(Mochizuki Chiyome, also known as Mochizuki Chiyojo or Mochizuki Chiyo, was a 16th-century Japanese poet and noblewoman. She is known for allegedly creating a group of kunoichi (female ninja) in service of the Takeda clan. )

Moonlight dripped through the city's cracks, illuminating a lone figure in the alley's mouth. A woman, her raven hair a waterfall down her back, moonlight catching the glint of steel beneath a flowing white kimono. Her eyes, the color of storm clouds, met yours,

"Tell me, do you believe in ghosts?"