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Chapter 269: Are You Perhaps, My Cousin?
Chapter 269: Are You Perhaps, My Cousin?
Name: Miyamoto Musashi
Role: Servant Knight
Game Rank: EPIC Rank I
True Rank: S Rank
Potential: A Rank
Description: The man hailed as the strongest Ronin ever to exist. His entire life has been dedicated to the sword and learning how to be one with it. He is a well-known philosopher who exalts peace of mind and detests anything that would cause him to lose his calm.
During his life, he fought and won against more than fifty opposing swordsmen, cementing his place as one of the strongest samurai to ever live. He is an honorable man who can always be trusted to keep his word.
Affiliation: True Neutral.
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Name: Miyamoto Otsu
Role: Master of Knight Discover more adventures with m_vl_em_p_yr
Game Rank: Regular Human
True Rank: D Rank
Potential: F Rank
Description: The wife of a variant version of Musashi Miyamoto with no connection whatsoever to the real Musashi Miyamoto. She was summoned during the game due to the lack of interpersonal relationships between the real Miyamoto and anyone in his life. She has no memories of her past life and believes herself to be the true wife of the real Musashi Miyamoto.
Musashi knows this is a lie but does nothing to correct her misconception.
Affiliation: True Neutral.
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No way. Is this the actual thing? The authentic samurai from more than five centuries ago? Mark was someone who read a lot of philosophy and stoicism during his training because of how much it helped to clear his mind - and because Raven just had too many stoicism books lying around her gym.
Miyamoto Musashi was someone who came up a lot in the philosophy books. Many of the things that Miyamoto said in his book showed Mark just how calm Miyamoto was and how well he thought things through before doing them. Mark couldn't believe that the authentic Miyamoto Musashi was right in front of him right now.
The woman, Miyamoto Otsu, came around and knelt beside one of the cushions on the ground with her teapot ready to pour a cup of tea for Mark. Did they not hear him say he wanted something stronger?
Musashi Miyamoto seemed to know what Mark was thinking and he spoke up calmly.
"It is best we keep a clear mind, lest our enemies choose to attack in our vulnerable moments."
Musashi took another drink from his cup and Mark just sighed as he guided Luna to a seat before he took a seat beside her. Miyamoto Musashi spoke in this deep philosophical way that just made you want to listen to him. It made it seem like he had a thousand words of wisdom to pass on and you would be foolish not to pay attention to his words.
"This should be the place. You said it was a dome, right? This is the only dome-like structure around Tokyo Bay, it should be the place."
"Yes, I heard you the first time."
Luna turned to the side to see a man walking into the dome with a woman beside him. The woman was wearing a police outfit and she had a toned and tall body that showed she was someone who regularly exercised, but even though she was almost six feet tall, she was dwarfed by the sheer size of the man beside her. The man was so tall that the woman barely reached his chest!
The man reminded Luna a little too much of Gunter from the Superhuman Alliance. The only major difference being their hair. Gunter had long blond hair, but this man had short brown hair that was cut into a fringe. He wore a loose t-shirt and a pair of jeans that were ripped around the knees, and he had sunglasses covering his eyes.
The policewoman beside him suddenly spoke up.
"Now that I brought you here, can I—"
Flick!
The man didn't even bother turning to regard the woman. He just flicked her on the side of the head with minimum effort and the woman's eyes rolled to the back of her head immediately as she dropped to the ground like a ragdoll with its strings cut!
Luna frowned in irritation at the man's action, but she didn't say anything. The man grunted as he took off his sunglasses and continued walking up to the table calmly while tossing the glasses aside.
"Fucking annoying woman."
The man grinned as he neared the table. There was no reaction from Miyamoto Musashi as he continued to drink his tea, and Mark was preoccupied with watching Miyamoto Otsu as she poured their drink to make sure that she didn't slip anything into it. But Luna was openly glaring at the tall man and the man seemed a bit taken aback as he saw her.
His eyes narrowed before a look of realization dawned on him. He immediately took a few steps closer and fell to a knee right in front of Luna with a hand stretched out to her.
"Truly, I do not believe I have ever seen one more beautiful than you in all my life. Tell me, are you one of the children of Aphrodite, a demi-god like myself? If so, then we are cousins. Tell me whose partner you are and I shall do battle for your hand."
Luna scrunched her face up in irritation and leaned away from the man. Mark finally turned to regard the taller man and spoke in a threatening tone.
"Unless you want to start the fight right now, I suggest you go sit down."
The man turned to glare at Mark, but Mark did not back down as his own glare intensified.
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Name: Hercules
Role: Servant Rook
Game Rank: EPIC Rank I
True Rank: --
Potential: --
Description: The errant and powerful son of Zeus, the demi-god Hercules holds the highest authority amongst all demi-gods and is regarded as a pseudo-god for his accomplishments during his life as a human. He is desperate to win the Game of Gods and will go to any length to get the gift from Ares that was promised to the winner.
Affiliation: True Neutral.
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Hercules? Seriously, did they just call on all the strongest people from each timeline for me to fight? What is the meaning of this shit?
Mark was a bit disturbed by the fact that the person standing in front of him was the literal Hercules from myth and legend, but he did not reduce his glare one bit as he dared Hercules to touch Luna. If Hercules went any further right now, Mark was going to forget about the meeting and they would begin fighting immediately.
"Servant ROOK, please take your seat. You came here to speak and listen to the opinions of others, did you not? Let us not ruin our gathering even before it starts."
Miyamoto Musashi spoke up while taking another drink from his cup and Hercules finally gruffed before getting off his knee and walking towards the cushion that was next to Mark. Hercules sat down cross-legged and Miyamoto Otsu came up to him and gently poured him a cup.
Hercules stared at the strange green liquid in the cup distastefully.
"What is this? When I heard that we would be having a drink, I thought it would be something a little stronger. This… is this green water?"
"Green tea."
Miyamoto Otsu spoke up as she gently stood from her crouched position beside Hercules. Even though she spoke gently and with a lot of poise, everyone could tell that she was a little annoyed by the fact that Hercules called the drink green water. She had a lot of pride in her culture and she felt insulted by Hercules' remark.