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You and other are in the German coast because you perform funeral for the old martial art master Jie Wung. Li the black horse mourns over his old owner dead as you scattered the ashes of Jie wung into the Baltic Sea.

After funeral, you are bothering by Jie Wung last message about that your grandfather may still be alive.


What will you do now?
A: Start heading for Las Vegas for your final challenge.
B: Stay little longer in German.
C: Head back to Japan for temporally break from the Yutaka's challenges.
D: Something else.

>>25032716

We have been traveling for a long time and our group has expanded since we left, so once we say our goodbyes to Gustav and his sister and leave them contact info, making a brief trip back home is probably a good idea.

So I vote C, but don't stay too long: 2-3 days should be enough time to settle Li, Melina, and Harley and her gang in.

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>>25032804

You finally decided to travel back to Japan to take a short break. You and everyone packing up you're belonging and heading to the airport.

At the Airport you meet, Gustave and his sister Genovea who brought their baggages.
"So you decided to travel back to Japan?" Gustav asked you.
"Yeah, I need some break and I'm little homesick." You said.
"Bwhahaha! I'm finally decided to back back and doing concert tours through the countries!" Gustav said with jolly tone.
"I must thank you what you did." Genovea said.
Before you could reply to her, she kissed on your cheek and Gustav just laughs even more except for your girls...

When Gustav and his sister took off with different plane, you finally fly back to good old Japan. As the flies are heading for Japan, even since you enter the plane, you had never seen Genki around...


What will you do?
A: Just ignore Genki.... he will be fine...
B: BY GOD!!! Genki are doing stupid thing again!!!!
C: Something else.

>>25033040

Ask the girls if they've seen Genki around. And be sure to look out the windows to see if he's riding on one of the plane's wings again.

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>>25033064


You started to ask the girls if they had seen Genki but they don't had seen him since enter the plane. You looked through the window, you don't see him there either... Where the heck did Genki go?!


Somewhere in Egypt, Genki are sitting on top of pyramid while he scream in pure joy. ""Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I'm top of pyramid!!!! I never thought that Japan had any pyramid!"


When you finally arrived back to Japan, you found out that Genki accidentally took a plane to Eqypt... But right now you finally arrived at front of your mansion.


What will you do first?

>>25033252

Facepalm at Genki's stupidity and make arrangements to get him on the next plane from Egypt to Japan.

"Ahh, it feels good to be home." Let's get Li, Melina, and Harley and her crew a tour of the place and get them settled into some rooms.

After that, find the dwarves and see how they've been. Talk to them about where would be a good spot to put in a nice pasture with high-quality grasses for Li to graze on when he feels like it.

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>>25033343

"Ahh, it feels good to be home." You said as you finally arrived back to your home. You started to give Li, Melina and Harley some tour of the place whiles getting them some rooms.

After that you went to the Dwarf fortress and it look very impressive. Kazhir came out the fortress and he look very happy of your return.
"Welcome back lad!" He said and giving you a friendly hug.
"Hello Kazhir! How did it go when I was away?" You asking him.
"We had already finish with construction of the gym and shooting range. But when we tried to upgrade the outdoor pool, we discover a underground hangar for giant machine." Kazhir said.
"Giant machine?" You asked him.
"Yeah... It look a like a humanoid construction but it lack external frames. Let me show you." Kazhir said as he shows you the underground hangar.

When you finally arrived in the hangar, you see a giant mecha that lack external frames.


What will you do now?

>>25033646

"Well, I guess we'll need to build the upgraded pool somewhere else. Wow, I wonder how this got underneath the pool. The previous owners of the mansion maybe?"

Inspect the mecha closely to see how much work it would need to made functional. Summon Melphina and ask her to do a search on the mansion's previous owner and see if she finds anything. The natural swimming pool was supposed to be a surprise but maybe Croco could suggest a better spot for it.

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>>25033716

"Well, I guess we'll need to build the upgraded pool somewhere else. Wow, I wonder how this got underneath the pool. The previous owners of the mansion maybe?"
"Yeah, maybe so lads. I notice that this hangar had been unused for 25 years. We also discover some weapons and frame parts for the giant construction."

You started inspecting the mecha. You notice that mecha is pretty much naked and it seems that you could easily customized it. You enter the inside the pilot cockpit and checking the controls.
It seems that you can control it but you will need some practice with it.

After you finish the inspection of the mecha, you summoned Melphina.
"Melphina, can you check the previous owner of the mansion?" You asked her.
"Sure..." She answered with tired look and she flew away.
You walked back to Croco-chan and asked her if she could change other spot for her natural swimming. She quickly suggest a new spot for her outdoor pool and the dwarves are starting working on it.


What will you do now?

>>25033948

Go check on Melina and Harley to see how they like the place, then find Sasha. If she hasn't found the shooting range yet, it's time to surprise her.

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>>25034048

First you visit Melina in her room. When arrived at front of the door you see that Oghren the dwarf got tossed out from the room and flew through the window.
"It was worth it!!!" Oghren scream as he fall down from the window.

Melina come out with her huge spiked club and then she turned to you.
"Hello master! Do you need something?" She asked you.
"Not real... I just want to see if you feel comfortable about the place."
"Oh, I find my room to be nice, I can put up the fridge with be..." Melina said.

After checking up with Melina, you are searching for Harley until you find her near the garage. It seems that Harley's gang had put up their own little house. When you are about talk with Harely, you notice that both Harley and Katherine are arm-wrestling one another. You think that it is better to leave them alone without getting eaten alive...

You searched for Sasha and you find her in the kitchen.


How will you approach her?

>>25034232

I'm not sure if Harley and Kat will love or hate each other.

"Hi Sasha, do you have a few minutes? I have something to show you."

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>>25034306

"Hi Sasha, do you have a few minutes? I have something to show you." You said to her.
"Sure." She said with smile.

You took her to the newly constructed shooting range. When arrived, Sasha just looking around the shooting range and her expression is like a little girl who just found a magical place.

"You had constructed a shooting range?" She asked you.
"Yeah I did, I think that we need an own shooting range." You said.

She walked to the gun rack and start examine the weapons. You self wondering how the dwarves got those guns from, but it don't matter right now.


What is your next step?

>>25034505
Most of the Mansion concerns have been taken care of.
Let's check how our stock portfolio is doing and if we've made small or significant increases in our wealth.

>>25034505

Give her a hug. "I hope you like it, Sasha. Feel free to come here on your time off whenever you want."

The girls all seem to be enjoying themselves. Find Araki and see how she is. After that, we can check the stocks and hang out with our bro Koutarou, play 40K or show him the mecha.

>>25034714
>>25034736

You gave her a hug and then say, "I hope you like it, Sasha. Feel free to come here on your time off whenever you want."
"Thank you very much!" Sasha said with cheerful smile.

You leave the shooting range so that Sasha can try firing guns alone. You went to search for Araki and you find her in the room.

Araki seems to brewing new medicine and gathering new supply of herbs.
"So how feel to be back?" You asked her.
"It feel refreshed to come back and I needed to pick up some of my herbs. By the way.... I have a feeling that your last challenge will be very different... I can't explain it, just a feeling..." She said.
"I see... I will look up my stocks." You said and left her room.

You head back to your room and start checking up your stocks.


>Roll 7d10 for your stocks.

Rolled 9, 7, 2, 3, 9, 3, 8 = 41

>>25034883
We should also start looking into the background of our next challenge.

Rolled 5, 7, 3, 9, 7, 3, 5 = 39

>>25034883

>>25034936

Agreed there. We need to know as much about that gambler as we can.

Rolled 4, 4, 10, 1, 7, 1, 7 = 34

>>25034883

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>>25034936
>>25034991
>>25035016

Some of your stocks value had been increased but the value on Tokyo Electric Power goes down... Oh well, that is how the business runs.

After dealing with the stocks, you start looking on Jack Stallion's background until you caught something with great interest. You found a news about Jack Stallion had gone missing for a weeks ago. The last person that he had spoke to was Kazutaka Yukata. Hmmm the last name reminds you somebody...


What will you do?

>>25035204

One of Yukata's relatives maybe? Sounds like Yukata is trying to change the conditions of the last challenge on us. Get on the Luchacomputer and search that name to see what comes up. I have a bad feeling about this...

>>25035285
Second this.

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>>25035285
>>25035439

You starting searching info about Kazutaka Yukata from your Luchacomputer. You had guessed correctly about Kazutaka Yukata is one of Kato Yukata relatives, it seems that Kazutaka Yukata is Kato's grandfather. That are rumors about that Kazutaka Yukata like to gamble. You even got a picture of himself. At first glance, he look like the type of person who you should never trust.

Another interesting info is that Kato's parents had been missed for 10 years and his younger sister is still in coma from car accident.


Any more info that you like to gather.

>>25035594

This doesn't look good. It sounds like the old man may be wanting to challenge us himself. Dip deeper into Kato's background and see if we can find out what happened to his parents and little sister. There must be a piece of this puzzle we're missing.

>>25035834

As you dig deeper about Yukata's family, you discover some rumors about that Kazutaka Yukata's son had married with a common woman and it displeased him greatly.

Another info you got is that Kazutaka Yukata had become guardian for Kato and his little sister after their parents gone missing.

You tried to dig even further but you couldn't find any more info. Suddenly your phone is ringing and you notice that Kato Yukata himself is calling for you.


Will you answer the phone or not?

>>25036005
Answer the phone.

>>25036005

Answer it; Yukata wouldn't call unless he had a good reason.

>>25036054
>>25036055

You decided to answer the phone and you can recognize the voice.
"Hijikatai, you may had heard news about Jack Stallion, your last challengers...?" Kato reluctantly asked you.
"Yes, I had heard about it and it seems that your grandfather is involved." You answer and you hear completely silence.
"I see that you are well inform... I... What do you want Tachibana?" Kato said and it seems like that he talked with Tachibana himself. You couldn't hear what they are talking about.
"It seems that my grandfather takes great interesting on you... I suggest that you should ask one of the Trade Guilder for Ma-Gi-Oh decks if you want to survive..." Kato said.

Before you could ask him, he had already closed his calls.


What will you do now?

>>25036321
Research the Trade Guilders and the game Ma-Gi-Oh.
Apparently we need a good deck.

>>25036321

This >>25036368 and later ask our bro Koutarou if he's ever heard of the game or played it.

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>>25036368
>>25036377

You remember that Maidlover mention about that he and his college Elric the Younger is part of the Trade Guild.

You decided to ask Koutarou if he knows something about Ma-Gi-Oh. You found him in the room along with Garenn.
"Koutarou, do you even heard about Ma-Gi-Oh?" You asked him.
"Well... I had heard about it but I had never seen it in real life. As far I understand about Ma-Gi-Oh... it is pretty secretive card games with unknown origin." Koutarou answered.


What will you do next?

>>25036496

We'll definitely have to go see Maidlover when we can about a Ma-Gi-Oh deck. I wonder if Melphina can contact Elric about that.

>>25036601

You decided that you needed go to see Maidlover about Ma-Gi-Oh deck. You tried to contact Melphina but seems that she is still busy with something.

You went down where you used to keep the portal. When you enter the room, you notice a third shop besides Maidlover's and Elric's shop.


>Ok, give the name to the third shops and what kind of stuff they sell. And also roll 1d100.

Rolled 85

>>25036740
Akamian's Curio Shoppe
Mostly dealing in magical items, with a few superscience tech items here and there.

Examples of items:
Standard range of +1 to +5 Magic Weapons, with effects such as Holy, Keen, and Vorpal.
Amulets of Fireball, magic-amplifying staffs and amulets, wands of lightning and magic missile, rings of Shield and Mage Armor.
Potions of healing and buffs.
Restricted Section:
Gnostic Magic textbooks (not for sale)
Chorae (not for sale)
iPhone 4S with eNecronomicon, British SOE Offensive Utility Suite, British SOE Defensive Utility Suite, Pnakoptic Manuscript Digests

Rolled 26

>>25036740

I like this one >>25036884 but split the healing stuff off into a second section:

Magic Hags Potion Shop
Proprietors: Kotake and Koume (from Majora's Mask)

Deals in healing potions and various herbs, ointments, and alchemical ingredients

>>25036884
>Akamian

Some description on shop owner or you prefer surprise?

>>25036991

I think that I could add that shop too in the future.

>>25037137
Abhed Akamian.
Young, in his early 20's. Slight Arabic and Persian features and skin tone.

You see a store that call Akamian's Curio Shoppe? You could see through the windows that store is selling magical items... It made you thinking about your half-sister Tomoe who undergoing training with Myrddin.


Do you visit the Akamian's store or other store instead?

>>25037510
Let's take a look inside Akamian's for a magic item or two.
I'm thinking something to be a gift for Tomoe when she gets back, and a protection item for us; we don't know what traps that Kazutaka might have in store for us.

Then we can go to Maidlover's and get a Ma-Gi-Oh deck and maybe a couple guides on how to play.

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>>25037574

You decided to enter the new store, while being inside, you see many of magical artifacts until you see a young man.
"Welcome to my store! I'm Abhed Akamia to your service! Do you need something special?" He asked you in friendly way.

"Well, I'm thinking about two thing. One is gift for my little sister and second is something a protection for me." You said.
"I understand, so what kind of gift are you thinking about for your sister?" Abhed asked you.


What kind of gift do you want to give to Tomoe? Otherwise you could ask him for suggestion.

>>25037787

"I'm not quite sure, sir. Tomoe has a pretty powerful staff already, so I was thinking maybe something that a magical girl would find useful as well as pretty. She's about so tall with indigo hair and blue eyes about the same shade as mine." Give him a brief description of Little Sister and that might help him suggest something.

>>25037787
I'm thinking an amulet or pendant of some kind, or a wristband.
A magic amplifier would be ideal, but something that can do a protection spell would be nice.
A Barrier Jacket, or something similar.

>>25038002

Good suggestions. Little Sister would like something like that.

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>>25037963
>>25038002

"I'm not quite sure, sir. Tomoe has a pretty powerful staff already, so I thought maybe something that a magical girl would find useful as well as pretty. She's about so tall with indigo hair and blue eyes about the same shade as mine." You said and you gave him brief description of your little sister and he took a great interesting on it.
"I real want to meet her. I think I know a very good gift for her." He said and he went behind the counter.

After a while, he brought you a rose shaped ring.
"This ring is called Guardian of Rose, it will protect their owner when they are in danger." He said and then he gave it to you.
"How much?" You asked him.
"For your little sister, it is free. Now then, what about you? What kind of protection do you need?" He asked you.


How will you reply?

>>25038156
"Do you have a protection amulet, one specifically to defend against mind-affecting spells and illusions? Something that can defend against psionic attacks as well."

>>25038156

This sounds pretty good >>25038195 plus see if he has some type of light armor that gives some protection yet won't weigh us down too much.

We spend a lot of time in melee.

>>25038261
>some type of light armor that gives some protection yet won't weigh us down too much.
A Barrier Jacket style protection device? Comes into existence when we want, looks like light clothes but has a forcefield to absorb kinetic and other forms of energy.

>>25038350

Yep. That sounds great.

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>>25038195

"Do you have a protection amulet, one specifically to defend against mind-affecting spells and illusions? Something that can defend against psionic attacks as well." You asked him.
"I clearly have it. It call Amulet of Mindflayerbane and It will cost you 2 Favor points." He said.
"Oh yeah, I need also light armor that don't weight too much. I spend a lot of time in melee." You said.
"Hmmm... Maybe you will need Belt of Pugilist Champion. It will provide you some protection and it will cost you 3 Favor points." He said.


What is your respond?

>>25038448

They both sound great. Let's buy both, then we can check Maidlover's shop about a Ma-Gi-Oh deck.

>>25038448
I think we should take both; we've got 17 Favor Points right now.

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>>25038474
>>25038684


>Lost 5 Favor points.

You had bought both the magical items. You headed inside Maidlover store when you see Maidlover himself and a unknown lady are playing card games. Each of them have floating transparent table.
"It is my turn! I generate two Fire elements and one Earth elements to pay the cost to summon Flame Knight of Gaiz." She say as she flip three cards on the table and placed a card on the table. Then you see a flaming knight that summoned in front of her.
"Attack him! Break his shield!" She yell as the flaming knight rushing at Maidlover. As the flaming knight hit him the flaming sword, Maidlover flew backward of the impact.

He slowly raise up and pick up the card from the table.
"You only have one shield left! What can you do against me while I have two shields?" She yelled at him with evil smile.


What will you do in this scene?

>>25038948

This must be the card game we've heard about. Let them finish then we can speak with Maidlover about buying a deck.

>>25039002
Second.

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>>25039002

You decided to let them play without disturbing them.
"I end my turn!" She say as Maidlover draw a card.
"My turn! I generate two Earth elements and one Spirit element to pay the cost to summon Maid Brawler and pay for cost to summon Hammerbot as Support." He said as he flip the cards on table whiles putting two cards on the field. A maid and hammer shaped robot appeared in front of him.
"Hammerbot become support for Maid Brawler! Maid Brawler strike down her shields!" He order them.

The hammer shaped robot transformed into proper shaped hammer and the maid picking it up. She charge into the female duelist and knocking her back.
"Ha! You only break down one shield! In next turn I will win!" She said with confidence.
"That will be no next turn for you because of my Hammerbot's effect. When my Hammerbot support a Monster, they gain ability to break TWO shields!" Maidlover say.
"No... NOOOO!!!!" She screams in fear as the maid broked her last shield.

Maidlove jumping up and down in joy until he sees you.
"Yo! Want something?" He asked you.

>>25039377

"Yes, I do." Tell him about the situation and see if he has any Ma-Gi-Oh decks for sale as well as manuals on how to play the game.

>>25039418

Seconded. This game sounds good, we should call our bro down here; it may interest him too.

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>>25039418

"Yes, I do." You said and you start telling him situations. And also sees if he have any decks for sale and properly a manuals on game.
"I understand your situations but you can't simple buy a deck because they are not in mass production. A single good deck is worth about a whole country! The reason it is so expensive is because you must actually defeat real monsters and turn them into cards." Maidlover said.


What will you say/ask?

>>25039622
Where do we find these monsters and turn them into cards? Does he have any cards for sale?

>>25039622

>>25039658

This. Sounds like we have some fighting to do if we want a deck. Yukata said we would need one.

>>25039658
>>25039689

"It seems that I need to fight monsters to build my own deck. Where do I find these monsters and turning them into cards?" You asked him.
"Well... in legal way, you must head to the Ma-Gi-Oh to fight th monsters. But it exist easier way to to obtained monsters... But it is illegal..." Maidlover said.
"Any cards for sale?" You asked him.
"Actually none, but you can turn your own equipment and familiar into cards. And also you are already installed with Ma-Gi-Oh program." Maidlover said.
"Real?!" You asked in surprised tone.
"Yeah, try to turn any of your item into card." Maidlover said.

Which items will you try to transform into Ma-Gi-Oh card?

>>25039853
Wait, if we turn an item into a card, won't we lose it?

>>25039853

"Wait, if I turn an item into a card, won't I lose it?" You asked him.
"Actually no, you is simple turn the card back into normal. Like this." Maidlover said as he showing a card with image of gun. He focus on it and it transformed into a real gun.

>>25039958
"Alright. So I could turn, say, a tank, into a card?"

Monsters are nice and all, but so's a T-80 battletank.

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>>25039958

"Alright. So I could turn, say, a tank, into a card?" You asked him.
"Yes you can do that but it will come as Equipment card. If you want it to become as monster, you will need either AI or driver to count it as monster." Maidlover answer.


>You find to find a tank and transform into card?

>>25040108

Interesting...try turning our taichi sword into a card and then back to a sword.

Thinking of that mecha the dwarves found gives me an idea....

>>25040108
"So we just need to hire a driver, and we can use them as cards?
"What happens to a person or piece of equipment if it's destroyed?"

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>>25040165
>>25040212

You summoned your tachi sword and try to turn it into a gaming card. The sword turned into a equipment card and then you turned it back to normal.

Interesting... You start thinking about the mecha that dwarves found in th hangar and it giving you a idea...

"So we just need to hire a driver, and we can use them as cards?" You asked him.
"Yeah, but the driver must be a monster, not a regular being." Maidlover answered.
"What happens to a person or piece of equipment if it's destroyed?"
"In card match, it will not be destroyed unless the physical card got ripped apart... If you happen to ripe apart a monster card... you will become a murder..." Maidlover said with serious tone.


End of Part 57, Continue on Part 58
Shadow of the Games


Ok, I ended it now because I started to feel sleepy... Have a good day people! See you on next weekend!

>>25040351

See you next week, ML.