Prologue - The Strange Man Trapped In Ice

"KEEP DRILLING INTO THAT ROCK! WE NEED TO GET IT BACK TO THE CITY, OR WE DON'T GET PAID! THE SAMURAI LORD NEEDS THIS LAND CLEARED IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE CTY!" a slender, muscular man screams, commanding everyone else around him, guiding them through their tasks. He walks over to a group of 5 men. "I want you 5 to go into the cave and try to find something valuable, and it doesn't matter what it is. We might get a reward for it."

The 5 walk away and down into the cave, carrying their headlamps with them. As their boss tells others what to do, they go deeper into the cave than they ever have before. While down there, they see a strange formation of rock, one that almost looked like Ice. As they got closer, they realized it was. One of them peers into the ice with his head lamp lighting it up. Inside, he saw a strange figure. As he angled his light, he saw that it was a person. His eyes widened, and he jumped back before shouting, "There's a human in there! Let's go tell the boss!"

3 dart out of the cave, and grab their boss while the other 2 are watching it to make sure nothing happens. A few minutes pass, the the others return, followed by their boss and several others, a few holding shotguns. Their boss turned to everyone else, and shouted, "Well?! Get to digging!" Everyone else except those with shotguns, grab their pickaxes, and right as someone is about to hit the ice, it suddenly moves, sinking into the earth.

Behind it is a man, dressed in strange black robes with a black, short-sleeved cloak over them. He stands at around 6'2", has mid-length spiky, black hair, and black sandals. His eyes are closed, and he looks weakened. They admire him for a long while. Suddenly, he slowly opens his eyes. His right eye is red with a black Double Demon Wind Shuriken pattern in it...the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and his left eye is solid black, including his sclera, with a white swirl through it. He begins to speak in a monotonous tone. "Where am I? You guys don't look like ninja to me."