Ninja Kamui

It seems there are ninjas preparing to defect from the village.

The chief has personally ordered me to eliminate anyone acting suspicious.

I'm sure that you'll both get similar orders soon.

How are you going to handle it?

By killing the traitors, of course.

Even if they turned out to be friends you hold dear?

The organization has given me everything. My name, my pride, and my reason to live.

This is the only place for me.

Ninjas are meant to serve the greater cause,

and those who threaten it...

shall all...

be eliminated.

Zai!

We've done everything that we can.

He may not accept it now...

but I'm sure the day will come when Zai will understand.

It's time to make our move.

Even in the face of lightning that tears the heavens apart,

there is no greater majesty than today.

Secret art: Thunderclap!

You can revive all you want.

Because I'll just keep killing you over and over!

The quiet lake gleams in the morning sun,

with nary a ripple from any boats to be found!

Secret art: Serenity!

He's honed his five senses to their peak.

No, even beyond that!

Zai!

You must have known they were planning to defect.

Why did you let them escape?

Not going to talk, are you?

It should've been obvious that becoming an exiled ninja would mean death!

You brought this all on yourself, Higan!

You were a fool to ignore the code and scorn our cause!

Because this never would have happened otherwise!

We didn't ignore it!

Mari and I realized that no code or cause was worth following

if it robbed us of our ability to love and protect the things we held dear!

We made a choice!

You once said the organization was the only place for you!

But the two of us could never belong in that village!

Then why did you accept the pact we made?

Why lead me on with all that crap?!

If I accompany you two...

can I see new horizons?

Is that possible?

Let's journey through life together.

It was the first time in my life... that I truly believed I had made friends!

You betrayed more than just the village, you betrayed ME!

I meant everything I said!

Because you were

another one of the people that both of us held dear to our hearts!

Which is why we-

ENOUGH OF YOUR BULLSHIT!

I recognize that design...

It was to make sure that we never forgot you...

We always wanted to go on that journey,

and find those new horizons that we spoke about with you!

SHUT UP!

You're just trying to trick me again!

I won't stop.

Not until the ninja are dead.

I have to bury the organization that you said meant everything!

It's the whole reason I'm here...

There's an easy way to prove which one of you is right.

Just fight it out.

I came to prove to you that what I believe in is right!

I'm not wrong... you'll see...

Mari said something once.

If Zai ever shows up here,

then I intend to let him do what he wants.

Whether he's driven by the code, or by hatred...

But at the very least we have to make sure he spares Ren.

No matter what.

Because I think Ren is the one who can show Zai those new horizons.

This small bundle of life will make him understand

that even people like us can find our own futures.

I'm certain of it.

Zai...

We can settle this later by sorting out our present.

Instead of our pasts.

Dammit!

Gotta be a way, gotta be a way, gotta be a way, gotta be a way...

Don't scare me like that!

Lock the doors next time.

Where's Duck?

He went to some ruins that used to be a ninja hideout.

A message challenging him to a duel showed up right after you left.

A duel? With who?

Beats me.

Christ, talk about bad timing.

So, what happened with that "idea" of yours?

No luck. It just made things worse.

What?!

The feds are coming for us soon.

What about you? Get access to the data?

I found the partition that it was saved on.

But you still don't have it?!

Going any further than this requires Emma's biometric signature!

I tried to force my way in but nothing has worked!

I even searched the lab in back,

but I couldn't find any fingerprints much less a strand of her hair!

I'm telling you, it's like she was sentient security software

that left no friggin' trace!

Everything that we've done is gonna go up in smoke

unless we get our hands on that data, dammit!

Don't take it out on me!

You're the one who screwed things up!

Care for a drink?

Care for a drink? Like old times.

This is a lovely drawing.

It may seem like a curse to you now,

but there might come a time down the road when it proves to be useful.

Hey. Apologies for the sudden call.