SEQUENCE 7: TRIPPED OUT
*ANIMUS AUDIO TRANSLATION: ON*
SHANGHAI: 1856
Kasumi Miyamoto (now a Footpad) and Troy Church sat upon a rooftop overlooking their target- a corrupt local magistrate who was a supporter of the Templars.
"How do we take him out?" Troy asked.
Kasumi produced several shuriken from a pouch on her robes.
"Throwing stars?" Troy asked.
"They're a distraction." Kasumi answered.
As the magistrate and his guards went around the corner, Kasumi leaped from the rooftop and sank her hidden blades into two of the guards' necks. Troy killed another with a rope dart. Just then, one of the guards hit Kasumi in the head, giving the magistrate a window of opportunity to flee toward the nearest opium den.
"After him!" Troy yelled, pointing in the direction the magistrate had fled.
Several minutes later, Kasumi walked into the opium den. Wanting to seem inconspicuous, she poured herself a glass of brandy and grabbed a hookah, from which she inhaled. After roughly 10 minutes of this, the Piece of Eden she carried turned itself on.
"Funny…" Kasumi slurred.
Before her eyes, the walls of the opium den turned a metallic green and rippled to the touch. Most of the patrons turned into man-shaped clouds of smoke. Brightly colored lights flashed, and an attractive young woman wearing a kimono appeared.
"Who are you?" Kasumi asked.
"I am Amaterasu, ancestor to the Emperor. I am of Those Who Came Before, and I wish to guide you." the woman asked.
Kasumi looked the interloper over.
"Where'd you come from, Amaterasu?" Kasumi asked, slurring.
Amaterasu faded away, leaving Kasumi behind. The delirious Assassin dragged herself toward her target, following the mysterious golden trail that only she seemed to see. At the end of it was the magistrate, who now looked like an oni to Kasumi.
"Can I help you?" the magistrate asked.
Kasumi extended her hidden blades and stabbed the magistrate.
"Murder!" a man exclaimed.
Kasumi broke down a door and fled the opium den. Upon entering an alleyway, she passed out. Some time later, Troy found her unconscious form and dragged her to the nearest Assassin Den for treatment.