Seeing that the invader did not seem to react, Reko thought of a possibility that someone might be suppressing the battle noise outside.
…
"Not even a word?"
Reko sighed, pretending to be disheartened after not getting a response from the invader.
'Another minute!'
He was not just dodging and parring the attacks though. He was using his scattered chakra to remove the unknown poison from his chakra system.
Luckily for him, his physique combined with chakra quality was supporting his resistance against the poison. Just one more minute! He had to keep the guy engaged like this for another minute and he could capture the bastard.
"Do you really plan to go all the way? You still have time to run away, you know?"
Reko politely reminded the guy once again. He was trying to get a response from the opponent. However, the best case scenario would be the guy actually retreating. He was finding it hard to keep up the defense while also resisting the poison.
At the thought of defense, Reko looked around the house, the house did not appear habitable anymore. A Jonin attacking to kill was a hard thing for a house to survive.
'Momo's not going to like the reconstruction fees…'
The damage done did not leave the room for repair. Reconstruction was the only option left for Momo's only house.
Well, he could host them at his house. Maybe not all of them, his house was small but Momo was doable.
"You know what? If I were in your place, I would have attacked the Kunoichis first."
Reko advised the invader. Once again, no response.
However, the look on Hana and Hina's faces was enough to shut Reko up. They looked shocked, and offended by his words.
Weren't they also trying to survive? It was pretty hard for them to deal with a Jonin aiming to kill. They were distracting the enemy for Reko to counterattack and dodge. They were a team.
If not for their active participation, Reko could have been wounded already.
"Cross that, If I were you, I wouldn't have taken this mission."
Reko hesitated and took back his words after passing an apologetic smile to the ladies.
But it was about time. Their hardships were finally over. It was time to put an end to this.
It was about time someone arrived after this much commotion.
"Hey Momo."
Reko enthusiastically greeted the person who finally arrived to their help. The individual arriving was none other than the owner of the home.
"See? I advised you to escape."
Reko smirked as he glanced at the invader ready to retreat. The instant he spotted Momo, he retreated.
Momo arrived and saw the group fighting against the masked individual. She rushed in to help, circulating her chakra, ready to fight.
"Who was he?"
But the moment she reached them, the masked individual was already escaping. She asked as she glanced at Hina.
"Why are you here?"
Before Hina could answer, Momo looked at Reko and asked him the question. What is he doing here?
"Why are you all like this?"
Finally, she looked at all three of them and saw that they were semi-naked, barely covered would have been a more appropriate description.
"We were poisoned and our clothes got burned"
Reko answered for all of them. His eyes were shut closed as he concentrated partially on his chakra control.
"Burned?"
Momo looked skeptical at the mention of the word 'burned', but she did not dig into the topic.
"Yeah, very precise ninjutsu control. We barely escaped."
Reko nodded at Momo's words as he made up an excuse that they were faced with a fire element attack.
'Wait!! They were poisoned? He was?'
Considering the time Reko had given at hospital it was possible, but then again Lady Tsunade had claimed to have taught Reko well.
All of it did not add up.
"How could you not notice the poison with your qualifications?"
Momo stated her doubt and openly asked Reko. Hana and Hina behind him were quiet and quickly dressed up.
"Why would you keep poisoned alcohol in your home?"
Instead of answering her question, Reko replied with another question. Who would have thought that alcohol they were drinking could have been poisoned?
"Poisoned alcohol?"
Momo mumbled. Where did she buy poisoned alcohol? She never did.
Flashback
"Good alcohol. Give me some."
A drunk Momo asked a merchant for more bottles of alcohol because she liked the samples.
Embarrassed
She lowered her eyes. It was indeed her fault to have bought alcohol from an unknown merchant.
"Haah! Finally."
Reko opened his eyes and sighed. He had finally pushed the poison out of his system and the rest will be done by his physique and traits.
His chakra leaked for a second, aura flaring out, the presence was monstrous.
"Ran away.."
Reko sighed as he looked to his right. As expected, the man had run away. He was out of Reko's sensing range.
"I assume the house was also destroyed by the fire element ninjutsu of that person?"
Momo asked Reko, referring to the invader as 'that person'. Though, most of her words were sarcastic. There were no traces left by an elemental attack. The reason behind the dilapidated state of her house appeared to be physical brawl only.
Reko quickly dressed himself up, finally fully clothed, before nodding at Momo's question.
It was not hard to guess what might have taken place inside the house when two women and Reko drank naked. She glanced at Hina and Hana with a questioning look on her face. But both the ladies' decided to look away.
"Alright! We will settle this later. Let us first head to the Hokage building to report this incident."
Momo sighed when her question seemed to be ignored. The important thing right now was to go and report this incident to the authorities. A Jonin level enemy poisoning and then attacking Hokage's student was a big deal.
Hana and Hina glanced at each other before nodding in agreement. They will keep the story hidden. Once Reko moved, heading towards Hokage building, they followed him.
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