A Ninja's Way of Fighting: Restraint!

The word "puppet" directly cooled some of the crimson ferocity in Otakemaru's eyes.

For attacking Heian-kyo, then seizing Kyoto's spiritual energy to nourish Mount Suzuka, which was filled with miasma, and restore his homeland to its former state—this had not been a plan he came up with himself.

And he also knew that choosing this...

"I am a failure. I hardly ever notice whether the sun is shining, because I have no time.

"My parents could not support me, and I was not highly educated. Alone in the city, I searched for a future.

"I found many jobs, but none would hire me. Maybe nobody liked someone who was bad at talking, unwilling to socialize, and had not shown enough ability.

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"For three whole days, I ate only two loaves of bread. Hunger kept me awake at night. Fortunately, I had paid a month's rent in advance, so I could keep living in that dark basement instead of going outside to endure the abnormally cold winter wind.

"Finally, I found a job. I worked nights at a hospital, guarding the morgue.

"The hospital was even colder at night than I had imagined. The wall lamps in the corridors were unlit, leaving everything dim. I could only rely on the faint light spilling out from the rooms to see where I stepped.

"It smelled awful there. From time to time, corpses would be delivered stuffed into body bags, and we would work together to carry them into the morgue.

"It was not a good job, but at least it let me afford bread. I could also