As expected, Koda Heita brought up these two swords.
"Oh? Where can I see these two swords in person?" Li Mengnan deliberately looked excited.
"I'm afraid this is very difficult. These two famous swords are treasured by the royal family and are not on display at all. We can usually only see them in books or on TV."
In order not to disturb Li Mengnan's rest, Koda Pingtai and Kota Shizuka left early.
Li Mengnan left the apartment, found an Internet cafe nearby, and entered the names of the two swords "Kikuichi Monji Norimune" and "Onimaru Kunitsuna" on the search page.
The information that can be found on the Japanese side is more and more detailed than that on the Chinese side.
As Koda Heita said, these two swords are Japanese national treasures and have been kept in the Japanese imperial palace.
Due to the existence of the royal family, the Imperial Palace of Japan is never open to the public. It can be said that it is extremely difficult to see these two famous swords.
As for the two famous imperial swords "Budou Soul Sword" and "Seven-Judged Swords", there is no need to think about it. One is enshrined in Ishigami Jingu Shrine in Nara Prefecture, and the other is enshrined in Kashima Jingu Shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture.
A random priest or witch would have a level of magical cultivation similar to that of Li Mengnan, and her guarding power would not be much worse than that of the Japanese Imperial Palace.
Li Mengnan couldn't help but frown. He suddenly realized that he seemed to have thought of finding the prototype sword embryo too simply.
This trip to Japan seems to have ended without any problems.
However, Li Mengnan was not discouraged. He came anyway and regarded it as a real overseas trip.
Blindly insisting on some things will only lead to obsession. Relax your mind and let everything happen, but things may become brighter in the dark.
In the next few days, Li Mengnan followed Heita Koda and visited Ginza, Kabukiza, Ueno Park, Tokyo Tower and other places one by one. He ate all kinds of special dishes near Kyoto and bought a lot of souvenirs. Every day
Return happily.
Originally, he planned to end his trip to Japan, but under the strong suggestion of Heita Koda, Li Mengnan stayed one more day to see Akihabara, which is regarded as a holy place by countless otakus.
Akihabara, commonly known as AKIBA, is located in the southwest of Taito District, Tokyo, Japan, and belongs to the Shitani area.
Although when it comes to this, the first thing that almost everyone thinks of is games, anime, peripherals, and the maid cafes that have emerged in recent years.
But in fact, the real appearance of this place is a street of electrical and digital products, similar to Zhongguancun, the imperial capital of China.
ACG (acronym for comics, animation, games) products and derivatives are only incidental.
The day of the tour was not a holiday, so the streets of Akihabara were a little deserted. There were only a few girls in COS costumes standing in the middle of the road handing out flyers to unknown stores.
"The weather is too cold now. If it is spring and summer, you can see many COSER like this on this street every day, and girls from the Japanese country are very brave to wear it. COS with all kinds of shameful levels are also very common.
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Koda Heita's eyes glanced at the COSERs and quickly retracted. Obviously, this kind of petty fight with no top or bottom exposed was no longer attractive to him.
Li Mengnan took the flyer handed by the COS girl with a smile, glanced at it briefly, folded it and put it in his pocket.
The above is the latest mobile phone launched by SONY. It is a good thing, but it is a pity that it has no love for Japanese products.
Koda Heita also noticed that Li Mengnan didn't seem to be very interested in Akihabara. He was a little embarrassed when he proposed this trip. After thinking about it, he asked: "Does Li Nanjun want to go to AKB48's performance?"
"AKB48?"
Li Mengnan had actually heard of this group. It was said to be one of the best female idol groups in Japan. Its biggest feature was the large number of people, so that the 48 lolita had to be divided into three groups: Group A, Group K, and Group B to perform.
Moreover, the members are often changed, always satisfying the freshness of gentlemen from all walks of life to lolita girls.
Seeing Li Mengnan's hesitation, Koda Heita thought he was interested and stepped up his introduction: "Most foreign tourists like Li Nanjun don't know that Akihabara is actually the headquarters of AKB48, and there is a dedicated one on the 8th floor of the Don Quixote store.
AKB48 Theater, members of AKB48 perform here almost every day, but it depends on your luck which group you can catch... By the way, does Li Nanjun have any favorite idols?"
"Idol? No, I never chase stars."
The proposal to go to see AKB48 perform was still rejected by Li Mengnan.
The so-called Japanese girl idol groups are actually not as good as the Korean girl groups across from Shanghai. Although Korean girl groups are often criticized for having "assembly-line faces and selling their breasts and legs", at least their dancing and singing skills are still good.
Yes, and Japanese girl idols rely entirely on being cute to attract fans.
If you want to watch cuteness, Li Mengnan might as well watch the performances of kindergarten children. That is the innocence that truly cleanses the soul.
But now that you’re here, it’s hard to leave empty-handed.
Li Mengnan decided to buy some souvenirs and go back as usual.
Akihabara mainly deals in electrical appliances and digital products, but when it comes to specialty souvenirs, ACG peripheral products are more suitable.
Li Mengnan brought a genuine "One Piece" key chain to each of the three animals in the dormitory. He also bought several plush dolls in the image of "Pokemon" that girls liked more, and packed several shopping bags with bits and pieces.
"Guest, I have something better here, do you want to see it?"
Perhaps because he felt that Li Mengnan was spending a lot of money, the shop owner became more enthusiastic and took the initiative to promote the so-called "store treasure" to Li Mengnan.
Li Mengnan was also a little curious, so he followed the shop owner to the innermost shelf in the store.
The shelves hanging on the wall are filled with all kinds of weird weapons.
"Wow!" Koda Heita's eyes were like those of a pervert who has seen a sexual encounter. He rushed forward and grabbed a handful with one hand, and said excitedly: "I'm not mistaken, this is not the black and white sword used by the hero and heroine in "Sword Art Online"
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The shopkeeper nodded and smiled: "This customer has really good eyesight. These two swords are exactly the weapon interpreter of the hero and the weapon of the heroine in the first part of "Sword Art Online". Moreover, they were officially supervised by the publishing house.
, this is the only pair in the entire Japanese kingdom."
"Isn't it right?" Heita Koda looked suspicious, "As far as I know, these two swords are not for sale. Only the complete set of animation BD discs can be obtained through a lottery. Is it possible that these two swords in your store, boss?
Is it a high imitation pirate version?"
The shopkeeper smiled proudly, stroking the mustache at the corner of his mouth and said: "Guest, don't worry, these two swords are absolutely genuine. They were sold to me by the lottery winner. In order to buy these two swords, I
It cost a total of 800,000 Japanese yuan!"
Eight hundred thousand Japanese dollars is equivalent to almost 50,000 Chinese dollars. For anime peripherals, it is already considered a sky-high price.
But this unique limited-edition attribute in the world is not easy to measure in terms of money.
Koda Heita was just surprised to see rare peripherals here. He didn't really like these two swords. Moreover, after hearing the price of 800,000 yuan, he immediately clicked his tongue and put them back where they were.
He is a poor student and cannot afford such expensive toys.
"Let me see."
As soon as Li Mengnan approached this shelf, he immediately noticed something unusual.
It's the willpower.
That's right, the anime peripherals placed on the shelves here are actually filled with wishes that usually only appear on antiques.
Although these wishes are extremely thin, they are undoubtedly wishes.
Li Mengnan picked up the pair of black and white swords one by one, and while pretending to admire them for inspection, a spiritual power quietly wandered around the swords.
There are slightly more impurities in the will power, but the total amount is considerable.
If the materials are ignored, these two swords, black and white, are already worthy of being a low-grade mortal sword from the perspective of guiding the will power alone.
This discovery was quite beyond Li Mengnan's expectation, but upon closer inspection it seemed completely reasonable.
The so-called famous sword, "name" is the key, "sword" is just the attachment of "name".
As long as there is a "name", even a piece of rotten iron can arouse extremely huge will power; if there is no "name", no matter how good the material of the "sword" is, it can only be regarded as a sharp ordinary soldier.
Animation works spread in books, films and television can also be regarded as an alternative "name".
Since it is a "name", it can naturally arouse the power of wishes.
And peripheral products based on animation works have naturally become the most suitable carrier of this desire.
No wonder the "otaku" family is called a "clan" and has also spawned a corresponding "otaku economy". This obsession with the second dimension alone can be compared to a large religion.
Li Mengnan suddenly came up with a bold idea, maybe his heart sword embryo could use his brain on this virgin land of will power that no one has ever developed.
"I bought these two swords. Boss, please give me a price."
Koda Heita wanted to persuade Li Mengnan to reconsider, but after all, he was just a tour guide and could not interfere too much with the guests' consumption. After hinting to Li Mengnan to no avail, he had to translate the original words to the shop owner.
The shop owner was overjoyed. Although these two swords were extremely precious limited edition peripherals, the high prices were prohibitive. If they didn't sell them before the popularity of the anime dissipated, they would become non-performing assets.
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One wanted to buy, the other wanted to sell. After a formal bargaining, the black and white swords were finally sold for one million Japanese dollars.
"Boss, can I see something else?" Li Mengnan picked up another sword on the shelf and asked.
The shop owner quickly counted the bills with both hands, his old face smiled like a chrysanthemum, he nodded and bowed and said: "Guest, you can do whatever you want, whatever you like, I'll give you a 10% discount."
"Li Nanjun really likes weapons."
Gengtian Pingtai had a resentful look on his face. He finally understood that Li Mengnan was a rich man from China.
A whole million yen!
Or cash!
He actually carries such a thick pile with him, isn't he afraid of losing it?
Li Mengnan smiled and did not explain anything.
There are many sword and sword peripheral models on the shelves, and most of them are exquisitely crafted, full-scale models. Except that they are made of engineering plastic, they are completely indistinguishable from real swords.
It's a pity that, except for the pair of black and white swords before, there is no sword that can make Li Mengnan feel a large amount of will power gathered.