Juzo couldn't feel much, his entire body was being squished as it traveled down the false neck of the paper construct and down into the stomach, it was as if he was being squished by dozens of python snakes at the same time.
In less than ten seconds, the man was already inside the small stomach, paper seals were all around him, making sure that the papers were both water resistant and acid resistant. This was done in a way where Kazuo had created a sort of seal that turned the small space inside the stomach into a separate space, making the seals themselves be on the outside together with the paper tags. It was a sort of living and moving inventory seal.
It was at this moment whilst Juzo was already feeling pure terror, his mind havind devolved into merely screams of survival, that the space was quickly filled with water and then dozens of different inventory seals were opened, releasing all kinds of chemicals and poisons into the body of water. Juzo Biwa could still breathe as the stomach had in its own insidious way slithered a paper tube into his mouth that gave his fresh air even as his entire body was covered in acidic water.
The constricting soon restarted, together with the acid, pieces of his body slowly but surely started to melt, chunks of meat falling off his bones and sizzling in the acidic water and quickly being dissolved almost completely.
It was horrifying, the man was alive whilst his own body was being dissolved, he was being eaten alive.
Meanwhile on the outside Kazuo was using a certain paper jutsu to see what was happening inside whilst mentally taking notes on what improvements he could make to the jutsu.
The sight of what he was doing to the man didn't bother him at all, to Kazuo, this was simply useful data that he could use to further his poison skills and his control over paper jutsu and seals.
In less than a minute, the stomach paper jutsu started dissolving and deconstructing itself, and in mere seconds, it was gone.
There was nothing remaining of Juzo Biwa, no blood, no bones, no flesh, no clothes, nothing. The only thing left was the Executioner blade that fell to the ground as soon as the jutsu disappeared.
'Good, the retracting water system also works, meaning I can reuse the same paper seals and materials without having to create new ones everytime that i plan on using this jutsu. It seems that it does have a viable use, especially for assasination missions, if there is a need to hide a body.' Kazuo thought inwardly as he released a soft hum and crouched down to grab the executioner blade from the ground.
The sword was heavy, clearly heavier than even most greatswords however to Kazuo who had by now spent years training his body to the limits each day with gravity seals, it was as easy to pick up as a wooden short sword. Lifting it with one hand and looking at its chipped appearance, Kazuo released a soft tsking sound as he shook his head.
'I still don't have any idea in hell how someone as weak as Juzo Biwa even managed to grab the executioner blade and escape with it. Zabuza makes sense, he's someone thats on par with pre shippuden kakashi, that already places him at high A rank ninja levels, Juzo however is at most a very high B rank or a low A rank ninja. He was named an S rank however his abilities themselves are nowhere near that level.' Kazuo thought to himself as his mind wandered to the actual S ranks that he knew of and it wasn't even a comparison.
'Even if i simply compare him to an S rank that actually uses the hidden in the mist swords, Kisame, he's nowhere near him, not even close in the slightest, albeit Kisame has other abilities that he relies on besides his sword… but still.' Kazuo thought as he placed his other hand flat on the executioner swords blade and made a single one handed seal, quickly sealing the entire sword inside his inventory seals on his wrists.
'Now then, with that the mission is done. I did try to recruit him at first however he didn't agree and thus I had to use force and ended up accidentally killing him. That's a good enough excuse, if they try to delve too deep into it, I can just admit it, its not like this is konoha who im working for anyways.' Kazuo thought as he turned and walked towards the deeper part of the smithy and started grabbing any and all weapons that he saw on the walls or drawers around the room and sealing them away into paper seals.
The process was quick, he simply lifted his hand which quickly dissolved into hundreds of paper tags that flew towards each object and clung to them, sealing the objects inside them before returning to Kazuo's stump of a arm now and reforming parts of it until everything was sealed and his hand was once more normal.
"Ah right… I suppose that leaving you alive really isnt going to be a problem, but I do like to keep my missions as clean as possible." Kazuo mused outloud as he lifted his hand and with a motion as if he was dismissing him, a paper shuriken was launched from his hand, directly flying towards a wall to his left, piercing through it and hitting the blacksmith directly on the forehead before a sizzling sound was heard.
*Boom*
A small localized explosion occured, completley obliterating the upper half of the man's body, leaving only a pair of bloody legs that quickly fell onto the ground.
"Did you need to do that?" A voice said from the front of the store.
Kazuo turned and saw his real body aswell as Yahiko who had spoken entering inside.
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