Lu Xiao just yesterday went over the process of Sekiro as a cloud player.
The story background of Sekiro is based on Japan's Warring States Period, and has been significantly modified by the main creative staff, turning it into a magical ancient Japanese background.
Ashina, where the story takes place, is only a small country. It was originally pacified by the invasion of the inner government. However, the inner government prohibited the local residents of Ashina from worshiping the water of the source according to customs, which triggered a strong backlash from the locals of Ashina.
, this is where the war of stealing the country comes from.
As the general in the battle against the pirates, Ashina Ashina, a swordsman with excellent martial arts skills, became the leader of the Ashina Kingdom after the victory in the war. He restored the ancient customs of the Ashina Kingdom, a small and remote country.
It seems that calm has returned.
However, the imperial government, which was defeated and expelled by the Ashina pirates, did not give up. They blocked all major transportation routes to and from the Ashina Kingdom, blocking trade between the Ashina Kingdom and surrounding countries.
The nation of Ashina, who was completely isolated, was gradually declining. Ashina Isshin was still able to protect Ashina from the overall level with his strong strength, but he was unable to make the declining Ashina country rise again under the extreme pressure of the internal government.
The desolate and dilapidated scene that Lu Xiao saw came from this. As Ashina Isshin gradually aged, the inner palace that had been hidden for a long time began to stir again.
There were also disagreements within the Ashina Kingdom over how to fight against the invasion of the imperial army. This disagreement directly led to a small-scale internal fight.
The Hirata clan, a branch of the Ashina clan, was destroyed by a "bandit" invasion. Ryū no Miko, adopted by the Hirata clan, was also put under house arrest by Genichiro Ashina, who advocated using the power of Ryu Yin to protect Ashina country.
As a virtual Japanese background, the mainstream language used in Ashina's country is of course Japanese.
When Lu Xiao was in college, Japanese was one of his elective courses in order to get better at "Eating Raw" games and animations. Before graduation, he passed the highest level N1 test. Modern Japanese communication was not a problem for him.
What's the problem.
Although the language used in Ashina Country mostly uses the ancient Japanese language system, it is not difficult to understand.
Along the way, Lu Xiao, who was dressed in strange clothes, naturally attracted the attention of many residents of the Weiming Kingdom. Soldiers on patrol and on guard stopped him many times for questioning.
At this time, Lu Xiao's storytelling technique needs to be used again. He describes himself as a traveler from the Ming Dynasty... Yes, it's the Ming Dynasty again.
Although there is no clear mention of the origin of the inner palace in the Sekiro game, a large number of researchers have equated the inner palace with the old turtle...that is, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
In the official establishment of ancient Japan, the title of "Inner Palace" was actually an official position. Translated, it should be called the Minister of the Interior. Tokugawa Ieyasu was once awarded the official position of the Imperial Household and was called Lord Tokugawa.
During the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu, China happened to be in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
Lu Xiao, who had done his homework in advance, said that there was nothing wrong with him coming from the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, he could speak the Mandarin of the North and South Zhili very fluently.
After experiencing the failure of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's expedition to Korea, the Japanese still retain enough respect for the Chinese nation.
When they learned that Lu Xiao was from the Ming Dynasty, most of the interrogating guards let him go with hesitation, but there were also some stubborn guys who didn't want to believe his story.
For example, the middle-aged military general in front of me is wearing ancient Japanese armor and has an unusually strong physique.
In this era, most Japanese people did not have enough to eat and were generally thin in stature, but this general who called himself Masataka Onitei Hōbu was obviously different.
He was at least 1.9 meters tall, and his whole body was filled with a strong and tough aura. His wide-open eyes stared majestically at Lu Xiao, as if he wanted to use his aura to force Lu Xiao to tell the truth.
"You said you are from the Ming Dynasty? What evidence do you have!"
Lu Xiao was not intimidated by the opponent's momentum and said with a smile: "What evidence do you want? As far as I know, all the samurai generals under the daimyo will study sinology. How about... let's try to have a conversation in Chinese?"
"Well... uh~ this is it."
Masataka Oniba, who was originally full of energy, suddenly became hesitant when talking about this issue.
Masataka Kiba is the leader of Ashina's seven spears. He has good combat effectiveness. He is also the cavalry commander of Ashina Kingdom. He has high personality charm and leadership ability.
But Masataka Oniwa is different from the orthodox samurai. He was originally a bandit leader.
After being defeated by Ashina Isshin, he was impressed by Isshin's powerful strength and took the initiative to surrender. After decades of dedication to Isshin, he was named the leader of Ashina's seven guns.
To put it simply, Masataka Oniwa, who was a bandit, had not received the Sinology required for regular samurai. He was naturally blinded when Lu Xiao mentioned that he should talk in Chinese, and could only change the subject hesitantly.
"It's useless to talk more! I suspect that you are a spy sent by the inner government, come here! Capture him and put him in prison! Wait for Lord Isshin to interrogate him personally!"
"etc!"
Amidst the clanging sound of armor rubbing against each other, a young warrior also wearing armor walked out of the mountain gate.
Upon seeing this, Onite Masataka immediately bowed respectfully to the visitor: "Young Master, I'm sorry for disturbing you."
"Master Xingbu, there is no need to be polite."
The young warrior known as the Young Master looked calm and composed, with a huge longbow of astonishing size hanging on his back, and his movements were quite magnanimous.
Most of the residents and soldiers of the Weiming Kingdom near Lu Xiao bowed their heads and knelt down to salute this man. Lu Xiao still had a smile on his face, but his eyes looked at the young warrior with scrutiny.
'Is this person Ashina... Genichiro?'
Although Ashina Genichiro is called the young master, he is not actually Ashina Isshin's biological grandson, but was adopted by Isshin from the market.
Although he came from a humble background, this did not affect Ashina Genichiro's ambition to make progress.
Genichiro, who wanted to protect the Ashina Kingdom, not only learned martial arts from many masters with strong martial arts skills, but also never relaxed in the subjects that high-level warriors must learn, such as sinology and the art of war.
Ashina Genichiro bowed slightly to Lu Xiao politely, and greeted Lu Xiao in somewhat broken Chinese: "We are guests from the Ming Dynasty who have come from afar, please forgive Ashina for the rudeness."
"I am the grandson of Lord Ashina Isshin, and my nickname is Genichiro. I wonder what your purpose is in coming to Ashina Kingdom?"
Lu Xiao also smiled and offered a hand to Genichiro in return: "Nice to meet you, Your Excellency Genichiro Ashina. My name is Lu Xiao and I come from the Ming Dynasty across the sea."
"As I just said to Mr. Onite, I am just a traveler studying abroad and have no interest in the war between Ashina Kingdom and the inner government."
"Within half a month at most, I will cross Ashina Country to the next stop. I will not stay here too long. I would like to ask Sir Genichiro to explain something to the Lord."
Genichiro's eyes were full of scrutiny. Now was the time when Ashina Country was experiencing long nights and many dreams. Suddenly, a visitor from the Ming Kingdom entered the country's borders, so he couldn't help but be careless.
"Mr. Lu Xiao, please forgive me. The situation in Ashina's country has not been peaceful recently. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, I would like to ask you to stay in the city for a while. When the situation stabilizes, Genichiro will definitely inform you in person.
Apologize and see you off."
Lu Xiao smiled meaningfully: "In other words, I must temporarily accept house arrest and cannot leave the border of Weiming Country, right?"
Genichiro had a gentle smile on his face, but his tone was quite tough: "Please forgive me during this special period."
Lu Xiao's first two missions were both related to Ashina Kingdom. He was destined to stay in Ashina for a long time. The previous pleasantries were just made-up scenes, and Genichiro's disguised house arrest played into his plans.
"Forget it, then I will stay in Ashina Country for the time being and enjoy the beautiful scenery here. Sir Genichiro, you won't completely confine me to the room and can't go out, right?"
Genichiro shook his head and said: "That's not the case, but when you go out for fun, there will be someone following you all the way, and you can't leave the Ashina border. Please understand this."
Watching Lu Xiao walking leisurely into the city, led by a minor (attendant), the smile on Genichiro's face gradually faded away, and he looked at Lu Xiao's retreating back with solemnity and confusion.
'In the Ming Dynasty, it is said that Long Yin's power originally came from across the sea. Is this person's arrival just a pure coincidence? Or...'
Onite Masataka walked up to him with a sinister look on his face and asked: "Genichiro, there must be something wrong with that guy. Do you want to..."
Masataka Oniba is one of Genichiro's many martial arts masters. Their relationship in private is not very restrictive, but they need to be more formal in public.
"No, just wait and see what happens."
Genichiro retracted his gaze from Lu Xiao and turned his gaze to the gate of Ashina Castle Town.
The deserted streets seemed to Genichiro like the calm before the storm.
"The Lone Shadows from the inner palace have entered the city in advance, and the Eagles will entertain them well. Unfortunately, Yuzi still has not agreed to my request. At this juncture, it is better not to cause trouble, and just let people monitor him."
Genichiro bowed solemnly to Onite Masataka and said, "Xingbu, I leave the gate to you. We must not let the army of the inner government break through the gate and enter the inner city."
Masataka Onite hammered his chest hard and said boldly: "Oh! Leave it to me!"