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Case File 3
20 May 2009
S.A. Renegade
Don't Try This at Home (1)
For this one you have to hand over 5 Anti-Mutes. Konnou-Ya itself actually sells these, though you might have to spend some money first to get its stock to open up.
The World of Plants (1)
Remember the patch of grass that didn't have anything growing on it back in Tento Woods? The one north of the stupid Obariyon? Right. Check that during a full moon and you'll obtain the moonlight herbs you need to complete this case.
Manhuntin' (1)
You get this one from Satake over at the bathhouse. Unfortunately when you get it you can't solve it. You will have to wait until chapter 4 when the Red-Light District is open. Go in, as soon as you go through the arch, take a left to go into a small alleyway. Here you'll find Kuroi. Talk to him, then take a picture of him for Satake. You'll get 8000 yen as a reward, which isn't actually too shabby!
Please, Raidou Hon?
You get this one from Kamanari in Mannen-Cho. He wants a Shishiou Sake. This sake's pretty damn rare. The first one you can get is hidden deep in Centipede Road. Get to the part where the stone tablet says there's hidden treasure, and take the rightmost path during a 2/8 moon. You'll arrive at a glade with 2 blue crystals. The Shishiou Sake is here. There's also one in a blue crystal in the Training Hall B5. Not to mention you can get more by completing the Don't Try this at Home (2) case file. In case you like, DRANK the ones you had. You shameless alcoholic. You'll receive 3 Volt Bronzes for it, which is a TERRIBLE reward but oh well.
Request for Gems (2)
I THINK you get this one from negotiating with a demon but I could be wrong. You need to hand over 2 aquamarines and 1 opal. You should have TONS of these by the time you get this case. If you don't, I dunno what you've been doing. The process for getting common gems like these is always the same: you can get them from demons when they level up, from them after you fuse them, and the best way: asking for items in negotiation.
Sword Collecting (1)
This one's kind of annoying since you'll have to waste money in sword alchemy to create the Muramasa. The process goes like this: Renki > Bizen-Osafune/32 Gunto > Kotetsu > Muramasa. I'd recommend waiting until you can get bronze souls from regular battles to complete this case. Up to you though. You can still get bronzes before that by fusing high level demons.
Long-Distance Dating
You get this one from a demon during negotiation. It requires a "female demon with fine fur who giggles a lot". Oh that's easy. Nekomata for sure. You can fuse her if you want (check the demons for science (1) entry for details on how to fuse specific demons) she's level 28. But you can also get her easy and no frills over at the Tento Sanctuary. 's your choice. For this you get the famous Element #115.
Limits of the Macabre
You get this case from the owner of Shin Sekai. Some dude wants an Okiku-mushi with at least 10 luck. Now, I don't really understand why he had to include the "at least 10 luck" part considering Okiku-mushis you get off the fucking street come with at least 10 luck. Either way. If you want to get one easy, just pick one up in the Tento Sanctuary. Hand it over for 3 Wind Bronze. Not exactly a great reward but eh.
The Shichinin Dougyou!
Halright. Time to help Tsunatsugu (worst name to type ever. I always end up typing Tsunagatsu for some reason and have to double check every time.) some more. Swenyways. For this one we have to head back to Tsukigata Village, so take the case and go there. To find the Shichinin Dougyou, walk up to the Fire Tower and then take a left from there.
---Boss: Evil Yomi-Kugutsu---
My level: 42
You'll be fighting seven Yomi-Kugutsu in two waves, first three, then four. These dudes have a LOT of HP, and their attacks can both take a substantial amount of HP and be disruptive. Further, you're going to have to kill them before 5 minutes are up. The Yomi-Kugutsu are frail to ice. I really recommend bringing in a demon who knows Frost Sword. It helps tremendously. Just imbue your sword with ice and reapply it every time it runs out and you'll lock down whoever you're attacking until they're dead. To round things up make sure your demons know ice skills as well. Mabufu works wonderfully, but so does Bufurati and Bufudyne.
The Yomi-Kugutsu come in two flavors, sword-wielder and machine-gunner. They're both dangerous, but the gunner can hit you from off-screen which is annoying so I'm gonna suggest going for the gunners first and let your demons handle the others while you kill it. Try to concentrate on a single Yomi-kugutsu until it's dead before moving on to the next one. You can usually leave your demons to their own devices as long as they're set to using their ice skills. Though it helps a lot if you use Null Phys or bring in a demon like Nebiros who is immune to physical attacks. If one of the sword kugutsu sneaks up behind you while you're attacking another, watch out. While you can usually hope that your demon casts a spell on it while it's attacking you, it's safer to turn around and frail stun it to buy yourself time if you can.
Once you kill the first three (should only take about a minute), you'll have to face four at the same time. It works more or less the same except it's a bit harder since you're outnumbered. You'll be facing 2 sword guys and 2 gunners. Just go for one gunner and try to kill it as fast as you can. However, if you can get two Yomi-kugutsu near each other where you can frail stun them both with one combo, go for that.
Throughout the fight keep an eye on your health as well as your demons. If the enemies seem to be overwhelming you, don't be afraid to hide your demons and run to a safer place to regroup. 5 minutes is a generous amount of time to win. Now if it were 3 minutes? I'd be worried.
Guard Mission
You get this case from reading Sadakichi's mind over at Kasumidai. Take the case and head over there. Take a left from the colonel Adachi statue and go past the cannon to trigger a battle with the Hyakki-Yakou!
---Boss: Hyakki-Yakou---
My level: 31
This fight is too long, clanky. You've got 100 demons here and you have to kill them all. That's a lot of work, but oh well.
The first third of this fight is a complete joke. You'll fight Pretas and Enkus for christ sake. Those guys are like, what, level 3? I dunno. Point is, the damage they do to you at this point is pitiful, and they go down real easy-like. Remember the Pretas are weak to fire and elec, and Enkus are weak to ice. Might want to keep that in mind. To make this fight even easier, use Volt sword and stun those pesky Pretas. I'd recommend not going with fire or ice, since that can heal Enku and Preta, respectively. But anyway, this first half should pose no problem at all! Hell, in fact, these guys are so weak that you might as well just use brute force to kill them faster instead of bothering with weaknesses.
Afterwards though, you'll start facing Nekomatas and Okiku-Mushis. These whores are pretty damn annoying since they love to spam Marin-Karin and Pulinpa, confusing and charming your demons. If avoiding these things is proving too much of a hassle, I recommend bringing in demons who are immune to mind. There are many demons that have this characteristic, bring in whichever you prefer. I went with an Oshichi and a Nigi Mitama. Of course, make sure these two demons know some fire and electric skills because Nekomata is frail to electricity, and Okiku-Mushi is frail to fire. Volt Sword also helps if you want to stun those Nekomatas easily, although I'd recommend going with Pyro Blade since Volt Sword heals Okiku-Mushi.
Afterwards they'll go back to throwing Pretas and Enkus at you, and this works the same way as the first third of the battle. For the final 2 demons, you'll face two Gashadokuros. These guys are pretty tough, but there's only two of them so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. They're frail to wind so have your demons hit them with Mazan and the like.
This fight is too long, so I decided to just show it starting from the second third.
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After all that you get Renki x2. Not too bad.
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