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After defeating the Iaijutsu guy, Zhang Yi returned to the Sculptor's Idol and sat down to rest, replenishing the Dragon's Heritage he had used up before continuing his exploration.

He squeezed out through the only designated passageway, a window. A Grappling Hook UI prompt appeared overhead, and after two consecutive grapples, he reached the top floor of the castle tower.

Zhang Yi's game screen froze as the corresponding Cutscene appeared.

'How is Grandfather doing?'

In the scene, Genichiro gazed out at Ashina's snowy landscape in the distance.

'Lord Isshin... it is already incredible that he is still clinging to life.'

Emma, standing behind Genichiro, replied.

'...Is that so?' Genichiro fell silent for a moment, then turned toward Kuro behind him.

'Young lord, I will say it once more... make an immortal pact with me.'

'It cannot be done, Lord Genichiro... Even if he has been defeated once, he will surely risk his life to save his master. That is... my shinobi.'

As Kuro spoke, Zhang Yi saw the Wolf in the game stylishly use his Grappling Hook to flip down from the roof onto the top of the castle tower.

"Damn, that's cool!" Zhang Yi could not help praising the dashing Wolf on-screen.

Although he had previously felt that this game could totally have been called Sekiro: Die Twice More, he had to admit that the protagonist was genuinely cool.

He was not talking merely about his looks, but his whole aura and the movements he made in the game.

Still, after piecing together this scene with the information he had gathered along the way, Zhang Yi had gained some understanding of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice's story.

Ashina was being invaded in the game and was already on the brink of collapse.

Meanwhile, Isshin Ashina, the founder of the nation