Azumi (あずみ) (あずみ)

It's you again, Nagara. Focus!

Damn!

Use your muscle to swing the sword,

give in to its weight

Learn from Azumi!

The strength comes not from muscle, but from speed!

Where is Azumi?

Oh yeah, she's not here

She was here a while ago

Yeah, she often disappears

Azumi! Azumi!

Azumi!

" AZUMI "

I wonder how far this sky goes

It'll be soon...

Any day now, we'll cross that mountain...

..and enter the outside world

That's right. We are going to pursue our mission then

That's great

Yes, we are always going to stick together

Can't wait to leave here and raise hell!

I can't see any stars

Of course not. It's daytime

Stars only come out at night

Then where are they

during the day?

Time to eat!

I'm starving

We're starving!

Master, isn't this a bit overcooked?

Fresh water fish tastes better when it's burnt

- Nagara. - Yes, Master

Why are you soaking wet?

We were training in underwater combat

Master, he lost again

He fell into the river

Skip your meal today

No food, no mission, you have no chance

- What do you mean, fools? - Hey, stop

Let's get him!

Hey, let's eat

- Come, hurry up. - Ouch, that hurts

Lately I'm beginning to see who's the strongest

Nachi and Azumi are the top two...

Azumi is fast, and Nachi is strong

Ukiha and Hyuga are an even three;

the rest of us are more or less the same

I'm one of the strongest, don't you all agree?

Is that your only response?

Nachi, that looks cool

Good luck charm, is it supposed to work?

Something like this only works for one who believes in it

Then it won't work for me

Yeah, well, you're a monkey

I don't want to hear that from a frog-face like you

He's a frog, a frog!

- We will leave the mountain. - Leave? This Mountain?

You mean it, Master?

At last, it is time

for us to carry out our mission

Yes

Finally, we can carry out our mission

Is this your son?

Our Lord Tokugawa won the war, yet all this misery is left behind

It's time we put an end to such wars

We must try everything possible to build a peaceful nation

I doubt very much that the Toyotomi Allies will...

..retreat now

Most likely this conflict and chaos will continue for some time to come

Unless we eradicate ambitious warlords

we will never see any peace here

Gessai

Assassins are the answer

Train a group of master assassins,

have them exterminate all warlords who intend to cause conflict

Priest Tenkai,

I, Gessai, swear on my life to accomplish your wish

Azumi

Wake everyone up and bring them to the clearing

I recognized your potential

when you were still very young,

and have trained and brought up all 10 of you

Your martial arts skills already far exceed

those of warriors in the outside world

The time has finally come for you to go to the outside world,

unknown to you since you were brought here,

and use your skills to perform your duty

You grew up and trained together,

thus you all know one another truly and have strong bonds

Now...

..pair up...

..with the one you like best

- With you? - Who else have you got?

Are you done?

Listen to me well

The mission that will be given to you

will be severe and rigorous

An assassin is unable to choose whom to kill

Depending on your mission, sometimes you must kill a child,

or a great and respected person

The way of the assassin is to have a mind of steel and to become inhuman;

thus, I give you this final test

Slay each other

Slay your teammate

Kill!

The one who loses this fight has no aptitude

to pursue the mission ahead of us

The weak-minded one who can't kill his friend

cannot pursue his mission

Winners, terminate your counterpart

and return to the hut

If you think of escaping,

you know that you cannot survive

Begin!

It's Master's order

We have no choice

Nagara! Come!

I want to pursue my mission

I trust that you do, too

Nachi

One of us will be left alive to pursue our mission

Nachi

Nachi, don't do it!

Azumi. This is our destiny

Get ready

Azumi...

You have become really strong

Nachi

Take this...

This is crazy!

Why?

I don't know, either

But if we can do something for our dead friends

As long as we can achieve the mission, They will be happy, I think.

Right? Master.

So this is a village

- Master! - Aren't we going to help?

Don't get involved!

Why not? We can easily get rid of them

You have an important mission. Don't get mixed up in this

They will all be massacred

Don't draw your sword unless it's your mission to do so

Isn't it our mission to slay bad guys?

Master!

Why? Why not? Why, Master?

Why couldn't we kill them?

Killing bandits won't change this nation

You guys are as strong as usually

These guys are getting stronger

What is it?

I brought a letter from Priest Tenkai

Guys, good luck

He's gone...

Who was that?

He is a Ninja called Nagato

Throughout this mission, he will be around,

but always moving along with us

What does it say?

"Warlords Nagamasa Asano, Kiyomasa Kato

"and Masayuki Sanada will not regard the battle

"of Sekigahara as the ultimate defeat of the Toyotomi

"They want the nation's leadership returned

"These three are dangerous rebels who will harm Tokugawa

"They should be eliminated."

Hey. What are you doing?

Stop right there

It's a young girl on her own

Hey...

It's OK

Yes, sir

What a pretty girl she is, isn't she?

What are you doing?

Can't you see what I'm doing? I'm fishing

Fishing?

Haven't you ever fished?

Oh, I see, you have never gone fishing

Fishing is fun

And when I am fishing

I can forget about the terrible things

that go on in this country

Moreover, if you catch a big fish like this,

you can boast for the rest of your life

Furthermore, a couple of fish from this pond will make you full

So you are hungry, and you want to eat a fish

This is how you catch a fish

What the hell's she doing?

Kill him now!

That's enough. Let's go!

Well, you are very amusing. What is your name?

Azumi

- What's yours? - How dare you talk like that !

It's OK. It's OK.

My name is Nagamasa

Nagamasa Asano is my name

You are the one that wants to start another war

Why?

Such a young girl...

..like you

I feel sorry for you...

Are you sure about that?