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Last updated: January 10, 2026

Characters Present

Raiden Mei

Yae Kasumi

Ferryman

Broken Golem

Start

Creak...

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A sudden weariness came to me the moment I pushed open the door.

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Kallen's face kept flashing over my eyes. Might be my instinct telling me to stay away from this dangerous woman.

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It's dark inside. As my eyes tried to adapt to the darkness, the familiar scent gave me a mild relief.

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I didn't ask her to stay, but I knew she was the only one to point me to the Zakti Rune.

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Mei

Don't move!

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The price of the short relief was to have a sharp object thrust against my neck.

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Kasumi

Shadow Guard-sama certainly has a unique way of saying thank you.

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Mei

Who are you exactly?

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Kasumi

One of the hundreds of maikos in Evernight.

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Mei

I would have bought it if every maiko I knew had fox ears.

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Mei

I served the castellan for long years, and I know a thing or two that common folks don't.

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Mei

Before Rakshamaru was sealed it put a curse on this land that newborns would have a rare chance to grow fox ears.

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Mei

Known as the Forbidden Ones, they are sent to serve the god in the Yae Shrine once they come of age.

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Mei

I'm dying to know how one of them ended up as a maiko in Evernight.

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Kasumi

...Fine, I surrender myself, but...

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Mei

What are you... Ugh...

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My blind fist found Mei's soft belly, and I lowered my body, broke free, knocked her off balance and held her down.

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Kasumi

You need more than a chopstick to make me obey.

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Mei

If not for the wounds, I'd have you... What's your purpose?

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Kasumi

The wounded should lay down and rest well. And you don't need me to tell you that I'm after the Zakti Rune.

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Mei

I knew it... Well, unfortunately, even I have no idea how to unlock the three marks my father left.

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Kasumi

Oh, worry not, I have what the three marks held in my pocket.

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Mei

Wha...

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Kasumi

So can we sit down and talk nicely now?

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Mei

The house of Raiden was known for katana crafting in history, but the family trade gradually dwindled down.

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Mei

My father has all of his passion in mechanical prostheses and exoskeleton armors.

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Mei

My mother has been lying in a hospital bed for many years because of an accident.

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Mei

Perhaps for this reason, father got obsessed with making artificial body parts that can bring mother back.

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Mei

The castellan decided to fund his research as soon as he developed the first autonomous golem.

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Mei

But father failed to make any progress ever since. Desperate to deliver, he started a forbidden experiment.

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Kasumi

The one that caused the lab accident and sent him to jail?

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Mei

...Right.

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Mei

But the accident seemed to give him a revelation, and he transfered all his findings to a secret place.

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Mei

The castellan took an unusual interest in what he hid up. She went so far as to order my arrest for some clues.

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Mei

I've only one goal: keep the castellan's hands off the Naraka rune that father values more than his life.

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Kasumi

Even if it means outlanders like me get to keep it?

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Mei

Hmph.

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Kasumi

We have an agreement then. Now would you please point me in the direction of the rune?

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Mei

"Sacrifice three Driftsouls in the old town before dawn, and walk past the twilight zone to the other side." That's what father's work notes say.

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Kasumi

We still have some time before dawn, but what does this "twilight zone" mean? We better get going now.

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< The screen goes black, then switches to the battlefield, where the Captain will have control of Yae Sakura's [Darkbolt Jonin] battlesuit. >

Open the door and enter the Sahā World.

< Interact with the door. >

Kasumi

So that's "the other side". A giant, wasted proving ground.

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Ferryman

I don't know what happened exactly, but it looks like a space warp.

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Ferryman

It's so alien from Yae Machi, as if the two dimensions are clumsily stitched together.

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Kasumi

Right, the portal may not hold for long...

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Ferryman

Intensive Zakti is detected from below. Looks like that's where the rune is. Better speed up.

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Defeat the Irongrim Golem at the bottom.

< Defeat the enemies. >

< Enemies defeated. >

< Interact with the mecha. >

Kasumi

!

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Broken Golem

I can't go any further, but I can't stop here neither.

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Kasumi

A talking golem?

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Broken Golem

This shell is overloaded... The weight of a soul is indeterminable.

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Broken Golem

Look how carefree they are, the dummies without a soul... I don't envy them.

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Broken Golem

Someday... I'll return to the dojo and beat her.

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Broken Golem

And show her what the true way of fighting is.

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Broken Golem

Oh... sorry... Don't get me wrong. I'm not picking a fight. What you seek is at the bottom of the structure.

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Kasumi

...

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Broken Golem

No need to waste your time here.

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Ferryman

Never mind, let's get to the bottom first.

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< Defeat the enemies. >

< Enemies defeated. >

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Ferryman

I believe I told you to not come to me without an emergency, Kasumi-san.

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Kasumi

Does mission failure qualify as an emergency?

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Ferryman

Ahem...

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Kasumi

I took down the golem legion that's "on the other side", but there's no sign of the Naraka rune.

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Kasumi

I realized that all the golems I ran into were more or less autonomous, but they merely acted on their instincts.

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Ferryman

Only one exception.

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Kasumi

The old model golem I met halfway that didn't appear hostile at all. Never saw it after.

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Ferryman

A golem with self awareness and even memories from a past life. This is Mei's dream come true.

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Kasumi

Mei?

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After I came back on this side, I asked around, but it seemed like Raiden Mei simply vanished into thin air.

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Kasumi

As if she foresaw it all.

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Ferryman

Ha... looks like she got us.

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Ferryman

I did some more digging after she went missing.

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Ferryman

There's not much of a record on her, only pieces of trivial information here and there.

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Ferryman

But looking back, the information says a lot about her. For example, Mei crafted all the Shadow Guard gear.

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Kasumi

She is from the Raiden house after all.

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Ferryman

And she doesn't really see eye to eye with her father, because he never visited her mother before she passed away.

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Kasumi

...

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Kasumi

Can it be...

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Ferryman

Yes, keeping the castellan off her father's research and the rune was a lie.

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Ferryman

She is on a mission to take revenge on her father.

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Ferryman

She means to complete the work of her father's life and tear it into pieces. And she's behind the lab accident.

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Kasumi

If so, Ryoma hiding the finished golem was not only meant to keep it from the castellan, but also his own daughter.

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Ferryman

It remains a mystery why the finished golem terrified Ryoma so much, and your mission is not over yet.

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Ferryman

500 years ago, the god took pity on the Rakshamaru-wrecked Yae Village and descended on Earth as the miko.

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Ferryman

In the end, the Frozen Naraka-wielding miko sealed the demon fox with the six Zakti Runes of Raksha's Rage.

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Ferryman

It entails: Path of Deva, Path of Manusya, Path of Asura, Path of Tiryag, Path of Preta, and Path of Naraka.

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Ferryman

You have the six Ninja Arts now, but we still need the remaining Zakti Runes to fully restore Raksha's Rage.

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Kasumi

According to Schicksal database records, the demon fox commanded Herrscher-level Honkai energy.

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Kasumi

No wonder the Overseer has so much interest in the dark art that can fully seal the demon fox.

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Kasumi

We don't have anything new on Mei now, so what should our next target be, Ferryman?

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Ferryman

The Yae Shrine and the Evernight district both have rumors that concern us.

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Kasumi

As for the "Forbidden Ones" Mei talked about, could Yae Machi be my birthplace if my fox ears are really a curse?

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Ferryman

...I didn't know you cared about your origin.

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Ferryman

Well then, the next target is set. Curse from the demon fox? I'll find out what you really are.

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End