Barcelona, several months ago, night
Heitan and Fumiyo are walking together inside a good shinobi base, the most important in Europe.
The reason of their presence is obviously a very important mission, so important the entire elite student squad and several other great students have been sent.
The two shinobi are paying attention to any details, and they're close to their goal…
"Heitan, here."
Fumiyo tells her friend in a low voice, friend who enters the office she just shown him.
"I'll be back…"
He says while entering the room alone.
The task is simple, takes back data the good shinobi stole the evil ones, then destroy the ones stored there.
"Heitan? Fumiyo? Your position please."
Arisa demands thanks to their communication devices.
"I'm in the office, Fumiyo is watching the entrance… What about you?"
Heitan asks while taking place in the desk.
"I am fine, Shun and Yû are doing good avoiding the way too numerous guardians…"
Arisa explains.
"It'd be so faster just killing them… You agree with me, Heitan?"
Ai asks in a joyful voice, but this time, she's going to be disappointed.
"Yes, but Hamato told us killing people there would harm the situation with the good shinobi, and even start a war between our factions. Sorry Ai, but this time, we have to stay calm…"
Heitan explains in a serious tone of voice.
"Huh?! Heitan! Don't start being soft too!"
Ai yells, but Heitan rather ignoring her and connects the hacking device.
"Ai… Now is not the time for conjugal arguments…"
Arisa says in a tired voice.
"Eh?! So it's right? They're in a couple for real?!"
Yuuma screams.
"Yuuma, we are in a mission, I think it'd be better to shut the fuck up."
Eri asks politely
The argument continues, but Heitan just doesn't pay attention to them and focus on the computer, which the database is now revealed.
"I start the data recuperation."
Heitan ways by connecting an external hard disk, a simple thumb drive or a SD card wouldn't be enough.
Once the device connected, Heitan start the transfer, but he realizes there are thousands of files, and it's gonna be long to transfer everything.
"I'll need several minutes, be careful."
Heitan tells his comrades.
"Get it, everything is fine for now…"
Fumiyo answers, the other calmed down since.
Heitan looks with frustration the progress bar filling as fast as a slug, so, he decides to take a looks at the office.
He notices that for an office with such important data stored, it looks like a simple desk for a low paid secretary.
But he knows good shinobi like hiding significant things with normal ones, so, it doesn't surprise him that much. He's more astonished by the stupid quantity of material on this desk, paper clip, flash drives, and a stapler.
Already tiredn he decides to take a look at the files stolen by the good shinobi.
As Hamato told them, it's just former students archives, documents related to logistic, old mission reporting. Critical data for sure, but nothing interesting for Heitan.
However…
"Wait…"
He thinks when he notices something about the missions reports
They are classified according to a chronological order.
It may be normal, but Heitan understands it involves something…
"Could it be…"
Hamato highlighted those data shouldn't be consulted by students, including them. So, Heitan is hesitating…
"Okay, it's not like I have to read it after all…"
But he finally decides to search a specific date, the day when he unleashed his power for the first time.
He finds a single files for this date, the next one is dated the week after it.
And the name confirms what the report is about:
"Rediscovery and reappropriation of the Charm of the Snow Woman"
Heitan isn't astonished to find a reporting of his accident. However, the title makes him confused because he doesn't get the "Rediscovery and reappropriation".
Indeed, Hamato told him he was a part of a kind of farm for shinobi with his power… But he also told him when he was helping him to master his art that evil shinobi never had access to that art before he joined them.
By realizing that inconsistencies, Heitan feels something horrible…
"I should just ignore it…"
He says himself, but it just makes this feeling he hates so much growing even more…
Before even noticing it, the transfer is complete.
"T-Transfer done, I'm coming."
He says in a pretty hesitant voice, which everyone notices."
"Heitan? You're alright?"
Ai asks in a both curious and worried voice.
"Yes, it just lasted so long I was a little sleepy… But I'm coming, so, be ready to leave."
Heitan says in a serious voice.
He when prepare the explosive to destroy this place, but his hesitation hasn't left, and he freezes when he sees the name of the report in the screen.
And the feeling is still making him shaking…
Fear…
Two days alter, at midday
The mission is a success, the Hachi group came back by morning and immediately gave Hamato the data. He's left to report it to his superiors in the European evil shinobi headquarter, not far from the school.
To celebrate their mission's success, the elite squad decides to lunch together, which they usually never do.
"I will always tell it, but when we work together, nothing can stop us!"
Arisa says in a proud voice.
"True…"
Yû says in a more hesitating voice.
"We're gonna get a fucking great bonus for this!"
Ai claims in a excited voice.
Fumiyo doesn't say anything and just cheerfully smiles at her comrades.
But Heitan doesn't share the mood…
"Heitan, could you at least try to look happy… Actually, I don't even understand why you would not be…"
Arisa asks in an annoyed voice.
Heitan is hesitant, but decides to answer.
"I am! I'm just bothered because the other choose to do something in their own side… I wish everyone who contributed during the mission were doing something together…"
He explains.
But he's lying, the true reason of his behaviour is in his bedroom…
One hour later
Heitan is back to his bedroom, finally lonely, even if he had to insist on making Ai leaving him alone.
But he finally can take the flash drive containing the report about him, a flash drive he hid inside one of the bed feet.
Without waiting, he turns on his computer and connects the flash drive in thirty seconds, approximately.
He opens the files, and after a last moment of hesitation, starts to read it….
Reading everything only takes a few minutes, a few minutes enough to break him just like the evening his mother abused him, perhaps even more.
He learns so many things his spirit isn't able to accept everything, examples would make it clearer…
His father wasn't a good shinobi, but an evil shinobi who mastered a forbidden art, Charm of the Snow Woman, in order to abuse women, which included Heitan's mother.
His mother passed away a few moments after he ran away, her hierarchy ordered her to kill herself after a gross misconduct… She covered Heitan's escape to protect him.
Regarding his transfer into that school, Hamato's purpose was to make sure Heitan meet many women and eventually fall in love and eventually have children. That's also why they allowed boys in what used to be a girl's only school, because that would imply a gap between the amount of women and the amount of men.
Heitan is wrecked, he understands that for years, Hamato and the evil faction were using him and that they weren't anything like affection in Hamato's behaviour, only manipulation.
"Ehehehe… You bastards… Bastards… BASTARDS!"
Heitan tells himself, the face red of anger, an anger he's never felt until now.
The idea he just lived 9 years in a make believed world gives him rage. He's even doubting of his relation with her others comrades, especially Ai.
"I HATE YOU! YOU MOTHERFUCKERS! YOU'RE ALL GONNA PAY FOR THIS!"
It's hard for him not to scream, but he manages to stay quiet and decides to leave the school, looking for someone…