The next morning, Cole accompanies Mary Ann into town, and watches with a local vendor named "Dollars" as a hook-handed German called "the Hook" (Zachi Noy) threatens a shop owner for making a late payment. Frank explains to Cole that he is being pressured to sell his land, but he and Mary Ann do not wish to leave. Over dinner, Cole apologizes to Frank's wife, Mary Ann, for hurting her. Cole throws her to the ground as the woman's husband, Cole's war veteran friend, Frank Landers (Alex Courtney), greets him. He arrives at a large estate, where an Englishwoman (Susan George) points a rifle at him. The next day, Cole thanks Master Komori and leaves for Manila, Philippines. However, the ninja in black, Hasegawa, refuses to accept the legitimacy of Cole's new title. The master informs him that he has passed his tests and presents him with a scroll containing a list of all the ninjutsu fighters who came before him. Master Komori, carrying a clay model of his own head, sits before them and instructs Cole (Franco Nero), the ninja in white, to recite the nine levels of power. He removes his mask, revealing that he is Caucasian, as the maroon and black-clad warriors re-enter the room, uninjured. The white ninja stabs his pursuers and enters a compound, where he beheads the sensei, Master Komori, and kneels in front of a podium. Through the forested mountains of Japan, a ninja dressed in white runs from a group of maroon-clad ninjas and a ninja in black.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.