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1 EXT. ALLEYWAY - NIGHT

Grip dodges into an alleyway to his left.

NARRATION
I duck down alleyways at random.

2 EXT. ALLEYWAY - NIGHT

Grip dodges into an alleyway to his right.

NARRATION
Backtrack.

3 EXT. ALLEYWAY - NIGHT

Grip stands in an alleyway and looks up above him (this shot a worm’s eye view directly upward) as a ninja leaps from one rooftop to another, unaware of him below.

NARRATION
Hide.

4 EXT. ALLEYWAY - NIGHT

Grip holds his sword off to one side as he plunges a knife into a ninja’s gut.

NARRATION
Force them to spread out their search, divide their forces.

NARRATION
Battling them one at a time is the only chance I have at surviving the night.

5 EXT. ROOFTOP - NIGHT

Grip kicks a ninja backward off a high rooftop.

NARRATION
I have broken the okite- the rule of my ninja clan.

6 EXT. ALLEYWAY - NIGHT

Grip stabs a ninja through the back, the sword coming out of the ninja’s chest.

NARRATION
This is the most severe crime and now I am known as nukenin- one who has deserted his brethren.