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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SEQ_00Makoto has tidings regarding Ugetsu's whereabouts.
21TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SEQ_01A thorough search of Shiden's quarters has turned up missives revealing the location of the insurgent base in Yanxia. With his hold over the Sekiseigumi greatly weakened, it is believed that Ugetsu will either await your coming or bring the fight to Kugane. While Captain Kongo holds fort, he bids you and Makoto journey to the mainland to hunt down the insurgent leader. Your first stop is Namai, a farming village situated amidst the Gensui Chain.
32TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SEQ_02Arriving in Namai, Makoto briefs you on her plan. While she goes on ahead to scout the ruin serving as Ugetsu's hideout, she bids you scour the area for his cohorts and deal with them as necessary.
43TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SEQ_03As you survey a stretch of the Glittering Basin, you encounter an insurgent and dispatch him before he is able to raise the alarm. Keeping low and quiet, you continue on in search of other enemies.
54TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SEQ_04You come upon more insurgents and silence them swiftly. Perhaps one more spot, and you may be reasonably confident that the area is secure.
65TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SEQ_05Another band of insurgents appear before you, and as before, you make short work of them. The third time's the charm, and you set off to rejoin Makoto.
76TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SEQ_06Ugetsu is not in Yanxia. Even as the sickening realization dawns on you, one of his henchmen confirms your fears: he is on his way to Kugane. There is no time to lose; you and Makoto must make haste back to the Sekiseigumi Barracks.
87TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SEQ_07You and Makoto return to the barracks in time to see Captain Kongo squaring off against Ugetsu. The duel is over in an instant, and the captain collapses to the ground, the life draining out of him. With his last breath, he names Makoto his successor to lead the Sekiseigumi. But her authority is immediately undermined, as Ugetsu reveals that she is in fact his younger sister, Kagetsu. The insurgent leader proclaims his intent to change Hingashi with fire and blood, and invites those present to join his cause─you, his sister pupil, included. Yet though no one answers his call, uncertainty is writ plain on all faces. Ugetsu then proposes a battle between your two factions to decide matters, but as he leaves, he taunts Makoto that she may want for allies. Makoto attempts to rally her men, but with her identity exposed, her words are met with a lukewarm response. It seems Ugetsu's words may prove to be true.
98TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SEQ_08Makoto confesses all to you. She and Ugetsu were born into a samurai family in the capital, and from a tender age her brother exhibited great talent in the katana. Musosai took him as his pupil, and together they took to the road for his training. But the Ugetsu who returned was a changed man, one filled with anger and despair both, who dreamed of toppling the bakufu. The situation came to a head when he assassinated Hingan dignitaries, a crime for which his entire family paid with their lives─all except for Kagetsu herself, who managed to escape. Thereafter she journeyed to Kugane, where she took the name Makoto and knocked on the Sekiseigumi's doors. Since that time, she has lived to punish her brother, but even as his cause grows in strength, hers only weakens on account of the blood she shares with Ugetsu. With the captain gone, she has naught to depend upon save her own conviction...and you. ※The next samurai quest will be available from Makoto upon reaching level 70.
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2524TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_TODO_00Join Makoto in Namai.
2625TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_TODO_01Survey the designated location and defeat the enemy.
2726TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_TODO_02Survey the designated location and defeat the enemy.
2827TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_TODO_03Survey the designated location and defeat the enemy.
2928TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_TODO_04Rejoin Makoto.
3029TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_TODO_05Speak with Makoto.
3130TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_TODO_06Speak with Makoto.
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4948TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_000Great tidings, Player! We've ascertained the location of Ugetsu's hideout!
5049TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_001Captain Kongo has the details. A moment, if you would.
5150TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_KONGO_000_002Player, you are well come. We scoured Shiden's quarters, and what should turn up among his possessions but missives he received from Ugetsu. They point to a certain ruin in Yanxia.
5251TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_KONGO_000_003Now, word of Shiden's demise will have already reached Ugetsu, and he must assume that we will track him down ere long.
5352TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_KONGO_000_004But he will not─cannot─run. To do so after losing his right hand would cost him much of the momentum he has painstakingly gained.
5453TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_KONGO_000_005As I see it, two choices remain to Ugetsu. He will await our coming, or he will bring the fight to us. Either way the stakes are high.
5554TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_KONGO_000_006As you know, Ugetsu is a peerless swordsman. Only you, who bested Shiden, and perhaps myself could stand a chance against him.
5655TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_KONGO_000_007As captain, my place is here at the barracks. While I hold the fort, I bid you and Makoto journey to Yanxia, there to hunt down Ugetsu.
5756TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_KONGO_000_008I shall pray for your safety and success. If instead the rogue should show himself here, rest assured I will give him a rousing welcome.
5857TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_009Yanxia lies upon the mainland, across the Ruby Sea. We will first make for Namai, a small mountain village, and thence go after Ugetsu and his cohorts.
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6059TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_020The ruin serving as Ugetsu's hideout is near. I shall scout on ahead; meanwhile, pray scour the area for insurgents and tend to them.
6160TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SAMURAI02569_100_025Ugh... Bakufu scum...
6261TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_030Ugetsu is nowhere to be seen. Then that means...
6362TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SAMURAI02569_000_031Aye, he's on his way to Kugane... <cough> To pay your captain a visit... Hehehe...
6463TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_032K-Kami preserve! We must hurry back!
6564TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_SAMURAI02569_000_035Lord Ugetsu's on his way to Kugane... <cough> To pay your captain a visit... Hehehe...
6665TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_040We've no time to waste, Player! Let us hurry back to Kugane!
6766TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_Q1_000_041Return to Kugane?
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7069TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_064Noooooo!
7170TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_KONGO_000_065Forgive me... I was...too weak...
7271TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_KONGO_000_066The Sekiseigumi...yours now... You must...finish... <gasp>
7372TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_067Well, well. For a moment I doubted my eyes, but it really is you, Kagetsu. I hadn't expected to see you in a Sekiseigumi uniform, dear sister.
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7574TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_069That stance... Yes, the very picture of Master himself. So you are Musosai's final pupil, and the samurai who felled Shiden.
7675TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_070We meet at last. Ugetsu, at your service. Like you, I trained under Musosai. And like you, I was made to walk his absurd path. We are practically brother and sister. It's a shame, then, that we stand on opposing sides.
7776TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_071Hingashi has known peace for too long. Her leaders have grown soft, and they spend their days in decadence. Their existence is a blight, one that must be burned out with the fires of revolution.
7877TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_072To kindle this fire, I bade Shiden assassinate the Tairo. But thanks to you and yours, the attempt ended in miserable failure.
7978TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_073Till now, we have kept to the shadows, but that time is passed. No few people share our vision, and by bringing them into the fold, we shall have the strength to face the bakufu openly, and defeat it.
8079TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_074Removing your captain was the first step in this endeavor. With him gone, the good men and women of the Sekiseigumi may choose with their hearts. If there are any souls here who would join our cause, we welcome you with open arms.
8180TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_100_074The offer stands for you too, Kagetsu. My sister pupil. Will you not create a new world with me?
8281TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_075Create? You can create naught with the edge of a blade! Nay, what you seek to do is destroy! Should the bakufu fall, Hingashi would be plunged into another Age of Blood!
8382TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_076Blood will flow, aye, but it will serve to nourish and strengthen a new nation, one that is free of the corruption that tainted the old.
8483TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_077What we have now is not peace, but stagnance. Hingashi is become a morass of decay, and we samurai must be the tsunami that washes it clean to make way for *true* peace.
8584TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_078A samurai fights to ward off chaos, not create it! Have you forgotten Master Musosai's teachings!?
8685TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_079Clearly my breath is wasted on you. But what of the others? Will you remain mindless slaves to the bakufu? Or will you join me and bring about true change?
8786TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_080Disappointing. I had hoped some of you would see sense. But if we must fight, then so be it.
8887TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_081I have no desire to spill blood needlessly. Let us settle this away from the masses, on the Isle of Bekko. Your people against mine.
8988TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_UGETSU_000_082Though, if I may make an observation, it seems you may want for blades, dear sister. Now that your men are aware of our connection.
9089TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_083Hear me, my comrades. As leader of the First Squad, I have been chosen to carry on Captain Kongo's legacy.
9190TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_084The battle against Ugetsu promises to be bloody, but come what may, we must prevail. The future of Hingashi rests upon us!
9291TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_090Forgive me, Player, but it is all true. Ugetsu is my older brother. And Kagetsu is my birth name, though I have long cast it aside.
9392TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_091We were born into a samurai family in the capital, Bukyo. From a tender age, Ugetsu showed tremendous talent as a swordsman, and everyone knew him as a child prodigy. But to me he was always the kind and caring brother.
9493TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_092I was proud of him, and I couldn't have been prouder when the legendary Musosai took him as a pupil. Then he took to the road for his training, and I never saw him again.
9594TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_093'Twas a different man who returned. Instead of easy smiles, he wore frowns. Instead of good-natured quipping, he engaged in heated tirades directed at the bakufu and the great lords. There was so much anger, but more than that, there was despair─despair for his country.
9695TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_094Not long thereafter, he parted ways with Master Musosai and began instructing me in the katana. As far as back then, I believe he harbored the dream of toppling the bakufu, and so he instilled in me the skills to survive in a war-ravaged world. In time, I came into my own as a samurai.
9796TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_095And then it happened. My brother assassinated high-ranking officers of the bakufu, and our family was made to pay the price. Our line was ordered wiped from existence. My parents were summarily executed, and 'twas only by chance that I escaped their fate.
9897TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_096Out on the streets and without a home, I journeyed to Kugane. I adopted the name Makoto and knocked on the Sekiseigumi's doors, with but one purpose in my mind: punishing Ugetsu.
9998TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_097We may share the same blood, but I can never forgive him. For our parents' blood is on his hands.
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101100TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_099But for all my determination, I am no match for my brother. And while his cause grows in strength, mine only weakens.
102101TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_100In our culture, people are defined first by their birth, and the revelation that I am kin to Ugetsu has shaken my men's faith in me. They may not accept my authority, even though the captain willed it.
103102TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_000_101And with him gone, there is naught I may depend upon save mine own conviction...and you, Player.
104103TEXT_JOBSAM680_02569_MAKOTO_100_102Even should it cost me my life, I swear to end my brother's ambition. I pray that you will stand with me through this trying time.