ID: 5300821

Repeatable: False

Validate Conditions on Start: False

Auto Start: No

Auto Start Init: Unknown

Event On

• Round Begin BA: 1

Activation Conditions

• Counter (7000690) ≥ 2

Outcome Actions

• Options:

  The servants informed you that [xiaochou.name] had come calling again. Yet when you entered the solar, it sat staring at its own blade, seemingly oblivious to your presence.
  
  You cleared your throat. "What troubles you, [xiaochou.name]? Have you finally tamed your steel—understood what slaughter truly means?"
  
  [xiaochou.name] lifted its gaze. "I hear you've broken another Bloodshed Card. That means you've killed again, yes? Tell me—did you look into their eyes when you did it?"
  
  What a cruel question. The silence stretched until the tactless creature pressed on: "Through countless blades, I've seen countless dead. Their despairing faces... Why do they all wear the same expression at the end? Why does every last one cling so desperately to life?"
  
  You weigh your answer carefully...

  • op1: Because something still binds them to this world
  • op2: Because the flesh fights its own ending
  • op3: Because fear makes cowards of all
• Case #1:
  • Rite: Life and Longing
  • Prompt:

    "Because we still cling to this world," you told [xiaochou.name]. "There are those we love, things left undone. Things we cannot let go of, burdens we cannot set down. Too many words left unspoken."
    
    It was too tender, too sorrowful that the Mirror could not comprehend it. "I do not understand," [xiaochou.name] said, tilting its head. "I wish to meet those you cannot forsake, those who think as you do. Let me see what they cling to, where this so-called 'hope' resides. Arrange the meeting, as you did before."

  • Disable Event: The second question for small-scale startup warriors.
• Case #2:
  • Rite: Instinct of Life
  • Prompt:

    "Does one need a reason to live?" You stared at [xiaochou.name] in disbelief. "The hungry eat, the thirsty drink. Comfort is better than pain, and life is better than death. These are truths known from the first breath—no grand philosophy needed."
    
    [xiaochou.name] frowned. "I have existed since the first drop of water in this world. Every day I witness countless lives end, like dew forming and vanishing—death comes as naturally as dawn. Why do you resist it? I do not understand.”
    
    [xiaochou.name] turned to you. "Let me meet these people you speak of. Perhaps in them, I will find my answer."

  • Disable Event: The second question for small-scale startup warriors.
• Case #3:
  • Rite: Fear of Life and Death
  • Prompt:

    "Because we're afraid," you said lightly. "Have you seen a freshly slaughtered ox? Even when carved into pieces, the meat still twitches like it's alive—like red waves pulsing. I've heard humans are no different. A person doesn't die the instant their head leaves their shoulders... you wouldn't even know when you parted from your own body. What would that feel like? The thought alone terrifies me." You even smiled at [xiaochou.name]. "I fear death. I fear loss, I fear endings. I fear being forgotten. I fear seeing someone weep for me—and I fear seeing no one weep at all. I fear the afterlife won't be what we imagine... and I fear there is no afterlife, that all our living amounts to nothing. Humans are cowards like that. Does that disappoint you?"
    
    [xiaochou.name] opened its mouth as if to ask something, but after a moment's silence, it answered first: "No. I am not disappointed." It said. "I wish to meet more who fear death. I want to know how they face this thing they dread beyond measure."

  • Disable Event: The second question for small-scale startup warriors.

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