Eima's reply was concise but refined. She first briefly introduced the current situation of Ashina to Li You. Ashina in the world of Sekiro can now be described as thriving. After the defeat of the army of the inner court, Ashina also regained a large area of land represented by the territory of the Takamine family at the foot of the mountain, re-consolidated the country's gateway, and ensured the supply and production of food. The Takamine family, which had always been ambivalent about Ashina, also lost its direct heir because the core area of the territory was divided to the Snake Eyes clan and the direct heir was lost, and basically existed in name only. Nowadays, Hakuto and Hakuaki of Snake Eyes are leading their people to adapt to their new home while taking on the responsibility of protecting the country for Ashina. In Ashina Castle, Isshin has officially handed over the power of internal affairs to Genichirō. Now, as the lord of the country, he is busy all day long. In addition to domestic affairs, he is also busy dealing with envoys from other countries, and there is not much time to rest. "…In addition, it is said that Master Genichirō has hidden a straw man with a certain master's name in his dojo, and he would practice archery with it from time to time, but this is just a rumor." Li You: "…" As for Li You's brother Isshin, because he feels really bored, he now dresses up as a Tengu all day and wanders around the foot of the mountain.
Unfortunately, the battle in which Ashina defeated the Red Army left too deep an impression on the inner court. The title, portrait and legend of the sword saint Ashina Isshin, who set foot in the divine realm, have been resounding throughout the countries, which has led to Isshin being recognized quickly even if he is in disguise. Isshin had no choice but to return to the city and drown his sorrows in wine, and then cursed while practicing swordsmanship and wanted to settle accounts with Li You. Li You:...Your behavior has nothing to do with me, right? As for Yingma herself, she still works as a doctor. At the same time, she would go to the newly opened teahouse in the city to help out when she is free. She said in the letter that although the owner of the teahouse was a young man, he gave people a very reliable feeling, and his "ninja-like" attendant was also very friendly. This teahouse is now quite famous in Ashina Castle and has been well received. Seeing this, Li You couldn't help but smile. As for the Xianfeng Temple, Yingma didn't know much about it because there was not much contact. But I heard that a young host took over the temple and changed the atmosphere there, and now it has returned to the right path of Buddha's teachings. Finally, there is the land god of Ashina. Today, there are only two land gods left in Ashina, namely the white snake god who has obtained the power of the cherry dragon, and the lion ape who is boarded by the resentment of the cherry dragon... No, it should be called the source of the holy body, or the source of the holy body for short. The shrine of the white snake god has existed since ancient times, and the shrine of the source of the holy body has been rebuilt on the basis of the original abandoned dungeon. Now the faith of both has been restored, and there are endless pilgrims paying tribute, but there are still more on the side of the source of the holy body. The Buddhist carving master who presided over and looked after the source saint at the source saint shrine finally walked out of the past and headed for the future. The bodies of the white snake god and the lion ape have also changed a lot. The white snake god is still huge now, but it seems that a trace of dragon energy has been born in its body, and its form has changed. It really has the possibility of turning into a dragon. And the source saint lion ape has now become a tall giant covered with red hair, which does not look like an ape at all. And his body size is even expanding. If you just look at his appearance, you will not think that he is the lion ape in the past. In short, everything in Ashina is developing in a good direction, at least in the next few years, there will be no problems. As for the future, it is not within Li You's concern. Then, Ying Ma changed his pen and mentioned the second thing Li You asked. "Regarding the matter you asked about, I also consulted the records in ancient books, and finally found something. "According to the records, you can take this approach..."
Eima wrote in the letter that it is theoretically feasible to simplify the ritual of blessing and blessing, but in that case, the requirements for the "believers" or "prayers" themselves will be particularly high. According to her understanding, praying and worshiping through specific rituals is actually to extract the sincere wishes in the hearts of the worshipers and transform them into positive thoughts to dispel resentment. However, if you think about it carefully, you will understand that the so-called "sincere prayers" are very high requirements if you look at them concretely. First, the worshipers are required to be pious enough, and secondly, the worshipers' spirit and prayer power are required to be strong enough. This is the most basic condition. Then, because all people, to varying degrees, , the soul and spirit will carry resentment, after all, there is no one in the world who has never been stained with any "sin". And the resentment they are entangled with will also affect the effectiveness of worship and prayer. If the resentment itself is too heavy, it is necessary to rely on specific steps to remove distractions and extract pure blessings. This is the role of "ritual". Therefore, Li You simplified the ritual. Although it is convenient to operate, it also led to that he almost received no useful feedback from the "worshippers", which was basically a waste of effort. And only the children with clear minds and no sins can truly fall on Li You and become his help. "… In summary, your guess that the children have no distractions and therefore the prayers are effective is not completely correct, but it also has its basis." "These are what I found in the ancient books. I hope it can help you. I also hope that you can dispel the resentment of the Sakura Dragon God as soon as possible and embrace peace. "Ying Ma, respectfully." Although she signed it like this, she still added a paragraph at the end. “…By the way, regarding the Palace of the Source, Uga Mito has now closed the palace gate again, and said that they are committed to clearing the immortal power left by the Sakura Dragon God. When they are done, they will be happy to communicate with Ashina.” “That’s all.” The letter ended here, and Li You put the letter away, thinking. The method of dealing with the resentment of the Sakura Dragon has been clarified. In short, for most people, the "ritual" of worship is also a necessary step and cannot be omitted. But Li You thought about it, if everyone is asked to follow the process of Ashina worshipping the shrine, then his Wanshiwu will probably not be able to open. After all, the complete process of Ashina worshipping the land god is scary! “…It seems that although the problem is understood, the solution has not changed.” “——Can we only rely on the children?” It is natural that he would think so. After all, if he doesn’t do this, wouldn’t he only be able to spread the faith? Forgive him, he really can’t do it. Li You certainly remembered that he still had a series of faith props represented by the Illuminati Canon. If he wanted to do it, it might not be too difficult, but he still didn't want to do this kind of thing. So it's better to take a step back and start with getting the children's wishes. Speaking of the children of Bergeron, he immediately thought of... Dad Adam! This man survived the pain of losing his wife and daughter and opened an orphanage in Bergeron, which was raging in the war! In one of the endings of Embers Smoldering, he and Anna devoted their lives to the cause of rescuing war orphans.
If he was there, he would definitely...! After making up his mind, Li You immediately began to conceive an action plan. He was not sure what the story plots of the three DLCs had merged into, and further exploration was needed, so he had to avoid taking too big a step. So, considering the current progress of the three stories, the starting point that can be chosen is... ... At noon, Li You crossed the street and came to Adam's house. After he knocked on the door, it was none other than Karina who came to open the door. Seeing Li You appear, her eyes lit up: "Uncle Batman! I knew you would come!" Li You: "Oh, yes, Batman is here... Wait?" "——Why are you sure I will come?" A moment later, Li You saw Adam's family in the bedroom on the second floor. His wife Barbara was lying on the bed with a towel on her forehead. Emilia was sitting beside the bed, looking at her mother worriedly, and Adam was busy in the kitchen. Li You's eyebrows suddenly tightened and asked, "What's going on?" Adam brought hot water to the bedside, reheated the cold towel, and put it back on Barbara's head, and then replied: "Barbara feels a little uncomfortable, I'm taking care of her. Sorry, Li You, I can't entertain you." As he said, Adam touched his daughter's head and said, "Don't worry, Mom is in good health and will recover soon." ...Is it coming again? Li You said decisively: "Don't take a minor illness lightly!" He turned and left: "I'll call someone to help!" Li You sent Karina away, then left Adam's apartment and came to the nearby uninhabited ruins. He first sent a recall notice to Aggie through the companion section, then waited for a while, then took her back to the companion space, and then summoned her again in front of him. Li You threw Aggie a simple medical kit taken from the system backpack, and then said: "No one found it?" Aggie opened the medical kit and checked it, and replied at the same time: "Don't worry, I told others that I received your message and had to go out for a trip, and then found an uninhabited ruin waiting for you to recall it, and no one found it." "So, what's so important that it has to be so complicated?" The process of summoning Aggie quickly was agreed with her before. When Li You wanted to take them back to the space, they could get a system prompt. Li You and Aggie used this as a secret code to allow Aggie to move quickly without being discovered. Li You briefly explained the situation, and Aggie understood: "So you asked me to come and see the doctor, okay." The two quickly returned to Adam's house. Li You introduced Aggie and asked her to give Barbara a detailed diagnosis. It's called a diagnosis, but in fact it's based on the perception of the Night Demon and her own knowledge of medical care to comprehensively judge the patient's condition. After a while, Aggie stood up and said, "Don't worry, I've seen it. It's just an ordinary epidemic, and it's only in the early stages. As long as you take the medicine on time, you will recover soon."
Adam was stunned: "Epidemic? Could it be the recent one..." Aggie nodded: "That's it. This disease is indeed dangerous, but it can be easily solved as long as there is a special medicine. There are also some complications, but they can be solved with Li You's medicine." She didn't waste time and took out the small blue medicine bottle from the medical bag and handed it to Adam: "Just use it according to the amount written on it, and there is still medicine here." Adam took it with many thanks, and then hurried to feed his wife the medicine. Li You and Edge, accompanied by Karina and Emilia, came to the first floor to take a break. After this, Karina looked at Li You and Edge with even more enthusiasm, and Emilia, who was a little shy at first, was also very excited. Karina plucked up her courage and asked Edge: "Sister! Are you also a superhero? Are you a companion of Uncle Batman?" Edge: "?" Li You: "..." Let's not talk about anything else, why is she the sister and I am the uncle? Obviously he is not much older than Edge? Li You was a little worried that Edge was not good at dealing with children, but she quickly got along with the two little girls with her smile and storytelling, and even made Emilia laugh. This surprised Li You a little. Is she so good at dealing with children? "…When I was on my father's farm, I was the one who accompanied some children who lost their parents most of the time." Aiji saw that Li You was thinking and responded to him with telepathy. "I see." Li You suddenly realized, "It seems that you are quite suitable to be a big sister... or is it more suitable to be a nanny?" Aiji: "..." She immediately cut off the mental connection. Li You:? Just at this time, Adam also came down from the stairs. He had fed the medicine to Barbara and let her sleep. He came to Li You and Aiji and thanked them again. "If it weren't for your help several times, my family would probably be broken up now. You have helped us so many times, but I can't give you any decent thank you..." Li You waved his hand: "No, we are also friends. Why do friends need to calculate the reward for helping each other?" "But then again, I was originally planning to come here to ask you for help this time." Hearing this, Adam looked at Li You with some doubts. … “…Orphanage?” Looking at Adam’s surprised expression, Li You continued to explain: “Yes, I hope to open an orphanage in Berglund to take care of these children who have lost their parents and relatives. Children are everyone’s treasures and should not experience the torture of war, so I want to help them.”
“For this goal, I am still preparing and have not yet implemented it. But when everything is ready, I would like to invite you - and of course your wife Barbara - to serve as the director of the orphanage to take care of those children. “What do you think?” Adam was still a little dazed: “Ah, take care of the children, of course I am willing, but... Director? So sudden, and it has not been confirmed yet…” Li You smiled and said: “It’s okay, I’m just letting you know in advance, and please take your time to consider whether you are willing, you don’t have to rush to answer me.” But even though he said this, Karina and Emilia on the side were already excited. “To open a kindergarten? Great! Karina will have a new friend! ” Emilia looked at Adam with expectant eyes: "Dad, do you want to be everyone's dad? I think that's great." Adam held his forehead helplessly and looked at Li You: "... You don't intend to let me refuse at all." Li You smiled: "What are you talking about? I don't understand. " Soon, Li You and Aggie said goodbye to Adam's house, leaving Adam to take care of Barbara and deal with the two excited little girls. Of course, before leaving, Aggie also repeatedly emphasized to Adam under Li You's instruction that Barbara must not be starved in the past few days, the medicine must not be stopped, she must not be allowed to get out of bed frequently, and she must not be allowed to work. This will indeed cause inconvenience, so Li You went to find Franco again. He had already calculated that today was the day when Franco would take Route A, so he waited for him directly on the road he had to pass, and successfully blocked him. Li You then entrusted him to go to Adam's house twice more in the next two days to deliver some supplies to them, and he would pay for it himself. When he heard this, Franco also looked helpless: "...Why do you want to find me?" Li You said: "Because as far as wandering merchants are concerned, I only trust you." Franco: "Even if you say so...it's just delivering goods, aren't there other merchants? People in our business will not destroy their reputations, you can find them. " Li Youze's eyes flashed, and he continued: "That's right, then can you introduce other merchants to me? More friends, more ways." Franco looked annoyed, but still introduced them one by one: "The colleagues who are still working recently are Matteo, Peta, Petra, and Juno. They are all old merchants, specializing in different fields, but they don't often wander around the city." "...Ah, there is also a man named Taras, who is a wandering merchant like me, but he doesn't have much intersection with us, but it is said that the goods are quite rich and the transactions are trustworthy. Why don't you try to contact him? " Li You's eyes lit up at that moment. Here it comes! This is the person I want! Merchant Taras! This merchant is a key figure in the Embers of Darkness DLC, and is involved in the ending choice in the later part of the plot. The opening time of Embers of Darkness is the winter of Berggren. A man carrying a backpack staggers in the snow and finally falls at the door of Anna, the granddaughter of the old artist. Anna takes the man back and tries her best to wake him up. She learns that the man's name is Reuben. And just in this process, Anna had to face the choice of whether to risk collecting as much supplies as possible to resist the severe cold, or to damage her grandfather's cultural relics to save lives. What's more, although the museum director Milena sent emergency supplies during the period, Anna's firewood was still not enough, and it happened that the neighbor also asked her for help, hoping to get some fuel to keep warm and save lives.
This difficulty alone has stumped many players, forcing them to burn the cultural relics. When Ruben's health improved, Anna chose to accept Milena's invitation, took all the cultural relics, and moved to the museum in Berglun City. Together with Milena and the doorman Zoran, they worked to protect the cultural heritage of the Vishini people. After that, they experienced many difficulties, such as the orphanage run by Adam, the bombing and even threats of the military, and finally had to choose to flee the museum with the cultural relics. At this time, the player must make a choice, whether to rely on the cunning businessman Taras, or trust the colonel of the government army. There is no doubt that the help of these two people comes at a price. The businessman Taras wants a document record called "Property Embezzlement and Extortion" kept by the museum, which contains the information of witnesses who have testified against his crimes. He hopes to avenge these people and get away with it. Colonel Markov of the government army wants to get the museum's treasure, the famous painting "Battle of Leech Swamp", which is an ancient painting commemorating the independence of the Vishini people. It is not only priceless, but also invaluable to the Vishini people. Among them, there is also a branch plot about whether to sacrifice cultural relics and provide help to the children in the orphanage. In short, the plot of Embers Smoldering requires players to make their own choices between saving people and protecting cultural relics. Choose the lesser of two evils, but which one is "lesser" depends on the player's value judgment. Is the life of innocent refugees and even children more important, or is the priceless cultural relics that condense national culture more precious? If it were you, what would you choose? Li You didn't know what other people would choose, but he just wanted to say: If I have to choose between two evils, I would rather not choose either one. Go to NMD Merchant Colonel! Li You's eyes lit up, but his tone remained calm: "Then, please introduce this Taras... No, please contact him for me? After all, I don't know him at all, and it's more reliable for you to come." "Ah, of course, I won't pay you less. Healing potion, right?" Franco's words were blocked back, and his mouth twitched, saying: "I am obviously a businessman, but I am always led by you, this is not okay." "Forget it, since you said so, leave it to me, I will help you contact." Li You smiled, and smiled sincerely: "Thank you." From the perspective of a pure game player, Li You has to say that although the three DLC plots of Embers Smoldering are very good, like many games with a main plot, a lot of sacrifices have been made in the freedom and playability of the game. In the promise of his father, no matter how hard he struggled, he could not change Emilia's fate in the end; in the last broadcast, Malik's ending was nothing more than a balance of two evils. As for the Embers, there is no need to say more. This can certainly enhance the player's sense of powerlessness, but it will also make people feel dissatisfied and greatly affect the game experience. Li You has had this feeling. The enemy configuration in the barracks and military warehouses in the Embers DLC is many times stronger than the main body, but when he worked hard to solve all the enemies, he found that nothing could be changed, and there was almost no supplies. Even the colonel in the barracks was still locked in blood and could not be killed at all. Even if he was forcibly solved by assassination, he would still be resurrected on the spot in the end, and then send a plot kill to my teammate Milena. Li You wanted to roar at the time, what is this! ? In addition to this, there are also some settings in the game that forcibly bind the relationship between two branch options, which made him very dissatisfied.
So this time, Li You plans to flip the table directly. First of all, he will start with Taras! This guy was originally a member of a fraud gang and should have been thrown into prison, but the sudden war gave him a chance to turn over. If the player chooses to give him the witness documents, he will ask Anna and others to put the cultural relics in the bank's underground vault for protection. However, because he holds the key to the vault, it is easy to take out a few cultural relics from it. After the war in this ending, Taras escaped legal sanctions with the help of documents, and several cultural relics in the vault also disappeared, but because there was no evidence, Taras was at large. By the way, if the colonel's ending is the colonel's, then after the colonel got the famous painting "Battle of Leech Swamp", he still sold the painting to Taras and kept it in the bank's underground vault. Although Taras and his gang were brought to justice after the war, including the famous paintings, most of the cultural relics stolen by the colonel were recovered, but many of the collections were still lost forever. In short, no line is perfect. So, maybe some people would say that a happy ending is meaningless, but Li You doesn't want anything else, he just wants to get a good ending. I have already experienced the regret in the game, why should I experience it again? Of course, change it! In that case, Taras, who holds the key item - the key to the bank's underground vault, has become Li You's primary target. As for the colonel, as long as he enters the city, he can't escape. Li You raised a cold arc at the corner of his mouth, and murderous intent began to rise. When I catch you, let's settle the grudges in the game! Thanks to the book friend "Reader 1453908414438531072" for the reward, and the book friends "Xiaoyan Lumia", "Book Friends 202110102165103948", "Half-Demon Ambition", "Nantian Feiye Zhan", "Iceland", "Foodie Regret", "Reader, Jiang Ziya", "Other City", "Red Lantern Seat" and other friends for their monthly tickets~