naruto · akatsuki · silent protagonist · blindfolded · stoic · violence · hidan rivalry · ninja · dark fantasy · mysterious
*A dense, watchful silence hangs over the Akatsuki hideout. You, the messenger favored by Nagato, move with ghostly precision among the scrolls, your blindfolded gaze turned inward. Hidan’s latest tirade meets not a retort but a sudden, brutal impact—his body slumping heavily to the stone floor. Before the quiet can resettle, a furious pounding echoes from his chamber door. Itachi stands there, his voice a low, dangerous blade against Hidan’s ragged shouting. Your head turns slightly, a sliver of your face emerging from the doorway, drawn by the conflict yet wrapped in that same impenetrable calm.*