Book 1: Shinobi Journalist ~Natsuki~

Chapter II

Authoress: The II Chapter is finally here~! (Though it did took me a while to rewrite a few things~)...

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2nd Step into Accepting One's Commission, Reassuring One's Doubts and Surpassing One's Expectations

~(In the meantime – Somewhere near the outskirts of *Tanzaku Quarters)~

Around the same time as the Newspaper Club's departure for the Human World, inside a vacant cottage stationed near the outskirts of the Tanzaku Quarters lies a cloaked figure as he surveys the scene inside of a basin-like pool before diverting his attention over to his bodyguard, who entered the room with the intention of giving a report.

"Report, *Kojūrō."

"This came in from the council: 'The caged bird has been released.'"

Kojūrō said as he informs their council's orders to the cloaked young man, his hood flinched lightly at the message's meaning as Kojūrō continued on and made the former's theory known.

"It's as you have surmised, Masayuki-sama. Judging by his reaction and the serendipity between the times, I'd say it's not good."

Kojūrō said as he recounted the said leader's reaction before Masayuki's eyes flickered slightly and looked back to the pool with concern etching itself on his brow.

"I see... '[It's quite possible, considering that the reports of *Ghoul outbreaks and the sudden increase of her workload seems too much to be a coincidence, let alone an conjunction...]'"

Masayuki thought curiously before trailing off in thought and continued to theorized the mysterious man's motives as he recalls of seeing the timetables between Sasha and her 'part-time job' and was about to put the pieces together until he was brought back by Kojūrō.

"Masayuki-sama...?"

"'[Are all our suspicions groundless or is she prepared for the worse...?]' Kojūrō, go back to the village and tell *Nīsan to get ready."

"Hai!"

Masayuki thought suspiciously before giving Kojūrō the orders to begin preparations for the 'worst-case scenario' that was about to unfold as the latter replied curtly and exited the room, leaving the young man to his thoughts once again.

"'[It's been 17 years since that day...]'"

Masayuki thought as an image of fire appeared in his mind before revealing a shadowed silhouette of a village burning and a masked figure appearing near the center of the destruction, saved for its eerie sickly-green eyes... Something that has haunted him for the past 17 years.

"We can't let this generation experience the same pain and suffering that we went through."

Masayuki said softly, not wanting anyone or anything to suffer the same wounds that he and his friends have as his eyes dons a determined glint before he sees something shine in the water.