Mikawa Province, 1562
Hattori Hanzo, late teens, was on a mission waiting for nightfall with his fellow ninja and various samurai under the command of the Matsudaira Clan to rescue Matsudaira's daughters from the Imagawa Clan at Kaminogo Castle.
"Advance", Matsudaira said to his men as they watched the sun completely set. The samurai and ninjas led by Matsudaira stealthy advanced to Kaminogo Castle. "Hanzo, you and your men take the rooftops", Matsudaira ordered. "Yes, my lord", Hattori responded. Hattori then signaled the other ninjas to follow him to the rooftops. The ninjas threw shuriken at any Imagawa samurai that they saw in their way while Matsudaira's samurai fired arrows at the rival clan's men. Matsudaira and his forces eventually reached the castle. "Wait", he ordered his men. When Hattori and the other ninjas reached the castle, they split up and took the sides to avoid detection. "Throw smoke bombs", Hattori ordered his ninjas. The ninja threw smoke bombs at the castle guards in order to kill them silently. When the guards outside the castle were eliminated, the samurai followed the ninjas into the castle killing anyone who stood in the way of Matsudaira and his family.
Matsudaira's forces made their way through the castle killing anybody who guarded the castle while searching for Matsudaira's daughters. When they reached the top floor, they found Matsudaira's family and Nagamochi, the commanding officer, who they captured along with many of the castle's defenders along with Nagamochi's sons. "Father", one of Matsudaira's daughters exclaimed upon being rescued. "Shall we strike them down, my lord?"Hattori asked Matsudaira. "No, they are valuable to the Imagawa Clan and we may use them as leverage", Matsudaira responded. Hattori bowed to Matsudaira. Hattori walked out a window of the castle and looked out at the view. "Set fire to this castle and take the prisoners with us", Matsudaira ordered his forces. "Yes, my lord", the men responded.
Tokyo, 2019
"Ok, that's enough for today", said Kagenobu Sato, regional manager of Abstergo Industries in Japan. "You've done enough, Haruno-san. Get some rest.", he continued. "Ok", Akane said bowing to Sato. "I'll see you tomorrow, Haruno-san", Sato said to Akane while bowing. Akane left the room and made her way to the exit of the building. As she walked down the stairs, she saw promotional pictures of movies about Altair's quests in the Third Crusade titled "Murder in the Levant" and Ezio's quests during the Renaissance titled "Fear and Loathing in Florence". "Have a nice day", a guard said to her as she walked out of the building. She walked to her car, opened the door, then started the car and drove out of the parking lot on her way home. It took her 40 minutes to reach her house. When she got to her house, she took out her key, opened the door, slipped off her high heels, and went to her bedroom.