[color=c4df9b][b]Hattori Hanzo[/b][/color][hr]

[color=c4df9b]"Ah..."[/color] She blushed for a moment at that compliment, before standing up. Hanzo had no idea what else to say, so she simply accepted the Empress' hand and shook it. Heroic spirit or not, summoned the same way or not, the Empress was still the Empress, and it felt strange to be this familiar and close to one. However, orders were orders and she also had her duty to fulfill.

[color=c4df9b]"Then, allow me to proceed first."[/color]

Glancing back towards the other servants still talking amongst themselves, Hanzo entered the gate. Almost immediately, and imperceptible except to those with the means of spotting those with such high ranks of presence concealment, several ninjas materialized, and fanned out. Information was key; the Iga clan did not get their reputation without the network of information they maintained. Scouting even just the landscape would lend them an edge. Fortunately, the ninjas did not take much mana to maintain, and thus with her net of informants feeding her with intel, Hanzo gathered herself to process everything and hopefully figure out, at the very least, where to go.