User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 12-05-'15 — Assassin's Creed: Syndicate has been revealed!/@comment-210.187.170.102-20150808020529/@comment-1888015-20150809071029

Given that Abstergo incorporates a vast antagonist in the series as it is, Ubisoft are not going to turn heel and cut them out for a more surreal and "fantasy" setting.