The Immortal Man

Overview
The Immortal Man is the Golden Kamuy crossover event in . It is the third crossover event on the Grand Summoners Global server. This event allows you to obtain 3 crossover units, 9 pieces of equipment as well as exclusive Food items.

Story
Rayas is sent on survival training by Ganan under Sophie's tutelage. Her duty is to help him learn to find food even in harsh conditions. While in some snowy mountains, the two enter a cave in order to find food. Elsewhere in the cave, though, a Man in a Hat wakes up, unsure of how he got to where he is. When he hears movement nearby, he calls out to see if anyone answers. He is surprised to see Skeletons approaching him, but unfazed by their apparent intent on attacking him. Without hesitation, he charges them, yelling "I AM IMMORTAL SUGIMOTO!"

Somewhere else, a Blue-eyed girl also wakes up. She is also confused by her surroundings, and calls out for Sugimoto.

Meanwhile, Rayas is still struggling to find anything edible in the cave. Sophie tells him that he has a lot of work to do and to try different ways of hunting prey other than running at it, when they suddenly hear a loud roar. Rayas is worried someone is being attacked by a monster, but Sophie only hears the sound of her next meal. She eagerly chases after the sound, and Rayas follows her. However, they found that the creature making those sounds is in fact a man fighting several Skeletons. Rayas and Sophie quickly dispatch the last few Skeletons and Rayas asks the man if he's alright. Sophie is only disappointed that there isn't any food.

The man thanks the two adventurers for their help, while Rayas acknowledges that he didn't seem to need it. Sophie quickly points out that the man doesn't seem like your everyday adventurer of Raktehelm, and how it's odd for a civilian like him to be in this cave. He can only rebuke that he's not there by choice and asks them were they are in the first place. Rayas and Sophie tell him they're in the Snow mountains north of Reigrad, but the man doesn't recognize any of those names, asking if they might be Ainu. Suddenly, the man seems to remember something and asks the two adventurers if they've seen a young girl with black hair and blue eyes, but the two say they haven't. The man tries to explain further, to give them some reference, and gestures to the girl now standing beside him, saying that the girl he's looking for looks like her, before realizing it is her.

Rayas is also surprised by her sudden appearance, and the girl, named Asirpa, the the man, Sugimoto, that she's been looking for him. They both seem happy each other if alright, while Rayas and Sophie are very confused, and decide to put training on hold. Rayas asks them if they're from Reigrad or even Isliid, but neither one of them knows what he's talking about. Before they begin discussing the situation, Sophie decides it would be best to eat. Her and Asirpa are tasked with preparing a meal, while Rayas and Sugimoto are tasked with making sure the area is safe, to which they hesitantly agree. Meanwhile, another figure watches from the shadows...

Soon, the four are eating together. Sugimoto and Asirpa both enjoy Sophie's curry, calling it "Hinna", an Ainu word for expressing thanks for food. Rayas asks what Ainu is, and Asirpa tells him that she's Ainu, and Sugimoto isn't, as he's from Kanto. Rayas and Sophie are confused by this, and ask them if they've even heard of Raktehelm, to which they say they have not. They also say they've never heard of Skeletons attacking people, or eaten this kind of food, leading them to wonder if they might've been brought to this world in some strange way. Rayas tells them it's not especially uncommon for people from other world to come here, and Sugimoto asks them if they've seen anyone else, especially people with weird tattoos, to which Rayas replies that they have not. Asirpa asks them if they know how they can go back, but Rayas tells them they don't know. Unsure of what to do next, the party decides heading back to Reigrad in the morning is the best course of action.

While Rayas and Sugimoto sleep, Sophie and Asirpa take watch. Suddenly, a resounding roar fills the cave, surprising everyone. Rayas and Sugimoto jump to their feet, and decide to investigate outside the cave. Outside, they encounter the Azure Phoenix Freydal, and defeat it. Sugimoto is shocked by it's size, and Asirpa wonders if it's tasty. However, they determine that it wasn't what made the noises they heard, at which time another sound fills the air, they then see another beast not far off. Asirpa approaches it, noticing that it doesn't seem hostile. It then suddenly creates a portal to a forest, which Asirpa's recognizes as those of Hokkaido. Sugimoto and Asirpa, seeing a way to get back home, decide that going through the portal is the best course of action. They exchange goodbyes with Rayas and Sophie, thanking them for them help and "osoma", and jump through, seemingly without problem. Rayas wonder for a moment if he should have a look at their world, but decides otherwise. However, he can't shake a feeling of something being wrong. He wonders how a beast capable of opening portals to other worlds could have problems with that relatively weak Phoenix, and upon seeing the Beast still manifesting the portal, wonders why it's still doing it.

Suddenly, an even larger Phoenix attacks the two adventurers! Rayas fails to notice it in time and is about to be caught by the monster bird, but is pulled out of the way by a mysterious Sharp-eyed Man, who claims to be an old man just passing by, and that may call him Hijikata. He tells the two that he's from the same world as Sugimoto and Asirpa, and that e was hoping to go back the same way they did, but that they would first have to deal with the monster before them. Rayas, and Sophie decide to put aside any questions they might have right now and focus on the fight at hand.

Finally, the group defeats the Snow Bird Lunesion. Hijikata wonders if his life will keep getting weirder the longer he lives, while Rayas declares that there probably aren't any other birds to deal with. However, Sophie decides to ask Hijikata who he is before anything else, as she figured out that he had been watching them for some time, and deduces that he might have bad intentions, as he didn't try to ask for help or interact with Sugimoto and Asirpa. Hijikata admits that he's impressed by her deductions, but that he isn't an enemy to the two others, per say, and that there would be no benefit of them meeting at the moment. Hijikata then asks if he may head back, as he clearly doesn't have any bad intentions at the moment, and Sophie let's him go. Before he leaves, he thanks Sophie for the Curry, claiming it was delicious. Before Sophie can respond, he jumps through the portal, and it is closed.

With Hijikata gone, Sophie is left angry that he stole some of the curry. Rayas, noting that it's morning, says that they better head back to Reigrad and report what happened to Ganan. However, Sophie stops him, telling him that because of the interuption, they're going to restart the training, and takes off, Rayas following suit. He can only wonder what it's like in Sugimoto, Asirpa and Hijikata's world, and if they ever meet again, before being reprimanded by Sophie again.

Quests


THe Immortal Man consists of 14 mission, 4 of which can be played in multiplayer (EX to SPEX Hyper). Clearing them allows you to get several rewards unique to this crossover event, such as equips and food, as well as the Luck unit Toshizo Hijikata and his Limit Break units. Clearing SPEX and SPEX Hyper guarantee a Fragment of Desire. Every battle you can receive more of the event currency Snowy Feather, which you can exchange for rewards at the alchemists, such as enhance materials, crossover equips and even Limit Break Stones.

Generally, as every one of the EX battles involves fighting Snow Bird Lunesion, Accuracy buffs and Earth units make the battle significantly easier. Also bring units that are or equips that give immunity to Freeze, as Lunesion deals critical damage to frozen units in your party, and it has several attacks with high Freeze chances.

On occasion, you will fight metal chickens instead of the usual first wave enemies, which drop large amounts of snowy feathers rather than food. In SPEX and SPEX Hyper, one is still guaranteed to drop a Fragment.

[SPEX Hyper] White Bird of Fury Energy Cost: 40 ''This bird of prey will now allow any intruders into its sanctuary. A white madness descends upon the frozen earth.'' In this fight, you are guaranteed to receive either a LB unit for Hijikata or any of the three equips for defeating Lunesion. However, every player can only clear it a max of five times per day, and it is significantly more difficult than the SPEX quest. However, seeing as it can be cleared in multiplayer, any player could potentially clear it more than five times a day by joining another player's party.

[SPEX] Giant Bird in the Snow Field Energy Cost: 30 ''The snow bird flies through the frozen fields. Fight back its attack with all your might.''

[EX2] The Violent Snow Bird Energy Cost: 20 ''The violent snow bird has strong magical powers. In the severe cold, it unleashes its full strength.''

[EX1] Battle in the Snowy Mountain Energy Cost: 10 ''A mysterious white bird has shown up in the snow fields. It seems much stronger than the last monster.''

Another Man Energy Cost: 10 Sugimoto and Asirpa have gone back to their world, but the story isn't over yet...

Equipment
As of the Rerun of the event, there are 9 pieces of crossover equipment related to Golden Kamuy. 6 of them must be summoned, and 3 are farmable.

Summonable Equipment Sugimoto's rifle. Moderate fire damage and DEF reduction. A pretty underwhelming overall. Sugimoto's Cap. Not a terrible Defense equip, but far from the best. Asirpa's Bow is one of the most consistent ways to poison enemies in the game. However, poisoning is pretty niche, so the equip doesn't have many uses outside of Floor 7 of the Forest Ruins. Hijikata's sword. Considered one of the best Physical equips in the game for it's high art gen to cooldown ratio. A new equip for the collab. Interesting debuffs, but not especially useful in most situation. Another new equip for the collab. Very good teamwide Artgen for its cooldown, but seeing as breaking is not a very prevalent mechanic, this additional effect is useless most of the time. Farmable Equipment Hijikata's Gun. Useful for nuking, but there are better alternatives for increasing Critical rate. The Bandana Asirpa wears. There are far better alternatives for 4★ Defense Equips. Aside form its Freeze resistance buff, it won't be useful for many situations. Toshizo Hijikata's clothing. Added in the rerun of the event. Very good for nuking comps.

Trivia
- Golden Kamuy is written and drawn by Satoru Noda. It has been published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump since August 21st, 2014. - An anime adaptation has been produced by Geno Studio, and began airing on April 9th 2018. - Despite both Sugimoto's rifle and bayonet having proper production names as their equipment name, the Winchester Model 1892 Hijikata uses is simply called "Hijikata's Gun". - Canonically, the story line in this event cannot fit with that of Golden Kamuy. There is no instance in the story where Sugimoto and Asirpa are travelling alone, pursued in secret by Hijikata. The first time Hijikata sees them in story is in Volume 5, chapter 41, or episode 9 of Season 1. - While functionally the same as Azure Phoenix Freydal, Snow Bird Lunesion is visually quite different from the 3 phoenixes. However, it's exclusive to this crossover event, and does not even have a lore entry in the Shrine.