Nozuchi

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Demon page	Nozuchi
Talk tone	Elder

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Beastly Battle of Wits賢しき獣の知恵比べSubquests

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Beastly Battle of Wits

BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A DEMON LIKE YOU...
COULD YOU KNOW SECRETS EVEN I HAVEN'T LEARNED...?
HAH, PLEASE! YOU CAN'T SERIOUSLY THINK YOU KNOW MORE THAN I?
...GRRR. I THINK NOT!
LET'S SEE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW OF THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA!
I'LL TEST HOW MUCH YOU KNOW OF THE WAYS OF BUDDHISM. YOU JUST ANSWER MY QUESTIONS—IF YOU CAN!
HRM HRM HRM...
HERE'S A RIDDLE... I PUZZLED OVER IT FOR THREE DAYS. YOU TRY SOLVING IT.
THE PATH YOU HAVE WALKED HAS ENDED. WHAT PATH DO YOU TAKE TO RETURN?

WRONG. WHAT A SHAME.
YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA. GWA HA HA...
YOU WISH TO HEAR THE RIDDLE AGAIN? I SUPPOSE I'LL OBLIGE YOU...
GUH... THAT'S RIGHT. ALL LIVING BEINGS RETURN TO EMPTINESS...
BAH, ANYONE COULD FIGURE THAT OUT!
REST ASSURED THE NEXT QUESTION WILL BE MUCH, MUCH HARDER!
HRM HRM HRM. YES, MY NEXT QUESTION SHOULD SETTLE THIS.
I PONDERED OVER THIS NEXT QUESTION FOR A MONTH. THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
THE STUPA TOWERS OVERHEAD. ON A HILL OF GREEN, SPIRITS FROLIC WITH SHIBA, NEVER TOUCHING GROUND.
FIND THE PLACE THIS POEM SPEAKS OF.
BRING ME THE SANGAKU BEADS THAT REST THERE.
IF YOU FORGET THE POEM, YOU CAN JUST CHECK IT IN THE MENU.
BRING ME THE SANGAKU BEADS FROM THE PLACE THE POEM DESCRIBES.
GEH HEH... HE'LL NEVER FIGURE OUT THAT THE "GREEN" REFERS TO THE DEMONS, AND NOT THE GROUND...
...GWAH! I MEAN, WHAT? I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
GEH HEH... HE'LL NEVER FIGURE OUT THAT THE "STUPA" IS JUST THE TOWER...

GEH HEH HEH... COULDN'T FIND THOSE SANGAKU BEADS, HUH?

WHAT!?
IT TOOK ME A WHOLE MONTH TO CLIMB THAT HILL...
GRRRR... THIS CAN'T BE! IMPOSSIBLE! INCONCEIVABLE!
I'M THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE DEMON THERE IS! I KNOW I AM!
THAT'S IT! NEXT TIME, THE QUESTION WILL BE INCREDIBLY, ABSURDLY, PREPOSTEROUSLY HARD!
BETTER STUDY UP, BECAUSE THIS WON'T JUST BE A BRAINTEASER— IT'LL BE A BRAIN ANNIHILATOR!
ALL RIGHT. THIS NEXT PROBLEM'S MY ULTIMATE WEAPON...
YOU HAVE TO... MAKE ME WALK!
GEH HEH HEH... SURPASS THE WALLS BETWEEN THE SELF AND OTHERS. YES, SUCH ARE THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA.
SO, WHAT WILL YOU DO!? THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO MAKE ME MOVE.
GEH HEH HEH... YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE ME MOVE? YOU GONNA ASK NICELY?
A DEMON OF MY WISDOM DOESN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU, WHELP!
HNGAAAH!!!?
YOU LITTLE SHIT! NOW YOU'VE REALLY PISSED ME OFF!
GRAAAAH...! HOW CAN THIS BE...?
THOUGH... I ADMIT I DO FEEL A LITTLE LESS CROTCHETY AFTER GETTING SMACKED AROUND.
YOU'VE GOT BRAINS AND BRAWN, EH? BUT YOU STILL AREN'T ARROGANT ABOUT IT...
AND I THOUGHT ALL MY INTELLIGENCE MADE ME BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE...
I WAS ONCE FAMED AS A WELL-READ HOLY MAN SEEKING KNOWLEDGE, BUT THEN I DEGENERATED INTO... THIS.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY, NOW. THANK YOU FOR WHACKING SOME SENSE INTO ME.
I'M SURE YOU'LL REACH SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT SOMEDAY.
I'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOUR SUCCESS FROM HERE.
I'M SURE YOU'LL REACH SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT SOMEDAY.
I'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU FROM HERE.
SCARED OF LOSING, ARE YOU? WHAT A COWARD...
SHALL WE PUT OUR MINDS TO THE TEST? WHICH ONE OF US KNOWS MORE ABOUT BUDDHA'S TEACHINGS?
HRM HRM... YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST GIVE UP, YOU KNOW.
GEH HEH... THERE'S NO WAY HE'LL FIGURE OUT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY IN A DEAD END IN SHIBA...
...GWAH! YOU DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING!
GEH HEH... IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO FIND A HILL FULL OF KODAMA, WHERE TOKYO TOWER IS IN SIGHT...
THERE'S NO WAY HE'LL FIND THE PLACE! HE CAN'T JUST STUMBLE ACROSS THAT SIDE AREA IN SHIBA!