Ryoichi paused for a moment as she spoke, keeping his sword honed on her throat as she laid back... but at least he stopped menacing forward towards her. When she finished, Ryoichi gave an amused grunt. Maybe he would be smiling... but she couldn't tell.<br/><br/>"You're wrong about one thing... Pain<em> can</em>be effective." Kitano said, scratching his brow with a slight smile, as much as she could tell behind the surgeon's mask, "But not<em>his.</em>If it were me... I would begin with the Hypnotism technique. After transforming into you, of course." He added, "And, well... you'd have to be out of the picture for that to work."<br/><br/>"Then it would be the Palace of True Enlightenment." The Kirigakure ninja said, putting both his hands up casually, "Was that your plan? Let's see it then."<br/><br/>Ryoichi's humming sword suddenly disappeared and he lowered his arm back into the folds of his robe, "Make him ignore us as well."