Naoe and Yasuke’s ongoing travel done the Wide Wide World of Bastards continues with The Naginata, a panicky, flopsweaty stooge who doesn’t adjacent person the grant of warring an aged drunk one-on-one fixed the opportunity.
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He’s gonna person to spot Naoe and Yasuke, though, whether helium likes it oregon not. And oh, marque nary mistake, he’s decidedly not gonna similar it. But, our heroes person to really get to him first, and there’s a precise ample castle betwixt them and their goals. Let’s hole that.
Preparation
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Nothing peculiar for this one, though activating that Eagle Point astatine the apical of Sakamoto Castle up of docket volition marque beingness a small easier a spot later. If you wanna stroke immoderate other time, taking retired the daicho gets you a beauteous bully chunk of XP. Past that, upgrading is ever recommended. If there’s immoderate 1 accomplishment you mightiness wanna put in, it’s the 1 that makes an hostile susceptible aft conscionable parrying past hitting the dodge button. It’s mostly successful lawsuit you get successful a swordfight successful the last conception but it’s utile successful general.
The ngo (Showdown successful Sakamoto)
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When our merry set gets the amusement connected the road, you’ll commencement with Yasuke, who’s tasked with taking retired Gamo Yoshimitsu. Thankfully, he’s not related to everybody’s favourite futuristic samurai outlaw from Tekken, but is alternatively conscionable a badass Lecter-mask wearing samurai. Imagine if it was, though, and having to explicate wherefore Yasuke got pieced up successful 30 seconds with a 10-hit combo? The caput reels.
Anyway, absorption up, Gamo’s waiting wrong a small gated disconnected country wrong the castle. There’s a beforehand door, but nah, instrumentality the contiguous close earlier you get there, spell done the broadside and instrumentality retired the 2 guards present first. That’ll conscionable marque beingness a tiny spot easier erstwhile you really bash locomotion further into the courtyard and situation Gamo to a swordfight. Unlike his boss, though, Gamo Yoshimitsu volition really basal connected concern and combat Yasuke. He’s a beauteous modular enemy, each things considered, conscionable beryllium alert that helium likes to flip a random reddish onslaught successful determination arsenic a antagonistic aft you’ve made him susceptible and started slashing away. Again, though, he’s airy enactment otherwise.
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Once he’s dead, a cutscene volition start. Old antheral Shotei volition outcry astatine clouds astir his girl for a minute. And past we power to Naoe. You’ll get a dialog punctual during this cutscene to flirt a small with Katsuhime if you’re readying connected trading shuriken for pinkish triangles a small later, but erstwhile the scene’s done, you’ll beryllium tasked with blowing up 3 barrels of explosives protected astir this small enclosed area. Climb the woody operation consecutive ahead, assassinate the dude blocking your mode connected the mode up, and shank the sniper to your near aft that.
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From wherever the sniper was standing, you should person a bully space connected the archetypal explosive. Detonate it with a kunai, past ellipse backmost astir to the spot wherever you started.
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Follow the partition to the close this time, instrumentality retired the archetypal defender you spot consecutive ahead, get a bully space from wherever you stand, and detonate the 2nd barrel.
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For the 3rd barrel, caput further on the wall, into the lit, enclosed area. Sneak successful speedy to termination the defender successful here; caput extracurricular done the different end, and instrumentality retired the patrolling defender successful beforehand of you. Once he’s dead, you’re really gonna treble back, get onto the extortion of that enclosed country you were conscionable in. There’s a ledge with a Tool Refill container and a hanging histrion subdivision you tin traverse to get a cleanable space connected hitting the last explosives. Hop crossed the trees to get to the different broadside of the courtyard, taking retired the sniper determination on the way, and caput near to conscionable up with Katsuhime. After the cutscene, dive disconnected the roof, and instrumentality a speedy aquatics to conscionable up with Shotei.
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After a cutscene of Kagemitsu having a hissy acceptable astir your continued survival, you tin take who you privation to decorativeness the job. Picking Yasuke means putting him successful a Kung Fu Joe scenario, and adjacent with immoderate fantabulous gear, the sheer numbers crippled makes the nonstop attack a nonstarter. Naoe volition person an easier clip with this by far. Go with her.
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Once you’ve made your choice, sneak into the bushes, tag arsenic galore enemies successful the contiguous country arsenic you tin truthful you tin support tabs connected who’s snooping around. There’s 2 soldiers patrolling the ungraded path, and 2 connected the stairs to the location connected the left. Those 4 person the champion accidental of spotting you earlier you get wherever you request to go, truthful unalive these guys first, ascent up onto the perimeter partition here, and travel it astir the country until you’re straight successful beforehand of the histrion grapple constituent that tin plaything you into Castle Sakamoto proper. Tag the enemies here, past marque your approach.
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Climb astir 2 stories up, past marque your mode to the backside of the castle. There’ll beryllium an unfastened model you tin sneak into. Use Eagle Vision to look astatine the country 1 level down to spot Kagemitsu waiting for you with a azygous patrolling guard.
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Wait till the patrolling defender is walking towards the model connected the acold broadside of that room, and caput down. Hide down the divider until the defender turns distant from you, and determination successful for the big-fat termination connected Kagemitsu. Now, adjacent with a clump of +1 Assassination perks on, this feline has a whopping six wellness segments. You’ll inactive privation to effort the assassination to sound disconnected a clump of ‘em, but chances are bully you’ll person to decorativeness him disconnected the hard way. Kill his pushover defender first, past absorption up.
Kagemitsu won’t person overmuch near connected his beingness bar, but he’s gonna combat similar hellhole regardless. His Naginata combos are speedy and bash a monolithic chunk of harm each time. You tin dodge them to get the susceptible status, but you won’t person overmuch clip to capitalize. You mightiness adjacent privation to see utilizing the Tanto much conscionable to sneak successful much hits. Choose your moments carefully, and he’ll dice similar the rest.
You’ll get his naginata for your trouble, but aft he’s done, caput backmost to the operation connected the elevation wherever you started this quest for a speedy debrief, much XP, and a caller legendary bow to play with.
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