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If any of that was established in the actual games, that'd be great and make perfect sense. I do not consider the 4 leaders, nor Tentei to be canon as they only exist as concept art at this point and haven't even been hinted at. If I'm generous, and grant you that all this stuff will eventually manifest in the story at some point (and I hope it does), my problem is that S3 appears to rely on this information without establishing it for the player. If I'm not generous, I can fill in the gaps using what we know from the games thusly:Specifically this, it's understandable and a half.
1. CYM is located all across China, including Hong Kong.
2. They are the biggest of underworld gangs in China and Lan Di is the leader in HK (well, Eastern Branch).
3. Ren is involved in underworld gangs/crime and operates out of HK/Kowloon.
4. Niao Sun is the leader of the Southern Branch.
5. From what we know, Niao Sun does no go to HK
From those facts (and one hypothesis), it's pretty cut and dry how Ren would know about one and not the other.
1. Ren knows who Lan Di is because he's the boss of the CYM, he (and everyone else) doesn't know who Niao Sun is because she's just another CYM underling (like a capo compared to the don).
I'm not the one claiming that Niaowu is Niao Sun's base of operations and that she's a leader of the CYM on par with Lan Di.This is a great point, although Ren making a comment about her breasts rather than pointing out that it’s Niao-Sun should be enough to make it clear that Ren doesn’t know who she is.
I fully expect these questions to be answered but the problem is that it's established that Lan Di knows about both mirrors, he just didn't know that Iwao had both, which means that Niao Sun knows about both mirrors. So, going off the assumption that Lan Di keeps the Dragon Mirror on his person at all times (because why wouldn't he?), why would she play her cards early? None of the questions you pose about Lan Di are a problem for his motivation or how the story unfolds, however they are a problem for S3's story and Niao Sun's motivations.One could ask many of these questions about Lan Di. How did he come to know about the Dragon mirror? Why did he only know about one of the mirrors? Why does he want the mirror(s)?
Lan Di kills Iwao for vengeance and to take the mirror for mysterious reasons, the story is unraveling those reasons. Everything adds up so far.These are questions that were raised right at the beginning of the first game and still haven’t been definitely answered and yet you’re getting worked up about questions asked right at the climax of the third?
Niao Sun knows Ryo has the mirror (how?), betrays Lan Di to gain control of the CYM, fails to procure the Dragon Mirror (why?), and is headed to the Cliff Temple (where she hopes to accomplish what with only one mirror?), the story is now about following her and Lan Di to the Cliff Temple.
This doesn't make sense because either:
1. Niao Sun intended to kill Lan Di in the fire to gain control of the CYM, if so, what of the Dragon Mirror?
2. Niao Sun intended for Lan Di to survive the fire and meet her at the Cliff Temple in which case, how can she control the CYM? And how can she hope to get the Dragon Mirror from Lan Di?