Thank you, everyone, for gathering here today.
I have determined Iga's reply to Koga Acting Chief Kidou Minobe's letter.
I will cede Iga's secret Ninja Core to Koga.
My demand in exchange
will be that Koga acknowledge Iga's autonomy.
Hold on, sir.
Does that mean you're surrendering to Koga?
It is not a surrender.
It is an offer of terms for an agreement in which
Iga maintains the independence and autonomy it has heretofore possessed.
Will they accept a demand like that?
No, this is wrong! Anything that means handing over the Core is wrong!
To begin with, Chief, do you believe Koga will honor its promises?
Countermeasures are in place.
No matter what any of you say, I will not be changing course.
Tokisada, what are your thoughts on this?
I...
abide by the chief's decision.
Just think about the situation.
In a fight against Koga's ninjas and hundreds or thousands of machines,
do you believe Iga can survive?
Like I've said many times, we just need to attack Koga before they attack us!
Better to risk everything than to sit and wait to die!
Let's go avenge Chief Yumika, with every ninja in Iga!
I don't imagine any of us feel this path is right.
But at this point,
for Iga to survive,
there is no other path!
Very well.
If you cannot abide by my decision, then leave Iga.
I will strike your name from the register and expel you.
Do you really mean that?
I do not wish to do this either.
However, I believe that once time has passed and you have calmed down,
you will all understand.
This is bullshit!
I will regard further outbursts as mutiny against the chief.
This concludes the meeting.
Reconciliation
What?
That's it. Meeting over.
Hold on, sir!
Reconciliation? With Koga?!
What's going on?
The Iga Chief made the request personally
that we serve as witnesses for the conclusion of a peace treaty.
The Iga Chief requested it?
The NSC will accept the request.
This makes no sense!
Koga isn't even trying to hide its mass murders,
much less its Ninja Ordinances violations.
We should round them all up at once!
There's no evidence.
The ninjas from the destroyed villages are nearly all dead or missing.
At this point, Koga's only established crime is its assault on Iga.
But sir, someone needs to stop them.
What's important is reaching a settlement.
Iga has promised not to pursue charges for Koga's aggressions
and to provide Koga with the secret Core.
In return, Koga would pay damages,
and both sides would promise complete nonaggression toward the other.
In the event of a violation, the NSC steps in immediately.
This will allow us to put a collar on Koga.
After all they did, we're just going to let them get away with most of it?
Are you saying we can uphold justice like that?
The job of the NSC
is to uphold peace.
The issue going forward will be
Iga's secret Ninja Core once it passes into Koga's hands.
To ensure it is not put to military use, our job will be to monitor Koga
and keep them in check.
If anything, the test of the NSC's reason for being is yet to come.
What, and just wag our tails for the NSC?
Don't you have any pride?
We would obtain the secret Ninja Core,
but the treaty provisions prohibit military use.
Those pieces of shit! What good is it if we can't use it in the Asuras?
This is a pretty smooth move they've made.
We should turn this crap down!
Are you suggesting we oppose the NSC?
It would not be wise to start something with the NSC at this moment.
Then we're going to accept the peace treaty?
No.
We'll get our hands on the secret Core first.
We will postpone our reply to the NSC.
We'll use that period to prepare a second assault on Iga.
I expect gathering the personnel and deploying the Asuras
will require quite some time.
No matter.
Stamp out Iga and take the secret Ninja Core.
I'm sure the NSC will have something to say about that.
But as long as we complete the Asuras...
Yes,
that will be checkmate.
Come on, girl.
There has been no reply from Koga regarding the proposed peace treaty.
I see.
Would it be possible to have you arrange an opportunity to talk with them?
They have been refusing all talks with the NSC as well.
I... doubt it will be possible.
I understand.
Thank you for taking the trouble to come all the way here.
No,
it was our failure to act that forced you into this position.
I am deeply sorry.
Please, raise your head.
You only did your job.
I'll be going now.
Wait.
Could I consult with you on something?
Ryoko!
What did I expect?
Knock, knock!
I'm coming in!
I'm sorry. I have to keep working on this part.
Oh, sorry, sorry...
It's awful that everything's been burned down...
Things break. They can be fixed again.
You could take a break...
No, I can't.
This is the only thing I can do.
Ninja tool construction and maintenance. That's the job of Saiga village.
Even if there's no one else here...
I...
I'll never...
be all that strong...
I'm the same as a ninja tool. I need a wielder.
On my own... I'm useless.
You're amazing, Ryoko.
Even all alone,
you're trying to fulfill your duty.
I...
wasn't able to do that.
You see, my dad...
he died.
Still, I wasn't sad one bit.
I hated him.
He trained me to lie and betray everyone to ensure our puny village's survival.
You know, it's poetic. In the end, he was betrayed by Koga and died.
I felt relieved.
I was finally gonna be free.
Free from what?
Passing intel on Iga to Koga.
That was my job as a Fuma ninja.
You know, Ittoki's mom's death was my fault.
What happened to Iga village was also because of me.
Because I told Koga that Tokisada was gone.
I'm sure of it.
And so... in the end I betrayed everyone... hurt everyone...
and all I had left was my life...
Nothing else.
But the terrible things I've done
will never go away.
That may be true,
but you're still my dear friend.
Were you listening?
I was lying to you and everyone.
What about just now?
Everything about your father? About Fuma?
The tears you're shedding now?
Is that all a lie?
Kirei, the time I spent with you was real.
I...
believe that
in my heart.
You have a call.
From who?
I do not know.
He only said to put him through to the chief.
The call is from Mr. Housen's home number.
Put him through.
Chief Kidou. It has been some time, sir.
This is Suzaku Ban.
What do you want?
I found a video file with audio that my father was hiding.
Did you watch it?
Yes, sir.
Did you show anyone?
No.
I wish to turn this file over to you, sir.
I am not like my father.
This file is proof of my loyalty.
Grant me a place to die as a Koga ninja.
I will send someone over.
Hand over the file and then rendezvous with the Second Iga Assault teams.
Should I take this to mean you have made your decision?
I will speak and represent the consensus of Iga.
We firmly reject the conclusion of a peace treaty with Koga.
To toss aside the Iga spirit is to toss aside being an Iga ninja.
So then, you will accept expulsion?
No.
We wish for you to renounce your authority as chief, sir.
The burden of Iga village is too great for you to bear.
This is our fault for failing to see something so obvious.
We will not install a new chief.
From now on, we'll all protect Iga together.
I will not vacate the position of chief.
I cannot give away the final thing my mother entrusted to me.
I can't hold it in any more!
What you said is like the whining of a child.
What Chief Yumika entrusted to you was not the position of chief, but Iga itself!
And you're about to toss that aside!
Can you look your mother in the face like this?
I will not be dissuaded.
If you are going to continue your opposition, I will expel you.
So we're out of other moves to make.
We'll start preparing at once.
Target not found.
Appears to have fled.
Go after him at once. Make sure you retrieve the file.
Understood, sir.
When is the assault on Iga?
Tomorrow... at midnight.
What are you doing?
What is it?
Um, is Ittoki here?
He can't see you right now.
I can bring him a message.
"I'm sorry for lying to you and betraying you all this time."
Could you tell him that for me?
You mean how you used that bird to pass Koga intel?
You knew?
I know I did something unforgivable.
It's my fault that Ittoki's mom...
No. The true traitor is someone else.
It remains true that you created one of the factors that put Iga in a corner.
But at the same time, Iga owes you a lot.
It was you that blew up the charging station, right?
That makes everything even.
Oh, about your message. I'll have to wait a while to deliver it.
Ittoki is fighting on his own right now.
I don't want to ruin that.
Get that where it needs to be.
We will now restrain the chief and obtain the secret Ninja Core.
Tokisada is currently out on the chief's orders.
There's no one inside but the chief and Kousetsu in the cellar.
All of you will keep watch on the perimeter in case Tokisada comes back.
What if the chief flees?
Then capture him promptly.
Be a little rough if necessary.
I will retrieve the secret Core myself.
A coup d'état, eh?
Iga has fallen as low as it could.
Kozo intends to make the chief release the seal on the secret Core
so it can be used as a trump card to fight Koga.
Tokisada's absence is an opportunity. Don't waste it.
Get ahead of Kozo and obtain the Core.
But—
Do it.
There's a life you want to save, isn't there?
The chief is currently in the inner room.
We'll carry out the plan in ten minutes. No one leave your post.
What are you doing here?
I told you not to leave your post, Reiha.
I can't believe it was you.
It was not Kousetsu that killed the previous chief, but a traitor in Iga.
As things stand, Koga will always have the upper hand.
Right now I want to prioritize identifying the traitor above all else.
I see. So threatening everyone with expulsion was a way to buy time to do that.
Kozo, I need you to put on an act.
Why did you decide to trust me?
Because I believe the people of Iga trust you most.
If you were the traitor, then I couldn't trust anybody, could I?
How long?
Don't tell me it was you that killed Chief Yumika!
What's the point of asking that now?
All you need to do is kill me right now.
How could you? Do you realize how much blood was shed because of you?
How can you devotedly serve Iga?
Has Iga done anything for you?
It's poor, and it's weak. And on top of that,
it took my husband from me.
And yet she would only ever tell me to bear the pain.
Kidou told me he'd save my husband!
That's why I clung to him!
What's wrong with that?
He was only using you. Why can't you see that?
I'm not strong enough to be able to live with so much pain.
What did you take?
Oh no!
Hurry! Make her vomit it out!
We need to get her to the hospital!
To all the Iga ninjas, First, I respectfully offer my sincere apologies for deceiving you and testing you to find the traitor. I did it all for the sake of making peace between Iga and Koga a reality. But I am forced to say that may well be impossible. As a result of Tokisada's investigation, it has become clear that Koga Chief Kidou Minobe's true objective...
To all the Iga ninjas,
First, I respectfully offer my sincere apologies for deceiving you
and testing you to find the traitor.
I did it all for the sake of making peace between Iga and Koga a reality.
But I am forced to say that may well be impossible.
The Koga Chief's aim might not be revenge against Iga,
or even to gain power and control over the ninjas.
I realized that from talking to Suzaku.
His killing of high-ranking ninja Housen Ban deviates from the expected course.
I'll investigate.
Thanks.
As a result of Tokisada's investigation,
it has become clear that Koga Chief Kidou Minobe's true objective
is to exterminate all ninjas.
You're investigating my father's death?
This has all the information you want. I don't need it anymore.
Stay out of my way.
That's all I ask.
Most likely, by the time you are reading this, Koga will have Iga surrounded.
Absolutely do not fight them. Just run.
As long as you are all alive,
Iga village can continue on.
Don't tell me he...
Do not fight them. Just run.
Register of Sworn Iga Ninjas
What I was actually trying to accomplish was...
While investigating the mechanical ninja warehouse,
I saw signs that the vast majority had been moved.
To attack Iga, no doubt.
Yes. That is practically certain.
Is there no way to negotiate?
The Koga Chief appears to have cut off all contact with the outside.
Direct negotiation would be tough.
When Koga attacks Iga, their defenses will be thin.
Find out when the attack will be.
I'll go in alone and negotiate with Koga's chief.
That won't work.
However much their defenses thin,
the Koga headquarters will still have formidable security.
No. With the secret Ninja Core I can break through.
It's the only way to stop Koga without hurting anyone.
This is not for revenge.
It's for my mother,
it's for Iga,
and most of all,
it's for me.
As Ittoki the ninja,
Ittoki Sakuraba 19th Chief Yumika Sakuraba 18th Chief
I'll settle this once and for all.
Ittoki Sakuraba 19th Chief
Yumika Sakuraba 18th Chief
See you when it's over.
Take care of Iga. Yours,
Young Master...
While we were busy fussing about the village, he... I can't believe it!
Let's go now and support him! Don't let the chief die!
No!
If we go, the chief's actions will be in vain.
But...
Our chief is fighting right now.
Everyone,
do you still have the resolve to protect Iga?
We'll disobey just one of the chief's orders.
We'll fight here.
To prevent Koga from catching on to the chief's plan, we'll keep them busy here.
That will both protect Iga and help the chief.
But you must swear not to die!
Kousetsu Tokisada Kaga
We must not let the chief's feelings be in vain!
Young Master,
please
stay safe.
Episode 11: The Path With No Regrets
Fate.
Revenge.
Shinobi.
In all of those...
Next time on Shinobi no Ittoki episode 12: "Ittoki the Ninja."
Episode 12: Ittoki the Ninja