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Of all the ninjas skills, being able to walk silently through the night is arguably the most useful for the modern man. Even if you don’t need to call upon it to stealthily assassinate your archenemy, it will allow to check on your sleeping children without waking them or steal cookies from a coworker.<\/p>\n

Inspired by <\/em>Secrets of the Ninja<\/a> by Ashida Kim. I stumbled upon this book back when I was in middle school. Definitely a fun read.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of all the ninjas skills, being able to walk silently through the night is arguably the most useful for the modern man. Even if you don’t need to call upon it to stealthily assassinate your archenemy, it will allow to check on your sleeping children without waking them or steal cookies from a coworker. 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