Togashi's Secret
Two hundred years after the first Hantei sat on the Emerald Throne, the Scorpion spy network put its mind to discovering as much as it could about the mountain retreats of the Dragon Clan. Bayushi Oshiso, the daimyo of the clan at the time, sent his daughter to discover as much as she could about the Togashi family. She bowed to her father and lord, stepped into the shadows, and did not return for seven years.
When she did return, her night-black hair bore streaks of white and her eyes were blind, but she had Togashi’s secret. She told Oshiso the secret and the Scorpion’s face went pale. She had discovered that the first Togashi was still alive. In fact, Togashi Kuzejiro, the man reported to be the Dragon Clan daimyo, was in fact the first Togashi.
When he asked how she discovered this, she refused to say, but she did tell her father that she had to return to Togashi castle as soon as possible. She was pregnant with his child.
At first, her father refused to let her go, but he soon realized that he had no choice. As he watched his daughter walk away, he wondered if he would ever see her again.
He never did.
When she did return, her night-black hair bore streaks of white and her eyes were blind, but she had Togashi’s secret. She told Oshiso the secret and the Scorpion’s face went pale. She had discovered that the first Togashi was still alive. In fact, Togashi Kuzejiro, the man reported to be the Dragon Clan daimyo, was in fact the first Togashi.
When he asked how she discovered this, she refused to say, but she did tell her father that she had to return to Togashi castle as soon as possible. She was pregnant with his child.
At first, her father refused to let her go, but he soon realized that he had no choice. As he watched his daughter walk away, he wondered if he would ever see her again.
He never did.