I give another five generic losers in prison their walking papers and Rance Pokkuru's up to Level 42. Let's recruit Isoroku!
Oh my. I can't! There are two types of Search/Negotiate/Construction tasks. Most green-labeled ones can be whittled down. If you send 12 Search worth of dopes to a Green 15 Search task, they'll report failure, but the task will become a 3 Search one, so you can pick it up with another Action Fan. Prison Negotiations tend to be all or nothing deals, and even with my best Negotiate possible I can't recruit Isoroku yet. Boooo! Somebody, fetch me an Amazing Old Man!
We give Suzume a tea cup and a drum and she gains 6 Affection Points. Then we'll click on Oda's home district...
And see a cutscene with her! We could see this cutscene earlier, but now that she's 7/7 we can enhance her abilities.
Two options here I haven't mentioned. If you go back to Rance's Place, Rance will bang a lady in his Harem for +1 Satisfaction. It's a lousy conversion rate of Action Fans this early in the game, but it can be used later for Character Clears and the like, which are basically getting a character to maximum Trust/Love with you through the Dating Sim elements. Rance always bangs the ladies in a set order and the ladies in his harem are based on who you've conquered or character cleared so far. If all else fails he'll bang Sill.
Game Progress Report is only available after you beat the game. It shows what you've completed and have available to complete, including seeing cutscenes, clearing characters, clearing alternate paths of the game, beating the game with semi-unique rare mercenary NPCs, and so on... it catalogs your descent into madness if you go for 100% completion.
Woo. Status Up would be +1 to Atk, Def, Int or Spd, our choice. Gain Ability would let us teach Suzume to turn invisible(+70% Defense) or to alter the battlefield(+Morale.) Not worth it right now. The second gain ability will let her choose a Passive, which are useful, but not for us right now. +Troops is +Max Troops, and +2 Levels is a super bad deal, almost never take it. Suzume is already level 39 with a cap of 49, so we can't twink her for dungeon fights to begin with.
So, we're here to boost her Shuriken attack!
By default, Ninjas throw Shuriken at one target for average damage. Cancels Preparation status on Caster Units, even if you only deal 1 damage. Suzume and every other ninja can learn Shuriken 2, which is a 1.2x damage modifer... but Suzume can learn Chun Chun Shuriken, which makes her Shurikens deal .9 damage... but also gain the Penetration trait. Oh no, not my butt?
Penetration ignores Guard(cannot be intercepted) and strikes the horizontal row... or the unit in the front and in the back. Suzume can damage two units at once, ignore Guard and All-Guard when targeting casters or weak units, chip away two Foot Soldiers Guard meters at once, etc. The only downside is the slightly reduced damage and that Chun Chun Shurikens cost 2 Action Flags instead of 1, but we've already twinked her with the Worker Bee pin! This will let her attack three times a battle, or attack twice and then go for an Assassination. With her natural Ninja turn order boost and good stats, Suzume should always get to wreck havoc in any battle she is in!