She's back!





: Old lady, did you do it?


: Well, I think it's a good job. Here you go.


: I'll give you the real thing back



… And she actually returned the real sword! Who woulda thunk it?





: ...........

: Hey, old hag! Isn't this made of wood?


: Of course. To a newbie like you, there's no way I could make a real sword.


: This is terrible, it's cheating! I can’t use it for security!


: It was supposed to be a powerful weapon!


: I understand. "This 'Moonlight' is a bamboo sword, it's comparable to any other dull sword out there.



Gah. I forgot we're on a Nintendo console now. This probably means that we are not allowed to show classic Zero4Champ stalwarts like XXXX!, but also probably means we don't want to show or imply any blood and guts from real swords.


: Trust me and try it out, I'm sure it will help you.You can even have it returned to me if you like.


: Okay. I'll give it a try, even if it feels like a scam.


: I'll come again.



Hrm...

...Perhaps the wooden sword was just a clever distraction to stop Taro looking too closely at the returned sword...

....which is the actual fake…

Now that would be the real scam!

Anyway, fake or not, keen to get started using this thing to dissect blunt force trauma some creeps, but before we do so let's go back to the hag. We didn't even see what she has for sale!




: Oh, welcome. What do you want today?






We have two options:
This is new. We can sell our old gear!

May as well sell the Back Pain Corset, Bamboo Sword, Hard Hat, Baton and Wooden Sword.

We aren't using them anymore since we got better gear.

What’s she got for sale?





Energy Drinks and Wound Medicine.

This is actually really handy. I realized when going back to old levels in the security guard job that the loot didn't respawn, so I was wondering how I would be able to handle battles when they all the energy drinks ran out.

Turns out we can just buy them. Let's buy a few of each to prepare for our battle.

Thanks lady. Brb, gotta go kill gods...


: Please come again.




So we enter the top floor once more...

The sword is very powerful. Pretty much all the enemies we encounter die in a single hit. But will it hold up to Bishamon?











Bishamon gets a few hits on us, but luckily some of them miss. Taro's steady supply of caffeine ensures we keep his health stable.





The enemies in this game don't have health bars, so we're not sure how much damage we're actually doing, but we stick with it for many turns.








Finally, with an estatic cheer we defeat Bishamon!



The battle was won!

Gained 140 experience points!

Get a bonus of 8,200 yen.

Total bonus 140,100 yen.


You may call him TARO SLAYER OF GODS!


Well done Goons. It took quite a few energy drinks and magic potions, but with the power of “Moonlight”(‘s wooden knockoff) on our side, we were able to defeat the God Bishamon himself!


Now, what’s hiding in that chest he was guarding?





I got 700,000 yen.


Hoho! That's one hell of a bonus.





: Hey, good work. Here’s today’s part-time job pay.


: It’s 466,200 yen.



Alright. 466,200 add the 700,000 we earned for the safe nets us a good… one million and something a shitload of money!