No one is sure whether Lu Xiao's sudden idea will work for the time being, but young men from wealthy families, including Yamauchi, have long been resentful of the inner government. He immediately expressed his willingness to accept Lu Xiao's training, even if he was just a peripheral espionage officer.
Willingly.
Although Japanese ninjas have been praised as gods by many anime and film and television dramas, in the final analysis, there is no essential difference in the work nature of ninjas and assassins in a broad sense.
Entrusting the eager Yamauchi with the task of persuading young men from major families, Lu Xiao locked herself in her study to compile teaching materials for these peripheral informants.
It is not feasible to copy the ninja routine. The major Ashina families cannot allow their children to engage in such a humble profession as ninjas. Lu Xiao plans to teach these children some of the concepts of assassins.
Unlike ninjas who want to stay away from the crowd as much as possible to reduce their presence, Assassin's Creed advocates blending into the crowd and using the people's cover to complete tasks secretly.
Lu Xiao does not need these children to learn abilities such as foot-bearing, shuriken, and assassination. These skills are difficult to learn in a short period of time.
All he needs to do is to teach the children how to become a member of the crowd, quietly record their whereabouts without attracting the attention of the Lone Shadows, and then summarize them and hand them over to the Eagles for processing.
It would take some time for Yamauchi to convince Ashina's major wealthy families to recruit manpower. Lu Xiao handed the completed simple quick textbook to Yongzhen for safekeeping. After a night's rest, he went to Xianfeng Temple again at the invitation of Waka's son.
Stepping into Mount Kumgang during the day, Lu Xiao really felt a different quiet scenery than before.
With the killing of the parasites in Seonbongsa Temple, the mountain forest finally began to regain its vitality. Birds and animals realized that the threat from Mount Kumgang was clear, and gradually moved back to this forest rich in natural resources.
All the way up the quiet mountain road, Lu Xiao took in the beautiful scenery on the mountain. The mist-shrouded valley looked quite fairy-like, but when he reached the middle of the mountain road, a "whining" sound that made his whole body feel chilling affected Lu Xiao's view.
The good mood of the scene.
The rough and silly cries sounded very scary, especially in this deserted mountain road. If you came here at night, it would probably be a different set style.
"Hey~"
Lu Xiao rubbed his hair helplessly and followed the sound to the place where the cry came from.
A big man covered in fat and wearing a simple monk's robe huddled up against a tree, buried his head in his knees, and let out an unpleasant cry that could be called a ghostly howl.
"You silly guy over there, why are you crying here?"
When Lu Xiao saw this person, he roughly guessed his identity.
Sure enough, during the conversation with the other party, Lu Xiao learned that this stupid, immature man was named Kotaro.
Despite his tall appearance, Kotaro is actually less than 14 years old, and he is the same age as the Bianruo princes.
The Tarō soldiers are Ashina's unique special force. They have a burly body and a thick layer of fat, and are strong in resistance and strength, but their intelligence is relatively low.
The appearance of Taro Bing is still a mystery, and even Ashina locals cannot explain why.
However, Lu Xiao speculated that it should still be related to the source water flowing out of the Palace of Source.
Kotaro, who is mentally retarded, seems to have encountered some accident not long ago and temporarily lost part of his memory. He can't remember what he should do next or where he should go, so he squats here and cries alone.
Lu Xiao, who already knew the plot, didn't bother to guess what Kotaro was thinking, and coaxed him into following her actions with just a few words.
As he continued to go deeper into Senhoji Temple, Kotaro would occasionally take out a huge persimmon from his body and watch it repeatedly. Several times he almost couldn't help but stuff the persimmon into his mouth, but for some unknown reason, he finally gave up eating.
"Ding!"
"Stop."
After entering the main building complex of Xianfeng Temple, the sound of gold and iron clashing suddenly came from the front, as if someone was fighting inside.
Lu Xiao raised his hand to stop Kotaro, who was unaware, and asked him to hide aside and not make a sound.
Turning on the aura blocker and sneaking into the temple quietly, Lu Xiao disappeared out of thin air in front of Kotaro.
Kotaro wiped his eyes in disbelief when he saw this scene, thinking that he was blinded.
"Shenyin?"
Entering the temple square, Lu Xiao found that the Luanbo people were fighting fiercely among themselves. The two groups of ninjas with almost identical fighting styles knew each other's moves and habits thoroughly, and it was difficult to determine the winner in a short period of time.
One of the two groups of chaos was led by a short ninja wearing a black hat, while the other group mostly wore red bamboo hats.
‘Red? The color of the inner palace?’
The Tokugawa Household once suffered a lot at the hands of the Tiger of Kai Takeda Shingen's red army. After the Takeda family was destroyed by the Tokugawa's allies, the Oda family, he ordered Naomasa Ii, one of the Four Tokugawa Four Kings, to form the Tokugawa family's own army.
The Red Bei Army was historically known as the Jingyi Red Bei Army.
Although the world of Sekiro is an alternate history, many places still use historical settings. The Inei Akabe of the Tokugawa family is the benchmark.
The Ranpo people who had changed their colors of Akebei had obviously made up their minds to leave their homeland, Ashina. They had a fierce conflict with another wave of Ranpo people who advocated staying in their hometown. Both sides made deadly moves during the battle, and there was no trace of them.
Show mercy.
On the roof of Xianfeng Temple, in the square and in the grass, people fighting among themselves could be seen everywhere. Lu Xiao himself could hide his presence and get around here, but it was impossible for the huge Kotaro.
'There is no way around it. It seems we can only move on by ending the battle here.'
As for which side to help, there is no need to think about it.
Lu Xiao was originally worried about how to complete side tasks better and get higher rewards, so the strong men who came to his door would not be wasted.
Eliminating the chaotic group of people who betrayed the motherland can further weaken the strength of the ninjas on the inner side, which can narrow the numerical gap between the two sides.
The leaders of both sides did not join the battlefield, but instead restrained each other and observed the battle of their men.
Although the two leaders of the Ranpo clan can also use Mingjing Shisui's mental skills to reduce the aura leaked to a certain extent, their proficiency is obviously far inferior to Isshin, and even the sword master Monkey, who is focused on practicing without any distractions, cannot
Can't compare.
Lu Xiao could use his eagle vision to find the spot where the two men were hiding. He quietly bypassed the two factions of Luanbo who were consuming each other's energy, and silently arrived behind the leader of the red-hatted Luanbo.
When Lu Xiao's hidden sword penetrated the opponent's heart, the leader of the chaos was shocked to find that he, who had experienced many battles, was actually being assassinated from behind. This was undoubtedly a shame for a ninja.
"Uh~"
The leader of the red hat, whose mouth was covered, could not even issue a warning. He fell down on the tree trunk with his eyes wide open and died.
Lu Xiao used the same method to help the opponent close his eyes, and assassinated several of the Red Hats who were hiding in the grass waiting for the moment to move.
The imbalance in the number of people on both sides allowed the Black Dou Li crowd to gradually gain the upper hand. When the battle came to an end, Lu Xiao sat on a branch above the head of the Black Dou Li leader and suddenly spoke.
"Kurougasa no Tanuki, I want to confirm with you one last time."
"who?!"
The sudden sound above his head startled the leader of the black hat, and he subconsciously wanted to throw a poisoned shuriken behind him.
Lu Xiao moved behind him first, put the hidden sword in his right hand against the opponent's neck and threatened: "Don't get excited, weapons don't have eyes. If you get cut on the neck like Little Red Riding Hood over there, don't blame me for not warning you."
"Black Hat Luanbo people, are you really willing to dedicate your strength to Ashina?"