Tsuruga Camouflage is not her real name, but 'heritage', the inheritance of the master of Santu Shrine.
She is the daughter of the captain of the second division of the Izumo Guardian Third Company. She has followed her father since she was a child to learn the "Sento-ryu" that has been passed down from generation to generation in her family.
[Sento-ryu] is actually not a school of fighting with swords. In a sense, Sentou-ryu is very similar to Kyūto-ryu. However, Kyūto-ryu uses one's hands, feet and even all parts of the body as swords, that is, "this person is
"Sword". And Sento-ryu means "attack the enemy with the enemy's sword". For Sento-ryu, swords are just consumables and props. The more chaotic and huge the battlefield, the more powerful it is.
.
[Thousand Sword Style] is the strongest swordsmanship, she has thought so since she was sensible.
But twenty years ago, the Oshu Rebellion swept across Japan, and Izumo was not immune to the disaster. Izumo, which was supposed to be the sacred and solemn residence of the gods, turned into a tragic situation that cannot be described with pen and ink. No matter from various perspectives, it is called
The best is [Hell Picture Scroll].
Simply because Hida Takahiro was returning to Hida Castle after conquering the Dark City in Kyushu and wanted to avoid the sight of the shogunate, so he 'passed by' Izumo.
Passing by is war. No, if you think about it carefully, a one-sided war can only be called a unilateral killing.
With only two of them, Izumo's third guardian company was completely wiped out.
Her father died, the disciples of the Sento-ryu Dojo died, and even her home and dojo were burned down. Only she, who could not go to the battlefield, survived.
She became one of thousands of war orphans, helpless. Gradually, she became depraved. She used the Sento-ryu she learned to attack and kill travelers who came to visit Izumo, and fought with bandits.
She eats the bad, robs the rich... She does evil things numbly, without feeling anything.
How many people has she killed in the past thirteen years? She can't remember at all, and she doesn't want to remember.
She heard that there was a group of bandits entrenched in the Rakuaki Mountains of Izumo, and the bandit leader there would pass down one of the legendary twelve variant swords [Thousand Swords·铩] from generation to generation. So, she joined that group again.
Among the bandits, she became more and more depraved. What happened after that was not even worth recalling for her.
At some point, she became the leader of that group of bandits and inherited the [Thousand Swords·Thunder].
It was not her duty as the leader to go to Santu Shrine to investigate. It was just a sudden inspiration. She killed all the priests in Santu Shrine, including Tsuruga Camouflage. At that time, Santu Shrine was not an armed shrine, and the priests did not
She had a sword, so she didn't kill them with Sento-ryu.
Instead, they grabbed their necks one by one and strangled them to death.
Why? Why use such a primitive and cruel method? Probably, it’s because of [unforgivable].
She heard about the origin of Santu Shrine and knew that it was a sanatorium for weak women, so she asked in her heart - why didn't you come to save me?
Isn't it because he can save even hopeless people like himself that he can be called God?
Tsuruga Camouflage was the last one to be killed. She knelt down on Camouflage's body on the dark brown floor in the hall and pinched Camouflage's neck hard.
Camouflage's lips moved, and she thought the other person was begging for mercy.
【please forgive……】
It's boring. I'm tired of hearing this kind of begging for mercy.
【Please forgive me...for not being able to save you.】
She was stunned.
【But please...please forgive those girls...they have no sin whatsoever.】
These are the last words for Tsuruga Camouflage.
The hall fell into deathly silence. After a long time, she returned to the bandit's base and killed forty-three of her companions.
Then I took [Thousand Swords·Thunder] as [Tsuruga Camouflage] and came to Santu Shrine.
This is the birth of the Armed Shrine and Santo Shrine, and this is the birth of the new Tsuruga camouflage.
At this moment, there were dark clouds outside the hall, and the strong wind was blowing the fallen leaves. The two of them stood in the square, facing each other like this.
God will not come to save himself, nor will he save them, Tsuruga Camouflage has long understood this. Now, Tsuruga Camouflage only believes in [self-rescue].
The Thousand Swords and the Forbidden City cannot be let out under any circumstances. Not only can it use the poison of the sword as a medicine to keep the hearts of those girls from collapsing, but more importantly, it is the foundation for the self-protection of Santu Shrine, an armed shrine.
Once the black miko lose the protection of Shikisaki Kiki's modified sword, they will be unable to resist the shogunate's arrest.
Sekiro, you said you have a way to solve this problem, then show it to me.
Standing on the stone floor of the square, the one-armed ronin raised his head and closed his eyes, feeling the water vapor in the wind, which was a sign of the coming storm.
After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at the Tsuruga camouflage opposite, his empty sleeves dancing in the wind:
"Master of the Camouflage Hall, the poison from the sword is just poison to quench thirst. It is for their own good to remove the poison from the Thousand Swords before they are not swordsmen."
"That's it? Is this your solution?"
Tsuruga Camouflage didn't have any weapons in her hands, but her momentum was rising steadily.
If this is just a ridiculous 'solution', then Tsuruga Camouflage will have to choose another path - defeat all enemies with the Sentoru and Sento-ryu, and protect the Santu Shrine and the Thousand Blacks with its own strength.
Witch.
"Without Thousand Swordsman, the shogunate has no reason to demand swords from you."
Heather put the tattered long sword with its scabbard on her left waist, and put the fingers of her left hand on the hilt of the sword and stroked it gently:
"Thousand swords are the source of all disasters, don't you understand?"
Tsuruga Camouflage sneered: "Without the Thousand Swords, how can these black witches face the endless arrests of the shogunate?"
"So, my solution is to let the shogunate that rules Japan collapse, so that it will naturally have no time to take care of you."
Heather made shocking remarks in an understatement.
"It fell apart...ha, hahaha!"
Tsuruga Camouflage was so angry that he laughed: "Sekiro, you turned out to be just a whimsical guy."
"What? Is it difficult?" Heather tilted her head.
"Do you know how many troops there are in the shogunate? Yes, one hundred and fifty years ago, Uren Kinkaku did kill ten thousand people with its 'Zanto: Blunt', and Hida Takahito and Soho Black Key also accomplished similar feats.
Killing record. But the shogunate’s army is more than 100,000! The human wave tactics alone can kill you alive, how many subordinates do you have to command?"
Tsuruga Camouflage slowly shook his head:
"Even Hida Takahito was defeated by the shogunate's army. You... are really too arrogant."
The wind was blowing faster and faster, and dark clouds formed a whirlpool overhead, as if a severe rainstorm was about to come.
Heather was not wearing a hat, letting her slightly curly black hair dance like flames in the wind. He rubbed his stubble-covered chin and smiled:
"Would you know if you have this ability? Come over and try it yourself."
He raised his chin in the direction of Tsuruga's camouflage feet: "How about using the original version of the Thousand Swords?"
"What……"
Tsuruga Camouflage looked surprised.
There is indeed a sword buried under her feet, it is the one originally forged by [Thousand Swords·铩].
Qian Dao Li, one of the twelve complete variant knives forged with the characteristic of "overwhelming quantity". Take it as you go, replace it as soon as it is worn out, there is no limit on the quantity, and there are endless spares.
For a swordsman, even the swords forged by the same swordsmith will have a completely different feel. Once the sword is changed, there will be a long or short period of weakness due to unfamiliarity. But Qian Dao Li does not have this at all.
kind of concern.
Each one is identical in terms of sharpness, weight, length and thickness.
However, even if there are a thousand [Thousand Swordsmen] that are exactly the same and even feel exactly the same, there will still be the original one, which is the prototype of all the Thousand Swordsmen.
It's the one buried under Tsuruga's camouflage.
"Why do you know..." Tsuruga Camouflage looked at the opposite side in disbelief. How did he know that there was a knife here? And he also knew that this was the original version of the Sentoru.
"It's very simple, because it told me by itself."
Heather smiled and pointed at Camouflage’s feet:
"I once told some idiot, and I'll tell you again - the knife cannot choose the person to be killed, but it can choose its own master. Well, I will give you time to dig it out."
With her fingers on the hilt of the sword at her waist, Heather smiled brightly:
"Then, I will show you what [the power to destroy the shogunate] is."