Ninja War Under the Moonlight

1: Ninja War Outbreak: Steal the Secret Letter

Hamatsuka Sakura: M-M-M-Makizou-sama, Suzusuke-sama, s-something terrible... Something terrible has happened!!
Maki: Get a hold of yourself! As ninja in the service of Yukari-sama, we Origami ninja must always be calm and collected.
Sakura: I-I'm... Very sorry...
Suzuka: Now then, what happened?
Sakura: That's, ninja from another territory seem to have infiltrated our ninja mansion. Their target is likely...
Sakura: That "secret letter", I believe.
Maki: What are the guards doing, allowing the enemy to slip through? If they're that negligent, I'll have to re-discipline them later.
Suzuka: However, Makizou-dono, we do have a bit of spare time. A round of rat hunting might be amusing.
Maki: A rat hunt...? You may be on to something, Suzusuke-dono.
Maki: If they're skilled enough to invade here, they may prove useful in killing time... We'll see.

Meanwhile, on the other side--

Kofuki: Damnit, why do I have to play along with this dumb stuff? What moron came up with "Mokusa ninja"!
Kiyoka: P-Please calm down, Kofukimaru-san. If you make too much noise, the enemy will find us.
Kofuki: And who do you think you're calling Kofukimaru?
Kiyoka: Please calm down, that's just how it is. We've come this far, so please give up and accept it.
Kofuki: I'm no good at giving up!
Kofuki: Anyway, you're acting pretty weird. Can't believe you actually volunteered for this stupid job.
Kiyoka: Ehh~, it seemed like a lot of fun.
Kofuki: No good... You and I are on totally different channels. I'm not into this kind of game.
Kofuki: And since I'm not into it, can I drop the act and just call it quits here?
Kiyoka: You can't do that. We're not allowed to go back until the mission is over, Shichinosato-san. Ahh, I didn't mean that! ...Kofukimaru-san!
Kofuki: Ugh, well whatever... Let's get this bad joke over with already. So, what's this thing we're after again?
Kiyoka: Within this mansion, there lies a certain secret message. We need to steal it and escape the village.
Kofuki: Right, great... So what the hell is "a certain secret message"? What "village"?
Kiyoka: The secret message is a secret message. The village is a village. Please don't try to poke holes in the setting.
Kofuki: Poke holes!? Between the secret message and the village, there's more holes than setting!
Kofuki: I guess it doesn't matter... I just have to play along. Let's hurry and get this over with!

Once again, on the other side--

Maki: There you are! Skulking around in a place like this; you truly are rats!
Nagasaki Sumi: Ahh, we're not rats, we're ninja...
Maruyama Akane: That's right! We're ninja, so of course we're gonna hide!
Akane: A ninja without the nin is just a ja! [ninja is made up the kanji nin, to hide, and ja, person]
Mai: Still, to be discovered so quickly... We can't take the Origami ninja lightly.
Maki: In the first place, you're all disorganized.
Maki: What a shame... At this rate, our fun will be over all too soon.
Akane: Hey-! We Mokusa ninja've been training our bodies hard! You'll regret looking down on us!
Sumi: Ah... We were trying to stay undercover... Why did you say who we are...?
Akane: Ah- No wayyy! You tricked me! That's playing dirty!
Suzuka: I don't believe it; you actually revealed your own identity... Even disorganized was giving you too much credit. Please try not to disappoint us any further.
Mai: We have no obligation to meet your expectations, but we can't continue like we planned. Everyone, get ready!
Sumi: Right!
Akane: I'll follow your lead!
Suzuka: ...Well, self-proclaimed Mokusa ninja, could you please entertain us for a while?
Maki: You came all this way to face defeat!

2: The Difference in Daily Training Shown Through Defeat

Akane: Ninja Art: Deadlift Technique!!
Maki: I can see right through it!
Maki: HNPH-!!
Akane: Gahhh! So... Heavy... How can one strike be that heavy!?
Maki: Oh...? You were able to block that? Though if you don't put your hips into it, you'll be split in two.
Akane: Easy for you to say, but I'm overworked here...!
Akane: For me to get overpowered like this... No way... You're so tough... What routine did you do to get like this?
Maki: I'll tell you... First, a light run of about 40km. Follow that with fingertip push ups, sit ups, lat pulldowns, squat hops, lateral crossovers, and pull ups. That's 500 repetitions of each.
Maki: Then 200 curls with a 40kg weight in each hand. Next, with an axe, I chop 1,000 pieces of firewood, followed by 2,000 practice swings with my sword.
Maki: Now a run up a flight of 200 stone steps, 20 times. Then a 20km swim against the waves. Finally, two sparring sessions to finish it off.
Maki: Take a good cleansing bath to relax your muscles, and eat a lot of nutritious food. That's all.
Akane: That's all...! Your routine's insane...!
Suzuka: If she's off duty that day, she'll do it all twice...
Suzuka: Or at least, that's the character she's playing.
Akane: Character!? I thought you were serious, you got me~!
Maki: Don't break character, Suzuka. You ruined such a perfect mood!
Suzuka: It could cause trouble if she actually believed you. Not to mention, I didn't think you'd get so carried away...
Maki: Anyway, with the rigorous training I go through every day, my strength has no equal!
Maki: And here's proof! Origami Ninja Art: Great Tornado Whirlwind Cutter!!
Mai: This... Sword pressure... Kyaaaaa!!
Akane: Gyaaaah~ I'm beaaaaat~... Thud...!!
Sumi: Th-Thud...!
Maki: In the end, you were no match for us Origami ninja. You need to show more dedication to your training.
Suzuka: Sakurayoshi, please escort the captured Yanase Mai, Maruyama Akane, and Nagasaki Sumi to the dungeon.
Sakura: U-Understood!
Maki: ...Still, it doesn't add up.
Suzuka: What doesn't?
Maki: Did Mokusa's leader really believe ninja of that caliber could steal the secret letter from our mansion?
Suzuka: Perhaps... They lack the manpower for it?
Maki: Perhaps. But it's too soon to grow complacent.
Maki: Us undermining their plan could have been another part of their plan. Thinking along those lines--
Suzuka: I see... These girls were a diversion. Their main force is sneaking in elsewhere.
Maki: It's a reasonable assumption.
Suzuka: Then, let us hunt down this main force. Maybe they can prove more entertaining.

3: That's a Promise

Kiyoka: I see why they call this the impregnable ninja mansion of the Origami ninja. We'll have to move cautiously through here.
Kiyoka: Of course there's hidden pitfalls... But then there's this kind of trap and that kind of trap. Not to mention, I didn't even think they could prepare a trap like that one! Very impressive.
Kofuki: This kind of trap and that kind of trap? What kind of trap?
Kiyoka: Y-You know... An amazing trap that would make you shout "AHH!" if you sprung it...
Kofuki: I hate to rain on your parade, but there's no traps anywhere in here, you know?
Kiyoka: Well~, what about a falling ceiling or a flooding room... It's more fun to pretend those kind of traps are there!
Kofuki: ...You're surprisingly into this stuff, huh, Kiyoka. Well, at least someone's having fun with it.
Kiyoka: Are you not having fun, Kofukimaru-san?
Kofuki: Do I look like I'm having fun? I keep telling you, let's just get this over with so we can go home already.
Kiyoka: For that, we need to locate their secret letter...
Kofuki: Yeah, I know. The problem is where are they keeping this secret whatever?
Kiyoka: According to the setting, the secret letter is extremely important, so they must be keeping it in the most secure part of the mansion.
Kiyoka: Looking at the structure of the building... Ah, I mean, considering the circumstances, I believe it's in the innermost room of the mansion.
Kofuki: Considering the circumstances, the innermost room, huh. You sure about that?
Kiyoka: In cases like this, that's a promise.
Kofuki: Promise, huh... So you've really got no idea.
Kiyoka: Let's head deeper in at least. The secret letter is sure to be there, I know it... Considering the circumstances.
Kofuki: Considering the circumstances, huh... But before that, we've got guests.
Kiyoka: Guests?
Aradama: KIKIKIGIGIGIGIGIGI...
Kiyoka: Aradama!? No way, why!?
Kofuki: Who cares why? They showed up at the best possible time!
Kofuki: I was about to die from boredom! I love you! My aradama-chan!
Kofuki: Mmmm~ I feel great! Aradama-chan's the best after all!
Kiyoka: Using aradama is going too far! I never heard anything about this.
Kiyoka: Do the defenders want to win that badly? In that case, this should count as a foul... Actually, it should be an out.
Kiyoka: Since it's come to this, we can't afford to lose either. We have to defeat the evil deputies, and bring peace back to the land!
Kofuki: No, there's no evil deputies! And the game's rules didn't say anything about peace; we've just gotta bring back the secret letter.
Kiyoka: .........! Ah, that's right!
Kofuki: Don't give me that. Just how carried away with this game are you gonna get? And anyway, about those aradama.
Kofuki: They didn't come from the other team. They must have just showed up on their own.
Kiyoka: They did!?
Kofuki: No matter how bad they want to win, nobody's gonna use aradama for this dumbass make believe exercise!
Kofuki: .........They wouldn't, right?

4: After a Furious Finish, Farewell, Ninja Mansion

Kiyoka: ...Kofukimaru-san. It seems we've reached the mansion's innermost room. That secret letter is sure to be here...
Kofuki: It was surprisingly easy finding this place.
Suzuka: Fufufufufu... Of course it was.
Suzuka: After all, we wanted to guide you here.
Kiyoka: The Origami ninja, they found us!?
Maki: Suspecting nothing, you happily wandered right into our ambush.
Maki: There's nowhere left to run or hide. At last you realize, you're nothing but trapped rats.
Kofuki: Trapped rats, or wolves in sheep's clothing? Doesn't matter. Either way, we're gonna lay you flat here.
Maki: Oh? At least your tongue is sharp, if nothing else.
Kofuki: You'll find out how sharp the rest is, once we beat you.
Maki: You're not too bad at this.
Kiyoka: More importantly... Where's the secret letter?
Suzuka: If that's what you're after, Sakurayoshi is guarding it there.
Kiyoka: That's...
Maki: I'll handle our foes. Sakurayoshi, in the meantime, keep the secret letter safe!
Sakura: U-U-U-U-Understood! Ahh- Kyaah!!
Suzuka: What are you doing, Sakurayoshi! Hurry and escape with the secret letter!
Sakura: Ah, owwwww... I fell over, I think I cracked my butt...
Maki: It was cracked from the beginning! Hurry! Escape! Protect the secret letter!
Sakura: I'm sorry... B-But it hurts... Ughh, I can't stand up...
Maki: Absolutely pathetic... You call yourself an Origami ninja!?
Sakura: Ah... I'm sorry...
Suzuka: Makizou-dono, don't be so hard on her. Not everyone who gathered here is a toji like us. She's only a researcher from the medical department.
Maki: ...Have you forgotten, Suzusuke? Right now, we're all ninja! Nothing more, nothing less.
Maki: "Toji", "researchers", words like those which break this world have no place here!
Suzuka: I understand that, but... I didn't think you'd be so obsessive about it. In a way, I'm impressed!
Kiyoka: You let your guard down! I'll be taking the secret letter now!
Maki: Damn! Run, Sakurayoshi!!
Sakura: Ahhh~~!! My butt! My butt still hurts...!
Announcer: Time is up. Time is up. The invading team could not complete their objective within the time limit. Therefore, the defending team wins.
Announcer: I repeat: Time is up. Time is up. The invading team could not complete their objective within the time limit. Therefore, the defending team wins.
Announcer: Good work out there, everyone. With this, the special training course "Ninja Mansion" is concluded.
Maki: Phew~ We were in a pinch, but it's our victory.
Suzuka: That was a close one, to be sure.
Kiyoka: Ahhh~, we lost...
Kofuki: I couldn't care less about this training, but losing's still frustrating.
Kiyoka: You say that, but I think you were enjoying it by the end, Shichinosato-san.
Kofuki: Tch, I wasn't really enjoying it.
Sakura: W-Well I enjoyed it! Usually I'm too busy with research to get out much, so... I had fun!
Maki: Don't be mistaken, this wasn't a game. It's still practice. A part of our training.
Suzuka: There's nothing wrong with enjoying your training though, isn't that right, "Makizou-dono"?
Kofuki: Aghh~ If only we'd had a few more seconds!
Sumi: I'm jealous you all got to participate till the end...
Akane: I know, they just scooped us up and locked us away! I thought we'd get to do more!
Mai: Let's learn from our mistakes next time.
Maki: We aren't about to lose next time either.
Kofuki: Next time...? You can't be serious. If you're gonna do it, have fun without me.
Maki: What are you saying, Shichinosato Kofuki? You don't mean you're quitting here, do you?
Kofuki: Huhh? You're the one talking crazy. Of course I'm not sticking around!
Suzuka: Oh my. It seems that no one explained in detail to you.
Kofuki: About what?
Maki: The foundation of this project is role-playing. Along with the victory condition, it's important that you're able to adapt to your role.
Maki: This program serves as training for your ability to carry out whatever role you're given.
Maki: It goes without saying that a team of toji working together need to trust each other to cooperate. Acting according to your private interests is forbidden.
Suzuka: And in your case, Shichinosato-san. With your complete lack of cooperation, we were asked by Kitora Mirja-san to train you thoroughly.
Maki: Don't think you'll get to leave until after we finish all seven more sets.
Kofuki: Huuuhhhh~~~~~~!? Seven sets!?
Announcer: In a moment, the next training course will begin. The name of the program is "The Queen and the Great Thieves". Details of the mission are as follows--
Kofuki: LET ME OUT OF HERE ALREADYYY!!