As the car Claude, Snow, and the Protagonist are in descends further into the casino, Snow takes a moment to work on the Protagonist's hair. Once Snow finishes and the car reaches the access way to the main casino, Claude reveals that the Summoners true mission is to help expose any secrets he might be able to use to their advantage and instructs them to keep their identity hidden for as long as possible.
Once the group enters the casino and the Protagonist's initial shock wears off, the group heads to a poker table, where Claude immediately takes charge. After winning a considerable amount of money, Claude decides to cash out before a woman winning big at the next table tries her luck on him. As they make their way through the casino, the owner of Tokyo Casino, {{Transient icon|Hakumen}} makes her grandiose entrance and heads over to Claude's group. After a brief conversation, Hakumen turned her attention to the Protagonist, whom she is immediately intrigued with. After a failed attempt to buy them off Claude, she hands them a key to one of the casino's private rooms and instructs one of the waiters, {{Transient icon|Ifrit}}, to handle any requests from them. However, Ifrit is hesitant to work for humans due to not having the same drive as a genie such as him. As they make their way to a side table to wait for Ifrit to get them some food, the flame genie tells the Protagonist that he's been forced to work there due to having acquired a huge gambling debt and having to give Hakumen his heart as collateral. However, as they look for some food for Ifrit, they are accosted by several ninjas similar to the ones the Protagonist saw harassing {{Transient icon|Maria}}. Assuming they are here to steal from the guests, Ifrit enlists the Protagonist's aid in getting rid of them.
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Roppongi Tycoons - Prologue
Chapter 5: Tycoons Prologue - City of the Chosen - Roppongi- is the fifth accessible Chapter of the Main Quest, beginning in the Shinjuku and Roppongi Ward. It consists of five scenarios, most of which have multiple parts.
In this chapter, Claude hires the Protagonist and their newly established Summoners guild to help spy on Hakumen, a high ranking member of the rival Tycoons guild. However, the plan goes awry when a coup by Tycoon members Ophion and Lucifuge puts everyone at risk.
City of the Chosen, Roppongi (1)(Academy-Roppongi)
A few days after helping out the Missionaries, the Protagonist has been attending classes with not much else happening. After Kengo and Ryota get in trouble for slacking off in Mononobe's class, they and the rest of the Summoners run into Andvari, who claims that they haven't fully paid him for helping get them established since setting up one safe house depleted the money the guild had. However, Andvari claims he has a way for them to get the money they need, something that, despite Shiro's attempts to get them to accept that he worked out the details, makes the guild suspicious.
Cut to restaurant. Upon arriving at the meeting site, a fancy restaurant, Kengo realizes the client they've been hired to help is Claude, having previously been brought their during his time with the Berserkers. Sure enough, Claude and Snow are waiting for them. Snow informs them that Claude wants the Protagonist to pose as his 'plus one' at a party at the Tokyo Casino, a major gambling hall owned by the Tycoons, while the others infiltrate the Casino's staff in order to help spy on the Tycoons operations.
Cut to Roppongi. On the day of the mission, the Protagonist, dressed up for the party, arrives alone, as the others are preparing to infiltrate the casino. As they wait for Claude to show up, Lil' Salomon pops out, congratulating them for the effort they're putting into strengthening their guild and filling them in on the advancements Transients have made to Tokyo.
Flashback. As Shiro, Kengo, and Ryota are forced to eat elsewhere in the restaurant, Snow leads the Protagonist to Claude. After congratulating them for becoming a Guild Master and hearing their account of what happened with the Missionaries, Claude reveals he hired the Summoners in an attempts to train the Protagonist on how to navigate their way through the game, having heard of their indirect challenge against the game's core structure.
Present. As they wonder who is really behind the game, the Protagonist meets up with the others outside the Casino. After seeing them of for their part of the mission, they head to the entrance in order to wait for Claude. However, they immediately get caught up in an incident when a group of gangsters start harassing a kid, Kenta, and his bodyguard Barguest, for being near the Casino.
Once the Protagonist neutralizes the last of the gangsters, they double back to check on Kenta and Barguest. While Kenta talks about Inugami, the Transient hiding in his backpack that acts like his guard dog, Barguest tells them that, around Roppongi, people who aren't rich and connected are generally treated like garbage. However, the gangsters suddenly resume their attack, despite there being no App Battle around them and using real guns. Luckily, Toji intercepts and dispatches them, though he's still visibly hostile toward the Protagonist. He explains that carrying weapons that are intended to be used outside of the APP's parameters is considered illegal due to the permanent consequences they cause. However, before Toji can continue trying to remove the Protagonist's access to the APP, the gangsters' backup arrive. Kenta and Barguest slip away in the confusion, leaving Toji and the Protagonist to deal with the mess.
Knowing they are outmatched, the gangsters immediately call for backup, which quickly surrounds Toji and the Protagonist. Making matters worse is that Toji slips away in the chaos, leaving the Protagonist to fend for themselves. Fortunately, Claude and Snow cut the gangsters off, forcing them to retreat since they're 'on the guest list'. Claude, brushing their attack on the Protagonist off as them needing to make an entrance, ushers them into the car and passes them a change of clothes to switch with their ruined ones.
Once Snow passes an invitation to a gangster on guard duty, the car passes through a gate that doubles as an elevator. After a while, the group enters Little Tokyo, a miniature city connected to the casino comprised of districts based on the 23 other worlds. While driving through Little Land of Wa, Claude provides backstory on how the area was made and hints that there's something bigger hidden in the casino's lowest levels. As Claude and Snow leave to take a call, the Protagonist is approached by Gandharva, who, after serenading them with a musical performance and lamenting on how the locals don't particularly care how good it is, uses a rigged coin to to illustrate how the first-class views others in Roppongi. The conversation ends once Claude and Snow finish with their business, and the group presses on.
"City of the Chosen, Roppongi (3)"
Minato Ward
Level
25
Board size
3x4
Award
Transient Stone (Free) x1
Required Quest
選民都市・六本木2
No battle, story only interlude.
Den of Risk and Intrigue (1)(Tokyo Casino)
As the car Claude, Snow, and the Protagonist are in descends further into the casino, Snow takes a moment to work on the Protagonist's hair. Once Snow finishes and the car reaches the access way to the main casino, Claude reveals that the Summoners true mission is to help expose any secrets he might be able to use to their advantage and instructs them to keep their identity hidden for as long as possible.
Once the group enters the casino and the Protagonist's initial shock wears off, the group heads to a poker table, where Claude immediately takes charge. After winning a considerable amount of money, Claude decides to cash out before a woman winning big at the next table tries her luck on him. As they make their way through the casino, the owner of Tokyo Casino, Hakumen makes her grandiose entrance and heads over to Claude's group. After a brief conversation, Hakumen turned her attention to the Protagonist, whom she is immediately intrigued with. After a failed attempt to buy them off Claude, she hands them a key to one of the casino's private rooms and instructs one of the waiters, Ifrit, to handle any requests from them. However, Ifrit is hesitant to work for humans due to not having the same drive as a genie such as him. As they make their way to a side table to wait for Ifrit to get them some food, the flame genie tells the Protagonist that he's been forced to work there due to having acquired a huge gambling debt and having to give Hakumen his heart as collateral. However, as they look for some food for Ifrit, they are accosted by several ninjas similar to the ones the Protagonist saw harassing Maria. Assuming they are here to steal from the guests, Ifrit enlists the Protagonist's aid in getting rid of them.
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