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Chapter 2218-2216 Ukiyo-e Scenery

Chapter 2218-2.216 Ukiyo-e Scenery

"A-Form Fusion!" With a single move, the Shinano female ninja Sanada Yubi and Oni Yasen Tamakatsuka shouted in unison, forcing back a group of enemies.

As mentioned earlier, the "Assault High-Speed ​​Combat Hexagonal Fang," created by the "MM Micromechanical Hexagonal Fang Transforming Gunshell" technology line, is capable of freely transforming its form. It not only possesses a Beast Z-mode and a Vehicle V-mode, but also innovatively boasts an Armored Gunshell A-mode. It can achieve a combined transformation between the "Fangji General" clad in the "Goddess Device Imperial Priestess: Ame-no-Tsurugi Kai: Oni Hachisen" and the "Fangji Beast" adapted to the "Support Machine: Suzaku." Furthermore, the Oni Hachisen unit is equipped with a song and dance support system, using song and dance to enhance wingman performance and disrupt enemy aircraft operations.

The Vermilion Bird "Fangji Beast," which can serve as both a mount and a wingman, underwent targeted localization before entering the game: Azure Heron Fire.

"Blue Heron" is an indispensable member of the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons." Because its wings emit a mesmerizing blue-green light at night, like a mysterious hue in the night sky, it is also known as "Gojibō" (Five Lights). In ancient Japan, Blue Heron was believed to bring a bountiful harvest and peace to the family. The earliest record of Blue Heron appears in the Edo period's *Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki* (Illustrated Compendium of One Hundred Demons), while the *Ehon Hyakumonogatari* (Illustrated Book of One Hundred Tales) from the same era also mentions this mysterious yokai. Legend has it that Blue Heron is transformed from a black-crowned night heron. Every night, its feathers transform into shimmering scales, emitting a mesmerizing blue light. Its breath is said to release golden powder, which gathers in the air to form a heatless flame. Although this flame eventually dissipates with the wind, it is still considered a harmless yokai symbolizing peace and tranquility.

It should be noted that, throughout the entire Imperial Witch Mobile Suit combination, the pilot of "Garakimon" is mostly Oni Yasen Tama, who exists as a parasitic demon. Similarly, "Garakimon" can also transform independently into a "Dual (Garakimon General) Form" identical to that of the Shinano female ninja Sanada Yui. However, this is not the true Armored Ghost Shell A Form; only when the "Dual Form (essentially still 'Garakimon General + Garakimon')" is combined into one is it the complete A Form.

Just like the obvious difference in size between "armor" and "mech". The height of the complete A-mode form also reaches the level of a full-size female Transformer of 12 feet (≈3.6576 meters).

To avoid being too frightening and causing unnecessary trouble.

The Royal Witch Mobile Suit Combination not only adapted to the localized model in advance, but also carried out targeted optical camouflage.

The entire process of combining the A-forms is filled with the unique Ukiyo-e style of the Edo period.

When they witnessed a 12-foot-tall Nanban warrior appear, accompanied by a billowing plume of black smoke, everyone present instinctively leaned back. The visual impact was simply too intense. It's easy to imagine that without targeted disguise, revealing their true form would have greatly increased the risk of premature exposure. It's likely that everyone who witnessed it would have instantly lost all their Sanity (sanity). At that moment, the plot conflict would ignite, and a plot backlash would follow, triggering a "plot collapse chain reaction: 'Player intervention → breaking the freeze-frame → plot backlash → invasion and infection → intrusive aggregation → birth of aberrations'—the 'Honkai equation'."

Thus, a series of irreversible plot collapses come to an end, and a paradox of life filled with contradictions, chaos, errors, disorder, and distortion—the Aberration—is born.

The close adherence to the Ukiyo-e style of the Edo period is clearly an understandable disguise.

Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese prints that emerged during the Edo period. Primarily in the form of woodblock prints, it was hailed as an "encyclopedia" of life at the time. The term "Ukiyo" originates from Buddhism and refers to the ever-changing world, depicting the myriad aspects of life in the real world. Common themes included portraits of beautiful women, yaksaku-e (Kabuki actors), landscape paintings, and folk tales, with some works containing erotic content. It emphasized flat composition, vibrant colors, and flat washes without shadows, requiring collaboration between artists, engravers, and printmakers. In the 19th century, Ukiyo-e spread to Europe, where its unique perspective and composition profoundly influenced Western modern art movements such as Impressionism.

With the appearance of the 12-foot-tall Nanban warrior, the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

Even the intangible Five Demon Samurai were powerless against the Totsuka Blade, which resembled a nodachi. One strike cleared the area, and two strikes felled the "White Bird Assassin" Ume, who was possessed by Enenra.

Seeing that her life was in danger, Yanyanluo transformed into a wisp of smoke and disappeared underground.

Wu Chen's fleeting True Sight immediately captured the hidden truth.

"So it was you." The 12-foot-tall Nanban warrior pointed his sword.

It was Princess Takahime who witnessed the chief duel.

It turns out that Yanyanluo had secretly entered Princess Gaoji's body!

Princess Takahime, the chief witness to the duel in *Nemuri Kyoshiro: The Battle of the Ghouls*, is an alternate counterpart to Nobuko, one of the beautiful assassins of the Black Finger Gang in *Nemuri Kyoshiro: The Demon's Skin*, and Yajima Tsubone, the wet nurse of Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth shogun of the Edo Shogunate in *Makai Tensei*. The real-world actress is Naoko Okubo. As one of the first actresses of Shin Toho, Okubo's most classic role in her long acting career is undoubtedly Yuri, the "female boss" of the Kaido Gang in Kobe Port, in the 1957 version of *Queen Bee's Wrath*. As the opening work of the "Yakuza film" genre, Okubo delivered a brilliant performance. In particular, the famous scene of her betting bare-shoulder with a rival gang leader has been referenced many times since. Okubo also gave a memorable performance in the *Nemuri Kyoshiro* series.

"We've finally been discovered." Princess Gaoji covered her mouth and giggled. Her beautiful hair moved without wind, like a wildly dancing serpent.

What's even more terrifying is that the voice saying these words didn't come from the mouth that was covering its mouth and giggling, but rather...

The mouth hidden deep beneath layers of kimono!

"So your true form is 'Futakuchi-onna'." The 12-foot-tall Nanban samurai revealed Princess Takahime's true demonic form in one sentence.

"Futakuchi-onna" (two-mouthed woman) typically appears as a married woman with long, flowing hair and delicate features. Deep within her hairline at the back of her neck, a second mouth splits open, and she eats twice as much as a normal person. When eating, her hair acts like tentacles, delivering food into her mouth. Her image is often associated with wicked stepmothers who abuse their stepchildren, and some legends suggest that the wife's prolonged hunger due to her husband's stinginess caused the mutation. The *Hyakki Yagyō* (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons) records a woman cursed by the Inari god for her immoral behavior or killing her own child, resulting in a mouth growing from the back of her neck, requiring her to continuously eat until she devours herself to death. The *Momoyama-nin Yawa* (Night Tales of Momoyama) from the Edo period also contains a story of a stepmother who abused her children and was transformed into Futakuchi-onna as karmic retribution.

however!

Princess Takahime's second mouth, which was "mutated due to prolonged hunger," is a "vertical lip" that is the opposite of a "horizontal lip"!

I see. "Prolonged hunger" can also be "unfulfilled desires." Considering Princess Takahime's actions, she certainly fits the description of "mutation caused by prolonged hunger."

So the smoke exhaled from the vertical lips is the "demon energy" exhaled by the "two-mouthed woman".

Sure enough, it has a flamboyant vibe!