Real Cthulhu Running Game

Everyone present knew that as long as the Samurai faction controlled the urban area of ​​Nagoya, the entire Nagoya city circle would basically be in the hands of the Samurai faction. . . As long as nothing unexpected happens.

"As for why the public faction suddenly chose to evacuate the city, we also sent many people to inquire about the situation, and even launched many high-level informants for this purpose. Unfortunately, nothing was found, so the higher-ups decided to issue a special mission, which is to go Find out what kind of medicine the public faction is selling in the gourd. This special mission will have a very good basic reward, and additional rewards will be added based on the results of the investigation, so friends who are confident in gathering intelligence can make preparations."

After Momota Shenghito said this, he took a few steps back and let a man who looked about thirty years old stand up, "Hello everyone, I believe everyone should know who I am, right? So I won't be myself here. Introduced; the main reason why I am here this time is because Mr. Shimazu Nakano heard that you have captured the city of Nagoya, so he specially asked me to bring you a reward."

"This person is Shimazu Nagano. His current status is regarded as a spokesman for the samurai faction. He seems to be an ordinary person like Shimazu Hiromichi. However, there are rumors that Shimazu Nagano has received professional training since he was a child to deal with ghouls. We are still good at dealing with deep divers." Yin En said in a low voice: "Although the major families in the island country have some friendship with the mythical creatures on their territory, they also know that there is a saying that those who are not our species will have their hearts set on it. Different, so some families with certain abilities will arrange for some of their children to learn how to deal with mythical creatures from an early age, and mainly use cold weapons, because for a person who has received professional training, cold weapons are much easier to use than firearms."

Liu Xing nodded and said with a smile: "I think this is normal. After all, any family with a sense of crisis knows that those mythical creatures are not easy to deal with. If one day they fall out, then they will It will become a piece of meat on the chopping board, or at most a rib, so I have to prepare some more trump cards for myself, but this Shimazu Nagano doesn’t seem to be the kind of person who wants to be trained for a long time.”

The reason why Liu Xing said this is because Shimazu Nagano looks thin and does not look like the kind of person in Liu Xing's impression who can use cold weapons to deal with mythical creatures.

"This is the special thing about Shimazu Nagano, because most people who receive professional training will choose to use swords as their main weapons. Firstly, it is easy to carry, and secondly, the attack surface of the sword is larger, and it can attack myths The possibility of creatures causing damage is higher, but Shimazu Nagano did not choose to change his profession to a popular warrior, but became an assassin, because the Shimazu family obtained some excellent quality ores a long time ago. However, the quantity of these ores was too small, so the Shimazu family had to choose to make these ores into hidden swords and crossbow arrows, and coated these hidden swords and crossbow arrows with poison that would seal the throat when exposed to blood, so This set of equipment has always been used by those ninjas who are loyal to the Shimazu family." Yin En said.

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but look at Shimazu Nagano again, but he still didn't see anything.

However, for a ninja, it takes a lot of practice to be able to perform like ordinary people, so this is equivalent to proving Shimazu Nagano's strength.

"It seems that this Shimazu Nagano should be Shimazu Nakano's personal bodyguard. After all, during the Warring States Period, many ninjas never participated in external operations, but always guarded their lord secretly. But I have a question that I want to know. The answer is, why did Shimazu Nagano's father give his son such a name? Is it that the Shimazu family is so enlightened that they don't have to avoid the taboo of Shimazu Nakano, the clan leader?"

Zhang Jingxu, who was sitting behind Liu Xing, continued: "The island country has always been deeply influenced by Chinese culture, so it stands to reason that Shimazu Nagano's father should deliberately avoid the word 'Nakano' in Shimazu Nagano, rather than let him My son is called 'Nagano' to overpower 'Nakano'. Did Shimazu Nagano's father ever have conflicts with Shimazu Nakano, or even compete for the position of head of the Shimadzu family? But I checked the relevant information. , and found that there wasn’t even a tidbit about this.”

Liu Xing expressed great interest in this.

Because for a large family like the Shimazu family that has existed in the island country for hundreds of years, its members must be able to read and write Chinese characters. However, there have been many famous taboo name changes in the history of the island country. For example, once Tao Qingxian, who single-handedly brought down the great situation between the Ouchi family and the Tao family, was originally named Tao Longfang, and the head of the Ouchi family at the time was named Ouchi Yoshitaka, so Tao Longfang changed his name to Tao in order to avoid mentioning his master. Eye-catching.

Therefore, it stands to reason that the name Shimadzu Nagano must not appear on Shimadzu Nakano's nephew, because the character "长" obviously overwhelms the character "中", so how can a nephew choose this name?

"I know some gossip about this, because I met the island country's ninjas when I was working in the island country before, and I got along with some of them, so after becoming friends, I heard about it from them. There are few interesting facts about the ninjas of the island country. For example, the name Shimazu Nagano is actually a heritage name. This involves a tradition of the island country, that is, some industries will continue certain names as a kind of inheritance from generation to generation. These The names basically come from the most outstanding talents in the industry, or the big names who have established a sect, such as Kabuki, rakugo and other industries in the island country."

"In the relatively closed circle of island ninjas, we often hear about Iga ninjas. Koga ninjas also have their own inherited names. For example, the most famous names are probably Sarutobi and Sasuke; of course, some big families The names of some people who have made contributions to the family will also be retained, and then if someone in the descendants reaches the same height as them, then this person will inherit the name, and there is a ninja in the history of the Shimazu family His name is Nagano. He has been with Shimazu Yoshihisa his whole life. Therefore, 'Nagano' has become the name of the chief ninja of the Shimadzu family. Therefore, it is not surprising that Shimazu Nagano can inherit this name. After all, this is a rule passed down from his ancestors. , Shimazu Nakano has nothing to say." Shi Zixuan interrupted.

Liu Xing nodded as if he understood, and said: "I see, when I used to watch variety shows and TV series in the island country, I often saw some very strange and long names, so I also checked these people. What are their origins? Then I discovered that they were all stage names passed down by some big families in the traditional arts of the island country - rakugo, Noh drama, kabuki and other industries. They were also a symbol of their status. I didn't expect that ninjas would also do it. This set."

Shi Zixuan shook his head and said with a smile: "Not only that, some Onmyoji families will also pass down the names of their ancestors. For example, the Abe family today will pass on the character '明' to the head of the family, so we In the future, if we meet an onmyoji named Akira Abe, we can be sure that he is the current or former head of the Abe family. As for the word "eyes", it will be passed on to the most outstanding talents among the descendants, so if we meet The name of the onmyoji who arrived is Abe Haru, then we can know that he is the thigh we must hold tightly."

"Of course, this situation exists in many countries in the world. For example, Westerners often pass on their names to their children, so there are situations where three generations of grandparents have the same name, especially Some royal families may have passed down a name for more than ten generations. For example, the Ferdinand family in France has passed down the name Louis for sixteen generations. If Louis XVI had not been sent to the guillotine, maybe we would still hear it now. To a somewhat convoluted name like Louis XXI.”

"When it comes to why Westerners pass on their names, I remember that another important reason is that their names represent their occupations. So at that time, when sons inherited their father's business, it was normal for sons to inherit their father's name. It's equivalent to how we here like to call him Zhang Tiejiang, Liu Carpenter, etc." Zhang Jingxu touched his chin and said, "But this is quite convenient, you can know who this person is just by looking at his name."

As soon as Zhang Jingxu finished speaking, he saw some men in black suddenly appearing around him holding a pile of boxes, handing the boxes to everyone one by one.

It seems that this is the reward Shimazu Nagano talks about.

After Liu Xing took the box, he said with great interest: "What do you think is in this box? It can't be a mobile phone or something, right?"

"How can it be a mobile phone? We are not handing out prizes at the company's annual meeting, and we are able to sit here. Who is the owner who lacks a mobile phone? So unless Shimadzu Nakano really has a convulsion in his head, it is impossible. Take mobile phones, jewelry and other popular goods as rewards; but then again, for those of us, it is really difficult to give out rewards like this that everyone can participate in. After all, there are so many things to choose from. There is less, and the cost is difficult to control." Yin En shook the box and said.

Liu Xing nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, we people are definitely not short of those external things, so only magic props are what we want, but there are not many magic props that can be mass-produced, and this kind of magic props More than 50% of them can be perfectly replaced by modern technological products. For example, flashlights can completely defeat those lighting magic props, and various types of firearms can completely destroy those magic props with attack spells; as for the rest The 50% of the cost has to be considered. After all, the materials for making magic props are not ordinary, and some materials cannot be bought with money, so Shimazu Nakano wants to use these rewards to bribe People's hearts are very likely to be self-defeating, losing both the wife and the army."

As Liu Xing spoke, he wanted to open the box, but after groping for a moment, Liu Xing realized that he didn't know how to open the box.

To put it simply, although this box looks like a very common lid box without a lock, because the lid is so tight, not to mention Liu Xing’s nails, even the blade Li Hanxing took out was It doesn't work at all.

As for holding the box and shaking it up and down a few times, it has no effect at all.

So, what kind of reward is this?

Just when Liu Xing was about to complain that Shimazu Nakano was trying to trick people this time, Shimazu Nagano said: "I believe everyone should have discovered that this box cannot be opened by conventional means, right? Yes, these boxes are actually rewards, because These boxes are made by mixing a variety of materials through special processes, and then processed into this look by the same special means. Therefore, if you don’t know the correct way to open the box, unless it is a leader-level mythical creature, Or it’s Yithians who have black technology, otherwise no one or mythical creature can open this box through abnormal means!”

After hearing what Shimazu Nagano said, Liu Xing noticed that the material of this box was indeed a bit special. At first glance, it seemed to be a very ordinary wooden box, but as soon as you exert force, you will find that the strength of this box is higher than imagined. many.

More importantly, the flexibility of this box is also very strong, because Liu Xing saw a passerby next to him take out a dagger that looked like it was not an ordinary thing and hit the box hard, but the box did not bend. Instead of making the sound of gold and iron as Liu Xing imagined, and then letting the dagger miss the mark, or even breaking the tip directly, he stuck the dagger into it like a piece of marshmallow, and then quickly flicked it out. open.

But the most important thing is that the length of the dagger stuck into the box is obviously greater than the thickness of the box. This means that in addition to its strong sealing ability, this box also has black technology such as folding space.

Is this the space equipment that every protagonist at a certain point in the legend should have?

However, this box is larger than Liu Xing's hand and does not seem suitable for carrying around.

Shimazu Nagano was also happy to let everyone present "study" how to open the box through abnormal methods, so he didn't say anything in a hurry and just stood there with a smile.

A few minutes passed in this noisy manner, and no one present opened the box in their hands.

Seeing this, Shimazu Nagano said: "Actually, it's very simple to open this box. You just need to say a series of numbers at the top of the box."

At this time, the men in black handed a small piece of paper with numbers written on it to Liu Xing and others.