Zhong Yi's livestream.
"Bro, is that true... you can help me!?"
In his hour of peril, Zhong Yi looked through streaming tears at the swordsman with the bizarre hairstyle standing before him.
His name was Inosuke, and he wore the classic island-nation samurai hairstyle. The bald patch in the middle of his forehead kept inadvertently drawing Zhong Yi's gaze.
"Heh, you still managed to get here at a time like this... I guess ninjas have some backbone after all! Let's go in together and rescue the young lord!"
Inosuke flashed a smile that put Zhong Yi completely at ease, then charged forward without looking back and tangled with the enormous Juzou the Drunkard.
"You're a true brother!! Bro!!!"
Zhong Yi excitedly gave him a thumbs-up.
After defeating Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa, Zhong Yi hadn't rushed to explore deeper into Ashina Castle. Instead, he had returned to the Hirata Estate of three years ago to continue exploring the unknown story.
After all, Sekiro's identity and memories concealed far too many mysteries.
Before figuring out a cheese strategy for Yuan Zhen, he had endured another long stretch of brutal beatings.
Even after defeating Yuan Zhen, he had kept getting thrashed all along the way.
One purple-clad ninja hidden on a rooftop, clearly just a minor elite enemy, had somehow beaten him senseless. In the end, he had simply run away rather than fight him...
After following the outer mountain paths and entering the main courtyard of the Hirata Estate, things had looked even worse.
Seas of flame everywhere. Corpses everywhere.
The moment he entered, he saw "Owl" lying amid the ruins, barely clinging to life.
He was Sekiro's adoptive father and master, the man the samurai addressed as Lord Owl.
Even someone as powerful as Owl had fallen to this surprise attack. With