Episode 22

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**Encounter at Aci Court** (相遇阿呲阁, *Xiāngyù Ācī Gé*) is the 22th episode of *The Legend of Luo Xiaohei*.

## Description

Xiaobai, Shanxin and Xiaohei enter the ACG convention. Meanwhile, they are being followed by Fu, Qingqiu and his friends. Inside Qingqiu's spritual space, A-Gen and the elfin artist trio device a plan to escape.

## Plot

It’s the day of the anime convention, and Shanxin, Xiaobai and Xiaohei arrive at the convention center. They are followed by Shanxin’s father. Xiaobai is amazed at the amount of people and cosplayers there. Shanxin tells her it’s the largest ACG expo in the city. Back in Shanxin’s house, Xioahei left a Heixiu to watch over Bidiu and Huangshou. Bidiu, the Heixiu and Huangshou play hide and seek together. Shanxin, Xiaobai and Xioahei enter the convention, and watch many fans dancing and walking around. Near them, Qingqiu and Jiuxian are trying to find them. After a while, Qingqiu’s advanced senses find where they are.

Xiaobai buys a gift for Laojun. Then, she’s surprised to find Diting there. When a game called Gate of Living is released, Shanxin goes to buy it with her father, leaving Xiaobai and Xioahei with Diting. Diting explains to them that he came to the convention to buy fan comics for Laojun. Diting says the convention is a relaxing place for him, so he goes there often. There, he’s allowed to look the way he does and people think he’s cool for it. Many girls ask to take photos with him believing he’s cosplaying some character.

At Qingqiu’s spiritual space, A-Gen talks with the elfin artist trio. He learns that Tanjiu had created copies of A-Xian and Moss, and that’s how they had tricked him back in Lanxi Town. In fact, their current selves are copies as well, and their real bodies are in a safe place. They aren’t in any real danger, but they want to rejoin their cloned entities anyway. They reveal to A-Gen that they live in the human world as well, where they work as comic artists. A-Gen assures them he’s not Xuanli, and tells them his name is Luo. Moss mixes Luo with Logan, and thinks of Wolverine. A-Gen tells them they can’t defeat their captors, but by joining abilities, they may be able to escape.

At the anime convention, Xiaobai helps Diting buy some doujinshi (printed fan comics) for Laojun. She also gives Diting the gift she had bought for Laojun, and tells him to give it to him. Xiaobai would give it to Laojun herself, but the Blue-Jade Plate can only be used once a month, so it’s not recharged yet. Diting explains to Xiaohei that the Blue-Jade Plate is the top point-to-point teleportation device, and that the one month cooldown was probably set by Laojun deliberately for Xiaobai. Diting tells Xiaobai that he can’t tell her why Laojun did that, but that she may ask Laojun directly the next time they met.

Outside the convention, Fu, Qingqiu and Jiuxian arrive. They are worried about the amount of people there, and struggle thinking how to get inside without being seen. Qingqiu enters his spiritual space, but finds that only A-Gen is there, and the elfin trio has disappeared. However, Qingqiu isn’t worried, as he believes it’s impossible for them to get out of his space. A-Gen tells him to not be so sure, since he doesn’t has any spatial abilities. At Qingqiu’s signal, Jiuxian attacks A-Gen, destroying his body. A-Gen was simply a fake construct, and the place seems to be completely empty. Worried, Qingqiu leaves to call Polao. Outside, Fu looks at the convention with Polao and Qianzhen. They can’t understand what the anime convention is about. Qingqiu appears from his red ring, which he uses as a doorway into his space, and asks Polao to help him in there. The two enter again, and Polao confirms the place is empty. It makes no sense to Qingqiu, but eventually realizes that everyone will try to get the Shining Pearl all the same. They don’t have time to lose. Outside, A-Gen and the elfin artists have successfully escaped!

Meanwhile, after making a mess playing hide and seek, Huangshou and Bidiu have gotten lost in the city...

## Features

### Characters

Xiaohei and friends

* Xiaohei
* A-Gen
* Xuanli (mentioned)
* Xiaobai
* Bidiu
* Laojun (mentioned)
* Diting
* Shanxin
* Shanxin's father (Debut)
* Huangshou

Fu and his friends

* Mr. Fu
* Qingqiu
* Jiuxian
* Polao
* Qianzhen

Elfin artist trio

* Moss
* A-Xian
* Tanjiu

### Items

* Shining Pearl
* Qingqiu's red ring

### Locations

* ACG Convention
* Qingqiu's spiritual space
* Shanxin's house

### Abilities

* Xiaohei's Heixius
* Xiaohei's telepathy
* Qingqiu's spiritual doorway
* Qingqiu's special perception
* Polao's special perception
* Jiuxian's advanced strenght and agility
* Muluo's spatial ability

## Trivia

* The anime convention has references to many TV shows, comics and videogames. Among them are Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, Transformers, Doraemon, Kaito Kid, Naruto, Neon Genesis Evangelion, One Punch Man, Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, Alien, Gundam, Full Metal Alchemist, Pacman, Yotsuba, Pokemon and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

### Continuity

* As revealed in the next episode, A-Gen and the elfin artist trio are able to escape Qingqiu's spritual space by using Muluo's spirit stone. The stone holds Muluo's spatial power, which is to turn things smaller. A-Gen received the stone in Episode 16.