Chapter 16 Samurai Hats – For Revenge (2)

“Oh, right, before that, little brother.”

“Huh? Why are you calling me?”

“I know you achieved a hidden challenge… or you don’t. You achieved a challenge while playing Samurai Hearts yesterday, you know?”

“A challenge? I roughly know what it is. So what if I achieved it.”

“There’s a reward for achieving this. It’s this.”

Seung-yeon manipulated the system visible only to herself, and soon, with a scattering of light, an object descended from the air.

It was a cloak.

A luxurious cloak of jet-black color with rich black fur around the neck.

Seung-yeon grabbed it as it fluttered down from the air and handed it to Dohyun.

“It doesn’t really have any effect, it’s just a cosmetic item. It’s quite stylish since it’s a hidden challenge. Wear it around.”

“A cosmetic item…”

“It’s also for showing off that you did a challenge~ or something.”

Dohyun chuckled and draped the cloak over his armor.

Before draping the cloak, Dohyun was just a warrior, but after draping the cloak, Dohyun looked like a general commanding an army.

That’s how dignified the cloak was.

-That cloak is so cool…

-How do you get that cloak?

-You have to do a hidden challenge

“And the challenge is to defeat twenty enemy soldiers in one place. Turns out there’s a condition too. No using health potions. I only found out later.”

-To get that, you have to defeat 20 enemies without using health potions?

-Yeah, you got it

-I’m not doing it, damn it.

Seung-yeon, chuckling at the chat room filled with reactions of not wanting to do it because it’s too much, said.

“I’ll gather information first. There’s an NPC here that’s left to be talked to openly. Ugh, but his face was so hideous. Don’t you think so?”- Honestly, it was a bit scary

If I met him in real life, I would kneel and beg as soon as I made eye contact;;

Honestly, I was shocked when I saw him

Seung-yeon approached Tengu.”

She had already enjoyed this type of game several times, and had even played the previous work of the development company that made this game, Samurai Hearts.

That’s why she remembered all the keywords she thought would be necessary for the conversation in the event cutscene she just saw.

‘What should I say first?’

After thinking for a moment, she opened her mouth.

“I’ll ask about something trivial first. Let’s see. Ninjas?”

Tengu said that he used to be a Ninja.

This was considered to be a deliberate leak of information about Tengu’s past, and it was judged that a keyword to talk about was thrown.

And as Seung-yeon expected, Tengu reacted to what she said.

“Ninjas… There was a time when I was one. In my younger days, that is. Heh heh. That’s right. The reason my face is like this is also from that time. I was tortured when I was captured by the enemy.”

“But I don’t regret being a Ninja. The lord I served was worthy of it. Of course, you know I can’t tell you who that person is, right?”

“That’s all I can tell you about my past. Don’t try to dig any further.”

Seung-yeon extracted the memorable information from what Tengu said.

“He was a Ninja, he has scars from being tortured, and he had a lord. Hmm. So he’s not a Ninja now, so does that mean he doesn’t have a lord either? I need to find out more about this.”

However, even if Seung-yeon persistently asked about the lord, Tengu refused to answer, saying, “I can’t tell you.”

It seemed like he was filtering out any keyword that contained the word ‘lord’.

She even threw out a random keyword like ‘the lord’s secret private life’, but the reaction was the same, so Seung-yeon scratched her head.

“It seems like he’s not going to tell us any information related to the lord right now.”

-lololololol

-What is secret private life lololol

-Why are you asking that lololololol

“I’m just feeling bad because he doesn’t answer. Hehe. Now we need to find out why we’re here, where this is, and what Tengu’s identity is, right?”

-Brain power fully operational!

-I thought she would be terrible at the game because she’s a spicy taste expert, but she’s not

-Victoria is only lacking in physical skills

“Thank you for the compliment. Anyway, this is something I can ask right away because he gave me a keyword during the event. Where did it say ‘the inside story of the Nagamatsu Family’s attack’?”

As Seung-yeon took out the designated keyword, Tengu immediately reacted.

“As you know, the Nagamatsu Family and the Atsuragi Family were allies. But the Nagamatsu Family broke this alliance and attacked the Atsuragi Family without any declaration of war.”

“They betrayed the trust between the families and even tried to cut off their lineage. If what they did becomes known, they will also suffer great harm at the hands of the Seii Taishogun.”

“Aren’t you curious about the reason? The reason why they took such extreme actions while taking these risks.”

Seung-yeon pouted her lips.

“I’m not curious.”

Of course, there’s no way the NPC would react to that word, which isn’t even a conversation keyword.

Tengu, who had stopped talking for a moment, coughed and then continued.

“I’m sorry. I’m not feeling well. Anyway, the reason they did such a dangerous thing is because ‘darkness’ was involved. The Nagamatsu are just pawns of the darkness.”

Tengu stopped talking there.

It seemed that this was the end of the story that could be heard with the keyword ‘the inside story of the Nagamatsu Family’s attack’.

However, it was not difficult to find another keyword among the contents Tengu said.

Because Tengu openly brought up the story about ‘darkness’ as if telling them to ask about it.

Therefore, Seung-yeon immediately asked about the darkness that Tengu mentioned.

“What is darkness? They are our enemies and the dark beings of this country. We call them darkness, but ordinary people call them differently.”

“Imyo-Mangnyang. Yokai. Strange. Hyakki Yagy??… The ghosts that eat people are the darkness. Do you believe it? That such monsters exist?”

“I know it’s hard to believe. I was like that too. Now that I’ve told you this far, you can guess. That’s right. We are an organization to fight against the darkness. It’s called the Cheonhwadan.”

Cheonhwadan.

This was also a new keyword.

Seung-yeon immediately asked about the Cheonhwadan.

“The Cheonhwadan is an organization created to fight against the darkness. We have been fighting against the darkness for a long time and have been tracking them. Then we found out that the tail of darkness was connected to Nagamatsu.”

“That’s why we were watching the Nagamatsu Family. So we were able to see them destroy the Atsuragi Family. The reason we saved you was because your purpose might be helpful to our purpose.”

“Don’t you want to avenge the people who killed your lord? We will help you. Instead, you help us too. I want you to confirm the tail of darkness that has spread to the Nagamatsu Family.”

Tengu’s story ended like that.

Seung-yeon frowned after hearing the story.

In other words, the reason they were saved was because they needed someone to fight the Nagamatsu Family in place of the Cheonhwadan?

Of course, the Cheonhwadan would have had a purpose, so they would have saved them, but even so, being used by others was not a pleasant thing.

But this is only her personal feeling.

In the game’s setting, Tengu’s story would be to the liking of the Red Fox and Black Wolf, who dream of avenging their lord.

‘Anyway, I just need the broadcast to go well.’

Seung-yeon shrugged her shoulders and opened her mouth.

“This NPC is a complete explainer.”

-I agree

-He talks so much;;;

-Hey! Don’t you know three-line summaries!

“There were a lot of various additional explanations, but to summarize, it’s like this. A dark force called darkness moved Nagamatsu to destroy Atsuragi, and Cheonhwadan knew about it and saved us to use us to fight against the darkness.”

-Wow. Thanks for the clean summary

-Did he just ramble on about something that can be summarized like that? Geez

-He’s an NPC lololol The developer made him an explainer lololol

While they were laughing and chatting like that, one of the viewers typed a chat with this content.

-But why doesn’t Kratos say a word?

‘Come to think of it…’

Seung-yeon’s gaze turned to Dohyun at the content of the chat that suddenly caught her eye.

Dohyun had been silent and staring blankly since he woke up, but there was no particular reason.

He had lived a life that had nothing to do with broadcasting or even games in the first place.

So he didn’t even have a sense of how to proceed with the game, so he was just watching with the intention of just watching.

If he stayed still, Seung-yeon would take care of it.

His thought was that he would just be there and catch the enemies when they came out.

Seung-yeon, reading such a sign from Dohyun’s expression, chuckled and said.

“There’s a viewer who’s curious about why Kratos doesn’t say a word. The reason is simple. It’s because he’s playing the game for the first time.”

-Ah, that’s right;; That’s what it was;;;

-If it’s the first time playing a game, then it’s understandable

-I was like that when I first played lololol

“Ah. Yes. That’s right. Please think of me as a non-existent person for the time being. I’ve never done anything like this before, so I don’t know what to do. I’m learning by watching my sister.”

Dohyun chimed in as Seung-yeon gestured.

The viewers were convinced by his words.

-Well, he didn’t even know that you could talk to NPCs with keywords, so it’s understandable

-Have you been playing the game for 3 hours?

-No, I think it would barely come out to that much if you add up all the broadcast time

“Anyway, I’ll leave Kratos alone for the time being and proceed. This Tengu NPC said he would help us, so let’s find out what kind of help it is. I wonder if he’ll throw us some items or something?”

As Seung-yeon said the keyword related to help, Tengu opened his mouth again.

“There are three types of help we can give. The first is information. We needed many eyes and ears to track the darkness. That’s why we have informants everywhere. They will help you with your revenge.”

“The second is Muhon. It is the power we have found to fight against the monsters that eat people with human bodies. We will pass this power on to you.”

“The third is swordsmanship. Hmm. It’s embarrassing to teach swordsmanship to those who have defeated the Sword Saint of the time. But the leaders of the sword styles that are with us are also outstanding in their own way, so there will be things to learn.”

“That’s all the help we can give. What do you think? Will you accept our offer?”

Information, Muhon, and swordsmanship.

Seung-yeon clapped her hands after hearing the three things she could receive from Tengu.

This is because one of the unique systems of Samurai Hearts that she learned while researching Samurai Hearts came to mind.

“Ah, so they’re the ones who teach Muhon! I was wondering where I would learn it.”

“What is Muhon?”

“It’s like a skill in other games. You know what a skill is, right?”

“I know that much. I’ve played Hyperphone games a few times.”