Editing The Path He Walks

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{{Spoilerhd|20 June 2025|[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]}}
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{{Memory Infobox
|name = The Path He Walks
|image = 
|description = ''With more questions than answers, [[Yasuke]] seeks out an old friend.''
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''
|type = Main {{c|Yasuke's Past}}
|reward = 
|fullsync = 
|heroclass = 
|previous = [[My Name is Yasuke]]
|next = [[Fighting for the Cause]]
|concurrent = 
|source = [[Yasuke]]
|location = [[Kyoto]], [[Yamashiro]], [[Japan]]
|date = Late June 1582
}}
'''The Path He Walks''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Yasuke]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived through the [[Animus|Animus EGO]].<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

==Description==
Yasuke travels to [[Kyoto]] to seek out his old friend, the [[Jesuit]] [[Luís Fróis]].

==Dialogue==
Yasuke arrived at the [[Jesuit Residences]] in [[Kyoto]], where he met his former associate Luís Fróis at the pond.
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''Do my eyes deceive me? Diogo, is that you, my friend?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''(laughs) I am called Yasuke now, Luis.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''(laughs) Right! It will take some time for me to get used to that.''
Frois approached Yasuke.
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''Time has robbed us of each other, my friend. I had hoped dearly that we would meet again.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''I feel the same.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''We did not talk much when we last met. Circumstances were difficult, so to speak. But look at you now - [[samurai]] in your own right! To think this is your reality.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Hm. Much has happened since.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''I will not tell you lies. Things have been trying since Lord [[Oda Nobunaga|Nobunaga]]'s death.<br>The realm is unbalanced, and no one knows from which direction the next army will come. But I have been keeping above ground.<br>Oh! I have also been hearing rumor of an interesting duo, a [[shinobi]] and a samurai, causing no small chaos in this land.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''(laughs) After Lord Nobunaga's death, I have been running with a [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|band]] of... allies, you could say. We are a varied mix, but we share ideals.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''It is tragic [[Honnō-ji incident|how]] he left us. (sighs) To put your trust in the [[Akechi Mitsuhide|wrong hands]]...''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''I will forever be indebted to Lord Nobunaga, he who honored me. At the very least, he found death the way he wanted to.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''As much as we wish to be the masters of our fate, [[Jesus of Nazareth|Christ]] has his own grand designs.''
Yasuke followed Frois to a tree by the pond.
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''Why have you come to me? I take your return to [[Kyoto]] as no coincidence.''
Yasuke took out the letter he recovered from [[Duarte de Melo]] and handed it over to Frois to read.
*'''Yasuke:''' ''I found a letter. I cannot fully understand it, so I was hoping you could tell me.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''It is an oath to the [[Templar Order]].''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''You know them.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''Sim. I have heard of them when I was in [[Italy]]. The [[Rodrigo Borgia|Pope]] and [[House of Borgia|three]] [[House of Pazzi|great]] [[House of Barbarigo|houses]] were involved. The House of Borgia was one of them, a prominent noble family. They caused a lot of turmoil in [[Rome]]. Their thirst for power nearly ruined the city. I was there before I worked with [[Alessandro Valignano|Valignano]].''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''What happened to them?''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''Eradicated, mysteriously. They say a [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|secret organization]] put an end to their conspiracies, but not much is known.<br>This letter is addressed to Duarte de Melo. Does this name mean anything to you?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''He was a [[Slavery|slaver]]. Someone who did not deserve the mercy of death.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''What happened to him?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''I ended his life.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''Was he someone you knew?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''He was someone from my past. Another demon.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''It says here that someone called [[Kimura Kei]] is training a group of secret warriors at a school in [[Kii]]. They will serve someone called... [[Nuno Caro]].''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Caro.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''You know this name?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''I worked for him. Before you and I met.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''Ah, I remember when we pulled you out! That piece of wood you were drifting on was at the end of its life.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''It is good that you found me Luis. Let us leave it at that.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''Even more fortunate for us. You were a great asset to Valignano.<br>You've never painted a clear picture of how you were left floating in the open sea as you were.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''I was on a ship with a few others. It was destroyed.''
*'''Luis Frois:''' ''Well, safe to surmise that this Duarte de Melo, and Nuno Caro, are part of the Templar Order.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Hm. Then I must find this Kimura Kei.''

==Outcome==
Yasuke was reunited with Frois, who helped provided some information regarding the Templar Order that Duarte, Kei, and Nuno were part of.

==References==
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