Reconciliation: A Blacksmith's Furnace

The Black Crown, an organization of criminals with certain beliefs. Some said they are merely a religious group who form no harm at all, those were persuaded quickly of the danger at hand after the catastrophic event that occurred during the Kage summit. The black crown are a religious group that worships the Shinju. They are known for their hate towards shinobi and their desire to annihilate them. They use religion and beliefs as justification for their disastrous actions and bloody massacres against the shinobi. They say they are people of religion, yet their actions are ... unholy to say the least. They were frowned upon, yet not really feared until the day of the summit. The Kage and some of the Daimyō were summoned to attend a summit of Kage held in Otogakure and managed by the Otokage, Kyatsu Musei. The summit took an unpredictable turn as the waiters who served the Kage and the Daimyō turned out to be Black Crown associates who managed to take out the Daimyō and cause great trouble to the Kage and their bodyguards. People started recognizing the Black Crown as a true threat after the summit. There were countermeasures taken against them by each village. Konohagakure was one of these villages, led by the current Hokage, Fūrin. The village was struggling to find a solution to the problem at hand.

Konohagakure as a whole was disturbed. Many efforts were made by strategists as Sayotsu in order to find solutions to the issue of the black crown, they were trying to weed out the black crown associates in the village, which was seemingly a hard task to execute considering their expertise in disguise. Expertise that was enough to fool everyone in the summit to think that they are merely waiters and servants. It was an overloaded time for the Hokage. She was expected to find solutions to the problems at hand especially since Konoha was starting to run low on crops and food resources. She was assisted by Sayotsu, despite the differences between them. The village was engaged in hard work in order to find clarifications for unanswered questions.

The Hokage is pacing around in her office as she has an uneasy look on her face. She stops and looks out her window to see the honorable village of Konohagakure. She inhales and then sighs before looking at Sayotsu's reflection on the window "What do you think about weeding out the black crown associates? It's not going to be an easy task to perform. They are very good at disguising. Even I was fooled by them. How do I know that you aren't an impostor working with them taking the shape of Sayotsu in order to get close to me?" she says as she turns her head to look at Sayotsu who was sitting on her desk "I think you know very well I'm no impostor, girly. Though I don't blame you, after what happened in the summit, I would be paranoid too if I was in your position. Though healthy paranoia doesn't harm anyone. The possibility of an impostor disguising as one of your guards or shinobi close to you is present. You should be careful. We don't wanna lose you as Hokage." he says with a smirk as he talks with a mocking tone. "Watch it, you don't want to anger me at this time, I'm already livid and I don't mind finishing you off where you stand." she says to Sayotsu as she talks in a threatening manner.

Sayotsu looks over at her as he widens his smirk slightly "I'll take my chances." he says. Silence consumed Fūrin didn't utter a word. In a mere instant, a giant claw made of compressed wind was launched with great velocity from thin air towards Sayotsu. It seemingly grabbed him for an instant and slammed him onto the desk, which was split in half. Dust obscured the vision. "You shouldn't lose your temper so easily, Hokage-sama" Sayotsu says as the dust clears to reveal that he wasn't crushed by the Hokage's attack. Instead, he was standing upside down on the roof of the room with a Kunai beside his foot, nailed to the roof. "Hiraishin no Jutsu, I'm sure you know my speed cannot be challenged. What a mess you have made, I'll leave you to think at peace for now. Just remember, our resources are running low, we need an alliance and it better happen sooner rather than later." he says as he flips from the roof and lands on his feet. He slowly walks out of the room waving to the Hokage without even facing her. He exits the room without speaking another word. "That bastard" she says. "I really attempted to kill him." she thought to herself as she sat on her office chair looking at he broken desk. A chūnin entered the room after hearing the ruckus "Hokage-sama! are you alri-" he pauses after seeing the desk. "What happened!?" he says with a loud tone. "I'm not in the mood for talking now, and I certainly don't want to hear noises as shouting. Now bring me someone to cleanup this mess before your fate ends like that desk." she says in a low tone, yet it was clear that she was irritated.

The chūnin charged out of the room "Understood!" he says as he ran with fright written on his facial expression. Fūrin sighs as she needs to solve the lack of resources in the village. Little does she know, an alliance is on its way.