The others stare at me as I carefully open the letter and read it. ‘Are you okay?’ asks Leigh. ‘You look shocked.’ ‘It’s from my old ninja clan,’ I say, re-reading the letter. ‘Grandmistress Reika, the head of the ninjas, has gone missing.’ ‘Missing?’ asks Connor. ‘Or was she kidnapped?’ ‘They don’t know. Apparently someone called Fuzen has stepped up to become acting Grandmaster. He’s called a meeting for all the ninjas, so maybe he knows something.’ I think about old Grandmistress Reika, who has been in charge of the ninjas as long as I can remember. She’s strict but she was always kind to me. I hope she’s okay. ‘The meeting starts tonight,’ I say. ‘If I want to get there in time I have to leave now.’ ‘This seems as though it will be a fantastic information-gathering opportunity,’ says Sam. ‘Just give me an hour or so to run another update on my systems and we can get going.’ ‘Is it going to be outside?’ asks Roger. ‘Because if it is I’ve got to go buy some more bug repellent.
