Editing Shinji

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Shinji
|image = ACSH Shinji 1.png
|death = 1582<br>[[Tanba|Tamba]]
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = *[[Yoshisada (samurai)|Yoshisada]]'s silver-smuggling ring<br>
*[[Akechi clan]]
}}
'''Shinji''', also known as '''The Interrogator''', was a [[Japan]]ese criminal and member of a [[Tanba|Tamba]] [[silver]]-[[smuggling]] ring during the 16th century.

==Biography==
By 1582, Shinji worked as part of a silver-smuggling operation under their leader [[Mai]] as her enforcer and the operation's security. He used torture and brutal probing methods to gather information from anyone looking into their criminal affairs. However, his actions were soon caught by a spy working under Lord [[Hosokawa Fujitaka]].<ref name="Silver Smugglers">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Silver Smugglers]]</ref> 

The [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] met with Lord Fujitaka, who asked them for help due to his silver business being exploited. With the help of his retainer [[Yoshisada (samurai)|Yoshisada]], Fujitaka gave Naoe and Yasuke information about his spy working with one of the smugglers.<ref name="Silver Smugglers"/>

Covering his tracks, Shinji ambushed and killed Fujitaka's spy and then hid within cave near [[Onitake Shrine]]. However, Naoe and Yasuke discovered the spy's corpse and followed traces of blood into the cave. Both Naoe and Yasuke confronted Shinji, who was harshly interrogating a captured ''[[rōnin]]'', and subsequently assassinated him. They then recovered a message from Mai to Shinji and the [[katana]], the [[Silver Ace]], from Shinji's personal effects.<ref name="Silver Smugglers"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

==References==
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