...
Igawa Nakano ceased to speak, realizing that Fujiwara Leah had made up her mind. There was no turning back, and he clapped his hands twice.
Not far away, three women dressed in various colored kimonos, each holding a shamisen, a Japanese koto, and a hachi, played their music as they approached, stepping through the snow. They stood behind Fujiwara Leah, forming a protective semicircle.
"Yes, I understand,"
Igawa Nakano called the protectors from within the organization, who had always been the close bodyguard ninjas to Fujiwara Leah.
They were the most elite group within the Phantom Shinobi Sect, masters of ninjutsu, with the highest skills in assassination, espionage, invisibility, and rich in combat experience - the troika known as Ninja Cherry Sisters.