An Immortal Talent

An Immortal Talent follows the Ifuu battle in Windswept Kennin-ji. Takamura sends you to an old acquaintance at Yasaka Shrine, where the next investigation is introduced. This is the meeting and travel route; it ends before the Nijo-jo Castle investigation.

The displayed PlayStation interaction button is Cross (×). Use your own binding if it has been changed.

Speak with Takamura

Leave the Dharma Hall, retrace the temple grounds past the pond and go out through the paired wooden entrance gate. Follow the boundary lane between the plaster walls and bamboo toward the street with shop fronts, then return through the main gate of Rokudo-chinnoji Temple.

Enter the main room and approach Takamura near the altar. Press Cross — Talk to report on Kennin-ji Temple.

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Finish the conversation until the objective becomes Visit Takamura's old friend. He names Yasaka Shrine and explains that Malice has cut off the road, so you should take the Spirit Mirror.

Use the Spirit Mirror to reach Yasaka Shrine

Go back outside to the Spirit Mirror in the temple courtyard. Press Cross — Examine, choose Travel → Eastern Kyoto → Yasaka Shrine, then press Cross to travel.

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Check the destination name: Yasaka Shrine and Yasaka Pagoda are different entries in this menu. For the old-friend objective, select the shrine.

You arrive beside a red torii and another Spirit Mirror, facing the shrine's lantern-lined buildings. After the arrival exchange, continue into the courtyard toward the story marker.

Find Lady Murasaki's room

Follow the stone paving around the main shrine building toward the smaller side building. Look for books scattered across the ground, wooden carts and stacked crates on both sides of a short stone staircase. The open doorway above those steps leads to Takamura's friend.

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Walk up the steps and enter. The meeting introduces Lady Murasaki, seated behind the hanging screen. Continue through her conversation about the unusual Genma activity and disappearances at Nijo-jo Castle.

Finish the meeting and check the next objective

After the indoor meeting, finish the exchange with Shizuka outside beside the books and carts. She proposes returning to Rokudo-chinnoji Temple for Okuni's advice.

Story Complete — An Immortal Talent appears in the shrine courtyard. The next story is What Lurks in the Shadows — Speak with Okuni. Use the nearby Spirit Mirror to return to Rokudo-chinnoji Temple for that next objective; this story has already finished at the shrine.