Disclaimer: I don't own Dynasty Warriors and Romance of Three Kingdoms Special as they are both licensed games from Koei. KoeiTecmo, they love to rip me off sometimes…
A/N: I finished Chapter 4 of Warlords of Later Han, but will post it later. This is something I wanted to get off my chest after spending a week on that wasted Sangokushi Special event.
Koei and I
At the Koei building…
Sangokushi Special had officially started the battle of Bai Ma event. Players were to go through 10 battles against Cao Cao's officers at Bai Ma including Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Cheng Yu, Lu Qian, Cao Cao, and finally the big boss of Bai Ma, Guan Yu the infamous Wei version.
"Damn it! I could only go on for hours, but nobody is going to assist me in taking out an awful amount of health points on this red faced brute!" Zhen Ji complained after using up all her attack and action points in that webgame.
"Remember what I told you about the Siege of Yijing event where players have to keep winning against the opposing teams of four to obtain my 4 star card along with the new Gongsun Zan variant and the introduction of his wife Lady Hou?" Zhao Yun told her on the previous event a few weeks ago.
"This is the first time I'm representing from Other force instead of just Wei! I want this card so that I can be on the same force as you in my deck. Oooh, how I can't stand this Guan Yu," Zhen Ji crossed her arms and muttered incoherently.
"You're almost at stage 6, Luo. Just one more stage," Zhang He coached her.
"I can't go on. There are other games I have to be active in than getting into stage 6 to acquire my new card," Zhen Ji traced her mouse and click on the event reward list.
Her card requires 58000 points and past 6 stages. Every other prize need to pass 1 stage, it's absurd to her. She wanted these requirements to change. Her fans will flatter over not getting her new 4 star portrait card.
"This is a huge rip off. They have you spend 30 bucks to get my Limited Edition card on Koei Card Collection, but barely anyone can get it due to the low rate of obtaining it," Zhen Ji clicked the My Gamecity page to the other game she played showing her LE card that was obtained by other top players.
"It's japan, they love to overprice their games with those collector's edition," Zhao Yun shrugged.
"Mother's Day, my LE card release, Cao Pi's event in Card Collection and now the Bai Ma event; Koei tried their hardest to promote me because I'm their least favorite female character that made Wei exist because I was born too beautiful for Cao Pi to resist," Zhen Ji glared at Zilong.
"I know, still it's great to see that they at least…cared, my lady. I don't think my 4 star card was easy to obtain on the last event. It was worth 1,000,000 more than your 58000," Zhao Yun showed Zhen Ji and Zhang He a screenshot of the last event a month ago on how much to get his and Gongsun Zan's cards.
"The same with my other force variant, Beauty Zhen," Zhang He nodded.
A brief moment of silence in the testing room left the He Bei trio exchanging looks with their 4 star cards. Zhen Ji then talked about one event that cheered her up.
"I had a thousand votes from players over 300 votes of Lady Guo in Cao Pi's event. It was the day my ROTK 12 version SR card came out. Those winners get a UR version of it. I'm proud to see that many people sympathize me, but alias, Guo Nuwang is more talented than me…" Zhen Ji sighed.
"But, she's not virtuous," Zhao Yun pointed at Lady Guo's SR card. It's too bad, Guo Nuwang's UR variant will have to wait another month or two due to Zhen Ji's victory.
Guo Wang pops up in a fit of rage, "YOU LAIDBACK, HOPELESS SHANK, I'M STILL THE MORE USEFUL GAL OVER YOU!"
"I know…" Zhen Ji stared at her as lighting static their staring battle eye to eye.
Lady Guo stormed out of the room in defeat.
"You two truly hate each other," Zhao Yun said.
"Hate? I pity her. She wants to be empress to restore her clan's status. Cao Pi should had never taken me into his life the first place, but Lady Liu and I were just worried about what his father going to do with us. Using my marriage for power to abdicate the Han and people started staying away from me because of this horrendous mistreatment of Cao Zhi's supporters getting murdered," Zhen Ji clarified her rivalry with Lady Guo.
"It's my fault too. I didn't expect he would go that far to hurt you dear," Zhang He frowned.
"And you're blaming me on Xiahou Yuan's death. Zhang He, Cao Cao and Cao Pi uses people for themselves to fight their wars. Would they care of other people's opinion when they're at the wrong? I pity you, Jinyi over your loyalty to Cao Cao and Cao Pi in the name of the Empire stolen. Now back to Zhen Ji's rare card, Koei will screw us over for the money as long as it's spend to get our better versions," Zhao Yun speaking as the spokesman and 'posterboy' of Koei. (He wants to step down, really…)
Zhen Ji returned to Sangokushi special and looked at Wei Guan Yu. This is the man who turned the tide of Guan Du War and later on Wu Chao happened. She heard a lot about the losses of Yuan Shao's army and this man is more of the reason to her doomed life than Cao Pi.
"I hate him….I'm sorry Zilong, I come to truly hate this man," Zhen Ji shear tears as she stares at Guan Yu's portrait.
"He was on a bind. Liu Bei abandoned Lady Gan and Mi and Guan Yu refused to leave his wives and daughters. I felt that I could have just let Yuan Shao win. You know Yuan Shao and I don't get along after the Han Fu incident, but Guan Yu trying to do the honorable way," Zhao Yun explained.
"I never blamed you at all for the twist of fate in my life because I already doubted Yuan Shao's honor and had to listen to Lady Liu's hideous plot of murdering his concubines over Yuan Shan's succession. Oh the humility…," Zhen Ji shakes her head reminding her days with Lady Liu.
"Well, Guo Tu's wiles bring more harm than Guan Yu killing Yan Liang and Tian Feng and Ju Shou being left out. Zhen Ji, at least you're getting some love this year," Zhang He tried to comfort her, but Zhen Ji's new found hatred on Guan Yu increased.
"You think Lady Gan and Mi are more important women than me, Yunchang? That's sure is some damn value on them comparing to myself! Oh and their cards are stronger than mine, what total bull!" Zhen Ji takes off the rare necklace that was still given to Cao Pi and threw it at the monitor.
"Zhen!" Zhao Yun and Zhang He shouted unison.
"Damn you, Yunchang! You truly do bring disaster to us all on your BS honor. Letting Cao Cao win and given me into Cao Pi!" Zhen Ji made a wicked shierk turning her into a dark figure of a water goddess from one of the Chinese three kingdoms games she's in.
"Uh oh, she's going to use THAT MOVE, Zilong," Zhang He popped his eyes in shock.
"And it's not in Dynasty Warriors. We both know this move causes to bring her hidden darkside out. Zhen Ji, calm down!" Zhao Yun grabbed her behind while dark energy emerges on her body. (1)
"Let go, Yun. I don't want to hurt you! I don't even want this power to come out! But, it's his fault, his fault that my life was doomed from the start! Ganshi and Mishi are more valuable than I to him!" Zhen Ji warned him.
"You know Koei always have a crush on Guan Yu because Japanese in 16th century knows he's a deity to Ming dynasty. A lot had sympathy for his death in many ways. But, the one thing that truly caused his death was he didn't listen to Wang Fu! Wu was going to betray us and then Cao Pi happened. They didn't expect that and no one thought my side was saving the Han!" Zhao Yun urged.
"F..k you, Guan Yu! You and your ancient godhood!" Zhen Ji's hidden powers exploded blowing Zhao Yun and Zhang He feet away from her as the room erupted with fathomable tension.
In the other rooms nearby…
"Zijian, I'm finally in Dynasty Warriors blast!" Lady Cui grabs hold of Cao Zhi's arms.
"Uh…yes, it's good you're in it. Have you seen elder sister?" Cao Zhi shrugged and suddenly tumors rocked the room they're in with other new people from Dynasty Warriors Blast.
Back in the testing room…
He Bei's handsome duo struggled to get up and saw the damage Zhen Ji had done awaken her dark half. Zhao Yun looked awe and the thought hits him, he's worried. Zhang He couldn't comprehend what happened, but saw Zhao Yun's grim expression.
"Ugh…" Zhen Ji finally calmed down. She barely remembers what she done and saw the room a wreck with computers and game systems broken. All of this worth thousands of damaged goods.
"Remind me to call Nu Wa over here and get our ladyship's cursed powers in check," Zhang He groaned.
"Are you alright, Luo. I told you about learning to control yourself over this vile essence," Zhao Yun said as he helped her up.
"I'm sorry; this yang curse to my Luoshen Essence often poisoned my negative emotions. Gosh, I remember Scarlet Witch suffering from controlling her Chaos Magic. We sure have a lot in common," Zhen Ji wobbled and the three turn to see the people out the door coming.
"What's going on? Elder Sister, what happened?" Cao Zhi and Lady Cui Lin show up out of the door in surprise.
"I'm fine Cao Zhi. Oh, I see you're with your wife," Zhen Ji happily greeted Lady Cui only for Zhi's wife to give a hateful scorn.
"….." Lady Cui doesn't like Zhen Ji and because of Zhen Ji's beauty, she tried to wear exquisitely fancy clothes that controversy ordered her death at the hands of Cao Cao. Her relative Cui Yan was already framed before her death.
"Elder sister, it looked like the whole testing room been destroyed. It couldn't be you right?" Cao Zhi asked her curiously.
"She lost control of herself. The Battle of Bai Ma event ended and she couldn't get her new 4 star version of her own card from Other forces because she hasn't cleared stage 6 and Guan Yu became overpowered with an enormous growth of health points," Zhao Yun explained to him what happened.
"Ah, Guan Yu. Father never stops talking about him," Cao Zhi grinned.
"And I hate him…" Zhen Ji pouted.
"Lady Cui, you look as beautiful since I saw you as a little girl," Zhang He gives a courteous greet to the wife of Cao Zhi.
"Thank you, but everywhere I go around here, fans don't like me being added," Lady Cui accepts his charming greeting.
"I think it's because of the Cao Zhi x Zhen Ji shippers," Zhen Ji frowned.
"What did you expect? You are the reason my husband is suffering!" Lady Cui shot back at her.
"Cui!" Cao Zhi looked at her disgusted.
"You do know I was put to death over a dress code and look at her, she still wears so many skimpy dresses in every three kingdoms games. She's literally Cao Pi's hoe and I appear in Dynasty Warriors Blast to be the heroine while she's the villain to make both of our lives miserable!" Lady Cui glared at Cao Zhi.
"…" Zhao Yun and Zhen Ji knew this is Koei's ideal type of DW drama going with Wei storyline.
"At least, we'll get to be more of a couple compare to the TV dramas. It works for us being in Blast, Cui. I'm going to complete with my brother this time, Elder Sister," Cao Zhi said.
"I wish he stopped calling me Elder Sister. I want a divorce," Zhen Ji thought.
"It'll be interesting to see you complete with Lord Zihuan if you make it to the main series," Zhang He pictured what Cao Zhi's musou mode would like.
"It's a good day for Koei to show their dislike in me…" Zhen Ji thought with agony.
"By the way, Cao Zhi, if you need help with dealing your brother, I will be obliged to give a helping hand. We both have the same mortal enemy granted. Just you fighting the succession and I'm bring the usurper to justice," Zhao Yun crossed his arms.
"I'll keep that in mind, Zhao Zilong," Cao Zhi nodded gladly.
"Hmph, can we leave now, Zijian. The sight of this hoe irritates me," Lady Cui turns away from the group preparing to leave the room, not carrying the fact that Zhen Ji didn't get her 4 star card from Sangokushi Special. She secretly laughed at the maiden's failure.
"Forgive my wife's rudeness, Elder Sister, we'll be heading back to the other room discussing about our official appearance in Blast," Cao Zhi sighed.
When the couple left, Zhen Ji let out a big sigh and whined, "Why do I always get the short end of the stick? Lady Fan is the number one character and Koei quickly gave her a musou mode in Blast now I'm locked as the villain in Cao Zhi's debut with Lady Cui. I'm so not committed to this…" Zhen Ji sat down on a ruined chair making sure she's in control of her emotions.
"You're going to help Cao Pi succeed and abdicate the Han dynasty. It was already written in DW 7 and 8 Wei historical endings," Zhao Yun takes out his mobile going into the moble version of Koei My Gamecity and show Zhen Ji's new card in Sangokushi Special again.
"I love our role in Wei hypothetical route better," Zhang He mentioned the more popular hypothetical route in all DW 8 story modes in general.
"The true Han restoration…" Zhao Yun sighed.
"How about a Han restoration ending where we stop fighting each other for the fate of the same government we are saving. Just leave Cao Pi dead for me so I can break up and join the ending with a few other Wei Han loyalists," Zhen Ji glared at both of them over DW 8 endings.
"I wanted to visit Xiahou Yuan's grave too and see Lady Xiahou," Zhang He added.
"That's my ideal Shu Hypothetical ending," Zhao Yun grinned and they both checked out Wei Guan Yu again and thought about why Guan Du was won by Cao Cao.
"Does he ever stay in the heat too long to get that ridiculous sun burnt face? I see no fondness in his skin care," Zhen Ji scoffed at Guan Yu's famous reddish skin face.
"Well, he's from Bingzhou, he might be half Xianbei to even look like that," Zhang He almost burst out laughing.
"It's his iconic trait, guys. But, he's still label a captured general. I was never captured by Cao Cao at all in my whole life and beaten him at Hanshui," Zhao Yun proudly took pride on the different between him and Guan Yu.
"We always have a hard time trying to capture you. You're not even completely human, Zilong with your tedious martial arts style," Zhang He grunted.
"I love it when you talk about how much better you are than Guan Yu, Zilong. It's romantic like a convincing poem," Zhen Ji smirked pervertedly.
Guan Yu popped up at the door and look shocked at the destruction of the room, "I heard my name been shouted over here. What on earth happened? And is that suppose to be my Wei version self?"
"…" The trio paused at the sight of the folklore War God himself.
Guan Yu could only watch as the lady in front of him exchanged hateful eyes at him. Hell Halt No Fury Like A Woman Scorned.
1. From the chinese MOBA game MengSanguo and it's mobile spinoff.
