It had been three days since Zhang Heng returned from the Bakumatsu quest in Kyoto. When he received the appraisal results, he knew he had been fooled.
[Name: Ordinary Katana]
[Grade: F]
[Function: Katana Bone (One and Only), the early work of the owner of the Kyoto Katana House. He collected the leftover materials of the world's most famous katana, extracted their unyielding will, and forged the unparalleled Katana Bone. However, the material itself is too poor, and the casting technique is mediocre. Still, it's a good first work.]
Wasn't this … too much of a scam?
In other words, the person who forged the katana picked up the leftover materials of the famous katana and ambitiously forged a new one. However, the quality and materials were not up to par. If a person were to be used as an analogy, this katana would probably be Lin Daiyu. She was ambitious, but her life was as fragile as a piece of paper. Unfortunately, she was physically weak, and everything she did was in vain.
In fact, Zhang Heng was mentally prepared. No matter how much the owner of the katana bragged about it, the craftsmanship and material of this katana were undeniable, and it was not famous in history. No matter how he looked at it, it was not as good as the other two katanas. As for the owner of the katana, Zhang Heng did not take it to heart.
The reason why he chose this katana in the end was because of his long-term gaming experience. As the existence behind this quest, the owner of the katana should be on the same level as Einstein in the Apollo Training Camp quest and Conan Doyle in the Deduction Reasoning quest.
This guy hid quite well in this quest. Scarlet and her friends did not encounter him before. Zhang Heng guessed that he had triggered some hidden condition to reveal himself. He had three katanas. The battle with the Juzumaru was the most intense, from the tea house to the street, and finally, he had to fight Kirino Toshiaki. The battle with the Kiku-ichimonji required a higher level of swordsmanship. Okita Soji, who was determined to burn himself to death, was the best swordsman at the end of Bakumatsu. It would not be easy to defeat him.
But when he thought about it, the most difficult part was the third katana, which seemed to have taken him no effort at all.
Including the time bug he had, he had spent nine months with Akane Koyama to help the half-dead Koyama Dojo develop step by step until it became one of Kyoto's most famous dojos. If it were any other player, based on the normal 30 days of game time, this would have been an impossible task.
According to his past experience, most of the game items he obtained in the game were directly related to the difficulty of the quest, let alone a hidden item. In the end, Zhang Heng decided to take a gamble.
However, this result was truly beyond the heavens.
She had seen the deal between Zhang Heng and Scarlet. Generally speaking, a game item that could open a special quest was quite valuable. Even if Zhang Heng didn't use it for himself, he could still sell it for a lot of game points. No matter what, it was better than an F-grade game item. There was no doubt that this trip was a huge loss for him.
After all, there were two C-grade swords like Mikazuki Munechika in front of him. But in the end, he chose this ordinary katana. Now, he could only admit defeat.
Zhang Heng counted the game points he had now. After completing the Deductive Reasoning quest, he had about 1,200 game points. After that, he intervened in the battle between Arc of Light and the union. He spent about 50 game points on sniper rifles, flash bombs, and the like. Now, he had more than 1,100 game points.
After the bartender finished eating her melon, Zhang Heng finally got to the point. "You said that you know the blacksmith who forged weapons for the gods."
"Uh-huh, why?" The bartender raised her eyebrows, a look of surprise on her face. She pointed to the ordinary katana on the table and said, "Don't tell me you want to recast this katana?"
"Now I finally understand what that guy meant when he said that a benefactor helped him," Zhang Heng said helplessly.
After the disappointment, he reconsidered various possibilities. If the owner of the katana house was not malicious to him, then there was only one explanation for him recommending this katana to him. Obviously, the owner knew something about him. He knew that Zhang Heng had the ability to recast this katana and activate the characteristics of the katana bone. It also seemed that the owner and the blacksmith that the bartender knew were not the same person.
"You have to think about it carefully. No one knows what the characteristics of this so-called katana bone are. The person I know costs a lot of money to make a katana, and the katana in your hand is only F-grade. If you end up with a D-grade or even E-grade item after paying such a high price, you will suffer a huge loss. Sometimes, it is wise to cut your losses in time," the bartender warned.
"This katana was given to me by a friend, and it contains her feelings. That guy was right about one thing. This is indeed my katana," Zhang Heng said. "So I have made up my mind. Let's see how it performs after I recast it. Also, help me ask if I can pay with game items."
Although Zhang Heng didn't have a lot of game points on hand, after the battle with Arc of Light, he had accumulated a lot of game items that weren't easy to use. On top of that, he had killed a team of players when he rescued Meinan and obtained a few game items. Now, he had a ton of game items on him.
Every time he entered a dungeon, he could only bring a limited number of game items with him. The remaining game items were difficult to make effective use of. If he could use them to pay for recast, it would be a good idea.
"That guy is really interested in strange materials," the bartender said. "I can ask him for you …"
The control of controlled knives in the city had always been very strict. Zhang Heng had no interest in carrying an F-grade katana with him, so he simply left it with the bartender.
After that, Zhang Heng gave himself a break, saying goodbye to the strange world and returning to his job as a college student.
For the next week, he did not even log on to the player forum. Other than going to class on time, he played games with his roommates, Wei Jiangyang, Chen Huadong, and others. Of course, he did not neglect his daily training. Besides that, Zhang Heng also downloaded FGO. Coincidentally, he managed to make it to Honnoji's replication event. Zhang Heng bought two 648 points, but even after he took out the Lucky Rabbit's Foot, he did not see a single hair of Okita Soki.
Perhaps it was because their encounter in this chaotic world had exhausted all the fate between them.
Chen Huadong laughed excitedly. "Miss Okita is mine!" Zhang Heng thought of the big boy with the shy smile in Mizuki-dera and the brilliant cherry blossoms that covered the mountains that day.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
