Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Chapter 197: Speculations about Kanna Ryoko and Otonashi Takuya (Subscription Requested)

Liu Xing frowned slightly in confusion, "Something seems off here. For a significant figure like the sister of Godless Priest, how could her name not be recorded? Could it be that none of the priests of the Godless Shrine left their names behind?"

Kuroba Naoki shook his head seriously, "I've researched this issue and specifically looked into the history of the Godless Shrine. It turns out that before the era of Sawada Tomohiko, the names of all the shrine's priests were documented. It was only starting from Godless Priest's sister that the names of the Godless Shrine's priests stopped appearing. Moreover, after the death of Sawada Tomohiko, the Kanna Family completely secluded itself, leaving behind only the Godless Shrine and transferring their other assets to the Sawada Family, and then there was no more news from the Kanna Family."

Liu Xing nodded, the situation was becoming more complicated. Why did the Kanna Family undergo such a significant change after the death of Sawada Tomohiko?

"By the way, after the death of Sawada Tomohiko, the Godless Shrine opened its main hall every fifty years for a duration of about ten years with a priest in charge. After that, the Godless Shrine would close the main hall again, and the priest would leave. The Sawada Family then took over the maintenance of the Godless Shrine, and visitors and believers could only worship in the side halls," Kuroba Naoki added.

Hearing this, Liu Xing was now 70% certain that Kanna Ryoko was Godless Priest's sister. Since her time, the names of the priests of the Godless Shrine ceased to appear, and the Shrine only opened every fifty years for ten years. This ensured that the eternally youthful Kanna Ryoko would not be exposed.

After roughly confirming Kanna Ryoko's identity, Liu Xing became curious about another person - the wandering samurai. In the stories imagined by later generations, the wandering samurai was unwilling to betray Sawada Tomohiko and was killed by mercenaries. However, Kuroba Naoki believed the most credible record did not mention the fate of this wandering samurai.

This led Liu Xing to a bold idea - could the wandering samurai be an incarnation of Nyarlathotep?! According to the Nyarlathotep Troublemaker Law, any supernatural events that occurred before the players entered the scenario and could be traced back to Nyarlathotep's meddling.

Thus, Liu Xing suspected that the wandering samurai was an incarnation of Nyarlathotep. After knowing the mercenaries' betrayal of Sawada Tomohiko, Nyarlathotep created an avatar to become a confidant of Sawada Tomohiko. He then deliberately led Sawada Tomohiko to retrieve the deity statue of Sulu, leaving Ziwu City unguarded. After all, the mercenaries wouldn't dare to attack Sawada Tomohiko within Ziwu City.

After Sawada Tomohiko's death, Nyarlathotep abandoned the samurai avatar and approached Kanna Ryoko, informing her of the deaths of Sawada Tomohiko and Godless Priest. He then granted Kanna Ryoko the power to invoke "divine punishment," turning those mercenaries into Ghouls.

Recently, Nyarlathotep might have sensed that Taketori, driven by him to become a fallen Eldritch God, was planning to descend into the world using the body of King Tindalos's daughter. Nyarlathotep, seeking to make the event more "interesting," resurrected Sawada Tomohiko as a Killer Demon, which seemed plausible.

While thinking, Liu Xing asked Kuroba Naoki, "Thank you, Director Kuroba, for your guidance. I have one last question about the wandering samurai. He should have left a name, right?"

Kuroba Naoki nodded and took out an old book from the office cabinet - "The Chronicles of Sawada Tomohiko."

"This 'Chronicles of Sawada Tomohiko' was commissioned by the Sawada Family after Sawada Tomohiko's death. It's the most detailed and official biography of his life, but being funded by the Sawada Family, its authenticity is mediocre. However, if we sift through the chaff, this biography is still valuable."

"In this book, it's mentioned that the wandering samurai came from Kyoto. His family offended the Kyoto elites and was forced to drift to Ziwu City. At that time, the rapidly expanding Sawada Family needed many guards to ensure the safety and order of their businesses, so the samurai, under the alias Aoki Takuya, joined the Sawada Family's guard team."

"Later, he was assigned to a guard team primarily composed of mercenaries to protect Sawada Tomohiko. Coincidentally, the second-in-command of the mercenaries was also named Aoki, so under their instigation, the samurai was forced to defeat Aoki and then the leader of the mercenaries, thus becoming the team's captain. However, to ease relations with the mercenaries, he voluntarily changed his name to Otonashi."

Otonashi?!

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, surprised that the wandering samurai was actually named Otonota Takuya!

Considering Otonashi Takuya's formidable strength and his indifferent reaction to hearing about Eldritch God Taketori, Liu Xing had reason to believe Otonashi Takuya was that wandering samurai, Otonota Takuya.

Liu Xing felt that his return to the Ziwu City Library was not in vain. Though he hadn't obtained much concrete information, what he had gathered was enough to deduce some important details.

Just then, Kuroba Naoki stood up, "Sorry, I promised my brother to take him and his friends to the Flowing Water Garden today. It's getting late, so I have to leave now."

Understanding the polite dismissal, Liu Xing stood up with a smile, "Thank you so much, Director Kuroba, for resolving my doubts and enlightening me. I hope to have more opportunities to discuss history with you in the future."

As he spoke, Liu Xing followed Kuroba Naoki out of the office.

Leaving the office, Liu Xing saw Yin En chatting happily with two female and one male students dressed like scholars.

Liu Xing knew that one of the two female students was Kojima Kanto's daughter, Hirose Sakura, and these three students were likely important NPCs in this module, as their APP ratings were all above 85.

Liu Xing had no more words for this appearance-based module.

At that moment, the only male student among the three, seeing Liu Xing and Kuroba Naoki exit the office, smiled and waved his hand.

Clearly, this was Kuroba Naoki's brother he had just mentioned.

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