Rebirth of Japan's Sekiro Legacy

Chapter 325 No bloodshed, how can there be victory
Everyone was hurrying to rest, and the exorcists resisted the first wave.

Originally, it would have been a very good choice to build the line of defense near the previous dwellings, but it is a pity that Akira Nakazawa's enchantment can only cover around Mount Fuji, and cannot go too far.

"Mines are set in the open space on the southeast side, and the people on the north side move back ten meters so that they can form crossfire with the people on the west side when they come in!"

Wu Yifan was commanding and dispatching, while Arakawa Hideyoshi sat aside and sharpened his knife.

Arakawa Hideyoshi looked at Wu Yishan's command and shouted, and for a moment he thought he was back in the past.

The Wuyi fan at that time was also like this, but the sound was calmer and louder than it is now.But he sharpened his knife silently and obeyed the dispatch.Some monk would sit under a tree and sterilize his injured knee with Chinese baijiu from a gourd...

Under Wu Yifan's guidance, the battle line here was moved back a short distance, so that they could make full use of the terrain advantage to attack the monsters.

"Here, old man, water."

Arakawa Hideyoshi raised his head and saw the bottled drinking water handed over by Kazuya.

"Isn't it installed in some lake?" He asked.

"Of course not. I took them from convenience stores and vending machines. You see, the mouth of the bottle is sealed." Kazuya wondered why Arakawa Hideyoshi would ask such a question.

Arakawa Hideyoshi did not speak. He has been out of touch with society for a long time, and he does not know what bottled drinking water is. He has always salvaged spring water near the mountain where he lives.

Back then, when the ghosts walked at night and the exorcists besieged Mount Fuji, supplies were even more important.However, the water source that the exorcists depended on was secretly polluted by the poisonous monster.At that time, medical conditions were not as good as they are now, and many exorcists died of poisoning because of drinking poisonous water.That included Arakawa Hideyoshi's biological brother... and he delivered the water to his brother himself.

Since then, this matter has been left in Arakawa Hideyoshi's heart, but it has never been buried.Even now, every time he drinks water, he double-checks that the water is safe.

Some people say that people's memory has a protective function, and they will take the initiative to forget those bad things, but there are always some things in life that leave an indelible impression on people.Arakawa Hideyoshi can still clearly remember the painful death of his brother.

On countless nights in the dead of night, whenever he closed his eyes, it was like an old crank projector in his mind, replaying those cruel images clearly in his mind scene by scene.He will never forget his comrades-in-arms, his biological brothers, their painful faces before they died, not only the pictures, but also the voices that were so humble that they killed themselves... Everything strengthened his determination to kill demons, He had no choice but to kill, and let the howling of the demon calm down the humiliated soul of his comrades-in-arms.

This is also the reason why a powerful demon was able to cast a curse on him in such a weak state when he was dying.

Because he was almost insane at that time.

"You're... a child of the Asano family, right?" he asked.

"Ah, yes! Senior is so amazing. More than 100 monsters disappeared in just a few seconds."

"Hmph, if I was younger, I would be faster!" Arakawa Hideyoshi looked at the giant mountain above his head, "But don't get too excited, the current monsters are the lowest level, just shrimp soldiers and crab generals, I haven't even seen a monster leader Yes. The ghost gate is open, and they are waiting for more and more powerful ones of the same kind to crawl out of it... Look at the gloomy sky, it is going to rain again, and this is the last rainstorm, the magic power of thunder and lightning will urge the ghost gate to completely Open it, and then it will be the real battle."

"We don't have many people..." He Mi pursed his lips tightly.

"That's right, after the Great War that year, many of the retainers attached to the big family left, and we have not recovered our vitality until now, and the number of people is not even half of what it was back then." Arakawa Hideyoshi revealed worry in his cloudy eyes, "And listen Akira Nakazawa said that today's exorcists...a considerable number are magicians."

"Don't worry, everyone is very reliable."

"That's not the problem, kid. Didn't your grandfather teach you that bullets are useless after firing a gun?" Arakawa Hideyoshi said, "If magic is a gun, magic power is a bullet. This is a war of attrition, kid, just now It's just the beginning, when the lightning strikes from the sky and the gate of ghosts opens, it's not as simple as tens of thousands of demons. Not everyone has the magic talent of Qianyue's family, and the exorcist must have other things besides magic. .”

Kazumi licked his lower lip, suddenly feeling a little dry.

It's not that he is ignorant of what happened decades ago. Monk Asano would sometimes drink a lot of wine in the temple, get drunk, or cry or angrily tell some unknown past events.

That's the real bloody history.

Countless exorcists built a wall to protect the world with flesh and blood.

The sharp claws of monsters can easily cut off human bones, and the sun wheel knife with sunlight can cut off the heads of monsters...

That is the real meat grinder. In Mount Fuji, too many bones were buried in the ground and became the nutrient of today's lush forest.

Although these people have a combination of modern weapons and magic today, can the mere thousands of people really be able to stop the frenzy of demons?
The best result is that the ghost gate was successfully closed, and most people survived.

Almost, the ghost gate was closed, causing heavy casualties.

Even worse, the gate of ghosts was closed, and everyone present could not see the morning sun of tomorrow, and the demons that had wandered into the world were wiped out by the exorcists in the city.

The worst ending is that the gate of ghosts cannot be closed, everyone present dies, and demons flood into the world.

But no matter what kind of ending it is, it is not the best ending.

Because the best ending does not exist at all, and there is no perfect ending in the world.

In fact, he has already understood this truth.

Kazuya remembered a game he played in junior high school. The content of the game was that the dragon snatched the princess, and the player controlled the knight to rescue the princess.So Kazumi controls the knight and embarks on a journey to save the princess. He goes through five levels and kills six generals, and finally sees the princess. However, due to the long-term occupation of the evil dragon, the princess has gradually become a dragon. At this time, two people must be killed. With a dragon, the difficulty of the BOSS battle rises sharply.

But Kazumi couldn't figure it out, why did the knight who got along very well with the princess since he was a child, who was simply a model lover, kill the princess?Even if the princess becomes a dragon, the princess is still the princess, and the knight can still get along with her friendly?
But there are hints in the game that dragons love money by nature and will desperately plunder valuable items.It's like a knife in the stomach, jelly is no longer jelly.

In the end, the knight defeated the dragon. In order to protect the people, he disregarded the begging of the princess who turned into a dragon, and did not listen to the sweet past stories she told. He drew his sword and finally killed the princess.

But this game has a happy ending.There is a secret passage in a certain level, and the secret passage can be opened by getting a certain treasure, so that the knight can reach the end in advance through the secret passage, save the princess before the dragon turns the princess into a dragon, and finally marry the princess and have children, happy ending.

In order to get through this perfect ending, Kazumi borrowed a mobile phone from his classmates, looked up a lot of information, found precious phantoms and secret passages, and finally got through the perfect ending.

He hasn't touched the game since then.

The reality is already very sad, why can't we seek meaning comfort in the virtual world?
Perhaps it is for this reason that the game producers created such a setting as "secret passage".

But the reality is not planned by anyone, it exists here, there is no "secret passage", and there is no "treasure" to open the secret passage.

There is no victory without bloodshed.

Kazuya understands the truth that even monsters understand.

"I heard that you are studying in the same school as my grandson?" While there was still time to rest, Arakawa Hideyoshi brought up the topic.

(End of this chapter)