Years later in New York, Saki, alongside his second-in-command Tatsu, had formed the Foot Clan, a gang of street kids and gangsters trained in the art of Ninjutsu and started what was called 'the Silent Crime Wave' where no one so much as saw what was being stolen. Saki essentially becomes a Fagin-esque crime figure. A brutal and Machiavellian leader of a ring of child thieves, he manipulates and recruits troubled teens and teaches them ninjutsu to turn them into a group of skilled thieves and assassins. As their leader, Saki took on the persona of "the Shredder," and became a fearless "benevolent" cult leader. He rewards the teens with a hideout that includes a skateboard park, cigarettes, junk food, music, pizzas, soft drinks, guitars, comics, TV sets and arcade games. Although he has no