We were still struggling to set off the smoke bombs!

But you—

You just dropped everything?

The key point is, weren’t you the one who originally proposed the smoke bomb tactic?

How did you suddenly turn around and completely overturn your own plan?

They couldn’t understand what Old Gu was doing; one by one, their eyes widened in disbelief, and even Shen Miaomiao looked utterly baffled.

However, Gu Sheng just chuckled:

“Because Moriya is too smart and extremely suspicious and cautious, we couldn’t hide it from him.”

Yes, Moriya predicted Gu Sheng, and Gu Sheng in turn anticipated Moriya’s prediction.

Previously, in the Escape project, Gu Sheng had covertly used To the Moon as a cover.

According to Sato, Golden Wind’s low profile at the time had already caught Executive Moriya’s attention. He deduced that Golden Wind couldn’t have spent such a long development time just making a small pixel-style game and suspected they were secretly preparing a project to ambush Komera.

Unfortunately, back then, Kamikoshi was completely in cahoots with Yamamoto Tsunashiro and blatantly ignored Moriya’s warnings.

That was how Golden Wind dragged them into the abyss of reckless gambling, forcing them to crash headlong into Golden Wind with their eyes shut and foot on the gas.

But this time!

Gu Sheng repeated the old trick, and the first person he worried about was Moriya Tetsuya.

Others might believe Golden Wind was treating Garden Warfare as their main project, but Moriya Tetsuya was not so sure.

First of all, Moriya knew Gu Sheng well. When they were both in Neon, they had more than once engaged in deep discussions about the future of gaming.

Gu Sheng had hinted that he would launch various innovative games and even pioneer new genres, elevating Golden Wind to new heights.

Moriya knew Gu Sheng had some serious skills.

Secondly, Gu Sheng knew Moriya well too—he was meticulous, deeply knowledgeable about the gaming industry, and had an exceptionally keen sense for it.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Komera’s rise from entering the motion-sensing pod market several years ago to dominating the Eastern Hemisphere was inseparable from Moriya’s planning and advice on strategies and game selections.

If Gu Sheng had to pick one person among all of Komera’s leadership to be wary of, it would be Moriya Tetsuya.

“This guy is too sharp, willing to trust his intuition and judgment, and ready to pay the price for it,” Gu Sheng said,

“Maybe even before I called him, he had already figured out we were about to strike Komera.”

“So…” Shen Miaomiao shrugged and pursed her lips, “We just told him straight up?”

“Exactly,” Gu Sheng nodded,

“Because if I didn’t say it, he would’ve just assumed. Only when I say it won’t he suspect.”

Moriya, though suspicious and cautious, was an honorable man.

That was clear from the previous “accidental like” incident—Moriya had a nearly rigid pursuit of righteousness.

Though a modern man, in Neon terms, he possessed his own Bushido spirit.

Golden Wind and Komera had been at odds, but Gu Sheng’s private friendship with Moriya remained unaffected, and their relationship was quite good.

To Moriya, Gu Sheng was a friend.

And when it came to friends, the principles of benevolence and righteousness came first.

If Gu Sheng hadn’t told him the truth, Moriya reporting to the company and guarding against Golden Wind would have been reasonable.

But now that Gu Sheng laid everything out, if Moriya reported it, he would be betraying the principles of benevolence and righteousness.

“This…”

Listening to Gu Sheng’s explanation, Lu Bian and Da Jiang exchanged glances.

They seemed to find it hard to believe that such a principled person still existed in modern society.

“But if Moriya really reports back to Kamikoshi, don’t we have no way to deal with that?”

Lu Bian shrugged and frowned:

“After all, this is a private matter between you guys. No one else would know, and there won’t be any public backlash.”

“But he can’t get past his conscience,”

Gu Sheng pointed to his chest:

“A gentleman deceives only by the rules, not by unrighteous means.”

“Oh…”

Da Jiang and Lu Bian blinked in semi-comprehension, looking at Shen Miaomiao:

“Director Shen, what does that mean?”

Shen Miaomiao rolled her eyes.

“You two don’t get a damn thing.”

“It means you can only morally bind those who have morals,” Shen Miaomiao said, lifting her hand and repeatedly giving Gu Sheng thumbs up:

“You’re really sly, seriously sly…”

...

This move was indeed sly.

Especially since Moriya had already guessed that Golden Wind was about to launch their attack.

But!

Just two minutes too late!

Just two minutes away from walking into Kamikoshi’s office!

Gu Sheng’s call arrived, and Moriya was trapped by his own Bushido spirit.

Komera was calm on the surface, with the three peak studios working intensively to prepare for the upcoming Higashitsu Gaming Festival, hoping to make up for previous losses.

Meanwhile, on Golden Wind’s side, the development of Sekiro was also progressing rapidly.

To be honest, it was tough.

A motion-sensing pod action game.

Not only was this Golden Wind’s first time making such a game, but globally, very few game companies had experience with this.

From the underlying logic to visual effects, they were completely feeling their way across the river by stepping on stones.

Although!

For Gu Sheng, who had the system and didn’t need to worry about level design or story flow, the game was almost ready-made.

But perfectly porting Sekiro, originally for console and PC platforms, to the motion-sensing pod was no easy task.

Because on consoles, the wolf was an experienced ninja. Players just pressed buttons on the controller to execute moves based on the enemies’ attacks and defeated them.

Just finger movements.

But in the motion pod, Gu Sheng had to “transform” players into wolves, allowing them to control their in-game selves through neural input, performing actions like “blade deflection,” “dodge,” and “stealth kill.”

It was complicated.

And they had zero experience.

Not even the outsourcing team had experience.

It was like a horse crossing a river without knowing the depth.

No wonder action games carried significant weight on PC but were rare on motion pods.

It was tough.

Development time was short, and the gun, car, and ball markets were huge. Everyone was doing well there, so who would bother researching the performance of action games?

Under these circumstances, even Gu Sheng, with the system, felt unprecedented pressure.

Not exactly frowning all the time, but the usual joking around noticeably decreased.

He often zoned out at home and frequently stayed late in the studio.

Shen Miaomiao was very worried about this.

She had never seen Old Gu so serious.

Before, their game development atmosphere was always cheerful and carefree. Although technical problems arose, they were never too difficult and were solved through collective discussion.

But this time was different.

Shen Miaomiao could clearly feel it.

The technical challenges of Sekiro seemed endless.

They would solve one problem, only for another to appear.

Sometimes before one was fixed, a new one would pop up.

Although she had to admit!

Watching Old Gu work seriously was a pleasant sight.

But if it dragged on, she worried the game wouldn’t be finished before Old Gu dropped dead.

So, when Gu Sheng headed to Higashitsu, Shen Miaomiao bought another plane ticket to accompany him.

...

“…Yeah, I just got back to the hotel. How’s everything at home?”

“…That’s good, good, great…”

Dusk deepened, night fell.

Neon, Higashitsu.

Nakagawa Intercontinental Hotel.

With a beep,

Gu Sheng swiped open his room door, shouldered his phone, carrying a colorful shopping bag, and used his hip to push the door fully open as he entered.

He leaned the bag against the wall, turned on the lights, letting the luxurious suite glow warmly.

“Damn… this really wore me out!”

With a long sigh, Gu Sheng collapsed onto the sofa, picked up the phone: “Let’s video chat.”

The video opened. It was already past eight o’clock Central Jing time. Lu Bian and Da Jiang were still in the office.

“How’s it going? Smooth?” Lu Bian asked on the other side.

“Smooth,” Gu Sheng lit a cigarette from a pack and took a deep drag. “Not only smooth, but surprisingly good.”

The two brothers listened attentively—

Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao had arrived in Higashitsu the afternoon before yesterday.

Though they said no need to pick them up, Moriya insisted on asking their flight number and arrived early at the airport to wait.

That night, Moriya hosted a dinner for just the three of them, drinking a bit.

Because the project development time was tight and tasks heavy, Gu Sheng got straight to the point and talked about the Sekiro project plan.

They urgently needed an excellent motion capture studio and motion capture actors.

Usually, motion capture studios come with their own actors, a complete set ready to go.

“But the Sekiro project requires extremely professional and abundant samurai sword action footage,”

Gu Sheng said at the time:

“So we were thinking, can we hire specialized martial artists for motion capture?”

“Besides capturing motion, we also need action data to realize these moves in the motion pod.”

Crazy!!!

Moriya gasped at this.

Although Gu Sheng had already hinted that this work was moving towards the “motion action” genre,

When he confirmed Gu Sheng was serious, he couldn’t help but feel a tightness in his chest.

For the motion pod game market, this was nearly a blank field!

Golden Wind’s first 3S-level AAA game!

They were about to take such a huge risk!

What else could he call Gu Sheng but crazy?

However!

Despite the complaints in his heart,

“Old Moriya is really quite generous,”

Gu Sheng said,

“In terms of the motion capture team, he recommended the Neon MOSIA Motion Capture Studio.”

“This studio had worked with Komera many times, including providing technical services for Yamamoto Tsunashiro’s failed game Yakuza Frenzy.”

Whoa—that’s impressive.

Hearing this, Lu Bian and Da Jiang exchanged a glance and nodded.

Though Yakuza Frenzy flopped, providing motion capture tech for such a game wasn’t exactly embarrassing.

As industry insiders, they knew Yakuza Frenzy’s failure was due to gameplay, story, and unstable external reputation issues.

The game’s production quality was top-notch!

Especially the performance and movements were smooth and natural.

And MOSIA motion capture was famous in the industry.

Gu Sheng obviously had no reason to refuse!

So the next day, yesterday, with Moriya’s introduction, Gu Sheng started cooperation talks with MOSIA Studio.

“Originally, there wasn’t much to discuss,”

Gu Sheng said:

“We pay, they work, that’s only natural.”

“But unexpectedly, the talks turned into a big surprise!”

It turned out!

MOSIA’s clients were usually sci-fi films and some PC games.

Because the main characteristic of those works was “third-person perspective of the protagonist.”

After all, motion capture only makes sense that way!

But Gu Sheng wanted to do motion capture for a motion pod game, and it seemed like a big project.

So the MOSIA people got curious and tried to learn what kind of game it was that required such large-scale motion capture.

The result!

Gu Sheng said straight up: “A motion pod action game!”

MOSIA was stunned!

No way! Did I hear that right?

An action game inside a motion pod?

And it’s supposed to be full of Neon’s Sengoku era flavor!

Such an incredible concept, plus Golden Wind’s thunderous reputation in the gaming market,

The person in charge at MOSIA was immediately moved!

If this project succeeded, MOSIA’s fame in the gaming circle would skyrocket!

Also, this kind of project was almost all benefit and no harm for them.

Their technical strength was solid, so even if the game flopped, the impact on them would be minimal.

Yakuza Frenzy was a case in point.

Plus Shen Miaomiao was never short of money.

So MOSIA showed great enthusiasm for the project.

Moreover, after Gu Sheng mentioned hiring professional martial artists, MOSIA proactively named someone and said if Golden Wind was interested, they would handle contacting that martial artist’s team to arrange cooperation!

“Who?”

Lu Bian and Da Jiang were curious about Gu Sheng’s mysterious tone.

“Have you heard of Kenji Tanigaki?”

Gu Sheng asked.

The two thought for a moment and shook their heads: “Kenji Tanigaki? Never heard of him...”

“Doesn’t matter if you haven’t heard of him,”

Gu Sheng smiled and waved his hand:

“Have you heard of Rurouni Kenshin?”

“Kenji Tanigaki was the fight choreographer for that series, and his team was the stunt group for those films.”

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com