Chapter 65 The End
65.
The atmosphere in Wanwu suddenly became tense.
The inquisitors who appeared on the streets were no longer chatting and laughing with their attendants as they did in the past. Instead, they all had serious faces and moved quietly and quickly between the shops.
You notice that these censors are all in a state of readiness, and you feel confused: What's going on? Don't you know what big move Shizheng is making? This shouldn't happen. Didn't you go to Shizheng's kitchen the day before yesterday and steal... steal a small cake?
Kitsunesuke, who has just finished his monthly training, lies in your arms and says that the political situation has revealed that the enemy will make a big move soon, and the front-line battlefield has entered a state of full preparation for war. The judges in the rear may have heard the rumor, which has caused the atmosphere to become tense.
"...These have nothing to do with the Lord Judge." Kitsunesuke licked his paw after swallowing the fried tofu in one gulp. "The coordinates of Honmaru are not fixed, and it has its own barrier. It is impossible for the Time Travel Army to invade Honmaru... Lord Judge, I still want to eat a piece of fried tofu~"
"No -" Kogumumaru came over and lifted Kitsunesuke from your arms, "Don't keep pestering the master for fried tofu... I didn't even get any."
"So what's wrong?" Kitsunesuke raised his head unconvinced, his tail shaking violently, "It means the Judge likes me. If we compare the quality of our fur, I won't lose to you!"
…
As you were chatting, a white moon suddenly rose in the sky above Honmaru. Ren Fenfen, who was sitting next to you, became alert and protected you behind him.
"What happened?" Kashuu Kiyomitsu looked at you, "Master, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"No..." You touched your chin and scanned the main palace through the system. You found nothing unusual. "It seems that the scenery is automatically changed? Is it a special event of the current politics? Kitsunesuke, do you know?"
"I'm not sure either, Lord Judge." Kitsunesuke stopped arguing with Kogumamaru and jumped into your arms again, "But it doesn't matter. Even if there is any problem, I will swear to protect Lord Judge!"
Hearing you say this, the blades around you slowly relaxed and talked and laughed with you about the white moon in the sky. At this moment, Jin Jian rushed over from the other direction in a panic.
"Master! It's bad! Mikazuki is running away from home--"
"What's wrong?" You were half-held in Jin Jian's arms, and you calmly stuffed a piece of peach cake into your mouth. "Hasn't the poison from the mushrooms you ate a few days ago healed yet?"
He has run away from home. It is hard to say whether the NPC who is always lost in Honmaru can find the entrance of Honmaru by himself.
"No, I don't know..." Imakaki sobbed, "Mikazuki suddenly said a lot of words that Blade couldn't understand. I remembered what Yan Rong said, that when Mikazuki didn't speak Blade language before, she turned into an octopus monster..."
What? You are serious, and the thousand-year-old Blade is talking nonsense again. This is a big problem. I need to tie up Blade and beat him up.
"I was afraid something might happen to Mikazuki..." Imakaki let go of you, revealing red eyes, "so I tied him up and hung him on the beam, and now Ishikirimaru is next to him..."
"Okay, let's go see what's going on." You sighed, picked up Kitsunesuke, dusted yourself off, and left with Imakaki.
As soon as you reach the door of Sanjo Room, you see Ishikiri Maru sitting in the corridor calmly drinking tea, and Mikazuki Munechika hanging upside down at the door.
"Hahahaha... is that the master?" Mikazuki Munechika slowly spun in the air for a circle and a half. "Ah... I was just talking a few words and was hung up. This posture is still a bit too much for the old man."
"So what did you say?"
"Well...did he say anything..." Mikazuki Munechika answered with a smile, but there was a hint of grievance in his words, "Hahaha...the old man didn't say anything..."
"Then why did Jin Jian say you were going to run away from home?" You looked at him with disdain, "Jin Jian—" you pointed at the obedient little dagger, "are you going to lie to me again?"
"Yeah, that's it."
Imakaki gave you a sweet smile, and the moment you turned around, he showed Mikazuki Munechika a smug smile like a little devil.
Didn't he "accidentally" eat the snacks that his master prepared for his brother a few days ago? Mikazuki Munechika continued to spin in the air with a smile on his face. Was he waiting to take revenge now? Hmm... should he be exposed? But Ishikirimaru was also standing there, so it looked like he would have to take the blame...
Hahaha, is it because I went too far in the previous Honmaru?
Seeing that Mikazuki Munechika didn't say anything, you assumed that the Blade had tacitly agreed to run away from home. You sighed and placed an order for the Old Blade's anti-lost artifact overnight - if he gets lost and leaves the Honmaru, at least you can find a kind person to send him back, right?
"Master, master." Jin Jian came to your side, "Do you want to go find Yan Rong to play together later? Yan Rong can lift us up very high..."
Before Jin Jian could finish his words, you saw a few government knives walking towards you with serious faces.
"We found traces of the Time Travel Army in the back mountains." Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi looked unhappy. "Is there a problem with the barrier of Honmaru? What's the situation with the moon in the sky?"
"What?!" Kitsunesuke's eyes widened, "This is impossible! How could a time-traveling army appear in Honmaru?!"
"The Time Travel Army has been destroyed." Sasakawa holds you in his arms, "Master, have you noticed anything unusual?"
Being stared at by a bunch of eyes, you hesitated for a while, then opened the system panel again to check the information.
"Huh?"
Although there was nothing unusual before, a striking red prompt popped up on the system panel: the access channel has been corroded and channel jumping cannot be performed through the converter.
That is to say... you are scratching your head. You can't leave Honmaru now, and Shizheng can't enter Honmaru, but the Time Travel Army can come to Honmaru, right?
Hey guys, where are you going to defend your homeland and protect the Inquisitor?
"Wait a moment, accessing current affairs communication..."
Just as you were about to tell the other Blades about this, Kitsunesuke suddenly jumped down, pressed the bell in front of his neck, and projected a communication screen in the air.
"...Jizheng immediately entered an emergency defense state...Using Guanhu to maintain the function of the main castle...Survive..."
"Sir, the communication is interrupted." Kitsunesuke fiddled with the bell with his claws. "An enemy must have bypassed the front-line defense and directly invaded the passage to the main castle."
"…So, you mean, we can do whatever we want, right?" Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi sighed, "Really? What are those guys in the upper echelons doing…"
"This also shows that the situation on the front line is urgent, right?" Ichimonji Norimune tapped his chin with his folding fan. "Once the passage is restored, maybe they will call on the judges to go to the front line for support."
"According to...according to the efficiency of the government, the passage will be restored soon." Shui Xinzi Zhengxiu stole a glance at you, a little nervous, "Don't worry, Master. The responsibility of us sword men is to repel the enemy and protect history."
“Well, Shui Xinzi means that we will protect the master.” Minamoto Kiyomaro patted Shui Xinzi Masahide’s shoulder and smiled at you, “Master, just be as usual.”
"Master, are you scared?" Nanquan Ichimonji carefully squatted next to you, "Do you want... comfort, meow?"
"No..." You said solemnly, "I was just thinking, the one who just communicated with us was the Fox Envoy... right?"
"Yes, Master Judge." Kitsunesuke nodded, puffing out his chest with pride, "That's the Master Fox Guardian who gave Kitsunesuke unified training. By the way, I graduated with full honors in the training course."
Seeing that you were still in deep thought, Nanhai Taro pushed his glasses and asked, "Master, is there anything you are concerned about?"
"...He's very good-looking, and he kind of touched my...heart."
Although this blade is not in the illustrated book, the single big ear is so cute... My collecting addiction has exploded, I want it! You raised your head and looked at the government blade pitifully.
"Can't Fei go to Shizheng and get the blade back?"
The cold-blooded Yamaubakiri Nagayoshi hit you hard on the head and rejected your request.
*
Most of the swords in Honmaru are highly refined extreme swords. Facing the invading Time Travel Army, each of them is like a chicken with blood taken up. There is no need to command at all. They just draw their weapons and kill the enemies one by one.
It’s just that the last guy to show up was a bit troublesome.
Several combat units took turns to fight, but none of them were able to break through the enemy's defense.
When Mikazuki Munechika was about to fight alone, you directly launched a series of slashing and cleaving attacks on the large enemy blade, and added the Higanbana Snow and Moon Flower Collapse Broken Iron Sword*.
Amidst the powerful Zu○ BGM, the large enemy blade slowly dissipated.
When you're done, you put away your knife, turn around and look at Mikazuki Munechika who's standing there, and tilt your head: "What's wrong? Are you obsessed with fat?"
Alas, Fei is so handsome, it is normal to be fascinated by Fei, but Fei already has 108 dear wives, and Fei's heart has been completely dedicated to the samurai sword wives. But this is not being unfaithful, this is just that Fei's heart is broken into 108 pieces, and each piece falls in love with a different samurai sword.
"Wait a minute..." You suddenly realized something, "You were going to fight alone, right?" You narrowed your eyes, "Why didn't I know you could fight large enemy blades alone?"
Why didn't we see Mikazuki Munechika fighting six people alone in the training ground? Why didn't we see this blade riding alone to clear the level in the battle? Whenever the level was a little bit more difficult, he would just smash the golden sword and be wounded by the enemy's sword, but he would not let the explosion of the real sword kill happen, so he would just resist until he was seriously injured and went back to the main palace to rest.
What's going on? Does this blade have flexible power? Can it slack off when it wants to? Can it be a Dao Ao Tian when it wants to be a Dao Ao Tian? So, this blade has never performed at its normal level in combat? Is this also true for the inner story?
I have suffered a lot, but I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted as to end Mikazuki Munechika's position as Hata Toban. If I had known that this blade was so powerful, I should have given him half of the crops in the Honmaru!
When you think about the money you lost in the past because you didn't know how powerful Mikazuki Munechika was, it would be a small number of tens, hundreds, or even trillions of dollars if you round it up.
It hurts, it hurts so much!
"Hahaha, Master..."
"You, don't laugh."
You glared at Mikazuki Munechika fiercely and sneered.
"From now on, go serve me as Hata Touban for three months."
*
The government blade's speculation was correct. After the Honmaru Passage was reopened, Jizheng conveyed a request to the Shinto judges: he hoped that Shinto judges with strong strength could go to the battlefield and support the Shinto judges on the front line.
You are confident in your own strength: Yes, once you accept that the little fat emperor has a full-level warrior, you are invincible!
The front-line battlefield is in an abandoned time and space. It is completely different from the battlefields we usually fight on. The whole world is filled with an unknown black and purple fog.
The sky was torn into pieces, and the Time Travel Army fell from the cracks. Looking from a high place, the Time Travel Army troops stretched from the distant horizon to the battlefield a thousand meters away.
“Shocking, right?”
The sound of "California Clear Light" rang from above your head, but this sound was different from the one you were familiar with.
You looked up and saw the initial guiding NPC.
"Hey, Master Shinshinsha, long time no see." Seeing that you recognized him, "Kalifu Kiyomitsu" greeted you, with a bit of joking complaint in his tone, "I clearly gave the Honmaru number to Master Shinshinsha, why didn't you come to see me once? Am I not cute enough?"
"It's you, Kiyomitsu, who's too long-winded." The "Yamato-no-kami Yasudasa" you've met before walks up to you and half-kneel down. "Young Judge, it's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect to see you on the front line."
"It shows that the young judge's ability is improving very quickly." "Kali Kiyomitsu" stood up and stretched his waist. "Besides, how could I be so long-winded? Really..."
You never expected to meet the first NPCs again. At that time, you were a newcomer who had just logged into the game, but now you have reached the maximum level in all professions.
It feels like returning to the Novice Village after saving the world, and meeting a familiar boss in the Adventurer Tavern. The next second, the other party will serve you a newbie drink set, and tease you that the blacksmith in the Novice Village has lost his hammer again. Adventurer, are you interested in helping the blacksmith find his tools...
You shook your head, putting these strange associations behind you. Well, this time you came to the battlefield for the last illustration: Shi Zheng said that if you kill 6,000 enemies, you will be given the Seven Star Sword. If you get all the illustrations, you can marry Zu○ and reach the peak of your life...
But it was really nice to meet Gu Ren in the last mission. The original guide will also be the final witness, so -
"You have to watch me carefully." You put on the colorful special effects samurai sword given by the main quest, and smiled brilliantly at the NPC behind you, "I have--"
You jump from a height.
"Complete this journey well!"
“Eh——!!”
The moment you jumped, "Kalifu Kiyomitsu" and "Yamatomori Yasunari" rushed over at the same time, but unfortunately neither of them caught you.
After noticing that you weren't injured, "California Kiyomitsu" started to clear out the surrounding enemies with one click like a banana top, and then she lay on the ground and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Ah, the young judge is still the same as at the beginning. It's completely unpredictable what she will do..."
"Hmm...same as the dates she gave me." Recalling the scene, Yamato-no-kami Yasunari laughed, "No one knew what dates would taste like before they were eaten."
The strange judge, the strange dates, and the strange spiritual power changed their fate in another direction.
"Master, we are back... Hey, where is the master? Why are you here?"
Kashuu Kiyomitsu, who had just returned from registering you on the list of front-line judges, noticed that you were not there, but instead he and Yamato-no-kami Yasunari were here together.
"Oh - you are the 'I' of the Junior Judges' Honmaru?" Kashuu Kiyomitsu's eyes lit up, a little proud, "You are the Junior Judges' initial sword, right? Anding, see, I said Junior Judges' Master would choose 'I' as the initial sword."
The original sword? I feel depressed when I think of this California Kiyomitsu. Damn, how is he inferior to Yamaubakiri Kunihiro? Who ruined the reputation of "California Kiyomitsu"... Wait, could this guy be——
"So you are the culprit!" Kashuai Kiyomitsu said with gritted teeth, "It is you who made the master think that Kashuai Kiyomitsu is a nagging knife!"
It was this "California Clear Light" that made him receive the "Tsk" from his master as soon as he appeared!
Seeing Kashuu Kiyomitsu about to rush up for "revenge", Yamato-no-kami Yasunari, who was following him, quickly stopped him: "Calm down, Kiyomitsu, this is a battlefield, and the master hasn't been found yet... If you are really angry, wait until later to put the sack on you."
"Huh?" "Kaliou Kiyomitsu" looked at Yamatomori Yasutsu in disbelief, "What are you talking about, Yasutsu, I'm also Kaaliou Kiyomitsu!"
"Yeah, I know." Yamatomori gave an uneasy smile, "So I only provide the sacks."
Yamato-no-kami Yasunari patted Kashuu Kiyomitsu on the shoulder, ending the farce. He looked at his fellow warrior and said with a smile, "We are only here to thank the young judge. She is now on the battlefield below. You should go quickly."
"Battlefield?!" Kashuu Kiyomitsu stopped chatting with them and ran forward in a panic, "Really? Why is the master running around again? Anding, let's go!"
"Eh——I got it, Qingguang, stop pulling my clothes——"
The two blades that were left behind looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
*
Yeah, it feels so good to chop.
Wearing the Tsurumaru Kuninaga haori, you raised your head and looked at the empty field within a hundred meters around you. You smiled brightly and wiped the blood off your head with your hand: As expected, samurai enjoy fighting in groups!
As for why Tsurumaru Kuninaga's feather fabric is on you... Didn't the blade say every day that it would look more like a crane if it was dyed red? And you don't want to dirty your banana costume, so wouldn't it be a good idea to use his clothes to block the enemy's blood?
However, after killing too many enemies, a piece of haori was completely soaked and dyed red - it looked even cooler! Although it is not very comfortable to have wet clothes sticking to the body, being handsome is a lifelong thing!
"I don't mind if my master wears my clothes..." Tsurumaru Kuninaga came over and took out a handkerchief to wipe your face, "But the crane actively dyed it red, and the clothes were passively dyed red are two different things, right?"
"It was the fat who dyed your clothes, and you are not satisfied?" You are not happy with what he said. You immediately blew your beard and glared at him, "If I am not satisfied, I will kick you out of Honmaru, just because I am afraid!"
"Eh! No! He wants to be the master's principal wife—"
"Oh, what are you talking about?" Higekiri threw the blood on the knife to the ground, walked over with a smile, and said in a soft tone, "It's too early for Tsurumaru-dono to go to bed now, right? Don't you agree, brother?"
"Brother is right." Kneemaru nodded, looking serious, "The main wife of the family head should be my brother." He didn't know the whole story, but it should be okay to say so, right? Speaking of main wife... is this the main wife's emperor game again? Should he join in?
Here, Hasebe is already floating with flowers, and is taking you to settle the current political situation.
"Mr. Judge, your reward has been sent to the Honmaru mailbox. Please check it in time." Kitsunesuke, who was in charge of registration, said respectfully, "Thank you for your contribution to protecting history."
Almost at the same time when Kitsunesuke finished speaking, the system prompt popped up.
【Side quest completed】
[Zu○Zhengqing's physical music album will be shipped within three days]
[The current instance has been completed]
【New copy has been opened】
[You can choose the copy: Wen○Wild Dog or Curse○Return]
[You can enter a new dungeon world through the time-space converter]
[The instance world is not selected and will enter a locked state]
[Note: To ensure the balance of the dungeon, the NPCs you collect can only be active in the "Sword Man" form for one hour per game day. The maximum number is 6.]
Yay! I've completed the game!
New dungeon? What new dungeon? You no longer have any interest in this crappy game. As for your luxurious home and over a hundred NPCs... you are a little reluctant to leave, but not much.
Just as you were about to press the exit button on the system panel, Hasebe seemed to notice something.
"Lord," Yakiri Hasebe said softly, "As long as you come back, I will wait forever."
Say... why are you saying that? You sound like a heartless scumbag who wants to get a music album... Okay, you are. But your purpose in playing games was not pure in the first place. If it wasn't for your ancestors, who would play a three-no game...
[Administrator: To thank the players for their support, when you clear the second instance, we will give you tickets to the Zu○Zhengqing live concert (front row VIP), and cover your round-trip airfare and accommodation expenses. We hope that you can have fun in the future∧ ∧]
You really like this three-no game, with its rich PPT plot, luxurious modeling, and awesome BGM... In short, it's a game that's all your fault, so you want to play this crappy game for the rest of your life until you clear the second copy and go to the Zu○ concert.
If you want to continue playing, you will find the restrictions of the second dungeon unpleasant. These are all NPCs collected by Xiao Fei with his own skills, so why can't you bring them in? Honmaru is a home system. Isn't it normal for you to find one, two, three, four, five or six NPCs from your home to help you work in the new dungeon?
And if you want to continue playing this game without the NPCs, you can't imagine how noisy your cross-server communication will be.
I have to spend money on the system mall...
You didn't say anything either. You found a corner and sat cross-legged under the gazes of other inquisitors and the confusion of "Is this an inquisitor who turned into a banana spirit?"
If you want to bypass the restrictions, you should look at the module categories in the mall, right? Wow, there are 18+ mods... but this one won't work. Material improvement mods? That's good, but it won't work either... Oh, forget about this universal modifier, it's too expensive, give up.
Finally, you set your sights on an obscure module.
[Pet Shop Play House Module: The Great Judas is based on a pet shop and is suitable for children over 18 years old. Anyone can be a pet. This is a real pet shop. This is a play house. Please specify the pet. This is ■Run■ Pets are not■. This is the incomparable truth. Praise the great Judas! No special effects added. ]
Why is it all gibberish? I don't understand, but it means that NPCs can be turned into pets, right? "Sword Man" can only exist for one hour, so "Sword Pet Man" will not be restricted, right?
"Hasebe."
"host?"
"Would you like to..."
You looked towards Oshikiri Hasebe, and a strange light flashed in your eyes.
"Be a fat dog?"