Mystic Nine Episode 9

9th master intro, Hatoyama Report, and yin yang lock

This episode picks up where last left off with Wu knowing his crew still alive and looking for them. Zhang’s group still exploring and they find a reclamation medal and an entire Japanese stronghold. It is unclear how or why they are there, but that it’s definitely more current history than any other part of the tower has been. The scene heads back to Changsha where General Huo confronts 9th master, Jie Jiu, and believes he has the winning hand. He is using Jie Jiu’s student status to look like he’s conspiring with the Japanese. Huo leaves a document for Jie to sign extorting trade funds for his life. Huo arrogantly leaves believing himself the winner after leaving a parting shot at another spy recently killed and how interested the Japanese are with Changsha. Now that my eyes have stopped rolling with the Huo there, we are back in the tower with Zhang’s group. They are looking through the Japanese hideout and find plenty of food but a squad of Japanese that had committed suicide. They backtrack to an explorer who was given permission to have men accompany him. A small branch sectioned off with info about a copper meteorite. After documenting location, it seems lots of secrets revolve around an even more mysterious element they were interested in. What Qi points out is the explorer was meticulous with his information and would not have left it to be found. Zhang gives the report to a colleague trained to read Japanese. They find a photograph of the entire party and determine most of them not in the tower. Qi still argues about the why of group suicide. Zhang suggests they thought once in tower no escape was possible. Scene goes to Wu finding his partner with lock and his crew still alive. He proposes to Huo but she suggests handling business first. Something in the tower is calling her ancestry to mind and she sees a man with fan that Wu doesn’t. We also don’t know if Wu’s experience was illusion or real. There is a repeat scenario with yin yang lock and he tells Huo the correct configuration. He also places extra men in safe location. Huo is mediator between whistle calls. This time wrong answer is in a different place and Wu’s verbal answer changed as well, but Huo has it figured out and this time door opens with no casualties. The shadow creature does escape but Wu is far from caring. The two missing are back to normal and Runty is fine. Huo is aware something serious happened with Wu while they were separated. Scene shifts back to spy hideout and Zhang clan goring through a Japanese diary. The explorer started off with 54 men. After half month went by Zhan Qi Shan cut off their spy network outside and those inside losing hope in the tower maze. Eight men became like 401 unit with 800 m distance and Hatoyama gets photos to explain why they can’t catch up to the men. He finds a way to get his men provisions in a different spot and takes a crew deep inside via a well. The diary revealed that a telegraph message from outside is why this squad of soldiers committed suicide. What Zhang has to decide is if they will follow the explorer down the well. They get an SOS asking for help via telegram. Wu’s group wants to pursue the dark creature but he wants them out alive. Prior events did occur as Huo has memory from first lock failure. She is at a crossroads to decide if she want to pursue tower secrets or stay with Wu’s group. For me the frustrating part is that these two clans have been told working together and going forward best offense and defense, yet both leaders deliberately choose to work independently and make no attempt to coordinate efforts with the other group.😝 Wondering what Huo will decide.

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