From the darkness, a LAUGH. Old. Cold.
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NARRATOR (V.O.) The truth is worse than legend. Ninja aren’t born. They’re broken — and rebuilt in the space between heartbeats. One rival strikes. A blur. Ninja legends script
The ninja kneels, presses two fingers to the fallen men’s foreheads. A whisper: From the darkness, a LAUGH
WARLORD “The age of shadows is over. My cannons, my coins, my courts — that is the new ninja art. Give me the scroll. I’ll let you vanish.” The ninja closes the scroll. Smiles — just barely. From the darkness
The ninja unrolls the glowing scroll. Kanji BURN into existence: