Eikichi Hei - Wychwood - 13 March, 617

**Reporter:** Eikichi Hei

**Date:** 13/03/617

**Mission Brief:** Investigation regarding the Poisoning of the Councilwoman Heiri.

**Mission Events:**  Councilwoman Heiri was found unconscious by the Aviary, upon my visit to the hospital for my weekly health check-up, I had been informed of this situation by the medical-nin at the Hospital. It appeared that councilwoman Heiri had been poisoned due to ingestion or Inhalation of a substance -- It was later found out to be an inhalant -- that had accompanied with a letter. The letter contained only a list of different plants, it was an 'order' of plants that the councilwoman was expecting. Thankfully the plant was discarded carefully by Umidori along with the dead birds that were found at the scene, the poison seemed to have worked on a few birds as well. I could find information on most of the plants at the Library, only a couple missing out; in order to gain more insight into the plants whose information was not given I had decided to make a trip to the library in Akimono in whirlpool country.

There I met an Uzumaki representative named Chihiko who was quick to provide help. I deduced from the symptoms, that the plant which was used in the poisoning was **Wychwood.** Upon discussing the case with **Arumaze Kamiya** It was brought to my attention that **Kamiya** and **Uchiha Katsuo** had met with the Uzumaki representative as well but it was a while after my visit, upon completing Chihiko's request they were given the same information.

The plant only grew in extreme cold conditions and grew once a hundred years, this led me to Snow country. Which providentially led me to the Man called **Rigura**. I took the guise of a merchant and on further investigation found out that the man was inflicted by the same poison and he had poisoned the subject in question in hopes that Konoha would find the cure for him by curing one of our own and it appeared that the cure was only known by a mysterious Man named **Orudogur**. My disguise was blown and I was chased by the group of cultists, Rigura seemed quite strong as he was showing signs of consciousness and stability. I managed to safely travel back across the eastern sea and landed in the ports of Lightning country where once again I made the journey by land towards Forest country. At this moment I had to make the decision of not travelling back to Konoha as I had learnt that the poison only made the condition of the victim exponentially worse with time. according to Kamiya's report, Konoha was on my tail as a squad of leaf-shinobi had appeared at Snow country after I had left, the squad contained **Arumaze Kamiya, Uchiha Katsuo, Uchiha Ryoichi, Hyuuga Zaruza, Uchiha Hageshi** and **Kaguya Kanabo.** As per the report, Rigura's condition had considerably worsened and he could no longer continue fighting, the man was a maniac it appeared he had traded his mental capability for his physical prowess. The body was brought back by the team in hopes to create a cure and understand more about the poison.

Upon reaching Forest country, I searched for days for the man called Orudogur. As I was reaching an exhaustion point in this crusade, I had finally stumbled upon the figure. I only later realized that he was looking for me, the information about the poisoning could have reached his ears which only boosted my confidence as I understood that Konoha was on an active search as well. He heard my request and we set course to Konoha, at this time news of my sighting in the land of fire had quickly travelled to the village as once I reached I was immediately greeted by Uchiha Katsuo and his formed squad containing Hyuuga Zaruza and Shion.

Orudogur-san diagnosed the councilwoman and broke the morbid news that she had only a matter of hours and would die unless the antidote was produced. The only way to create the antidote was from the **Kaishu** extract from an elder beast informed the old man. A decision was made to bring the councilwoman along the journey, the beast was difficult to find but we managed to find it lurking in the Heroic ruins located in the northern part of Forest country.

The cunning elder beast called **Kanpa** was a huge great white serpent, he heard our request and demanded that one of us step into his maws and extract the fluid from them. It was decided that I would perform this action, although it was a trick by the Snake to debilitate me; spitting venom from its glands directly onto my face, the venom seared my face fortuitously missing my eyes. The venom only inflicted enormous pain and was not lethal, although it was successful in debilitating me for a while. **Kanpa-sama** wanted to fight individually with the rest of the squad, his first opponent being Katsuo which resulted in Katsuo's defeat but the Jounin did manage to wear down the snake to a certain extent. The final blow was struck during the fight with Zaruza, which resulted in the defeat of the great white serpent. Upon proclaiming Zaruza as the champion, the elder serpent provided us with Kaishu extract which was later given to Orudogur to make the antidote. Jounin Katsuo and Genins Shion and Zaruza displayed great team-work and bravery, especially Zaruza who did not falter in the moment of need.

**Conclusion:** The antidote was given to Heiri and she is expected to make full recovery, although there may be side-effects.