Houchou

(   Houchou
Base item	spoon
Affiliation	chaotic
When carried	(none)
When wielded	instakill
When invoked	(none)
Base price	50000 zm
Weight	1

Houchou is a chaotic-aligned artifact spoon in SLASH'EM. It is thrown at a target, and if it hits, it instakills the victim. There is no defense against Houchou, but if it hits a target, the tool itself is always destroyed in the process. Save Houchou for a dangerous or difficult opponent.

If thrown upwards, Houchou will kill you.

Origin

"Houchou" is Japanese for "kitchen knife." In the Japanese RPG Final Fantasy IV, there was a kitchen knife that could be thrown to instantly kill or severely damage almost any monster. In the original English localization, it was changed to a spoon, hence the item being a spoon in SLASH'EM.