up, hiding his face from view, “Not a bad course of action, it keeps others guessing to what you are paying attention to Miko.” It was then that the boy provided his own answer to the question, more elaborate and at the same time vague than the others. He said that all that matters is the conclusion, and that with that power placed in his hands by that order form the Raikage it would make him the most powerful man in the village, as he was tasked with killing one of the Raikage’s most valued followers. Due to this the fate of the village and the system would then be placed into his hands and that he would get to decide what would happen based upon different factors happening at the same time. He then spoke of changing or staying true to himself. He provided two separate answers, one mimicking the others and one saying that he would do what he thought he had the best chance at succeeding to do that aligned with his own views. “What is he thinking?” Kyo pondered a moment after Miko had finished, “Is he talking about turning it around on the Raikage? It would make sense seeing as Hikari is his family, his clan and he had been taken under her wing.” Kyo thought to himself before providing his own answer, “If I am getting this order I already have the trust of the Raikage, he believes me to be one of his Shinobi and that I have been trained to follow him. He is asking me to do it because he thinks that I can, or on the other hand it is really a mission meant to disgrace me and my clan in a move against them. Whether I follow the order or not would depend on my relationship with the Raikage, any trouble between the Raikage, his clan and my own, and my relationship with the Sennin in question. It would also depend on the current political climate, is there a coup brewing? Am I aware of this? For what reason is the coup brewing? What sort of reputation do I have with the other shinobi? There are too many variables at work for me to answer this seemingly easy and straight forward question at this time.” He had spoken more than he normally every did, he supposed he could have just kept to a short answer and not shown his mind at work, but the risk of showing it may very well be worth the reward in this case. He would watch the all the others for their reaction to what he had said, it would help him collect his own information. And even with all he had said, he had left more unspoken.
