On the shores of Tokyo Bay, in the heart of Makuhari New City, full of modern buildings, a passenger car slows down to enter the station.

The doors opened, and the passengers who couldn't wait stepped out of the bus, most of them flocking to the Makuhari Messe not far away.

It was the venue for this year's TGS Tokyo Game Show.

Two days before it was a media day, the show was only open to visitors today, just in time for the Tuyao Day (Saturday) holiday, and the waiting audience lined up a long way around the exhibition hall.

Retracting his gaze, my grandson Hengji sat down and moved his hands and feet, turned his head to stare at the thinning car door, and saw the opportunity to act violently.

Taking off his hooded jacket and stuffing it into his backpack, taking out a sheathed knife and stuffing it into his belt, lifting his scarf to cover his mouth, he hung up his backpack and rushed out of the bus with small steps.

The image of the boy at this time is very eye-catching, with a black cloth hat and a black mask covering his face, black clothes, black pants and black shoes on his body, a short knife inserted in his belt, a rope ninja knife and a kunai bag, and an old-fashioned shoulder bag on the back, but it is a classic ninja shape.

Because of the spread of games, anime, and film and television works, ninja (にんじゃ, NINJA) has become a cultural business card of the island nation. Every year, many tourists come from overseas to visit the "land of ninjas". This classic look is easily recognizable by foreigners, let alone the natives of the island country.

As expected, there were bursts of exclamations behind him, including "まさか!ninjaさん!" in Japanese, "oo!ninja!" in English, and "I'll go, Cos ninja!" in Chinese!"

Seeing that his performance achieved the expected results, Heng Er was secretly refreshed.

Last year, he was frustrated in his entrance examination to Beijing, and he happened to see a recruitment advertisement for a ninja school, and his childhood dream was rekindled, and he decisively signed up, and now he is a trainee ninja.

Because he was thinking about his heart, the ninja who forgot to pay attention to the road slipped and almost fell into a fool's face.

Affected by this small setback, he hurriedly collected his mind and paid attention to his pace, maintained a ninja-like bowing forward posture, and disappeared from everyone's sight in a few clicks.

When he turned the corner, Hengji slowed down, took out his coat and put it on, pulled off his scarf and resumed his normal clothes, and then went under the eaves of a shop to hide from the rain, and by the way, he held on to the wall and gasped for breath and waited for his strength to recover.

"Oh, it's still very weak, I'm afraid I'm not even as good as the lowliest ninja now, right?"

In fact, he was a bit arrogant to think so. In terms of physique and combat skills and footwork, he is actually far superior to the vast majority of ancient ninjas.

In ancient times, there were no chemical fertilizers and pesticides, no improved breeding machinery, no fast-growing livestock, and no ocean-going fishing, and even noble samurai could not necessarily have enough to eat, and the ninjas and people at the bottom of the lower status naturally found it difficult to know the taste of meat. In such a situation, even if the local daimyo (feudal lords of the island nation) spent money to support a small number of elite samurai and ninja who were skilled in martial arts and skills, they would not dare to send them to engage in high-risk activities such as reconnaissance, rumor-mongering, assassination, and sabotage behind enemy lines.

These low-level ninjas used to be poor peasants, lacking adequate nutritional intake, and no time or resources for martial arts training, so naturally they can't compare their physical skills with Hengji, who is a modern person and has studied in a ninja school.

However, the latter, as a modern person, has lost too many points in the spiritual elements of ninjas, such as "forbearance", "loyalty", "hidden" and "ruthless", and even if he masters a full set of skills, his combat effectiveness is almost nothing.

This is also the reason for the rapid decline of ninjas in modern society, only the feudal turmoil with low human life and a super high elimination rate can cultivate ninjas with these spiritual elements, but the era of stability and prosperity will only raise the "Heisei dolphin" who loves to play and is afraid of pain and decadence.

However, there seems to be nothing bad about this, there is a proverb across the East China Sea that "I would rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled person", and a slight change can also be used in island countries.

The Warring States period is gone, assassination and espionage are becoming less and less professional, ordinary people can live well without hard practice, those who work hard, can fly eaves and walk walls, can throw shuriken (hidden weapons), and can use more than a dozen special weapons Ninjas have no other way to make money, but can only wear ninja costumes and pick up props and knives, and go to film and television crews and tourist attractions to play their specialties.

What if not? You can't be like that "Heisei ninja", put on a night suit and climb a pillar to climb a wall, slip a door, pick a lock, and be a thief, right?

This gentleman is a repeat thief, who has committed many burglaries in Higashi-Osaka City, but was finally captured by street cameras. Because the modus operandi resembles a ninja, it was given such a nickname by the media.

As the market environment changed, ninja schools also responded to the trend by drastically revising their teaching content to become more culturally important than combative techniques. As long as you can wear ninja clothes, master ninja footwork, be familiar with relevant knowledge, and be able to fight with people, you can already be called a qualified ninja.

The Koga Ninja School that my grandson Hengji attends is even more "excessive", and it actually changed the most important ninja qualification test to a written test, and all the written answers for elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels, throwing shuriken and wearing ninja clothes have become optional.

What's more, in order to expand its influence and welcome the Tokyo Olympics, the school moved this year's exams from Koga City, Shiga Prefecture to Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, which used to be the Tokugawa family temple. You only need to pay 3,000 yen to take the test (application fee), choose one of the 50 questions, and if you score 60 points, you can get the title of Koga Ninja, and you can also visit the Tokugawa family tomb by the way, and then watch the interview with Toshinoshi Watanabe, the last descendant of the Koga ninja, and Naoya Inoue, a young researcher.

What Hengji didn't know was that as early as 5 years ago, the Koga-ryu ninja was "terminated" by some Chinese media.

According to a report by Bay media Dongsen News Cloud, "Renichi Kawakami, known as the 'last ninja' and the current 21st head of Koga-ryu ninjutsu, publicly announced in 2012 that he would no longer recruit real disciples, because ninjas are not suitable for modern life at all." ”

The report was quickly reprinted by mainland media and distorted in the process of dissemination. Presumably seeing that Jinichi Kaakami's work unit is the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum, some media have placed the title of the 21st generation of Iga-ryu on the old man's head.

The two strongest and most famous ninja genres were tragically "ended", although there are reasons why reporters are strong, but also from the side to prove the decline of ninjas in the real world.

Taking a deep breath of the wet salty sea breeze blowing from Tokyo Bay, Hengji shook these thoughts out of his head. After sorting out his equipment, the young trainee ninja strode towards the Makuhari Exhibition Hall not far away.

He's here today not to be a spectator, but to work. Under the impetus of the Bee Club in Miyazaki City and the Island Ninja Association, students from several ninja schools, including him, were mobilized to perform a ninja-infested flash mob show around the TGS venue.

The purpose of this is twofold, the Bee Club wants to promote their new work "Sengoku Ninja Tan", and the "Ninja Association" wants to take a ride to spread ninja culture, and the two sides hit it off, and then there is the "Makuhari Ninja Haunt Incident" in the past few days.

The sky was overcast, but fortunately the forecast light rain did not really fall.

On the edge of the crowd in line, Cosers in various costumes took action and posed in various poses for people to watch. There are both professional cosers from professional clubs, as well as amateur players who take advantage of weekend activities, because of the difference in character popularity, character restoration, and viewing, the flash and shutter sound they receive are also very different. But even if no one cares, the wild cosers still have a lot of fun.

Walking around them, my grandson Hengji took a deep breath, took off his coat and pulled on his mask, and performed the "Ninja Attack" performance again.

Rushing to the back of a professional coser who played the Monkey King, the ninja My grandson suddenly drew his sword and slashed at the back of the opponent's neck.

"Monkey King" seemed to have eyes behind him, and the golden hoop stick stretched back to easily hold the fatal knife, and then pulled the stick and turned around to smash it.

The ninja hurriedly flashed to the side and handed out a second knife when he saw the opportunity.

This counterattack still failed to succeed, he did not continue to try, resolutely took out a smoke bomb and threw it on the ground to cover his body, but he retreated sharply.

Because it doesn't contain dangerous ingredients, the smoke from the explosion is very thin, but the monkey's fiery eyes are fakes, and it also failed to find the ninja who quickly disguised and hidden.

Changing back to a modern casual look, Heng Er walked towards the waiting crowd like no one, embellished in the back row of the long line.

Of course, everyone will understand after a little thought that these are all performance routines, weapons and smoke bombs are props, and fights are also pre-rehearsed, in order to focus on the amount of photo exposure.

At the beginning, in order to oppose a dominant Nintendo, Sony teamed up with a third-party manufacturer to launch the CESA alliance to operate TGS, so Nintendo did not participate in the Tokyo Game Show.

Microsoft used to come to join in the fun, but later found out that the Xboxone was not selling in the island country, and it never came back after 14 years. If the platform provider does not come, European and American giants such as Ubisoft, EA, Bethesda, and Activision Blizzard would rather go to Chinajoy to explore new markets than come here, and this time they also chose to be absent.

Fortunately, there are game companies on the other side of the East China Sea that take the opportunity to fill the position, so that TGS will not become a real domestic game exhibition.

The most popular among these neighboring manufacturers is naturally the bee game, which is known as the third largest console platform. In addition to engaging in flash mob gimmicks outside the venue, they also prepared new things such as steam four-wheeled vehicles, drivable mechas, AR cross-dressing mirrors, brain-controlled fighting robots, VR360 treadmills, etc., which really attracted a group of island players.

Following the flow of people surging forward, the words "Bee Game" rang in his ears from time to time, which made Hengji, who is a honey, feel sincerely happy. After 20 years of dominating the world, island manufacturers have gradually begun to be reluctant to forge ahead, and they need powerful opponents to wake them up.

Half an hour later, Heng Er finally overcame all difficulties and came to the exhibition area of Bee Games.

Different from the scattered attack in Chinajoy, Beegame chose the strategy of group action on TGS, and the first-party and third-party games made a collective appearance, creating a momentum that is not weaker than others.

Changing back into the ninja costume for the third time, Hengji walked to the VR treadmill and joined the queue waiting for the trial.

This is also his job, and the organizers wanted to take photos of the "Ninja Trial 'Sengoku Ninja Tan'", and he himself was interested in this supposedly authentic ninja game.

There was a developer who made this type of game in the past, but it has gradually disappeared in recent years, and the Bee Tour Island Country branch seized the local market demand and developed the game in cooperation with the Ninja Association.

The demo area is surrounded by a circle of large screens, in addition to directional sounds, and the eight game promos are played at the same time without interfering with each other, so you can pass the time casually when queuing, and the wait becomes less difficult.

Handing over the backpack containing the props to the staff for safekeeping, Hengji looked at the peculiar treadmill.

Shogirl, dressed in a female ninja costume, stepped forward and introduced him to the machine.

VR360 is composed of three parts, the most conspicuous is a large hamster running wheel with an inner diameter of more than 2.5 meters, which can not be reached by people standing in it; there is a two-axis rotation mechanism similar to a gyroscope under the running wheel, which can automatically rotate and tilt according to the direction of the person's running; there is a universal bracket similar to other VR treadmills outside the running wheel, which can play a role in supporting the body.

Compared with the myoelectric micro-motion control system that Bee Games is researching, this big guy is obviously too cumbersome and cumbersome, and it is almost impossible to promote it to the consumer market, and it is unknown whether it can be welcomed by the VR experience hall. But big also has big benefits, such a big wheel pestle is here, most of the people in the exhibition hall can see it, and the eye-catching effect is good.

After listening to the introduction, Heng Er walked to the universal bracket and, with the help of the beautiful Shogirl, hung the three fixed straps on his legs, hips, waist, shoulders and armpits. Immediately afterwards, the gimbal bracket is extended into the running wheel under the operation of the latter.

After trying to run a few steps, the soles of his feet could feel the real friction, and Hengji easily adapted to this human running wheel.

Shogirl handed over a pair of sensor gloves with light beads, and Hengji took them and put them on, and the former handed him a plate containing ninja knives, sickles, chain ninja knives, kunai, shuriken, and other equipment. There are some differences in appearance from commonly used ninja equipment, the ninja sword is only half cut, and the kunai and shuriken feel soft and not heavy enough.

Seeing him frowning, the girl hurriedly explained, "Kunai and shuriken are meant to be thrown, and it won't be good if they hurt someone." ”

Pouting, Hengji accepted the compromise and inserted various equipment into the waist ring, then removed and hung it up. After a few times, I finally got used to my waist that suddenly became thicker.

Nodding, he turned to the girl and said, "I'm fine!"

"Okay!" the female ninja handed over a wireless version of the NexT headset, and Hengji took it and expertly put it on his head.

Although the appearance and model have not changed, the display effect of the machine has been significantly improved, and the comfort has also improved, which is not in vain for so long.

Entering the game, Hengji finds himself transformed into a trainee ninja who is about to undergo a ninja qualification trial.

Balance Trial, Agility Trial, Strength Trial, Skill Trial, and then the final combat fight. Except for the last one who lacks conditions, I have practiced in other classes and have not encountered any difficulties along the way. This is also the most powerful place.,The excellent VR system made him quickly forget the environment he was in.、Forget about his work.,Forget into the battle of the virtual world.,When he was accidentally killed by the enemy,Hengji was even more frightened and cried out.。

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