Chapter Seventy-Two: Luo Jiang's Evil Spirit, a Deserted Village in the Warring States
This rookie female college student, who calls herself "Ma Jingxin", did not lie.
Although it is not well-known in the outside world, in the anime otaku circle, this good-looking girl has ten years of cosplayer experience, and is also known as a "goddess" in the eyes of many otaku, and because of her petite figure, the women she has played since her debut are more inclined to young and young roles such as witch swordsmen, and among them, there happens to be the first heroine in the "True Samurai Samurai" - "Na Ke Lulu", so I accidentally remembered some related plots.
Under her narration, Rorschach finally understood why such a story was missing from the information she had collected.
It turns out that "Samurai Shodown" is not a popular story such as comics and movie novels, and its release time is far from 20 years ago, although the carrier of the release is a game, but it is not a popular stand-alone or online game, but a game background in the declining arcade series.
Arcade this hand-cranked old-style game machine, although it was a classic memory of several generations twenty or even ten years ago, but it has long been in decline because of the popularity of the Internet, even if there are still game halls in China, the general introduction is only a new handle model, and most of the games that can be played are also action games such as basketball racing, and if you want to get in touch with the old classics, you can only find some shadows of the past from the simulator circulating on the Internet.
And most of the pictures of this kind of game are untranslated Japanese, so even most gamers in China actually only know the general process, specific to the name of the character villain. Equally at a loss. Although the "True Samurai Shodown" was a classic at the time, it was not like the animated remake of the King of Fighters or Street Fighter in the same series, so it was not surprising that Rorschach had little exposure to this kind of ancient game.
"The background of the true Samurai Shodown is probably the Sengoku period in Japan, and its main story content is similar to the popular fighting games at the time, which is the process of the Warrior Demon King." Ma Jingxin recalled seriously for a moment, and then said:
"At a certain time, due to the years of conquest and chaos between the daimyos, human ethics became increasingly unbalanced. The order of heaven and earth also collapsed. The resentment of the deceased does not dissipate, and a large number of demons that come out of the evil spirit breed from this. In this troubled world, the ancient evil spirit 'Luo Jiangshen', which was sealed two hundred years ago, has also been revived again, after her resurrection. The Hell Shrine was established in Mount Oratos. Trying to cultivate the body of a dark god. Summons the King of the Demon Realm to the world. And the forces of the positive side are the twelve famous swordsmen led by the protagonist 'Overlord Pill', although these ancient swordsmen from all over the world have cleared the demons all the way. There are also different old grudges and grudges between each other, and the relationship is extremely complicated, and in the later story, under the oppression of the god Luo Jiang, all the human swordsmen united together, and finally worked together to destroy the hell shrine and prevent the demon world from descending. ”
"Wait," Rorschach digested some of the information a little, and then asked, "Regardless of the decent character, what kind of existence is the 'Luo Jiangshen' as the chief boss, and what are its strengths and abilities?" ”
"I know a little bit about this," the girl explained, visibly relieved when she heard the question, "At that time, the eldest sister of Cos, who was an arcade game enthusiast, also played the game a few times under her influence. Although this villain seems to be a bewitching red and white witch, it is actually an ancient evil spirit that was rampant hundreds of years ago, and it seems that a certain girl sacrificed her body to the evil god and became an immortal spirit that can constantly occupy the flesh of others. And the original body of this generation is actually a Kabuki named 'American Hime', because this woman was born with incredible Buddha nature, so she wanted to surrender to the god Rasho, but she was reversed and gave up her physical body, so that she gained stronger power, as for her ability, ......"
Ma Jingxin thought about it carefully before hesitating and said: "At least the performance in the game is to manipulate two Demon Orbs called 'Ghost Spirits', the weapon is a white spirit flag, but the melee claws are also very sharp. Different from the sword moves of other characters, many of her abilities are more like a spell, and judging from the Sanskrit patterns that appear behind her when she makes a move, it seems that she has also inherited the 'divine power' of the Buddhist gate of the American Hime. There's also a pet called 'American Beast', which looks like a large monster similar to a wolfdog, although it's not stated in the game, but from the background, there should be a lot of demon forces under it, and even one of the game characters called 'Earthquake' is one of them. ”
Rorschach was silent for a moment before shaking his head and sighing: "It sounds really a tricky powerhouse, there are almost no flaws, and his own strength and subordinate forces are also quite strong. Although I don't know her general strength, since she can be ranked with the same difficulty as the 'Inuyasha' series, the worst should not be lower than the silver level, and it seems that the key to this mission is to start with the local plot characters. ”
"However, it's really strange......" Rorschach frowned unconsciously, and said to himself in confusion: "Obviously, in the evaluation of the team, the highest I am only the bronze lower, and the following Ji Qing is only the black iron level, why has the difficulty reached this level since the last mission?" Although the last time it seemed to be dealing with Voldemort, in fact, if you want to complete the mission, you must pass the level where Dumbledore, who wants to resurrect his old enemy with the Philosopher's Stone...... This time it's even more outrageous.,Just mix it was the enemy at least silver-level upper position.,Now the two stories overlap.,It's okay if the characters on both sides don't interact.,Once it's related to each other.,The original plot will be completely chaotic.,If you're not careful.,It's the same time that the eyes are smeared.,But also to provoke two perverts who are close to gold.。 ”
When Rorschach had a headache, he didn't notice Connor, who was silent in the crowd on the side, suddenly showed a complicated look, as if he wanted to speak, but he still pressed it.
At this time, Ji Qing on the side also calmed down the other newcomers, and couldn't help but ask out loud: "So, what are your plans next?" ”
Rorschach looked up at the verdant bamboo forest around him, and naturally replied, "Of course, I should get out of here and understand some basic information before making plans, after all, I browse the story through the screen and pictures." It's not the same thing as personal experience. The first thing to do is to find a human settlement to integrate into this world. ”
Saying that, in the surprised eyes of the newcomer, Rorschach summoned Mei Wa and Samurai Ji from the Book of Reincarnation "Seven Degrees of Space", and then said to Aniya: "You go up and reconnoiter the direction, at least find out the way out of this forest sea." ”
The charming blonde lady nodded obediently, sat directly on the prepared magic broom, and soared hundreds of meters into the air, after roughly looking around the surrounding landscape, and then galloped away in one direction. The figure turned into a black dot. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the sky.
It wasn't until more than ten minutes later that Meiwa's figure circled back to its original place, slowly falling from the sky, and she took the tissue handed by Rorschach. Wiped the fine sweat from the corners of his forehead. Only then did he smile and said, "Master." I just went around a few big circles, almost a few kilometers away, almost all of them were dead ends. Only a few smoke rises from the southwest, and there is a felled path ahead, and there should be a human village. ”
Rorschach nodded, and immediately beckoned the newcomers around him to start the action together. It's just that after walking for about seven or eight minutes, I found a winding path three or four meters wide in front of me, which seems to have been passed by for a long time, and most of the green bamboo on the side of the road has been cut down, leaving only a low bamboo stake, the ground is slightly lower than the surrounding one point, and the soil has faint traces of footprints and ruts, which is very eye-catching.
Not long after following this path, everyone suddenly noticed that the vision ahead suddenly widened, no longer obscuring the sky, and the slender green bamboo that had been hanging over their heads also disappeared, revealing a vast blue sky, and at this time, Rorschach could also look up at the wisps of white smoke rising in the distance.
However, he was not in a hurry to move forward, so the team stopped for a while, and then took out a reins made of snowmane, waved his arms, summoned a tall horse as black as ink, and let the samurai Ji who was quietly following behind him ride up, so that the already heroic girl was replaced by a majestic knight's dress.
Dressed in gorgeous and rigorous samurai armor, her half-covered face revealed a touch of solemn majesty, her purple hair was draped behind her back like silk, and she rode on a strong and tall war horse.
"Captain, what are you doing here?" Xiong Shaodong looked at it for a while and couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"It's better to prevent trouble than to prevent it," Rorschach replied lightly, "Whether it's the background of Inuyasha or Samurai, it's probably a troubled era of frequent wars and bandits, in this case, strangers who dress up strangely are easily resisted, and even if they show their strength to suppress it, they are estimated to be regarded as youkai, let Takehime pretend to be a wandering general, and then call ourselves followers, the situation should be much better." ”
"But...... She's an obvious woman. Xiong Shaodong questioned: "Ordinary female generals should be very few and famous, isn't it easy to be exposed?" ”
"It's just an excuse," Ji Qing, who was listening on the sidelines, shook his head and said with some anger: "We only need one to prove our reasonable identity, and we don't necessarily want to rule the natives on this basis." And judging from the information that Jing Xin has learned, there are also powerful female swordsmen among the Samurai Warriors, and the witch is the existence of a village that guards one side. And I think that in this world where monsters are rampant, personal power may have long overwhelmed the traditional concept of order, and I am afraid that in the eyes of ordinary people, female warriors or female swordsmen themselves cannot be regarded as objects that can talk about marriage, right? ”
The next encounter with the team quickly confirmed Ji Qing's point of view.
The human village was not prosperous, only a few hundred people, and it looked extremely cold from a distance, with a few acres of paddy fields on both sides of the village. And after a few farmer-like men saw the team coming over, they didn't even say a word, and rushed all the way back to the village, and just when the team was confused, with the bustling chaotic sound sounded, dozens of civilians with hoes and dung forks rushed out, and the crowd gathered at the entrance of the village and looked at it vigilantly.
Before Rorschach could get closer, a trembling old man walked out of the crowd, shouting from a distance with a wooden staff: "Generals, this village is sparsely populated, and the young people have been conscripted to fight, and there is really no one...... These are small gifts, please give us a way to live, adults in abundance. ”
As he spoke, a package was thrown out of the crowd, and Rorschach took it with his hand, and found that there were some shoddy copper coins and silver coins inside, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at the newcomer behind him who was also at a loss, and suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.
Only then did he remember that in this chaotic era of Dongying, where the chaos is similar to that of the Three Kingdoms of the Celestial Empire, but the moral bottom line is even worse, there are often examples of down-and-out military generals turning into robbers and cutting paths, and then slaughtering villages and pretending to be military exploits; And even if you don't kill them, just recruiting labor as a force is a terrible blow to a small village of hundreds of people. In addition, in addition to the orthodox Wu Ji in the team, there are two newcomers who have each cosed with a shining golden armor, so it is no wonder that these villagers look vigilant and afraid.
"It's self-defeating," Rorschach smiled to himself, but threw the money bag back in his hand, and at the same time flicked his fingers, an inferior copper plate suddenly turned into a flash, only to hear a "poof", the villagers turned their heads to look, only to find that a small round hole had been pierced through the three-foot-thick bamboo gate.
And just as they were frightened, the faint sound of snapping fingers sounded in their ears again.
"We're just travelers passing by, and we're going to leave after a night and we're not bothered. It's not a robber, you better take these things back. (To be continued......)