Ninja Vixens: Web of Passion Page #4

They may come back.

Anyway, it sure is a spooky temple.

Look who's talking.

Don't tell me you're scared.

That's absurd!

Sutemaru, stand guard outside.

They might've left some clues.

I'll go look around.

What's wrong?

What happened?

Three people broke in last night

and made unreasonable demands.

Not only that... they raped me.

Hold on. Then they shoved you

in there and started a party?

What were they like?

A warrior priest, a Chinese woman...

and a very beautiful man

with white hair.

What were they talking about?

I couldn't clearly hear on the other

side of the sliding door.

But I think it was about a man's...

- Thing!

- Yes.

How long did they stay?

Probably until dawn.

You went through a lot.

You should get some more rest.

I can't serve you much...

so deep in the mountains,

but I'd like to be of service to you.

Thank you so very much.

Ah! Over there!

Let me do it.

I don't need your help!

Fine!

- Mirage.

- What?

- Why did you defect?

- Why do you wanna know?

To kill time. It'd be interesting

to hear a defector's side of the story.

To kill time? I'll tell you then.

I got sick of being a pawn.

Pawn?

Don't tell me you don't know of

Lord Fuji's doings.

Not only does he impose cruel taxes,

but he kidnaps women in the fief.

When he's done with them,

he kills them.

You know how much

his subjects are suffering.

It's not our job to be concerned

about them.

Enbaku tricked me by saying the same.

Master Enbaku raised an orphan

like yourself. Don't you feel indebted?

He just raised me as

a disposable pawn.

How can you say that?

Live and die as a shadow in the field.

It may sound cool, but...

it's nothing but a code convenient

only to samurais. ls it not?

You become a ninja fully aware of it.

But, Shadow,

have you ever wanted to

risk your own life for yourself,

instead of for some morons?

Lord Fuji is not worth

risking my life for?

Not when I think of the dead who died

because of his whims.

Enbaku was fully aware of it but

continued to support him heartlessly.

Even though he raised me,

I cannot forgive him.

Isn't it what a leader does?

For the sake of our code." ls it all

we need to settle every matter?

There is nothing to add to it.

Both you and I lost our parents

because of Enbaku's plans.

Sutemaru?

Is it true that you made one of

Mirage's eyes blind?

Yeah.

It happened when we were little.

We were playing tag

in some mountains like these.

She was running away and

I was "it".

I lost my bearings, slipped and

wound up dangling from a cliff.

And the one who rescued me was...

Mirage.

After rescuing me,

she plummeted down into the

bamboo forest instead of me.

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