Ninja Kamui

Weakness... is a sin.

Argh, that hurts!

Will you beg for mercy?

Good.

The only thing worth believing in is your own strength.

If you desire fangs that are sharp enough to kill anyone,

then come with me.

Again with the energy drink?

I dunno how you stomach that crap first thing in the morning.

No thanks.

It'll help wake you up.

This tastes just like the nasty cold medicine I had to drink as a kid.

You know, the sweet syrupy kind that makes you wanna throw up!

H-holy crap, was that a laugh?!

You're imagining things.

No, I saw you smile! C'mon, let me see it again!

-Get your eyes checked. -Aw, there's no need to be shy,

Ducky-poo!

Just one more smile, c'mon now!

Don't ignore me.

Like I keep saying...

Huh?

Listen, this place is too desolate for her grave.

We gotta make sure she doesn't feel lonely, ya know?

So after we're done taking care of business,

go and give her a proper burial, okay?

Back in her hometown.

Ninjas like us...

we don't get to have hometowns or even gravestones.

We just rot away as nameless corpses.

It's the fate that awaits us all.

So, let's make this the place...

where she can rest in peace near the people she considered family.

Sure.

We'll make sure that her soul finds peace...

by putting an end to all of this.

I'll hunt down Yamaji.

He's at the center of everything, the source.

Eliminating him is the only way to successfully dismantle the organization.

Let me handle AUZA.

We've got our hands on solid evidence of their wrongdoing.

And once we leak that data to the media outlets,

it'll become a feeding frenzy.

She gave her life for that info.

So there's no way I'm letting it go to waste.

I really hate to ruin the mood, but unfortunately...

we've got big trouble.

So like, all of that data we nabbed? It was encoded by a freakin' genius.

And unless we crack it, nobody can open any of it.

Goddammit! So it's all locked up?!

Was that AUZA's doing?!

Nope.

The one who encrypted it was the person who took it.

Huh? You mean Emma?

Yeah.

She obviously wanted to make sure that it stayed safe no matter what happened.

At least until she passed it off directly to you.

Well, all of her forethought came back to bite us in the ass.

Because now we gotta solve this stupid-ass puzzle

if we wanna take a look at the data.

Can you do it?

Maybe.

The first step is analyzing the algorithm

to figure out what type of encryption method she used.

Wait a sec...

Reports are coming in that a facility

under construction by AUZA has been hit by a terrorist attack.

Officials have said it's likely that extremist members of an ecological group

pushing for more environmental protections

are the ones responsible for the crime.

What?!

Are you satisfied now, Mr. Secretary?

My company is the victim of an unjust terrorist attack.

The explosion at the power plant was not an accident.

Allow me to once again guarantee you

that our facilities are 100% safe and secure.

And you just expect me to believe that?

Obviously. I mean, come on.

Public opinion is going to be on our side.

I've already had a "friendly" chat with all the members of the Advisory Committee

that you were so concerned about,

and they had no problems with it.

And I suppose that you had a similar "friendly" chat with the press, too, huh?

In any case,

there's no problem now that we've cleared up the misunderstanding.

Let's get back to cooperating

and making those power plants a reality, okay?

And then...

we can all have a hand in renovating the world of tomorrow!

I won't rush to a decision.

You still haven't convinced me that it's as safe as you claim.

And further,

if you end up having trouble like this a second time,

we're going to be forced to reconsider the plan itself.

I strongly suggest you keep that in mind.

Also, while I'm at it,

I suggest that you learn to end your conversations

in a less reprehensible way.

Otherwise, you won't be making any friends.

I appreciate the good advice.

Brainless turd.

Just shut the hell up and do what I say, goddammit!

Sir.

We've detected that someone gained

external access to the company's main server by illegally hacking in.

What?!

It's possible some of the top-secret data that was stored on the server

has been stolen.

Dammit to Hell!

Why can't...

anything just go how I want it to?!

Things are not looking good, sir.

We've already obtained all the development data

on the reactor and the Gusoku Gear.

It should not be difficult for us to establish our own production line.

They beat us to the punch.

It's pointless to leak anything to the press now.

Yeah, AUZA probably has every outlet in their pocket already.

Journalism, my ass!

The bigger the scandal,

the greater the bribes and corruption that they profit from!

What do you think?

We could try finding independent media outlets

that are still willing to come out against AUZA.

No.

The corpos have too much advantage in an information war.

Leaking anything to the press

will just end with us getting screwed over by media manipulation.

We need a platform that we know for sure will boost our message...

I know! Let's put it on ChikTak!

We can easily rack up to three million views if it goes viral!

Here's the plan:

We display the AUZA data over footage

of a busty bombshell flaunting her chest and-

Huh?

I have an idea that might work.

You keep working on cracking that encryption.

W-wait! Where are you going?

Friggin' crow...

What's that thing?

A challenge to a duel.

A what now?

The ninja code is what unites us,

what keeps us safe, and what allows us to live!