I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 157: The Great Demon Who Bewitched Everyone! The Serious Flaw of the Breathing Method (7.2k)

"Ms. Xiaoyue, could you please wait outside for a moment?"

Before Nanjo Aishi walked into the sweltering heat wave, he said to Akatsuki Ran, who was practically clinging to someone, "Or you could just let Hiyoribo show you around."

"I have no opinion."

Xiao Yuelan responded.

I have just arrived at the Special Affairs Office, so it is normal that I cannot go to some places. Anyway, Uesugi Tetsu will not suddenly run away.

——As soon as Uesugi Tetsu saw the door closed, he saw Nanjo Aimi in front of him take out a cigarette from her pocket and put it in her mouth, and immediately lit it.

Nanjo Aimi took a deep breath, then exhaled little by little with her eyes closed.

The woman's tense expression visibly relaxed.

He heard her complain unhappily, "It's inconvenient to smoke because there are too many people on the bus, and the Special Affairs Office also prohibits lighting cigarettes in public. I'm really suffocating, Uesugi-kun."

Uesugi Che now understood why she left Xiao Yuelan outside.

If Xiao Yuelan saw this scene, Nanjo Aimi's authority as a boss would definitely be reduced.

As everyone knows, in the eyes of outsiders, Nanjo Aimi has always been a serious, cold and gloomy person.

"Here, the craftsman you are looking for is just ahead."

Nanjo Aimi pointed forward.

Uesugi Che withdrew his attention.

Only then did he see that behind a huge anvil not far ahead stood a naked, muscular man holding a square hammer and grinning at him, revealing a row of shining white teeth.

"Hey! You're the Uesugi-kun that Nanjo was talking about! I've heard her talk about you many times before."

Qingshan Yi wiped away the sweat that was flowing like water with the rag on his shoulder, looked him up and down for a moment, smiled and nodded,

"Now that I see him, he is indeed a handsome man!"

Before Uesugi Tetsu could speak, he heard a voice from behind him.
"This bag is for you."

Then, a pack of cigarettes that Uesugi Tetsu couldn't recognize drew a parabola in the air that was faintly distorted by the high temperature, and then fell steadily into Qingshan Yi's calloused hands.

Qingshan Yi's eyes immediately lit up as if he had seen gold.

He quickly tore open the package, took out a cigarette, touched it against the anvil, and lit the cigarette butt with the residual heat.

"Whoo~"

The relaxed sounds of two smoke exhalations were heard simultaneously from the front and back.

He was originally wondering why Nanjo Aimi lit a cigarette as soon as she came in. It turned out that the two of them were old smoking friends.

The man who had almost smoked the entire cigarette in one puff took two puffs and then said to him, "Uesugi-kun, my name is Aoyama Yoshi, you can just call me Aoyama-kun."

Uesugi Che turned his head and looked at the two of them, and couldn't help but sigh that this was such a real life.

But then he remembered how the two of them subconsciously became relaxed after lighting up their cigarettes.

——For stress-resistant people like Nanjo Aimi and Aoyama Yoshi, smoking is probably the only way to relieve stress quickly without affecting work efficiency.

As for why Qingshan Yi is also called the king of stress resistance...

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the various equipment piled up next to the huge anvil, and the hammer that was twisted and broken in the trash can.

God knows how long Mr. Qingshan has to work alone in this forging room with no natural light and extremely high temperatures every day.

"so."

Aoyama Yoshi threw the cigarette butt in his hand accurately into the trash can, twisted his neck and made a series of popping sounds: "Uesugi-kun, what do you want from me?"

Uesugi Tetsu first took out two pieces of partially damaged equipment: "Repair these two first..."

"This is simple."

Qingshan Yi grabbed the palace official's robe and young crown, and heaved the smallest hammer onto his shoulder. He smacked his lips and snapped his fingers. "I'll help you cut in line. It'll be done in half an hour!"

half an hour?
Uesugi Che blinked in surprise.

How efficient is that.

You know, it’s not as simple as missing one piece of these two pieces of equipment, but it’s a small problem that they are all electrocuted by thunder.

He estimated that even a Zashiki-warashi who was Tiangong's apprentice might not be so efficient.

Seeing his expression, Qingshan Yi couldn't help but laugh: "Uesugi-kun, what kind of skills do you think I have that allow me to take on all the artisan business of the Arakawa District Special Affairs Office by myself?"

He pointed at himself, puffed out his angular chest, and made a "six" gesture: "The weapons and equipment that have passed through my hands, at least that number."

Six figures...

Uesugi Che was speechless - this Qingshan-kun either started learning at the age of three, or started forging as soon as he opened his eyes every day. His enthusiasm for practice was comparable to that of Ririkko.

"Let's not talk about me anymore." Qingshan Yi spread out the palace official's robe and took a look. After confirming how to repair it, he asked, "Didn't Nanjo say he would add spirit to your weapon?"

Uesugi Tetsu nodded, then took out the foot soldier's spirit and the piece of "strange metal that even the Hundred-Eyed Demon had never seen before."

He was about to speak when he heard Qingshan Yi's exclamation.

"Suitable Spiritual Gold!?"

I saw Qingshan Yi throw the small hammer aside, and with a wave of heat, he walked around to Uesugi Tetsu. He didn't even look at the foot soldier spirit, but stared at the small golden ball in his hand and said in shock,

"Although it's a little small...but I'm 100% sure I'm not seeing things!"

As Qingshan Yi's words fell, the panel of the golden ball in Uesugi Che's eyes immediately changed.

【Suitable Spirit Gold】

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: Forging it with weapons and equipment will produce several unknown beneficial effects based on the current properties of the weapons and equipment.]

【——Adapt, integrate, evolve.】

Qingshan Yi stared at the qualified spiritual gold for a long time before withdrawing his burning gaze and coughing twice.

"Uesugi-kun! This is an extremely rare and precious 'spiritual metal' of very high quality, something I've only seen in ancient books."

Qingshan Yi said seriously, "If this spiritual gold is forged with a weapon, it can enhance or compensate for its shortcomings according to the weapon's 'inherent will,' achieving a tailored and maximal improvement."

"——Uesugi-kun, what weapon are you going to incorporate it into?"

Uesugi Tetsu first placed the suitable spiritual gold in Aoyama Yoshi's hand for him to take a closer look. After satisfying the latter's curiosity and thirst for knowledge, he took out Kaga Kiyomitsu from his waist.

"Is this Kaga Kiyomitsu?"

Aoyama Yoshitsugu raised his eyes and stared at the hilt of Kaga Kiyomitsu's sword and asked.

"No, it's a replica."

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head, causing Kaga Kiyomitsu to tremble in dissatisfaction.

This shock almost shook out the overflowing sorrow of separation.

"Xiao Jia." Uesugi Tetsu immediately tapped the hilt with his knuckles and frowned, "This is in someone else's workshop, and the person in front of you is the craftsman who will help you strengthen it later."

Hearing this, Kaga Kiyomitsu immediately and honestly retracted all the sorrow of separation into the blade without leaving a trace.

"Spiritual weapons!?"

Qingshan Yi was drooling at the corners of his mouth when he saw this scene.

He suddenly felt a little hesitant to take this "Kaga Kiyomizu imitation".

Originally, whether it was qualified spiritual gold or spiritual weapons, he had never seen the former and had not handled the latter much.

However, relying on his terrifyingly vast forging experience, Qingshan Yi can still be said to be sure of success.

But it's different now.

Suitable spiritual gold + spiritual weapon.

This eye-catching and extremely precious combination made Qingshan Yi want to pick up a big hammer and forge them the next second.

But the two are too rare, and the difficulty of forging is also very high. Qingshan Yi is not very sure and can only shake his head and sigh.

"Uesugi-kun...I don't think I can help you with this."

He reluctantly put the qualified spiritual gold back into Uesugi Tetsu's hand, turned his head away and said, "My level is not good enough, I am afraid of damaging the spiritual gold and the weapon."

Is that so?

"Then I'll leave this spirit in your care. By the way, please help Xiao Jia take care of it."

Uesugi Che only took back the appropriate spiritual gold.

——Since the master craftsman in charge of the weapons of the Special Affairs Office in the entire Arakawa District said frankly that he was not sure, it seemed that he had no choice but to go to Tiangong.

But the natural workmanship in modern times and in the ordinary world can only be encountered by chance.

——Well, it won’t be too late to go back to the Warring States Period and ask Imagawa Yoshimoto if he has any news before looking for Katsumi.

Aoyama Yoshi nodded heavily, and held Kaga Kiyomitsu gently and carefully in his big hands.

"Okay, then Uesugi-kun, come get your weapons tomorrow."

He grinned, picked up a cigarette, and said, "It's a rare opportunity to encounter a spiritual weapon. I will definitely give it a full body treatment with all my heart and soul!"

Kaga Kiyomitsu hummed twice, as if to express slight fear and dissatisfaction.

Uesugi Tetsu thanked him, "Thank you very much."

buzz-

Amidst Kaga Kiyomitsu's shock, Uesugi Tetsu and Nanjo Aimi, who had a faint mint scent on her body, left the forging room together.

……

"Permission to enter the data room has been granted."

Not seeing Xiao Yuelan at the door, Nanjo Aimi didn't say much.

She tossed me the ID card hanging around her neck. "Just use my card to get in. Remember not to be too rough, and return everything to its original place after you're done looking at it. Otherwise, the administrator will be annoyed and it will be difficult to get in next time."

"So fast?"

Uesugi Tetsu was a little surprised, as this was a report from Nanjo Aimi.

In the past, wouldn't it take at least several hours to get a reply?
Nanjo Aimi shrugged: "Because you just won the real sword test today, why don't you show some appreciation to the higher-ups?"

Now, Uesugi Tetsu felt more clearly what Nanjo Ai said to him before the real sword test began.

——Show your potential and strength to the world, and then things will go according to your wishes.

Because only single entry was allowed into the information room, Nanjo Aimi only took him to the door and went off to do her business, telling him to just return the ID card to her after he finished looking through it.

drop.

After a crisp sound, Uesugi Che saw the alloy door, which was tens of centimeters thick, slowly open to both sides.

In an instant, a data room of at least several hundred square meters opened its arms to him.

Everywhere you look, there are rows of identical alloy bookshelves.

Immediately afterwards, the scent of old paper lingered at the tip of my nose.

He was familiar with this smell.

If you forget your school textbooks after graduation and leave them there for a year or two without using them, they will start to smell slightly like paper.

The entire information room was filled with this smell.

Following Nanjo Ai's instructions, he walked to the right first, put on shoe covers, and then asked softly, "Excuse me, is the administrator here?"

Uesugi Che waited for a while, and then saw a slender, white, jade-like hand slowly emerging from the bookshelf in front of him, as perfect as a work of art cast from mutton-fat jade.

It tapped the edge of the alloy bookshelf twice with its fingers to indicate that it heard it.

He froze for a moment.

“Mr. Administrator” is actually a palm?
Uesugi Tetsu: "Could you please take me to where the files from the Warring States period are stored?"

Although I don’t know whether this administrator is a man or a woman, or how capable he is, it’s definitely not wrong to use the honorific “you”.

His hand first turned back and gently closed the half-read file, then moved it horizontally from the bookshelf to the ground, and then began to lead the way.

Uesugi Tetsu followed the administrator without saying a word.

After walking for a distance, the administrator stopped at the bookshelf marked "61", then ran to the bookshelf marked "95" in the distance and knocked on it.

"You mean to say that all the files here are about the Warring States Period?"

Make a fist to show affirmation.

The corner of Uesugi Che's mouth twitched. There were at least hundreds of files on this row of bookshelves. How long would it take him to find them all by himself?

Fortunately, Sister Nanjo told me in advance that if I couldn’t find it, I could ask the administrator.

He was puzzled at the time, but now he understands.

It was said that the files of the Special Affairs Office had many omissions. There were actually tens of thousands of files from the Warring States period alone.

Uesugi Tetsu thought for a moment and said, "I want to find files about Imagawa Yoshimoto, the Mikawa uprising in the second year of the Koji era, and Hattori Hanzo."

Like an AI search engine, the administrator didn't think twice before climbing onto Uesugi Tetsu's shoulder and pointing him in the direction. Following the finger's direction, Uesugi Tetsu soon found what he was looking for.

[Biography of Imagawa Yoshimoto].

【Matsudaira Motoyasu and Hattori Hanzo】.

[Speculations about several uprisings in Mikawa Province during the reign of Imagawa Yoshimoto].

Uesugi Tetsu opened the first book first and found that it was indeed very different from what Wikipedia said.

This "biography" not only clearly states that Imagawa Yoshimoto worked hard to govern the country, reduced taxes for merchants, vigorously developed the economy, and brought the Imagawa family to its peak, but it even points out that Imagawa Yoshimoto was actually a woman.

He was also mentioned as "Yiren Che", a powerful Onmyoji who lived in seclusion.

He flipped through it a few more times and wrote down some of Imagawa Yoshimoto's habits and preferences, intending to verify whether they were true when he returned to the Warring States period.

Next came the second volume, which was about the ninja he had seen before leaving, who was covered in black and called "Hanzo" by Imagawa Yoshimoto.

After looking through it for a while, Uesugi Tetsu muttered to himself,
"So, Hanzo is not actually a retainer of Imagawa Yoshimoto, but a close confidant of the old Tokugawa, a retainer of a retainer?"

My retainer's retainer is not my retainer.

This sentence also applies to the Warring States period in Japan - the words of the lord are far more useful than the words of the lord's lord, or even the words of higher-ups.

Apart from this, Uesugi Tetsu didn't find anything, but he understood that Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hanzo should have a good relationship.

Very good!

He kept Hanzo in mind and opened the third volume.

As soon as I opened it, a big red warning caught my eye.

——[It seems like there is a big demon causing trouble]!
After this, the entire file first presents in great detail the causes and consequences of the riots in the Sanhe area.

Then, the irrationality of the multiple riots in Sanhe area in a short period of time was analyzed and explained from various angles.

The final file ends with an unverified conjecture:

——[The senior officials of Sanhe State seem to have been bewitched by a great demon].

It turned out that it was not the expected big demon who massacred the village and the city, but a big demon with both the ability to bewitch and high intelligence who instigated riots.

This was indeed difficult to do in that era when Onmyoji had not yet appeared.

Uesugi Che's eyes were cold.

Therefore, we must find it out when suppressing the riot for the first time and then eradicate it completely.

Snapped.

Uesugi Che closed the file, looked back at the atomic clock hanging at the door, and found that he had finished reading the three files extremely quickly.

He blinked, took out the "star" given to him by Tokugawa Star from his pocket, and saw that it was emitting a soft glow.

It turns out that's its effect.

Uesugi Che pondered for a moment, then solemnly tied it up with a thin string and wore it around his neck, thinking that he might have to carry it with him in the future.

After returning the volumes to their original places, Uesugi Tetsu came to the door and said goodbye softly to the hands that were turning the pages.
"Mr. Administrator, thank you for your help. See you next time."

He paused slightly, turned his palm towards him, and bent all five fingers.

It seems like a bow.

Uesugi Tetsu also bowed in return and then left the data room.

At the door, it was Xiao Hinabo who was waiting for him.

To be more precise, it was Xiao Yuelan who had a small Hiyabo on her head and seemed to have a very good relationship with her.

Uesugi Tetsu raised his eyebrows, thinking that the innocent and simple Hiyaban would not be led astray by this perverted woman.

Hiyabo blinked his little eyes, seemingly unaware of the person he was landing on.

"Uesugi-kun." Xiao Yuelan suddenly spoke, "Unlike you, Miss Hiyaban is very gentle."

She smiled strangely twice: "Just like my mother."

Uesugi Tetsu: “…”

He decided to go find Nanjo Aimi first, return the card and tell her about it at the same time.

Without talking much to Xiaoyue Land, Uesugi Che took the elevator back to the forging room and took away two pieces of equipment that had been repaired.

After telling Nanjo Aimi about Hiyabo's affairs.

Uesugi Tetsu realized that even though they were in the extremely hot forging room, Aoyama Yoshi was sweating all over, while Nanjo Aimi didn't shed even a drop of sweat.

It seems that Nanjo-san's breathing technique is also very advanced.

At least, he is completely unable to be so calm now.

Uesugi Tetsu: "Then Nanjo-sister, I'll go back first."

"Oh, walk slowly."

Nanjo Aimi leaned against the wall, and just as she was about to put the half-burned cigarette into her mouth, she grabbed Uesugi Tetsu's collar and said, "By the way, give me back the doll. You probably don't need the shadow girl anymore."

doll?

Long-lost memories began to revive in Uesugi Tetsu's mind...

Only then did he remember that he had not taken the Nanjo doll out of his storage backpack for a long time because the doll only had a combat power of two and a half stars, which was mediocre.

But last time, Shadow Girl appeared as a hero who saved the day.

Uesugi Tetsu took out the doll and couldn't help laughing when he saw her start to raise her short, linty hands and scream and make a fuss.

It turns out that I have grown so much without realizing it.

"——Even though I can sleep right in there, I can still vaguely feel the passage of time!"

Nanjo Doll put his hands on his hips and complained to his master, "Aimi! Why don't you teach him a lesson right away!"

What are just a dozen or twenty days to Yingnu who has lived for hundreds of years?
It was over almost in the blink of an eye.

So Nanjo Aimi turned a blind eye and threw the doll into her own shadow after smoking her last cigarette.

The next moment, a "gurgling" sound like bubbles being blown in water began to rise.

Everything will be fine after that.

Uesugi Tetsu forcibly took away Nishaku-sama, who was already in an intimate relationship with Nyu, and was sent back home by a staff member of the Special Affairs Department.

At this time, in the Special Affairs Department.

Nanjo Aimi stared expressionlessly at Xiaoyuelan, who had already established a good relationship with Hiyabo.

"You're not going with him?"

"I still have some sense of propriety, Nanjo-sama." Xiao Yuelan licked her lips beneath her mask and smiled. "Sometimes if you want to get close, you have to play hard to get. Attacking too aggressively will only backfire."

Nanjo Aishi didn't comment, she reached out and picked up Hiyabo and threw him into Nyu's arms and said lightly,
"Then let's get used to the new job."

"Yes~ Boss."

……

As soon as Uesugi Che walked into the door, he saw Lilizi sitting cross-legged in the empty dojo on the first floor, with internal energy gushing out of her body.

next moment.

boom!
A violent explosion sounded from her body, and several sharp energies passed by Uesugi Che's face and embedded into the wall behind her.

"Lilizi?!"

Uesugi Che's pupils shrank, and he immediately called Ershaku-sama over.

"I am fine."

Lilizi, whose Qi circulation was shattered, raised her pale face and said calmly, "It was just a small mistake in my thinking. But thanks to this, I also understand the next step."

"Don't talk about these nonsense, just hold Erchi-sama first."

Uesugi Tetsu pushed the girl, who had a frown on her face but didn't make any unnecessary movements, into Ririko's arms.

Immediately, Lilizi's aura became more stable.

Although Erchi-sama thought it would be best if the flat-chested devil died quickly, that way he would have no competitors.

But her body still fell down very honestly, and she even hugged the girl's waist with a sour face.

A hint of surprise flashed in Lilizi's eyes, but she still said what she had planned: "I found that the Corona Breathing Technique is incomplete."

"It's only natural that it's incomplete. The Special Affairs Office couldn't possibly give us the entire Coronal Breathing Technique all at once when we were just getting started."

Uesugi Tetsu didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"No, I'm not talking about this incompleteness." Lilizi said seriously, "It's that our current cultivation is incomplete, not just the flesh palace..."

She was speaking when she suddenly stopped.

Uesugi Tetsu noticed that Ririko's gaze fell on his neck - the exposed blue point.

"Uesugi-kun, have you met Third Sister?"

Without waiting for Uesugi Tetsu's answer, Lilizi raised the corners of her lips and smiled gently.
"It seems that she likes you very much."

She reached out and took the star out of Uesugi Tetsu's collar, staring at it quietly and said, "Otherwise, there's no way she would give it to you... Even my third sister wouldn't give it to me when I wanted it so badly."

"Because of this, I had a big fight with her and didn't speak to her for a week."

Lilizi recalled for a while with unfocused eyes, then reluctantly let go of Xing and said word by word,

"Then Uesugi-kun, please do not disappoint Third Sister."

These two sisters...they look exactly the same when they say this.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at her and nodded slowly: "I know."

"Ah That's good."

Lilizi took a breath to calm herself down, then nodded.

"Let's continue with our previous topic. To be precise, the breathing techniques we've been practicing so far are all incomplete, or rather, the 'youth version.'"

"how you said that?"

Uesugi Che couldn't help but think of the word "foundation" following the "Qi flow" in the previous prompt.

Lilizi: "Didn't our previous Qi training talk about 'strengthening the five internal organs, allowing Qi to flow through the four poles, and circulating endlessly'?"

"Yes." Uesugi Tetsu nodded.

"But in reality, it's 'internal tempering of the five internal organs, qi flowing through the four poles, and continuous circulation of qi in the double heavenly realms.'"

Lilizi spoke clearly, "Use your internal energy to temper the external structure of your five internal organs, not passively. Then, use your energy to penetrate every meridian in your limbs to connect the whole body. Finally, complete the perfect cycle with the internal and external circulations."

"——Only in this way can the flow and circulation of Qi be completed."

She frowned and said,

"I first noticed something was wrong when I was observing from a third party after your breakthrough in the arena."

"At that time, I instinctively felt that there was no reason why the Qi circulation could only be done this way."

Lilizi pointed to the intact notebook in her hand and said, "However, it was also thanks to Third Sister's extremely detailed understanding of cultivation that I was able to quickly discover and verify 'why it can only be done this way'."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid I'd still be struggling to deduce this in my mind, and it might take me a long, long time to understand. Because in the path of cultivation, a slight mistake can lead to a huge error."

It turns out that this notebook belongs to Tokugawa Hoshi, no wonder Ririkko has always been so careful with it.

Uesugi Tetsu thought silently.

So even though they are all in the Tokugawa family, there seems to be a big gap in the relationship between Ririkko and her brothers and sisters.

Now it seems that she has the worst relationship with Tokugawa Haruhiko, but is very close to her third sister Tokugawa Hoshi... Oh, she also has an older brother, who seems to be okay too.

Apart from that, there is the "great-grandfather" who makes Ririko's face turn cold just by seeing the letter.

As for the others, no such person was found.

Lilizi's clear explanation brought Uesugi Tetsu back to his senses.

"--Now I am at the same bottom of the meat palace as you, Uesugi-kun."

She stretched out her arm, revealing her fair, delicate skin that was almost as soft as a baby's, reflecting a faint fluorescent light. "Although I completed the skin hardening not long ago, I've tried many times to make up for the past shortcomings, but I still can't do it."

"So I think we should perfect the Palace of Flesh first."

Lilizi clenched her fists: "With this material foundation, it may be relatively easier for us to go back and practice again."

This makes sense.

Uesugi Tetsu nodded in agreement.

But Lilizi was silent for a moment, and said softly,
"However, the Coronal Breathing Technique still has some shortcomings at the Flesh Palace stage, preventing us from forging a truly magnificent Flesh Palace."

She sighed slightly.
"Without a specific breathing method, I don't know how long it would take to succeed if I were to deduce it by force."

(End of this chapter)