Kagurazaka Zhu Que Cavern (Bronze)
Weclome to the Kagurazaka Zhu Que (Suzaku) Caverns. Or as I like to call it, The Caverns of Hell, lair of the Kentucky Fried Shitbird. The best (Really?!?) run in the world. There are two possible bosses to this dungeon.
The most common one is Legion, with Zhu Que being much rarer. (I shall refer to Suzaku as Shitbird for the rest of this write-up, why you might ask... well I hope you're lucky to never have to understand) Each run will use one bronze plate you can buy from the Yagiya outside of the dungeon. And you best buy a whole stack of them, cause Shitbird will likely not spawn for a long time, and when he does, he most likely ain't gonna drop the plug item (Dazzling Sunlight) you need. The chance for Shitbird to spawn is 3% per plasma (there are three, so three chances to spawn him in a single run, might seem like a lot right :)... well you'd be wrong). And when you get him, the chance to get the plug is again 3%. You might want to run the dungeon from start to finish each time, but trust me after a few hundred runs it gets frustrating, it's always best to do it with company, cause at least that way it can be fun. So for the purpose of this guide I am gonna explain the fastest way to do the dungeon so you can shave a lot of time per run. The most optimal way if you want him specifically. So without further addo, let us begin...
When you enter the dungeon just follow the red line on the image I provided. It should speak for itself, you will have to clean every circular room of enemies before the doors to proceed would open. You go straight to the area I marked with an X, It is our actual starting point, you have to kill all demons in this room, afterward backtrack, make a first stop at the place marked with the number 2.
In this small cavern alcove that had opened is a Wandering Soul, you must talk to it and chose option 2, then "Yes". Afterwards go back the way you came to the place I designated with the number 3, starting with the 3a first, you'll see a red plasma there, activate it and it will spawn either Herald Mou Ryo, Herald Blob, Herald Will'O Wisp or Herald Bai Ze.(Which oddly has the same spawn chance of 3% as the Shitbird and consequently the plug itself, even though they don't seem to be related in anyway)
After you activate the Plasma just kill all spawned Herald demons and it a notification will pop up either saying (for the most part it will be this) "There's no sign of Zhu Que." If that happens well shit, go to the next plasma and if it does the same, go to the last. If Shitbird still hasn't deigned to show, well just use Ariadne's Thread and tp the fuck back to the Kagurazaka Cavern entrance and start a new run. Rinse and repeat. Until you get a message saying "It looks like there's a sign of Zhu Que."
That means he will face you at the end of the dungeon, any subsequent plasma will just state that you already found a sign of him. So you could just run to the teleporter from where you came in and use it to go to the next floor.
Once you're on the second floor it's pretty straightforward, just follow the red line to the tp in the image I provided near the bottom of the page. Of you'll have to kill any demons on the way along the red line to be able to proceed to the teleporter. (That's the easy part.)
Once you reach the TP use it to move to the next floor, which is Shitbird's Lair, and he'll make his debut in a cutscene. The bird is surrounded by a lot of demons, but they are easily dispatched, they will consist of the demons you encountered throughout the caverns already. Once you skin the damn thing, pray that it drops the plug (which it likely won't, cause you know Imagine, you never get something if you are actively looking for it :D), cause if it doesn't, well it's time to TP back out and start the run anew (Thank you Ariadne).
Once you get it, congrats. Hopefully it didn't take you as long as me. First Time I did this run was on the OG live servers on Aeria, it took me a whole month of just doing that bloody run to get the damn plug (ah the good old days :D)... Here it took me 72 runs, which was better (still painful however xD).
I do love Suzaku, he's one of my long time favorites, and I do not regret doing it. It's not a problem to do those runs if I myself don't need anything from them, cause like I said, all runs can be fun when you run with others. But if I specifically have to grind for that blasted hell chicken... well I'd rather go over to Dante or Demi and have them rape me (I'm not kidding xD) than having to get the plug again for myself. I guess what I want to say is, yes it will be frustrating, and yes you might feel your sanity slip the longer it takes...
But that's what the world of Imagine essentially is like. If you are here, you already know this, so there's no need to say anything more. The more work you put in the stronger your character will get, and Shitbird can be a decent companion.
To end this tirade...
I actually like the dungeon, it's just like most places in Imagine, it can frustrate you to no end if you need to get something specific, however it is worth it to persevere. So you might want to bring some company :). Nowadays it's rare to find a game that has a soul, but Imagine's soul never died. I wish you all the luck Demon Buster in your endeavors.
And if you go looking for Shitbird.... may the Gods help you.
Stay safe out there...
