The Onryo Samurai

The Onryo Samurai was a virtual representation of one of Fujibayashi Naoe's genetic memories, relived through the Animus EGO.

Description

Naoe set out to recover the box that was stolen from her by a masked samurai.

Dialogue

Naoe departed from Tomiko's house to make her way to Katano.

• Naoe: I'll get the box and everything will be as it was. Everything will be already.

After leaving Tomiko's estate, Naoe got her on her horse Kiri.

• Naoe: To Katano! Ride, Kiri!

Naoe then began riding to Katano, conversing with her horse along the way.

• Naoe: What is Father hiding, Kiri? What's in the box? If Father is willing to risk his life, I can do no less. I will not regret my mistakes, Kiri. I will fix them.

After riding for some time, Naoe came upon the sight on a castle in the distance.

• Naoe: That must be Katano Castle.

Naoe got closer to the complex.

• Naoe: The box thief will be somewhere he feels safe. A well-guard place.

She got closer to a platform, looking up a tower that she would not be able to climb.

Naoe using her grappling hook to reach the roof

• Naoe: My grappling hook will get me up there.

Naoe used her grappling hook to climb up the tower. From there, she looked around the surroundings to locate the samurai who stole her box. While traversing across a rope, she found a guard stationed alone near a construction site.

• Naoe: I can throw a kunai one-handed.

Naoe used her kunai to eliminate guard, allowing her to get closer. After clearing another guard, she found a similar looking box near the body.

• Naoe: There it is.

As she opened the box, she realized it was not the one she was looking for, but collected the materials within.

• Naoe: That's not the box they stole from me. I need to keep looking.

Naoe headed deeper into the complex, getting close to the residences, where there were plenty of shadows to keep her hidden.

• Naoe: I can use the shadows and night to move unseen.

Naoe finding another box in the residence

After using the night and shadows to clear more guards, Naoe entered one of the residences and found another box, although it was not the one she was looking for.

• Naoe: Still not the right box. The thief must have it with him.

Seeing that the box was likely with the carrier, Naoe headed deeper into the castle, overhearing a samurai talking.

• Onryo Samurai: Put those away. Quickly!

Naoe tried to get closer to the source of the voice.

• Onryo Samurai: Make room for their horses. Do not delay.

She located the voice, identifying it as belonging to Ido Yoshihiro, a masked samurai who was holding the box that he took from her in the Mihata Kofun.

Naoe assassinates the masked samurai

• Naoe: He's there with the box! This is it. To get the box back, I have to kill him. I can do it with my grappling hook.

Naoe used her grappling hook to get closer, enabling her to kill the samurai with her Hidden Blade. She then took the box and quickly ran away, trying to avoid the nearby soldiers.

• Naoe: I have to leave.
• Ashigaru Swordsman 1: Assassins among us!

The alarm bell sounded as Naoe continued her way.

• Ashigaru Swordsman 2: Where are you going? Stop!

Naoe shot in the abdomen, causing her to drop to the ground

Naoe managed to escape the castle. As she quickly left the area, she was shot in the abdomen by a masked woman in a hat with a teppo.

• Naoe: Ah!

Naoe fell down in pain, with the box out of her reach. She clenched her wound, seeing the blood in her hand.

• Naoe: (groans)
• Unknown Man 1: She can't be kakushiba. She's just a child.

The masked woman approaching Naoe and the box

Naoe looked on as a masked samurai and the woman approached her.

• Unknown Woman: She's like a cat with a gold coin. She has no idea what she carries.

Naoe tried to crawl and reach the box she dropped.

• Naoe: (roars)

The samurai walked forward and stomped on Naoe's right leg, breaking it.

• Naoe: (screams)

Thge two masked individuals arguing over the ownership of the box

Just as the woman reached for the box, the samurai stepped in.

• Unknown Man 1: What are you doing?
• Unknown Woman: It will be safe in Sakai.
• Unknown Man 1: It will be safer with me.

Just as they debated on the ownership of the box, Naoe's father Nagato stepped in, using his katana to strike the woman's teppo and disrupt her shot before knocking her to the ground, and slicing off the samurai's ear while knocking off his helmet.

• Unknown Woman: Merda! (Shit!)
• Unknown Man: (roars)

Nagato standing in defense of his daughter

Nagato then stood in defense of his daughter.

• Nagato: That box... is not for you.
• Unknown Man 2: That is correct. It is for me.

The group of masked individuals surrounding Nagato and Naoe

A man on a horse wearing an oni mask arrived with eight masked individuals, each wearing distinctive masks and outfits. The assembled 11 members lined up, standing face-to-face against Nagato and Naoe. Knowing his fate, Nagato turned to look at Naoe, giving her a faint smile before gripping his katana into position and rushing forward to attack the group. The individual wearing a kitsune mask loosed an arrow, which Nagato easily deflected. Meanwhile, another samurai attacked with a kanabo, which Nagato also deflected, only for another arrow to strike his right shoulder before another samurai in red armor stabbed him through the gut just before he could reach the horseman.

• Nagato: (screams)

The masked individuals stand tall over a defeated Nagato

Fatally wounded, Nagato fell to the ground.

• Nagato: (winces)

Naoe, having witnessed the scene, screamed.

• Naoe: Father!
• Unknown Man 2: Fujibayashi Nagato. The kakushiba ends with you.

The masked woman recovered the box and gave it to the mounted man, identifying him as their leader.

• Unknown Man: Put them out of their misery.

The red-armored samurai stepped forward and kicked Nagato, turning him over.

The samurai preparing to behead Nagato

• Unknown Man 3: Your life's work is undone tonight.

Just as he drew his katana and prepared to decapitate Nagato, the earless samurai interrupted him.

• Unknown Man: No! Let them suffer! Let them die in pain!
• Unknown Man 2: Fine. We have what we came for.

The masked individuals leaving the area

The group then departed, leaving behind the two Igans.

• Naoe: (cries)

With the area clear, Naoe crawled forward to check on her father.

• Naoe: Father?
  I'm coming!
  (groans)
  Father?!
  (groans)

She reached Nagato's side.

• Naoe: (grunts)

Naoe checking on her father's wounds

She reached out to her father's hand, which was holding on to the fatal wound.

• Nagato: (breathes)
• Naoe: (cries)
• Nagato: (breathes)

Barely alive, Nagato called to his daughter.

• Nagato: Plum...

Nagato saying his last words

• Naoe: I failed you.
• Nagato: No... No. no! (pants) I kept too much from you.

Naoe shook her head.

• Naoe: (cries)
• Nagato: Now... it dies with me.
• Naoe: Stop talking like that!
• Nagato: (pants)
• Naoe: (cries)
• Nagato: There is hope... Follow the blade... hm. (breathe)
• Naoe: Father?! Father...
• Nagato: (breathes)

Nagato passing from his wounds

• Nagato: Remember the song. In the music... we are together. Always. (breathes)

Nagato succumbed to his wounds, passing away.

• Naoe: (cries) Father!

Devastated, Naoe wept and mourned his passing, placing her head on his body.

Outcome

A mysterious group known only as the Shinbakufu foiled Naoe and Nagato's efforts to recover the box. Nagato was killed while a heavily wounded Naoe was left behind to grieve her father's death and later die from her wounds.

Gallery

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  Naoe riding her father's horse to Katano
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  Naoe at the castle's outskirt
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  Naoe failing her first attempt to find the box
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  Naoe finds the masked samurai with the box
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  Naoe retrieving the box from the body
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  Naoe attempting to flee the castle and the guards
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  Naoe running with the box in her hand
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  A masked woman with a teppo
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  The masked samurai trempling on Naoe's thigh, crippling her
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  Nagato confronting the masked shooter
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  Nagato fending off the attackers
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  The masked leader of the group
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  An individual with a Hyottoko mask
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  A samurai clad in purple-colored armor
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  An individual wearing a kitsune mask
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  A masked black-robed individual
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  Nagato making his last stand
• Nagato charging towards the crowd of hostiles
  Nagato charging towards the crowd of hostiles
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  Nagato fending off the kanabo attack
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  Nagato mortally wounded by the red-clad samurai
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  The masked woman hands the box to the leader
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  The earless samurai demands the two ninja bleed to death
• Naoe desperately clawing towards her father
  Naoe desperately clawing towards her father
• Naoe devastated over her father's death
  Naoe devastated over her father's death