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  As Kakashi thought about their move, Daichi took a look at the quest rewards.

  [Quest 'Find the Secret of the Heirloom' pleted.]

  [Rewards:]

  [3000 Exp.]

  [450 Exp.]

  [+2 Intelligence]

  [Reputation increases with Kakashi, Sarutobi Hiruzen and several other people.]

  [Reputation increases or decreases with the t. (Depending oion of the pyer.)]

  'Not bad. I won't say no to more stat points and experienow it's time to check the quest.'

  [4th Quest]

  [Quest Created - The Great Treasure]

  [Many people from all over the world have been searg for the items that were stolen by the Phantom thief. Sihe value of the items has only increased due to their infamy over time, it is sidered one of the greatest hidden treasures in the world. Find the hiddereasure.]

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  [Rewards:]

  [Large unknown amount of money.]

  [+2 Dignity.]

  [Reputation increases with the Daimyo and people of the Fire try.]

  [Reputation increases with the Hokage and people of the Leaf vilge.]

  [Reputation increases with some people around the world.]

  [Reputation slightly decreases with some people around the world.]

  .

  [Failure:]

  [Inplete Quest.]

  [-5000 Exp.]

  'Wow. A Treasure hunt. How exg… My guess was right.'

  Daichi went through the quest and quickly accepted it. 'A rge unknown amount of money? Will the system give me that reward or is it going to be the Hokage? Regardless, this quest is far too profitable not to accept.'

  Daichi didn't mind the reputation decrease portion of the reward. He khat the attention he'll receive once he pletes this quest would be ive and positive.

  At that moment Kakashi spoke up, bringing Daichi out of his thoughts. "Let's just review what we learned so far. Decades ago Kiyoto Inagi decided to bee a thief and he amassed a rge amount of stolen items. He decided to mark the sigil of his house on to the world map with the location of his robberies. And ohat task was pleted he disappeared. And this was over a decade ago. He kept the stolen items in two locations. Iagonal room in the basement, we found items of sedary value. And the rest were hidden elsewhere. Somehow around the time when the Phantom was active Kenichi's father Ichiro Garoya found out about Kiyoto and possibly the location where he hid his main treasure. This is on the assumption that the secret message is indeed about the stolen items."

  Daiodded his head. He took over from his sensei. "Kenichi said that during the st years of his life he suffered from memory loss. So it's possible he wao record the information in a safe pce."

  The silver haired Jonin nodded. "Yes. So Ichiro went to a skilled chemist and created an invisible ink that would only appear under specifiditions. I'm sure he must have a bcklight that would reveal the information. And he must not have told anyone in his family. Even his son. If he had, Kenichi would have kept that heirloom in a much more secure location."

  "And somehow during the st couple years or so, Kiyoto found out about what Ichiro did and after the man's death, went to his house to steal the heirloom and make sure his hidden treasure is never found. He probably stole random objects to fuse and mislead the people whoing to iigate." Daichi cluded his theory.

  Kakashi stopped and looked at the two ninjas in the room. "But there is still a problem. We don't know if Kenichi is aware of the secret message hidden underh the teapot. We don't know if that's his goal or if he truly regrets letting his family heirloom get stolen and is gerying to get it back."

  Daichi tilted his head in slight fusion. "Why is that a problem?"

  "If the man was gerying to get the heirloom back then it wouldn't be a problem. If we tell him everything we've learhe st few days there is a good ce he might help us." His sensei answered.

  Daichi took a slight breath as he realized where his sensei was going. "But if he did learn about the treasure and is after that wealth and if we tell him, he'll just py dumb and be a lot more cautious. He won't solve the cipher and go after the treasure until he's sure we aren't watg."

  "Precisely. And we 't exactly torture the guy for information." Kakashi nodded.

  "But why not? And if you're worried about repercussions then why don't you just use your Sharingan on him? Put him in a Genjutsu ahe answers hen erase his memories." Daichi asked.

  "It's not that simple." Akai Hyuga was the one who answered. Daichi turned his attention towards the emporary addition to the team.

  "As far as I uand, this Kenichi is the t, yes."

  Daiodded.

  Akai tinued. "The mission that was inally given to you was to locate his stolen property. Ae the information you've e across during your search, if you put the t in a Genjutsu or torture him for information without a very good suffit cause it could effect our standing with the people poorly. And not to mention that this t is wealthy and has ties to the Daimyo. So even if it is an effit logical move, it is a bad one."

  "Yes." Kakashi agreed with his fellow Jonin. "If we put him in a Genjutsu and it turns out he didn't know anything, there will be serious backsh against us and the vilge. We o proceed carefully."

  "What about going to the Hokage? Get him to iate with the Daimyo for us to interrogate Kenichi."

  Kakashi shook his head. "No, it's risky. If we don't have as then it could put a strain on our retionship with the capital. No matter how small that might be, it's something we should avoid."

  Daichi shook his head upon hearing that. "Look I get what you're saying but he knows about the treasure."

  "And how would you know that Daichi? Do you have any solid proof that Kenichi is aware of what his father did?" Kakashi questioned his student. He looked at Daichi and he couldn't figure out why the boy was certain of this theory.

  Daichi was silent as he heard that question. 'Damn it I 't tell them, it's because of the quest that just popped up. So what do I do?'

  Kakashi sighed seeing the frustration on Daichi's face. "Look. I uand your frustrations. But right now all we have is specutions. Even that hidden cipher isn't enough. We need something more… And we o be careful before taking the step. If Kenichi has figured out that the Phantom was the one who stole the heirloom aureapot then he'd know we figured out Phantom's identity and tracked him down."

  "He doesn't. I'm sure of that." Daichi said in absolute fidence.

  "What makes you say that?"

  "When we asked him if he had any idea as to who stole the teapot, he said he didn't have a clue. He wasn't lying. I'm sure of that. I believe he thinks this was just a random robbery. And if he k was the Phantom Thief then he would have at least tried to send us in that dire but he didn't." The young Genin said fident in his dedu.

  After taking a few deep breaths Daichi looked at his sensei. "So what now? What do we do?"

  Kakashi silently thought about the matter. "Lord Hokage will be here by tomorrow afternoon. We'll speak with him and then we'll make a pn. Right now you should get some rest Daichi."

  "What will you be doing?" The boy asked.

  "Akai and I will go to Kiyoto's house again. We'll check the whole pore time just to make sure we didn't miss anything." Kakashi replied.

  "With my Byakugan we'll be able to spot if there are any more hidden structures underh the pound." The Hyuga added.

  "We'll be back by m. Try to get some sleep. Okay?"

  At Kakashi's request Daichi simply nodded his head. A short while ter Kakashi and Akai left the capital once again. Daichi was on the couch thinking about what to do. At that momehought of something and opehe scroll taining the details about the robbery at Kenichi's home a year ago.

  Daichi opehe scroll and looked through certain dots. 'There will be ges to the number and formation but it won't matter. I'll have to make my move soon though. Just o find the right time. And I 't draw anyone's attention.'

  With a few pns in mind Daichi sooo sleep.

  He woke up a few hours before dawn a outside to plete his daily exercise. An hour ter by the time he was done Kakashi came up to him.

  "You didn't find anything did you?" It was more of a statement on Daichi's part.

  The Jonin simply sighed and after a few seds of silence replied. "No. There wasn't anything else other than what we found."

  Daiodded a back to training while Kakashi rexed and read his book. Soon by the time it was noon there were a few knocks on the door.

  Kakashi ope and immediately bowed. "Lord Hokage. Please e in."

  Hiruzen with a smile slowly ehe room. A ninja from the Nara d Akai Hyuga also followed the old kage into the room.

  Daichi also stood from his spot and greeted the Kage. "Lord Hokage."

  "Daichi, Kakashi, you two certainly know how to make things iing for me." Hiruzen said with a small ugh.

  "Please tell me you're not pining that we cracked one of the biggest unsolved cases i few decades." Daichi said with a small smile as he looked at the old man.

  Hiruzen just ughed at that. "No no. While this will certainly cause a headache for me, it is a minor ohe rewards far outweigh any problem that might arise."

  He looked at the two ninjas and spoke in a somewhat more serious tone. "Akai has filled me in ouation. I haven't spoken to the Daimyo yet and the people of Fire capital are under his prote. So usisu or any means of direterrogation will cause problems. So how are you two pnning to proceed?"

  At that Kakashi spoke up. "Well, Daichi and I came up with a pn. It's a simple, straightforward idea and I believe it should work nicely."

  Kakashi expined his pn and the Hokage gave his permission to move forward with it.

  The Day.

  Daichi and Kakashi were in Kenichi's office. Daichi held the precious Teapot in his hands and showed it to their t.

  "I believe you were looking for this sir." Daichi said with a smile.

  Kenichi's eyes were wide as he looked at the item in front of him. "Oh my God. You actually found it. After all this time I didn't have much hope but you two actually did it."

  [Reputation increases with Kenichi Garoya]

  "We couldn't find the jewels that were stolen. This is what we were able to track down." Kakashi said.

  Kenichi shook his head smiling. "Those jewels don't matter that much. This is what I wanted. Now I'm sure my father will be able to rest in peace." Kenichi said with a wide smile as he carefully took the teapot from Daichi and ied it.

  "You retrieved it without any damages. Well dohe mahe teapot on top of the table and looked at the two ninjas he hired with a happy smile.

  "I should have hired you two from the start. I'm amazed. How did you even track this down? Who had it?" Kenichi asked them eager to know the details.

  "Well as for how, we 't reveal the tricks of our trade I'm afraid." The Jonin said with a polite smile. "Now as for whom, it was a skilled thief from a nearby vilge. He was at the fire capital and heard of your valuable heirloom. So he broke in and stole it along with whatever else he deemed valuable."

  "The nerve. Where is he at the moment?" Kenichi asked with slight anger.

  "Dead. He died of an illness a few months ago." Daichi replied.

  Kenichi let out a small breath and calmed himself. He smiled again. "Well, I guess this is it. You two have pleted your mission perfectly. Thank you."

  "It was our pleasure." Kakashi replied.

  [Quest 'Locate arieve the Missing Item' pleted.]

  [Rewards:]

  [15000 Exp.]

  [2250 Exp.]

  [Reputation increases with the t.]

  [Reputation increases with Kakashi Hatake and Hiruzen Sarutobi.]

  For Daichi, at that moment the quest pletion notification appeared but he only briefly g it. He kept his full attention on the man in front of him.

  "Will you two be staying at the capital? You two are more than wele to stay at the Inn. You could enjoy some free time and tour the pces. It will be my treat." The offer from Kenichi sounded geo the two ninjas. And his faly expressed his joy at the return of the heirloom and satisfa at the two ninja's impeccable work.

  "Thank you for the offer but maybe aime perhaps. Now that our mission is plete here, we'll be returning to the vilge promptly." Kakashi said smiling.

  "If you're leaving already, then please take this." Kenichi took two coupons from his desk and hahem to Kakashi. "You two will no doubt be looking to rex once you reach the vilge. Please show these coupons at my shop and the staff will treat you to some excellent tea. Please, I insist."

  "Thank you." The Jonin took the two coupons and stashed them in his pouch.

  The two ninjas soo Kenichi's home and headed to the capital gates. They showed their identification dots ahe Fire Capital.

  Daichi had a small smirk as he jumped through the trees. 'Now the pn begins.'

  Author's Note:

  Writing this chapter, I had some new ideas pop up in my head for a few ing arcs. I've been mulling over them all day. A proper vilin, maybe a few tragedies… I haven't decided anything solid yet…. Well, we'll see how it goes after I'm doh this arc….