Editing Hunting the Hunters

{{Era|ACSH|Memories}}
{{Imageneed|''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''}}
{{IncompleteMemory|Shadows}}
{{Youmay|the memory of tracking down the Seta River Killers|an [[Hunting the Hunter|alternate use]] of the phrase}}
{{Memory Infobox
|name=Hunting the Hunters
|image=
|description=
|appearance=''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''
|type=Story Drops {{c|A Critical Encounter}}
|reward=
|fullsync= 
|previous=[[A Critical Encounter]]
|concurrent=
|next=[[Man Behind the Curtain]]
|source=[[Fujibayashi Naoe]] / [[Yasuke]]
|location=[[Ōmi]], [[Japan]]
|date={{Cite|03 November 2025}}
}}
'''Hunting the Hunters''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived through the [[Animus|Animus EGO]].<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

==Description==
Naoe and Yasuke set out to stop the Seta River Killers from fulfilling their assignments.
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==Dialogue==
{{IUNote|Title=Tormentor's Kill Assignment|Text=Tormentor,<br><br>Your target is that insufferable kimono vendor. The more she begs for mercy, tho more you should make it hurt. Bring proof of her death to our last meeting place in Settsu.<br><br>- The Exterminator}}

*'''Yasuke:''' ''This was one of the killers Rufino was seeking to stop. Their chain of command leads to the Exterminator.''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''This place stinks of death.''

{{IUNote|Title=Exterminator's Encoded Message|Text=(A mixture of swirls, shapes, and symbols, this mysterious code is unreadable without some kind of translated context.)}}
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Coded messages are reserved for the upper echelon, it seems.''

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*'''Yasuke:''' ''That must be the one called the Builder. Playing "Lord of the Lumberyard" while ordering the death of peasants.'' [scoffs]

{{IUNote|Title=Builder's Encoded Message|Text=(A mixture of swirls, shapes, and symbols, this mysterious code is unreadable without some kind of translated context.)}}
*'''Yasuke:''' ''A kill assignment. With instructions from their overseer.''

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*'''Merchant:''' ''Do not kill me!''
*'''Collector:''' ''Oh, stop your whining. You'll ruin my appetite. I'm lucky to have been assigned a mark with such quality goods.''

*'''Yasuke:''' ''I cannot let this bully go free.''

{{IUNote|Title=Collector's Kill Assignment|Text=Collector,<br><br>Your mark is that merchant on the move. Do what you want with his goods, but any mon you find is mine. Bring proof of his death to my rural hideaway near the shores of Lake Biwa. Do not keep me waiting.<br><br>- The Trader}}
*'''Yasuke:''' ''One of Rufino's killers, then. This one sent by the Trader.''

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*'''Yasuke:''' ''That fisherwoman. She is one of the threatened civilians Rufino spoke of. I should keep an eye on her.''
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*'''Fisher:''' ''I'm busy, stranger. Leave me be. Stop buzzing about. You're worse than a fly.''
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{{IUNote|Title=Stalker's Kill Assignment|Text=Stalker,<br><br>Kill that meddling fisherwoman. Bring her hands to me at Koriyama Camp as proof. Let's see if they still reek of fish guts when they are no longer attached.<br><br>- The Exterminator}}
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Another killer under the Trader's influence. We're getting closer.''

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*'''Trader:''' ''You'd be surprised how little it takes to buy a life. Appetite drives everything. A starving man desperate for work. A cruel man aching for amusement. A stranger's name and a few mon is all it takes.''

{{IUNote|Title=Trader's Encoded Message|Text=(A mixture of swirls, shapes, and symbols, this mysterious code is unreadable without some kind of translated context.)}}
*'''Yasuke:''' ''I should take these messages to Rufino to decode. This seems like the last of them.''

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*'''Rufino:''' ''Naoe. Yasuke. You have something for me?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Three coded messages. Found on the bodies of the overseers.''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''Oh...''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Is there a problem?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''No, it's just... Must we do this? We've saved the civilians, crippled their network. Isn't that enough?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''It is not finished until their leader and everyone working with them is dead.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''No. It's too much. I don't want this blood on my hands.''
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|-|This is what it takes=
*'''Yasuke:''' ''You want to save innocents, no?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Yes. But I want the killing to stop!''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''These are monsters who will keep killing unless we kill them first. They have no regard for human life.''

|-|Your hands aren't clean=
**'''Naoe:''' ''Just because you didn't draw the blade doesn't make your hands any cleaner.''
**'''Rufino:''' ''I asked for your help to protect the innocent.''
**'''Naoe:''' ''And that's what we're doing. The world is not black and white. Sometimes doing the right thing is messy.''

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*'''Rufino:''' ''You say you want to protect the innocent? Taking this path will lead to their death.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Among these schemers, there are no innocents.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''We are not killing innocents, I promise you.''
*'''Rufino:''' [huffs] ''Look. All I want is to protect people.''
*'''Yasuke:''' [sighs] ''I know. I want the same.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Tell us what's in the message.''
*'''Rufino:''' [sighs] ''There will be a meeting soon between "The Architect" and one of his agents, "The Scholar." They will meet on the northern tip of an island in the middle of Lake Biwa. Go there and... you'll find them.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Who's taking the lead?''
[Play as Naoe]
*'''Yasuke:''' ''You find them. I will make them suffer.''

{{IUNote|Title=True Decoded Message|Text=(The overseers' message fragments have been combined into one document. While still encoded, Rufino has added a note in the margins, identifying the Architect's planned meeting point.)}}-->

==Outcome==
Yasuke and Naoe dealt with all the hired killers and brought their coded orders for Rufino to decode, uncovering a location for a Templar meeting.

==References==
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[[Category:Memories of Fujibayashi Naoe]]
[[Category:Memories of Yasuke]]
[[Category:Memories relived using the Animus EGO]]