Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan Substory Ushi and Ben of legend
3CH.7 - Suburbs - Night
*After Parting with Itou and clear The man who couldn't be robin hood substory*
Substories start to get weird in Chapter 7 and Beyond.
There's a merchant at the southern side of the street near the gate to Kawara.
Talk to him, and he'll tell you that a ghost appears now on the Shijou gate and attacks people. His problem is that he has to get something to a person in Kawara now...but he's too afraid to go. He asks you if you'd mind delivering something to the man in Kawara named "Licentious Heisuke?" (note: "sukebe" means "perverted" or "licentious," "Heisuke" is a reversal of those characters)
Agree with the top choice and go across to meet the man, who hangs out by a lantern way down near the little path off to Kouetsu's mansion. He gives you the money for the goods, which you should bring back to the original merchant.
But when you get there, the merchant seems very glad--there's a samurai on
the ground who was attacked by the ghosts! He doesn't want to end up like him!
He gives you 100 mon for your trouble.
Talk to the ronin, and they'll tell you that the ghosts are none other than Musashibou Benkei and Ushiwakamaru (another name for Minamoto Yoshitsune),
famous in the Heike Monogatari and other works of historical writing about the
Heian and Kamakura periods. In the stories, Benkei is said to have claimed a bridge as his own and was determined not to let anyone pass. But, Ushiwakamaru defeated him, and Benkei decided he would follow him wherever he went.
When you go to enter Kawara, someone will scream. Run across the bridge and you'll find a samurai, bemoaning the fact that he met up with a ghost but lost.
Returning to the bridge, another ronin will run past you, screaming about a ghost. He'll collapse before the bridge. Talk to him to hear his story.
So, go on the bridge! You'll first fight Benkei. When he attacks, he won't react to hits (tho he takes damage), so scoot around him and hit him from behind. He's pretty slow, so, it shouldn't be too big a problem. He does deal out a lot of damage, though!
Suddenly...well, this is supposed to be a beautiful youth. This is Ushiwakamaru, and he fights with a "flip-around" ninja style.
Last, you gotta fight them both at once. This can be annoying, as one's always flipping around out of your strings while the other can simply attack right through them. I'd recommend moving away from Benkei (who can't run) and focusing on killing Ushiwakamaru first.
Ushiwaka suddenly asks you to stop. "If this keeps up, we'll die for real!"
Guess what--they were really normal people, using the ruse of becoming Benkei and Ushiwakamaru to steal easily from people. What a surprise, huh?